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In America: Travels with John Steinbeck
In 1960 John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and cities from New York to...
Preaching, Building, and Burying: Friars in the Medieval City
Friars transformed the relationship of the church to laymen by taking religion outside to public and domestic spaces. Mendicant commitment to apostolic poverty bound friars to donors in an exchange...
The Penguin History of the World: 6th edition
This new edition of The Penguin History of the World is an opportunity to celebrate a book that is both a richly rewarding narrative and a permanent work of reference....
Peacemaker: U Thant, the United Nations and the Untold Story of the
In December 1971, after having stepped down as the United Nations' longest-serving Secretary-General, U Thant was ranked the sixth 'most admired man' in America. So why he is largely forgotten...
Space: The Human Story
The first human history of space travel - from the Apollo missions to our journey to Mars - by Britain's beloved astronaut From bestselling author and British astronaut Tim Peake,...
Human Rights: The Case for the Defence
A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedoms Our human rights are endangered. After the devastation of World War Two the international community united to...
The Lost Paths: A History of How We Walk From Here To There
A journey across Britain's millennia-old network of pathways, revealing key moments throughout our history Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into, and connect, communities across England and Wales....
The Soul: A History of the Human Mind
The Soul is a history of the human mind, from the earliest expression of self-consciousness to its unshakeable belief in the great religions and political systems. 'Wonderfully entertaining' - Michael...
The Making of the English Working Class
The revolutionary account of working-class culture and ideals, reissued as a Penguin Modern Classic to mark the 50th anniversary of its publication This brilliant account of working-class society in its...
Y2K: How the 2000s Became Everything (Essays on the Future That Never
Perfect for fans of Jia Tolentino and Chuck Klosterman, Y2K is a delightfully nostalgic and bitingly told exploration about how the early 2000s forever changed us and the world we...
Missing Persons, Or My Grandmother's Secrets
A history of unmarried motherhood through three generations of an Irish family, and the secrets we conceal How far would you go for the missing? When Clair Wills was in...
The Road to Unfreedom: Russia, Europe, America
A landmark work of contemporary history and a wake-up call that aims to restore our understanding of the basis of our way of life, from the author of international bestseller...
1971 - Never a Dull Moment: Rock's Golden Year
The story of the year that rock music exploded, featuring almost every star who defined the decade *THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER* As seen on Apple TV - 1971-...
Cunning Folk: Life in the Era of Practical Magic
Opens a fascinating new window onto medieval and early modern life - a world where it's possible to meet the devil on the road, control the future through stars, and...
Attack Warning Red!: How Britain Prepared for Nuclear War
A fascinating, frightening and sometimes funny window into an all-too recent world - everyday life in Britain in the shadow of the mushroom cloud The first book to tell the...
When McKinsey Comes to Town: The Hidden Influence of the World's Most
The explosive expose of the billion-dollar company that has often made our world more unequal, more corrupt and more dangerous. **A TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR...
A Short History of British Architecture: From Stonehenge to the Shard
The untold story of why our country looks like it does, from the bestselling champion of national heritage, Simon Jenkins The story of Britain is revealed through its buildings, and...
Vertigo: The Rise and Fall of Weimar Germany
Baillie Gifford-shortlisted author Harald J hner (Aftermath- Life in the Fallout of the Third Reich) presents a staggering new assessment of the short life of the Weimar Republic between the...
Challenger: A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space
The definitive, dramatic, minute-by-minute story of the 1986 Challenger space shuttle disaster by New York Times-bestselling author Adam Higginbotham, based on fascinating new archival research and in-depth reporting - a...
Leadership: Six Studies in World Strategy
Henry Kissinger analyses how six extraordinary leaders he has known have shaped their countries and the world In Leadership, Kissinger analyses the lives of six extraordinary leaders through the distinctive...
The World According to Colour: A Cultural History
A beguiling, human history of colour by one of art history's most exciting voices The world comes to us in colour. But colour lives as much in our imaginations as...
The Almost Nearly Perfect People: Behind the Myth of the Scandinavian
'The next Bill Bryson.' New York Times Winner of the Best Narrative Travel Book Award from the British Guild of Travel Writers The Danes are the happiest people in the...
Legacy of Violence: A History of the British Empire
From the Pulitzer Prize-winning historian- a searing, landmark study of the British Empire that lays bare its pervasive use of violence throughout the twentieth century. A NEW YORK TIMES, NEW...
Sound Tracks: A Musical Detective Story
A History of the World in 100 Objects meets Sapiens- the first archaeological history of humanity's musical heritage Wonderfully engaging, expansive and ambitious, Sound Tracks tells the history of our...
Women to the Front
Australian Women Doctors of the First World War At the outbreak of World War I, 129 women were registered as medical practitioners in Australia, and many of them were eager...
