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'We never lose our inner freedom; the freedom to do what is right'

Lea Ypi grew up in one of the most isolated countries on...

For generations, the history of the British empire was written by its victors. British historians' accounts of conquest guided...

In The Habsburgs, Martyn Rady tells the epic story of a dynasty and the world it built - and then lost - over nearly a...

Today, the bunker has become the extreme expression of our greatest fears: from pandemics to climate change and nuclear war. And...

Barwise... , York Peter

There's a war on against the BBC. It is under threat as never before. And if we lose it, we won't get it back.

The BBC is our...

The acclaimed historian of modern Britain, Dominic Sandbrook, tells the story of the early 1980s: the most dramatic, colourful...

We think we know ancient Greece, the civilisation that shares the same name and gave us just about everything that defines...

An engrossing history of ancient Chinese philosophy and culture from an eminent Cambridge expert

We are often told that the...

In our brave new world of Big Tech, work is automated and money melts into air. What comes next as the global capitalist edifice...

In 1412, Europe was a miserable backwater ravaged by plague, bad sanitation and incessant war, while the Orient was home to...

The Fall of the House of Fifa is the definitive story of Fifa's rise and the most spectacular fall sport has ever seen.

For...

The definitive biography of one of the greatest, most extraordinary runners and Olympic heroes of all time, from the author of...

What happens when a weekend athlete – of average skill at best – joins the professional golf circuit? George Plimpton spent a...

Richard Askwith wanted more. Not convinced running had to be all about pounding pavements, buying fancy kit and racking up...

In the century since its birth, the crossword has evolved into the world's most popular intellectual pastime: a unique form of...

Do you believe some people are born athletes?

Is sporting talent innate or something that can be achieved through endurance...

A unique collection of advice for life, Baltasar Gracian's The Pocket Oracle and Art of Prudence is a philosophical gem, and...

'Thick with rolls of gleaming new wire, the obstacle was designed to prevent a suicide bomber driving into the compound's thick...

Best known for his revolutionary free-market economics treatise The Wealth of Nations, Adam Smith was first and foremost a moral...

In a small Polish village, Mala Kacenberg grew up in the comfort of her family. Until the Nazis arrived.

Her village was torn...

Captain, father, leader, a fearless ambassador for the causes he believes in and a world-class midfielder, Jordan Henderson is...

M... , Butrico...

What if you could learn how to expect the unexpected?

In business, like in life, foresight is crucial for avoiding pitfalls...

The former Prince of Wales has lived his whole life in the public eye, yet he remains an enigma. He was born to be king, but he...

Tim Moore completes his epic (and ill-advised) trilogy of cycling's Grand Tours.

Julian Berrendero's victory in the 1941...

The material world is itself emptiness.
Emptiness is itself the material world.

Powerful, mystical and concise, the Heart...

The creator of the Gaia hypothesis and the greatest environmental thinker of our time has produced an astounding new theory about...

A passionate defence of humanity and a work of radical optimism from the international bestselling author of...

The acclaimed Penguin Monarchs series: short, fresh, expert accounts of England's rulers - now in paperback

Although he styled...

Scaling a new peak of rash over-ambition, Tim Moore tackles the 9,000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny-wheeled,...

The French: serious and frivolous, charming and infuriating, rational and mystical, pessimistic, pleasure-loving - and perhaps...