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Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

The United States asserts the right to use military force against ‘failed states’ around the globe. But as Noam Chomsky argues in...

Provocative and enlightening, Richard Sennett's The Craftsman is an exploration of craftsmanship - the desire to do a job well...

Robin Lane Fox's The Classical World: An Epic History of Greece and Rome is a comprehensive and enthralling introduction to...

Travels with Herodotus records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays - to India, China and Africa - with the great Greek...

From award-winning historian Robin Lane Fox, Alexander the Great searches through the mass of conflicting evidence and legend to...

David Thomson's 'Have You Seen?' - A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films is a quirky, idiosyncratic and hugely entertaining look...

Why lying to ourselves - and others - makes us human

We lie to ourselves every day: about how well we drive, how much we're...

Jamie Oliver will share everything he's learned as a chef as he invites you to Cook With Jamie

Whether you're a student, a...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

A hauntingly beautiful social history of the Thames Estuary, from the author of On Brick Lane.

Out at the eastern edge of...

Brick Lane today is a place of extremes - a street that's constantly reinventing itself. Blending history and reportage with...

The Trouble with Physics is a groundbreaking account of the state of modern physics: of how we got from Einstein and Relativity...

The great epic of the Ancient World comes to life

The story of Carthage is one of the great epics of the Ancient World. And...

One of the great landmarks of modern history publishing, Simon Schama's Citizens: A Chronicle of the French Revolution is the...

The Yellow House: Van Gogh, Gauguin and Nine Turbulent Weeks in Arles is art critic Martin Gayford's account of the tumultuous...

A fully revised, expanded and updated edition of this masterly portrayal of contemporary Spain.

The restoration of democracy...

George Dyson's fascinating account of the early years of computers: Turing's Cathedral is the story behind how the PC, ipod,...

London Orbital is Iain Sinclair's exceptional voyage of discovery into the unloved outskirts of the city

Encircling London...

This important book is about truth, and the enemies of truth, and the wars that are fought between them. As Simon Blackburn says...

Hackney, that Rose-Red Empire is Iain Sinclair's foray into one of London's most fascinating boroughs

Hackney, That Rose-Red...

In On Royalty Jeremy Paxman delves deep into Britain's royal past. What is the point of Kings and Queens? What do they do all...

Mankind's battle to stay alive is the greatest of all subjects. This brief, witty and unusual book by Britain's greatest medical...

'E.H. Carr, author of the monumental History of Soviet Russia, now proves himself to be not only one of our most distinguished...

'Sync' is a story of a dazzling kind of order in the universe, the harmony that comes from cycles in sync. The tendency to...

What happens to your body after you have died?

Fertilizer? Crash Test Dummy? Human Dumpling? Ballistics Practise?

Life...

What is happening in the brain when we drink too much alcohol, get high on ecstasy or experience road rage? Emotion, says...