The War of 1812 - the last time Britain and America went to war with each other. British redcoats torch the White House and six...
This is a history of the ways in which foreign and prehistoric peoples were represented in museums of anthropology, with their displays of arts and...
The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives-to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society, to academic disciplines that confirm what is...
The Roma is a profoundly personal portrait of a people and their on-going journey, shedding new light on their history and what it means to...
In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to...
An incisive account of Erdogan's Turkey - showing how its troubling transformation may be short-lived Since coming to power in 2002 Recep Tayyip Erdogan has...
The award-winning author of The Eichmann Trial and Denial: Holocaust History on Trial gives us a penetrating and provocative analysis of the hate that will...
What do we really know about immigration?Immigration is one of the most controversial issues these days. Keeping them out. Taking back control.Building that wall. Whether...
A defining manual on using creativity as a tool for empowerment and allowing your personal identity to live in and guide all parts of your...
Tom Baldwin and Marc Stears take on seven key myths that distort our ideas of England and where the country is heading. ‘Challenging, forensic, compelling'...
'The prolific military chronicler and analyst Mark Galeotti has produced exactly the right book at the right time.' - The TimesA new history of how...
On 30 January 1933, Adolf Hitler was appointed the German Chancellor of a coalition government by President Hindenburg. In a few months he installed a...
A new Ku Klux Klan arose in the early 1920s, a less violent but equally virulent descendant of the relatively small, terrorist Klan of the...
Times Literary Supplement BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016'This narrative of continent-wide chaos makes it easier to understand why order came to seem a supremely desirable...
This classic book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of Slovakia, from its establishment on the Danubian Plain to the present. While paying tribute...
BBC Radio 6 Music is the station for people who are passionate about music: its award-winning presenters are constantly bringing a wealth of fresh tracks...
Since October 7, 2023, the world has witnessed a massive American Jewish uprising in support of Palestinian liberation. Through sit-ins in Congress or Grand Central...
An accessible exploration of how diverse cultures have explained humanity's origins through narratives about the natural environment Drawing from a vast array of creation myths-Babylonian,...
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Acclaimed historian Roy Jenkins presents a comprehensive biography of Winston Churchill, an icon of modern history, from his childhood to the critical World War II...
