Gyles Brandreth's witty guide to British history, from Stonehenge and Boudicca to Brexit and Megxit, in delightful 60-second instalments - now in paperback
The story of us - without hesitation, r..
From the multimillion-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories, this is a witty, whistlestop tour through the history of Britain (for grown ups).
Horrible Histories author Terry Deary a..
In this newly revised edition of their classic work, Mason and Caiger trace the enthralling evolution of modern Japan from its early pre-history through the post-Cold War period to the collapse of the..
Continuing the thematic strand of the successful and proven British Library '100 Maps' series, this new volume traces the fully international history of railways from their beginnings in the north-wes..
Rome as you've never seen it before - brazenly unconventional, badly behaved and ever so feminine.
'Hugely entertaining and illuminating' -Elodie Harper, author of The Wolf Den
A..
Here's how the history of the Roman Empire usually goes...
We start with Romulus, go on to Brutus overthrowing Tarquin, bounce through an appallingly tedious list of battles and generals and c..
People have been drawing lines on maps for as long as there have been maps to draw on. Sometimes rooted in physical geography, sometimes entirely arbitrary, these lines might often have looked very di..
Journey through thousands of years of human history (now with the women put back in).
From the earliest human civilizations through to the present day, the stories of countless influential women ..
'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors
'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive through these underwater museum..
A Times History Book of the Year 2022
A TLS Book of the Year 2022
'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMES
From award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true hist..
The way we remember the past today remains dishearteningly patriarchal: a place where women have always been oppressed by men, from ancient times to the present day. A History of Women in 101 Objects ..
A Kind of Confession is a secret look into Alex Miller's writing life, spanning sixty years of creativity and inspiration. As a young man in 1961 Miller left his work as a ringer in Queensland and set..
'Oliver Sacks is a perfect antidote to the anaesthetic of familiarity. His writing turns brains and minds transparent' - Observer
When Oliver Sacks, a physician by profession, injured his leg whi..
The Instant Top 5 Irish Times Bestseller
From the creator of The Irish History Podcast comes a fascinating look at Irish history through the lens of murder.
In A Lethal Legacy, Fin Dwyer charts 2..
A parent's deeply moving love letter to a daughter who has always known exactly who she is.
'Stunning . . . Built like a thriller, moving, wise and illuminated on every page with love' - Joanne H..
ACT founding father Steven Hayes shows us how to apply the principles of psychological flexibility to live more vital, more connected and healthier lives
Over the last 35 years, Steven C. Hayes ..
'Matt has a hilarious way of articulating an important message. Highly valuable advice for anyone.' - KIERAN READ
Why is it that no matter how good things get, we still feel dissatisfied? A few y..
A Masterful Author and Jungian Analyst Examines the Qualities That Bring Meaning to Our Human Journey.
What is it that brings meaning to your life? Our culture tells us to seek wealth, power, pre..
A Lifetime of Beekeeping Mistakes covers all the basics of managing successful hives from buying in bee stocks and equipment to record keeping, establishing and growing colonies. It considers the meri..
The No. 1 international bestseller, with a foreword by His Holiness Pope Francis, who made headlines in 2021 when he kissed Lidia's Auschwitz identification tattoo.
The unforgettable, moving true..
A series of interviews with Noam Chomsky, the world's greatest living public intellectual, about the pressing issues of our time
In this illuminating collection of interviews, Noam Chomsky shares..
SHORTLISTED FOR THE CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS
'Top Bins! A personal best, a lap record and a hole in one for when rain has stopped play.' ALAN DAVIES
'The trivia book of the season . ..
'A guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century' Guardian
'Like hearing the voice of an old friend' Observer
'Extraordinary . . . a quality of timelessnes..
The words of a man. The message of a people.
Bringing together a new introduction by Volodymyr Zelensky with his most powerful war speeches, this book recounts Ukraine's war through the words of ..
Meteorites are generally considered to be bizarre and exotic space junk that you only ever come across in museums. But the reality is very different. Meteorites are generally harmless, with the except..
'My name is Renee Salt. I am 94 years old, I am a witness to history. I am a survivor.
This is my attempt to make sense of a story which I can scarcely believe happened to me. Some of these..
