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.

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

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

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 witty and engaging beginner's guide to the Classics, by the author of Veni, Vidi, Vici and Eureka!

A captivating portrait of contemporary New York City, the most linguistically diverse place ever to have existed on the planet, told through six speakers of little-known and overlooked languages.

Award-winning Steven Strogatz, one of the foremost popularisers of maths, has written a witty and fascinating account of maths' most compelling ideas and how, so often, they are an integral part of everyday life.

A brilliant and insightful history of the special relationship between the UK and the USA, which Ian Buruma argues is now under threat with the election of Donald Trump and Brexit.

The 500-year story of how, and why, our homes have come to be what they are, from the bestselling author of The Victorian City and The Victorian House.