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- ...we find out alongside our narrator, is yet one more dark side to the Nazi history. Stuffed under the comfort blanket of official denial, ignorance, fear and ...ble, as is the clarity of the writing, as the narrative goes from official history to personal, and from wanting this answer to understandable hesitancy over6 KB (953 words) - 12:51, 7 April 2018
- ...oundaries of maths and biology are coming together, also taking in a broad history of biology's great leaps forward. Ian Stewart writes as wonderfully as ever ...ng basis in maths too. Ian Stewart looks at the major steps forward in the history of biology, and the areas where maths is at the forefront of development.3 KB (539 words) - 08:46, 30 September 2020
- ...plaudits. It's at once an elaborate and mystical fairy tale, family saga, history lesson and brutal political indictment, all blended perfectly. Highly recom ...lly fresh. It's at once an elaborate and mystical fairy tale, family saga, history lesson and brutal political indictment. Every element is perfectly blended3 KB (462 words) - 10:35, 7 September 2020
- ...The Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: Oddball Criminals from Comic Book History |sort=Legion of Regrettable Supervillains: Oddball Criminals from Comic Book History5 KB (784 words) - 12:42, 21 August 2020
- |title=A Journey to Nowhere: Among the Lands and History of Courland |sort=Journey to Nowhere: Among the Lands and History of Courland3 KB (530 words) - 12:57, 12 April 2018
- |genre=History ...he most interesting and accessible of all her books, this one dealing with history's ultimate murder mystery is a great read for the lay person. Princes In Th7 KB (1,158 words) - 11:44, 9 May 2018
- |genre=History ...ecover K-129 in [[The Taking of K-129: The Most Daring Covert Operation in History by Josh Dean]].3 KB (545 words) - 18:01, 16 February 2018
- ...ing. For every animal he traces its history back through relevant natural history texts, where it is at all possible to work out what the beast is actually s As such this book is a real eye-opener about the history of science, for while the Greeks and Romans knew they should be writing boo5 KB (796 words) - 13:40, 6 April 2018
- |title=This Golden Fleece: A Journey Through Britain's Knitted History |genre=History4 KB (620 words) - 10:09, 22 February 2022
- ...tables and sections for these parts. He breezes through both concepts and history with the same easy style and everything is well explained, up to a point. ...n could have been useful. It may be that this is outside the scope of the history of Maths, but there were several points it would have been helpful.4 KB (754 words) - 11:44, 15 April 2018
- |genre=History |summary= A full, generously illustrated history and geography of the Isle of Man from the prehistoric era to the present da5 KB (759 words) - 12:59, 27 February 2018
- |summary= History repeats itself in world affairs and private lives in this highly recommende ...fore I began reading - was that the book's main theme would be futility as history repeated itself in northern France. It ''is'' there as background but the3 KB (502 words) - 16:50, 31 August 2020
- |genre=History It doesn't, of course, begin with the death of Jack Kennedy. There's a brief history of how Kennedy and Johnson came together – it was not a marriage made in4 KB (635 words) - 14:36, 3 March 2018
- |summary=A complex and large output gets the appreciation it deserves, in a history of the science in and around the life of da Vinci. This excellent combination of science history and biography starts with the most populist and some of the most awkwardly4 KB (713 words) - 12:33, 26 February 2018
- ...nette she keeps seeing. But as she finds out more about the tragic queen's history, she realises that she may be the next victim of a paranormal serial killer ...ationships with her friends and family, her hidden fears, and her family's history, together expertly to give us a genuinely satisfying conclusion with some g3 KB (520 words) - 14:29, 31 March 2018
- ...s a barbarian. And here the reader is given a smattering of fairly recent history during a conversation which centres around Attila (the Hun) and his sons. ...n an academic sense, it is jam-packed with the history of that era. So if history is not your thing ... Surprisingly, the dialogue between most of the chara4 KB (656 words) - 10:57, 5 September 2020
- |title=The Taking of K-129: The Most Daring Covert Operation in History |sort=Taking of K-129: The Most Daring Covert Operation in History4 KB (645 words) - 17:26, 26 April 2018
- ...or Alexandra Coghlan takes the reader on a journey through the fascinating history of carols, from the very first - sung by the angels to the shepherds at Bet ...wledge, but a huge amount of enthusiasm and love for her subject matter. A history of the carol takes up a good two thirds of this slim volume - and whilst it4 KB (651 words) - 07:58, 16 April 2018
- |title=Zero History |summary=Zero History is the third of Gibson's books to feature the Blue Ant ad agency and contin4 KB (752 words) - 13:21, 31 March 2018
- |genre=History ...re until now. It may be of somewhat limited appeal, but any devotee of the history of English literature will find it not only a very rewarding read, but also4 KB (732 words) - 13:29, 11 April 2018
