A 'compelling, arresting' (New Scientist) behind-the-scenes tour through the world's greatest natural history museums, revealing their hidden secrets Zoologist Jack Ashby spends his life working in Britain's natural history museums, and in Nature's Memory he guides us through a series of extraordinary collections, from marvellous mounted whale skeletons and impossibly tiny insect cabinets to buried treasures in vast museum storehouses.
Bracing and essential, a radical reframing of British Romanticism through the lens of Black experience - for fans of David Olusoga, Gretchen Gerzina, Saidiya Hartman and Emma DabiriWordsworth, Shelley, Byron, Keats - the Romantic poets are titans of English literature, taught and celebrated around the world.
'Richly-layered and packed with insight, this riveting account of terrible events tells us as much about the present as it does the past' Patrick Bishop, author of Paris '44From Peter the Great to Putin, a biography of the city Hitler tried - and failed - to wipe off the mapThe siege of Saint Petersburg - then known as Leningrad - stands as a testament to human endurance.
'A truly remarkable writer, one of the most gifted non-fiction authors alive' Simon Schama, Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR THE 2015 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARDThis is the autobiography that John Aubrey never wrote.
Dilmun Dreams: Bahrain's Bronze Age Trade Hub is a richly written historical journey into one of the most fascinating civilizations of the ancient Arabian Gulf.
Nuclear War: The Day Humanity Stood on the Edge is a powerful and thought-provoking exploration of one of the most dangerous realities ever created by humankind—atomic conflict.
Step into a world long before European contact and discover the remarkable achievements of the Pre-Columbian civilizations that flourished across the Americas.
The Peloponnesian War stands as one of the most defining conflicts of the ancient world, a brutal and complex struggle between two of Greece's greatest powers: Athens and Sparta.
A 3,000-Year History of the Jewish PeopleBy Ivo VichevA sweeping, illuminating history that traces the improbable 3,000-year epic of a people defined by covenant, crisis, and relentless continuity.
Firing the Cloud: How Humanity Survived and Accelerated is a sweeping, provocative journey through 15,000 years of human history, tracing how we evolved from small, fire-lit bands of hunter-gatherers to a globally networked civilisation living inside a digital cloud.
"e;The Dawn of Urbanization: How Ancient People Built Urban Life"e; takes young readers on an exciting journey through history to explore how the world's first cities were built.
Crafting Ram Mandir, Shaping Practice: The Evolution of Bharatiya Social Work is a landmark academic monograph that rigorously applies all six classical social work methods — community organisation, group work, casework, social welfare administration, social action, and research — to analyse the Ram Mandir movement spanning five centuries (1528–2024).
From the earliest human journeys guided by stars and landmarks to the precision of satellite-based systems, A Short History of Navigation charts the remarkable story of how humanity learned to find its way across land and sea.
Masters of War: George WashingtonHow does a frontier surveyor with limited military experience defeat one of the world's most powerful armies and create a nation?
Welcome to Islam: An Essential Guide for New MuslimsAre you searching for a clear, authentic, and simple introduction to Islam—free from confusion, cultural barriers, or overwhelming detail?
Francisca Guemes de Figueroa se destaco por su conducta moral, su trato decoroso y gentil, sus arraigadas convicciones patrioticas y su amplia cultura.
From Cleopatra's gilded barge to the age of Instagram, Mythologies of Fame unravels how humanity has built, worshiped, and destroyed its idols for more than two thousand years.
