History & Politics

A critically acclaimed analysis of anti-Muslim racism from the sixteenth to the twenty-first centuries, in a fully revised and expanded second edition.

A stunningly illustrated big book of maps, exploring how people have shaped cities . . . and how cities have shaped history.

The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller that will transform your understanding of our planet and life itself. 'Dazzling, vibrant, vision-changing' Robert Macfarlane Winner of the Wainwright Prize for Conservation Writing 2021 The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them.

All the Awful Egyptians' most horrible facts ready for readers to uncover, including why the Egyptian people worshipped a dung beetle, which pharaoh married her grandfather and what the 'Shepherd of the Royal Backside' had to do! These bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans.

From the fall of Rome to the rise of the Wild West, David Mountain brings colour and perspective to historical mythmaking.

A distillation of the life lessons learned by one woman through the ancient art of the Japanese tea ceremony.