True Stories: Discovery/Historical/Scientific

The incredible story of the King of the Pirates, who burst from the waters of early Canada to become a terror of the seas.He was tall, dark, and ha...

'Using Nature's Shuttle' is a suspenseful, by turns comic or tragic, but always lively account of how young, idealistic scientists - often the firs...

NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING EDDIE REDMAYNE AND FELICITY JONES A GUARDIAN BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR ...

In the early hours of 15 April 1912, the Cunard steamship Carpathia receives a distress call from the new White Star liner Titanic. Captain Arthur ...

Travel writing matters Explore the world through this beautiful collection of the finest travel writing published in British media in the 21st cen...

This year marks the anniversary not only of what would have been John Lennon''s 80th birthday but also the 40th anniversary of his death in New Yor...

In this thought-provoking blend of history, biography, womens studies, and travelogue (Library Journal) Mia Kankimäki recounts her enchanting trave...

  Meet Renee and Herta, two sisters who faced the unimaginable together. This is their true story. RENEE: I was ten years old...

Footsteps in the Snow recounts a life shaped and dominated by Antarctica, a multi-facetted account of a life dedicated to Antarctic science, policy...

El tema de los extraterrestres es muy debatido, algunas veces a favor y otras en contra. Esta vez, presentamos más de cincuenta comunicaciones bioe...

Aliens is a highly debated topic, sometimes in favour others against it. Once again, we introduce more than fifty bioenergemal communications (BELC...

The recorded history of the diving industry has been fundamentally corrupted over the past 150 years. The result is a complete misunderstanding of ...

A dark secret lurked aboard HMASAustralia, the flagship ofthe Royal Australian Navy. In 1942, with a Japanese invasion looming, those aboard the sh...

A virologists insight into how viruses evolve and why global epidemics are inevitable In 1993 a previously healthy young man was drowning...

Ernest Coleman has led or participated in four expeditions to find out the fate of the Franklin expedition. 129 men were lost from the two ships th...

Tony Nott retired from the Dorset Police in 2002 at the rank of superintendent. He had spent most of his service as a detective, and had been invol...

David Harbourne first stumbled across Oamaru more or less by chance while on a short visit to New Zealand from his home in Yorkshire, England. H...

The strangest detective story in the history of music inspired by a true incident.A world spiralling towards war. A composer descending into madne...