The people in this book set out to change the world with their brilliant new discovery or design. At best, they failed monumentally; at worse, they changed the world in ways for which no one will thank them. " History's Worst Inventions" is an entertaining look at the failures of celebrated inventors & less well-known (for good reason) pioneers. The book

Includes:: the parachute-overcoat (its inventor leapt from the Eiffel Tower to demonstrate it & plunged to his death), Trevethick's locomotive (too heavy for its rails & broke them), Soviet anti-tank dogs (with mines strapped to their backs, they turned on their owners & blew up an entire Red Army division) & TGN1412 (the drug which, in its 2006 clinical trial, nearly killed its test subjects). A compendium of cock-ups, History's Worst Inventions provides a clear warning
- it's all too easy to go down in history as an idiot!


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Its that special time of year when the entire kingdom gathers at court for the Munificent Theatrical Festival. Acting troupes from all over the land will come together to perform plays of light-hearted comedy or soul-wrenching tragedy.

Will their performance win the favour of the king or will his fickle mood spell a flop?

In Histrio, you travel the land recruiting actors to join your troupe. Assemble the right team & you might earn enough money to pay for an entire year of shows. Itll take careful planning & a little luck to out-perform your competitors.

The play is the thing in Histrio, & the world is your stage!

Product Information:
• Histrio
• Strategy Board Game
• Brand: Asmodee
• Players: 2-5
• Play time: 40 minutes
• Ages: 10+













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For over 60 years, Alfred Hitchcock redefined the thriller genre in the 20th century by making over 50 feature-length films & hosted his own television series. Author Laurent Bouzereau puts this incredible canon into perspective, examining the master's life thematically his archetypal antiheroes; his charming villains; his complicated female characters & something Bouzereau calls the ' Hitchcock touch' those elements of film that are, quite simply, Hitchcockian. Packed with photographs from the family's archive, many of which have never been published before, plus remarkable facsimile memorabilia such as letters, memos & snapshots, which frame the story of the director's life & work. Approx size is 28.6cm x 21.7cm x 2.7cm & has 169 pages ...

This 15 DVD box set features 14 films from the great director Alfred Hitchcock, drawn from his later American work the set contains: Psycho (Double Disc Set), Frenzy, Rope, The Trouble With Harry, The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956), The Birds, Topaz, Marnie ...

Douglas Adams' trilogy in four parts, charting the whole of Arthur Dent's odyssey through space. ...

Covers Hitler's life, from his obscure beginnings through his advance to supreme absolute power & then his final decline & suicide in the bunker as Russian shells fell around him. This title is divided into three main sections, dealing with Hitler's early life, how he consolidated his position, & his actions in the Second World War. ...

A portrait of evil. These three remarkable programmes, produced by Russian Television, reveal three of the most fascinating stories from Nazi Germany & the man who ruled it: Adolf Hitler. Failed Experiment: Live Broadcast for Hitler For the Third Reich, the newly invented television had every potential to be a powerful propaganda tool, but it also had unexpected consequences. During World War II, Germany gave birth to entertainment television, which did not align with the plans of Nazi leaders. Uncover hidden records of the secret meetings, directives & correspondences that attempted to control the burgeoning industry. Kill Hitler Probability theory supposes that if you toss a coin 100 times, chances for heads & tails are equal. However, none of about 50 attempts on Adolf Hitler's life were successful. The attempts began as early as 1922. Long before he took power, assassins fired on his car & planted a bomb where he was to make a speech. This programme delves into the archives to reveal the truth behind the many failed attempts to kill Hitler & examines how one of the world s deadliest men survived until he took his own life in 1945. Loving Hitler: The Fatal Flight of Hess The history of World War II is rife with unsolved mysteries. One of them was Rudolf Hess's flight to England in May of 1941. As a close associate of Hitler, there are no explanations for why Hess flew to the enemy nation. An even greater secret surrounds Hess's death, which for years was considered a suicide. Modern-day experts now offer shocking revelations & a radically different version of his sudden death. ...

Between 1939 & 1945 almost 200, 000 British & Commonwealth Servicemen were held as Prisoners of War in Germany. Every Allied soldier under the rank of Sergeant was forced to work 12 hour shifts, 6 days a week, cutting timber, quarrying stone, & clearing bombsites. It drove the soldiers to the brink, in which survival was a daily trial. ...

Ever wondered how the Nazis lost the war?  1944 was a year of trial for the German Army. While the Allies were preparing to invade the Third Reich from the west, Stalin was set on a massive offensive to liberate the last remaining areas of Soviet territory still held by the Germans. Hitler was determined to hold fast. His muddled strategic thinking nullified the undoubted operational ability of his generals, & disaster was the inevitable result. This book is a gripping analysis of the Soviet campaign to capture Byelorussia, the German attempts to counter it, & the final, terrible collapse of Army Group Centre, inflicting even greater losses on the Germans than their earlier defeat at Stalingrad. It was a catastrophe of unbelievable proportions: 28 of 34 divisions, over 300, 000 men, were lost. Hitler's war effort was doomed & broken.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781804361542 •†Author:†  Paul Adair •†Publisher:†  Canelo •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 288 •†Dimensions:† 13 x 19... ...

Double bill of episodes from the series that profiles the men who supported Adolf Hitler in his rise to power & serviced the malevolent machinery of the Third Reich. The men featured in the documentaries are Rudolf Hess, the Hitler disciple who undertook a mysterious secret peace mission to Britain in 1941, & Heinrich Himmler, the former factory worker who became the feared head of the SS. ...