'A learned, wise, wonderfully written single volume history of a civilisation that I knew I should know more about' Tom Holland 'Masterful and eng...

Namate Suid Afrika se vooruitsigte toenemend desperaat raak, word die konvensionele siening dat die apartheidsjare van die vorige eeu net skande, a...

This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A sin...

From the premise that gathering information is ‘part of mankind’s basic survival instinct’, John Hughes-Wilson surveys the way in which spying has ...

The definitive book on this important battle of the Wars of the Roses For many years the first battle of St Albans was regarded as a ‘short scuffle...

In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land,...

Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the collapse of Communism and beyond - exquisitely charted map ...

This brilliantly concise history of the Pacific Ocean nevertheless succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on ocean's islands and Wester...

'Oliver is an evocative storyteller, vividly bringing his tales to life' BBC History From Genghis Khan's domination on earth to Armstrong's firs...

From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its ...

What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other?Before th...

Though it has been some six centuries since explorer Zheng He visited Africa, scholar Li Xinfeng finds connections between Zheng's voyages and Chin...

Die verhaal van die 1820-Setlaars – Britse emigrante na die onstuimige grens van ‘n afgelee kolonie in die 19de-eeuse Suider-Afrika. Hulle invloed ...

"The beauty and levity that Perry and Gabriele have captured in this book are what I think will help it to become a standard text for general audie...

Discover the “fascinating and outrageously readable” account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended i...

A landmark study of ancient Greek and Roman cults, from the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis to the cults of Dionysus and Mithras.Mystery cults are o...

From 1913 to 1920, the Molteno-Murray family published a private journal called "Chronicle of the Family". It appeared three times a year, providin...