20th Century History

Acting the Right Part is a cultural history of huaju (modern Chinese drama) from 1966 to 1996. Xiaomei Chen situates her study both in the context of Chinese literary and...

Through a collection of Archbishop Desmond Tutu's speeches, letters, sermons and off-the-cuff remarks, this book sketches the story of South Africa from 1976, when apartheid oppression was at its peak,...

In 1956 the Suez Crisis finally shattered the old myths of the British Empire and paved the way for the tumultuous changes of the decades to come. In NEVER HAD...

From New York Times bestselling author Karen Harper comes a novel based on the lives of two amazing sisters . . . One sailed the Titanic and started a fashion...

For the first time the Astors' own version of events at Cliveden during the Profumo affair of the early 1960s can be told; and its devastating effect on the lives...

Step right up and get your fill of 80s nostalgia, with the movie bible to end all movie bibles. We've diligently compiled a list of 140 of the most influential...

This special 25th anniverary edition has a chic new format: two volumes packaged in a slipcase.

In 1959 Daniel Spoerri pioneered the first programmatic series of multiples three-dimensional objects issued in edition to be broadly distributed. With a radical emphasis on multiplication and movement, Edition MAT...

Founded in 1984 by women around Gabriele Stoetzer, the Erfurt Women Artists' Group pursued a radically creative lifestyle to counter the rigid structures of everyday life in the GDR, over...

The art of Boris Lurie (* 1924, Leningrad) and Wolf Vostell (* 1932, Leverkusen) is determined by the break in civilization in Germany in 1933, which made the German genocide...

Summary of the major art movements that have influenced contemporary art. From the landscape tradition that formed the background to Australian art history, to the movements that have enlivened and...

Containing material never before seen They W ere Never Told includes original statements from those caugh t up in the disaster, a full examination of the Board of Enq uiry''s...

Fighting to the Finish tells the story of the Australian Army in Vietnam during the peak years of the Australian military commitment to Vietnam War. As the ninth and final...

Irris Makler set out alone to cover a war in Afghanistan and found a much bigger story about the women behind enemy lines. This is as much their story as...

'Beautiful Lies' describes the forces that in less that four decades turned Australia from being dependent upon the United Kingdom to becoming an independent power, which, if it owes any...

A full history of the theory and practice of amphibious operations in the 20th century. The text takes the reader through a stage-by-stage account of amphibious tactical operations, and includes...

This is an illustrated account of these remarkable vessels which played a crucial role in the Allied offensives of the 1939-45 war. The American-built landing ship was a vessel of...

Six years after Brexit, it can feel like we're still having the same conversations. This is the explainer we need to move on. And we do need to move on,...

The first human history of space travel - from the Apollo missions to our journey to Mars - by Britain's beloved astronaut From bestselling author and British astronaut Tim Peake,...

The award-winning historian returns to Chernobyl to tell the gripping story of thirty-five days of war On 24 February 2022, the first day of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, armoured...

A powerful and urgent explanation and vindication of our human rights and freedoms Our human rights are endangered. After the devastation of World War Two the international community united to...

Drawn from rigorous research, this true crime title tells the story of Marilyn Monroe's extraordinary life and explores the shocking circumstances of her death. BORN IN THE SHADOWS. LIVED FOR...

How do you find the courage to make your own life? An electrifying novel about first love set in 1960s London and Paris from multiple bestseller, Rose Tremain 'Gorgeous' Observer...

An immersive, kaleidoscopic debut for fans of Homegoing and Pachinko- one family's search for a better life through four continents, four generations and a century of change. THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER...

Set in the frozen north of Canada in 1972, this is a novel about childhood trauma, painful histories that need reckoning with and the moments in life when we can...

Eureka- The Unfinished Revolution ... history comes to life with Peter Fitzsimons. THE NATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Peter FitzSimons is an Australian phenomenon.' The Canberra Times In 1854, Victorian miners fought a...

A New York Times Bestseller, the real story of Damian Lewis's character in BILLIONS- The rise and fall of Steven Cohen and the largest insider trading investigation in the history...

Gabriel Dax returns in this elegant, twisting mystery of espionage and obsession and takes the reader deep into one of history's most infamous assassinations. Gabriel Dax, travel writer and accidental...

A thrilling crime classic, from the bestselling author of Tokyo Express Tokyo, 1960. As the first rays of morning light hit the rails at Kamata Station, a man's body is...

The essential translation of the author's complete, uncensored diaries - revealing the idiosyncrasies and rough edges of one of the twentieth century's most influential writers Dating from 1909 to 1923,...

Ambler's electrifying Istanbul-set thriller from 1962, and the basis for the classic film Topkapi Arthur Abdel Simpson is a failed journalist and soon-to-be failed thief, embittered by memories of his...

In his most exhilarating novel yet, Britain's greatest storyteller transports you from the vibrant streets of sixties London, as an accidental spy is drawn into the shadows of espionage and...

A moving, brutally funny and true portrait of Britain told through four generations of one family In Bournville, a placid suburb of Birmingham, sits a famous chocolate factory. For eleven-year-old...

A chilling alternative history of the Second World War, in which the Nazis have conquered Britain It is 1941 and Germany has won the war. Britain is occupied, Churchill executed...

Len Deighton's best-selling first spy novel which revolutionised the genre, now published in Penguin Classics for the first time A high-ranking scientist has been kidnapped. A secret British intelligence agency...

The diaries of the last British Governor, five weeks on the Sunday Times best-seller list In June 1992 Chris Patten went to Hong Kong as the last British governor, to...

Hacking, espionage, war and cybercrime as you've never read about them before Fancy Bear was hungry. Looking for embarrassing information about Hillary Clinton, the elite hacking unit within Russian military...

The untold story of Robert Cecil, the ultimate Tudor spy-master Robert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor...

A sweeping, original history of occupation and resistance in war-torn Europe Across the whole of Nazi-ruled Europe the experience of occupation was sharply varied. Some countries - such as Denmark...

Winner of the NCR Book Award. Number 1 bestseller in hb. World-wide best-seller. The book which made Schama's name The most authoritative social, cultural and narrative history of the French...

Aceh : The Australian Defence Force's Tsunami Relief Mission (officially Operation Sumatra Assist) was the Australian Defence Force's (ADF) largest-ever overseas disaster relief mission, launched in response to the devastating...