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The Road to Little Dribbling: More Notes from a Small Island
The number one Sunday Times bestseller- Bill Bryson's first travel book for fifteen years - a brand new journey around Britain. WINNER- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER READER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL...
One Summer: America 1927
Let our favourite writer of narrative non-fiction take you back to a summer when America came of age and changed the world for ever. In summer 1927, America had a...
White Fox
Set during the darkest days of the Cold War, a tautly-told, nail-bitingly atmospheric historical thriller about two competing KGB operatives caught in a race to secure the devastating truth behind...
Normandy '44: D-Day and the Battle for France
From established historian James Holland, this is the top ten bestselling and second biggest history book of 2019. 'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military...
Barbarians at the Wall: The First Nomadic Empire and the Making of
The untold story of the first nomadic empire and the making of China. 'Man does for the reader that most difficult of tasks- he conjures up an ancient people in...
Amazons: The Real Warrior Women of the Ancient World
The first popular history of The Amazons, the real warrior women of Central Asia, based on groundbreaking new research. Since the time of the ancient Greeks we have been fascinated...
Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World's Greatest
The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. ** Challenger- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on...
Burma '44: The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
The untold story of one of WW2's most extraordinary and significant battles which marked the turning of the tide of the war in the jungles of Burma 'A thrilling blow-by-blow...
Saladin: The Life, the Legend and the Islamic Empire
The definitive biography of Saladin. Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in...
Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and how I became
The Sunday Times and NYT bestseller. A shocking true-life thriller about corruption, dirty politics and murder in Russia by one of Putin's Most Wanted. 'An unburdening, a witness statement and...
Sensitive: The Power of a Thoughtful Mind in an Overwhelming World
A ground-breaking look at the power of sensitivity to transform our relationships, career and life, from world-leading experts Sensitive celebrates the power of a deeper, more tuned in mind and...
The Key Man: How the Global Elite Was Duped by a Capitalist Fairy Tale
How Arif Naqvi Duped The Global Elite Arif Naqvi was a man with immeasurable dreams- to end world suffering, poverty and disease. His vision- capitalism for good; profit and progress....
Eight Dates: To keep your relationship happy, thriving and lasting
What are the signs of a thriving long term relationship? The Gottman Institute 'Love Lab' doctors reveal the golden rules of making love last. What really makes a relationship work?...
This is Your Brain on Music: Understanding a Human Obsession
The New York Times bestselling book which examines how humans experience music and unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with it Using musical examples from Bach to the...
The School of Life: An Emotional Education
The essential guide to surviving modern life - a crash course in emotional maturity from the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy This is a book about everything you...
The Holocaust: A New History
A Sunday Times bestseller -- the first authoritative general account for thirty years This landmark work answers two fundamental questions - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees...
The Cost of Living: Living Autobiography 2
Dazzling, essential, unlike anything else published today - a memoir on modern womanhood, smashing through social expectations and making the case for thrilling, transformative freedom What does it mean to...
Emotional Agility: Get Unstuck, Embrace Change and Thrive in Work and
The leading voice on emotions offers a revolutionary approach that enables us to understand and embrace difficult emotions without letting them derail us Every day we speak around 16,000 words...
Sleep: Change the way you sleep with this 90 minute read
Proven solutions for better nights, from the 'sleep guru' to international sports stars. One third of our lives are spent trying to sleep. Most us have disturbed, restless nights and...
The Science of Meditation: How to Change Your Brain, Mind and Body
A fascinating and practical guide from two New York Times bestselling authors, backed by state-of-the-art scientific research Drawing on cutting-edge research, friends and Harvard collaborators Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson...
Ardennes 1944: Hitler's Last Gamble
The No. 1 Bestseller- Hitler's ill-fated final stand, from the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day On 16 December 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests...
In Order To Live: A North Korean Girl's Journey to Freedom
The incredible autobiography of Yeonmi Park- a North Korean defector who escaped across the Gobi desert and is now a leading spokesperson for human rights at just 24 years old...
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War
A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians On a warm July evening in 1985, a middle-aged man stood on the pavement...
