Historie

Ivan Mrázek

Precious stones are masterpieces of nature and their mysterious shimmer has fascinated man since time immemorial. This overview publication briefly conveys the history of precious stones, introduces…

Michiko Kakutani

Niall Ferguson

Erik Larson

Anne Applebaum

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays…

Mary Hollingsworth

Annie Jacobsen

The INSTANT New York Times bestseller Instant Los Angeles Times bestseller Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize &ldquo,In Nuclear War: A Scenario, Annie Jacobsen gives us a vivid picture of what…

Johan Norberg

Charles C. Mann

Presenting the latest research by ecologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the creation of the Columbian exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial…

Tim Bouverie

Frank Dikötter

The turbulent age that straddles the first millennium is brought to life in a history worthy of a modern television epic. -Financial Times Thrilling history provides a new perspective on the Viking-Anglo…

Alex Christofi

Hallie Rubenhold

BY THE AUTHOR OF MULTI-AWARD-WINNING #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: THE FIVE, THE WOMEN KILLED BY JACK THE RIPPER Page-turning true crime story of infamous wife-murderer Dr Crippen in Edwardian England…

Richard Overy

Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland

Shami Chakrabarti

Our human rights are endangered. After the devastation of World War Two the international community united to enshrine fundamental rights to refuge, health, education and living standards. They protected…

Serhii Plokhy

'A necessary book - and I can think of no writer better qualified to write it' Cal Flyn What if Chernobyl was just the beginning?The acclaimed winner of the Baillie Gifford Prize returns to Chernobyl…

Kati Marton

Terry Deary

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Paul M. M. Cooper

Landmark world history from the creator of the Top Ten podcast Fall of Civilizations

Thomas Harding

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of HANNS AND RUDOLF, THE HOUSE BY THE LAKE and BLOOD ON THE PAGE, pre-order the gripping story of an unsolved triple-murder which took place against the extraordinary…

Emily Hauser

Did you love Madeline Miller's Circe? Pat Barker's The Silence of the Girls? Jennifer Saint's Elektra? Natalie Haynes' A Thousand Ships? But did you ever wonder who the real women behind the myths of…