Nonfiction

Slavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19th November 1939 he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to 25 years in the...

The second edition of this highly respected reader, has been comprehensively overhauled, bringing it wholly up-to-date with contemporary discussions about this most crucial area of social and political life. As...

Everybody has been a reluctant or willing member of one: the family, the school, the football side, the quiz team, the once-faithful friends who met in a bar every Friday...

Recounts the transfer of technology, ideas, and social institutions between the East and the West, and looks at the influence this transfer has had on Chinese history

A comprehensive guide to Albania, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Croatia, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Macedonia, Poland, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, and Yugoslavia, this book is designed for travellers on all budgets. Practical advice...

Brilliant young historian Ben Wilson explores a time when licentious Britain tried to straighten out its moral code, ridding itself of its boisterous pastimes, plain-speaking and drunkenness - raising uncomfortable...