Humanities

Review An essential guide to the British monarchy for those who should already know everything but don't. Written with a lively wit but crammed wi...

The Medici are famous as the rulers of Florence at the high point of the Renaissance. Their power derived from the family bank, and this book tells...

Review The task Knapp set himself was hugely ambitious, and it is a tribute that not only did he succeed, but that he managed to make the tell...

The four beautiful, cultured and clever daughters of the Count and Countess of Provence made illustrious marriages and lived at the epicentre of po...

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 ...

Product Description 'A new Simon Brett is an event for mystery fans' P. D. James'Murder most enjoyable' Colin DexterAnyone for cricket - and a...

Antisemitism has been on the rise in recent years, with violent attacks, increased verbal insults, and an acceptability in some circles of what wou...

Review 'A shockingly vivid work . . . from a gifted chronicler of history's lower decks, at home in the unruly Atlantic world of pirates, slavers,...

A definitive treasury of philosophers from around the world, from ancient times to the modern day. A must-read for anyone wanting answers to the mo...

From the Back Cover A compelling and richly illustrated book capturing the glory of Sicily in its most significant periods and challenging assumpt...

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

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

In 480 BC, Xerxes, the King of Persia, led an invasion of mainland Greece that should have been a mere formality. For seventy years, rapid and spec...

A dazzling short history of the Balkans from the Romans to the present, which provides vital historical and cultural background to contemporary Bal...

Where do we find the world's very first art? When, and why, did people begin experimenting with different materials, forms and colours? Were our on...

Acclaimed as one of the most exciting books in the history of American letters, this modern epic became an instant bestseller upon publication in 1...

The astonishing story of the project that launched Mass Observation In the late 1930s the Lancashire town of Bolton witnessed a ground-breaking soc...

Review Fast-paced narrative and utterly convincing sense of place ― Guardian on The ThreadHislop brings history to life in this compelling t...

'At the very heart of God is the passionate disposition to be in loving fellowship with you...From the human side of this equation it is meditative...

The name Borgia is synonymous with the corruption, nepotism, and greed that were rife in Renaissance Italy. The powerful, voracious Rodrigo Borgi...

Richard Appignanesi goes on a personal quest of Existentialism in its original state. He begins with Camus' question of suicide: 'Must life have a ...

May 2015 sees the 250th anniversary of the launch of HMS Victory, the ship that is so closely associated with Nelson and his great victory at Trafa...

In the past, while visiting the First World War battlefields, the author often wondered where the various Victoria Cross actions took place. He res...

'Lively' THE TIMES 'Engrossing' THE SPECTATOR 'Stunning' WOMAN & HOME 'Marvellous' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE Through ancient art, evocative myth, i...

'I squealed laughing at this but now worry that my knowledge of history has been dangerously ruined' Matt Forde A fascinating and hilarious gallop...

The relationship of England and Scotland became defined by events on 9 September 1513 in a battle of great size, bloodshed and finality - the Battl...

The next in this series of admirably concise yet nevertheless comprehensive titles looks at the history of all Americans as well as America; its en...

"In this illuminating and thoughtful book, Will and Ariel Durant have succeeded in distilling for the reader the accumulated store of knowledge and...

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...

OFFICIAL TIE-IN TO THE MAJOR MOTION PICTURE 12 STRONG, STARRING CHRIS HEMSWORTH On September 11th, 2001 the world watched in terror. On Septembe...

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...

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

Product Description This is a superlative graphic guide described as 'warm, witty and wise' by Jonathan Ree to an enigmatic master of twentieth-ce...

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

One of the largest rivers in the world, the Indus rises in the Tibetan mountains, flows west across northern India and south through Pakistan. For ...

Like every era, the Renaissance brims with stories. In this book, Robert Davis and Beth Lindsmith highlight dozens of notable lives from between 14...

Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 *A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of Summer 2023 *Shortlisted for the Parliamentary Book...

Budapest has always been an important place. Almost at the centre of Europe, it is at the crossroads of geographical regions and of civilizations, ...

About the Author Francis Spufford was born in 1964. He is the author of five celebrated books of non-fiction. The most recent, Unapologetic, has b...

'A huge, fizzing omnium-gatherum of a book . . . marvellous' Daily Telegraph 'Witty, wise and elegant . . . a classic of history itself' The Specta...

Discover the transformative power of mindfulness and meditation with this essential guide that will help you cultivate inner peace and resilience i...

About the Author Major Robert Lyman was an officer in the British Army for twenty years. He is the acclaimed author of Slim, Master of War: Burma ...

Review Simon Jenkins, as ever, writes with clarity and insight -- Gerard DeGroot ― Times Jenkins has a journalist's ear for the outrageous -- Joh...

Product Description That the Blitz did not bring the UK to its knees is due, in large part, to a vast response by Civil Defence services and the B...