Non-Fiction Books

The collapse of the Soviet Union and the 50th anniversary of the end of the World War II have brought attention to the displaced cultural and archi...

Man has always been fascinated by Equus caballus, recasting horse power into many forms: a hunk of meat, an industrial and agricultural machine, a ...

These days, the search for self-actualization and liberation can be rather overwhelming. With so many spiritual systems and teachings readily avail...

Henry VIII changed the course of English life more completely than any monarch since the Conquest. In the portraits of Holbein, Henry Tudor stands ...

Jane Alexander is inspired and inspiring. I trust her advice completely' - Sarah Stacey, Mail on SundayIn this fast-paced, social media-filled wor...

His grandfather was the bloodthirsty Mongol leader Genghis Khan, his mother a Christian princess. Groomed from childhood for a position of authorit...

From the arrival of Henry Tudor and his army, at Milford in 1485, to the death of the great Queen Elizabeth I in 1603, this was an astonishingly ev...

Religions flourish everywhere around the planet, shaping people's lives, providing meaning and spiritual guidance in a perplexing world, giving com...

The Books of the Bible (New Testament) is a revolutionary new presentation of Scripture that strips away centuries of artificial formatting, leavin...

Following on from the internationally bestselling The Art of Happiness, the Dalai Lama and Howard Cutler bring us the inspiring The Art of Happines...

Return to the glamorous decade that brought us Footloose and The Breakfast Club, where leg warmers and shoulder pads were all the rage, and when ni...

God is not only to be found in majestic cathedrals or supernatural visions, shows best-selling author Yancey, but also and often more powerfully in...

Haunted by the fear that we have not allowed the Holy Spirit to burn to his full potential, Nicky Cruz has written an astonishing testimony to the ...

The book that has stunned and moved the hearts of millions is to be re-released with a dramatic new cover to be put into the Hodder Contemporary Cl...

Beth Redman, bestselling author of Soul Sista, has written a unique, much-needed new book to affirm and encourage young women in their relationship...

In February 1840, an Italian monk and his servant disappeared in Damascus. Many Jews in that city were charged with ritual murder and tortured unti...

'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...

Anglicanism can be seen as irredeemably English. In this book Kevin Ward questions that assumption. He explores the character of the African, Asian...

This book examines emancipation after the Emancipation Proclamation of 1863. Focusing on the making and meaning of the Thirteenth Amendment, Final ...

These essays address some of the most intriguing questions raised by natural law theory and its implications for law, morality, and public policy. ...

This authoritative volume has been revised throughout and expanded, with stunning new images and accounts of the major discoveries of recent years....

`What a wonderful, eclectic daily diet of historical speech! Each entry - one for each day of the year - transports us back to hear the voices of ...

Peter Conrad's exhilarating book exposes the absurdity and occasional insanity of our godforsaken, demon-haunted contemporary culture. Conrad casts...

Cracking the Egyptian Code is the first biography in English of Jean-Francois Champollion, the impoverished, arrogant and brilliant child of the Fr...

About the Author David Stuttard has taught classics and published and directed his own translations and adaptations of Greek tragedies for his tou...

Each meditation is set, over a double page spread, alongside the relevant Bible passage and accompanied by a Taize chant - complete with music - so...

Since taking their first steps on this planet, humans have changed the environment around them. Anthropocene: A New Introduction to World Prehistor...

Carole Hillenbrand's book offers a profound understanding of the history of Muslims and their faith, from the life of Muhammad to the religion prac...

An unprecedented look inside archaeology today, "Discovery!" reveals the exciting, significant and astonishing finds from around the world in the l...

Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book is the first to...

The rise of Rome depended on fearsome military prowess, backed up by an unprecedented willingness to accept conquered enemies into society as Roman...

When and how did the brains of our hominin ancestors become human minds? When and why did our capacity for language or art, music and dance evolve?...

Just and Unjust Wars forever changed the way we think about the ethics of conflict. First published in 1977 and now brought up to the present with...

These are the stories of fifty countries that once existed - however briefly - but have now have been erased from the map. Varying vastly in size a...

In their lifetime these lords of the seas terrified the world, causing 8th-century Europe to pray for deliverance. Here is the real history of t...

The siege of Leningrad constituted one of the most dramatic episodes of World War II, one that individuals and the state began to commemorate almos...

This study, based on Florentine repudiations of inheritance, reveals that inheritance was not simply an automatic process where the recipients were...

In this volume, first published in 2006, Sandra Blakely considers technological myths and rituals associated with ancient Greek daimones, who made ...

In Goodness and Justice, which was originally published in 2006, Joseph Mendola develops a unified moral theory that defends the hedonism of classi...

In this book Dr Low explores the assumptions and principles which determined the conduct and representation of interstate politics in Greece during...

A few years ago, Owen Sheers stumbled upon a dusty book in his father's study by the extraordinary Arthur Cripps, part-time lyric poet and full-tim...

Mark Urban tells the story of ten exceptional generals who left their mark on Britain, the British Empire, and the world. Some - including the Duke...

Jean-Jacques Rousseau - philosopher, novelist, composer, educationist, political provocateur - was on the run. He was fleeing intolerance, persecut...

Takes you on a journey into the glittering, surreal heart of 21st century Russia: into the lives of Hells Angels convinced they are messiahs, profe...

Philosophical Perspectives, Volume 13 is an important compilation of articles based on issues surrounding epistemology. Published annually on diffe...

Throughout history the English have been a warlike lot. Often we fight among ourselves - there have been a good few civil wars - and when we were n...

Imagine a land that has seen empires rise and fall. A place where people have killed for power and for religion, and a place where people have die...

The complete and definitive history of how Roman generals carved out the greatest and longest-lasting empire the world has ever seen. The Roman ar...