21st Century History: from c 2000

The remains of the worlds most famous passenger liner, RMS Titanic, were discovered off the coast of Newfoundland in 1985, seventy-three years afte...

This is the 11th volume of Inam Sehri's books on the contemporary history of Pakistan [since 1971]. Each chapter is a different scenario starting w...

From Sarah Bradford, the best-selling author of George VI, Elizabeth and Diana, the definitive biography of Queen Elizabeth II, now celebrating the...

Since the mid-1950s, successive Canadian governments have grappled with the issue of Canadas role in US ballistic missile defence programs. Until P...

When NATO took charge of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan in 2003, ISAF conceptualized its mission largely as a s...

When NATO took charge of the International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) for Afghanistan in 2003, ISAF conceptualized its mission largely as a s...

The first modern history of all South Asia''s peoples. If British India had not been partitioned in 1947, its population would today be ...

Every twenty years a new generation rises, but who and what defines these generations? And could current generational tags mislead and miss the poi...

A Congolese refugee turned Christian humanitarian shares his inspiring story of survival, faith, and finding your purpose.Emmanuel Ntibonera's quie...

This book takes an in-depth look at the condition of the contemporary United States and shows why Americans should be deeply concerned. It tackles ...

This book explores the evolution of Palestinian identity from one that struggled for independence and self-determination up to 1948, to one that no...

The new East-West conflict, which broke out over the Ukrainian crisis in 2014, but which long predated it and soon spread through Europe and to the...

Starting with the basic question what is this place? , award-winning journalist and novelist Ece Temelkuran guides us through her beloved country...

Tracing the impacts of militarism on the American landscape, through the lens of art, environmental studies, and politicsDevour the Land considers ...

The Guardian top 5 books on the housing crisis in the UK ''The housing crisis is just getting started,' warns Timperley in this important book.'  ...

'Enjoyable and illuminating . . . Rob Schmitz writes with great affection' GuardianShanghai: a global city in the midst of a renaissance, where dre...

Quicksilver War is a panoramic political history of the wars that coursed through Syria and Iraq in the wake of the 'Arab Spring' and eventually me...

The end of our high-growth world was underway well before COVID-19 arrived. In this powerful and timely argument, Danny Dorling demonstrates the be...

Yassin al-Haj Saleh is a leftist dissident who spent sixteen years as a political prisoner and now lives in exile. He describes with precision and ...

The true story of the Talibans remarkable resurgence in Pakistan and war-torn Afghanistan more than a decade after the U.S. militarys post-9/11 inc...

What issues will Myanmar need to address as it moves beyond the immediate complexities of a transition from an authoritarian state to a more plural...

After his victory at the Presidential elections in May 2007, Nicolas Sarkozy quickly became both deeply controversial and intriguing. It was clear ...

Orwell''''s Faded Lion traces the history of Britain from the end of the Second World War, during the darkest days of which George Orwell wrote The...

New York Times Notable Books of 2018 Financial Times Book of the Year Award-winning journalist Rania Abouzeid presents reportage of unprecedented...

From demonstrating a petrol-engined double-decker at the 1905 Commercial Motor Show to building huge 100-seat Olympians for the overseas market, th...

Very Recent History by Choire Sicha is an idiosyncratic and elegant narrative that follows a handful of young men in New York City as they navigate...

LONG-LISTED FOR THE CARNEGIE MEDALReminiscent of the work of Nobel Prize winner Svetlana Alexievich, an astonishing collection of intimate wartime ...

From the food we eat, the water we drink to the air we breathe, everything these days seems capable of killing us. Recently we have seen an unprece...