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20 British Prime Ministers of the 20th Century: Boxed Set | Boxed set of 20 paperback biographies of the 20 British prime ministers of the 20th century, plus a bonus timeline of the 20th century. REVIEWS:"Each Haus book.....is handsomely presented, with first-... more >>> |
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Adam the King | The wedding of a billionaire Adam Bloch and Maisie Maclaren is the event of the year in Clement"s Cove, Maine - a town in which the mansion-like "cottages" of the summering elite sit side-by-side with... more >>> |
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Admiral Togo | Togo Heihachiro (1848–1934) was born into a feudal society that had withdrawn into seclusion for 250 years. As a teenage samurai, he witnessed the destruction wrought upon his native land by British w... more >>> |
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Afghan Journey | Not long after the fall of the Taliban, the German broadcaster and writer Roger Willemsen accompanied a friend on her return to Afghanistan after decades in exile. On his journey around this ancient c... more >>> |
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Afonso Costa: Portugal Makers of the Modern World Series | Portugal’s poor military performance in the First World War, notably in Africa, restricted Afonso Costa’s (1871-1937) ability to secure his diplomatic aims which, in any case, were highly unrealistic.... more >>> |
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Aleksandur Stamboliiski: Bulgaria Makers of the Modern World Series | Aleksandur Stamboliiski was one of the most original politicians of the 20th century. His tragedy was that he came to power at the end of the First World War in which Bulgaria had been defeated. It fe... more >>> |
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Along the Ganges | "The man pulls the goat into the Ganga until the water slaps against its belly. With wet hands he strokes her swollen womb. He splashes water on her, whispers in her ear. Then he leads her out of the ... more >>> |
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Along the River that Flows Uphill | The Casiquiare is unique. There is no other river like it on the planet. Somehow it manages to unite the two river systems of the Orinoco and the Amazon that should, by rights, be entirely separate, a... more >>> |
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Armstrong | Louis ‘Satchmo’ Armstrong (1900-71), born in poverty, brought up in an orphanage, dominated one of the art forms of the 20th century: jazz. He earned the awestruck admiration of a global audience, cro... more >>> |
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Asian Absences: Searching for Shangri-la | Buscher passes through a feverish India and an abandoned hospital for lepers, undertakes a hallucinogenic mountain pilgrimage with shamans in Kathmandu, embarks on an industrial oil tanker to Singapor... more >>> |
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Asquith | Herbert Asquith (1852-1928, earl of Oxford and Asquith 1925) Liberal politician, Prime Minister 1908-16. Asquith"s administration laid the foundation of Britain"s welfare state, but he was plunged int... more >>> |
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Attlee | Clement Attlee was a Labour politician and prime minister from 1945-51. He was the first Labour prime minister with an absolute Common"s majority. Attlee"s post-war government enacted a broad program ... more >>> |
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Bach | Johann Sebastian Bach was the father of modern music, a supreme craftsman who was able to combine the order of the middle ages with the passionate individualism of the renaissance. Bach expert Martin ... more >>> |
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Baldwin | Stanley Baldwin (1867-1947, earl Baldwin 1937) Conservative politician, Prime Minister three times: 1923-4, 1924-9, 1935-7. Baldwin held various ministerial appointments in Lloyd George"s coalition go... more >>> |
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Balfour | Arthur James Balfour (1848-1930, Earl of Balfour 1922) Conservative politician, Prime Minister 1902-5. His early career was closely linked with that of his uncle, Lord Salisbury, becoming a member of ... more >>> |
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Beethoven | Ludwig van Beethoven is one of the legendary figures of world culture. But who is the man behind that legend? Martin Geck offers a vivid portrait of a difficult but fascinating man with a tangled and... more >>> |
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Benes, Masaryk: Czechoslovakia Makers of the Modern World Series | Of even greater importance for Hungary’s future were the activities of the champions of an independent state of Czechs and Slovaks. Tomas Masaryk, a Czech professor of philosophy and a future leader o... more >>> |
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Bette Davis | Bette Davis (1908-89) was the great actress of the Golden Age of Cinema. Convinced the she lacked beauty, Davis devoted everything to her acting. In classic films such as Jezebel, Dark Victory, Now, V... more >>> |
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Bevan | Aneurin (Nye) Bevan (1897-1960). The son of a miner from Monmouthshire, Wales, he became a local miners" trade union leader at only 19, and was elected a Labour MP in 1929. He was one of the few who d... more >>> |
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Bismarck: the Iron Chancellor | Otto von Bismarck (1815-98) has gone down in the history as "Iron Chancellor", a reactionary and a militarist whose unification of Germany in 1871 set Europe on the road to the disaster of the First W... more >>> |
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