This book explores the history of this fundamental transformation, from the arrival of the printing press to the coming of steam.

A precise experimenter in the realm of “chymistry,” Newton put the riddles of alchemy to the test in his lab. He also used ideas drawn from the alchemical texts to great effect in his optical experimentation.

The dramatization of Sir Thomas More's historic conflict with Henry VIII—a compelling portrait of a courageous man who died for his convictions and a modern classic that "challenges the mind, and, in the end, touches the heart" (New York ...

Magic is something unauthorised, an alternative perhaps, even a deliberate cultivation of dark, evil powers.

This is a piece of thorough and careful research, well organized, and a quite fascinating book. * Contemporary Review ...a careful and interesting record of a unique and largely successful transatlantic experiment * Daily Telegraph London . ...

Previously published in hardback by Simon & Schuster in 2010; originally published: London: Bodley Head, 2008.

In the early stages of the Second World War, the vast crescent of British-ruled territories stretching from India to Singapore appeared as a massive Allied asset.

This book draws together social, cultural, and political history to show us how we came to have a moral, political, and social responsibility toward the hungry.

The story of the struggle over slavery in the British empire -- as told through the rich, expressive, and frequently shocking letters of one of the wealthiest British slaveholders ever to have lived.

Cannadine looks at the British Empire from a new perspective--through the eyes of those who created and ruled it--and offers fresh insight into the driving forces behind the Empire.