Scientist, inventor, and pioneering environmentalist James Lovelock brings together a richly illustrated collection of essays on earth and human science from 12 of today's leading...
",An engaging, sophisticated yet accessible, account of the Orthodox Church-its self-understanding, theology, sacramental life, and history. . .. One of the best introductions available.",-John Behr,...
This definitive work tells the entire story of the world's most extraordinary artistic medium of the last four hundred years. Opera paints the human passions...
John Lennon was a writer as well as a musician. It was entirely natural for him to put pen to paper whenever he had an...
A global account of military strategy, which examines the practices, rather than the theories, of the most significant military figures of the past 400 years...
She is benevolent and nurturing, yet fierce and terrible, a warrior and a lover. She creates and gives life, is death personified, and the one...
Packed with illustrations and fascinating facts, this book tells the story of the events that shaped our world. From the origins of the first humans...
The true story of one woman's struggle to save her sons from radicalization by Chechen partisans, as told by a seasoned war reporter. In All...
A Sunday Times best book for Autumn 2020The time since the Second World War has been seen by some as the longest uninterrupted period of...
Recounting the actors and events of U.S. foreign policy, Zoellick identifies five traditions that have emerged from America's encounters with the world: the importance of...
Colossus is the definitive showcase of epic European street art. From Berlin to Barcelona, Budapest to Lisbon it's a visual guide to both the astonishing...
A major new history of England's turbulent seventeenth century and how it marked the birth of a new world'This is a wonderful book, exhaustively researched,...
`In 1939: A People's History, Frederick Taylor has done us a great service in making the personal stories of what it was actually like to...
The modern aircraft carrier is without doubt one of the most exciting and hazardous operating environments in the field of warfare. The ‘flattop' is a...
A new look at the crusaders, which shows how they pursued long-term plans and clear strategic goals Medieval states, and particularly crusader societies, often have...
An absorbing history of Europe’s nine most puzzling texts, including the biggest mystery of all: the Voynich Manuscript &,nbsp, Books can change the...
A car book which takes you through motoring history, from classic cars to how we enjoy driving today, and beyond. As Jodie Kidd says in...
Economics is sold as pure and apolitical: scientific, neutral, exact. This urgent book exposes its true role: to convince us there’s no alternative to capitalism....
A kaleidoscopic journey tracing the methods and means of visual communication from the cave paintings of the earliest humans to the 'photograph' of a black...
Take a stroll down the aisles of America's toy store. Bolstered by a booming consumer culture, the 20th century saw U.S. toys become a commodity...
