Ian Kershaw
In the summer of 1914 most of Europe plunged into a war so catastrophic that it unhinged the continent's politics and beliefs in a way that took generations to ...
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Joseph Henrich
'A landmark in social thought. Henrich may go down as the most influential social scientist of the first half of the twenty-first century' MATTHEW SYEDDo you id ...
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Rebecca Gowers,Ernest Gowers
'Be short, be simple, be human.' When Sir Ernest Gowers first wrote Plain Words, it was intended simply as a guide to the proper use of English for the ...
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Niall Ferguson
The decline of the West is something that has long been prophesied. Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing growth, crushing debts, ageing populati ...
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Alex Haley,Malcolm X
From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. He became identifi ...
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Richard Overy
Drawing on a wealth of evidence to account for the Soviet Union's victory against invading forces, this book offers an account of the epic struggle that turned ...
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Tristram Hunt
From the pioneers of early America to the builders of modern India, from west to east and back again, this book follows the processes of exchange and adaptation ...
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Rosemary Hill
From the Wolfson Prize-winning author of God's Architect: Pugin and the Building of Romantic BritainBetween the fall of the Bastille in 1789 and the opening of ...
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Alain de Botton
All of us, whether religious, agnostic or atheist, are searching for meaning. In this book, a non-believer both rejects the supernatural claims of the major rel ...
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Saint Thomas More
Paints a fantastical picture of a distant island where society is perfected and people live in harmony. This work is also an attack on the author's own corrupt, ...
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Colm Tóibín
Tells about writers and their families. This book explores the often tense relationship between writers and their families. ...
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David Wootton
We live in a world made by science. How and when did this happen? This book tells the story of the extraordinary intellectual and cultural revolution that gave ...
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