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Hurst Publishers

Hurst Publishers

Britain

Hearst Publishing House is an independent and well-established British publishing house, founded in the capital, London, in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine by publisher Christopher Hirst. The house started from a very small office to develop over the decades and become one of the most important and pr…

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Hurst Publishers

Hurst Publishers

Hearst Publishing House is an independent and well-established British publishing house, founded in the capital, London, in the year one thousand nine hundred and sixty-nine by publisher Christopher Hirst. The house started from a very small office to develop over the decades and become one of the most important and prominent international independent publishing houses specialized entirely in publishing serious non-fiction and non-fiction books. The house is currently headquartered in the famous historic Somerset House building in London, and is characterized by a high-level intellectual vision that favors quality and editorial excellence.And literary on purely commercial expansion.

The house adopts a publishing strategy that focuses on major global issues and current international affairs, and annually publishes approximately ninety new books. The house has unique and pioneering fields of specialization that have made it a major international reference, especially in the fields of African studies, Islamic and Middle Eastern studies, and South Asian studies. Its publications also strongly cover the topics of human history, international politics, wars and conflicts, international relations, in addition to biographiesAutobiography, espionage, investigative reporting, travel literature, and religions. The house is known for its great boldness in highlighting crises and marginalized topics that are ignored by major commercial publishing houses.The publications issued by the house are characterized by scientific sobriety and literary depth, and are subject to strict reviews and audits. The house has succeeded in building a unique, innovative and extended distribution and publishing partnership with the prestigious Oxford University Press on the North American continent. The house's books enjoy widespread international appreciation, and its publications are regularly discussed by major international media outlets and prestigious newspapers. Its authors’ books are also constantly nominated and won for prestigious literary and intellectual awards, which consolidates the position of the house as an indispensable bridge of knowledge and enlightenment.About him to understand the complexities of the contemporary world, its major conflicts and transformations.

Books by Hurst Publishers