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Humans did not make history - we played host. This major new history of the world, a Radio 4 Book of the Week, has had unanimous ...
This book is part Chickenhawk and part Exit Wounds ... a powerful and timely contribution to a nation's understanding of what we ask of our ...
Over one hundred and fifty years ago, on 1st August 1871, the Colony of New South Wales raised its first permanent Battery, known as the ...
'An astonishing piece of writing.' Helen Garner on Ell's 'Faades of Lebanon', winner of the 2021 Calibre Essay Prize.
'Theodore Ell is a perfect ...
An exhilarating reappraisal of one of the most dramatic years in European history
There can be few more exciting or frightening moments in European history ...
An intriguing portrait of Roger Scruton and his philosophy, with a new Preface and updated Bibliography of Scruton's many literary works over the years ...
A powerful indictment of the criminal behaviour of police officers, and a call for institutional reform, edited by the multi-award-winning author of Black and Blue ...
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Mosquito comes this fascinating story of horses and how they have shaped human history.
The Horse ...
One of Britain's most popular public philosophers presents unexpected, hopeful lessons from human history that could help us to overcome the global challenges facing ...
'ROBERT FISK HAS BEEN REPORTING FROM THE MIDDLE EAST WITH INCOMPARABLE DEPTH AND UNDERSTANDING...AND EXTRAORDINARY COURAGE' NOAM CHOMSKY
In this final work from renowned ...
The first comprehensive account of the rise and fall of what historians consider to be the world's very first empire: Assyria
'A work of ...
From award-winning journalist Kara Swisher comes a witty, scathing, but fair accounting of the tech industry and its founders who wanted to change the world ...
How does a plane stay up in the air?
Does the Mile-High Club actually exist?
When you flush the toilet, where does it all go ...
A brilliant new theory of how society works from one of the most iconoclastic thinkers of our time
What leads to political turbulence and social ...
A vivid re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through detailed maps, authoritative text by a noted military historian and contemporary photographs.
This ...
