Tim Healey Knihy

The book presents the most profound puzzles of the century. Death in mysterious circunstances that of the italian banker Roberto Calvi...unexplained evidence at the heart of history events, such as the assesination of President Kennedy...

Egyptian family - Egyptian homes - Towns and trades - Country life - Leisure - Banquets - Books - Games - Pyramids and tombs - Time chart - Children - Clothing - Food - Hieroglyphs - Religion - Books of the dead - Burial customs - Death - Water clocks.

Reader's Digest Journeys Into The Life On The Home Front Tim Healey

One of a series of pocket-sized guides on a range of subjects. Arranged thematically for easy reference, each "Pocket" aims to make information easily accessible to readers.This one is a collection of newspaper stories. Some of these are fascinating, and some are less so.

The courtrooms of the world have provided a stage for some of the most gripping human dramas ever told. Tension and conflict are the essence of a trial, sometimes with the threat of execution waiting at the end. This fascinating book tells the stories of some 50 sensational trials that have changed the course of history, created new laws, and put new words into the language; the Yorkshire Ripper, Charles I, Guy Fawkes, and the Nuremberg trials are all featured

Every painting from the original book has been rescanned and enlarged, presenting them as they have not been seen for a hundred years. Opposite each painting is a page containing full-colour images relating to the painting,from period maps and postcards to paintings and railway tickets, together with a text placing the painting in its contemporary context. The new introduction sets the historical scene for the bustling university and market citythat was Oxford a hundred years ago. The introduction is written by TimHealey, a well- known author, columnist and expert on Oxford history. The main text is by Su Box,Oxford author and editor.

Profiles a variety of murders and other crimes committed by women and men under the force of passion, from the Middle Ages through the nineteenth century to the present day.

Sie schweben, sie stöhnen und sie wimmern im Schulhof, im Klo, in den Klassenzimmern. Oh Schreck, oh Graus: die Geister sind los! Wessen Idee, wessen Schandtat war das bloß? Wer hat die Gespenster in die Schule gebracht? Plötzlich schöpfen die Lehrer Verdacht: Ist Kalle schon wieder im Chemielabor? Du liebe Zeit, was hat er vor? Gruselige Reime und tolle Illustrationen zum Schlapplachen!

Overzicht in woord en beeld van ontdekkingsreizen in de twintigste eeuw.

Overzicht in woord en beeld.