Humanities - Page 385

Goethe: Life as a Work of Art

This “splendid biography” (Wall Street Journal) of Goethe presents his life and work as an essential...

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The Birth of Modern Belief: Faith and Judgment from the Middle Ages to the Enlightenment

An illuminating history of how religious belief lost its uncontested status in the WestThis landmark...

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Big Week: The Biggest Air Battle of World War Two

'James Holland is a master' BBC HistoryIt was to be the battle to end the air war once and for all.D...

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The Penguin History of Modern China: The Fall and Rise of a Great Power, 1850 to the Present

In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth...

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The Medici

Having founded the bank that became the most powerful in Europe in the fifteenth century, the Medici...

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The Four Horsemen: The Discussion that Sparked an Atheist Revolution

Known as the ‘four horsemen’ of New Atheism, these four big thinkers of the twenty-first century met...

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Beyond Greek: The Beginnings of Latin Literature

Virgil, Ovid, Cicero, Horace, and other authors of ancient Rome are so firmly established in the Wes...

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The Death of Truth

From a Pulitzer Prize-winning critic comes an impassioned critique of the West’s retreat from reason...

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A Mind at Play: The Brilliant Life of Claude Shannon, Inventor of the Information Age

This is the extraordinary story of the little-known man who influenced every computer built, email s...

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Versailles 1919: A Centennial Perspective

The Versailles Settlement, at the time of its creation a vital part of the Paris Peace Conference, s...

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The Golden Thread: How Fabric Changed History

All textiles begin with a twist. From colourful 30,000-year old threads found on the floor of a Geor...

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Making China Modern: From the Great Qing to Xi Jinping

A panoramic survey of China’s rise and resilience through war and rebellion, disease and famine, tha...

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Goodness Paradox: How Evolution Made Us Both More and Less Violent

'A fascinating new analysis of human violence, filled with fresh ideas and gripping evidence from ou...

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Nature, History, State 1933-1934

Nature, History, State: 1933-1934 presents the first complete English-language translation of Heideg...

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Literature: Why It Matters

‘Facts alone are wanted in life,’ exclaims Mr Gradgrind at the beginning of Dickens’ Hard . Times Li...

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