Most of us give little thought to the back of the book—it’s just where you go to look things up. But here is the secret world of the index: an...

Yuval Noah Harari, author of the critically-acclaimed New York Times bestseller and international phenomenon?Sapiens, returns with an equally original, compelling, and provocative book, turning his focus toward humanity's future, and...

Lady Fatima lived during the most crucial years of Muslim history. She was raised by her father during the era in which his early community of followers faced persistent persecution...

Praised as a “revelatory” book by The Wall Street Journal , this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years...

Was Che Guevara really a revolutionary hero? Should Mother Teresa be honoured as a saint? Is Henry V actually England's greatest king? And why does JFK's legend continue to grow?...

Tired of being bullied, a scrawny, impoverished Dawood Ibrahim is looking for a savior, Khalid Khan Bachcha, who would teach him the ropes of handling a bunch of hooligans. Instead,...

Friedrich Nietzsche's Beyond Good and Evil is translated from the German by R.J. Hollingdale with an introduction by Michael Tanner in Penguin Classics. Beyond Good and Evil confirmed Nietzsche's position as the towering...

This book portrays one of the most significant personalities in the history of Islam. Taking the misunderstandings and defamation about her into consideration, Aisha needs to be understood correctly. This...

In this gripping narrative history, Lesley Hazleton tells the tragic story at the heart of the ongoing rivalry between the Sunni and Shia branches of Islam, a rift that dominates...

A new, evolutionary explanation of markets and investor behaviorHalf of all Americans have money in the stock market, yet economists can't agree on whether investors and markets are rational and...

There is an increasing realisation that our knowledge of world history – and how it all fits together – is far from perfect. A Short History of the World aims...

A much-needed, concise history of the United States of America by National Book Award winner Robert V. Remini This accessible and lively volume contains the essential facts about the discovery,...