When it was founded by Charles II, the Royal Society was Britain's only learned society. Over time, it has turned into one of many organisations representing science and scientists and has been...
The Russian Revolution: The Essential Readings. First edition - Lenin's Revolution
Fred Pearce argues that visionary green thinking can lead to disaster. Vandana Shiva is the Chairman Mao of the green movement. Her long intellectual march on behalf of peasants and plants, and...
The Palaeolithic Societies of Europe
The Inca World
Ngarrindjeri Wurruwarrin
This week's competition, in which you have to identify a book from its opening sentence,is from an exotic American in Africa: "He awoke, opened his eyes. The room meant very little to him; he was too...
Business As Unusual
Women and Islam in Bangladesh
The March of the Women
Streetwalking the Metropolis
Filming Women in the Third Reich - Feminine Fascism
Mary Wollstonecraft
The English Civil War - Power and Protest in England 1525-1640. First edition
A History of Australia, New Zealand and the Pacific