In his forthcoming book, former FBI director James Comey shares his never-before-told experiences from some of the highest-stakes situations of his career in the past two decades of American government, exploring what good, ethical leadership looks like, & how it drives sound decisions. His journey provides an unprecedented entry into the corridors of power, & a remarkable lesson in what makes an effective leader. Mr. Comey served as director of the FBI from 2013 to 2017, appointed to the post by President Barack Obama. He previously served as U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York, & the U.S. deputy attorney general in the administration of President George W. Bush. From prosecuting the Mafia & Martha Stewart to helping change the Bush administration`s policies on torture & electronic surveillance, overseeing the Hillary Clinton e-mail investigation as well as ties between the Trump campaign & Russia, Comey has been involved in some of the most consequential cases & policies of recent history. ...

The extraordinary history of Ancient Egyptian civilization
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In this engaging & ambitious work, John Romer aims to refocus the gaze of the non-specialist away from the Pharaonic period (about which there are any number of popular histories) onto the Neolithic, & the growth of a centralised Egyptian state. He traces fifteen hundred years of development, from the emergence of farming communities along the route of the Nile to the creation of the sophisticated administrative, transport & supply systems which allowed the construction of the Great Pyramid. His approach is avowedly archaeological, aiming to get away from the priviledging of textual court-focused history, & stressing the role & lives of the ordinary peoples of Egypt. ...

Sussex, East & West, has been well served by fine cartographers over the past four centuries, but this exciting work is no mere collection of historic maps. All 70 maps are completely new & original, presenting the history of Sussex in a way never previously attempted. Prepared by leading experts, they plot a huge diversity of subject matter, ranging from prehistoric times to the present day, & each is accompanied by a text which places it in context & reveals a remarkable amount of new research. From the geological structure of Sussex to the Saxon settlement that gave the county its name; & from 17thcentury inns to the patterns of employment & commuting in the late 20th century – including such contemporary issues as the Health Service, education & planning – so much of the past & the life of the county that can be illuminated by a map has been included. This major new work of reference is the result of a partnership between the University of Sussex, the Sussex Archaeological Society & East & West Sussex County Councils. The editors have worked closely with the University’s Cartographic Department to produce maps of high quality & accuracy to ensure that this millenial volume is a landmark publciation of which Sussex can be proud. ...

Discover London’s ancient Riverside pubs, set in an area that was for centuries home to pirates, smugglers, shipbuilders, pilgrims & the infamous Execution Dock. The pubs & the sites are in the Wapping &, across the Thames, the Rotherhithe area of east London, & where appropriate the guide provides information on opening hours & phone numbers. To see other titles in this series of thematic walks in London please click on the series link. ...

With the character of the Arctic in a dramatic state of flux, & arguments over sovereignty once again rising to the surface, it is timely that a history of the exploration of this remote region be published. Wide-reaching in its scope & beautifully presented with artworks, maps & charts from the Nurminen Foundation & numerous European museums, private collections & archives, this is a full account of the many explorers from both East & West who attempted to find the North-West & North-East Passages, & to chart & document the region to enable the mythical North to gradually take shape & become part of the world picture. The story of man`s skill & initiative in bringing an understanding to such an inhospitable part of the globe is described through the daring adventures of Viking sailors such as Erik the Red, navigators Barents & Bering, & explorers of the wilds such as Chelyuskin & Franklin. Equally, the stories of those disasterous voyages in search of the North-West & North-East Passages are presented in detail. The journeys of the great scientific explorers
- Cook, Nordenskiold & Amundsen
- remind the reader of the bravery of those who set their sights towards the uncharted North. Bravery & endurance were not sufficient for the almost incredible feats of Nansen & Peary. Success in extreme conditions was only achieved by those expeditions that appreciated the ferocity of nature & took example from the indigenous peoples
- those who had lived in the North long before the coming of the Europeans.


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Boadicea battled the Romans. Nancy Astor fought in Parliament. Emmeline Pankhurst campaigned for female suffrage. Elizabeth Garrett Anderson became a pioneering physician in a man`s profession. Mary Quant revolutionised the fashion industry. Britain has traditionally been defined by its conflicts, its conquests, its men & its monarchs. It`s high time that it was defined by its women. In this unique history, Jenni Murray tells the stories of twenty-one women who refused to succumb to the established laws of society, whose lives embodied hope & change. Famous queens, forgotten visionaries, great artists & trailblazing politicians
- all pushed back boundaries & revolutionised our world. In Murray`s hands their stories are enthralling & beguiling; they have the power to inspire us once again.
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They were famous queens, unrecognised visionaries, great artists & trailblazing politicians. They all pushed back boundaries & revolutionised our world. Jenni Murray presents the history of Britain as you`ve never seen it before, through the lives of twenty-one women who refused to succumb to the established laws of society, whose lives embodied hope & change, & who still have the power to inspire us today. ...

` Great Britain? What was that?` asks Simon Schama at the start of this, the second book of his epic three-volume journey into Britain`s past. This volume, ” The British Wars”, is a compelling chronicle of the changes that transformed every strand & stratum of British life, faith & thought from 1603 to 1776. Travelling up & down the country & across three continents, Schama explores the forces that tore Britain apart during two centuries of dynamic change
- transforming outlooks, allegiances & boundaries. From the beginning of the British wars in July 1637, for 200 years battles raged on
- both at home & abroad, on sea & on l&, up & down the length of burgeoning Britain, across Europe, America & India. Most would be wars of faith
- waged on wide-ranging grounds of political or religious conviction. But as wars of religious passions gave way to campaigns for profit, the British people did come together in the imperial enterprise of ` Britannia Incorporated`. The story of that great alteration is a story of revolution & reaction, inspiration & disenchantment, of progress & catastrophe, & Schama`s evocative narrative brings it vividly to life.


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` History clings tight but it also kicks loose, ` writes Simon Schama at the outset of this, the first book in his three-volume journey into Britain`s past. ` Disruption as much as persistence is its proper subject. So although the great theme of British history seen from the twentieth century is endurance, its counter-point, seen from the twenty-first, must be alteration.` Change
- sometimes gentle & subtle, sometimes shocking & violent
- is the dynamic of Schama`s unapologetically personal & grippingly written history, especially the changes that wash over custom & habit, transforming our loyalties. At the heart of this history lie questions of compelling importance for Britain`s future as well as its past: what makes or breaks a nation? To whom do we give our allegiance & why? & where do the boundaries of our community lie
- in our hearth & home, our village or city, tribe or faith? What is Britain
- one country or many? Has British history unfolded `at the edge of the world` or right at the heart of it? Schama delivers these themes in a form that is at once traditional & excitingly fresh. The great & the wicked are here
- Becket & Thomas Cromwell, Robert the Bruce & Anne Boleyn
- but so are countless more ordinary lives: an Irish monk waiting for the plague to kill him in his cell at Kilkenny; &, a small boy running through the streets of London to catch a glimpse of Elizabeth I. They are all caught on the rich & teeming canvas on which Schama paints his brilliant portrait of the life of the British people: `for in the end, history, especially British history with its succession of thrilling illuminations, should be, as all her most accomplished narrators have promised, not just instruction but pleasure.`





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