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Answered Prayers: England and the 1966 World Cup
'Magnificent, moving, often funny and deeply researched account . . . Is this just a book for those who know football? Far from it: this is a story of glory...
Head North: A Rallying Cry for a More Equal Britain / Essential
Gordon Brown: 'A path-breaking book by two dynamic leaders, whose ideas on the future deserve all our attention.'Picked as one of Waterstones' Non-Fiction 'Books You Need to Read in 2024'Picked...
These Foolish Things: A Memoir
Few people can say they have shaped the cultural landscape of the last four decades while crossing paths with some of the most extraordinary personalities on the planet. But then,...
Mary I: Queen of Sorrows
'A must for Tudor fans everywhere' Tracy Borman'Thrilling, captivating . . . unforgettable' Kate Williams'A gripping story that's underpinned by a wealth of research . . . this is Alison...
Smart Money: The Fall and Rise of Brentford FC
In 1978, when Alex Duff first went to watch Brentford, players would go on midweek pub crawls near the Griffin Park stadium. Sometimes, in no fit state to go home,...
The Nightingale's Castle: the gripping story of Erzsebet Bathory, the
'I was blown away by this dark, enchanting story of witchcraft, power and injustice. ..nothing short of brilliant' Mary ChamberlainErzsebet Bathory, whose infamous place in history characterises her as the...
Fast by the Horns: The hotly anticipated second novel from the
'With the sharp and delectable music of its dialect, the book grabs you by its teeth from the first page and never quite lets go . . . This is...
Ego is the Enemy: The Fight to Master Our Greatest Opponent
It's wrecked the careers of promising young geniuses. It's evaporated great fortunes and run companies into the ground. It's made adversity unbearable and turned struggle into shame. Every great philosopher...
The Pink Line: The World's Queer Frontiers
CHOSEN AS ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S and FINANCIAL TIMES' BOOKS OF 2020'In intimate, often tender prose, Gevisser brings to life the complex movement for queer civil rights and the many...
When the Mountains Dance: Love, loss and hope in the heart of Italy
'In the wake of the strongest earthquake in Italy for nearly forty years and the many aftershocks that followed, Italians began speaking of the earth beneath our feet as la...
Holocaust Journey: Travelling In Search Of The Past
Includes a new foreword by Rob RinderWhat readers are saying about HOLOCAUST JOURNEY:'Brilliant ... A must read for everybody' 'Devastating' 'Fascinating, thought provoking and shocking' 'Everybody should read this' 'Informative...
Pathways
'Funny, poignant, elegantly written, I adored this novel' Amanda Hodgkinson'Wonderful... It's thrillingly written, delicately accomplished and will live in my head for a long time' Lloyd ShepherdCara is a dedicated...
Why We Die: The New Science of Ageing and Longevity
A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST SUMMER READ OF 2024'Enthralling and packed with insights.' - BILL BRYSON'A must-read.' - STEPHEN FRY'Spectacular. Changed my perspective on the whole living world.' - CHRIS VAN...
The Style Thesaurus: A definitive, gender-neutral guide to the meaning
At once a lexicon of fashion and a style guide, The Style Thesaurus is the essential wardrobe companion for all fashion lovers.Style can be used to fit in or to...
Fixit
'The best thing to happen to mystery writing in a very long time' NEW YORK TIMES Isaiah Quintabe's first love, Grace, has been kidnapped by maniacal hitman Skip...
What They Still Don't Teach You At Harvard Business School
Between the theories of business school and the real world of business, there is still a gap - one that can only be filled by experience, helped by the knowledge...
The Cleopatras: Discover the powerful story of the seven queens of
'A thrilling biography, filled with the imperial ambitions and merciless intrigues' SIMON SEBAG MONTEFIORECleopatra: lover, seductress, and Egypt's greatest queen.A woman more myth than history, immortalized in poetry, drama, music,...
Modesty Blaise
In her first adventure for British Intelligence Modesty Blaise with her loyal lieutenant, Willie Garvin, must foil a multi-million pound diamond heist.Bored and restive, Modesty is looking for a mission...
Meet Me at Beachcomber Bay: The feel-good bestseller to brighten your
MEET ME AT BEACHCOMBER BAY is a romantic, funny and unputdownable new novel about love and friendship from Jill Mansell, bestselling author of THE ONE YOU REALLY WANT and YOU...
Ada's Realm
"Soaring, spellbinding, utterly epic" MUSA OKWONGA"A time-travelling wonder of a read" PATERSON JOSEPH"A work of fierce imagination" NII AYIKWEI PARKES WHERE IS ADA? In a small village in West Africa,...
Faces of Evil: Unmasking the World's Most Horrific Serial Killers
Uncover the chilling true stories behind some of history's most monstrous murderers.Ian Brady and Myra Hindley Ted Bundy, Harold Shipman - these notorious names represent the worst of humanity, men...
The Choice
A rich and powerful exploration of desire, sin and redemption, by one of our best chroniclers of faith in the 21st century."I enjoyed it enormously. The story is so interesting,...
Professor Stewart's Casebook of Mathematical Mysteries
Like its wildly popular predecessors, Cabinet of Mathematical Curiosities and Hoard of Mathematical Treasures, Professor Stewart's brand-new book is a miscellany of over 150 mathematical curios and conundrums, packed with...
Country Matters: A Countryside Companion: 74 tips, tales and talking
Everything you wanted to know about the countryside, but were too afraid to ask'A joyful companion with surprises and delights on every page'Tristan Gooley, author of The Walker's Guide to...
