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Led By Donkeys: Adventures in Art, Activism and Accountability
Five years of lies and hypocrisy. Four activists holding power to account. One book showing how they did it - and why they're not done yet. 'Not funny' Liz Truss...
The Lost Paths: A History of How We Walk From Here To There
A journey across Britain's millennia-old network of pathways, revealing key moments throughout our history Hundreds of thousands of miles of paths reach into, and connect, communities across England and Wales....
A New Voyage Round the World
A magical, substantially true narrative of piracy, zoology, anthropology, danger and adventure in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, Pacific and East Indies The first great English-language travel book, A New Voyage Round...
Human Rites
THE COVEN IS BACK in HUMAN RITES, the spectacular, hotly anticipated conclusion to Juno Dawson's SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE bestselling HER MAJESTY'S ROYAL COVEN series. The Coven is reunited but...
Winter
Dark yet life-affirming, endlessly inventive and heart-breakingly human - the next novel in the 'Seasonal' cycle, following the Man Booker-shortlisted Autumn Winter? Bleak. Earth as iron, water as stone, so...
A Room of One's Own
Pocket Hardbacks - the new non-fiction series that combines the collectability of Clothbound Classics with the popular spirit of Great Ideas A Room of One's Own, Woolf's blazing polemic on...
Steeple Chasing: Around Britain by Church
The Sunday Times paperback bestseller and Waterstones Non-Fiction Book of the Month *Featuring a brand new chapter!* 'Never have the joys of exploring the churches and cathedrals of this country...
What Does it Feel Like?
An unforgettable and life-affirming story of a renowned novelist facing a devastating diagnosis from the Number One bestselling author. From Number One bestselling author Sophie Kinsella, an unforgettable story -...
William Shakespeare x Rose Wylie: The Tempest
Author: William ShakespeareFormat: Hardback, 152mm x 229mm, 420g, 144 pagesPublished: David Zwirner, United States, 2022Likely the last play written entirely by Shakespeare, The Tempest brings together various themes the bard...
Can You Make This Thing Go Faster?
The eighth volume of Jeremy Clarkson's bestselling The World According to Clarkson series These days, you might know him better as a tractor-driving Gentleman Farmer, but Jeremy Clarkson wasn't always...
Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World
*Shortlisted for the Pol Roger Duff Cooper Prize* A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year A Wall Street Journal Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the...
SAS Daggers Drawn: In For the Kill: The Third in the Blair 'Paddy'
THE REAL STORY OF BLAIR 'PADDY' MAYNE, ENDORSED BY THE MAYNE FAMILY Summer 1944: the SAS were charged with the most crucial D-Day missions, taking on the might of the...
Blitz Kids: True Stories from the Children of Wartime Britain to
Published to commemorate the 80th anniversary of VE Day '[The] stories are every bit as dramatic as those from the front lines and Barrett and Calvi have done an incredible...
Brideshead Revisited: The Sacred and Profane Memories of Captain
Waugh's great novel of the lost golden age before the Second World War, new to the Penguin English Library The most nostalgic and reflective of Evelyn Waugh's novels, Brideshead Revisited...
Steam Trains Today: Journeys Along Britain's Heritage Railways
After the Beeching cuts of the 1960s, many railways were gradually shut down. Rural communities were isolated and steam trains slowly gave way to diesel and electric traction.But some people...
The Three Emperors: Three Cousins, Three Empires and the Road to World
The juicy, funny story of the three dysfunctional rulers of Germany, Russia and Great Britain at the turn of the last century, combined with a study of the larger forces...
Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain / Essential
UPDATED WITH A NEW CHAPTER DISCUSSING THE POLITICAL EVENTS OF 2024 'A PATH-BREAKING BOOK' - Gordon Brown 'HEARTFELT, AMBITIOUS' - Brian Groom 'RADICAL' - Novara Media 'A PROGRAMME OF OPTIMISM'...
History in the House: Some Remarkable Dons and the Teaching of
A Spectator Best Book of the Year; An Aspects of History Best Book of the Year; An Engelsberg Ideas Best Book of the Year Five hundred years ago, Thomas Wolsey...
A Victorian Lady's Guide to Life
Part journal, part commonplace book, among many gems you will find enlightenment and advice on everything from dreams to garlic; patriotism to wrinkles. Written throughout her life but only discovered...
Spring: 'A dazzling hymn to hope' Observer
Unmissable third instalment in the bestselling, critically adored, dazzling inventive novel cycle, the Seasonal Quartet What unites Katherine Mansfield, Charlie Chaplin, Shakespeare, Beethoven, Brexit, the present, the past, the north,...
Suburbia: A Far from Ordinary Place
You don't get to choose where you grow up, and for more than 80 per cent of the population, the boring, unadventurous and thoroughly unfashionable suburbs serve as their childhood...
Blood and Mistletoe: The History of the Druids in Britain
Crushed by the Romans in the first century A.D., the ancient Druids of Britain left almost no reliable evidence behind. Because of this, historian Ronald Hutton shows, succeeding British generations...
