On a summer's day in 1858, in a garden behind Christ Church College in Oxford, Charles Dodgson, a lecturer in mathematics, photographed six-year-old Alice Liddell, the daughter of...
The Birdsville Track runs through three deserts, from Marree in northern South Australia, to Birdsville in outback Queensland. This legendary, dirt road has a rich folk history,...
The life story of an aristocratic Scottish trans man—whose secret 1968 legal case had a profound impact on trans rights for decades.Ewan Forbes was born to a wealthy,...
Carl von Clausewitz (1780-1831) was a Prussian general author of the classic: "Vom Kriege" - On War, still a mandatory work on wars and military strategies today. In addition to...
‘He unfurls his intellectual history in the form of vivid biographies . . . [an] engaging movement through time towards France’s recent reckonings with extremism,...
With the nation badly divided and the two major parties on a bitter collision course, what can we learn from America’s last great president?A lot, says New York Times...
“Magnificent, furious, nuanced, and un-put-downable. Malala steers us through the hatred, the grief, and the courage that shaped one nation-shaking week. The result is a...
In this fascinating follow-up to his New York Times bestseller Wilderness Warrior, acclaimed historian Douglas Brinkley offers a riveting, expansive look at the past and present...
THE STORIES THAT I WRITE AND TELL ARE ABOUT THE EXTRAORDINARY MEN OF SOG, MACVSOG, MILITARY ASSISTANCE COMMAND, VIETNAM, SPECIAL OPERATIONS GROUP, CODE NAMED THE STUDIES AND...
Xavier James details and explains the most important books and documentaries you need for yourself and your family. Everything they didn't tell you in school