Historie

Robert Graysmith

Horrifying in a way no fiction can be, Zodiac is the gripping story of the serial murderer who terrorized the San Francisco bay area from 1966 to 1978. The book contains reproductions of the killer's…

Dorothy Ali

What happened to the Roman Empire? Why was the Magna Carta so important? What led to the First World War? Why did the USSR collapse? World History in Minutes provides succinct answers to these questions…

Angela Y. Davis

Richard Overy

From the 2023 Reith lecturer Politics is failing us. This is why. 'Brilliant . . . a must-read' Daron Acemoglu, co-author of Why Nations Fail When it comes to politics, there are five goals that voters…

David Grann

Max Hastings

Harald Jähner

George Packer

A riveting examination of a nation in crisis, from one of the finest political journalists of our generation. Packer journeys through the lives of several Americans including a son of a tobacco farmer…

David Mitchell

Boris Johnson

Anne Applebaum

Ian Kershaw

The latest volume in the "Penguin History Of Europe" series, from the prominent and bestselling historian and author of the two-volume "Hitler". A compelling narrative of events which also wrestles with…

Laura Cumming

Thomas Friedman

In this brilliant book, an award-winning "New York Times" columnist explains how the flattening--i.e., connectedness--of the world happened at the dawn of the 21st century, what it means to the global…

Simon Sebag Montefiore

In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted into a…

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…

Hampton Sides

Hampton Sides

Joseph Henrich

Frank McDonough

Isabel Wilkerson