Charles SalaAn in-depth look at the life and work of the impetuous, solitary, tireless creator who, in asserting his freedom to create on his own terms, was the prototype of...

Gilles NeretDuring the Renaissance, the great artists, from Leonardo da Vinci and Botticelli to Michelangelo and Rapheal, transformed the history of art, achieving an even closer imitation of nature whilst...

Jonathan Schneer In May 1940, with France on the verge of defeat, Britain alone stood in the path of the Nazi military juggernaut. Survival seemed to hinge on the leadership...

Amnon Yona At long last, Amnon Yona, is permitted to write about his exploits. He was a leading player in the clandestine operations that led to the creation of the...

Sugata Rose and Ayesha Jalal The fifth edition of Modern South Asia draws on the newest historical research and scholarship in the field to interpret and debate key developments in modern South...

Benjamin Sutherland

Leila Tarazi Fawaz and CA Bayly Between the 1890s and 1920s, cities in the vast region stretching from the Mediterranean Sea to the Indian Ocean were experiencing political, social, economic,...

Michael Bar-Zohar and Nissim Mishal The Mossad is widely recognized today as the best intelligence service in the world. It is also the most enigmatic, shrouded in secrecy. Mossad: The...

Bill Bryson How did English, 'treated for centuries as the inadequate and second-rate tongue of peasants' become the undisputed global language? How did words like shampoo, sofa and rowdy (and...

Gil Troy On November 10, 1975, the General Assembly of United Nations passed Resolution 3379, which declared Zionism a form of racism. Afterward, a tall man with long, graying hair,...

Jane GloverTold through the prism of the women in Mozart's life, this biography focuses initially on his precocious childhood and relationship with his mother, sister and the Weber sisters, one...

Jan Swafford Now in the definitive biography of one of the most lauded musical geniuses in history, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, by the acclaimed composer and biographer Jan SwaffordAt the earliest...