In each chapter of How to Survive History Cody Cassidy explores how to survive one of history's grea..

What's the brightest light on Earth? The coldest corner of the universe? The blackest material ever ..

Vladimir Pereverzin's Kafkaesque story is vividly told in this skilful translation of his shocking b..

On April 30 1980 six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate overlooking..

Setting out for a family day in Devon nine-year-old Keira Ball suffered catastrophic brain injuries ..

In 1948 a man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide Australia. Well-dressed and unmarked he h..

A brief guide to US politics which provides a non-partisan assessment of the ongoing challenges face..

In the far south of New Zealand in the remote Fiordland village of Manapouri Ruth Shaw runs two tiny..

A joint operation between Britain and France the 1916 Battle of the Somme was an attempt to gain ter..

The female private detective has been a staple of popular culture for over 150 years. But what about..

At the age of eighteen Kari Gislason arrives on the island of Corfu after a life-altering encounter ..

On June 22 1954 in the depth of a southern winter teenage friends Juliet Hulme and Pauline Parker we..

Happily married and running a successful business Peter Berry's life changed when at the age of 50 h..

Charlie Hedges is a pioneer in the field of missing persons over a career spanning nearly four decad..

When novelist and experienced hiker Simon Cleary sets off to follow the course of the river that has..