A magisterial history of the Atlantic Ocean before Columbus, embracing a timespan of some 168,000 years, and bringing together a wealth of critical themes and developments in world history from the early shaping of the continents and the emergence of homo sapiens, to the histories of shipbuilding, navigation, fishing, trading, slavery, maritime exploration and nascent European imperialism. A history on a grand scale, Ocean offers the reader a feast of historical storytelling.
Taking us from the beginning of our story to the present day, A Cold Spell examines how ice has shaped our thoughts, actions and societies – and what it means for us that it is rapidly disappearing from our planet
An authoritative military history of the U.S. Army’s 3rd Infantry Division in Operation Iraqi Freedom, describing the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the siege and fall of Baghdad, and the nation-building mission that followed.
Journalist Dalal Mawad investigates modern Lebanon from the port explosion and civil war to the role of Hezbollah and Israel - and weaves an extraordinary story of survival, corruption and impunity, told through the stories of the women who survive.
Using diary entries, interviews and first-hand accounts, this vivid narrative brings to life the struggle in the air over the island of Guadalcanal between August 20 and November 15, 1942.
A powerful investigation into the plight of the remaining Christians in the Middle East by the multi-award-winning journalist described as 'one of our generation's finest foreign correspondents' (Daily Telegraph)
