Umberto Eco A fascinating illustrated tour of the fabled places in literature and folklore that have awed, troubled, and eluded us through the ages. From the epic poets of antiquity...

Timothy Brennan SHORTLISTED FOR THE PALESTINE BOOK AWARDSDrawing on extensive archival sources and hundreds of interviews, Timothy Brennan's Places of Mind is the first comprehensive biography of Said, one of...

Caroline Moorehead A thrilling biography of Edda Mussolini—Benito Mussolini’s favorite daughter, one of the most influential women in 1930s Europe—and a heart-stopping account of the unraveling of the Fascist dream...

Barbara W Tuchman The 14th century gives us back two contradictory images: a glittering time of crusades and castles, cathedrals and chivalry, and a dark time of ferocity and spiritual...

Henry Kissinger Henry Kissinger examines how six extraordinary leaders he personally knew shaped their countries and influenced the world. In Leadership, he argues that leaders operate at the intersection of...

Simon Schama The most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French Revolution, and one of the great landmarks of modern history publishing.'Monumental...provocative and stylish, Simon Schama's account of...

Simon Sebag Montefiore The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world’s surface for three centuries. How did one family turn a war-ruined...

Anthony Bale A captivating journey of the expansive world of medieval travel, from London to Constantinople to the court of China and beyond. Europeans of the Middle Ages were the...

Joseph E Stiglitz From one of the world’s leading economists, a compelling new vision of personal and economic freedom.We are a nation born from the conviction that people must be...

Simon Sebag Montefiore From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have...

Peter Caddick-Adams March 1945. Allied troops are poised to cross the Rhine and sweep on into Germany. Victory is finally within their grasp. But if they believe this victory can...

Orhan Pamuk Selections from Orhan Pamuk’s illustrated and personal notebooks… For fourteen years, Pamuk has been taking notes and making drawings in small notebooks every day. On these pages, he...