The Last Days of Detroit: Motor Cars, Motown and the Collapse of an Industrial Giant
by Mark Binelli

By the end of the nineteenth century, Detroit, founded by the French as a fur-trading post, was thriving. In 1913 Henry Ford began mass-producing cars...

Fascist Voices: An Intimate History of Mussolini's Italy
by Christopher Duggan

Christopher Duggan’s new history of fascist Italy explores how the movement became embodied in the person of Benito Mussolini who occupied for many an...

Inconvenient People: Lunacy, Liberty and the Mad-Doctors in Victorian England
by Sarah Wise

Gaslight tales of rooftop escapes, men and women snatched in broad daylight, patients shut in coffins, a fanatical cult known as the Abode of Love… Th...

Spillover: Animal Infections and the Next Human Pandemic
by David Quammen

First, a horse in Brisbane falls ill: fever, swelling, bloody froth. Then thirteen others perish. The foreman at the stables becomes ill and the train...

Nelson: The Sword of Albion
by John Sugden

Sugden brilliantly interweaves graphic accounts of Nelson's famous victories at the battles of the Nile, Copenhagen and Trafalgar with his lesser-know...

Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750
by Odd Arne Westad

Over the past 250 years of momentous change and dramatic upheaval, China has proved itself to be a Restless Empire.Tracing China’s course from the eig...

Restless Empire: China and the World Since 1750
by Odd Arne Westad

* Restless Empire examines the past 250 years of Chinese history - in particular China's foreign relations - to consider the issues and preoccupations...

1912: The Year the World Discovered Antarctica
by Chris Turney

1912 was an incredible year, marking the height of the Heroic Age of Exploration. Curiosity about Antarctica was at fever pitch, and between 1910 and ...

The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future
by Victor Cha

Much discussed and often maligned, precious little is known or understood about North Korea, the world’s most controversial and isolated country. In T...

The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future
by Victor Cha

Much discussed and often maligned, precious little is known or understood about North Korea, the world’s most controversial and isolated country. In T...