Regional & national History

THRILLING. ... Up-end[s] the Apollo narrative entirely. The Times (London)A brilliantly observed (Newsweek) and endlessly fascinating (WSJ) redisco...

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 ...

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Written in 1876, this is a novel about a young ...

Prior accounts have portrayed Islamic Spain either as a paradise of enlightened tolerance, or as the site where civilisations clashed. Award-winnin...

Despite his promising start as a young man, by his early fifties Chester A. Arthur was known as the crooked crony of New York machine boss Roscoe C...

Reveals the previous underexplored influence of religious thought in building the foundations of the CIA. Michael Grazianos intriguing book fuses t...

The Stranger is a rite of passage for readers around the world. Since its publication in France in 1942, Camus's novel has been translated into six...

From critically acclaimed Eastern Front expert Prit Buttar, this is the engrossing story of the often-overlooked German counteroffensive post-Stali...

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

* PRE-ORDER YOUR COPY NOW *- Why did the Allies decide to invade Southern Italy?- How did the weather and Italian terrain complicate the fighting?-...

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

Between the fall of the western Roman Empire in the fifth century and the collapse of the east in the face of the Arab invasions in the seventh, th...

'A story told with verve and passion' The Times, Book of the Week'An alternative and engaging biography...accessible and unpretentious' The Telegra...

Eric Blehm, author of the award-winning The Last Season, is back with another true adventure story, The Only Thing Worth Dying For. Set in the imme...

Widely heralded on publication as a must-read (Military Review) and important window on Americas battle with al-Qaeda (Washington Post), Ali Soufan...

The Book of Tea describes all aspects of the Japanese tea ceremony and explains how its rituals blend seamlessly with traditional Japanese life.Par...

With a history stretching back nearly 1,500 years, Japanese literature is infused from its beginnings with written traditions from around the globe...

Though the U.S. Constitution was ratified in 1788, its impact on our lives is as recent as today's news. Claims and counterclaims about the constit...