20th Century History

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...

"I have read few autobiographies more extraordinary . . . Astonishing" OBSERVER "A classic. I preferred it to Primo Levi's If This is a Man " EDWARD WILSON "A child's...

The Korean War opened with the invasion of South Korea by the North Koreans in June 1950. This superbly illustrated book traces the fluctuating fortunes of war from both sides....

In her apron and rubber gloves, a smile lipsticked permanently across her face, the woman of the Fifties has become a cultural symbol of all that we are most grateful...

Critically acclaimed, candid, unsparing, surprising and darkly funny, this memoir of a 1970s upbringing by the much-loved broadcaster Justin Webb is as much a portrait of that strange decade as...

After a live performance at the Hollywood Bowl, The Pythons made their last performance together in 1983 in the hugely successful Monty Python's Meaning of Life . Writing and acting...

** The Times and Sunday Times Books of the Year 2020** 'This biography is truly wonderful - a masterclass in storytelling' Sunday Times 'A continuously astonishing and ultimately moving account...

From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend: a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with...

'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...

Far from worrying about the onset of war, in the spring of 1938 the burning question on the French Riviera was whether one should curtsey to the Duchess of Windsor....

'A fascinating, superbly researched and revelatory book - told with tremendous pace and excitement' William Boyd 'Rick Stroud writes brilliantly about war ... an astonishing book ... a wonderful story'...

**LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2021** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2021** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE** **FINALIST FOR THE 2022 PLUTARCH AWARD** D....

'A first-class work of reporting [and] a work of compassion for Indigenous peoples everywhere' BENJAMIN MOSER, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of SONTAG 'A non-fiction novel of modern conquest, capitalism and murder...

'Lively . . . peppered with entertaining lines. One of [Low's] skills as a journalist is an ability to sift through mountains of archive material and pick out the gems'...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE WA PREMIER'S BOOK AWARDS - BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 SHORTLISTED FOR THE MARGARET MEDCALF AWARD 2024 'I remember seeing a flash, I turned around and heard...

In the early hours of 15 April 1912, the Cunard steamship Carpathia receives a distress call from the new White Star liner Titanic . Captain Arthur Rostron immediately turns Carpathia...

Leonid Eitingon was a KGB killer who dedicated his life to the Soviet regime. He was in China in the early 1920s, in Spain during the Civil War, and, crucially,...

'One of the best books I have ever read about the complexities of poverty . . . one of the most remarkable people you will ever meet' Guardian As the...

In the first half of this book Naraghi, a prominent Iranian sociologist, engagingly recounts his long conversations with the Shah in the weeks before the revolution. Here is the Shah...

"A dress from Schiaparelli ranks like a modern canvas" - "The New Yorker". Elsa Schiaparelli (1890-1973) was one of the leading fashion designers of the 1920s and 1930s with a...

From London to China to New York, art sales are booming like never before, and the art world receives the sort of breathless media attention once reserved for celebrities and...

In 1970's New York, the ruthless Frank Lucas was the king of the Harlem drug trade, bringing in more than a million dollars a day. At the height of his...

When Ashley Hutchings broke away from Fairport Convention in 1969, he recruited two musical duos who didn't seem to agree about very much at all. This fractious group imploded before...

FROM THE PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING CRITIC AND ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF NEGROLAND Shortlisted for the Gordon Burn Prize 2022 Shortlisted for the Rathbones Folio Prize for Non-Fiction 2023 'This is one of...

The T-54, T-62 and T-72 main battle tanks along with the personnel carriers, assault guns, self-propelled guns and anti-tank missiles that are illustrated in this photographic history represent the high...

'No, I'm no queen,' she repeated. "In fact, I'm very modern. Why do you look at me like that?' Left to her own devices in Biarritz, fourteen-year-old Russian Liza meets...

The book titled Century of Australian Prime Ministers by the author Joanne Holliman. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

RUSSIAN ROULETTE is a story of political skullduggery unprecedented in American history. It weaves together tales of international intrigue, cyber espionage, and superpower rivalry. After U.S.-Russia relations soured, as Vladimir...

In His Father's Footsteps is a powerful, compassionate story of fathers and sons, set in the dramatically transforming years following the Second World War,, by the masterful Danielle Steel. April,...

'Simply glorious. Every nook and cranny of 1930s Singapore is brought richly to life' CATRIONA MCPHERSON 'Charming' RHYS BOWEN 'One of the most likeable heroines in modern literature' SCOTSMAN _________...

Norman Ough is considered by many as simply the greatest ship modeller of the twentieth century and his exquisite drawings and meticulous models have come to be regarded as masterpieces...

Packaging is something of a hot topic at the moment, but in our eagerness to get rid of as much of it as possible we need to be careful not...

Johnny West has lived in this area for the past decade and speaks fluent Arabic, and so has the skills and ability to talk to everyone from security guards to...

A gripping, definitive account of one man's battle to reckon with the horror of the Holocaust, by Jack Fairweather, the bestselling, Costa prize-winning author of The Volunteer (over 100k TCM)...

Kim Phuc was nine years old in 1972. Severely burned by napalm, she ran from her burning village and was captured on film. Denise Chong relates Kim's experience and recovery...

In the late Eighties, Guns n' Roses were the biggest, baddest, band on the planet, a rock n' roll juggernaut that played era-defining songs like Sweet Child 'O Mine and...

THE NUMBER 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER "An exquisitely told ... beautifully realised historical tale." - Mrs B's Book Reviews "A haunting and beautiful tale, weaving fiction and history together." - Demelza,...

First Australians is the dramatic story of the collision of two worlds that created contemporary Australia. Told from the perspective of Australia's first people, it vividly brings to life the...

The Everfresh studio is an explosive hub of creation and activity, inconspicuously located in Melbourne's inner-city suburb of Collingwood. Behind an unmarked factory door, Everfresh artists conceive, develop and collaborate...

This priceless historical document features firsthand accounts from top levels of leadership in the Russian revolutions of 1905 and 1917, chronicling the struggle to establish a dictatorship of the proletariat....

The Extension of the Franchise 1832-1931, covers the changes that took place in the size and composition of the electorate in Modern Britain and how those changes came about.

'Tremendous ... If you are to read only one book about the modern IRA, this should be it' Irish Times South Armagh was described as 'Bandit Country' by Merlyn Rees...

From the multi-million-selling historian, the remarkable, unknown Cold War story of how one spy saved the world from nuclear war The year is 1981. Tehran is in violent turmoil in...

'Over time, I nursed victims of war, the posh, the poor, the famous and the infamous . . . Oh, the stories I tell!' To a young girl the life...

"A true-crime masterpiece." - Don Winslow A Mystery Writers of America Edgar Award Finalist (Best Fact Crime) From the FBI's former assistant director, a shocking journey to the dark side...

The must-read memoir from the visionary figure behind Manchester's legendary music scene, from The Hacienda to The Warehouse Project. Tales From the Dance Floor is an electrifying journey into the...

March, 1917 Petrograd is on the eve of revolution. For Countess Sophia Orlova, the city of her childhood - the only home she has ever known - has become her...

Somewhere in Germany was hidden a manuscript that would rock Western Europe to its foundations: the testament of Martin Bormann. Special Agent Paul Chavasse is about to start a much-deserved...