20th Century History

Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Traitor of Colditz Robert Verkaik reveals the incredible never-before-told story of the role played by the Cambridge Spies in the British defeat at Arnhem...

The day after Vasiliy Krysov finished school, on 22 June 1941, Germany attacked the Soviet Union and provoked a war of unparalleled extent and cruelty. For the next three years,...

Major Ronnie Reed was case officer for the infamous Agent Zigzag and the face behind Operation Mincemeat. But how did this young BBC radio operator, with no money and qualifications...

SHORTLISTED FOR SCOTLAND'S NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION 'I loved this book . . . incredibly moving' Reverend Richard Coles 'A treasure of a book' Fern Britton 'Full of beauty,...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Waterstones Nonfiction Book of the Month (June) 'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You will not read a more important book about America this...

Drawing on fifty years of interviews and experience, Homelands tells the epic story of how Europe in the early twenty first century, having emerged from its wartime hell, recovered and...

Seven lessons from the international icon on how to live a meaningful, purposeful life, for fans of Atomic Habits and Wim Hof THE INSTANT NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER The seven rules...

The disturbing true story of the notorious Cecil Hotel in downtown LA, by its general manager for a decade and star of the controversial Netflix documentary series Crime Scene: The...

A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS A TABLET BOOK OF THE YEAR 'One of the best memoirs I've read in years' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Beautifully...

'A lyrical investigation ... both powerful and transcendent' CHIGOZIE OBIOMA'Acutely observed, hauntingly rendered and deeply affecting' AMINATTA FORNA'Both epic and intimate' MARGO JEFFERSON An astonishing search for a missing person,...

Beautiful and haunting, a personal journey through Britain's flatlands and a reckoning with the painful memories and hidden histories they contain Noreen Masud has always loved flat landscapes - their...

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...

The extraordinarily moving memoir by Australian Slovakian Holocaust survivor Magda Hellinger, who saved an untold number of lives at Auschwitz through everyday acts of courage, kindness and ingenuity. A New...

A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era. Enrique...

An intimate and revelatory memoir from the iconic, acclaimed singer-songwriter Sinead O'Connor's voice and trademark shaved head made her famous by the age of twenty-one. Her landmark recording of Prince's...

The dramatic and entertaining account of the revolution in Cuba, from the architect of its success We were an army of shadows, of ghosts, walking as if to the beat...

A Palestinian prisoner's memoir of thirty years' captivity, and a love letter to the wall that encircles and comforts him This is the story of a wall that somehow chose...

The groundbreaking, intimate and inspiring memoir from Pope Francis. The wish of Pope Francis was for HOPE, on which he has been working for six years, to be published posthumously....

Classic nature writing for bird lovers - a portrait of Britain's ordinary garden birds, and the woman who opened her doors to them. Enter the secret lives of Britain's ordinary...

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir; 17 million copies sold worldwide Now in paperback featuring a new introduction by Michelle Obama, a letter from the author to her younger self,...

Seven lessons from the international icon on how to live a meaningful, purposeful life, for fans of Atomic Habits and Wim Hof *Featuring new bonus material Arnold Schwarzenegger's 77 Lessons...

A short, powerful memoir from one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century In this deeply personal book, Baldwin reflects on the experiences that shaped him as a...

Soldier Spy is to the war against the enemy at home what Bravo Two Zero was to Gulf War 1 In the boot were six homemade pipe bombs, all linked...

In the uproarious sequel to Life Among the Savages, the author of The Haunting of Hill House confronts the most vexing demons yet- her children Shirley Jackson skewered the trials...

A collection that includes three of Camus's most personal and lyrical books- The Right Side and the Wrong Side, Nuptials and Summer This volume contains some of Camus' most intimate...

For the first time, the phenomenal bestselling literary memoir will be published in Penguin Modern Classics Every Thursday morning in a living room in Iran, over tea and pastries, eight...

Written by a Communist insider, a candid portrait of one of the most dangerous men in history This extraordinarily vivid and unnerving book three meetings held with Stalin during and...

A special Vintage Classics edition of the beloved Australian bestseller In 1902, newly-married Jeannie Gunn (Mrs Aeneas Gunn) left the security and comfort of her Melbourne home to travel to...

From the detective who helped catch the Golden State Killer, a memoir about investigating America's toughest cold cases, and the rewards - and toll - of a life spent solving...

'[It] manages to be funny, moving, activist, and challenging.' Harriet Minter, TalkRadio'I loved this book - I thought it was really interesting' Jane Garvey, BBC Radio 4 Woman's HourHealth Visiting...

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THE #1 TRUE CRIME BESTSELLER. Serial killings, child abductions, organised crime hits and domestic murders. This is the memoir of a homicide detective. WINNER OF 2021 DANGER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTIONHere...

Elizabeth Smart's passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as 'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ... A masterpiece'. One day,...

'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...

Growing up in '60s Mexico City, Jennifer Clement lived next door to Frida Kahlo's house. It was an unorthodox and bohemian childhood, living alongside artists, communists, revolutionaries and poets, and...

Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. This world came to him as a chaos of loud and colourful sounds: the...

In her captivating memoir Through the Leopard's Gaze, Njambi McGrath details the harrowing circumstances of her life as a young girl in Kenya, who one fateful night was beaten to...

Longlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year Awards 2023 'There was always hope. There was always next season. Inshallah.'Inshallah United is about growing up as a strictly...

THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA Times, Spectator and Waterstones Book of the Year'Shocking and moving' Guardian'Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose' The Times At eight...

'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...

They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn't listen. From the bestselling author of The Wax Pack, comes another eye-opening road trip adventure into a pocket of massively...

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...

They say to never meet your heroes. Brad Balukjian doesn't listen. From the bestselling author of The Wax Pack, comes another eye-opening road trip adventure into a pocket of massively...

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...

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...

When Emma Sky, an intrepid young British woman, volunteered to help rebuild Iraq after the overthrow of Saddam Hussein, she had little idea what she was letting herself in for....

'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...

'One of the best books about prison I've ever read' Kimberley ChambersA chilling look into the brutality of life behind bars and what it's like to be locked away with...