An urgent and persuasive argument for why we must fight global monopolies to protect freedom and prosperity.

The international bestselling author of The Art of Thinking Clearly returns to teach you the habits that the world's most successful people avoid - at all costs.

The stunning story of Russia's slide back into a dictatorship - and how the West is now paying the price for allowing it to happen.

The extraordinary story of the German foreign ministry official who, at risk to his life, spied for the Allies in the Second World War.

A revised and updated edition of this magisterial and sweeping history of modern Africa.

"Bright, nerdy and funny! Of course I loved it." Dara Ó BriainA Sunday Times Book of the YearA New Scientist Gift Pick

An original and compelling history of the northern European medieval renaissance in art, science and philosophy, which rivalled its Italian counterpart, by the author of The Florentines and The Borgias.

A groundbreaking book that explains how the world's history of empires still shapes our lives and politics today

The story of the pioneering anthropologists and their adventures among civilisations that were first thought of as being primitive and savage. What they discovered, however, would change the way we think about ourselves.

An immediate New York Times bestseller this is the fascinating exploration of the intricacies of how we remember, why we forget, and what we can do to protect our memories.