A Fisherman of the Inland Sea
The award-winning stories in this collection range from the everyday to the outer limits of experience, where the quantum uncertainties of space and time are resolved only in the depths...
Kill For Me Kill For You: THE INSTANT TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
***THE INSTANT TOP FIVE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** SHE WILL KILL YOUR WORST ENEMY. ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS KILL HERS. 'Dazzling' SUNDAY TIMES Best Thriller Books of 2023 'Steve...
Before the Light Fades: A Family Story of Resistance - 'Fascinating'
'A fascinating story of courage, doubt and defiance across three generations' SARAH WATERS'A fierce and beautiful book' EDMUND DE WAAL'Heartfelt and upfront... A grieving daughter rediscovers her mother's political past'...
Skellig: the 25th anniversary illustrated edition
The bestselling story about love, loss and hope that launched David Almond as one of the best children's writers of today. Winner of the Carnegie Medal and the Whitbread children's...
How to Stay Sane in an Age of Division: The powerful, pocket-sized
The must-read, pocket-sized Big Think book of 2020.It feels like the world is falling apart. So how do we keep hold of our optimism? How do we nurture the parts...
Like A House On Fire: 'Brilliantly funny - I loved it' Beth O'Leary,
'Joyously wicked... I loved it' RUTH JONES'Warm, witty & brilliantly realised' DAILY MAIL'Part Fleabag, part Agatha Christie' JOSIE SILVERALL STELLA AND GEORGE HAVE TO DO IS...Hide their breakupAfter a series...
Strangers at the Port: Longlisted for the Miles Franklin Literary
A TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023'Enchanting and haunting'RACHEL RODDY'A fable for our times'SPECTATOR'This novel amazed me. It is the work of a true original'LUCIE ELVEN'A seaside Gothic tale teeming...
River Sing Me Home: A powerful, uplifting novel of a remarkable
Inspired by true historical events in the Caribbean, River Sing Me Home will break your heart and then lift you up. A soaring story of courage and sacrifice, this novel...
The Storm is Here: America on the Brink
The New Yorker's award-winning war correspondent returns to his own country to chronicle a story of mounting civic breakdown and violent disorder, in a vivid eyewitness narrative of revelatory explanatory...
Breaking Point: by the author of THE LOST AND THE DAMNED, a Times
Olivier Norek: Former police officer, writer on SPIRAL and a million-copy bestseller"Exhilarating . . . This is not conventional crime" Barry Forshaw, FTWhen a routine kidnapping case goes badly wrong,...
Baskerville: The Biography of a Typeface (The ABC of Fonts)
The classic elegant English typeface, still widely used as a book text more than 250 years since its creation. Baskerville is a transitional design, poised between the first metal types...
The Chain: The Relationships That Break Us, the Women Who Rebuild Us
'Jaw-dropping . . . Read then pass it on' STYLIST, Book of the Month'I was utterly floored by The Chain. It has the pace of a thriller and the weight...
Print Production: A Complete Guide to Planning, Printing and Packaging
The result of 35 years of experience in the publishing and printing industry, this bible provides all the information needed by anyone who wants to print and produce any type...
Open Season: A sexy, modern debut as featured on Women's Hour
"A breathtaking novel that gets under the skin of the complexities of love, sex and human nature"-Katie Bishop, author of THE GIRLS OF SUMMER"A perceptive book about intimacy and desire...
Good Reasons to Die
***Shortlisted for the CWA Crime in Translation Dagger 2023***'An excellent crime thriller with an explosive climax' Bill Todd, The Sun Nature is reclaiming Chernobyl. But the past is radioactive. ....
Pompeii: The Life of a Roman Town
Pompeii explodes a number of myths - from the very date of the eruption, probably a few months later than usually thought; the hygiene of the baths which must have...
Love Redesigned: from the bestselling author of the Dreamland
Meet the Lakefront Billionaires . . .Get ready for another addictive romance from international bestselling author and TikTok sensation, Lauren AsherJulianIf I ever caught on fire, Dahlia Munoz would fan...
At the Edge of Uncertainty: 11 Discoveries Taking Science by Surprise
The atom. The Big Bang. DNA. Natural selection. All ideas that have revolutionised science - and that were dismissed out of hand when they first appeared. The surprises haven't stopped:...
The Summer Book: A Novel
The Summer Book is a fresh, vivid and magical novel about seemingly endless summers of discovery. An elderly artist and her six year old granddaughter while away the summer together,...
Second Self: The tender new novel from the author of WET PAINT
'Almost hypnotically perfect prose' Kate Sawyer'A thoughtful, tender and delicate consideration of life's choices' Huma Qureshi 'Ashby handles her material lightly and atmospherically' Rowan Hisayo BuchananWhen Cathy and Noah first...
The Late Train to Gipsy Hill: Charming debut mystery from a highly
A woman hiding a deadly secret. And the man who went in search of adventure, but found himself in danger ...'The Girl on the Train with a dash of Russian...
Henry's Little Sister
A beautifully illustrated story celebrating sibling relationships, encouraging patience and understanding as a little elephant learns what it truly means to be a big brother. The perfect gift for families...
Return of the Wild: 20 of Nature's Greatest Success Stories
Discover the extraordinary ways nature has come back from the brink in this collection of 20 environmental success stories from around the world, written by Dr Helen Scales and beautifully...
Minecraft Builder - Around the World: Independent and Unofficial
Travel the world in Minecraft! This easy-to-follow guide is filled with detailed instructions on how to make your own versions of the world's greatest landmarks. It includes straightforward instructions on...