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'A book of ideas [...] Strathern ably guides us through these moments of glory.' -- The Times
Great cities are complex, chaotic and colossal. These are cities ...
'Powerful' The Economist
'Fascinating, panoramic . . . Roach brings an expert eye and page-turning energy' Helen Castor, bestselling author of She Wolves
'Narrated with pace, clarity, authority ...
A story of courage and adventure, set against the backdrop of the race to exploit Africa by the colonial powers.
For millennia the location of ...
'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph
Venice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear- the ...
'An elegant, densely textured work, like a tapestry ... A welcome contribution to polar studies.' Sara Wheeler, Spectator
'[MacInness] handles the whole thing with masterly skill ...
'This splendid and often moving work of history... Schama has a gift for combining novelistically colourful detail, serious analysis and wryly amusing asides' Daily Telegraph ...
The first new translation in over 400 years of one of the great works of the Renaissance- an African diplomat's guide to Africa
In ...
A unique reframing of human history as shaped by our physical abilities and limitations - by the Sunday Times-bestselling author of Origins
Being Human is history ...
Every day a beloved father dies. Every day a lover departs. Every day a woman turns forty. All three happening together brings a moment of ...
A new and original history of the forces that shaped the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.
We thought we knew the story of the twentieth century ...
"Miller's terrific book reminds that Russia made moves toward the East five hundred years ago, and explains why ignoring the Russian factor in Asian ...
What did the Georgians think of themselves, and of their exciting, turbulent, and controversial times?
The Georgian era (1714-1830) was a time of innovations. It ...
A writer's travels along the legendary yet contested Jordan River-exploring the long conflict over water supply
Access to water has played a pivotal role ...
A compelling, expansive history of the relationship between China and Russia, from the seventeenth century to the present
Russia and China, the largest and most ...
