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The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out: always ready with a drink and a story,...
The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'TODAY': Lithium, copper, and
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A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF 2024AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION, AND THE FT BUSINESS BOOK...
Zarifa: A Woman's Battle in a Man's World, by Afghanistan's Youngest
A moving and inspiring memoir by Afghanistan's youngest female mayor and campaigner for human rights, as seen in Netflix's In Her Hands documentary.'Zarifa will break your heart' Christina Lamb, author...
Emily Noble's Disgrace
'A brilliant, original read' - Daily Mail 'Totally absorbing, this is a story that will keep you gripped' - Janice Hadlow, author of The Other Bennet Sister The case is...
Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean
WINNER OF THE 2024 SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARDIts name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures....
Design Monograph: Foster
A design monograph series on the most remarkable architects, designers, brands and design movements of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, each book contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and...
Michael Tippett: The Biography
'A delight to read' Philip Pullman'Essential reading ... a genuine landmark publication' Tom ServiceA BBC Radio 4 'Book of the Week'The music of the British composer Michael Tippett - including...
The Number Ones: Twenty Chart-Topping Hits That Reveal the History of
When Tom Breihan launched his Stereogum column in early 2018, "The Number Ones"-a space in which he has been writing about every #1 hit in the history of the Billboard...
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian
'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the fascism of 2022. It is time to expose them.'...
Chocolate Girls
In Annie Murray's bestselling Chocolate Girls, three very different women work together at Cadbury's Bournville factory, where their lives become entwined by war and work - and a child called...
The Ophelia Girls: An Immersive, Intoxicating Read
'An immersive, intoxicating summer read with the long-lasting feel of a classic' - Molly Aitken, author of The Island Child 'A potent blend of art, beauty, awakening desire and mortality...
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine
'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of...
The War Below: AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'TODAY': Lithium, copper, and
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER BOOK OF 2024AN AMAZON BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR SO FAR FOR 2024LONGLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NONFICTION, AND THE FT BUSINESS BOOK...
Queen Elizabeth II
Rod Green explores the personal and political intrigues that have dogged the House of Windsor, including the Queen's fascinating relationships with prime ministers from Winston Churchill and Antony Eden to...
Goodbye, Mersey View: The heartwarming wartime saga from the
In her nostalgic and heart-warming new saga, Sunday Times bestselling author Lyn Andrews evokes the ups and downs of life in the back streets of 1930s LiverpoolLiverpool, World War II....
A Small, Stubborn Town: Life, death and defiance in Ukraine
'Extraordinary.' Philippe Sands'We are touched by the courage and dignity of Andrew Harding's characters - qualities that the author must surely possess in equal measure.' - Andrey Kurkov'A story of...
The Competent Authority
'Great is the Soviet Union, vast its territories, warm its entrails...' 1959. Whispers of dissidence are spreading in the U.S.S.R. Texts published in the West are circulating in samizdat, tormenting...
The Spy in Moscow Station: A Counterspy's Hunt for a Deadly Cold War
Moscow in the late 1970s: one by one, CIA assets are disappearing. The perils of American arrogance, mixed with bureaucratic infighting, had left the country unspeakably vulnerable to ultra-sophisticated Russian...
The Abuse of Power: Confronting Injustice in Public Life
THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER'So boldly different it creates a mini-genre all of its own' - ANDREW MARRAs Prime Minister for three years and Home Secretary for six years,...
All Us Sinners: A beautifully written crime debut set in the shadow of
'Powerful, provocative, beautiful and unforgettable. All Us Sinners is a chilling, moving, majestic debut' --- CHRIS WHITAKERLeeds, 1977. A chill lies over the city: sex workers are being murdered by...
Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place
You don't get to choose where you grow up, and for more than 80 per cent of the population, the boring, unadventurous and thoroughly unfashionable suburbs serve as their childhood...
The Final Revival of Opal & Nev: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for
ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVOURITE BOOKS OF 2021 | LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE 2022'A thrilling work' TA-NEHISI COATES'Lovely and lyrical . . . warm and wonderful' KILEY REIDA queen...
The Mushroom Tree Mystery
'One of Singapore's finest living authors' South China Morning Post'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON'Charming' RHYS BOWEN'One of the most...
Glass
A writer in self-imposed exile in London receives a call from the Prime Minister of his former country, inviting him to return to write the Prime Minister's biography. As he...
Cashing Out: The Flight of Nazi Treasure, 1945-1948
By the end of January 1945, it was clear to Germany that the war was lost. The Third Reich was in freefall, and its leaders, apart from those clustered around...