Humanities

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Product Description Global in perspective and covering over four million years of history, this accessible volume provides a chronological account...

A short, powerful book that challenges everything you thought you knew about the Parable of the Prodigal Son. In this transformative work, Timothy ...

The ideas and people who inspired and shaped the great Victorian cities, with all their energy, achievements and pride This is a history of the ide...

'Brilliantly funny' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI 'Immensely enjoyable' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE 'Every page contains delights' LINDSEY FITZHARRIS Why is Italy c...

Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Vi...

How much do we really know about the place we call 'home'? In this sweeping, timely book, Nicholas Crane tells the story of Britain. The British l...

Product Description A Tudor voyage of exploration - an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy and pioneering achievement. In the sprin...

As the Second World War moves beyond living memory and its last veterans leave us, we are in danger of losing our opportunity to understand the rea...

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

Having written enthralling biographies of London and of its great river, the Thames, Peter Ackroyd now turns to England itself. This first volume o...

The epic story of the transformation of the American west, as seen through the eyes of the women who were there 'This book is a triumph' AMANDA FO...

'Wise and thorough' Spectator 'Brisk and readable ... very valuable' Financial Times 'He is an engaging guide ... and writes with the same flair ...

The centuries between 800 and 300 BC saw an explosion of new religious concepts. Their emergence is second only to man's harnessing of fire in fund...

The Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped humanity with each crossing of its path. In this broad and rea...

"A vital guide ... It is difficult to imagine anyone seriously interested in Dante who will not want to own this book" AN Wilson, The Times Since ...

Review Praise for the author's A Brief Guide to the Greek Myths: Eminently sane, highly informative, and reasonably priced. -- Paul Cartledge ― BB...

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 ...

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...

The story of the huge mobile battles of 1918, which finally ended the Great War. 1918 was the critical year of battle as the Great War reached its...

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 ...