The language of evil
£20.00In this entertaining and revealing history, professional speechwriter Guy Doza charts how some of the most bloodthirsty and energetic dictators grabbed and maintained power through their skilled use of words.
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The once and future world order
£25.00Since the dawn of the 21st century, the West has been in crisis. Social unrest, political polarization, and the rise of other great powers – especially China – threaten to unravel today’s Western-led world order. Many fear this would lead to global chaos. But this is a Western illusion. Surveying 5000 years of global history, political scientist Amitav Acharya reveals that world order existed long before the rise of the West. Moving from ancient Sumer, India, Greece, and Mesoamerica, through medieval caliphates and Eurasian empires into the present, Acharya shows that humanitarian values, economic interdependence, and rules of inter-state conduct emerged across the globe over millennia. History suggests order will endure even as the West retreats. Instead of fearing the future, the West should learn from history and cooperate with the Rest to forge a more equitable order.
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A Little History of Philosophy
£10.99Nigel Warburton guides the reader on a chronological tour of the major ideas in the history of philosophy.
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A Little History of Art
£10.99Here is a thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the origins of mark making to art’s pivotal role in culture today. Why did our ancestors make art? What did art mean to them and what does their art mean for us today? Why is art even important at all? Charlotte Mullins brings art to life by focusing on those who made it, from teenage prodigies to nonagenarians. This little history introduces us to overlooked artists, busts a few art history myths, and celebrates global networks of art, from Japan and India to South America and the Middle East. Mullins shows us the first artworks ever made and early masterpieces such as the Terracotta Army and Nok sculptures. She tells the story of the Renaissance, from Giotto to Michelangelo, and introduces us to subsequent leading artists such as Artemisia Gentileschi, Rembrandt, and Hokusai.
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A Little History of Music
£10.99Human beings have always made music. Music can move us and tell stories of faith, struggle, or love. It is common to all cultures across the world. But how has it changed over the millennia? Robert Philip explores the extraordinary history of music in all its forms, from our earliest ancestors to today’s mass-produced songs. This is a truly global story. Looking to Europe, South America, Asia, Africa, and beyond, Philip reveals how musicians have been brought together by trade and migration and examines the vast impact of colonialism. From Hildegard von Bingen and Clara Schumann to Bob Dylan and Aretha Franklin, great performers and composers have profoundly shaped music as we know it.
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A Little History of the World
£10.99The World has existed for over 4 billion years, but humanity arrived much more recently. Here E.H. Gombrich brings to life the full story of human experience on Earth. He paints a colourful picture of remarkable people and events, from Confucius to Catherine the Great, from the invention of art to the destruction of the Berlin Wall.
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War & peace & war
£12.99In the wake of the 9/11 attacks, journalist Andrew North arrived in Afghanistan for the first time. Meanwhile, the lives of five young Afghans were about to change forever: Farzana had been banned from attending school as a child, but education would take her further than she could have imagined. Bilal’s dream of becoming a journalist was about to come true, but it would also expose him to untold danger. Abdul was on the cusp of finally becoming a doctor after his studies were delayed by years of war. Jahan’s shoe-shine business was beginning to take a completely unexpected turn. And Naqibullah’s life in a quiet province was soon to be shattered by the arrival of Western forces. ‘War & Peace & War’ tells their stories, and those of many others North came to know over twenty years.
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All or nothing
£25.00With extraordinary behind-the-scenes access, it follows every turn of Donald Trump’s third presidential campaign. In disgrace after the January 6 attack on the Capitol and sent into exile, Trump immediately sputters back to life. To the shock of the Republican Party leadership, the Trump base has not abandoned him. Hardly a year on, he is as strong as any challenger has ever been. The American establishment is stunned by his comeback and determined to stop it and hold him accountable for his abuses of law and power. Equally, he has vowed retribution on anyone who tries to stand in his way. The 2024 presidential race is elemental: the system breaks Donald Trump or Donald Trump breaks the system. Michael Wolff tells this story from inside the Trump campaign.
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Uncivilised
£10.99Taking cues from Greek philosophy and honed in the Enlightenment, certain notions about humanity and human society grew into the tenets we live by, and we haven’t questioned them a great deal since. But isn’t it time we asked who really benefits from the values at the core of our society? How much truth lies in a science that conjured up ‘race’? Who do laws and nations really protect? Why does it feel like time is money? What even is ‘art’? And the real question – is the West really as ‘civilised’ as it thinks it is? This book will put everything back on the table and ask listeners to reconsider what they thought they knew about civilisation. Taking 10 core values of Western Civilisation in turn, it will examine the root of the idea, how it developed, and how it’s impacted the way we live.
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Equality
£14.99Equality is in crisis. Our world is filled with soaring inequalities, spanning wealth, race, identity, and nationality. Yet how can we strive for equality if we don’t understand it? As much as we have struggled for equality, we have always been profoundly sceptical about it. How much do we want, and for whom? Darrin McMahon’s ‘Equality’ is the definitive intellectual history, tracing equality’s global origins and spread from the dawn of humanity through the Enlightenment to today.
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Warrior queens & quiet revolutionaries
£10.99A journey through history of the women who built the world, but whom the world forgot. From No. 1 bestselling author, Kate Mosse.
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A short history of the world in 50 failures
£12.99A fascinating and entertaining alternative history of the world told through fifty of the greatest failures, catastrophes and missed opportunities ever to occur.