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Books about the origins of humanity dominate best-seller lists, while national newspapers present breathless accounts of new archaeological findings and speculate about what those findings ...
When we think of kings and queens, we conjure up illusions of a magnificent kingdom where His and Her Majesties live in the lap of ...
'History', suggests Robert Gildea, 'is a battlefield.' Questions of power, rights, identity and nationhood always have an ancient and modern historical dimension and countries still ...
Thoroughly documented, a worldwide selection of places representing many attempts made by mankind through the ages to re-create a paradise on Earth. "Paradises got off ...
An original study of empire creation and its consequences, from ancient through early modern times.
The world's first great empires established by the ancient ...
A broad-ranging history of defectors from the Communist world to the West and how their Cold War treatment shaped present-day restrictions on cross-border movement.Defectors ...
How deadly germs and pandemics have shaped history - and why they are products of our success as a species.
Plagues upon the Earth is a ...
'Engaging, authoritative and full of fascinating stories of the past' RAY MEARS
'A gentle, personal and very readable book' JULIA BLACKBURN AUTHOR OF TIME SONG ...
From Stonehenge to microchips, discover the one simple method used to engineer the world as we know it
Discover the secret method used to build ...
Maps that Made History is like a 1000-year-long journey around the world; every one of the carefully selected maps featured here has influenced the course ...
Shortlisted for the PEN Hessell-Tiltman Prize 2022
Longlisted for the 2021 National Book Award for Nonfiction
The Cold War was not just a contest of ...
In 14 original essays, The Oxford Illustrated History of the Book reveals the history of books in all their various forms, from the ancient world ...
When our ancestors came down from the trees, they brought the trees with them and remade the world.
'A stunning book on the incalculable debt ...
"[Strange Harvests is] an impressive addition to the modern travelogue, painting some of the world's most remote terrain in visceral and sometimes breathtaking prose ...
When Death Becomes Life is a thrilling look at how science advances on a grand scale to improve human lives. Mezrich examines more than one ...
