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A gruesome discovery at an old children's home lays bare terrible secret's from Norwich's past in the second gripping mystery for Dr Ruth Galloway. 'The setting is enticingly atmospheric . . . a really intelligent murder story' Independent Dr Ruth Galloway's forensic skills are called upon when...

AN ENTHRALLING HISTORY OF ANCIENT MESOPOTAMIA, TOLD THROUGH THE STORIES LEFT BEHIND IN CLAY. 'I have never read a book on Mesopotamia that so beautifully brings to life the people themselves . . . It melts away the sense of time.' - TOM HOLLAND Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we...

Campania, 1592: Bei Tunnelarbeiten stoßen Arbeiter auf eine antike Mauer – und ahnen nicht, dass sie nach 1500 Jahren den ersten winzigen Teil jener Stadt berühren, die zum Inbegriff der Archäologie werden sollte. Doch wie wurde aus dem pulsierenden „Nizza der Antike" eine eingefrorene Zeitkapsel, die uns heute mehr über uns selbst verrät, als uns manchmal lieb ist?

In this groundbreaking investigation, archaeologist R Jay Driskill combines decades of fieldwork with cutting-edge research to reveal the true story behind one of history's most dramatic collapses. Drawing on newly discovered evidence from Egypt to Greece, from Cyprus to Syria, Raiders of the Bronze Age Collapse transforms our understanding of this pivotal moment when the ancient world burned.

বৃহৎ বঙ্গ ২ অশুনুন শুনি - বৃহৎ বঙ্গ ২. আচার্য দীনেশচন্দ্র সেনের 'বৃহৎ বঙ্গ' বঙ্গসংস্কৃতির মহাকোষ। অষ্টাদশ...

When you step off the landing craft into the sea, bullets flying at 0630, how do you react to your vision of your mother opening the telegram that you have been killed? When your glider crashes and breaks apart, what do you when you are shot and the Germans are bearing down on you, and you know your dog tags identify you as a Jew?

Volume one of The Story of the Tour de France concluded with Bernard Thévenet’s dramatic victory over Eddy Merckx in the 1975 Tour. Volume two opens with super-climber Lucien van Impe’s taking advantage of a course made for the riders with wings. His win was followed by the dominating presence of Bernard Hinault, who became the third rider to win the Tour five times.

Plongez dans un mystère archéologique fascinant en explorant la plus incroyable technologie antique jamais découverte. Repêché par hasard au fond de la mer, ce bloc de bronze corrodé cachait une machine stupéfiante capable de modéliser le cosmos et le temps. Idéal pour transformer vos...

Discover how an ancient pre-Inca civilization mastered extreme environmental engineering two miles above sea level. Perfect for your morning commute, this immersive historical deep-dive transports you directly to the windswept Andean altiplano. Experience the awe-inspiring reality of a thriving...

Olaudah Equiano's autobiography is a slave narrative which attracted a wide readership. It reveals many aspects of life in the 18th century. The book also shows the many the perils of seafaring, describing incidents of near drownings, shipwrecks, and collisions.

1504: Young artist Mira wants nothing more than a peaceful life by the sea, painting portraits of wealthy merchants. But when she and her new husband try to help a friend, they are catapulted into a series of dangerous adventures that leave them scrambling to survive. 2015: Art scholar Zari races through France, working feverishly to connect Mira with a series of masterful unsigned portraits. Meanwhile, an academic rival peddles his theory that the works were made by a famous male artist. Will Mira be lost to history forever?