Humanities books

A fascinating rollercoaster through human psychology, outlining, explaining and exploring the masterplot narratives...  Read More >>

The untold story of the aged and infirm facing the horrors of the Blitz at Chelsea, a significant gap in the historical...  Read More >>

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The Picador Collection edition of Jon Ronson's classic exploration of social media and the history of public shaming....  Read More >>

The brand new historical fiction novel from much-loved master of the genre, Elizabeth Chadwick - the first in a...  Read More >>

Make Life Good is an engaging parable that goes on an inward journey, exploring the true basis of meaning and fulfillment...  Read More >>

A prehistory of transness that recovers early modern theological resources for trans lifeworlds. In this striking...  Read More >>

Does it matter if we are ceding power to AI? Especially if we have been there before.  Read More >>

An original and fascinating history of Dublin that tells the story of the city through its bridges.  Read More >>

Diaries, sketchbooks, common-places, notebooks, ledgers and ships' logs: how the blank book changed the way we think,...  Read More >>

Utilitarianism – a commitment to ‘the greatest happiness for the greatest number’ – has been the target of endless...  Read More >>

The vivid and candid autobiography of Louis Hagen, alongside his bestselling Arnhem Lift  Read More >>

A sobering exploration of the near unchecked power of sheriffs in the United States. Across the United States,...  Read More >>

Power Without Responsibility attacks the conventional history of the press as a story of progress; offers a critical...  Read More >>

This book presents the first full English translation of a foundational text in the history of psychodynamic thinking,...  Read More >>

An original, authoritative and lively cultural history of the first modern city, from pre-Homeric times to the present...  Read More >>

64 dictators, 64 authors, 64 warnings: a timely collection of essays by acclaimed historians, politicians, journalists...  Read More >>

This book discusses collaborative research as both a product of social and epistemic control, and as a process of...  Read More >>

This book focuses on understanding and researching suicide and suicide prevention from historical, political, cultural,...  Read More >>

This volume explores the rich history of radio monitoring during the Second World War and the Cold War. As such...  Read More >>

Illuminating the impacts of environmental disasters and climate crises globally, this book examines the experiences...  Read More >>

Students as Historians: Using Technology to Examine Local History Beyond the Classroom makes a case for using technology...  Read More >>

An innovative account of prisoners of war and internment camps around the Pacific basin during the Second World...  Read More >>

Forging Leninism in China re-examines the Chinese revolution by focusing on the transformation of the Chinese Communist...  Read More >>

A fully updated edition of the million-copy-selling SUNDAY TIMES No.1.  Read More >>