Humanities

Review This impressive book introduces us to the beautiful, painful world of John of the Cross, who is still our surest guide into the mystery of ...

Review De Courcy's fascinating narrative switches between domestic concerns, ranging from country-house fare to patent medicines, and the approach...

Gina Filomena has been told she has an overactive imagination, but after meeting her new neighbour, Antonio, and being taught by inspirational teac...

'A wonderful idea, gloriously put into practice. Greg Jenner is as witty as he is knowledgeable' - Tom Holland 'You will love Greg Jenner's jolly ...

Product Description British Summer Time Begins is about summer holidays of the mid-twentieth century and how they were spent, as recounted to Yse...

Review De Courcy's fascinating narrative switches between domestic concerns, ranging from country-house fare to patent medicines, and the approach...

Review "Their comedy is based on observing normal-life situations and turning them into very intelligent quips, sketches and stories." - The...

Product Description Two and a half thousand years ago, the Greeks and the Persians fought an epic battle to decide the future of the world...A...

Book Description This sweeping tale of magic, revolution and the struggle for freedom concludes the genre-defying Shadow Histories duology tha...

About the Author New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger writes to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an in...

Product Description 'I was seduced from John Grey's first scene' Ann CleevesJohn Grey is visited at his London office by Thomas Cade, a shipbu...

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

Review Movie stars in Italy, a longtime affair, and a missing Tennessee Williams play - what more could you want? Christopher Castellani's lus...

Review 'A superbly atmospheric prologue kick-starts a thrilling story about truth and betrayal... [a] brilliant, fast-moving novel.' -- Kate S...

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

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...

Only four countries around the world do not currently define themselves as democracies. But many more do not fulfil the four basic requirements of ...

'To qualify as human, a hominid has, so to say, to justify himself by works: the criteria are no longer biological so much as cultural'. In this 19...

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 From New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger comes the stunning sequel to Prudence. Rue and the crew of the Spotted C...

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

The follow-up to THE MEANING OF THINGS which continues A.C. Grayling's philosophical journey through life The most important question we can ask ou...

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...

Product Description 'Properly creepy and Gothic' IAN RANKIN on the Frey & McGray mysteries... December, 1889. There have been many bad day...

'From poverty to pets, from medicine to magic, from slang to sex, from wallpaper to women's rights' A glorious portrait of life in London from 1660...

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 ...

Product Description Alexia Tarabotti is labouring under a great many social tribulations. First, she has no soul. Second, she's a spinster whose ...

Now a major Netflix original film called 22 JULY - directed by Paul Greengrass On 22 July 2011 Anders Behring Breivik killed 77 of his fellow Norw...

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

Like its acclaimed predecessors, RESTORATION LONDON and DR JOHNSON'S LONDON, this book is the result of the author's passionate interest in the pra...

Bertrand Russell changed Western philosophy forever. He tackled many puzzles--how our minds work, how we experience the world, and what the true na...

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...

Product Description On the afternoon of 9 September 2015 Her Majesty The Queen becomes the longest reigning British monarch. She will surpass the ...

From the author of 'Britain BC', 'Britain AD' and 'Britain in the Middle Ages' comes the fourth and final part in a critically acclaimed series on ...

Product Description The final book in the Blydon Family Saga - the first ever Regency romance trilogy written by Julia Quinn, author of the globa...

Leading philosopher's guide to the ideas that will shape the 21st century 'Ideas are the cogs that drive history, and understanding them is half wa...

Amsterdam is not just any city. Despite its relative size it has stood alongside its larger cousins - Paris, London, Berlin - and has influenced th...

Discover the simple way to understand and remember the most groundbreaking concepts in 3,000 years of philosophical thought. Each idea is broken ...

What should you do at Christmas? In Edvard Munch's Christmas in the Brothel, the artist depicts himself sleeping off the effects of drink, but the ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Do tough times create tougher people? Can humanity handle the power of its weapons without des...

Once the Second World War had broken out, it soon became clear that morale would be crucial in the military effectiveness of our armed forces. And ...