books by subject
Social & Cultural History

The Greek Pursuit of Knowledge

In Black and White: Prints from Africa and the Diaspora

The Soul of Success: Inspiring Quotations for Entrepreneurs

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

The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano

The British Book Trade: An Oral History

Women and Politics in Uganda: The Challenge of Associational Autonomy

Shakespeare in Swahililand: Adventures with the Ever-Living Poet

The Berbers: The Peoples of Africa

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

I Met Lucky People: The Story of the Romani Gypsies

Lytton Strachey: The New Biography

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

Democracy: A Life

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

Francis Frith's Down the Severn

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

Culture and Society in the Asia-Pacific

Heath Robinson: On Sport

Left Bank: Art, Passion and the Rebirth of Paris 1940-1950

Dan Cruickshankâs Bridges: Heroic Designs that Changed the World

Hidden World of the Naga, The: Living Traditions in Northeast India and Burma (includes Audio Cd)

Keep Smiling Through: My Wartime Story

Europe: History in the Making, 1870-1966

A Thing in Disguise: The Visionary Life of Joseph Paxton

50 Big Ideas You Really Need to Know (50 Ideas)

Lark Rise to Candleford: A Trilogy - Lark Rise; Over to Candleford; Candleford Green (Modern Classics)

Reversing Sail: A History of the African Diaspora

Sharpeville: An Apartheid Massacre and its Consequences
