History & Classics
Tracks on the Ocean
Sara Caputo
A vivid history of how the marks left on maps by travellers tell the story of the modern world
The Green Ages
Annette Kehnel
A fascinating look at the medieval precedents for modern sustainable living
The History of Ideas
David Runciman
What is the history of ideas – and how has it shaped our world today?
At the Edge of Empire
Edward Wong
The essential history of modern China, told through the story of one family
Embers of the Hands
Eleanor Barraclough
An original and intimate history of the Viking Age, told through the everyday objects that defined the lives of ordinary people
Immaculate Forms
Helen King
Journey into the complex medical and religious history of women's bodies from classical Greece to the modern day
Native Nations
Kathleen DuVal
A Pulitzer-Prize winning new history of indigenous Americans, by the winner of the 2024 Cundill History Prize
On The Roof
Tom Allan
A study of an ancient craft, landscape and community from an outstanding new voice
Extractive Capitalism
Laleh Khalili
An eye-opening survey of how extractive industries power globalisation – and how to fight back
Writing on the Wall
Madeleine Pelling
Hear the voices of the eighteenth century: an eye-opening new history of Britain's most tumultuous period, told through its graffiti
Interwar
Gavin Stamp
An authoritative survey of British buildings between the wars by the late Gavin Stamp – one of Britain's best-known architecture critics
The House Divided
Barnaby Rogerson
A fresh look at the past, present and future of a conflict that lies at the heart of the Middle East
Impossible City
Simon Kuper
An unsparing memoir of the city in the twenty-first century, from a long-time Parisien d'adoption
The Language Puzzle
Steven Mithen
A groundbreaking new account of prehistory from one of the most esteemed archaeologists working today
Vietdamned
Clive Webb
The untold story of the writers and philosophers who took on the United States government for its war in Vietnam
Little Englanders
Alwyn Turner
An authoritative and entertaining history of the Edwardian age, told through its politics and popular culture
Exhausted
Anna Katharina Schaffner
A burnout coach's transformative insights on exhaustion, from ancient wisdom to modern life
Jewish Country Houses
Juliet Carey
A unique angle on Jewish and country house history, beautifully illustrated with original photography by leading architectural photographer Hél…
Fear
Robert Peckham
A ground-breaking examination of the societal impact of fear that gives us a thrilling insight on world history
How to be a Renaissance Woman
Jill Burke
Beauty, make up, power: plunge into the intimate history of cosmetics