Humanities

The past is capricious enough to support every stance - no matter how questionable. In 2002, the Bush administration decided that dealing with Sadd...

THE CLASSIC HISTORY OF BRITAIN, FULLY UPDATED Roy Strong has written an exemplary introduction to the history of Britain, as first designated by t...

'History is a bottomless reservoir of all the bonkers, heroic, awful and weird things we eccentric humans have ever done. We can't help generating ...

From His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Mutt’s cartoonist and award-winning author Patrick McDonnell comes a powerful and timely gem of a book on how ...

'Beautiful, moving, profoundly imaginative in itself - this book is as entertaining as it is relevant and practical' ALAIN DE BOTTON 'Anyone who h...

Migrants cuts through the toxic debates to tell the rich and collective stories of humankind's urge to move 'Fascinating... Miller's perspective m...

When archaeologist John Henry Phillips volunteered with a charity that took D-Day veterans back to Normandy, due to an administrative error he foun...

Pharaoh. Icon. Enigma. Lost for three thousand years, misunderstood for a century. A hundred years ago, a team of archaeologists in the Valley of...

A provocative history of race, empire and myth, told through the stories of men who have been worshipped as gods - from Columbus to Prince Philip. ...

This companion volume to The Pig That Wants To Be Eaten provides another rapid-fire selection of short, stimulating and entertaining capsules of ph...

Twelve great thinkers guide you calmly through life’s difficult times, and help you to keep it together, even when everything seems to be falling a...

Jonathan Black examines the end of the world and the coming of the Antichrist - or is he already here? How will he make himself known and what will...

Product Description From the origins of urbanization in Mesopotamia to the global metropolises of today, great cities have marked the development ...

Lenny Henry's playwriting debut is a poignant, hilarious portrait of a life affected by the terrible injustice of the Windrush Scandal. Yu see me?...

No one wanted to say it to me, that the girls were dead. But I knew . . . Late 1946 and Charlie Yates and his wife Lizzie have returned to Los Ang...

Loyalty and betrayal, hope and despair, One Moonlit Night tells the captivating story of a husband and wife separated by secrets as well as by war....

Laisve is a refugee in a destroyed city-island, hunted in Raids and haunted by the spirits of her drowned mother and brother. She dives into the ri...

'Exquisitely written and structurally bold ... a deeply impressive novel' Eva Dolan, author of This Is How It Ends Selected for TLS Summer Books 2...

A hilarious (or groan-worthy) look at the rite of passage that all dads go through. Do you think your jokes are hilarious, without fail? Ever thou...

"Inspirational" - The Daily Mail "Sarah Sands has written about stillness with an eloquence that fizzes with vitality and wit. This wonderful book...

'Sometimes characters are so lively and entertaining, you don't want to say goodbye to them ... A stunning feat of storytelling in itself' Suzy Fea...

War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused ...

What is the overarching storyline of the Bible? Is God violent? What is the Gospel? Can we find a way to address sexuality without fighting abo...

WHEN DID YOU LAST SEE THE STARS? 'Look at a satellite image of the Earth. Where it was once as dark as night, it is now lit up like a Christmas tr...

Product Description Good looks and good books, paired with flirtatious (and hilarious) captions from the original creators of the Instagram sensat...

Since the industrial revolution, when everything ran by clockwork, people have understood how important it is to live in the moment. But over time ...

'A strange and compelling new book from one of America's greatest living authors' Times Literary Supplement 'As cunning and rich as anything Ozick...

'Thorough and engaging ... you can't understand England without understanding the BBC' New York Times 'Fascinating and informative' Daily Telegrap...

Product Description 'Haunting, thrilling, wonderful. I loved it' Stacey Halls, bestselling author of The Familiars 'Fierce and touching' Jennifer...

Acclaimed author Andrew Thomas has chosen fifty fascinating cameos of individual actions or incidents across a wide variety of major and minor camp...

Review The most topical, eye-opening Christian book of 2007! ― UCB (United Christian Broadcasters) Product Description What happens when a Musli...

Review Tyler juggles his characters, story wit and clever one liners with perfect balance ― The Times A cracking pace, lively dialogue, wickedly ...

Review Translation is a matter of life and death - and not only because it is poorly paid. That's the thrilling, rather chilling, message of this ...

Product Description A fresh and incisive examination of one of the Second World War's crucial campaigns, the battle for Normandy in the months aft...

Speaker, journalist and bestselling author, Philip Yancey has travelled the world tackling the most challenging questions: Can God truly bring sola...

Review A terrific and thrilling book about people who are trapped in the gravitational force of a garbage mountain in Mumbai. Delightful and power...

From the show-stoppingly elegant (Halle Berry winning the award for Monster's Ball in a breathtaking Elie Saab) to the decidedly kooky (Adam Rippon...

A short history of the ancient civilization of Angkor, home to the spectacular temple of Angkor Wat. In the late sixteenth century a mythical enco...

The true-life story of women's experiences in the 'Wild West' is more gripping, more heart-rending, and more stirring than all the movies, novels, ...