Product Description: Since 1758, the Annual Register has provided librarians, government officials, journalists and business professionals with the authoritative history of each year's events worldwide. From national elections and international incidents to economic trends and major disasters, the Annual Register lets you see how last year's events may be shaping today's news...read more

Product Description: The Annual Register analyzes and interprets the year's major events, developments, and trends throughout the world — thus providing an essential guide for comprehending the significance behind today's headlines. Beyond the usual summary of events found in most other reference books, The Annual Register readily offers the expert analyses and perspectives of 84 contributors...read more

Product Description: How did Nicholas II, Russia’s last Tsar, meet his death? Shot point blank in a bungled execution by radical Bolsheviks in the Urals, Nicholas and his family disappeared from history in the Soviet era. But in the 1970s, a local geologist and a crime fiction writer discovered the location of their clandestine mass grave, and secretly removed three skulls, before reburying them, afraid of the consequences of their find...read more