'This is a book about ten women who, over the past three hundred years have found walking essenti...

The central argument of 'Chromophobia' is that a chromophobic impulse - a fear of corruption or c...

Hannah Arendt is one of the most renowned political thinkers of the twentieth century and her wor...

A Philosophy of Loneliness explores the different kinds of loneliness, the philosophy of emotions...

Paul Baker recounts the story of Polari with skill, erudition and tenderness.

The Sumerians are widely believed to have created the worlds earliest civilization on the fertile...

Calling the Spirits investigates the eerie history of our conversations with the dead, from necro...

'Kimono: A Modern History' traces the transformation of the kimono from everyday garment to natio...

Berlin is a comprehensive short history and portrait of the German capital today.

An illuminating study of the relationship between the Kinks and their city, London.

Helen Macdonald's first book, now republished with a new introduction, is a lyrical yet informed ...

Jacopo Tintoretto (1518 94) is an ambiguous figure in the history of art. His radically unorthodo...