A Little History of Psychology – 50 Years in 50 Books
In A Little History of Psychology, leading expert Nicky Hayes tells the story of psychology across the centuries…
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Fairytale of Rothenburg – Marek Kohn
Marek Kohn, the author of The Stories Old Towns Tell, describes the Christmas market in the medieval German…
The Vory – 50 Years in 50 Books
Mark Galeotti’s book The Vory is the first English-language book to document the men who emerged from the…
An extract from ‘Shakespeare in Bloomsbury’ by Marjorie Garber
2023 marks the 400th anniversary of the publication of Shakespeare’s first folio, without which many of his works…
Our NHS – 50 Years in 50 Books
Our NHS is an engaging, inclusive history of the NHS, exploring its surprising survival and the people who…
Peace at Last: A Portrait of Armistice Day — by Guy Cuthbertson
Armistice Day was declared on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, 1918. In Peace…
The Gunpowder Plot: ‘The Most Horrible Treason’
5 November, 1605: A plot to blow up the House of Lords with gunpowder is thwarted when explosives…
A Little History of Philosophy – 50 Years in 50 Books
In A Little History of Philosophy, Nigel Warburton guides us on a chronological tour of the major ideas…
Volcanic – 50 Years in 50 Books
Volcanic is a vibrant, diverse history of Vesuvius and the Bay of Naples in the age of Romanticism….
Heretics and Believers – 50 Years in 50 Books
Heretics and Believers, a history of the English Reformation, was first published in 2017. Centuries on, what the…
Backbone of the Nation – 50 Years in 50 Books
In his groundbreaking new history, Robert Gildea interviews the miners and their families who fought to defend themselves…
The Master and His Emissary – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Master and His Emissary offers a pioneering exploration of the differences between the brain’s right and left…
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Intellectual Life of the British Working Classes draws on workers’ memoirs, social surveys, library registers, and more,…
The Persians by Homa Katouzian – 50 Years in 50 Books
The Persians is an authoritative and comprehensive history of Iran, first published in 2009. Homa Katouzian integrates the…
What Stories Do Old Towns Tell?
Join Marek Kohn, author of The Stories Old Towns Tell, on a journey across Europe as he explores…