In 38 Londres Street, Philippe Sands blends personal memoir, historical detective work and gripping courtroom drama to probe a secret double story of mass murder, one that reveals a shocking thread that links the horrors of the 1940s with those of our own times.

The house at 38 Londres Street is home to the legacies of two men whose personal stories span continents, nationalities and decades of atrocity: Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile, and Walther Rauff, a Nazi SS officer resp...

A fresh and spellbinding new history of ancient Mesopotamia.

An authoritative biography of Offa of Mercia, revealing his importance as the king who stood at the turning point of Anglo-Saxon history

Few concepts have become as charged over the past decades as antisemitism. In public debate, the word serves as a warning, an accusation, and at times even as a political weapon. But what do we actually mean by it?

From an abundance of information, misinformation and noise, Hans Wallage and Jaap Tanja bring back antisemitism to its essence: the hatred of Jews within a long history of persecution, exclusion, and stereotyping. They show how antisemitism continually takes on new forms (from medi...

Nature editor and Science Book Prize winner Henry Gee explores the future of our species and our probable extinction, while suggesting how, through technological innovation, we might indefinitely postpone our fate.

Was Grigori Rasputin a visionary, a fraud, or a victim of history? Antony Beevor searches for the truth about the great seducer of the Romanovs, the wild mystic who laid the ground for the Russian Revolution

The best book on Pompeii I've ever read' STEPHEN FRY

'Brilliant' TOM HOLLAND

A vast area of Pompeii is being excavated for the first time, revealing astonishing insights into how people really lived. In this revelatory new history, Director of Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares the untold stories that are at last emerging.

Pompeii is a world frozen in time. There are unmade beds, dishes left drying, tools abandoned by workmen, bodies embracing with love and fear. And alo...

Discover the reigns of twelve African queens and warriors from across the continent, from pioneering historian and writer, Paula Akpan.