The Global Merchants: The Enterprise and Extravagance of the Sassoon Dynasty

Joseph Sassoon

The astonishing story of the Sassoons, one of the nineteenth century's preeminent commercial families and 'the Rothschilds of the East' The Sassoons were one of the great commercial dynasties of the nineteenth century, as eminent as traders as the Rothschilds were as bankers. In this rich and nuanced po...

Train

A picture-packed celebration of the story of trains and how they have transformed our worldA journey through the fascinating history of trains - from steam locomotive to high-speed bullet trainDiscover how George Stephenson's dream of a steam-powered railway changed the world. Look inside a locomotive t...

Fossil (DK Eyewitness)

DK

Find shells, bones, teeth, and plants, all turned to rock, and learn how they tell a story of a long-lost world that existed before modern people. Learn how fossils form and how palaeontologists dig to find out about ancient life forms. See a shell with a precious coating, find out which type of early h...