THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER'This book is beautiful ... Julia Baird has been to the tough edges and gives us light. She writes like a dream.' MATT HAIG'Utterly captivating and …
An unusual and authoritative 'natural history of languages' that narrates the ways in which one language has superseded or outlasted another at different times in history.
The author offers a philosophical history of the human voice, noting how many leading thinkers of the age, particularly Freud, have viewed the voice as an outward expression of the …
In his bestselling book 1421:The Year China Discovered the World, Gavin Menzies revealed that it was the Chinese that discovered America, not Columbus. Now he presents further …
A magnificent and timely examination of an age of fear, subversion, suppression and espionage, Adam Zamoyski explores the attempts of the governments of Europe to police the world …
A fascinating and comprehensive history, 'Demanding the Impossible' is a challenging and thought-provoking exploration of anarchist ideas and actions from ancient times to the …
Philosophy for busy people. Read a succinct account of the philosophy of Heidegger in just one hour.One of the two major philosophical traditions of the twentieth century was …
