‘An absolute gem’ Sunday Times ‘A mouthwatering history’ The Guardian

Charts world history from the dawn of civilisation to the modern culture we live in today. From the origins of homo-sapiens to the release of Nelson Mandela, from the French Revolution to the Space Race, this book presents an exploration of the human timeline up to and including modern Islam, the world wide web, and the global financial crisis.

Literary Hub'sThe Island at the Center of the World

A history of the writer's organization PEN International, published to mark its centenary.

The Book of the Dead of Sobekmose, in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum, New York, is one of the most important surviving examples of the ancient Egyptian Book of the Dead genre. This title offers an English translation of a single, extensive, major text that can speak to us from beginning to end in the order in which it was composed.

The third edition of David Potter’s lively history, which tells the extraordinary story of Rome from its origins, through the Republic and Empire, to the period of its decline and fall.

The remarkable excavation of a previously unidentified city in Israel from the time of King David, shedding new light on the link between the bible and history

An entertaining introduction to the ways ancient Egyptians practised magic in their daily lives.