20th Century History

A compact up-to-date guide to 530 species of bird found in Britain and Europe, with clear design, user-friendly factfiles and distribution maps. Special comparison spreads aim to aid the identification...

'A glittering rush of sugar-sweet enchantment' Stephanie Garber , Sunday Times bestselling author of A Curse for True Love In the darkness of night, magic awaits... Nottingham, 1906 Marietta Stelle...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author, Nancy Revell. This is her second novel in the compelling Cuthford Manor series. 'An epic follow-up to the bestselling Shipyard Girls series' Peterborough Telegraph...

The Peaky Blinders as we know them, thanks to the hit TV series, are infused with drama and dread. Fashionably dressed, the charismatic but deeply flawed Shelby family blind enemies...

'A sizzling summer read! - Sarah MorganIs home always where the heart is? When Ellie spent a summer with her mum on a Wiltshire commune in the 90s it was...

PRE-ORDER THE INSTITUTE , THE NEW HIGH-CONCEPT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER BY KATHERINE BRADLEY, OUT SPRING 2026. 'Frightening and timely, Bradley's The Sisterhood is the book everyone should read this year. If...

'Frances Brody has made it to the top rank of crime writers' DAILY MAIL A charming historical mystery set in 1960s Yorkshire, starring prisoner governor and amateur sleuth Nell Lewis....

The stories and secrets behind BBC television's most-loved show. The official companion to series 1 and 2, as well as the forthcoming Christmas special. The Life and Times of Call...

The powerful new bestseller from Josephine Cox -- the country's favourite storyteller. Home is where the heart is - but it's also where the pain lurks! After a tragic accident...

Tie-in edition of the bestselling, Costa Award-winning novel; now a major four part BBC1 Drama series starring Thomasin McKenzie, Sian Clifford and James McArdle. SOON TO BE A MAJOR BBC1...

PRE-ORDER THE INSTITUTE , THE NEW HIGH-CONCEPT PSYCHOLOGICAL THRILLER BY KATHERINE BRADLEY, OUT SPRING 2026. 'Frightening and timely, Bradley's The Sisterhood is the book everyone should read this year. If...

'The 'Queen of Uplit' returns brilliantly to form with this gloriously good-natured novel.' DAILY MAIL ' Supremely upliftng ...an absolute gem' - MIKE GAYLE 'Stunning, immersive and absolutely wonderful' -...

Don't miss the brand new epic family drama from the nation's favourite storyteller... Will a dark shadow destroy her family? As a servant below stairs at the big manor house,...

A celebration of the life of John Gielgud through interviews and personal accounts. 'A sense of delight permeates Gyles Brandreth's John Gielgud: An Actor's Life Brandreth combines neat reportage, deft...

The finest book on Britain's most popular rock 'n' roll band'Read on ... It's all true' Noel Gallagher Featuring an exclusive interview with Noel Gallagher ahead of the Oasis Live...

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from former Cabinet minister Rory Stewart Over the course of a decade from 2010, Rory Stewart went from being a...

Far from home, hope will keep them together. The plucky evacuees must come together in this heart-warming saga set in the Second World War for fans of Dilly Court and...

Perhaps best known for hyper realistic portraits of subjects from Kate Moss to the heavily tattooed Mr. X and Zoe which take the process of portraiture beyond the photographic medium,...

She's loved by all who meet her. But someone wants her gone . . . 1990 When beautiful and vivacious Charlotte Salter fails to turn up to her husband Alec's...

June 1944, Romsey, England. Josephine 'Jo' Fox is at an impasse since the unwelcome return of her wayward husband Richard. So, when he disappears again, she is neither concerned nor...

The fabled location for a hoard of looted wartime gold is revealed to a band of opportunist treasure-seekers, whose treasure hunt soon becomes a very dangerous mission... When the Allies...

Because she was black, Clare Malone was the talk of her Liverpool council estate when she was born. Her Mother and her Mother's husband were both white and from birth...

