An original from RHVP featuring over 300 tragedies, terrors, and bad times in world history, presented in chronological order, from volcanoes, earthquakes, and

Drawing on her father's stories about his boyhood in Germany, the author looks at the history of life in one small German village before, during and after the N

"Farquhar's ... entries draw from the full sweep of history to take readers through a complete year of misery, including tales of lost fortunes (like the would-

Two-thirds of UK government spending now goes on the welfare state and where the money is spent – healthcare, education, pensions, benefits – is the centre