The End Is Always Near: Humanity vs the Apocalypse, from the Bronze Age to Today
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
History of ideas
It All Adds Up: The Story of People and Mathematics
‘Fascinating … so enlightening that suddenly maths doesn’t seem so fearsome as it once did’ SIMON WINCHESTER
From Aristotle to Ada Lovelace: a brief history of the mathematical ideas that have forever changed the world and the everyday people and pioneers behind them. The story of our best invention yet.
The Pleasure Principle: Epicureanism: A Philosophy for Modern Living
In our troubled world, looking back to ancient wisdom can shed light on fresh solutions.
The First Iron Lady: A Life of Caroline of Ansbach
‘A brilliant study of a brilliant woman’ LUCY WORSLEY
History has forgotten Caroline of Ansbach, yet in her lifetime she was compared frequently to Elizabeth I and considered by some as ‘the cleverest queen consort Britain ever had’.
Out of the Shadow of a Giant: How Newton Stood on the Shoulders of Hooke and Halley
Shortlisted for the BSHS Hughes Prize
What if Isaac Newton had never lived?
Robert Hooke and Edmond Halley, whose place in history has been overshadowed by the giant figure of Newton, were pioneering scientists within their own right, and instrumental in establishing the Royal Society.
On Time: Finding Your Pace in a World Addicted to Fast
Why has time sped up?
Why is there never enough?
How can you make it yours again?
On Time reveals why time sped up, why there never seems to be enough, and how to make it yours again.
The Rise and Fall of the Great Powers
WINNER OF THE WOLFSON HISTORY PRIZE
‘A brilliantly original book’ Financial Times
‘One of the masterpieces of modern historical writing’ Daily Telegraph
Paul Kennedy’s international bestseller is a sweeping account of five hundred years of fluctuating economic muscle and military might.
The Evolution of Everything: How Small Changes Transform Our World
‘If there is one dominant myth about the world, one huge mistake we all make … it is that we all go around assuming the world is much more of a planned place than it is.’
The Rise: Creativity, the Gift of Failure, and the Search for Mastery
An inspiring book about what it means to be human as we struggle for mastery in our various spheres.
The Men Who United the States
From bestselling author Simon Winchester, the extraordinary story of how America was united into a single nation.
Edmund Burke: The Visionary who Invented Modern Politics
Longlisted for the Orwell Prize and the Samuel Johnson prize for non-fiction; both conservative and subversive, Burke’s beliefs have never been more relevant, as MP Jesse Norman explains.
Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society
Raymond Williams’ seminal exploration of the history of meaning of some of the most important words in the English language.