History & Classics
The Poet's Tale
Paul Strohm
How a single year turned Chaucer into a poet, and sparked the creation of The Canterbury Tales. Now available in paperback.
Christmas Carols
Andrew Gant
Here's something to set you singing this Christmas – a history of twenty odd carols in a beautiful edition. An ideal Christmas book gift.
The Heineken Story
Barbara Smit
A heady blend of brewery battles and family drama that refreshes the parts other business stories cannot reach
Adventures in Stationery
James Ward
From Bronze Age India to a Surrey Stationers via pencil wars and accidental inventions: a hilarious insight into the familiar yet unexpectedly bizarre…
Belles and Whistles
Andrew Martin
The bestselling author of Underground, Overground recaptures the glamour of a lost age of rail travel and trains by travelling Britain's most fam…
How to Manage Your Slaves by Marcus Sidonius Falx
Jerry Toner
An entertaining and amazingly informative guide to the realities of slavery in ancient Rome, with an introduction by Mary Beard
Dublin
David Dickson
How Dublin grew from Viking settlement to capital city of Ireland: a one-of-its kind comprehensive history of one of the most popular cities in the wo…
War: What is it good for?
Ian Morris
A bold and controversial rethinking of the role of war in human history and how it will shape our future, sure to provoke debate, from the bestselling…
The Dark Box
John Cornwell
The sacred and profane history of confession in the Catholic Church, with a shocking new exposé of its role in the child abuse scandals of the tw…
Acts of Union and Disunion
Linda Colley
Based on a 15-part BBC Radio 4 series: What has held the United Kingdom together – and what is driving it apart? Includes analysis of the 2014 Scottis…
The Great Indoors
Ben Highmore
A field guide to the private life of the family home in the twentieth century: a social, cultural and personal history.
The Gods of Olympus: A History
Barbara Graziosi
The afterlife of the classical gods: how they travelled the world, shaped our history and culture, and turned up in the strangest places, from Chinese…
The War that Ended Peace
Margaret MacMillan
The definitive history of the political, cultural, military and personal forces which shaped Europe's path to the Great War – now in paperback.
The Dreamer's Dictionary
Stearn Robinson
An ideal bedside companion to anyone who wakes up wanting to understand their dreams
Mr Selden's Map of China
Timothy Brook
Forensic history at its best: an ancient map reveals the origins of world trade, and surprising twists in China's history. Now available in paper…
Armchair Nation
Joe Moran
The story of television and how it has changed our lives – from the moon landings to the X Factor.
Riddle of the Labyrinth
Margalit Fox
The full story of the race to decipher the world's greatest puzzle, now in paperback.
Brothers at War
Sheila Miyoshi Jager
A major new history told from all sides, to coincide with the sixtieth anniversary of the armistice in the Korean War.
Pompeii's Secrets
Alan Lloyd
Alan Lloyd mixes fact and fiction to recreate the last days of Pompeii.