Frank Dikotter An unprecedented, groundbreaking history of China's Great Famine Winner of the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize 2011 | Neil MacGregor Encompassing a sweep of human history, this title begins with one of the earliest surviving objects made by human hands, a chopping tool from the Olduvai gorge in Africa, and... |
Judy Parkinson Looks at the key events in British history, covering various important dates, people and events. This title presents each subject in short, self-contained 'articles', designed to be dipped into on... | Ha-Joon Chang Turns received economic wisdom on its head to show you how the world really works. In this book, the author destroys the biggest myths of our times and shows us... |
Thomas Penn Recreates the dark and turbulent reign of Henry VII. In this title, the author traces the transformation of a young, vulnerable boy, Prince Henry, into the aggressive teenager who would... | Steven Pinker Can violence really have declined? The images of conflict we see daily on our screens from around the world suggest this is an almost obscene claim to be making. In... |
Simon Sebag Montefiore The epic story of Jerusalem told through the lives of the men and women who created, ruled and inhabited it. | Simon Garfield Maps have the most amazing stories. Suitable for mapophiles, this book offers narratives on everything from the challenge of mapping the oceans to spellbinding treasure maps to the naming of... |
Niall Ferguson Reveals the 'killer applications' that did it: competition - How Europe's small, piratical states built modern capitalism; science - How innovation gave the West the military edge; property rights -... | Ian Kershaw In almost every major war there comes a point where defeat looms for one side and its rulers cut a deal with victors, if only in an attempt to save... |
Antony Beevor A magisterial, single-volume history of the greatest conflict the world has ever known by our foremost military historian | Jerry Brotton Throughout history, maps have been fundamental in shaping our view of the world, and our place in it. This title tells the story of our world through maps. It examines... |
Barbara Mortimer On 3 September 1939 the Prime Minister declared that Britain was at war with Germany. Thousands of young women, many of them barely out of school, were sent headlong into... | Philippa Gregory; David Baldwin;... The fascinating companion volume to the first three novels in Philippa Gregory's bestselling Cousins' War series |
Alan Titchmarsh A practical guide to the countryside that explores the heritage of rural Britain, its landscapes and wildlife, its traditions, customs and crafts. It offers a checklist of British butterflies and... | Robin Nunn An illustrated biography of a very modern, some would say unprecedented, British royal romance between the man who may, one day, be king and a beautiful, middle-class English girl. It... |