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Britain According to Very British Problems: the new book from
Very British Problems are what make us so, well, British. And what better place to get to the heart of these problems than, urm, Britain? Starting in Land's End and...
Gimson's Heroes
'A witty, unforgettable celebration of the courage, genius and defiance that changed the course of history' Jacob Rees-Mogg 'Gimson makes excellent cases for all his choices. His "cardinal point" about...
Outbreak: 1939
11-15 am, 3 September 1939. The nation gathers around their radios to hear Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain make the announcement they have feared for months- This morning the British Ambassador...
Tanked: Why the British Economy is Failing and How to Fix It
In the autumn of 2022, Liz Truss took Britain on a journey into economic la-la land and comprehensively tanked the economy. The result? Higher mortgages and rents, soaring inflation, debt...
The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)
At the root of all riches lies evil... Can he uncover their deadly conspiracy before they find him first? When ex-MI5 operative Joe Mason gets a call from the Vatican,...
Bandit Country
Welcome to an after-dark world of new money, hedonism and excess. A world of luxurious nightclubs where racketeers, gamblers and glamorous women mixed with entrepreneurs, bunny girls, politicians and policemen....
Human Resources: Slavery and the Making of Modern Britain - in 39
The transatlantic slave trade is often seen as separate part of British history: a module in a history course, a chapter in a book. But - from the maps we...
SAS: Duty Before Glory: The True WWII Story of SAS Original Reg
The biography of remarkable SAS Original Reg Seekings, from his humble beginnings in the Cambridgeshire Fens to his instrumental role in the success of the SAS during the Second World...
Private 12768: Memoir of a Tommy
A newly discovered and unique memoir from a soldier who fought in the First World War which challenges our perception of how British troops viewed the First World War.
Britain's Forgotten Wars: Colonial Campaigns of the 19th Century
This is a collection of Ian Heron's three books, "Massacre and Retribution", "The Savage Empire" and "Blood in the Sand". Much has been written about the great British military triumphs...
Victoria: A Life
When Queen Victoria died in 1901, she had ruled for nearly sixty-four years. She was mother of nine and grandmother of forty-two, and the matriarch of Royal Europe, through the...
What Everyone Knows About Britain* (*Except The British)
'A rare writer with the courage to tell Britain some home truths about itself and where it's headed. A much needed book'. - Ian Dunt 'What Britain needs at the...
The Bookshop, The Draper, The Candlestick Maker: A History of the High
'Annie Gray's fascinating history of a British institution in crisis illuminates and entertains' GREG JENNER'Properly immersive, full of juicy sensory detail - Annie Gray's romp down British high streets through...
The Lancaster Story: True Tales of Britain's Legendary Bomber
The epic story of the RAF's legendary heavy bomber: the Avro Lancaster The Lancaster Story takes readers on a remarkable journey through the history of an aviation icon . This...
Belfast Transport
`Belfast Transport' is the story of public transport in Belfast from the horse buses of the 1860s to the Metro buses which were introduced in 2005. It is a fascinating...
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...
Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10
Cedric Sapin-Defour's memoir of his dog, Ubac, has become the surprise best seller in France this year. Prepare to Meet Thy Dog will take this genre to a new level....
Our Country in Crisis: Britain's Housing Emergency and How We Rebuild
'Kwajo's voice is leading the call for change on behalf of a generation who have been seriously failed by Westminster.' Andy Burnham, Mayor of Greater Manchester 'A brilliant thinker and...
Little Englanders: Britain in the Edwardian Era
'The very best sort of panoramic portrait' David Kynaston'The Edwardians have long been the lost decade of British history, yet they are that history at its climax. Alwyn Turner sets...
Zero Six Bravo: 60 Special Forces. 100,000 Enemy. The Explosive True
The Sunday Times No.1 bestseller. 'Sixty special forces against 100,000 - a feat of British arms to take the breath away' Frederick Forsyth. They were branded as cowards and accused...
What Nature Does For Britain
From the peat bogs and woodlands that help to secure our water supply, to the bees and soils that produce most of the food we eat, Britain is rich in...
A Sunset in Sydney (The Holiday Romance, Book 3)
How far would you go in the name of love? Sarah Parson s has a choice ahead of her. After the trip of a lifetime she's somehow returned home with...
Sarah's Story
The book titled Sarah's Story by the author Chris Hutchins. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Taking the Lead: A Dog at Number 10
Cedric Sapin-Defour's memoir of his dog, Ubac, has become the surprise best seller in France this year. Prepare to Meet Thy Dog will take this genre to a new level....
