A concise history of Paris and the great events and personalities, from prehistory to the present, that have shaped its unique cultural legacy. Once described...
An adventurous, dazzling and original continent-sized history that brings South America's epic past and fascinating present to lifePatria tells an alternative history of South America,...
In 1940s and '50s America girlie magazines couldn't show much, so publisher Robert Harrison lured his readers in with vibrant covers by top pin-up artists...
'A welcome addition to medieval history, giving us a window into the lives of women that many people only know by name, if at all.'...
A Time Travellers Guide to Ancient Rome - by one of the best historians of the ancient worldLiving in ancient Rome was superbly and vividly...
A popular take on world events that puts the 'geo' back into geopolitics...
Just how good is your world knowledge? Challenge friends and family with this interactive quiz book and discover who is the ultimate armchair explorer. 'Like...
An electric, searing memoir by the original riot grrrl and legendary frontwoman of Bikini Kill and Le Tigre Hey girlfriend I got a proposition, goes...
'The transformation of the US into an autocracy has advanced. By 2024, it might be irreversible [and] will change almost everything in the world. Nobody...
We live in an unprecedented time that has threatened to upend our daily rhythms, our work, our homes - even our faith. More than ever,...
Philip Matyszak skilfully navigates the myths and legends of early Rome, exploring the enigmatic origins of the Romans and how the first seeds of a...
'A different level of insight to anything I've read for a long time about Russia.' - Sophy Roberts, author of The Lost Pianos of Siberia'Exquisitely...
A history of modern South Asia told through five partitions that reshaped it. As recently as 1928, a vast swathe of Asia - India, Pakistan,...
'This extraordinary book brings to life an astonishing place. Beautiful prose renders brutality vivid' The Times - BOOK OF THE WEEK From Peter the Great...
How should Western democracies respond to the many millions of people who want to settle in their societies? Economists and human rights advocates tend to...
'Asne Seierstad is the supreme non-fiction writer of her generation' Luke HardingIn her international bestseller The Bookseller of Kabul, award-winning journalist Asne Seierstad studied life...
The earliest evidence of a human and a pet can be traced as far back as 26,000 BC in France where a boy and his...
'Wonderful' JOHN BARTON'A stupendous intellectual achievement' ANDREW PETTEGREE'A stunning love song to the Bible . . .this will be a classic' CHINE MCDONALDThe remarkable story...
'The best book on Pompeii I've ever read' STEPHEN FRYThis is Pompeii, as you've never seen it before.In this revelatory history, Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares the...
In these troubled times, even the most pessimistic diagnosis of our future ends with an uplifting hint that things might not be as bad as...
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