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A revelatory and entertaining book about the pitfalls of how we measure our economy and how to correct them, by an award-winning editor of The...
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER The prize-winning bestselling historian delivers the first authoritative general account for thirty years This book will answer...
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An alternative history of Western civilization told through its most emblematic invention, the book. As well as taking in the well-known titles that have helped...
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They Call It Love investigates the work that makes a haven in a heartless world, examining who performs this labour, how it is organised, and...
This concise yet thorough critical biography throws new light on the work of German novelist, short-story writer, essayist, and social critic Thomas Mann. It also...
We owe it to our fellow humans - and other species - to save them from the catastrophic harm caused by climate change. Philosopher Elizabeth...
33 Revolutions Per Minute tracks the turbulent relationship between popular music and politics, through 33 pivotal songs that span seven decades and four continents, from...
Rome as you’ve never seen it before – brazenly unconventional, badly behaved and ever so feminine. ‘Hugely entertaining and illuminating’ —Elodie Harper, author of The...
1 November 2006. Alexander Litvinenko is brazenly poisoned in central London. Twenty two days later he dies, killed from the inside. The poison? Polonium, a...
The thrilling story of archaeological adventure, and astonishing discoveries around the globe &,nbsp, Archaeology tells the story of our ancestors: how they lived, what they...
A vital guide to poetry from ancient times to the present &,nbsp, Poetry is language made special, so that it will be remembered and valued....
The internationally bestselling guide to the extraordinary human story, for the curious of all ages &,nbsp, The world has existed for over 4 billion years,...
‘An excellent primer . . . Essential reading’ GUARDIAN * History matters, especially in Palestine. In this essential account, historian Anne Irfan...
