History

With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has...

What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations, or Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art. Archa...

What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous i...

Philosophy begins with questions about the nature of reality and how we should live. These were the concerns of Socrates, who spent his days in the...

What is poetry? If music is sound organized in a particular way, poetry is a way of organizing language. It is language made special so that it wil...

For curious readers young and old, this book documents a rich and colourful history of religion from humanity's earliest days to our own contentiou...

Science is fantastic. It tells us about the infinite reaches of space, the tiniest living organism, the human body, the history of Earth. People ha...

In 1935, with a doctorate in art history and no prospect of a job, the 26-year-old Ernst Gombrich was invited to attempt a history of the world for...