It is a moment shrouded in horror and mystery. Edgar Allan Poe died on October 7, 1849, at just forty, in a painful, utterly bizarre manner that would not have been out of place in one of his own tale..
In 2015, Juno Carey left her job as a midwife, burnt out, frustrated and looking for a better way to deliver care to women. And then she found work that she loves, that brings her satisfaction and the..
The early sixties in Britain told as only David Kynaston ('the most entertaining historian alive' Spectator) can. Running from 1962 to 1965, A Northern Wind is the anticipated new volume in the landma..
The early sixties in Britain told as only David Kynaston ('the most entertaining historian alive' Spectator) can. Running from 1962 to 1965, A Northern Wind is the anticipated new volume in the landma..
By walking, you escape from the very idea of identity, the temptation to be someone, to have a name and a history ... The freedom in walking lies in not being anyone; for the walking body has no hi..
'This book distils what, at my advanced age, I feel able to say about music, musicians, and matters of my pianistic profession.' Ever since Alfred Brendel bid farewell to the concert stage after six d..
The origin story of our modern oil age
Petroleum has always been used by humans- as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its ex..
On 9th August 2001, twenty-two days after Jeffrey Archer was sentenced to four years in prison for perjury, he was transferred from HMP Belmarsh, a double-A Category high-security prison in south Lond..
A riveting, deeply personal account of history in the making-from the president who inspired us to believe in the power of democracy
In the stirring, highly anticipated first volume of his presid..
"Well researched and riveting...The struggle of these four men against totalitarian injustice was noble, and this book memorializes it superbly."-The Wall Street Journal
The untold story of four ..
Born in Rafah, raised in Gaza, subjected both to Israeli bombs and to Islamist tyranny, and in the face of prison, death threats, abuse, misogyny, violence, and repression, Asmaa Alghoul has continued..
Tracing the shifts and moods of four seasons along Scotland's River Tweed, Andrew Douglas-Home weaves a story of a close relationship with nature and one of its most iconic denizens; the salmon. Threa..
When visiting the City of Light, the spirit of Paris can be felt everywhere. It holds a sacred history that goes beyond words, beyond religion, and its legendary places of worship are truly its crown ..
I've worked as an intensive care doctor for over twenty years, caring for patients who are in the thick fog between life and death. I've met hundreds of people who have died, were resuscitated and liv..
When Lieutenant James Holman sailed to Russia in 1822, intent on crossing Siberia on his way to circumnavigate a globe still largely uncharted, the authorities of the Tsar arrested him on suspicion of..
The third title in this ingenious series of Sherlock Holmes Escape Books, The Adventure of the Analytical Engine is an exhilarating combination of escape room, puzzle book and adventure story. Inspire..
Combining an expertise on the Tudor dynasty with an authoritative understanding of its religious and political make-up, A Short History of the Tudors provides a fresh and accessible perspective of one..
Explore the failures, mistakes and missed opportunities that shaped history in this new entry in the bestselling series.
From the botched attempt to create a life-extending elixir that produced g..
An expert in nutrition and the gut reveals what inflammation is, why it lies behind many modern diseases and what we can all do to help combat it
Inflammation has traditionally been thought of as..
A radical new vision of human health and illness revealing the hidden but most significant cause of death in the world today
Inflammation has traditionally been thought of as the body's response ..
China Mieville's brilliant reading of the modern world's most controversial and enduring political document: The Communist Manifesto.
'It's thrilling to accompany Mieville... as he wrestles - in cr..
'All a trainee needed to feel - could not help feeling - was that their feet were on the decks of something pretty big, and change was happening all around them just by the motion that happened when t..
THE SUNDAY TIMES No. 1 BESTSELLER
WITH AN AFTERWORD BY JOHN LE CARRE
'Riveting, astounding . . . An unputdownable postwar thriller' Observer
'Irresistibly readable' Sunday Times
'Worthy of ..
A powerful and urgent memoir of loss, exile and hope by Uyghur activist Gulchehra Hoja
'This gripping memoir conveys the courage and cost of telling a truer story' Guardian Book of the Day
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From Orwell Prize winning journalist Ghaith Abdul-Ahad comes a searing and nuanced biography of a lost Iraq
'Exquisite . . . A genuine, melancholy masterpiece' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE
'A journalistic..