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Gandhi: Radical Wisdom for Changing the World
This unique and important anthology of Gandhi's writings offers a judicious, manageable and appealing selection from around 50,000 pages of work published originally in approximately 100 books. Alan Jacobs' choice...
Wellington as Military Commander
Triumphant over Napoleon at Waterloo, idolized by his men, Wellington was one of the greatest commanders in history. Yet he achieved his victories despite impossible obstacles, not least George III's...
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'I'm not sure I've ever come across quite such a revelatory account of the Holocaust and yet despite the...
An Amerikan Family: The Shakurs and the Nation They Created
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' PICK An NPR Best Book of the Year * Kirkus Reviews Best Book of the Year Longlisted for the 2024 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence...
The Man Who Returned From The Dead
Hugh Glass was left to die. Attacked Whilst hunting in the fur-rich, Native American-held territory of the Upper Missouri River, Hugh Glass was attacked and mauled by a grizzly bear....
Secret Agent, Unsung Hero: The Valour of Bruce Dowding
Young Australian teacher Bruce Dowding arrived in Paris in 1938, planning only to improve his understanding of French language and culture. Secret Agent, Unsung Hero draws on decades of research...
The Rebel and the Kingdom: The True Story of the Secret Mission to
'Propulsive . . . Deeply reported and novelistic. I flew through it' Ed Caesar 'Jaw dropping even for North Korea . . . A terrific piece of up-close reportage that...
SAS Great Escapes Two: Six Untold Epic Escapes Made by World War Two Heroes
'Damien Lewis is both a meticulous historian and a born storyteller' Lee Child SAS Great Escapes Two recounts the hitherto untold stories of six of the most dramatic and daring...
A Brief History of Florence Nightingale: and Her Real Legacy, a Revolution in Public Health
Praise for Small's earlier work on Nightingale: 'Hugh Small, in a masterly piece of historical detective work, convincingly demonstrates what all previous historians and biographers have missed . . ....
Murder in the Gulag: The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny
' Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was' - Roland Oliphant, Telegraph The...
Swami in a Strange Land: How Krishna Came to the West
Discover the man behind the movement in this intimate biography of A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada, founder of the International Society of Krishna Consciousness (ISKCON). In 1965, a seventy-year-old man-soon...
Adults in the Room
A Number One Sunday Times Bestseller What happens when you take on the establishment? In Adults in the Room , the renowned economist and former finance minister of Greece Yanis...
To Rescue the Constitution: George Washington and the Fragile American Experiment
Fox News Channel's Chief Political Anchor reveals George Washington's indispensable-yet overlooked-contributions to America's founding " To Rescue The Constitution is a masterful exploration of the electrifying struggle to unite a...
Broken Threads: My Family From Empire to Independence
A SUNDAY TIMES TOP 10 BESTSELLER SHORTLISTED FOR THE WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS A TABLET BOOK OF THE YEAR 'One of the best memoirs I've read in years' SATHNAM SANGHERA 'Beautifully...
France on Trial: The Case of Marshal Petain
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One of the great contemporary historians of France on one of the most controversial periods of twentieth-century French history Few images more shocked the French population during the Occupation than...
Hero of the Empire: The Making of Winston Churchill
From The New York Times bestselling author, the gripping story of Winston Churchill's exploits in the Boer War At age twenty-four, Winston Churchill believed that to achieve his ambition of...
The Lion House: The Rise of Suleyman the Magnificent
'Wolf Hall for the Ottoman Empire ... History at its most gripping' Telegraph Venice, 1522. Intelligence arrives from the east confirming Europe's greatest fear- the vastly rich Ottoman Sultan has...
All Rivers Run to the Sea: Memoirs
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From his early years with his loving Jewish family to the horrors of Auschwitz to his life as a Nobel Prize-winning novelist, Elie Wiesel tells his story. Passionate and poignant,...
Forgotten Voices of D-Day: A Powerful New History of the Normandy Landings in the Words of Those Who Were There
A startling new oral history of the turning point of World War 2- D-Day 6 June 1944- the day Allied forces crossed the Channel and began fighting their way into...
Pulitzer: A Life in Politics, Print, and Power
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This epic biography, with its remarkable new research and vivid, fast-paced writing, will delight anyone who wants to understand the tangled history of politics and the press in modern America."...
SAS Forged in Hell: From Desert Rats to Dogs of War: The Second in the Blair 'Paddy' Mayne Trilogy
T he incredible true story of the SAS's mission to liberate Europe, featuring never-before-seen archive material FROM BESTSELLING MILITARY HISTORIAN DAMIEN LEWIS Summer, 1943 : the largest invasion fleet ever...
Thorns, Lust and Glory: The betrayal of Anne Boleyn
An exciting new telling of the life of Anne Boleyn, using new archival research to reveal the woman behind the myth, from the acclaimed historian Dr Estelle Paranque. A queen...
Titan of the Senate: Orrin Hatch and the Once and Future Golden Age of Bipartisanship
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If greatness is measured by achievement, Orrin Hatch was the greatest U.S. senator of modern times--discover the life and career of the senator through archival material, original research, and exclusive...
