Vor über 66 Millionen Jahren von der Erde verschwunden, üben Dinosaurier seit ihrer Wiederentdeckung im 19. Jahrhundert eine ungeheure Faszination auf den Menschen aus. Kein Wunder, dass man früh den Wunsch verspürte, nicht nur Fossilien und Skelette betrachten zu können. Im Jahr 1830 malte ein englischer Wissenschaftler namens Henry De la Beche das erste Stück Paläokunst: eine überwältigende, herrlich makabre Darstellung prähistorischer Reptilien, die sich unter Wasser bekämpfen. ...

Japan: A Guide to Traditions, Customs and Etiquette is the first book to explain in detail why the Japanese think and behave as they do and it has now been completely revised and expanded.

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ‘His masterpiece’ Antony Beevor, Spectator ‘A masterful performance’ Sunday Times ‘By far the best book on the Vietnam War’ Gerald Degroot, The Times, Book of the Year

A major new history of North and South Korea, from the late nineteenth century to the present day

Debunking what were accepted truths about the Second World War, the author argues provocatively that Hitler did not set out to cause the war as part of an evil master plan, but blundered into it partly by accident, aided by the shortcomings of others.

A compelling and vivid narrative history of one of the founding civilizations of the modern world, the Byzantine empire, evocatively told through the lives of its 92 emperors.

The Byzantine empire was one of the most successful states of the Middle Ages, ruling over a huge terrain straddling Europe and western Asia for an unrivalled eleven hundred years. Yet its history remains largely unfamiliar. This chronicle brings this majestic yet turbulent period to life through the lives of...