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Barbarossa Derailed: The Battle for Smolensk 10 July-10 September
At dawn on 10 July 1941, massed tanks and motorized infantry of German Army Group Center's Second and Third Panzer Groups crossed the Dnepr and Western Dvina Rivers, beginning what...
His Finest Hour: A Brief Life of Winston Churchill
'A gem. Brief, authoritative and fair in its judgements - an intensely readable introduction to this most complex and fascinating man' - Graham Farmelo, award-winning author of The Strangest Man...
Life Inside: The Hard Reality of Prison and What It Takes To Survive
"A gripping and powerful account of what prison is like and what it takes to make it through... Make sure you read it." Kimberley Chambers Widely known in the criminal...
Double Cross: The True Story of The D-Day Spies
D-Day, 6 June 1944, the turning point of the Second World War, was a victory of arms. But it was also a triumph for a different kind of operation: one...
The Rest is History Returns: An A-Z of Historical Curiosities
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The second bestselling book from 'the most joyous and brain-enhancing podcast out there' ( The Times ) - also including puzzles and a quiz! Tom...
The Peepshow: The thrilling new page-turner from Britain's top-selling
FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times , Financial Times , Spectator ,...
The Peepshow: The Murders at 10 Rillington Place
FROM BRITAIN'S TOP-SELLING TRUE CRIME WRITER WINNER OF THE CWA ALCS GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION A BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: The Times/Sunday Times , Financial Times , Spectator ,...
The Paris Muse
'Living with him was like living at the centre of the universe. It was electrifying and humbling, blissful and destructive, all at the same time.' Paris, 1936. When Dora Maar,...
Spy's London
In 'this remarkable book' (as intelligence historian Nigel West describes it in his Foreword), the reader will be struck by the vibrancy of history made real. Author Roy Berkeley has...
Panini UK Football Sticker Collections 1978-1993
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2026, ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEAR A football fan's dream come true. Every complete UK PANINI sticker album 1978-1993 reproduced together for the first...
Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of the Mediterranean - shortlisted for
A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian "Poetic...Compelling" -- New Statesman One of National Geographic 's...
All the World at War: People and Places, 1914-1918
While battles and wars and 'the clash of civilizations' are as old as time itself, there is little doubt that the conflagration of 1914 1918 was something unique and terrifyingly...
Burn Them Out!: A History of Fascism and the Far Right in Ireland
In November 2023, the Dublin riots shocked Ireland and the wider world. They were sparked by a knife attack by an immigrant on three children. Inflammatory online rumours spread in...
A Child in the Storm: A Mother Locked Away, a Daughter Taken. The
A cry in the dark. A missing mother. A lifetime's search for the truth... The gripping new novel from the bestselling author of The Girl in the Letter is a...
Socialism is Great!: A Worker's Memoir of the New China
A spirited memoir by a former Chinese factory worker who grew up in Nanjing, participated in the Tiananmen Square protest and ended up as an international journalist. As a teenager,...
American West Designs
Icons, symbols and artefacts of the way of life traditionally associated with the American West.
A Bright Cold Day: The Wonder of George Orwell
When we think about George Orwell, we imagine an angular, moustachioed sceptic crouched over a typewriter, who - between puffs on his cigarette - composes effortless streams of prose, unadorned...
Lobbying for Zionism on Both Sides of the Atlantic
In 1896, a Jewish state was a pipe dream. Today the overwhelming majority of Jews identify as Zionists. How did this happen? Ilan Pappe unveils how over a century of...
Best of Norman Rockwell
Norman Rockwell's son, Tom, has put together the absolute finest collection of his father's bounteous body of work, illustrations that bespeak the golden glow of pre- and post-WWII Americana. Rockwell...
Investigating Modern Art
This text provides an accessible historical progression through the attempting to draw out more general issues and implications. The discussion of key figures such as Picasso, Matisse, Pollock and Warhol,...
Doctor Strange: A Decade of Dark Magic
Explore the Stories Behind the Legends Enter a world where reality bends, and magic reigns supreme. From psychedelic dimensions to counterculture cool, Doctor Strange was unlike anything else in comics....
Daredevil: Born Again
Explore the Stories Behind the Legends What happens when a hero loses everything? In Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli's Daredevil: Born Again , the comic's titular hero has his life...
Cafe Tacvba's Re
This book is about unveiling and exploring the many layered gestures of Re. Re , the 1994 album by the Mexican group Cafe Tacvba, is a spectacularly unique musical object...
Around the World in 200 Globes: Stories of the Twentieth Century
The Dutch architect Willem Jan Neutelings (co-founder of Neutelings Riedijk Architects) is known as the architect of, among other things, the MAS in Antwerp and the Gare Maritime in Brussels'...
