Hostage is a highly topical study of the phenomenon of hostage taking, both historically and in the world today. It explores such areas as the history of hostage taking and how it has evolved, the se
London has stimulated and fascinated writers from Chaucer, Dickens and De Quincey, to Orton, Orwell and more recently, Peter Ackroyd. Both a bedside companion and an imaginative travel guide, it lead
Everything about Kirsty MacColl defied the conventional "pop" category, yet she embraced and defended the genre, redeeming it with literate writing that had seldom been seen in British pop since the
To survive more than 20 years of active service in the Special Air Servicetakes a particular kind of man. Pete Scholey, alias "The Joker," ex-Royal Artillery and Parachute Regiment, possessed t
Penelope Devereux wasthe brightest star who ever shone in the court of Queen Elizabeth I in 16th-century England, and this biography challenges the usual historians' view that she was merely a
In 1912, D. H. Lawrence met Frieda von Richthofen, the wife of his former professor, and fell in love with her. The pair eloped to Bavaria—leaving her three children behind—and two years
No other movement has had as great an impact on art in the last 200 years, nor been as popular with mu-seum goers, as the Impressionists. But the road to acceptance was long and hard. This brea
When poet and biographer Grevel Lindop took up salsa dancing in rainy Manchester, his qualifications were size 12 feet and excruciating adolescent memories of ballroom dancing lessons. But salsa has
A brand new edition of this fascinating book on MI5 intelligence operations. Updated and expanded with brand new material on the war on Terrorism such as insider reports on the Bali bombing, MI5's tra
Chatting with Bono, Sinead O’Connor, and Christy Moore; visiting the spa town where farmers come searching for wives; and drinking hot toddies with the legendary Keane sisters of Galway?Colin Irwin un
The story of World War II?as told for the first time by survivors of Germany’s armed forces offers?a remarkable personal record of the Third Reich’s rise and fall, from the inside?These soldiers have
Fascinating first-hand accounts of these gallant pilots form not only a history of the aircraft, but also a tribute to the many friends they lost in combat?Having tracked down the few surviving former
An affectionate look at the life and career of AbFab's Joanna Lumley, drawing on numerous interviews?A former model, Bond girl,?acclaimed actress, and human rights and animal rights activist?this biog
The name Nelson Mandela is synonymous with freedom and moral integrity. He is the living symbol of the triumphant struggle to replace South Africa's apartheid regime with a multiracial democracy. Full
The pyramids were already millennia old when the ancient Romans began what eventually would become the modern science of archaeology. This stirring account begins in Roman times and traces the advent
Based in part on interviews with notable Native Americans-including Adam Fortunate Eagle, Johnny Bear Contreas, and Waneek Horn-Miller-and featuring removable facsimiles of rare documents from U.S. a
Born a tea-planter's daughter in India, Julie Christie led a troubled younger life growing up in Britain until her breakthrough performance in the 1963 film Billy Liar. Success soon followed, includi
Investigate one of the most compelling killers of all time! Jack the Ripper: The Casebook takes readers on a tour of Victorian London’s underworld where the slayings took place, from street cor
From the argumentative teenager Lauren Cooper to the foul-mouthed Nan Taylor and the effete Derek Faye, Catherine Tate’s myriad roles on The Catherine Tate Show have made her a landmark in cont
Known as broadly for her incredible acting career as for her astounding voice and such songs as "Secret Love" and "Que Sera, Sera," Doris Daywas an international star and an American icon. She
