A vibrant and evocative account of how the great scientific ideas of the ancient world were lost and found.

Their names still echo down the ages: The Great Pyramid at Giza. The Hanging Gardens of Babylon. The Temple of Artemis. The statue of Zeus at Olympia. The mausoleum of Halikarnassos. The Colossus at Rhodes. The Lighthouse of Alexandria. The Seven Wonders of the World were staggeringly audacious impositions on our planet. They were also brilliant adventures of the mind, test cases of the reaches of human imagination. Now only the pyramid remains, yet the scale and majesty of these seven wonder...

A lavishly illustrated and fact-packed guide to dinosaurs - as you've never seen them before.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2022

A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2022

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'Rigorous, deft and entertaining ... a sparkling read' - The Spectator

'The ride is thrilling ... a work of serious scholarship' - Sunday Telegraph

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For centuries, Ferdinand Magellan has been celebrated as a hero: a noble adventurer who circumnavigated the globe in an extraordinary feat of human bravery; a paragon of daring and chivalry.

Now historian Felipe Fernández-Armesto...

As heard on BBC Open BookA classic coming of age story in the tradition of TIN MAN or BLACK SWAN GREEN, from the acclaimed author of ESCAPE ROUTES

From the Costa Prize-winning author of The Invention of Nature, Magnificent Rebels is a riveting, eye-opening biography of the first Romantics: a revolutionary group of friends based in the small German town of Jena whose modern ideas transformed society and the way we lead our lives today

From leading expert, Élisabeth de Feydeau, comes a luxurious and lavishly illustrated volume on the history of perfume, from the scented oils of ancient times up to the present day.

'An impressive depiction of the Viking world' - Michael Jones, author of The Black Prince