History
Plato and the Tyrant: The Fall of Greece's Greatest Dynasty and the Making of a Philosophic Masterpiece
Paperback
A rare biographical portrait of the philosopher Plato, showing how the ideas in his masterwork, Republic, were tested amidst a bloody civil war
Born in Flames: The Business of Arson and the Remaking of the American City
Paperback
A revelatory account of the wave of arson-for-profit that hit American cities in the 1970s, and of the tenants who put out the fires and reclaimed their neighbourhoods
Crossing the Red Line: Biden, His Advisors, and Israel's War in Gaza
Hardback
A powerful and authoritative account of how the Biden administration fuelled bloodshed in Gaza, from an award-winning foreign affairs journalist
A Short History of the Gaza Strip
Paperback
One of BBC History Magazine’s Books of the Year
“Excellent.… Essential reading.” —William Dalrymple, Guardian
From a leading scholar of Palestine-Israel, a brief, essential history of the besieged strip of land, revealing the long-term roots of Israel’s destruction of Gaza.
Empire of Ashes: Truman, Hirohito, and the Descent into Total War
Hardback
From the acclaimed Pacific War historian, the harrowing story of America’s bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in the dramatic struggle to end the Second World War