The urgent, dramatic and untold story of how, for four years, British and Allied codebreakers decrypted secret SS and Gestapo messages detailing the mass killings of the Holocaust, and how the Germans in turn deployed cryptanalysis to try... Zobraziť viac
Discover the origins, traditions, and use of the everyday foods served on our plates, from salt to sushi and rice to ravioli... Zobraziť viac
Expands on the traditional 'Seven Wonders' to examine an impressive number of ancient marvels from around the globe... Zobraziť viac
In January 1936, the thirty-two-year-old George Orwell left his home in London and travelled to the industrial north of England with the intention of experiencing first-hand the conditions in which the working-class poor were compelled... Zobraziť viac
Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power... Zobraziť viac
