20th Century History

In The Second World , scholar Parag Khanna, chosen as one of Esquire 's 75 Most Influential People of the Twenty-First Century, reveals how America's future depends on its ability...

The first definitive biography of one of Britain's most complex actors, Wilfrid Brambell. A Dirty Old Man is the first definitive account of one of Britain's most loved and complex...

The official centenary book for the Corps of Royal Signals. Communications have always been, and are still a vital part of the Army's fighting power. Only with clear and trusted...

An informative, engaging biography of Queen Elizabeth II and why she is one of the most influential monarchs in history At age 25, Elizabeth II, the 'accidental queen', became Britain's...

This album of Queen Victoria's family explores the lives, personalities, tastes and contributions of the Queen, her children and her children's children through four generations. The beginning of the Queen's...

Introduced by Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Ubuntu collection is a unique series of exquisitely produced small-format books that take inspiration from Ubuntu and are each founded on the work and...

This history examines the Conservative Party's ability to dominate British politics. It takes as its key themes the party's relationship with mass democracy and its willingness to adapt, often at...

An explosive biography, substantially updated with fascinating new material about the Duke and Duchess of Windsor The romance of the Duke and Duchess of Windsor has been called the greatest...

Long before his finest hour as Britain's wartime leader, Winston Churchill emerged on the world stage as a brazen foreign correspondent, covering wars of empire in Cuba, India, the Sudan,...

Pamela Mountbatten was born at the end of the Twenties into one of Britain's grandest families. The daughter of Lord Louis Mountbatten and his glamorous wife Edwina Ashley, she was...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'I walked in a daze of illusions toward my future.' Deeply felt and told with an intrepid spirit, Tales from the...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Razor-sharp, pugnacious and blackly funny, Wang Xiaobo's essays established him as one of China's most popular - and subversive - writers....

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books Saadat Hasan Manto, the most widely read and translated writer in the Urdu language, captured the devastation and absurdity of the...

Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how all of these groups have shaped today's multifaceted definition, Terry...

"This is, for my money, the best single-source primer on the state of climate change." - New York Magazine"The right book at the right time: accessible, comprehensive, unflinching, humane." -...

National Serviceis a serious - if often very entertaining - attempt to get to grips with an extraordinary institution, which now seems as remote as the British Empire itself. With...

From the origins of the post-war world to the collapse of the Soviet Bloc in the late 1980s, this masterly book offers an authoritative yet highly readable one-volume account. The...

Instant New York Times Bestseller A searing, vital investigation of the Republican Party's dangerous campaign to rewrite recent history in real time, from the Emmy Award-winning Rachel Maddow Show producer...

"Thrilling . . . With deep research and suspenseful storytelling, Mr. Randall reminds us that America's pre-eminence in the aviation industry was never assured and that it took a race...

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...

An ideal gift for anyone with an intrigue for geographical curiosities. Defined as sovereign states with a very small population, land area, or both, microstates serve as fascinating case studies...

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stunning, photographic King Charles III memorabilia gift for royal fans As the nation celebrates the coronation of a new monarch, The Sun looks back on 100...

'Gripping and moving. A literary triumph' Nicola Sturgeon 'A humane and searching story' Ian Rankin 'Kirstin Innes is aiming high, writing for readers in the early days of a better...

The definitive account of Barack Obama's life before he became the 44th president of the United States - the formative years, confluence of forces, and influential figures who helped shaped...

This is the story of Winston Churchill's exploits during the Boer War, the springboard from which, overnight, he leapt to fame on the international stage. Within three months of his...

This is the first monograph on contemporary Belgian artist Stefaan De Croock (b.1982), alias Strook. He is known for his collaged portraits made from reclaimed and found wood, and attracts...

This volume addresses these issues through the description of a series of interventions of territorial planning, environmental protection, recovery of historic buildings and traditional villages and the provement of living...

Paul McCarthy is one of the most provocative and influential living voices in contemporary art. This over-sized book - between a monograph and an artist book - was conceived by...

With expert analysis, great photography, and a huge selection of familiar and unusual objects, this book explains what truly makes a design great and reveals the hidden stories behind the...

Marketing specialists studied focus groups with furious determination to figure out how to best communicate to a mass audience, thus producing such dumbed-down gems as the slogan "Sisters are different...

Discover how the designers of women's sporting attire navigated the worlds of fashion, function, and propriety, from the beginning of the 19th century to 1960. This book offers a stunning...

This book presents an important, unpublished, and unseen body of work by Donald Judd, one of the most significant artists of the 20th-century. Donald Judd remains an important artist, whose...

Accompanying the first major American museum retrospective of Anna Maria Maiolino's work, this book surveys a prodigious career that has spanned numerous decades, genres, and themes. Born in Calabria, Italy,...

Count Basie, Tchaikovsky, Aretha Franklin, Lou Reed, Diana Ross, John Lennon and the Rolling Stones all had their music promoted by Andy Warhol's record covers. This stunning volume reproduces all...

Beginning with the cover of a 1948 issue of Carnegie Tech's student magazine, Cano, and ending with a 1987 issue of Jet Society International, this stunning book explores, for the...

In his prophetic book Blowback, Chalmers Johnson linked the CIA's clandestine activities abroad to disaster for America. In The Sorrows of Empire, he explored the ways in which the growth...

This official souvenir publication celebrates the Platinum Jubilee of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II through 70 photographs chosen to illustrate memorable events in the reign of Britain's longest-serving monarch ....

Beautiful portrait of America in the 1960s, rediscovered after 50 years. In 1966, Mario Carnicelli won first place in an Italian national photography competition sponsored by Popular Photography magazine and...

In 1906, at just 16 years of age, Angelina Criscillo left the tiny volcanic island of Stromboli off Sicily to travel to an even remoter island on the other side...

Souter describes in fascinating detail the years of rapid and dramatic change from federation in 1901 to the end of the Great War. A new cheaper edition published to coincide...

Many journalists have worked for The Spectator, many of them have achieved fame through their writing but The Spectator remains the same. Simon Courtauld charts its progress over a period...

* How did Leonardo Di Caprio become a hero on The Beach? - Why would the droids lose control in Star Wars? - Was there a curse on The Exorcist?...

This collection of first-hand experiences documents great sporting achievements like the first four-minute mile, terrible disasters like the sinking of the Titanic, sensational crimes such as the Great Train Robbery,...

British soldiers never fought against the Soviet army, right? Wrong! In 1980, Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher had taken over the leadership of the West and the Soviets has invaded...