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...
'Nick Bryant is brilliant. He has a way of showing you what you ve been missing from the whole story whilst never leaving you feeling...
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERFOYLES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARBLACKWELL'S NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARLONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONSHORTLISTED FOR A...
Andrea Komlosy argues in this important intervention that, when we examine it closely, work changes its meanings according to different historical and regional contexts. Globalizing...
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...
A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2023This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and...
The Gaza Strip is one of the most widely-reported on regions in the worldyet misinformation about its history and its people abound. In this vital...
The hymn of Digitalization is nothing new: We must encourage the creation of new apps. We must develop AI in order to prevail among international...
***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...
How long is an ell? What is the largest size of champagne bottle?How do you measure the heat of a chilli pepper? Why is the...
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...
Fake news about the past is fake history.Did Hugo Boss design the Nazi uniforms?Did medieval people think the world was flat?Did Napoleon shoot the nose...
Barbie is a strong, independent doll. But is she a feminist icon? It’s complicated. Since her introduction in 1959, Barbie’s impact has...
An overview of the lost peoples and cultures who flourished and fought for survival alongside the Egyptians, Greeks and Romans. Who were the Philistines? What...
Through its millennium-long existence, Gaza has often been bitterly disputed, yet enduringly neglected. Squeezed between the Negev and Sinai deserts on the one hand and...
