A brilliant new account of one of the world's most remote, mysterious and misunderstood places: Easter Island.

A gripping tale of naval warfare, dynastic rivalry, and technical innovation, by the author of Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.

A compelling and comprehensive account on how Germany, so long the powerhouse of Europe, is crumbling from the inside out

There is a history of humanity that has never been told - the story of how we are born.

The boldly original, dramatic intertwined story of Catherine de' Medici, Elisabeth de Valois and Mary, Queen of Scots - three queens exercising power in a world dominated by men.

'Alluring, gripping, real: an astonishing insight into the lives of three queens' ALICE ROBERTS

'Takes us into the hearts and minds of three extraordinary women' AMANDA FOREMAN

'Conveys the vitality of the past as few books do. An enviable tour de force' SUZANNAH LIPSCOMB

Sixteenth-century Europe: Renaissance masters...

'An absolute stunner: frank, funny, self-aware, constantly surprising ... One of the most insightful representations I've read of what it feels like to be alive these days' GEORGE SAUNDERS

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A memoir of finding where you are - so you know where you're going

One day Heidi Julavits sees her son silhouetted by the sun and notices he is at the threshold of what she calls 'the end times of childhood.' Who is my son becoming, she asks herself - and what qualifies me to be his...

When we picture the ancient world, we tend to envision the soaring pyramids of Giza, the Coliseum conquests in Rome and the bustling agora of Athens. Indeed, the classical authors who shape our understanding of the world considered the edges of these ancient civilisations the domain of monstrous humanity. For these writers, from Ovid to Herodotus, the outer reaches of the world was where civilisation, or their conception of civilisation, ceased to exist. But at the borders of the empires we n...

An unforgettable journey through space that interrogates the boundaries of our earthly existence and invites readers to marvel at the universe's dual nature - both terrifying and enchanting.

From the author of the smash-hit Around the World in 80 Trains comes a new globetrotting journey - this time celebrating the peculiar magic and mayhem of the night train.