History
Strata: Stories from Deep Time
Hardback
A lyrical journey through four moments in Earth’s past and their lessons for our future
Empire of the Sum: The Rise and Reign of the Pocket Calculator
Paperback
The hidden history of the pocket calculator—a device that ushered in modern mathematics, helped build the atomic bomb and went with us to the moon—and the mathematicians, designers and inventors who brought it to life
Raiders, Rulers, and Traders: The Horse and the Rise of Empires
Paperback
A captivating history of civilisation that reveals the central role of the horse in culture, commerce and conquest
Flashes of Brilliance: The Genius of Early Photography and How It Transformed Art, Science, and History
Hardback
The story of the wildest experiments in early photography and the wild people who undertook them
American Zion: A New History of Mormonism
Paperback
The first major history of Mormonism in a decade, drawing on newly available sources to reveal a profoundly divided faith that has nevertheless shaped the nation