Philip Matyszak skilfully navigates the myths and legends of early Rome, exploring the enigmatic origins of the Romans and how the first seeds of a...
A history of modern South Asia told through five partitions that reshaped it. As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia - India, Pakistan,...
An indispensable guide to Greenland?why it matters, who covets it and why this wilderness of 56,000 inhabitants could become the next global flashpoint. Greenland...
'This extraordinary book brings to life an astonishing place. Beautiful prose renders brutality vivid' The Times - BOOK OF THE WEEK From Peter the Great...
How should Western democracies respond to the many millions of people who want to settle in their societies? Economists and human rights advocates tend to...
The earliest evidence of a human and a pet can be traced as far back as 26,000 BC in France where a boy and his...
'Wonderful' JOHN BARTON'A stupendous intellectual achievement' ANDREW PETTEGREE'A stunning love song to the Bible . . .this will be a classic' CHINE MCDONALDThe remarkable story...
In these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as...
How to bring less stress and more calm into your everydayThe wisdom of Buddhism is relevant now more than ever before – the teachings have...
When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream of a modernising country connected to the world.More than fifty...
*A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman and GQ Book for 2025 *'Brilliant, timely and compulsively readable' Oliver BurkemanThe tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous...
WINNER OF THE 2016 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE The Second World War was a German war like no other....
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'As brilliant a history of the Vikings as one could possibly hope to read' Tom HollandThe 'Viking Age' is...
‘Combines brilliant storytelling with rich and deeply researched evidence . . . essential reading for anyone seeking a global history that reexamines the past on...
A definitive and thrilling new account of the last great dynasty of ancient Egypt, from Alexander the Great to Cleopatra. When Alexander the Great arrived...
Now a major motion picture. The two-time Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist Jake Bernstein takes us inside the world revealed by the Panama Papers, illicit money, political...
In this groundbreaking book, Mehran Gul maps the recent waves of technological advancement up until the current moment to show how innovation becomes a far...
A brand new book from the Sunday Times and internationally bestselling author of The Silk Roads`Masterly mapping out of a new world order' - Evening...
The illuminated manuscripts of the Middle Ages are among the greatest works of European art and literature. We are dazzled by them and recognize their...
The Reinvention of Humanity tells the story of a small circle of renegade scientist-explorers who changed something profound: what it means to be normal. ...
