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Award-winning classicist and historian Emily Hauser takes readers on an epic journey to uncover the astonishing true story of the real women behind ancient Greece’s greatest legends, and the real heroes of those ancient epics, Homer's Iliad and...

A brilliant and impassioned biography of one of the founding fathers of humanism, from one of its greatest defenders in the 20th century.Written during the Second World War, Zweig's typically passionate and readable biography of Michel de Montaigne, is...

Julian Green was born to American parents in Paris in 1900, and spent most of his life in the French capital. Paris is an extraordinary, lyrical love letter to the city, taking the reader on an imaginative journey around its secret stairways, courtyards,...

The acclaimed author of modern classic Sapiens turns his attention to the power of information networks and their importance to human evolution in this insightful and entertaining tour de force. The phenomenal international and Sunday...

The definitive identification guide to more than 100 species of psychedelic mushrooms across the globe, from the author of Growing Gourmet and Medicinal Mushrooms. “Full of clear, accurate information and sound advice, Psilocybin Mushrooms of...

#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • We all have dreams—things we fantasize about doing and generally never get around to. This is the story of Azar Nafisi’s dream and of the nightmare that made it come true.A KIRKUS...

A landmark history of the origins of modern democratic societies by one of our most important political thinkers.   A New York Times Notable Book for 2011. A Globe and Mail Best Books of the Year 2011 Title. A Kirkus...

Coming at you from the Pope himself, this personal narrative is reflective of the world around us, with insights and anecdotes for everyone.NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Pope Francis originally intended this exceptional memoir to appear only...

Women in Dark Times begins with three remarkable women: revolutionary socialist Rosa Luxemburg; German-Jewish painter Charlotte Salomon; and film icon Marilyn Monroe. The story of these women, bound together by their struggles against iniquity, blazes a...

Fully updated to reflect the tumultuous global upheavals of the past decade, Marshall's modern classic is the perfect primer for anyone wanting to understand geopolitics. The iconic bestseller Prisoners of Geography, updated with brand new...

Mixing the personal angle of working at Facebook with the overarching stakes of what was happening behind the scenes, this is a sharp, scathing and surprisingly fun narrative that speaks to some of the most pressing issues at the heart of the world...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER. #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. "The must-read book of the summer" (Megyn Kelly) from New York Times bestseller Maureen Callahan: a "harrowing, incendiary" exposé of the real...

One of the most astonishing aspects of Hesse's career is the clear-sightedness and consistency of his political views, his passionate espousal of pacifism and internationalism from the start of World War I to the end of his life. The earliest essay in...

Walter Isaacson, highly accomplished biographer of iconic figures like Steve Jobs, Benjamin Franklin and Albert Einstein, takes on one of the most interesting and polarizing figures of the modern age.The #1 New York Times and global bestseller from...

Named One of Barack Obama’s Favorite Books of the Year.A vivid account of the past, present, and future of economic growth, showing how and why we must continue to pursue it while responding to the challenges it creates.Over the past two centuries,...

An examination of the relation between war and politics, by one of the twentieth century's most influential thinkers. From 1971 until 1984 at the Collège de France, Michel Foucault gave a series of lectures ranging freely and conversationally...

A “sweeping, delightfully readable” (Wall Street Journal) new history of Assyria, the ancient civilization that set the model for future empires.At its height in 660 BCE, the kingdom of Assyria stretched from the Mediterranean Sea to the...

Framed by ten words or phrases common in the Chinese vernacular, China in Ten Words reveals the world s most populous yet most often misunderstood nation. With Yu Hua's wit, insight and courage, this is a candid vision of the Chinese miracle and all its...

Through a chorus of voices from widows and orphans to rescue-workers and firefighters, the Nobel Laureate’s powerful and deeply humane oral history about Chernobyl reveals the full destruction and meaning of the catastrophe in breathtaking prose...

In November 1929, Christopher Isherwood - determined to become a 'permanent foreigner' - packed a rucksack and two suitcases and left England on a one-way ticket for Berlin. With incredible candour and wit, Isherwood recalls the decadence of Berlin's...