History & Classics
Active Measures
Thomas Rid
This startling history of secret psychological operations traces the century-long rise of organized deception from the Russian Revolution to contempor…
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Philip Coggan
A panoramic history of trade, industry and economic thought, from prehistoric times to the present.
The Hundred Years' War on Palestine
Rashid I. Khalidi
This is the story of Palestine told from the inside
Victory in the Kitchen
Annie Gray
The story of the twentieth century through one woman's life and the food she cooked for our most famous Prime Minister, Winston Churchill
A Scheme of Heaven
Alexander Boxer
Our future really was written in the stars, but not in the way we guessed
Nuking the Moon
Vince Houghton
Agent Zigzag meets The Book of Heroic Failures and The GCHQ Quiz Book
The Gravediggers
Hauke Friederichs
A thrilling day-by-day account of the final months of the Weimar Republic, documenting the collapse of democracy in Germany and Hitler's frighten…
A Cheesemonger's History of The British Isles
Ned Palmer
A celebration of cheese to go perfectly with your Christmas Stilton
Imperial Tragedy
Michael Kulikowski
Two hundred years of Roman imperial politics and power brought to life in an action-packed narrative
The King's Cathedral
Judith Curthoys
An inside account of the cathedral at the heart of Oxford's grandest college
Great State
Timothy Brook
The last eight centuries of China's relationship with the world told through the eyes of traders, invaders, civil servants, visionaries, and trai…
Infamy
Jerry Toner
A journey to the dark side of Roman nature – like Horrible Histories for grown-ups
Escape from Earth
Fraser MacDonald
Lies, spies, sex-magic and socialism: the secret history of the first American rocket in space
The Professor and the Parson
Adam Sisman
'I embarrassed myself by uncontrollable guffaws … This is a truly wonderful story' A. N. Wilson, Spectator
The Origin of Empire
David Potter
Capturing the pivotal moment when Rome transformed from a republic to a world empire, spanning over three hundred action-packed years
Tragedy, the Greeks and Us
Simon Critchley
A provocative and timely exploration into tragedy from the curator of The New York Times philosophy column
The Border
Diarmaid Ferriter
The history and possible future of the border between the Republic and Northern Ireland.
The Colosseum
Keith Hopkins
Award winning classicist, Mary Beard with Keith Hopkins, tell the story of Rome's greatest arena
The Parthenon
Mary Beard
'A classic in every sense of the word' John Julius Norwich Revised and updated to include the story of the New Acropolis Museum, the controv…