“What shines through, even in horrific moments, is Johnston’s balance, decency and humour.”—Bloomberg

When Alan Johnston, the last Western journalist who dared to remain in Gaza, was kidnapped by terrorists, millions of people around the world felt the need to express the...

"Harry Selfridge revolutionised the way we shop."-Daily Mail

"Will change your view of shopping forever."-Vogue

The men who created the first department stores made vast fortunes, but no one understood consumption as a sensual female entertainment better than the maveric...

These lists, arranged by genre, director, or actor, answer that most difficult of questions: what DVD should you rent for the night?

Fabulously quirky and enjoyable, this book is both a celebration of movies and a handy, entertaining guide to films guaranteed to deliver. Oddly enough, most ...

"A scrupulously scholarly analysis."-The Times Literary Supplement

Written by one of France's greatest medieval scholars, this study of one of the most gruesome episodes of European history is now re-issued with important new material contained in the Chirion parchment from the Vatic...

This fascinating and unique diary from 1945 to 1948 delves into the private life of housewife, mother, and skillful narrator Nella Last. Nella, fifty-five when the war ends, writes of what ordinary people felt during those years of privation, hope, and the rebuilding of Britain, providing a movin...

"Neat and thought-provoking."—Financial Times

Christopher Prendergast describes the storming of the decrepit Bastille fortress-prison on July 14, 1789, which symbolically marked the beginning of the French Revolution.

Brilliantly and engagingly written, he shows how the...

"A glowing and beautiful memoir."-The Mail on Sunday

"A supremely beautiful book that spins its particular story to tell a universal one."-The Sunday Times

"Writing that sings with tremendous descriptive richness."-The Scotsman

Woven into the fabric of famil...

Michael Brown and Paul Turner draw upon a wealth of detailed research in America, Britain, and other regions, to analyze the qualities that have contributed to firms being ranked the "most admired companies" in annual surveys over the past twenty years.

This is a book with crucial lessons f...