The Man I Knew: The Amazing Story of George H. W. Bush's Post-Presidency
As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to the never-boring story of George Herbert Walker Bush's life post-presidency. Full of heart and wisdom, THE MAN I KNEW...
Justinian: Emperor, Soldier, Saint
A SUNDAY TIMES , BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE AND EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Majestic, sparkling . . . this is modern history writing at its finest' Peter Frankopan 'Superb...
Nehru: The Debates that Defined India
'An important contribution ... Delving lucidly into the most significant ideological battles of the era, this book deftly outlines the thinking and dialogue that laid the foundations of the Republic...
The Piano Player of Budapest: A True Story of Holocaust Survival, Music and Hope
This is a story about a piano and its most prodigious player - how it, along with him, survived. When her father died, singer songwriter Roxanne de Bastion inherited a...
Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival
An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon,...
An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
"Richard Norton Smith had brought a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and storytelling verve to the life of a consequential president-Gerald R. Ford. Ford's is a very American life, and Smith...
Camera Girl: The Coming of Age of Jackie Bouvier Kennedy
One of The New Yorker 's Best Books of 2023 "One of the most detailed, nuanced portraits of Jackie to date." - The Washington Post An illuminating and "wholly refreshing"...
Alpha: a reckoning for the Navy SEALs
The shocking, true story of a soldier gone rogue, and the court martial case that divided America. This is the full story of Eddie Gallagher, a US recruit who was...
Cold War Boys: PREVIOUSLY UNPUBLISHED TALES OF DERRING-DO FROM LIGHTNING, PHANTOM AND HUNTER PILOTS
When the US president, Harry S Truman, declared the Truman Doctrine in March 1947, he could not have known that the resultant Cold War would persist for over 40 years...
Bennelong and Phillip: A History Unravelled
The first joint biography of Bennelong and Governor Arthur Phillip, two pivotal figures in Australian history - the colonised and coloniser - and a bold and innovative new portrait of...
The Mysterious Case of Rudolf Diesel: Genius, Power, and Deception on the Eve of World War I
This instant New York Times bestselling "dynamic detective story" ( The New York Times ) reveals the hidden history Rudolf Diesel, one of the world's greatest inventors, and his mysterious...
The Book of Charlie: Wisdom from the Remarkable American Life of a 109-Year-Old Man
One of our nation's most prominent writers discovers the truth about how to live a long and happy life from the centenarian next door in this "original and highly readable...
Passionate Mothers, Powerful Sons: The Lives of Jennie Jerome Churchill and Sara Delano Roosevelt
A captivating biography of two famous women whose sons, Winston Churchill and Franklin D Roosevelt, would change the course of the 20th century-by award-winning historian Charlotte Gray. Born into upper...
Hollywood Con Queen: The Hunt for an Evil Genius
Don't Miss the Apple TV+ Docuseries Streaming Now! "This book is as engrossing as anything by Agatha Christie, as unsettling as a novel by Stephen King, and reported with a...
An Ordinary Man: The Surprising Life and Historic Presidency of Gerald R. Ford
"Richard Norton Smith had brought a lifetime of wisdom, insight, and storytelling verve to the life of a consequential president-Gerald R. Ford. Ford's is a very American life, and Smith...
Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: A Personal History
A Daily Mail Best History Book of the Year; A Spectator Best Book of the Year It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn't...
Churchill & Son
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The intimate, untold story of Winston Churchill's enduring yet volatile bond with his only son, Randolph "Ireland draws unforgettable sketches of life in the Churchill circle, much like Erik Larson...
Robert F. Kennedy: Ripples of Hope: Kerry Kennedy in Conversation with Heads of State, Business Leaders, Influencers, and Activists about Her Father's Impact on Their Lives
Robert F. Kennedy staunchly advocated for civil rights, education, justice, and peace; his message transcended race, class, and creed, resonating deeply within and across America. He was the leading candidate...
Young Hawke: The making of a larrikin - a biography of one of the most influential and recognisable Australians from the award-winning historian and author of CURTIN and CHIFLEY
From Rhodes Scholar to union leader to political powerhouse: how Bobbie became Bob, the iconic PM. The new biography from award-winning historian David Day sheds fresh light on the formative...
Kamala's Way
A revelatory biography of the first Black woman elected Vice President of the United States-and in a history-making turn of events the Democrats' 2024 Presidential nominee-charting how the daughter of...
Keir Starmer: The Biography
THE BESTSELLING BIOGRAPHY OF THE NEW BRITISH PRIME MINISTER A Times Book of the Year; A Telegraph Book of the Year; A Daily Mail Book of the Year; A Waterstones...
Remembering Che: My Life With Che Guevara
Che Guevara's widow remembers a great revolutionary romance tragically cut short by Che's assassination in Bolivia. Che Guevara's widow remembers a great revolutionary romance tragically cut short by Che's assassination...
Shackleton: Explorer. Leader. Legend.
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The enthralling life, endurance and incredible leadership of Sir Ernest Shackleton, told by the world's greatest living explorer, Sir Ranulph Fiennes. To write about Hell, it helps if you have...
The Japanese: A History in Twenty Lives
Two thousand years of Japanese history, told through interconnected portraits of twenty fascinating individuals Chris Harding's enormously enjoyable new book distils Japan's long, complex and fascinating history into the stories...