Annabel Merullo Livres

A photographic chronicle of the past tumultuous century of China's history.

The Russian Century brings to life a hundred years of Russian history. It takes us from a costume ball in old St Petersburg to the 1917 revolution; from Stalin's atrocities to the Cold War; from glasnost to the Second Revolution in 1993, and to the chaotic state of contemporary Russia. Surprising and intimate portraits of artists, writers and politicians - Pasternak, Solzhenitsyn and Shostakovitch, Lenin, Stalin and Trotsky - are set alongside the faces of unknown peasants, workers and soliders; the dramatic moments of history in the making alongside the details of ordinary life.

From Charlie Chaplin to Billy Connolly, from "Monty Python" to "The Fast Show", Britain has always been at the forefront of comedy. Leading comedians and writers honour the best from Britain's long and diverse comedic history in a collection of essays.

A photo-journalistic history which charts the political and social changes throughout the 20th century from the great days of the Empire to the handing-over of Hong Kong, with princesses and punks, Burberrys and Boy Scouts all captured on film.

An illustrated collection of first-hand accounts by key scientific explorers offers insight into how they worked and what they saw as photographed or sketched, in a volume that features the writings of such figures as Robert Peary, Jacques Cousteau, and Neil Armstrong.