21st Century History

From the author of There Is a Rio Grande in Heaven , this piercing, genre-bending debut follows two families in alternative timelines of the Salvadoran civil war in a stunning...

'For most of my lifetime, half of my own continent had been chilled by a Cold War and concealed behind an Iron Curtain. Now there was the prospect of being...

William Warwick and Ross Hogan return, for one last time, in a gripping and unputdownable finale. Available now! London, 2012. The eyes of the world are on Britain as the...

WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025, David Szalay's captivating and astonishingly moving novel about the forces that make and break our lives Through chance, luck and choice, one man's life...

Republished with a new introduction - one of the key books on modern India 'A rich analysis of contemporary India ... spirited, combative and insight-filled' Amartya Sen, TLS The Idea...

' Stand by for fireworks as it hits the shelves' SUNDAY TIMES 'If Orwell were with us today, he'd be writing books like this' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'Breath-taking and jaw-dropping'...

'I couldn't put it down!' Sarah Morgan The uplifting new story of fresh starts and second chances from the Sunday Times bestselling author Erica James After a long and seemingly...

*The deliciously entertaining new novel from the award-winning writer and comedian, MARK WATSON* 'Funny and thought-provoking' ADAM HILLS 'A heartwarming story of happenstance' iPAPER --------------- That's three sashimi rolls. Two...

US President Donald Trump has long complained that the nation's $3 trillion trade in goods deficit - when a country's imports exceed its exports - are evidence of global partners...

Russia is struggling to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield. But can it win the war for influence? Simon Sharman is out for revenge, pursuing the assassin of his former colleague...

In the 1830s, The United States underwent a second revolution. The opening of the Baltimore Ohio line, the first American railroad, set in motion a process which, by the end...

A New York Times #1 Bestseller An Amazon #1 Bestseller A Wall Street Journal #1 Bestseller A USA Today Bestseller A Sunday Times Bestseller Winner of the Financial Times and...

James Bamford has been the preeminent expert on the National Security Agency since his reporting revealed the agency's existence in the 1980s. Now Bamford describes the transformation of the NSA...

An acclaimed economist's observations on four years of events that have shaped the world In this new volume drawn from his columns for the French newspaper Le Monde , renowned...

An incisive account of modern Spain, from the death of Franco to the Catalan referendum and beyond "Comprehensive and engaging."-Gideon Rachman, Financial Times Spain's transition to democracy after Franco's long...

A major new history of the two most important British secret service networks in the First and Second World Wars Intelligence gathering was essential to both sides in the First...

A bold new account of Europe's plight as it faces political fracture, economic stagnation and external challenges from the U.S., China and Russia Today, Europe finds itself in a fast-changing,...

This book predicts the decline of today's professions and introduces the people and systems that will replace them. In an internet-enhanced society, according to Richard Susskind and Daniel Susskind, we...

'Funny, inspiring and uplifting' Nina Stibbe 'Raging, outrageous and joyous' Nikki May 'A must-read for all people-pleasers! ... Explosive, funny, thought-provoking' Good Housekeeping From the Sunday Times bestselling author comes...

She was a heroine of our time, a winner of the Nobel Peace Prize, a symbol of supreme courage in the face of tyranny. Then, in 2010, Burma's generals opened...

In May 2013, freelance photographer Daniel Rye was captured in Syria and held prisoner by Islamic State for thirteen months, along with eighteen other hostages. The ISIS Hostage tells the...

Damien Lewis has spent twenty years reporting from conflict zones around the world. Zero Six Bravo --a Sunday Times number one bestseller--tells the story of "sixty special forces against 100,000--a...

Our national leaders have drifted into treating the pandemic as though it were an unavoidable natural catastrophe, repeating a depressing cycle of panic followed by neglect. So a remarkable group...

"[Corn is] a great journalist. I love the way he thinks. I love the way he writes. I'm so glad he's done a super-readable, modern history of the right...We just...

The exhilarating new literary novel from the worldwide bestseller and master storyteller THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A genuinely thought-provoking piece of fiction' THE TIMES 'Extraordinary' WILLIAM BOYD 'Profoundly moving...

#1 New York Times Bestselling Author Stephanie Plum returns to hunt down a master cyber-criminal operating out of Trenton in the 28th book in the wildly popular series by #1...

From the #1 New York Times -bestselling author of So You Want to Talk About Race and Mediocre, an eye-opening and galvanizing look at the current state of anti-racist activism...

The author of the New York Times bestseller Her Again: Becoming Meryl Streep returns with a lively history of the Academy Awards, focusing on the brutal battles, the starry rivalries,...

'A real page turner' SCOTTISH FIELD It's never too late to rewrite your story... Emily Cotton has always dreamed of owning a bookshop, but when her dreams finally become a...

Russia is struggling to defeat Ukraine on the battlefield. But can it win the war for influence? Simon Sharman is out for revenge, pursuing the assassin of his former colleague...

Bernie Sanders's campaign for the presidency of the United States has galvanized people all over the country, putting economic, racial, and social justice into the spotlight, and raising hopes that...

This is one woman's account of finding the ordinary courage to fulfil her purpose, no matter what the odds. At the age of 34, Donna Mulhearn had become disillusioned by...

The Portrait is a poignant story of two successful people who have built walls around themselves, and the rocky path to true courage and connection, from billion-copy bestselling author Danielle...

'A great accomplishment . . . A wonderful reflection of an extraordinary sweep of history' - Barack Obama For 16 years, Angela Merkel was Chancellor of Germany. She led the...

Catalogue to a major traveling exhibition focused on Banksy, the world's most popular graffiti artist whose real identity remains unknown despite his domination of the global street art scene for...

We are now at the dawn of the urban century. What does it mean that half the earth's people now live in cities - and that two billion more will...

Since 1750, the world has become ever more connected, with processes of production and destruction no longer limited by land- or water-based modes of transport and communication. Volume 7 of...

During the course of a career that has, quite literarily, moved her around the world, no country has fascinated Eden Collinsworth more than China, where she has borne witness to...

WHEN EVERYTHING CHANGED begins in 1960 when American women actually had to get their husband's permission to apply for a credit card. In the years since, American women have witnessed...

A case for why regionalization, not globalization, has been the biggest economic trend of the past forty years The conventional wisdom about globalization is wrong. Over the past forty years...

Bending Adversity is a superb work of reportage and the essential book even for those who already feel they know the country well. A both definitive and highly enjoyable book...

Late one night in December 2008, police arrived at the home of Liu Xiaobo-China's leading dissident, a key figure in the prodemocracy manifesto Charter 08-and took him away. When Liu...

The memoirs of Tony Blair - a worldwide publishing sensation In 1997, Tony Blair won the biggest Labour victory in history to sweep the party to power and end eighteen...

A revealing, behind-the-scenes examination of how Congress twice fumbled its best chance to hold accountable a president many considered one of the most dangerous in American history. The definitive-and only-insider...

Shortlisted for the RNA Romantic Comedy Award in 2025 'Cosy, fun and delicious - a book to devour in one sitting' Emily Stone, author of Always, In December 'A base...

'I couldn't put it down!' Sarah Morgan The uplifting new story of fresh starts and second chances from the Sunday Times bestselling author Erica James 🏡 After a long and...

'An immensely talented new author' John Marrs , author of The One and When You Disappeared ' Engrossing , compelling and twisty from the first page to the shocking ending....

Expand your cooking repertoire with 100 recipes created and illustrated by a stellar array of international contemporary artists. Creativity doesn t stop at an artist s studio door for many,...