Head of Zeus A Woman's World, 1850–1960 Jones Dan, Amaral Marina

Книга "Цвет времени" охватывает более ста лет мировой истории - от правления королевы Виктории и Гражданской войны в США до Кубинского ракетного кризиса (Карибского кризиса) и начала космической эры. Она рассказывает о взлете и падении империй, достижениях науки, промышленности и искусства, трагедиях войны и политике мира, а также о жизни мужчин и женщин, творивших историю • Книга представляет собой совместную работу талантливого бразильского художника и ведущего британского историка. Марина Амарал создала 200 потрясающих изображений, используя современные фотографии в качестве основы для своих полноцветных цифровых иллюстраций. Дэн Джонс написал о событиях, в которых каждое изображение вписывается в контекст, и сплел их в яркий рассказ о мире, в котором мы живем сегодня

Eliza is angry. Very angry, and very, very hot • Late for work and dodging traffic, she's still reeling from the latest row with husband Paddy. Twenty-something years ago, their eyes met over the class divide in oh-so-cool Britpop London, but while Paddy now seems content filling his downtime with canal boats and cricket, Eliza craves the freedom and excitement of her youth. Fifty sounds dangerously close to pensionable: her woke children want to cancel her, a male motorist has just called her a 'mad old bat' and to cap it all her hormones are on the run • But then a moment of heroism draws an unexpected admirer, and Eliza sets out to discover whether the second half of life can be a glass half full after all • Woman of a Certain Rage is a smart and funny novel for all women who won't be told it's too late to shake things up

The history of a demonic tradition that was stolen from women – and then won back again • Creatures like Lilith, the seductive first wife of Adam, and mermaids, who lured sailors to their death, are familiar figures in the genre of monstrous temptresses who use their charms to entice men to their doom • But if we go back 4,000 years, the roots of these demons lie in horrific creatures like Lamashtu, a lion-headed Mesopotamian demon who strangled infants and murdered pregnant women, and Gello, a virgin ghost of ancient Greece who killed expectant mothers and babies out of jealousy. Far from enticing men into danger and destruction, these monsters were part of women's ritual practices surrounding childbirth and pregnancy. So how did their mythology evolve into one focused on the seduction of men? • Sarah Clegg takes us on an absorbing and witty journey from ancient Mesopotamia to the present day, encountering a multitude of serpentine succubi, a child-eating wolf-monster of ancient Greece, the Queen of Sheba and a host of vampires

Эпическая, страшная и меняющая мир история, переданная словами и дополненная впервые цветными изображениями, картина глобального конфликта от убийства эрцгерцога Франца Фердинанда до уничтожения Хиросимы в первой в истории человечества атомной бомбардировке. Книга "Пылающий мир" охватывает не только тотальные пожары 1914-18 и 1939-45 годов и международную напряженность, конфликтующие идеологии и вредоносные экономические процессы, которые привели их в движение, но и гражданские войны в Ирландии, Испании, в Латинской Америке происходившие между двумя мировыми войнами, амбициозные имперские выпады Великобритании в таких местах, как Ирландия, Сомали и Палестина, а также события на внутренних "фронтах" воюющих стран • Как и "Цвет времени", это совместная работа талантливой бразильской художницы Марины Амарал и ведущего британского историка Дэна Джонса

A special reissue from Head of Zeus's bestselling anthology collection of the very best Irish short stories, selected by Sinead Gleeson, author of Constellations, winner of the Irish Book Award Non Fiction Book of the Year 2019 • There have been many anthologies of the short story as it developed in Ireland, but never a collection like this • The Art of the Glimpse is a radical revision of the canon of the Irish story, uniting classic works with neglected writers and marginalised voices – women, Traveller folk-tales, neglected 19th-century authors and the first wave of 'new Irish' writers from all over the world now making a life in Ireland. Sinead Gleeson brings together stories that range from the most sublime realism to the downright bizarre and transgressive, some from established literary figures and some that have not yet been published in book form

