Historie

Mary Beard

Britain's favourite classicist lifts the lid on the Roman Empire in this major non-fiction release for 2015. Covering 1,000 years of history, and casting fresh light on the basics of Roman culture from…

Ilan Pappe

In 1943, German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be formed among the female prisoners. Almost fifty women and girls from eleven nations were drafted into a…

Johan Norberg

Ivan Mrázek

Precious stones are masterpieces of nature and their mysterious shimmer has fascinated man since time immemorial. This overview publication briefly conveys the history of precious stones, introduces…

Alena Mizerová, Lea Novotná, Radka Vyskočilová…

A university without its own publishing house is like a cathedral without an organ: wild-growing and silent. Masaryk University has got its publishing house, which even ranks among the largest in Central…

Harald Jähner

Ron Chernow

The renowned author of "Titan," whom the "New York Times" has called "as elegant an architect of monumental histories as we've seen in decades," vividly recreates the whole sweep of Alexander Hamilton's…

Mary Wollstonecraft

Viktor E. Frankl

Between 1942-1945 Frankl labored in four different Nazi death camps, including Auschwitz, while his parents, brother, and pregnant wife perished. Based on his experience, Frankl argues that man cannot…

Daniel Smith

Brian C. Muraresku

Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland

Dominic Sandbrook, Tom Holland

Wendy Lower

NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST. A revelatory history of the role of German women in the Holocaust, not only as plunderers and direct witnesses, but as actual killers on the Eastern Front during World…

Richard J. Evans

Fareed Zakaria

Annie Jacobsen

Justin Marozzi

Frederick Taylor

By the author of the best-selling DRESDEN, THE BERLIN WALL has been reissued to coincide with the 20th anniversary since the fall of the Berlin Wall. The Wall had tragic consequences in personal and…

Solomon Northup

A slave narrative, new to "Classics".

Naughty Dog

Helen Lewis

Lizzie Collingham