A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India in the...
Georgia is the most Western-looking state in today's Near or Middle East and, despite having one of the longest, most turbulent histories in the Christian...
From ancient Rome to the present day, ancient Egypt has been a source of fascin--ation and inspiration in many other cultures. But why? Christina Riggs...
The Etruscans were a powerful and influential civilization in ancient Italy. But despite their prominence, they are often misrepresented as mysterious - a strange, unknowable...
Few gave tiny Singapore much chance of survival when it was granted independence in 1965. How is it, then, that today the former British colonial...
When the Greek army of Alexander the Great invaded the valley of the Indus river in the fourth century BC, it was wholly unaware that...
A valuable key to unique aspects of Japanese culture, this work discusses Japanese attitudes to raising children, personal space and the roles of women in...
'Well-researched and engaging' Financial Times'Fact-packed but bouncy.' The New York TimesThe untold history of women's exercise culture, from jogging and Jazzercise to Jane Fonda. Author...
A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literatureThe Times and...
A SUNDAY TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017'A brilliant, compelling, propulsively written, magnificent tour de force' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard'The second volume of...
A gentle and philosophical look at the events of 2020, and how we can deal with the challenges that life throws us in general. A...
The euro was supposed to create an unbreakable bond between the nations and people of Europe. But when the debt crisis struck, the flaws of...
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The most dramatic, revealing and little-known story in Turkey's history - which illuminates the nation'Through the spellbinding career of a single, ill-fated leader, Jeremy Seal...
***THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER***'Hancock's books provide a fascinating, alternative version of prehistory. America Before, detailed and wide-ranging, turns what was myth and legend...
The first comprehensive account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world’s very first empire: Assyria'A work of remarkable synthesis....
Selected by the Times Literary Supplement as one of the ",hundred most influential books since the war",How can we benefit from the promise of government...
In 1970, Richard Sennett published the groundbreaking The Uses of Disorder, arguing that the ideal of a planned and ordered city was flawed. Fifty years...
The first international history of the emergence of economic sanctions during the interwar period and the legacy of this development A Foreign Affairs Best Book...
An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world. ‘A rollercoaster of historical narration’ History Today'This is a history...
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