Product Description: In this fascinating book, the author of The Hinge Factor and The Weather Factor surveys revolutions across the centuries, vividly portraying the people and events that brought wrenching, often enduring—and always bloody—change to countries and societies almost overnight...read more

Product Description: From the author of The Hinge Factor comes a thrilling, page-turning series of dramatic historical re-creations revealing how the fate of humankind has often been decided by the uncontrollable, unpredictable power of weather. From the doomed campaigns of the Roman legions and Napoleon to the fate of US forces in the South Pacific and Vietnam, torrential rain, brutal winters, monster typhoons, and killer hurricanes have had far-reaching—and often terrifying—consequences...read more

Product Description: From the wooden horse at Troy to a harrowing photograph snapped in Vietnam, from Robert E. Lee’s lost battle plans to the evacuation of Dunkirk, world history has been shaped as much by chance and error as by courage and heroism...read more

From the French Revolution of the late 1780s to the Iranian Revolution that overthrew the Shah in 1979, an intriguing historical study looks at the events, issues, and cast of characters involved in each and assesses the long-term and immediate repercussions of political and social upheaval. 20,000 first printing.

Erik Durschmied looks into the history of the witch delusion and the cruel butchers who hunted and executed so-called witches, from the Middle Ages to modern times. He explores the motivations of the real evil-doers - those who condemned, tortured and executed numerous innocent people.

Collisions between China and the rest of the world are among the most vexing challenges of history. This saga of mayhem and confusion, blunders and mistakes that brought the belligerents no credit, paints a coherent picture of China's rise from isolation to its emerging superpower position.

Detailing instances of heroic deeds that had no immediate witness, this title illustrates a few brave men and women who dared to stand up and be counted. Some had to pay a bitter price for remaining loyal to their principles, but all of them changed history.

Looks at seventeen of ancient history's battles.

Examines the life of the photographer who has, during his career, captured such events as the Vietnam War, the killing fields of Cambodia, and the Iran-Iraq War