A definitive reference that showcases the groundbreaking work of William Smith, the unsung ‘father of English geology’.

'James Holland is a master' BBC HistoryIt was to be the battle to end the air war once and for all. During the third week of February 1944, the combined Allied air forces launched their first-ever round-the-clock bomber offensive against Germany.

Putting the Women Back into Roman History

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

Istanbul's Galata Bridge has spanned the Golden Horn since the sixth century AD, connecting the old city with the more Western districts to the north. But the bridge is a city in itself, peopled by merchants and petty thieves, tourists and fishermen, and at the same time a microcosmic reflection of Turkey as the link between Asia and Europe.

‘Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

A harrowing account of brainwashing’s pervasive role in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries