Ben Gazur

Explore the failures, mistakes and missed opportunities that shaped history in this new entry in the bestselling series. From the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced gunpowder, to the unsuccessful stint in medical school which led to a career in naturalism for Charles Darwin, to the missile detection system malfunction that almost sparked a nuclear war, the...

Explore the failures, mistakes and missed opportunities that shaped history in this new entry in the bestselling series. From the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced gunpowder, to the unsuccessful stint in medical school which led to a career in naturalism for Charles Darwin, to the missile detection system malfunction that almost sparked a nuclear war, the...

Explore the tyrants who have shaped the course of history. All power corrupts, but absolute power can turn people into absolute monsters. Discover the true stories behind the men and women who led tyrannies around the world. This is history ... but not as you know it. Leading readers through all of world history, Ben Gazur examines how tyrants and...

Endlessly informative and leaning hard into the British Isles' reputation for the off-beat, this is a delight. Publisher's Weekly Folklorist Ben Gazur guides you through the dark alleys of British history to uncover how our food habits have been passed down through generations of folklore. Who was the first person to throw salt over their shoulder? Why do we think...