books by subject
Social & Cultural History

Heath Robinson: On Sport

Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific

In Pursuit of Civility: Manners and Civilization in Early Modern England

Francis Frith's Down the Severn

The Rest is History: The official book from the makers of the hit podcast

Democracy: A Life

Perfect Wives in Ideal Homes: The Story of Women in the 1950s

Lytton Strachey: The New Biography

I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies

The End of Science: Facing the Limits of Knowledge in the Twilight of the Scientific Age

The Berbers: The Peoples of Africa

Shakespeare in Swahililand: Adventures with the Ever-Living Poet

Women and Politics in Uganda: The Challenge of Associational Autonomy

The British Book Trade: An Oral History

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

The Black Jacobins: Toussaint L'Ouverture and the San Domingo Revolution

The Soul of Success: Inspiring Quotations for Entrepreneurs

In Black and White: Prints from Africa and the Diaspora

The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

African Art: Close-Up

African Art (World of Art S.)

Ladies of Influence: Women of the Elite in Interwar Britain

The Colonisation of Time: Ritual, Routine and Resistance in the British Empire

Disciplines in the Making: Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Elites, Learning, and Innovation

Under Every Leaf: How Britain Played the Greater Game from Afghanistan to Africa

Community, Empire and Migration: South Asians in Diaspora

A Merciless Place: The Lost Story of Britain's Convict Disaster in Africa

Gresford: The Anatomy of a Disaster

William Blake vs the World
