Historia ja arkeologia

You've seen the show, you've sung the songs, now read the full story of America's most misunderstood founding father. 'I was swept up by the story. I thought it 'out-Dickens' …

A vivid and sprawling family saga following Maria Theresa of Austria and her daughters, including the infamous Marie Antoinette.

What did a Victorian lady wear for a walk in the park? How did she style her hair for an evening at the theatre? And what products might she have used to soothe a sunburn or treat …

From the author of Lakota America, an award-winning history of the rise and decline of the vast and imposing Comanche empire   “Cutting-edge revisionist western history.”—Larry …

Discusses the nature of thought and volition, examines past philosophical theories, and clarifies the relation between will and freedom

The foundational work on shamanism now available as a Princeton Classics paperbackShamanism is an essential work on the study of this mysterious and fascinating phenomenon. The …

“Muir’s well-informed, entertaining book surveys romantic love and marriage among the real-life counterparts of Austen’s characters in an England threatened with invasion and …

Hobsbawm's brilliant history, beautifully repackaged as an Abacus History Great

'One of the best history books you will read this decade' History Today'Fascinating, suspenseful, revelatory, alive' The TimesThere can be few more exciting or frightening moments …

'A characteristically radical re-reading of history that places the social and political experiments of pirates at the heart of the European Enlightenment. A brilliant companion …