'Deirdre Mask's book was just up my Strasse, alley, avenue and boulevard. A classic history of nomenclature - loaded, complex and absorbing.' -Simon Garfield, author...
The history of the Celts is the history of a misnomer. There has never been a distinct people, race or tribe claiming the name of...
An international best-seller, first published in 1970 when Shulamith Firestone was just twenty-five years old, The Dialectic of Sex broke new ground in presenting a...
Ilan Pappe's pioneering work, first published in 2014, is a devastating critique of the conceptual foundations of the Israeli state. Divorced from material and political...
From the distinguished American historian whose work has been acclaimed around the world, a major new book that penetrates one of the most bizarre and...
'The monk who taught the world mindfulness' TimeThis is the definitive book on mindfulness from the beloved Zen master and Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich...
Why is green the colour of envy? Why is black 'evil'? Why is white pure? Why do we 'feel blue' or 'see red'?...
The American experiment rests on three ideas-",these truths",, Jefferson called them-political equality, natural rights and the sovereignty of the people. And it rests, too, ",on...
THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER FROM THE 45th PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES'I like thinking big. I always have. To me it's very simple: If you're...
'An utterly dazzling book, the best piece of history I have read for a long time' Jerry Brotton, author of A History of the World...
The civilizations of Greece and Rome that flourished in Mediterranean Europe did not develop in isolation. To their north, non-literate peoples inhabited river valleys, mountains,...
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...
