English History and Geography

Modern Geography has come a long way from its historical roots in exploring foreign lands, and simply mapping and naming the regions of the world. [...]

Raging for over four years across the tortured landscapes of Europe, Africa and the Middle East, the First World War changed the face of warfare [...]

When Roald Dahl, a dashing young wounded RAF pilot, took up his post at the British Embassy in Washington in 1942, his assignment was to [...]

The Green Zone, Baghdad, 2003: in this walled-off compound of swimming pools and luxurious amenities, Paul Bremer and his Coalition Provisional Authority set out to [...]

Factual illustrations, detailed maps and time charts accompany a wealth of information making this a fascinating introduction to world history. Key historical figures and events [...]

The world at the beginning of the 20th century seemed for most of its inhabitants stable and relatively benign. Globalizing, booming economies married to technological [...]

The story of how the British really won two world wars - by conning the Kaiser, hoaxing Hitler and using brains to outwit brawn.



By June [...]

With shocking revelations that made headlines in papers across the country, Pulitzer-Prize-winner Tim Weiner gets at the truth behind the CIA and uncovers here why [...]

In The Mirror, the Window, and the Telescope, Samuel Y. Edgerton brings fresh insight to a subject of perennial interest to the history of art [...]