A special reissue from Head of Zeus's bestselling anthology collection of the 100 finest short stories ever written • Profound, lyrical, shocking, wise: the short story is capable of almost anything. This collection of 100 of the finest stories ever written ranges from the essential to the unexpected, the traditional to the surreal. Wide in scope, both beautiful and vast, this is the perfect companion for any fiction lover • Here are childhood favourites and neglected masters, twenty-first century wits and national treasures, Man Booker Prize winners and Nobel Laureates • Featuring an all-star cast of authors, including Kate Atkinson, Julian Barnes, Angela Carter, Anton Chekhov, Richmal Crompton, Charles Dickens, Roald Dahl, Penelope Fitzgerald, Gustave Flaubert, Rudyard Kipling, Somerset Maugham, Ian McEwan, Alice Munro, V

A historical adventure chronicling the exploits of the Special Boat Squadron, the seaborne raiders who, by strength and guile, carried out World War Two's most daring covert operations • From this moment on, you and your men, you don't exist • Formed in the darkest hours of the Second World War, as nation after nation fell before the unstoppable Axis advance, the task of the SBS was to strike back at an enemy no army could meet in the field. Trained in sabotage and surveillance, the Special Boat Squadron raided deep behind enemy lines, sowing chaos and capturing much-needed intelligence. Soldiers, adventurers and rogues, their methods were unorthodox, their success rate unprecedented • Operation Anglo, 31 August 1942 • Beneath the waves of the Mediterranean, HMS Traveller closes in on the coast of Rhodes

By a riverbank in Africa, two lovers meet for the first time. They make a promise to meet again the next day, same time, same place, but only one of them shows up • This sounds like the beginning of a love story, but it's more than that, for this breathtaking tale takes the reader into the heart of a vibrant world, a complex and intriguing civilisation of warriors and kings, philosophers and artists, parents and lovers. A world and culture which is about to end for, glimpsed on the horizon, seen but unsuspected, beautiful ships with white sails are waiting

Gripping, authentic novel set in Roman Britain from bestselling historian, Adrian Goldsworthy • AD 98: Vindolanda • A fort on the edge of the Roman World • The bustling army base at Vindolanda lies on the northern frontier of Britannia and the entire Roman world. In just over twenty years time, the Emperor Hadrian will build his famous wall. But for now defences are weak as tribes rebel against Rome, and local druids preach the fiery destruction of the invaders • It falls to Flavius Ferox, Briton and Roman centurion, to keep the peace. But it will take more than just a soldier's courage to survive life in Roman Britain • This is a hugely authentic historical novel, written by one of Britain's leading historians

Eight years ago and eight light years away, a supermassive star died • Tonight, a supernova tsunami of high energy will finally reach Earth. Dark skies will shine bright as a new star blooms in the heavens and within a year everyone over the age of thirteen will be dead, their chromosomes irreversibly damaged • And so the countdown begins • Parents apprentice their children and try to pass on the knowledge they'll need to keep the world running • But the last generation may not want to carry the legacy of their parents' world. And though they imagine a better, brighter future, they may not be able to escape humanity's dark instincts

The third gripping instalment in a dystopian thriller series where modern-day recruits compete in an fight to the death with ancient weapons in the streets of Edinburgh • Live by the rules. Die by the rules. Or break them and take your chances in the chaos that follows • The Pantheon Games are the biggest underground event in the world, with millions watching online as modern-day recruits battle to the death with weapons of the ancient world. Tyler Maitland left his life behind to search for his sister, who disappeared after joining the Pantheon's Edinburgh chapter. But one year on, he's still no closer to finding her • After the shocking climax of the Grand Battle, Tyler must now find a way to forge a new brotherhood amongst his enemies. There will be new identities, new teammates, a new cause

AD 100: Vindolanda • A fort on the edge of the Roman World • Flavius Ferox, Briton turned Roman centurion, is charged with keeping Rome's empire safe. But from his base at the northern frontier of Britannia, he feels enemies closing in from all sides • Ambitious leaders await the chance to carve out empires of their own. While men nearer at hand speak in whispers of war and the destruction of Rome • And now more sinister threats are reaching Ferox's ears. Stories about the sea-dwelling men of the night, who have cursed the land and only come ashore to feast on men's flesh • These are just rumours for now. But Ferox knows that rumours stem from truth. And that no one on this isle is safe from the great, encircling sea