What does it mean to be human? And what, if anything, does it have to do with being a member of the animal species Homo...
A TLS, TIMES, PROSPECT AND WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA groundbreaking examination of how the marriage of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn sent shockwaves across...
",Hyperpolitics", describes the paradoxical state of affairs today, in which politicization seemingly has few political consequences. Anton Jager's incisive appraisal sets the benchmark by which...
What are the imagined communities that compel men to kill or to die for an idea of a nation? This notion of nationhood had its...
FULLY UPDATED SECOND EDITION, NOW WITH NEW POSTSCRIPT BY ALI ANSARI Iran often appears in the media as a hostile and difficult country. But beneath...
This lucid book should be compulsory reading for anyone who wonders how the situation on the Korean peninsula has deteriorated to the point it is...
All-powerful, brilliant, decisive, ruthlessly effective... this is the image of the CIA as portrayed in countless films and novels. It is wrong. This book, based...
From the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids: an unforgettable odyssey of a legendary artist, told through the prism of the cafés and haunts...
We are told our lives are too fast, subject to the accelerating demand that we innovate more, work more, enjoy more, produce more, and consume...
'A wonderful debut by a talented and exciting young historian' Peter Frankopan'Simultaneously capacious and personal . . . a masterful achievement' Tom Holland'Elegant and powerful,...
Who better to teach us mindfulness and wisdom than Mr. Spock, that beacon of calm, rational thought. With quotes from STAR TREK and timely insights...
On This Horrible Day in History takes 365 very ordinary days and&,nbsp,asks, 'What's the VERY worst that could happen?' Jam-packed with Horrible facts for every...
A spellbinding history of South America, as heard on hit podcast The Rest Is History'Absolutely wonderful' DOMINIC SANDBROOK'A luscious, erudite romp ... a tour de...
A step-by-step guide to becoming and being a samurai. It is 1615, and the Samurai, Japan’s elite fighting class, are at the zenith...
What are the origins of shamanism and what is its future? Do shamans believe in their powers? What exactly is trance? What can we learn...
',When Gessen speaks about autocracy, you listen.'The New York Times ',The Platonic ideal of the anti-Trump Trump book.' The Washington PostAs seen on MSNBCMorning Joe...
Two world-renowned figures of contemporary politics come together to discuss transcendental topics and debate alternatives for the future: José Pepe Mujica, former president of Uruguay...
'Rich, authoritative, and highly readable ... [a] tour de force' David KynastonChairman Mao was a librarian. Stalin was a published poet.Evelyn Waugh served as a...
A human history of one of the planet’s most iconic lakes, and the civilizations that surrounded its shoresThe Dead Sea is a place of many...
In the entire history of the United States of America:We've never elected a woman as our president. We've only had one president who is not...
