'Fascinating ... illuminating ... Stephenson examines ordinary life, painting a vivid and intriguing picture.' The TimesLong before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476,...
Rise and Fall opens with the Akkadian Empire, which ruled over a vast expanse of the region of ancient Mesopotamia, then turns to the immense...
Typography confronts us everywhere: in books and newspapers, on road signs, product packaging and political leaflets. It is ubiquitous to the point of mundanity. But...
The Great Successoris an irreverent yet insightful quest to understand the life of Kim Jong Un, one of the world's most secretive dictators. Kim's life...
This book is the essential guide to the extraordinarily complicated and developing situation in Israel/Palestine. Fully updated to reflect the tense and troubling changes in...
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A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century ",What makes this manifesto noteworthy is...
What is modern art? Why do we either love it or loathe it? And why is it worth so much damn money? This book asks...
Wild Green Wonders brings you a selection of twenty years' worth of Patrick Barkham's writings for the Guardian, bearing witness to the many changes we...
For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered...
In this updated edition of his acclaimed history, Marcus Tanner takes us from the first Croat principalities of the Early Middle Ages through to the...
The textbook Energy Law offers a comprehensive view of the legal regulation of the electricity, gas and thermal energy sectors. The authors' intention is to...
One of the greatest stories of survival and adventure in the Arctic that inspired Shakespeare and Jules Verne...
This is political journalist Matthew d'Ancona's call to arms to challenge this age of political extremism, lazy populism and democratic torpor....
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERA soul-searching meditation on the foundations that shape us, Like Streams to the Ocean is an essential guide for the crossroads...
Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction The Cold War was not just a contest of power. It was also about ideas, in...
A TIMES AND OBSERVER HIGHLIGHT FOR 2022&,nbsp,In this gripping book, Andrew Doig explores the fascinating biology of our own mortality and, crucially, what death can...
“A Short History of Ireland stands out for its brevity, but also for its accessibility. . .. A solid introduction not only to the key...
The misguided forces driving conflict escalation between America and China, and the path to a new relationship",A timely, fluid, readable assessment of a testy and...
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