Christopher Harding

From the acclaimed author of Japan Story, this is the history of Japan, distilled into the stories of twenty remarkable individuals. The vivid and en

In Witte schuld vertelt Harding over de slavenopstand van 1823, in de Britse (voorheen Nederlandse) kolonie Demerara, nu Guyana genaamd, in het Caribi

Written in Luke Harding's starkly transfixing style, Invasion makes for essential reading. 'Luke Harding is one of the best reporters in the world.'

Aan de rand van Berlijn, aan de oever van een meer, staat een houten huis. Dit huis is bijna 100 jaar geleden gebouwd door mijn over grootvader. Ik wi

‘Kijk wat die rothonden ze hebben aangedaan, mompelde iemand. Niemand noemde het touw, of de moersleutel, of het geweer, of het mes, of de stok, of de

In Christopher Reid's marvellous new collection, a schoolboy furtively and thrillingly drops a marble through the top of his desk so that it makes its

A lively reimagining of how the distant medieval world of war functioned, drawing on the objects used and made by crusadersThroughout the Middle Ages

The story of the slave uprising that took place in the British colony of Demerara - now Guyana - in the Caribbean in 1823, and its momentous consequen

This text outlines the forms of political interaction in the early modern city and takes a comparative approach to the nature of conflict and conflict

"Lucid and lyrical…a vivid history of Japan's turbocharged (and painful) modernization." --The Daily TelegraphIn A History of Modern Japan, cultural h

This is a study of agency in the field of criminal liability through an examination of three types of organisation: corporate actors in the field of b

This is a study of agency in the field of criminal liability through an examination of three types of organisation: corporate actors in the field of b

“A remarkable—and singularly chilling—glimpse of human behavior...This meticulously researched book...represents a major contribution to the liter

The book brings together many of Clark's essays and raises many questions about how we think about the past. One of the most important pieces in the b

Deze Britannica kinderencyclopedie is een complete verzameling weetjes, feiten, lijstjes en vragen. Ga mee op reis door de geschiedenis: van de Big B

Monsters have preoccupied mankind from the earliest times: even cave art includes animal-human monsters. This book explores monsters down the ages and