The dismantling of the Berlin Wall in 1989 and the spread of Perestroika throughout the former Soviet bloc was a sea change in world history...
Cecile Laborde argues that religion is more than a statement of belief or a moral code. It refers to comprehensive ways of life, theories of...
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100 Symbols That Changed The World looks at the genesis and adoption of the world's most recognizable symbols. Universal symbols have been used as a...
During a single winter, between November 1932 and April 1933, so much went wrong: Hitler came to power, Japan invaded Jehol and left the league...
How the West sleepwalked into another Cold War A native of Yalta, Constantine Pleshakov is intimately familiar with Crimea's ethnic tensions and complex political history....
'Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable' Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and SteelGeography is Destiny...
A controversial look at the end of globalization and what it means for prosperity, peace, and the global economic order Globalization, long considered the best...
When Britain declared war on China in 1839, it sealed the fate of what had been, for centuries, the wealthiest and most powerful empire in...
The spiritual diaries of Pope St John Paul II – published for the first time ever in English. The most intimate insight into the longest-serving...
'Bernie Sanders has changed US politics forever' Owen JonesIt's OK to be angry about capitalism. It's OK to want something better. Bernie Sanders takes on...
The thrilling story of the English merchant adventurers who changed the world. In the mid-sixteenth century, England was a small and relatively insignificant kingdom on...
A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice An ABC Australia Best Book on Religion and Ethics of the Year Distinguished Book Award, Sociology of...
We often think of the modern era as the age of American power. In reality, we’re living in a long, violent Eurasian century. That giant,...
The War of 1812 - the last time Britain and America went to war with each other. British redcoats torch the White House and six...
The Queer Art of Failure is about finding alternatives-to conventional understandings of success in a heteronormative, capitalist society, to academic disciplines that confirm what is...
The Roma is a profoundly personal portrait of a people and their on-going journey, shedding new light on their history and what it means to...
In the eleventh century, the rulers of the lands surrounding the North Sea are all hungry for power. To get power they need soldiers, to...
An incisive account of Erdogan's Turkey - showing how its troubling transformation may be short-lived Since coming to power in 2002 Recep Tayyip Erdogan has...
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