Жанр "История. Социология. Политика"

Love, Poverty and War: Journeys and Essays showcases the Hitchens' rejection of consensus and cliche, whether he's reporting from...

Since the end of the Cold War so-called experts have been predicting the eclipse of America’s “special relationship” with...

In this compelling tour of the classical world, Peter Jones reveals how it is the power, scope and fascination of their ideas...

Discover why outsiders from Trump to Corbyn are succeeding like never before - and what this means for you.

In recent years,...

Butman... , Targett...

In the mid-sixteenth century, England was a small and relatively insignificant kingdom on the periphery of Europe, and it had...

Without a moment's pause, we share our most intimate thoughts with trillion-dollar tech companies. Their algorithms categorize us...

India joined the railway age late: the first line was not completed until 1853 but, by 1929, 41,000 miles of track served the...

Never in human history was there such a chance for freedom of expression. If we have Internet access, any one of us can publish...

Christopher Hitchens goes straight for the jugular in The Trial of Henry Kissinger. Under his fearsome gaze, the former Secretary...

In this witty and mischievous book, philosopher Peter Cave dissects the most controversial disputes today and uses philosophical...

The opening of the pioneering Liverpool and Manchester Railway in 1830 marked the beginning of the railways’ vital role in...

The official account – complete with full-colour illustrations – of how four ordinary people managed to expose the government’s...

For the first time in millennia we live without formal empires. But that doesn’t mean we don’t feel their presence rumbling...

The untold story of the remarkable young men who played a central role in the history of British horticulture and helped to shape...

A sweeping history of the city of Rome, seen through the eyes of its most significant sackings, from the Gauls to the Nazis and...

As the day of the final of the 1995 Rugby World Cup dawned, and the Springboks faced New Zealand’s all-conquering All Blacks,...

Man has always been fascinated by Equus caballus, recasting horse power into many forms: a hunk of meat, an industrial and...

When the First World War broke out, the suffragettes suspended their campaigning and joined the war effort. For pioneering...

On a sunlit evening in l882, Lord Frederick Cavendish and Thomas Burke, Chief Secretary and Undersecretary for Ireland, were...

It's not what you know, it's who you know. Or so the adage goes. Professor Matthew Jackson, world-leading researcher into social...

A landmark history of the men and women who have defined the UK’s role in the modern world – and what makes them special – by a...

More than one fifth of children want to become influencers and it's easy to understand why. What if you could escape economic...

What was it really like to take the LNER’s Art Deco Coronation streamliner from King’s Cross to Edinburgh, to cross the Atlantic...

Since the EU referendum of 2016, British politics has witnessed a barrage of crises, resignations and general elections. Theresa...

Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy was a series of glamorous air contests, popularly known as races, that captivated both...

Cormac... , Aldrich...

For the first time, The Secret Royals uncovers the remarkable relationship between the Royal Family and the intelligence...

Updated with a new introduction by the author for the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing, For All Mankind is both an...

P.J. O'Rourke says we've worked ourselves into a state of anger and perplexity, and it's no surprise because perplexed and angry...

In this revealing and entertaining guide to how the Romans confronted their own mortality, Peter Jones shows us that all the...

In China's vast northwestern region, more than a million and a half Muslims have vanished into internment camps and associated...