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A World Transformed explores how slavery thrived at the heart of the entire Western world for more than three centuries. Arguing that slavery can o...

About the Author JAMES M. RUSSELL has a philosophy degree from the University of Cambridge, a post-graduate qualification in critical theory, and ...

Review A must-read. Acemoglu and Robinson are intellectual heavyweights of the first rank ― GuardianAn important book ― New York TimesAn intel...

Stress is a nasty infectious rash, but it's how we deal with it that counts. This books gives you forty ways to manage it and stop it spreading. Y...

Elizabeth II is the longest-reigning British monarch. A personally quiet, modest and dutiful person, she is far better-informed about the lives of ...

How to hold it together ... even if it feels like everything is falling apart. Welcome to the rollercoaster of family life - the parts nobody talk...

'England? It seemed to be raining the whole time . . . Or maybe it was me' MARILYN MONROE In July 1956, Marilyn Monroe arrived in London, on honey...

'Truly heroic' Daniel Craig 'A completely brilliant thing, to benefit so many' Nicole Kidman 'Powerful and deeply moving' Andy Burnham 'An epic jou...

Review Over 20 films. Over 40 years. What collaboration in any medium has lasted so long, been so successful, so personal, so happy? James Ivo...

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...

'If you want to see what that future might look like, Duncan's book is a fun place to start' NPR 'Intensely readable, downright terrifying, and su...

'A beautiful, heartfelt love letter to the sea, and a cherished industry. Ash is a force of nature, she's a testament to working hard and dreaming ...

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

The way you think about yourself affects how you live your life In The Psychological Toolkit, you will learn how to use psychology on your journey...

Turn your great idea into a fully funded startup with this straight-talking real-world guide Great ideas are everywhere. You've probably already h...

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 truly awe-inspiring piece of writing' David Robson, author of The Intelligence Trap In recent decades, many philosophers and cognitive scientist...

Review Anyone who has negotiated the thrills of the chase for romance will smile with recognition and sigh in sympathy while reading this entertai...

Product Description Twenty-three spellbinding tales of sorcery, wizardry and witchcraft, of the ceaseless battle between good and evil. From ...

An updated edition of this acclaimed book, now with a new preface and published to tie in with the bicentenary of Champollion’s breakthrough in 182...