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The Power and the Glory: A New History of the World Cup

The definitive history of the World Cup, for the first time exploring the tournament's socio-politic...

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Revolting: A Riotous History of Rebellions and Revolutions

It is a truth universally acknowledged that the rich and powerful always look after their own and th...

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The Decline and Fall of the Human Empire: Why Our Species Is on the Edge of Extinction

‘Brilliant’ – The Times‘Hugely informative and entertaining’ – New Scientist‘Put this at the head of...

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Free Speech: A Global History from Socrates to Social Media

The first global history of free speech shows we need to understand the past to address the challeng...

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Post-Imperial Possibilities: Eurasia, Eurafrica, Afroasia

After the dissolution of empires, was the nation-state the only way to unite people politically, cul...

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Prometheus: Archetypal Image of Human Existence

The god Prometheus stole fire from heaven and bestowed it on humans. In punishment, Zeus chained him...

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Asklepios: Archetypal Image of the Physician's Existence

To the physicians of classical antiquity, Asklepios was the ideal of their existence as healers. In...

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Eleusis: Archetypal Image of Mother and Daughter

The Sanctuary of Eleusis near Athens was the center of a religious cult that endured for nearly two...

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Zeus and Hera: Archetypal Image of Father, Husband, and Wife

What did Zeus mean to the Greeks of antiquity? Who was Hera, archetypally united with Zeus as if the...

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Dionysos: Archetypal Image of Indestructible Life

No other god of the Greeks is as widely present in the monuments and ritual practices of antiquity a...

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Hubris: Pericles, the Parthenon, and the Invention of Athens

A new perspective on ancient Athens at the height of its powers, reinterpreting the city’s suppo...

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Polis: A New History of the Ancient Greek City-State from the Early Iron Age to the End of Antiquity

The Greek polis, or city-state, was a resilient and adaptable political institution founded on the p...

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The Odyssey

With his Odyssey, best-selling author and classicist Daniel Mendelsohn has created a momentous new w...

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Israel: What Went Wrong?

Professor Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv and served in the Israel Defence Fo...

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Tojo: The Rise and Fall of Japan's Most Controversial World War II General

The definitive biography of Tojo Hideki, the controversial general who redefined military leader...