In this engrossing and deeply disturbing exposé from the bestselling author of Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen tells the gripping story of a decades-long,...
A National Bestseller&,nbsp,•&,nbsp,Recommended by Financial Times as “What to Read in 2025” &,nbsp,“The central argument of Our Dollar, Your Problem—that the greenback’s pre-eminence was never...
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...
Startling new fossil finds are the lifeblood of modern palaeobiology. Giant sauropod dinosaur skeletons from Patagonia, dinosaurs with feathers from China, and even a tiny...
No matter where you turn, it seems that the taut lines of borders are vibrating to - or even calling - the tune of global...
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...
Twenty years ago Putin's fiercest critic - 'Russia's lost moral conscience' - was gunned down. Anna Politkovskaya was one of the great, heroic investigative journalists...
Renowned Israeli historian, Ilan Pappe's groundbreaking work on the formation of the State of Israel. 'Along with the late Edward Said, Ilan Pappe is the...
Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture...
The Hidden Histories of Houseplants explores 20 of the world’s most common houseplants. This book isn’t just a dry exploration of historical cultivation, the narrative...
'An illuminating book for the interested citizen as well as for those making policy' HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON'An important, crystal-clear account of contemporary global geopolitics... Essential...
Financial Times Best Summer Books of 2023 'Essential reading' Tony Blair A revelatory, myth-dispelling exploration of China’s juggernaut economy Although...
‘A gripping read as well as an important one’ – Rana Mitter, The GuardianIn The Opium War, professor of Modern Chinese History and Literature Julia...
Forty articles expertly curated by biographer Andrew Robinson provide an unrivalled account of the lives and personalities behind the greatest scientific breakthroughs of all time....
