Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the...
The end of the Second World War signalled the rapid end of the European African empires. In 1945, only four African countries were independent, by...
A combination of beautiful design, a toch of exclusiveness and a unique history turn a normal product into a phenomenon - they becom bult. they...
In the stillness of the cosmos exists a force both boundless and paradoxical – Shiva. More than a god, he is the formless essence that...
Embark on a voyage through a chronological history of anime that explores both the marquee cinematic touchstones and enduring series that have shaped the medium....
What do dogs do in art? A dazzlingly original cultural history from the Cundill Prize-winning historian Long before the phrase ‘man’s best friend’ became common...
An exclusive design or a special edition can make almost any object into a luxury item. But there is only one item in each category...
This is the first book produced with access to the David Bowie archive of performance costume, ephemera and original artwork by the artist, which is...
The only Vatican sanctioned illustrated biography of the beloved pontiff filled with rarely seen photographs and 50 removable document facsimiles....
How will Russia redraw post-Soviet borders? In the wake of recent Russian expansionism, political risk expert Agnia Grigas illustrates how-for more than two decades-Moscow has...
A whimsical visual survey of the house cat in art and popular culture, exploring humanity’s enduring connection to one of our most loved animal companions...
A history of the Japanese archipelago through its material artefacts over fifteen millennia.This spirited visual account of life in the Japanese archipelago spans...
A magisterial history of the astounding rise - and unimaginable fall - of America's most iconic corporationPerhaps no company reflects American ingenuity, innovation, and industrial...
The world is crossing the 1.5°C global warming limit, perhaps exceeding 2°C soon after. What is to be done when these boundaries, set by the...
'A brilliant and captivating work ... There is simply no better book on Islam in history’ Eugene RoganFrom its birth in seventh-century Arabia, Islam has...
Erwin Rommel was a complex man: a born leader, brilliant soldier, a devoted husband and proud father, intelligent, instinctive, brave, compassionate, vain, egotistical, and arrogant....
On Thursday 12 July 1962 the Rolling Stones went on stage at the Marquee Club in London’s Oxford Street. In the intervening fifty years the...
'The lamps are going out all over Europe. We shall not see them lit again in our life-time.' The words of Sir Edward Grey, looking...
The Bismarck is perhaps the most famous – and notorious – warship ever built. Completed in 1941, the 45,000-ton German battleship sank HMS Hood, the...
A pioneering history of medical care in Stalin’s Gulag—showing how doctors and nurses cared for inmates in appalling conditions &,nbsp, A byword for injustice, suffering,...
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