Very Ordinary Seaman: The unforgettable account of British naval
First published to huge acclaim during the war it describes, Very Ordinary Seaman relates - with humanity, humour and the authority of experience - lower-deck life in the British navy,...
Miss Veal and Miss Ham
It is 1951 and behind the counter of a modest post office in a leafy Buckinghamshire village Miss Dora Ham and Miss Beatrix Veal maintain their careful facade as respected...
A Beautiful Way to Die
From the author of BBC Between the Covers pick The Unspeakable Acts of Zina Pavlou . 'Gripping and compelling.' LAURA MARSHALL 'A magnificent melodrama, full of glamour and grit.' THE...
Hubris: The Origins of Russia's War Against Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukraine conflict that began eight years earlier. But the roots of the conflict began...
Everything Under the Sun: The Complete Guide to Pink Floyd
The definitive guide to the band offering song-by-song analysis, full chronology and gig guide, full bootleg guide, and exclusive interviews with surviving members. Pink Floyd formed in London in 1965,...
Norway's War: A People's Struggle Against Nazi Tyranny, 1940-45
In the early morning of 9 April 1940, a fleet of German battleships entered the Oslofjord. Norwegian artillery delayed them long enough for King Haakon VII and his cabinet to...
1977: How Progressive Rock Defied Punk
In this informative, readable and for punk fans at least annoying book, Kevan Furbank looks at the progressive rock bands and albums that left punk reeling in the moshpit. To...
Ian Fleming: The Complete Man
A fascinating new biography of the man behind James Bond, by an award-winning biographer and novelist who has unprecedented access to the Fleming Archive. A fresh portrait of the man...
Battle of Korsun-Cherkassy: The Encirclement and Breakout of Army
An account of the Battle at Cherkassy, written by one of the German commanders present there. In 1943 the tide began to turn against Germany on the Eastern Front. Their...
The Days I Loved You Most: 'If you need a big ol' love story in your
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'I've never read a story quite like this deeply moving, complex novel' Jodi Picoult 'It emotionally wrecked me' **** 'Fabulous' ***** 'Breathtaking' **** 'Heart-breaking' ***** 'A truly...
Richie Benaud's Blue Suede Shoes: The Story of an Ashes Classic
CHARLES TYRWHITT SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR THE CRICKET WRITERS' CLUB DEREK HODGSON BOOK OF THE YEAR LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR...
A Case of Life and Limb: 'A brilliant mystery' Daily Mail
A WATERSTONES CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR A LITERARY REVIEW CRIME BOOK OF THE YEAR 'As brilliant a cosy crime novel as you'll ever read' JANICE HALLETT 'A masterful voice...
A Case of Mice and Murder: 'A delight from first page to last' Sunday
*WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS CRIME & THRILLER BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026* ' An absolute delight ' JANICE HALLETT 'A triumph of ingenuity ' DAILY MAIL ' I...
A Case of Mice and Murder: 'A delight from first page to last' Sunday
' A delight from first page to last ' SUNDAY TIMES ' I loved it! ... A whiff of Shardlake and a pinch of Rumpole ... a joy ' S.J....
Hidden Treasure: A timeless children's adventure story from the
From the bestselling author of The Miniaturist . Jessie Burton's Hidden Treasure is the phenomenal page-turning story of two children whose lives collide when they find an ancient treasure with...
Courting India: England, Mughal India and the Origins of Empire
WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE A profound and ground-breaking new history of one of the most important encounters in the history of colonialism: the British arrival in India...
South Atlantic 1982: The carrier campaign in the Falklands War
A detailed account of the war-winning role that a handful of Harrier squadrons played in the Falklands War. On 5 April 1982, the British aircraft carriers Hermes and Invincible sailed...
My Story
The no-holds-barred autobiography from one of this country's greatest ever footballers, Steven Gerrard Steven Gerrard is the former captain of Liverpool football team and of the England national football team,...
The Book of Secrets: A Personal History of Betrayal in Red China
'An extraordinary firsthand account of Communist Party machinery at its most brutal and paranoid' -- Sunday Telegraph Picked as Hilary Spurling's Book of the Year in The Spectator. The spellbinding...
Double Agent Celery: MI5's Crooked Hero
With Britain braced for a German invasion, MI5 recruited an ex RNAS officer, come confidence trickster, called Walter Dicketts as a double agent. Codenamed Celery, Dicketts was sent to Lisbon...
Herbert Bayer, Graphic Designer: From the Bauhaus to Berlin, 1921-1938
Herbert Bayer was one of the most extraordinary artists associated with the Bauhaus school. A true multimedia artist, he united graphic design, art, and architecture in a unique style that...
