Novedades

The extraordinary story of the theft of priceless Chinese antiques around the world and the connection to crimes spanning more than two centuries—with present-day implications.

Remembering Anne Beach pulls back the veil on the challenges of research, the problems of gaps in archives, and the long process involved in constructing historical narratives. Through the tragic tale of an ill-fated couple and their disapproving families, this microhistory explores not only forbidden love but also marriage, illness, death, disability, and scandal in eighteenth-century society.

A seaside scandal. A hidden smuggler. A Regency romance too dangerous to deny. Brighton, 1813. Elizabeth Bennet expected seashells and sunshine, not a brooding stranger who knows every hidden cove. Fitzwilliam Darcy is rumored a reclusive gentleman, yet Elizabeth spies him guiding moonlit boats through smuggler tunnels. When Crown agents recruit her to expose a seaside smuggling ring, she must choose: betray the man she loathes, or trust him with her life and her heart. Together they navigate ballroom gossip, treacherous tides, and a tension that sparks hotter than midsummer sand—yet one ...

Charles Featherstone gleefully narrates the uproarious finale of A’Beckett’s Comic History, skewering Britain’s glorious descent into chaos after Queen Anne. Witness thick-accented German kings fumbling through English, ministers auctioning the nation’s dignity, and England drowning in get-rich-quick scams–all while crinolines expanded and sense evaporated.

Más de un siglo después del hundimiento del Titanic, su historia sigue siendo un espejo de los desafíos y dilemas de la sociedad contemporánea. A través de un análisis profundo y accesible, este libro explora cómo la tragedia del Titanic se relaciona con temas actuales como la desigualdad social, la corrupción, la crisis climática, la influencia de las redes sociales y la lucha entre la cooperación y la supervivencia individual en tiempos de crisis.