History

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.

A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed by Patternity, the award-winning creative studio and pattern consultancy.

The inspiring true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and to survive the Holocaust.

A cinematic, propulsive and frightening climate tour of our near future - coming much faster than you think.

Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going.

100 tales of extraordinary women - the most highly supported original book ever in the history of crowdfunding.

A powerful, moving account of life in Damascus, and a story of how the power of music can unite people in the face of conflict.

The bestselling phenomenon returns with 21 bite-sized lessons to help us understand our troubled times.

The incredible, bestselling memoir of survival, hope and empowerment

A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians.

A handsome gift edition of one of the seminal pieces of literature to emerge from the Second World War: Viktor Frankl's moving account of his experiences in Auschwitz. With new introduction and appendices.

This bestselling book, the triumphant fruit of careful research, wide reading and judicious assessment, is the unchallenged contemporary reference on the history of New Zealand.

Michael Palin brings to life one of the greatest adventures of all time

The dark clouds returned and gathered about the boy. His eyes grew distant, and he began to tremble. He heard not only shells exploding, but the cries of dying men . . . He was stumbling over churned earth, looking into the face of an officer, bloodied red as the poppies, ripped apart in the Flanders mud . . .

A compelling graphic novel adaptation of Upton Sinclair's seminal protest novel that brings to life the harsh conditions and exploited existences of immigrants in Chicago's meatpacking industry in the early twentieth century.

So begins The Histories, the very first work of history and one of the most dramatic accounts of the ancient world ever written, brought to life again in Tom Holland's gripping new translation.

A harrowing true story about a young girl's struggle to survive Nazi persecution, and a man's attempt to unveil his family's secrets.

Describing in simple terms the tragic murder of a people from a survivor's perspective, Night is among the most personal, intimate and poignant of all accounts of the Holocaust. A compelling consideration of the darkest side of human nature and the enduring power of hope, it remains one of the most important works of the twentieth century.

Ferguson's seminal bestseller on the highs and lows of Britain's empire.

An expert new voice presents an overarching account of the biggest questions of today - all in one accessible book.

From the author of French Revolutions and Gironimo! comes a hideously over-ambitious challenge on doomed machinery. Tim Moore cycles the length of the old Iron Curtain on a shopping bike.

Anne Salmond's brilliant study of first contact between Maori and European explorers - a trail-blazing achievement in narrative New Zealand history.

Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most revered writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness.