Historie

Peter Englund

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…

Tom Phillips

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…

Julian Jackson

Michael Meyer

Terry Deary

Emma Southon

Jenni Murray

Mark Forsyth

Mark Forsyth, author of the no.1 "Sunday Times" bestseller "The Etymologicon" unwraps the fundamentally funny gallimaufry of traditions and oddities, making it all finally make sense - in his wonderfully…

James Barr

The untold story of how British-French rivalry drew the battle lines of the modern Middle East. Through a stellar cast of politicians, diplomats, spies and soldiers, including T. E. Lawrence, Winston…

Noam Chomsky, C. J. Polychroniou

Daniel Smith

Sophy Roberts

Anonymous

Paperback edition of the remarkable anonymous account of a German survivor of WWII.

Erica Benner

'Sparkling . . . a page-turner full of wit, original insight and unassuming erudition' Guardian 'Enjoyable vitality' The Times 'Highly stimulating . . . wonderfully readable . . . her analysis of democracy's…

Fareed Zakaria

Fareed Zakaria

Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk-the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most…

Ben Macintyre

Clare Mulley

Tim Bouverie