The Battle of the Atlantic: How the Allies Won the War
The tale of the campaign that determined the outcome of the Second World War - 'truly gripping' (Andrew Roberts) The Battle of the Atlantic was - though often overlooked -...
Think Like an Artist: . . . and Lead a More Creative, Productive Life
Embrace your inner Picasso - wisdom and smart thinking from Da Vinci to Ai Weiwei Why do some people seem to find it easy to come up with fresh, brilliant...
Deep South: Four Seasons on Back Roads
Paul Theroux takes us on a riveting journey into the heart of the South, America's other country For the past fifty years, Paul Theroux has travelled to the far corners...
Start With Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action
What businesses do doesn't matter. It's all about WHY you do it. Simon Sinek's recent video on 'The Millennial Question' went viral with over 150 million views. Start with Why...
From the Ruins of Empire: The Revolt Against the West and the Remaking
Viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, the Victorian period was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. Pankaj Mishra's provocative account of how China, India and the...
The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone
A groundbreaking work on the root cause of our ills, which is changing the way politicians think Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why...
Pattern Recognition
'A big novel, full of bold ideas. Races along like an expert thriller' GQ One of the most influential and imaginative writers of the past twenty years turns his attention...
Magna Carta
The definitive translation of our history's founding legal document - translated with a new commentary by David Carpenter 'No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his...
The Quantum Universe: Everything that can happen does happen
The phenomenal top ten bestseller that shows how everyone can understand how the universe works The Quantum Universe brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that...
The Land Where Lemons Grow: The Story of Italy and its Citrus Fruit
A delightful book about Italy's unexpected history, told through its citrus fruits The story of citrus runs through the history of Italy like a golden thread, and by combining travel...
Austerlitz
'Mesmeric, haunting and heartbreakingly tragic. A profound, alluring masterwork of singular genius' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed...
Women, Race & Class
The ground-breaking history of civil rights and inequality by legendary political activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis 'Black women were equal to their men in the oppression they suffered; they...
Oneness With All Life: Find your inner peace with the international
A No. 1 New York Times bestseller. An international phenomenon. A spiritual masterpiece - now in pocket form. 'My no. 1 guru will always be Eckhart Tolle.' Chris Evans 'A...
Animal Farm: The Graphic Novel
The first ever graphic novel treatment of Orwell's seminal fable, now in paperback When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm...
Diary of a Country Priest
In this newly translated classic of spiritual literature, Bernanos considers what it really means to be humble, charitable and loving This quiet, imaginative novel is a study of faith in...
The Song of Kieu: A New Lament
The greatest classic of Vietnamese literature in a stunning new verse translation. "This manuscript is ancient, priceless, bamboo-rolled, perfumed with musty spices. Sit comfortably by this good light, that you...
The Boy Who Followed His Father into Auschwitz: The Number One Sunday
The inspiring true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and to survive the Holocaust In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by...
The Things You Can See Only When You Slow Down: How to be Calm in a
A multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about slowing down in our fast-paced world The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. In this timely guide to...
The Romance of the Three Kingdoms
A new translation and abridgement of one of the four classical Chinese novels, this is the epic story of the fall of the Han dynasty and rise of the Three...
The Honourable Schoolboy: The Smiley Collection
As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley George Smiley, now chief of the...
Travels with a Writing Brush: Classical Japanese Travel Writing from
A rich and exquisite anthology that illuminates Japanese travel over a thousand years Shortlisted for the NSW Translation Prize Discover a realm of travel writing undreamed of in the West...
In Love
Hayes's masterpiece is an exquisite depiction of a doomed love affair set in noirish, 1950s New York In a Manhattan bar, a middle-aged man tells a pretty girl a story-...
The History of Philosophy
The first truly authoritative and accessible history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions The story of philosophy is an epic tale- an exploration of the ideas, views...
In the Castle of My Skin
A powerful autobiographical novel of race and class by one of the leading Caribbean writers of the 20th century In a sleepy fishing village in 1930s Barbados, nine-year-old G. leads...
The Merchant of Prato: Daily Life in a Medieval Italian City
Iris Origo's most famous book, her classic study of the life and times of a medieval Italian merchant In 1870 an astonishing cache, containing some 150,000 letters and great numbers...