A Short History of Australia
On 26 January the convict transports moved into their new home as a handful of Aborigines on the shore set up a horrid howl and indicated by angry gestures with...
To Overthrow the World: The Rise and Fall and Rise of Communism
Three decades since the Soviet Union's collapse prompted Francis Fukuyama to proclaim the 'End of History', things look different. Russia may no longer be Communist, but Stalin is more admired...
The Truth About Empire: Real Histories of British Colonialism
The Truth About Empire comes from expert historians who believe that the truth, as far as we can pinpoint it, matters; that our decades of painstaking research make us worth...
Fallen: Everest and the Enigma of George Mallory
On 6 June, 1924 George Mallory donned an oxygen set and set off for the summit of Everest with his young partner Andrew Irvine. Next day they were glimpsed through...
The Story of Yoga: From Ancient India to the Modern West
How did a venerable Indian spiritual discipline turn into a 20 billion-a-year mainstay of the wellness industry? What happened along yoga's winding path from the caves and forests of the...
Glimpses of Unfamiliar Japan: Two Volumes in One
Two volumes in one! This is a complete, two-volume set of one of the greatest books on 19th century Japanese history and culture. Though Lafcadio Hearn went on to write...
A Brief History Of Bali: Piracy, Slavery, Opium and Guns: The Story of
This book tells the story of Bali the "paradise island of the Pacific" its rulers and its people, and their encounters with the Western world. Bali is a perennially popular...
Korea: The Impossible Country: South Korea's Amazing Rise from the
In just fifty years, South Korea has transformed itself from a failed state, ruined and partitioned by war and decades of colonial rule, into an economic powerhouse and a democracy...
A Brief History of Indonesia: Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The
Sultans, Spices, and Tsunamis: The Incredible Story of the World's Largest Archipelago Indonesia is by far the largest nation in Southeast Asia and one of the largest countries in the...
Hegel's World Revolutions
G.W.F. Hegel was widely seen as the greatest philosopher of his age. Ever since, his work has shaped debates about issues as varied as religion, aesthetics and metaphysics. His most...
The Soviet Century: Archaeology of a Lost World
The Soviet Union is gone, but its ghostly traces remain, not least in the material vestiges left behind in its turbulent wake. What was it really like to live in...
What Is Ancient History?
From one of today's most innovative ancient historians, a provocative new vision of why ancient history matters and why it needs to be told in a radically different, global way...
A History of the Muslim World: From Its Origins to the Dawn of
A panoramic history of the Muslim world from the age of the Prophet Muammad to the birth of the modern era. This book describes and explains the major events, personalities,...
India: 5,000 Years of History on the Subcontinent
A dazzling new history of the Indian subcontinent and its diverse peoples in global context from antiquity to today Much of world history is Indian history. Home today to one...
The World the Plague Made: The Black Death and the Rise of Europe
A groundbreaking history of how the Black Death unleashed revolutionary change across the medieval world and ushered in the modern age. In 1346, a catastrophic plague beset Europe and its...
The End of Empires and a World Remade: A Global History of
Empires, until recently, were everywhere. They shaped borders, stirred conflicts, and set the terms of international politics. With the collapse of empire came a fundamental reorganisation of our world. Decolonisation...
The Amazons: Lives and Legends of Warrior Women across the Ancient
Amazons--fierce warrior women dwelling on the fringes of the known world--were the mythic archenemies of the ancient Greeks. Heracles and Achilles displayed their valor in duels with Amazon queens, and...
Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early
A definitive new history of the origins, evolution, and scope of the ancient Greek city-state The Greek polis , or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on...
Britain's Ghosts: A spine-chilling tour of our most haunted places
Discover the stories of Britain's greatest ghosts and ghouls with this spooky supernatural page turner, the perfect gift this Halloween. Supported by the National Trust, who look after many of...
Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. on Love
A remarkable compilation of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s reflections on love and its transformative power-a stellar addition to Dr. King's archives published exclusively by HarperCollins. "I have also decided...
The Paranormal Ranger: A Navajo Investigator's Search for the
*A NEW YORK TIMES PICK FOR TOP 22 NONFICTION BOOKS TO READ THIS FALL!* A Navajo Ranger's chilling and clear-eyed memoir of his investigations into bizarre cases of the paranormal...
Bring on United: Ferguson's Golden Generation in their Own Words
How Manchester United conquered all, by the players who won everything ______________________________________________________________ With a foreword by Ruud van Nistelrooy An Irish Times Bestseller The Champions League, the Club World Cup,...
History of English Churches in 100 Objects
Published in collaboration with the National Churches Trust, this fascinating book is a sumptuous and authoritative photographic history of churches in England, as told through the objects inside them. Arranged...