
Scenes of Subjection: Terror, Slavery and Self-Making in Nineteenth-Century America
Book
In this provocative and original exploration of racial subjugation during slavery and its aftermath,...

Rome Travel Guide with City Tours and Offline Map
Travel and Utilities
App
Meet Rome Travel Guide, the most comprehensive guide to the Eternal City and the ultimate app for...

Dear Los Angeles: The City in Diaries and Letters, 1542 to 2018
Book
A rich mosaic of diary entries and letters from Marilyn Monroe, Cesar Chavez, Susan Sontag, Albert...

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Book
In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author...

The Silence of Scheherazade
Book
Set in the ancient city of Smyrna, this powerful novel follows the intertwining fates of four...
Historical fiction Turkish Literary fiction War Cultural Colonialisation

The Last Rhino War
Book
This is a story of one man, Mike Delport, a professional hunter, and his journey as he is caught up...
Fiction Adventure with Romance Conservation Romance
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Jeremy Hutchinson's Case Histories: From Lady Chatterley's Lover to Howard Marks
Book
Read an extract here THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Thomas Grant has brought together...