How Good We Can Be: Ending the Mercenary Society and Building a Great
Britain is beset by a crisis of purpose. For a generation we have been told the route to universal well-being is to abandon the expense of justice and equity and...
Kingmaker: Pamela Churchill Harriman's astonishing life of seduction,
An electrifying re-examination of one of the twentieth century's greatest unsung power players, from the bestselling author of A WOMAN OF NO IMPORTANCE 'Supremely enjoyable . . . With a...
Lawrence of Arabia: The definitive 21st-century biography of a
An enthralling and illuminating biography of T. E. Lawrence - the inspiration for the iconic film Lawrence of Arabia - from "The World's Greatest Living Explorer" Ranulph Fiennes Co-opted by...
Writing on the Wall: Graffiti and Rebellion in Eighteenth-Century
What if walls could talk? For historian Madeleine Pelling, they can - if you know where to look An aristocrat carves obscenities into a tavern window with his diamond ring....
A Brief History Of Crime
Crime is a political football - both left and right are terrified of seeming "soft" on the issue, but for all their efforts, or apparent efforts, crime rates continue to...
Voices in Flight: RAF Night Operations
"The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. Therefore our supreme effort must be to gain overwhelming mastery in the air. The Fighters...
The East Coast Main Line 1939-1959
The book takes an in-depth look at the East Coast Main Line-King's Cross to Edinburgh-between 1939 and 1959. This is carried out in a series of chapters. In the first...
Fraudbusters: Inside Story of the Serious Fraud Office
This book provides the background story of the Serious Fraud Office's turbulent history. Including many interviews with Britain's top fraud investigators as well as some of the SFO's most famous...
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...
Margaret Thatcher: The Prime Ministers Series
'Iain Dale introduces Margaret Thatcher to a new generation and intelligently explodes some of the myths about her' Simon Heffer Margaret Thatcher was a woman of tremendous paradoxes: a conviction...
That Woman: The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor
One of Britain's most distinguished biographers turns her focus on one of the most vilified women of the twentieth century. Historian Anne Sebba has written the first full biography by...
One Minute Away
*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...
They Shall Not Pass: The British Battalion at Jarama - The Spanish
In 1937 a group of idealistic British volunteers sailed from England to fight the dark threat of dictatorship in Spain. In the olive groves of Jarama, near Madrid, they achieved...
Dope Girls: The Birth Of The British Drug Underground
27th November 1918, London. Just 16 days after the end of the Great War, with the nation on its knees, Billie Carleton takes to the stage for the last time....
Churchill's Citadel: Chartwell and the Gatherings Before the Storm
A major new history of Churchill in the 1930s, showing how his meetings at Chartwell, his country home, strengthened his fight against the Nazis In the 1930s, amidst an impending...
Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief
The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament In 1647, the Parliamentarians were divided. They...
George Orwell: A Reader's Guide: Or, 'Who Is Big Brother?' and Other
A spirited and essential companion to Orwell and his works, covering all the novels and major essays An intellectual who hated intellectuals, a socialist who didn't trust the state-our foremost...
A Guide to Regency Dress: from Corsets and Breeches to Bonnets and
An accessible, fun, yet authoritative guide to male and female Regency fashions A Guide to Regency Dress is an illustrated guide to fashions and clothing of the Regency era-a period...
Templars: The Knights Who Made Britain
A gripping account of the Knights Templar, challenging received wisdom to show how these devout medieval knights played a profound role in making modern Britain The Knights Templar have an...
Oliver Cromwell: Commander in Chief
The second volume in an acclaimed biography of Oliver Cromwell, from the capture of Charles I to the expulsion of the Long Parliament In 1647, the Parliamentarians were divided. They...
Ruthless: A New History of Britain's Rise to Wealth and Power,
A revelatory new history of Britain's industrial revolution and the exploitation that enabled it Was Britain's industrial revolution the result of its machines, which produced goods with miraculous efficiency? Was...
Five Days in London, May 1940
"A masterpiece. . . . Nobody has done more than John Lukacs to turn the short history book into an art form."-Anthony Beevor "As gripping as any novel."-Robert Harris "A...
No More Napoleons: How Britain Managed Europe from Waterloo to World
How, for just over a century, Britain ensured it would not face another Napoleon Bonaparte-manipulating European powers while building a global maritime empire At the conclusion of the Napoleonic Wars,...