Forensic history at its best: an ancient map reveals the origins of world trade, and surprising twists in China's history.

Murder most festive: a selection of puzzling Christmas mysteries from the creme de la creme of crime writers.

A new edition of Burgess' long unavailable, ambitious, experimental novel about Napoleon Bonaparte.

An arresting account of the Irish Revolutions and their legacy by a world leading Irish historian. Now available in paperback.

From the man who brought you Born to Run: a radical new approach to fitness

Analysing four key 'megatrends' - population growth and migration, natural resource demand, climate change and globalisation, the author projects a world that by mid-century will have shifted its political and economic axes radically to the north.

Prehistoric drummers used natural acoustics to recreate natural sound. In classical Europe, orators turned the human voice into a lyrical instrument. In Buddhist temples, the icons' ears were exaggerated to represent their spiritual power. This book explores the role of sound, noise and listening in 100,000 years of human history.