The Atlantic has borne witness to major historic events that have drastically shaped humanity with each crossing of its path. In this broad and rea...

Master historian David McCullough's classic book about some of history's most daring and accomplished figures from Alexander von Humboldt to Charle...

This is the story of a tank regiment: the 2nd Fife and Forfar Yeomanry in the Second World War. Raw and visceral personal recollections from the me...

A clear, concise and detailed historical analysis of the eclectic and beautiful visual and material culture of paganism. The book begins with an i...

The thing that looms largest in South Africa’s future is South Africa’s past – most especially the nearly five decades of division and conflict at ...

For hundreds of years, Britannia ruled the waves and an empire on which the sun never set - but for thousands of years before that, Britain had bee...

'Excellent... It is a tremendous tale - one of the most dramatic in our island's history - and O'Keeffe tells it beautifully' The TimesCharles Edwa...

From bestselling historian Antony Beevor, comes the dramatic story of Russian's revolution and civil war. Between 1917 and 1921 a devastating stru...

The astonishing year when German democracy faced crisis and near destruction. 1923 was one of the most remarkable years of modern European histo...

Updated with the latest archaeological research new chapters on the most influential yet widely unrecognised people of the British isles, In Search...

The world's oldest and greatest ultra-marathon, the Comrades Marathon is a South African institution that is internationally-recognised for the bod...

'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific le...

A major new look at how Africa's geological history, climate, geography and biology resulted in the wonderful diversity of life found there. It is ...

'A valuable study, with rich insights' - Noam Chomsky Under Narendra Modi, India has changed dramatically. As the world attempts to grapple with it...

What is the nature of things? Must I think my own way through the world? What is justice? How can I be me? How should we treat each other?Before th...

From the moment the first machine gun rang out over the Western Front, one thing was clear: mankind’s military technology had wildly surpassed its ...

'Oliver is an evocative storyteller, vividly bringing his tales to life' BBC History From Genghis Khan's domination on earth to Armstrong's firs...

This brilliantly concise history of the Pacific Ocean nevertheless succeeds in examining both the indigenous presence on ocean's islands and Wester...

Witness our incredible human story unfold - from the very first people in Africa to the collapse of Communism and beyond - exquisitely charted map ...

From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one...

A landmark study of ancient Greek and Roman cults, from the nocturnal mysteries at Eleusis to the cults of Dionysus and Mithras.Mystery cults are o...

Amid evictions, raids, killings, the drug trade, and fire, inner-city Johannesburg residents seek safety and a home. A grandmother struggles to kee...

This is a neglected history. Not a sweeping, definitive, exhaustive history of the world but something quieter, more intimate and particular. A sin...

Hedendaagse Suid-Afrikaners assosieer die ossewa onvermydelik met die Groot Trek en groot geskiedkundige gebeure soos die Slag van Vegkop en Bloedr...