A groundbreaking new perspective on catastrophes throughout human history, with vital lessons for our future

The most authoritative and highly regarded single-volume history of India – from ancient time to the modern day. Five millennia of the sub-continent’s social, economic, political and cultural history are interpreted by one of our finest writers on India and the Far East.

A reappraisal of the tumultuous Partition and how it ignited long-standing animosities between India and Pakistan

Why was Saul tormented by three unopened letters from Stockholm? What made Thelma spend her whole life raking over a long-past love affair? How did Carlos' macho fantasies help him deal with terminal cancer? This title gives the affecting accounts of the author's work with these and seven other patients.

Tells the story of the making of the H-bomb and reveals how it created a nuclear stalemate that lasted forty years.

This textbook aims to explain air power to both military and civilian audiences in an accessible manner, approaching the topic in a balanced and systematic way.

A brand-new history of the 14th and 15th century conflicts between England and France – original in approach and radical in its conclusions – that significantly broadens traditional narratives of the events historians have collectively labelled the Hundred Years War.