Why is it easy to hate and difficult to love? When societies fracture into warring tribes, we demonise those who...
A history of the events that have shaped our world.
F. Scott Fitzgerald once wrote, "There are no second acts in American lives", but more and more, our former presidents...
A fascinating and well-researched look at the figure of the military scapegoat throughout history.
The first English translation of 17th-century Japanese Samurai works which have never been out of print in Japan since printing...
New critical perspectives on Salman Rushdie's fiction and non-fiction by leading scholars.
Highlighting the true heroism of Antarctic explorers, the dangers they face and the equipment used to prevail
Humans are the dominant species on the planet. But how did we get here? Human Origins takes the reader on...
Perfect for all history lovers' quizzing needs about the Royal Family!
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True-life stories of seafarers facing danger and death in the 19th and early 20th centuries
Operation Detachment, the US invasion of Iwo Jima on 19 February 1945, was the first campaign on Japanese soil and...
From the author of The History of the World in 100 Animals, a BBC Radio Four Book of the Week,...
Nearing the end of his career as a ship surgeon, he agreed in 1817 to take a three year posting...
January, 1953. It is eight years on from the most destructive conflict in human history and the Cold War has...
Theatres in ancient Greece and Aristotle's poetics -- The vocal map of ancient Greek drama -- Case study : Aristophanes's...
