From the Iranian hostage crisis through the Gulf War and the World Trade Centre bombing, the West has been haunted by a…

Sisters of Sinai is the story of how Scottish twin sisters made one of the most important manuscript finds of the nineteenth…

Tracing the history of faith from the Palaeolithic Age to the present, Karen Armstrong shows that meaning of words such as…

Is the Universe infinite? Throughout history, the infinite has been a dangerous concept. The Infinite Book will take you on…

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From one of the nation''s preeminent experts on economic policy, a major reassessment of the foundations of modern economic…

A collection of short stories which tear through the archives of cinema, of art and of the subconscious. A young Lizzie…

In this ground-breaking book, Professor Norman Cohn traces popular beliefs about witches to their origins. He examines the…

Glimpses into the everyday life of Pontius Pilate, a man actually walking on a marble floor in Caesarea, feeling his shoes…

John Julius Norwich expertly examines the history of the oldest continuing institution in the world, tracing the papal line…

Jesus was no Christian, and his friends made no effort to break away from Jesus's religion, Judaism. This book sees a…

Do they have features in common and why does religion persist in the face of science? Pascal Boyer shows how experimental…

Our world as it once was In August 2014, Farida was, like any ordinary teenager, enjoying the last days of summer before her…