Three music-obsessed, suburban London teenagers set out to make their own kind of pop music: Kate Bush became an overnight star, while success came to David Sylvian (and Japan), and to Mark Hollis (and Talk Talk) after years of struggle.  Meer

A gifted historian presents a definitive book on Christopher Columbus—his life, his legacy and the many controversies that outlived him  Meer

The Maya forged one of the greatest societies in the history of the ancient Americas DL and in all of human history. Long before contact with Europeans, Maya communities built spectacular cities with large, well-fed large populations.  Meer

This Very Short Introduction examines the Spanish conquistadors who invaded the Americas in the sixteenth century, as well as the Native American Kingdoms they invaded.  Meer