21st Century History

When President Bush announced in a televised speech the week after September 11 that he wanted Osama bin Laden "dead or alive," a grieving America seeking justice and revenge roared...

Readers love Bad Publicity ... 'My favourite contemporary romance book ever.' ***** 'Perfect for fans of Emily Henry ' ***** 'A book lover's dream romance' ***** 'It has warmth, charm,...

*Large-format hardback edition* The 159th edition of the most famous sports book in the world - published every year since 1864 - contains some of the finest sports writing of...

A world-renowned expert offers a focused, illustrated account of how Russian and Ukrainian armour fought during the crucial year of 2022, prior to the arrival of Western tanks. The invasion...

A solo and cooperative skirmish wargame for investigating and battling the supernatural mysteries of the modern world. When Nightmares Come is a tabletop miniatures wargame about modern day monster hunting...

Baillie-Gifford award-winner Serhii Plokhy returns with an illuminating exploration of the atomic age through the history of six nuclear disasters In 2011, a 43-foot-high tsunami crashed into a nuclear power...

A gripping domestic psychological thriller, full of shocking family secrets, perfect for fans of Lisa Jewell and C.L. Taylor! 'Kept me up all night reading' 'Had me guessing until the...

***A Financial Times, TLS, Economist and New Statesman Book of the Year 2024*** Can you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? The stories we read...

There are few writers about whom opinions diverge so widely as Anthony Powell, whose Dance to the Music of Time sequence is one of the most ambitious literary constructions in...

From Mark Bowden, the preeminent chronicler of our military and special forces, comes The Finish , a gripping account of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. With access to key...

The New York Times Bestselling Author Thrilling and nail-biting, The Phoenix has all the trademark glamour, suspense and unexpected twists of a classic Sidney Sheldon novel. A deadly enemy will...

James Doty grew up in California, deeply poor, with an alcoholic father and an invalid mother who tried to commit suicide. His life was a dead end until the summer...

From the jungles of the trading floor to the casinos of Las Vegas, The Big Short, Michael Lewis's No.1 bestseller, tells the outrageous story of the misfits, renegades and visionaries...

Natalie Cassidy has been on our screens for over three decades. We've grown up alongside Sonia on EastEnders , but what about Nat's life beyond Albert Square? 'Everyone knows and...

Don't miss the next Cristy Ward thriller from Sunday Times bestseller Susan Lewis! A dead husband. A missing wife. Will they find her in time? Romy Kaplan has vanished from...

Molly the maid is used to being invisible. Now someone is watching her every move ... ----- *THE SPARKLING NEW MYSTERY FROM THE MULTI-MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE MAID* As...

'Her highly personal and reflective memoir ... is a must-read for anyone who cares about our role in a changing world' Barack Obama THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER NAMED ONE OF THE...

The stunning new thriller from No. 1 Sunday Times bestseller Stuart MacBride. One down... A dark night in the isolated Scottish countryside. Nicholas Wilson, a prominent professor known for his...

He wrote in the 90's about the 2008 Banking Crash, The War on Terror, Transhumanist Agenda, Microchipping, the Cashless Society and more. In this Book he takes a look back...

Is Trump merely a boor and a misogynist - or is he a predator? During his 2016 presidential run, the revelation of the Access Hollywood tape and subsequent allegations of...

From the moment Tim Collins's speech to his men in Iraq was made public, this soldier-thinker became a hero and an inspiration to world leaders and infantrymen alike. To a...

Fall in love with this feel-good tale of old secrets, new friendships and second chances from the Sunday Times bestselling author, Erica James. 'You won't want to put it down...

It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring. The strangely enduring and occasionally fractious...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'A rigorous and thoughtful study of what has happened on battlefields over the past eight decades' THE TIMES 'A hugely important book ... elegantly written and persuasively...

Nation of Strangers aims to open a global conversation about our contemporary understanding of home, in the way How to Lose a Country did for the global rise of Fascism...

The incredible first memoir from the Booker-winning radical icon Arundhati Roy, author of The God of Small Things 'Heart-smashed' by the death of the mother she ran from at age...

The world jeered when the Emperor of Iran served roast peacock to celebrate the anniversary of his Empire; the White House chef threw a tantrum and resigned when asked to...

'A compassionate, beautifully told portrait' GUY GUNARATNE 'T his is absorbing, witty, eloquent fiction, as well as a trenchant political critique' TOM BENN ' A hymn to empathy, alive with...

Nation of Strangers aims to open a global conversation about our contemporary understanding of home, in the way How to Lose a Country did for the global rise of Fascism...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FINANCIAL TIMES AND SCHRODERS BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024 A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BUSINESS BOOK OF THE YEAR...

INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER An NPR Best Book of the Year "A thorough and damning exploration of the incestuous relationship between Trump and his favorite channel." -- The New...

Ever since 9/11 America has fought an endless war on terror, seeking enemies everywhere and never promising peace. In Pay Any Price, James Risen reveals an extraordinary litany of the...

The United States is more vulnerable today than ever before - including during the Great Depression and the Civil War - because the pillars of democracy that once supported a...

The United States is more vulnerable today than ever before - including during the Great Depression and the Civil War - because the pillars of democracy that once supported a...

Sharp-eyed and sharp-tongued, a multi-generational portrait of life in rural Ireland from a bracing new talent in literary fiction Welcome to Ballyrowan. This sleepy corner of Ireland may seem tranquil...

In 1850, China was the 'sick man of Asia'. Now it is set to become the most powerful nation on earth. The Penguin History of Modern China shows how turbulent...

From London to Beijing to New York, art sales are booming, and the art world receives the sort of breathless media attention once reserved for celebrities and royals. In Seven...

When protesters in Egypt began to fill Cairo's Tahrir Square on January 25th--and refused to leave until their demand that Hosni Mubarak step down was met--the politics of the region...

President George W. Bush describes the critical decisions of his presidency and personal life Decision Points is the extraordinary memoir of America's 43rd president. Shattering the conventions of political autobiography,...

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,...

Jake has fallen head over heels for Dandelion. The only problem? Dandelion is dead. ------------------------------------------------ PICKED AS A BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2026 BY ELLE , VOGUE, COSMOPOLITAN,...

If, as Walter Benjamin claimed, "it is the function of artistic form...to make historical content into a philosophical truth" then it is the function of criticism to recover and to...

Where can you find first-hand accounts of the Arab Spring, Japan's nuclear disaster or the Norwegian atrocities? Thousands flouting celebrity superinjunctions? X-rated snaps of politicians? A babysitter mistaken for a...

Begun as the United States moved its armed forces into Iraq, Rashid Khalidi's powerful and thoughtful new book examines the record of Western involvement in the region and analyzes the...

A stunning, shattering debut novel about two Black British artists falling in and out of love Two young people meet at a pub in South East London. Both are Black...

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...

Fearless, frank and very funny, Honeybee is the must-read novel for every woman 'A gorgeous celebration of female friendship' ELIZABETH DAY 'I love the way Dawn writes' MATT HAIG 'A...