A CONFLICT LIKE NO OTHER, it has come to define the very idea of war itself. Great power rivalry prepared the ground, yet so did bitter ethnic disp...

Coffee with Hitler tells the astounding true story of a handful of amateur British intelligence agents who wined, dined and befriended the leading ...

Winner of the Duff Cooper Prize, Adam Hochschild's King Leopold’s Ghost is the true and haunting account of Leopold's brutal regime and its lasting...

The epic story of the past, present, and future of world order, revealing how the decline of the West may be a good thing for the world. Since t...

THE INSTANT NYT BESTSELLER'Fascinating' - The GuardianA gripping account of the little-known plot that could have put an end to JFK's historic pres...

Explore the world's most fascinating historical and contemporary buildings, from ancient pyramids to hi-tech skyscrapers, in this essential guide t...

People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely a...

The currents of History run deep and often unseen beneath the everyday ripple of events. But now and again the current rises to the surface, and th...

An explosive account of one of the most hubristic mistakes in American political history: Joe Biden’s decision to run for reelection despite mounti...

The internationally bestselling guide to the extraordinary human story, for the curious of all ages The world has existed for over 4 billion years,...

Packed with illustrations and fascinating facts, this book tells the story of the events that shaped our world.From the origins of the first humans...

Michel Foucault examines the archeology of madness in the West from 1500 to 1800 - from the late Middle Ages, when insanity was still considered pa...

A Sunday Times bestselling landmark history of the alliance that won the war and made the peace from the author of Appeasing Hitler‘An astonishing ...

An acclaimed international bestseller which tells the story of Europe’s most admired and feared country, from the Roman age to Charlemagne to von B...

This book is Black Hawk Down meets Enemy at the Gates meets Band of Brothers, and it's all true. It's about what happens when Western politicians c...

In February 1910, the future Virginia Woolf played the most famous practical joke in British military history. Blackening her face and masquerading...

13.8 billion years of human and cosmic history summarised in one big book. At DK, we believe in the power of discovery. So with this brand-new hist...

The Middle East: The Cradle of Civilization synthesizes the latest research and information from a range of disciplines to tell the compelling stor...

The surprisingly sadistic Boudica would be forgotten if it weren't for the Ninth Legion, Elizabeth I a minor royal without the Spanish Armada, and ...

A powerful meditation on political resistance and the global search for justice From the ‘War on Terror’ to resistance in Ramallah and traumatic di...

'Glittering... the author’s obvious enthusiasm for the subject is matched by impressive erudition' The SpectatorWhen does a bandit become a monarch...

This explosive national bestseller is the definitive account of the Biden administration's most disgraceful hour—and the chaos it unleashed in the ...

'A riposte to the idea that geography is destiny' FINANCIAL TIMES'Samson demonstrates how we are not always prisoners of geography but, increasingl...

'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE 'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP 'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGE An enormous bestseller in Greece,...

'A new understanding of history' Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and the 1% 'If you think progress will take us to the promised land, this is a...

A radical retelling of human history through collapse, and what it means for our uncertain future A radical retelling of human history through coll...

Discover the epic history of human exploration and migration, and the stories of fearless pioneers the world over, with this stunning tour of histo...

A sparkling exploration of direction, by the acclaimed author of A History of the World in 12 MapsNorth, south, east and west: almost all societies...

The Gaza Strip is one of the most widely-reported on regions in the world—yet misinformation about its history and its people abound. In this vital...

A comic tour of history’s greatest mistakes and how they have shaped our world, packed with reckless rulers, hare-brained plans, monumental mistake...

Do you feel like we're living in the end times? Does it seem like everything is on fire, and one disaster follows another? Here's a small comfort: ...

In battle, the medieval knight was the equivalent of the modern tank. A knight could plough his way through ranks of foot-soldiers, and on massive ...

Journey through time and unravel the mysteries of ancient civilizations with this captivating pocket guide to the art and science of archaeology. E...

From Sergeant Stubby to Antis the radar dog, meet the heroic hounds who put their lives on the line in this inspiring compendium of real-life war d...

The story of a hotel. The story of a nation. When the Inter-Continental Kabul opened in 1969, Afghanistan’s first luxury hotel symbolised a dream o...