Humanities

John Haywood presents a grand sweep of global history in an immediately accessible format via concise, insightful and engaging text summaries along...

Beneath the waters of Abukir Bay, at the edge of the Nile Delta, lie the submerged remains of the ancient Egyptian cities Canopus and Thonis-Her...

Total War is an illustrated account of the most pivotal historical episode of the 20th century: the Second World War. It was not one single event, ...

At the beginning of the 1650s, wrecked by plague and civil war, England was in ruins. Yet shimmering on the horizon was a vision of paradise cal...

Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep...

Product Description NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The bestselling author of Zealot and host of Believer explores humanity's quest to make sense of t...

Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: 'Eminently sane, highly informative' PAUL CARTLEDGE, BBC History magazine The year 2022 ...

Product Description The Grande Armee of Napoleon Bonaparte is widely acknowledged to be one of the greatest fighting forces ever deployed. With it...

In the summer of 1940, Britain stood alone. For three long months, brave young RAF pilots took off every day, ready to defend British skies against...

Compiled from the archives of the Mary Evans archives, this manual brings together articles from fashionable contemporary magazines including Brita...

Revolution! Conflict! Gluttony! In this eclectic book of food history, Tom Nealon takes on such overlooked themes as carp and the Crusades, brown s...

They were the most powerful rulers on earth. The mighty Qin Shi Huangdu (r. 221-210 BC), who began the construction of the Great Wall. The long-liv...

Logic is the backbone of Western civilization, holding together its systems of philosophy, science and law. Yet despite logic's widely acknowledged...

Product Description 'Outstanding.' Irish Independent'Exquisite.' Daily Mail'Hypnotic.' Financial Times'This is crime fiction for the connoiss...

With what this poor woman had been through the sight of her crying tore at my heartstrings. What if something should happen to her; who would care ...

Product Description In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for the reader the accumulat...

Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history, heritage and travel, specially other titles in the Pitkin History of Britain s...

Product Description Global in perspective and covering over four million years of history, this accessible volume provides a chronological account...

Eric Hobsbawm (1917-2012) wrote that Latin America was the only region of the world outside Europe which he felt he knew well and where he felt ent...

A short, powerful book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the Parable of the Prodigal Son. In this transformative work, Timothy ...

The Romans left a long-lasting legacy and their influence can still be seen all around us - from our calendar and coins, to our language and laws -...

Review Brilliant...Part love story, part social commentary, part fun and part downright terrifying. And completely riveting...This book is per...

The ideas and people who inspired and shaped the great Victorian cities, with all their energy, achievements and pride This is a history of the ide...

'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI 'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE 'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRIS Why is Italy c...

Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Vi...

How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'? In this sweeping, timely book, Nicholas Crane tells the story of Britain. The British l...

Product Description A Tudor voyage of exploration - an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy and pioneering achievement. In the sprin...

As the Second World War moves beyond living memory and its last veterans leave us, we are in danger of losing our opportunity to understand the rea...

'A brilliant book . . . brilliantly written. You really do need to read it' Adrian Chiles 'Mixing the sacred and the profane, high culture and low...

Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume o...

The epic story of the transformation of the American west, as seen through the eyes of the women who were there 'This book is a triumph' AMANDA FO...

'Wise and thorough' Spectator 'Brisk and readable ... very valuable' Financial Times 'He is an engaging guide ... and writes with the same flair ...

The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fund...

The Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped humanity with each crossing of its path. In this broad and rea...

Review What is History, Now? demonstrates how our constructs of the past are woven into our modern world and culture, and offers us an illuminatin...

"A vital guide ... It is difficult to imagine anyone seriously interested in Dante who will not want to own this book" AN Wilson, The Times Since ...

Review Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: Eminently sane, highly informative, and reasonably priced. -- Paul Cartledge ― BB...

Review A beautifully readable reminder of how much of our urgent, collective history resounds in places all around us that have been hidden in pla...