The Game of Hearts: True Stories of Regency Romance
'Endlessly captivating' - Tracy Borman'Tantalising' - Gill Hornby'More scandal than Bridgerton's Lady Whistledown' - Helena KellyThe carriages have rolled back into town, cards of invitation are propped up on chimney-pieces,...
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between
A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic route along the England-Wales border: Britain's deepest faultline. There is...
A Brief History of the British Monarchy: From the Iron Age to [...]
The British monarchy is at a turning point. Concise and engaging, this book charts the very beginnings of British reign through to the longest serving monarch, Queen Elizabeth II -...
Queen James: The Life and Loves of Britain's First King
A BBC History magazine, Esquire, Historia magazine and Waterstones History Book of the Year 'James comes alive in full flamboyance ... Russell expertly weaves the bedchamber gossip into the tapestry...
A Life In Secrets: Vera Atkins and the Lost Agents of SOE
During World War Two the Special Operation Executive's French Section sent more than 400 agents into Occupied France -- at least 100 never returned and were reported 'Missing Believed Dead'...
Willie, Willie, Harry, Stee: An Epically Short History of Our Kings
A Waterstones Best History Book 2025 A BBC History Magazine Book of the Year 2025 'Learned, entertaining and highly approachable' BOB MORTIMER 'A treat' ALICE LOXTON 'Five stars from me...'...
Real War Horses: The Experiences of the British Cavalry 1814 - 1914
Many histories have been written about the conflicts the British army was involved in between the Battle of Waterloo and the First World War. There are detailed studies of campaigns...
The Last Big Gun: At War & At Sea with HMS Belfast
As she lay in dry dock, devastatingly damaged by one of Hitler's newly deployed magnetic mines after barely two months in service, few could have predicted the illustrious career that...
Spymaster: The Man Who Saved MI6
The dramatic story of a man who stood at the center of British intelligence operations, the ultimate spymaster of World War II: Thomas Kendrick "A remarkable piece of historical detective...
Entitled: The Rise and Fall of the House of York
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Book of the Year for The Times, Financial Times and Waterstones 'This isn't a book; it's a case for revolution' CAMILLA LONG, SUNDAY TIMES...
Wild Horses
Photographer and wildlife activist, Alfie Bowen presents his two-year-long project photographing Britain's wild horses through the eyes of someone living with autism spectrum disorder. Wild Horses is all about connection:...
Pagan Britain
Britain's pagan past, with its mysterious monuments, atmospheric sites, enigmatic artifacts, bloodthirsty legends, and cryptic inscriptions, is both enthralling and perplexing to a resident of the twenty-first century. In this...
Ukrainian - English Visual Dictionary - -
A photographic guide to 3000 key words and phrases in Ukrainian with English translations. 3000 . This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect English language companion and guide to life...
British Steam Military Connections: London, Midland and Scottish
In Great Britain there existed a practice of naming steam railway locomotives. The names chosen covered many and varied subjects, however a large number of those represented direct links with...
Jane Austen's Wardrobe
Hilary Davidson delves into the clothing of one of the world's great authors, providing unique and intimate insight into her everyday life and material world What did Jane Austen wear?...
Mr Wilman's Motoring Adventure: Top Gear, Grand Tour, Clarkson and Me
Twenty years of magic and mayhem on Top Gear and The Grand Tour - from the mysterious man behind the camera . . . Top Gear turned gloomy Sunday nights...
Cozy Bookshops: Colouring Book
Cozy Bookshops -your ultimate escape into a world of bookish bliss and mindful relaxation in 46 adorable scenes, from the coziest book nooks. Wander labyrinthine bookshelves, sink into soft armchairs...
The Impossible Office?: The History of the British Prime Minister -
A Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year. The recent political chaos enfolding Downing Street provides the framing for the extraordinary story of the office of Prime Minister, and...
The Lion and the Unicorn: Gladstone vs. Disraeli
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William Gladstone and Benjamin Disraeli were the fiercest political rivals of the nineteenth century. Their intense mutual hatred was both ideologically driven and deeply personal. Their vitriolic duels, carried out...
Now What?: On a Mission to Fix Broken Britain
Politics: The three vowels and five consonants which control our world. 'But what has politics got to do with me?' I hear you ask. Well, quite a lot really. Whether...
And On That Bombshell: Inside the Madness and Genius of TOP GEAR
I was Top Gear 's script editor for 13 years and all 22 series. I basically used to check spelling and think of stupid gags about The Stig. I also...
Daddy's Girl
The brand new epic family drama from the nation's favourite storyteller. Where can a daughter turn when her father's love is stolen away? When heart-broken Sarah Quinn is left to...
Treacle Walker
'Playful, moving and wholly remarkable' Guardian 'A small miracle' New Statesman 'Mastery of craft, resonance and deep feeling on every page' Telegraph An introspective young boy, Joseph Coppock squints at...
The Best British Travel Writing of the 21st Century: A Celebration of
Travel writing matters Explore the world through this beautiful collection of the finest travel writing published in British media in the 21st century - as judged by some of the...
Operation Biting: The 1942 Parachute Assault to Capture Hitler's Radar
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER A Times Best History Book of the Year; A Waterstones Best Book of the Year 'Reads like a thriller... I couldn't put Max Hastings's new...