Historie

Mary Beard

Britain's favourite classicist lifts the lid on the Roman Empire in this major non-fiction release for 2015. Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from…

Anne Applebaum

All of us have in our minds a cartoon image of what an autocratic state looks like, with a bad man at the top. But in the 21st century, that cartoon bears little resemblance to reality. Nowadays…

Angela Y. Davis

Michael Pollan

Sathnam Sanghera

Alena Mizerová, Lea Novotná, Radka Vyskočilová…

A university without its own publishing house is like a cathedral without an organ: wild-growing and silent. Masaryk University has got its publishing house, which even ranks among the largest in Central…

Ivan Mrázek

Precious stones are masterpieces of nature and their mysterious shimmer has fascinated man since time immemorial. This overview publication briefly conveys the history of precious stones, introduces…

Timothy Snyder

Yuval Noah Harari

Peter Frankopan

A major reassessment of world history in light of the economic and political renaissance in the re-emerging East, as well as a rediscovery of the seductive cities of Samarkand, Bukhara, Isfahan and…

Norman Ohler

An account of the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich - from Hitler and his entourage to ordinary troops. In this highly original book, a bestseller in Germany, Norman Ohler shows how…

DK

Benjamin Ferencz

I don't know where to stop praising Benny and this amazing book...' - HEATHER MORRIS, The Tattooist of Auschwitz 'This book...is the stuff folk tales are made of. How wonderful that sometimes they are…

Hannah Arendt

Elie Wiesel

Wiesel's account of his survival as a teenager in the Nazi death camps, including a new preface is which he reflects on the enduring importance of Night and his lifelong, passionate dedication to ensuring…

Adam Zamoyski

Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall…

Isabel Wilkerson

Marc David Baer

Brian C. Muraresku

Sinclair McKay

The Sunday Times-bestselling author of Dresden returns with a monumental biography of the city that defined the twentieth century - Berlin Throughout the twentieth century, Berlin stood at the centre…

Malcolm X, Alex Haley

From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. He became identified in the white press as a teacher of race…

Marcus Aurelius

A leading translation of Stoic philosophy in wise and practical aphorisms that have inspired Bill Clinton, Ryan Holiday, Anna Kendrick and many more. Written in Greek by an intellectual Roman emperor…

Tom O'Neill

A journalist&#39,s twenty-year fascination with the Manson murders leads to &quot,gobsmacking&quot, (The Ringer) new revelations about the FBI&#39,s involvement in this &quot,kaleidoscopic&quot…

Philippe Sands