History

Inspired by the hit podcast The Women of Marvel and cowritten by the #1 New York Times bestselling coauthor of Beautiful Creatures , this eye-opening and engaging book celebrates the...

The book's wide range begins with the prehistory of solitary sex in the Bible and ends with third-wave feminism, conceptual artists and the Web. It explains how and why this...

Edward Hallet Carr is renowned as the historian of Soviet Russia, biographer of The Romantic Exiles, founder of the 'realist' approach to the study of International Relations and author of...

Many Great War histories tell the reader what happened on the Western front but few spell out why. In this book, the author looks at the battles through the eyes...

Palaeolithic hunters who learnt how to kill two mammoths instead of one had made progress. Those who learnt how to kill 200 by driving a whole herd over a cliff...

"Going round the world" is an idea that has excited people ever since it was realized that the earth was a sphere. The appeal has something to do with encompassing...

'Fascinating' TOM HOLLAND | 'A delight from start to finish' MIRANDA SAWYER 'A novel and fascinating perspective on world history' BILL BRYSON 'By turns surprising, funny, bleak, ridiculous, or all...

'Charming, hilarious, and guaranteed to make you the most interesting person at any party. Or the most annoying' - Adam Rutherford 'Weird and wonderful facts you didn't know you needed....

An important inquiry into the development process and stages of the Saturn launch vehicle that enabled humankind to take some of their first steps towards the stars. Stages to Saturn...

Eye-opening and compelling, the overlooked world of freight shipping, revealed as the foundation of our civilization On ship-tracking Web sites, the waters are black with dots. Each dot is a...

A Change of Tongue is about belonging - to a family, a tribe, a nation, a continent. It is about having a place, losing it, finding another place. As part...

The Soviet Union was founded on a fairytale. It was built on 20th century magic called 'the planned economy', which was going to gush forth an abundance of good things...

From the internationally bestselling author of Zealot comes a fascinating, provocative and meticulously researched history of humanity's relationship with the divine. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER In God, Reza Aslan...

Pierre Clostermann was a Free French fighter ace whose incredible account of the air war over Britain and France has become one of the most famous memoirs of the Second...

WINNER OF THE FRANCO-BRITISH SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2016 What did it feel like to be a woman living in Paris from 1939 to 1949? These were years of fear, power,...

An inspiring and practical guide to achieving bold ambitions from a world-renowned expert Michael Barber has spent many years advising governments, businesses and major sporting teams around the world on...

With the end of the Second World War, a new world was born. The peace agreements that brought the conflict to an end implemented decisions that not only shaped the...

'The finest book ever written about England and the English' Stuart Maconie 'J. B. Priestley is one of our literary icons of the 20th Century and it is time that...

Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister's Literary Award for nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier's History Awards for general history 'Wonderfully researched and beautifully written' Philip Hoare, author of...

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