History: Specific Events & Topics

In this first of a groundbreaking multivolume set, THE MCCARTNEY LEGACY, VOL 1: 1969-73 captures the life of Paul McCartney in the years immediatel...

The story of dealers of Old Masters, champions of modern art, and victims of Nazi plunder.   Since the late-1990s, the fate of Nazi stolen art has ...

First published in 1916, A.L. Fowlers book of household tips is an indispensable guide to effortlessly becoming a domestic goddess. With long-forgo...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. The young Rachel Vinrance leaves England on her...

What does Christmas mean to you? From cake to crackers, trees to turkey and stockings to Santa Claus, The Great British Christmas explores Christma...

We may all know that dandelions make us wet the bed, and that stewed prunes are a cure for constipation, but how many of us were aware that a poult...

A stunning atlas of the present and future.Rebecca Solnit, author of several books including Infinite Cities: A Trilogy of AtlasesSan Francisco, Ne...

The life of Gandhi, in his own words150th Anniversary Edition with a New Introduction by Pankaj Mishra'Generations to come will scarce believe that...

A passionate history of Judaism; a world unfolding across many continents and five centuries by one of our greatest and internationally bestselling...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. It was a town of red brick, or of brick that wo...

Nicholas Roscarrock (c.1548-1634) was a Cornish Catholic who suffered torture and imprisonment in the Tower of London, and afterwards wrote a great...

'A work of exhilarating scope and relevance ... What a rare and powerful experience to feel a book in your very body' Naomi Klein'Health is not som...