Humanities

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...

'I loved every word' - Sarra Manning, Red '[A] blissful book - it's like basking in the warm Med' - Rachel Johnson, Mail on Sunday The Riviera Se...

Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher or a colleague? Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, a...

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 ...

Everyone wishes to live a life that is satisfying and fulfilling, in which there is achievement and pleasure, and which has the respect of people o...

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...

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

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...

They did so in the midst of the 1984 miners' strike - the most bitter and divisive dispute for more than half a century, and in one of the most tur...

Succumb to a churchman's apocalyptic vision in this prophetic tale by the radical Nobel Laureate and author of Lord of the Flies, introduced by Ben...

Review 'Alan Furst's spy fiction is serious, even solemn: a good but never light read' - LITERARY REVIEW'[Furst's] stories combine keen deduct...

Review From beginning to end, Greenwood infuses her series with evocative settings, multidimensional characters and satisfying mysteries --Boo...

Product Description By the end of the fifteenth century, the beauty and creativity of Italy is matched only by its brutality and corruption. When...

Tobias Buck arrived in Madrid in December 2012, in time to celebrate the bleakest Christmas the city had seen in a generation. Capital and country ...

Review From beginning to end, Greenwood infuses her series with evocative settings, multidimensional characters and satisfying mysteries. --Bo...

Review [A] marvellous new novel . . . This master storyteller recreates the whole world of the 70s, as the London we used to know is about to ...

Review Heartwarming, funny and FAB-U-LOUS! ― Woman magazineA story that sparkles on the page - I absolutely loved it. -- Milly Johnson Pr...

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...

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

Product Description REBEL. LEADER. BROTHER. KING. 1179. Henry II is King of England, Wales, Ireland, Normandy, Brittany and Aquitaine. The Hous...