Further Reading

    Five Ukrainian Writers You Should Know About

    Five Ukrainian Writers You Should Know About

    Five notable Ukrainian writers that should be on your radar, ranging from 18th century satire to 20th century literary modernism. Browse some of their most famous work and learn their...

    Eastern European

    Five Ukrainian Writers You Should Know About

    Shevchenko, Kulish, & More

    Five notable Ukrainian writers that should be on your radar, ranging from 18th century satire to 20th century literary modernism. Browse some of their most famous work and learn their...

    Max Planck’s 'Das Prinzep der Relativität'

    Max Planck’s 'Das Prinzep der Relativität'

    It may be surprising to learn that Einstein’s Special Relativity, one of the most important scientific theories ever constructed, didn’t cause an immediate sensation when it was published in 1905....

    Science & Nature

    Max Planck’s 'Das Prinzep der Relativität'

    First Public Response to Einstein’s Special Relativity

    It may be surprising to learn that Einstein’s Special Relativity, one of the most important scientific theories ever constructed, didn’t cause an immediate sensation when it was published in 1905....

    The Writers and Artists of the Hutchinson Camp

    The Writers and Artists of the Hutchinson Camp

    Written by detainees of Hutchinson Internment Camp on the Isle of Man, 'The Camp Almanac' (1940-41) is a remarkable piece of history that tells the story of émigré artists and...

    Arts & Architecture

    The Writers and Artists of the Hutchinson Camp

    Camp Almanac 1940–41

    Written by detainees of Hutchinson Internment Camp on the Isle of Man, 'The Camp Almanac' (1940-41) is a remarkable piece of history that tells the story of émigré artists and...

    The Dullest Problem Imaginable

    The Dullest Problem Imaginable

    Before Francis Crick was famous for his work on the structure of DNA he actually attempted a PhD in physics. His three handwritten laboratory notebooks from that time provide remarkable...

    Science & Nature

    The Dullest Problem Imaginable

    Francis Crick’s Handwritten PhD Notebooks

    Before Francis Crick was famous for his work on the structure of DNA he actually attempted a PhD in physics. His three handwritten laboratory notebooks from that time provide remarkable...

    Travelling Women: Voices that Crossed Borders

    Travelling Women: Voices that Crossed Borders

    Learn about the great journeys taken on by woman travellers, including Emily Eden, Gertrude Bell, Ella Sykes, and Anna Brassey.

    Travel & Exploration

    Travelling Women: Voices that Crossed Borders

    Bell, Brassey, & Sykes

    Learn about the great journeys taken on by woman travellers, including Emily Eden, Gertrude Bell, Ella Sykes, and Anna Brassey.

    250th Anniversary of the Publication of 'The Wealth of Nations'

    250th Anniversary of the Publication of 'The We...

    Celebrating 250 years since the publication of Adam Smith's 'Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'

    Philosophy History & Economics

    250th Anniversary of the Publication of 'The We...

    By Oliver Yarwood

    Celebrating 250 years since the publication of Adam Smith's 'Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations'

    Conquering Everest | British Expeditions

    Conquering Everest | British Expeditions

    A narrative of the successive British expeditions into uncharted Everest territory by the brave Lieutenant-Colonel C. Howard-Bury, Brigadier-General. E.F. Bruce and Lieutenant-Colonel. E.F. Hugh Norton.

    Travel & Exploration

    Conquering Everest | British Expeditions

    Walking Off the Map

    A narrative of the successive British expeditions into uncharted Everest territory by the brave Lieutenant-Colonel C. Howard-Bury, Brigadier-General. E.F. Bruce and Lieutenant-Colonel. E.F. Hugh Norton.

    Saving the Arabian Horse

    Saving the Arabian Horse

    The two great Arab horse studs were connected by more than just a desire to save the treasured Arab breed. They shared an entrepreneurial spirit, a respect and appreciation for...

    Travel & Exploration

    Saving the Arabian Horse

    A Connection Between the First Two Arab Studs

    The two great Arab horse studs were connected by more than just a desire to save the treasured Arab breed. They shared an entrepreneurial spirit, a respect and appreciation for...

    Why Evolution Doesn't Appear in Origin of Species

    Why Evolution Doesn't Appear in Origin of Species

    You might be surprised to learn that the word evolution doesn't appear in any of the first five editions of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. We'll take a look...

    Science & Nature

    Why Evolution Doesn't Appear in Origin of Species

    Charles Darwin First Editions

    You might be surprised to learn that the word evolution doesn't appear in any of the first five editions of Darwin's On the Origin of Species. We'll take a look...

    The Big World of Tiny Books : Miniature Books from the Islamic Department

    The Big World of Tiny Books : Miniature Books f...

    Exploring the miniature Qur'ans of David Bryce and Hans Steinbrener, published from the 1890s through the 1960s, including their remarkable use as talismanic pendants by British-Muslim troops during the First...

    Near East & Islamic

    The Big World of Tiny Books : Miniature Books f...

    By Roxana Kashani

    Exploring the miniature Qur'ans of David Bryce and Hans Steinbrener, published from the 1890s through the 1960s, including their remarkable use as talismanic pendants by British-Muslim troops during the First...

    The Decline and Fall of Empires

    The Decline and Fall of Empires

    This week marks 250 years since the first publication of Edward Gibbon’s (1737-1794) era-defining History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

    Philosophy History & Economics

    The Decline and Fall of Empires

    By Oliver Yarwood

    This week marks 250 years since the first publication of Edward Gibbon’s (1737-1794) era-defining History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire.

    A Giant Book of Tiny Birds

    A Giant Book of Tiny Birds

    A close look at ornithologist John Gould's magnificent six-volume book on hummingbirds, Monograph of the Trochilidae, and the remarkable process he used to mimic iridescent bird feathers.

    Science & Nature

    A Giant Book of Tiny Birds

    First Edition of Gould’s Hummingbirds

    A close look at ornithologist John Gould's magnificent six-volume book on hummingbirds, Monograph of the Trochilidae, and the remarkable process he used to mimic iridescent bird feathers.

    Captain Cook's Voyages | The publishing phenomenon

    Captain Cook's Voyages | The publishing phenomenon

     The publishing phenomenon around Captain Cook's Voyages.

    Travel & Exploration

    Captain Cook's Voyages | The publishing phenomenon

    Building the Legacy

     The publishing phenomenon around Captain Cook's Voyages.

    Behind the Door to Room 101

    Behind the Door to Room 101

    Orwell’s famous adage in joining the working-class cause ‘you’ve nothing to lose but your aitches’ was gloriously ironic for a man with one of the plumiest accents of his age.

    Literature

    Behind the Door to Room 101

    by Adam Blakeney

    Orwell’s famous adage in joining the working-class cause ‘you’ve nothing to lose but your aitches’ was gloriously ironic for a man with one of the plumiest accents of his age.

    Five Iconic Illustrators Who Transformed Children's Books Forever

    Five Iconic Illustrators Who Transformed Childr...

    Meet the illustrators whose distinctive styles helped shape the golden age of children’s books — turning simple stories into unforgettable visual experiences.

    Literature

    Five Iconic Illustrators Who Transformed Childr...

    Meet the illustrators whose distinctive styles helped shape the golden age of children’s books — turning simple stories into unforgettable visual experiences.