Tales of a country fireman from Shropshire, by the author of ALL FIRED UP and GREAT BALES OF FIRE. A perfect combination of heroism and nostalgia. Ideal for fans of...

It was the biggest cycling team ever seen in Britain, supported by one of the world's most famous names. They took on the old school Europeans in their own backyard,...

James Falconer returns in the third House of Falconer historical novel from multi-million copy bestseller Barbara Taylor Bradford. The Somme, 1916. James Falconer, once a barrow boy on a London...

Rosemary Penfold was born in 1938 in a traditional Gypsy wagon and grew up in the fields of the English countryside. In this beautiful and evocative memoir, she recounts her...

The Cliveden Set had its roots in South Africa immediately after the Boer War. Back in England its members formed a self-appointed pressure group. They would often meet at Cliveden...

Derek Pringle is finally ready to tell his story of cricket in the 80s. First chosen by England whilst still at university in 1982, Derek featured in the national side...

Winner of the Fingerprint Award for Thriller of the Year THE NEW CAUTIONARY TALE OF OBSESSION, LOVE, JEALOUSY AND DECEPTION FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OUR HOUSE AND...

Derek Pringle is finally ready to tell his story of cricket in the 80s. First chosen by England whilst still at university in 1982, Derek featured in the national side...

A witty and engaging memoir from Margo Durrell, sister of Gerald, in which she tells her side of the story In 1947, returning to the UK with two young children...

Soon to be a major motion picture, from the producers of the James Bond film series, starring Jude Law and Blake Lively. She has nothing to lose and only revenge...

A celebration of the life of John Gielgud through interviews and personal accounts. 'A sense of delight permeates Gyles Brandreth's John Gielgud: An Actor's Life Brandreth combines neat reportage, deft...

Gentle chaos sets in when the absent-minded Mr Pim calls in to see George Marden, bearing some innocent news... George is a fine upstanding citizen and a stickler for doing...

Dr Thomas Harrison Butler was a skilled, yet amateur, designer responsible for some hundreds of classic English cruising yachts which still grace our seas. Cruising Yachts, his design manifesto, first...

Ambitious and addictive, Only Time Will Tell is the first novel in Jeffrey Archer's The Clifton Chronicles, beginning the epic tale of Harry Clifton, a working-class boy from the docks...

Inspired by real life stories of the Windrush Generation and her mother's own experiences as a nurse coming to Britain from the Caribbean, Sarah Lee's debut novel An Ocean Apart...

'This is a gem. Kate Atkinson fans will love it' Irish Independent In a world of lonely hearts, are there enough happy endings to go around? Marriage matchmaker seeks assistant;...

For readers who loved Wonder and The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time this extraordinary debut will make you laugh and cry. A story that crosses time and...

The moving new novel from one of Britain's bestselling saga authors From the pen of multi-million copy seller and Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis comes a heart-warming and emotional...

The fascinating and heartwarming true story of one of the world's most beloved authors. In this inspiring book, fans of the Harry Potter series get to see their favourite author...

The Sunday Times bestseller 'Delivering my first baby is a memory that will stay with me forever. Just feeling the warmth of a newborn head in your hands, that new...

A haunting mystery for fans of Eve Chase, Dinah Jefferies and Kate Mosse. 'A poignant page-turning story, beautifully written' Leonora Nattrass, author of Blue Water 'Hugely evocative and beautifully written'...

A searing insider's account of ten extraordinary years in Parliament from former Cabinet minister Rory Stewart Over the course of a decade from 2010, Rory Stewart went from being a...

'This beautifully crafted novel is a tribute to the power of books' Sunday Express In 1958, Sylvia Blackwell, a newly-trained librarian, takes up the post of Children's Librarian in a...

A richly detailed account of the little-known cultural and political relationship between Elizabethan England and the Islamic world In 1570, after plots and assassination attempts against her, Elizabeth I was...

Funny, irreverent and full of joy, this is the perfect book to accompany you on holiday - a celebration of escaping the everyday WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BRENDA BOWEN Mrs...