The greatest conflict of antiquity, the struggle for supremacy between Rome and Carthage.

The incredible story of the secret underground operations of the Second World War.

'If great books encourage you to look at the world in an entirely new way, then Dominion is a very great book indeed . . . Written with terrific learning, enthusiasm and good humour, Holland's book is not just supremely provocative, but often very funny' Sunday Times

This is the first 'biography' of the city of Amsterdam - in the same vein as Peter Ackroyd's London.

Primo Levi's devastating and classic account of what it meant to have survived the Holocaust.

Situated at the crossroads of three continents, the Middle East has confounded the ambition of conquerors and peacemakers alike. Christianity, Judaism and Islam all had their genesis in the region but with them came not just civilisation and religion but also some of the great struggles of history....

A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC.