The uniquely designed Atlas of Lost Cities details the destinies of 44 once-thriving urban centers that are now vacant ruins and empty ghost towns....
Thousands of years ago, in a part of the world we now call ancient Mesopotamia, people began writing things down for the very first time....
There was life before the fall. 1989 was a year of astonishing and rapid change: the fall of the Berlin Wall marked the collapse of...
'A splendid book by authors who long ago detected Germany's fragility - and aimed at readers who take no pleasure in the sight...
'This is not only history reclaimed, this is history at its best!' Professor Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, author of Persians: the Age of the Great KingsCarthage was...
A timely history of the interplay between politics and military operations, 'Command is the history of our time' (Guardian)Military command has been reconstructed and revolutionized...
Set for release on the 10th anniversary of Saddam Hussein's execution, a riveting, revealing and newsmaking account of the CIA's interrogation of Saddam, written by...
'Brilliantly rewrites the history of economic thought to place 'her story' at its heart - while combining sharp analysis with piercing wit and deep care....
Offering a panoramic view of history and a description of firsthand diplomatic encounters, the former Secretary of State describes his ideas about diplomacy and power...
'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . ....
Join Egyptologist Garry J. Shaw on a tour up the Nile, through a beautiful and fascinating landscape populated with a rich mythology: the stories of...
The culture war is over. If you want it to be. It wasn't even a culture war, it was a war on culture.A sustained attack,...
An ambitious history of masculinity and family, from the Bronze Age to the modern day, Fatherhood dares to offer a more caring and...
The gripping story of Taiwan's past and precarious present from one of Taiwan's top foreign correspondents. Following the war in Ukraine, all eyes have turned...
'A captivating must-read for anyone who wants to understand how and why misogyny is as powerful a force as ever' KATE MANNE, author...
A radical retelling of human history through collapse - from the dawn of our species to the urgent existential threats of the twentieth-first...
A landmark history of one hundred years of war waged against the Palestinians from the foremost US historian of the Middle East, told through pivotal...
‘By far the most lucid, comprehensive and authoritative account of Churchill that has been offered in a single volume’ Daily TelegraphDrawing on decades of unprecedented...
'Outstanding, illuminating, compelling ... a riveting read' Peter Frankopan, Sunday Times Islamic civilization was once the envy of the world. From a succession of glittering,...
From the bestselling author of FEMINA, a brilliant reappraisal of the medieval women whose lives have been exploited over centuries for political, nation-building ends.In LEGENDA,...
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