A vivid, beautifully ilustrated account of the Netherlands’ rebellion against Spanish colonial rule in 1568.

A fresh perspective on the celebrated Dutch painter Rembrandt van Rijn.

Whales are the largest animals ever to have lived on the earth; a large Blue Whale's tongue alone can weigh more than an elephant. This title recounts the evolutionary and ecological background, as well as the cultural history, of these extraordinary mammals, long persecuted and now celebrated throughout the world.

A comprehensive, beautifully illustrated survey of the entire Solar System.

People collect to connect with the past, personal and historic, to exercise some small and perfect degree of control over a carefully chosen portion of the world. The Grain of the Clay is Allen S. Weiss's engaging exploration of the meaning and practice of collecting through his relationship with Japanese ceramics.

The gripping life, times, thought and legacy of Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius.

In Ukraine: A Nation on the Borderland, Karl Schloegel presents a picture of a country which lies on Europe's borderland and in Russia's shadow. As well as exploring this present-day confrontation, Schloegel provides detailed, fascinating historical portraits of a panoply of Ukraine's major cities.

The history of medieval Britain through twelve remarkable illuminated manuscripts.

An eye-opening account of parasitism, fundamental to life and human history.

A history of how we came to know that the earth is round, rather than flat.