The spy who fooled the Nazis. This relates the story of the man who went from cook to spy, until finally becoming one of the most remarkable agents of the second world war.
Set to be an extremely controversial book, "Ten Myths About Israel" is aimed at the general reader who is looking to gain a better understanding of the complex issues surrounding the Middle East.
Recollecting his friendship with David Bowie, it features previously unseen photography and artwork of the late singer, by his go-to artist during his heyday. Features iconic album covers including, "Scary Monsters" and "Tin Machine II".
An exploration of the life, work, and historical background of Aphra Behn: seventeenth-century dramatist, poet, novelist, political propagandist, bisexual and spy.
An exploration of Capitalism in crisis, "Too Much Stuff" provides a new approach which calls for increased tax-funded demand to meet societal needs, including upgrading physical infrastructure, providing better education and protecting the environment.
Explore the Egyptian war machine of the New Kingdom and discover how it was supplied and how it fought, the use of logistics and rations, as well as the designs of hand weapons and bows. Many pieces of kit have been reconstructed for the book, giving the reader a very immediate sense of what an Egyptian warrior's equipment looked like.
Learn the secrets of sugar floristry with Petalsweet Cakes founder Jacqueline Butler. In her exquisite and long-awaited debut book, you'll learn in step-by-step detail how to create modern and sophisticated, stylized sugar flowers, and how to use them to create beautiful arrangements on wedding and celebration cakes.
In The Necessity of Music, Celia Applegate explores the many ways that Germans thought about and made music from the eighteenth- to twentieth-centuries.
Mindfulness changes your brain in 8 weeks. It's linked to increased employee job performance ratings. As a form of meta-awareness or self-observation, it affects reasoning and decision-making. It also increases readiness to take greater responsibility at work, and it helps people respond calmly rather than react defensively. The boost it gives to results can come as no surprise. Mindfulness has also been associated with a reduction in stress a...
In this political biography, Pappe traces the rise of the Husayni family of Jerusalem who dominated Palestinian history from the early 1700s until the second half of the 20th century.