1 The Pankhursts: The History of One Radical Family
by Martin Pugh
| Format: | Paperback 560 pages |
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| Published: | 03/07/2008 |
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The suffragettes outraged Victorian society, yet behind the protests, arrests and hunger strikes, the personal lives of Emmeline Pankhurst and her... Read more
2 Dancing in the Glory of Monsters: The Collapse of the Congo and the Great War of Africa
| Format: | Paperback 400 pages |
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| Published: | 12/04/2012 |
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Presents a portrait of Africa's Great War. This title shows how Congo became a failed state that, rocked by violence arising from the aftermath... Read more
3 Growing Up Bin Laden: Osama's Wife and Son Take Us Inside Their Secret World
by Jean Sasson, Najwa Bin Laden, Omar Bin Laden
| Format: | Paperback 320 pages |
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| Published: | 01/05/2011 |
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In their own words, Osama bin Laden'swife and son tell the astonishing story of the man they knew - or thought they knew Read more
4 Ten Days That Shook the World
by A. Taylor, Vladimir Lenin, John Reed
| Format: | Paperback 368 pages |
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| Published: | 26/04/2007 |
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Presents an account of the Russian revolution. This book describes the events in Petrograd in November 1917, when Lenin and the Bolsheviks finally... Read more
5 Ekaterinburg: The Last Days of the Romanovs
| Format: | Paperback 272 pages |
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| Published: | 02/04/2009 |
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On 4 July 1918, a new commandant took control of a closely guarded house in the Russian town of Ekaterinburg. His name was Yakov Yurovsky, and his... Read more
6 Descent into Chaos: Pakistan, Afghanistan and the Threat to Global Security
by Ahmed Rashid
| Format: | Paperback 560 pages |
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| Published: | 30/04/2009 |
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The war on terror is being lost - but not just in Iraq. This book shows that the real crisis zone lies in central Asia. Read more
7 The World That Never Was: A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents
| Format: | Paperback 544 pages |
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| Published: | 03/03/2011 |
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Follows the interweaving lives of several key anarchists, and of the secret police who tracked them. Framed by the Paris Commune of 1871 and the... Read more
8 Charlie Wilson's War: The Story of the Largest Covert Operation in History
by George Crile
| Format: | Paperback 560 pages |
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| Published: | 08/11/2007 |
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Two events have transformed the world: the collapse of the Soviet Union and the rise of militant Islam. This book explains the link between these... Read more
9 Blood and Rage: A Cultural History of Terrorism
| Format: | Paperback 608 pages |
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| Published: | 02/04/2009 |
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A far-reaching history of terrorism across the world, from its beginnings to the modern day, from the highly acclaimed author of 'Sacred... Read more
10 102 Minutes
by Jim Dwyer, Kevin Flynn
| Format: | Paperback 352 pages |
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| Published: | 01/09/2005 |
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At 8.46 am on September 11, 2001, 14,000 people were inside the Twin Towers in New York - reading emails, making calls, eating croissants... over... Read more
