Humanities

Main ideas: "The Wild Hunt" series follows Heulwen, daughter of Welsh Marcher baron Guyon FitzMiles, and Adam de Lacey, the ward of her father. He...

Review Magical, rich and magnificent, Cwen leads us from past to the present through a cast of majestic women. Exploring and reigniting the fe...

About the Author Danielle Steel has been hailed as one of the world's most popular authors, with over 650 million copies of her novels sold. H...

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

About the Author Charlaine Harris is a New York Times bestselling author who has been writing for over thirty-five years. Born and raised in t...

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

Review I really do think Elizabeth Peters ― books are great entertainment.' Angela RipponThe most potent female force to hit Egypt since Cleop...

Review Rich, you're a brilliant comedian and this is a great book but I think the last thing it needs is a quote by yet another man ― James Ac...

Review Full of surprises and secrets ― Woman's WayInspired by the larger-than-life Mitford family and a real-life murder, Fellowes delivers a ...

Review Spare, direct, unflinching and bitterly angry ... Bandi's characters struggle to live with love, humour and humanity while conforming t...

Product Description The first in a scandalous duet of Dukes by Julia Quinn, the bestselling author of Bridgerton, now a series created for Ne...

Product Description ***Nominated for the Nebula Award***Magic meets Bridgerton in the Regency fantasy everyone is talking about... Beatrice C...

Product Description 'Has a charm, and mystery, all of its own' The Times'Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' Daily Ma...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE From the bestselling author of UNDERLAND, THE OLD WAYS and THE LOST...

TLS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2016 'Gray must be one of the best read of contemporary philosophers, trawling insouciantly through high-, middle- and low-b...

Many Christians are today sitting happily in the middle of their personal comfort zones, and feel God has confirmed their right to be there. But is...

Chocolate - `the food of the Gods' - has had a long and eventful history. Its story is expertly told here by the doyen of Maya studies, Michael Coe...

For nearly a century the two most powerful nations on earth, Victorian Britain and Tsarist Russia, fought a secret war in the lonely passes and des...

Product Description Inspired by the incredible true story of the most decorated servicewoman of the second world war. Nancy Wake was an Australia...

Product Description If you love the Bridgertons, wait until you discover the Blydons . . . This is the witty, delightful second book in Julia Qu...

Product Description You've met the Bridgertons . . . now discover the Blydons. In Julia Quinn's witty, delightful debut, one scandalous Season wi...

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

The Great Philosophers in one volume: the widely acclaimed series on the greatest philosophers by specialists writing for the general reader. The ...

The story of the most famous revolt of the ancient world, and its legendary leader, Spartacus the Gladiator. Spartacus was a Thracian gladiator who...

The story of the amazing discovery of Archimedes' lost works Drawings and writings by Archimedes, previously thought to have been destroyed, have ...

It is 42 AD, and Quintus Licinius Cato has just arrived in Germany as a new recruit to the Second Legion, the toughest in the Roman army. If adjust...

Far from worrying about the onset of war, in the spring of 1938 the burning question on the French Riviera was whether one should curtsey to the Du...

Product Description Another year, another set of exams and another round of well-meaning students to provide us with our textbook mix of wisdom a...

Product Description Twas the night (okay, more like the week) before Christmas and little Joshua Barker is in desperate need of a Christmas mirac...

The everyday realities of life in the city of Hogarth, Fielding and Dr Johnson, based on contemporary evidence, by the author of the bestselling EL...

Jealousy is something that we all have to deal with - both in ourselves and in others. Rooted in our natural fears and insecurities, it has damaged...

Product Description Welcome to a world where every desire is visible, rising from the body as a plume of Smoke. A world where bodies speak to one...

A Library Journal Best Book of 2015 A NPR Great Read of 2015The Internet in Russia is either the most efficient totalitarian tool or the device by ...

'Marvellously engaging' The Times 'Brisk, informative and eye-opening' Daily Telegraph In the 1600s, vast numbers of people left England for the A...

It is the century about which we know too much, yet understand too little. With disorientating ideas such as relativity, cubism, the id, existentia...

Product Description On a perfect Spring morning at Windsor Castle, Queen Elizabeth II will enjoy a cup of tea, carry out all her royal duties . ....

A brilliant survey of the history and civilisations of the Middle East by one of the world's greatest authorities on the subject In this immensely...

Product Description In 1872, a woman known only as 'An Ernest Englishwoman' published an open letter entitled 'Are women animals?', in which she ...

Product Description In Amelia's seventh adventure, she and Emerson take passage on a boat travelling up the Nile, enjoying a second honeymoon whi...

Product Description The first part of the four volume "Brief History of Britain" series takes the story from the Norman conquest to the War of th...

From the death of Richard III on Bosworth Field in 1485 to the execution of Charles I, after the Civil Wars of 1642-48, England was transformed by ...

On Courage is a collection of twenty-eight moving and inspirational stories of valour displayed by recipients of the Victoria Cross and George Cros...

'There is an epidemic of insecurity in our society today. Many people are insecure and feel bad about themselves, which steals their joy and causes...

"Introducing Buddha" describes the life and teachings of the Buddha, but it also shows that enlightenment is a matter of experiencing the truth ind...

Illustrated guide to the crucial Italian philosopher and author of The Prince. 'Machiavellian' is a popular byword for treachery and opportunism. M...

From battlefield to sacred building, from castle to cottage, from the Bridgwater Canal to Blackpool Pier, acclaimed historian John Julius Norwich t...

Who first thought of atoms? How much can you learn about archaeology from an oil lamp? Who came up with the theory of the 'wandering womb'? Oxford...

In this remarkable and groundbreaking book, Kenan Malik explores the history of moral thought as it has developed over three millennia, from Homer'...