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The Search for Atlantis: A History of Plato's Ideal State
A vivid exploration of the legend of Atlantis and its enduring influence on Western culture--from its origins in antiquity to the modern era. The Atlantis story remains one of the...
The Boundless River: Stories from the Realm of the Rhine
"A joy to read" Times Literary Supplement"[A] stirring and accessible history of the mighty Rhine" Irish Times "It's easy to be swept away by Deen's delightful prose" New Statesman"A beautiful...
On the Estate: Memoirs of a Russian Lady Before the Revolution
These are the reminiscences of Mariamna Davydoff, born in 1871 and forced to flee the country in 1919. Mariamna's vivid, detailed watercolours and writings reveal the intimate details of life...
The Long Water: Gripping literary mystery set within Norway's Arctic
Author of the Costa-prizewinning, world-wide bestseller The Tenderness of Wolves, Stef Penney, returns to her snow-covered heartland in this tense mystery set in a small Scandinavian town. Nordland. A region...
The Boundless River: Stories from the Realm of the Rhine
"A joy to read" Times Literary Supplement"[A] stirring and accessible history of the mighty Rhine" Irish Times "It's easy to be swept away by Deen's delightful prose" New Statesman"A beautiful...
Nazare: Life and Death with the Big Wave Surfers
*** SHORTLISTED IN THE SPORTS WRITING CATEGORY AT THE 2024 SPORTS BOOK AWARDS ****** LONGLISTED FOR THE 2023 WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR ***JOIN THE QUEST TO SURF...
The Lion and the Dragon: Britain and China: A History of Conflict
'Lawrence James is the doyen of Empire historians' The Spectator'James' writing is always full of energy and animation; he has an excellent eye for revealing detail' William Dalrymple'James has a...
Comrade Papa
BY THE AUTHOR OF STANDING HEAVY - SHORTLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE 2023Following the death of his parents, Dabilly, a young white man, seeks a life of colonial adventure...
The Pianist
The powerful memoir of a young Jewish pianist who survived the war in Warsaw against all odds.'You can learn more about human nature from this brief account of the survival...
Prey for the Shadow: A Terra Alta Investigation
The mayor of Barcelona is being blackmailed. A sex tape from her student days - one she never knew existed. The price: 300,000 euros and her immediate resignation. A political...
Sinners of Starlight City: A sumptuous historical novel of revenge and
FROM INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR ANIKA SCOTTMadame Mystique is a performer extraordinaire, come to work her scandalous magic at the glittering 1933 Chicago World's Fair. Of African American and Sicilian heritage,...
The Comet Sweeper (Icon Science): Caroline Herschel's Astronomical
Having escaped domestic servitude in Germany by teaching herself to sing, and established a career in England, Caroline Herschel learned astronomy while helping her brother William, then Astronomer Royal.Soon making...
Endless Flight: The Genius and Tragedy of Joseph Roth
The acclaimed first English-language biography of the great European novelist and journalist, Joseph Roth, author of The Radetzky March, a writer who captured life in Europe between the wars like...
The Stranger in the Seine: From the No.1 International Thriller
'THE FRENCH SUSPENSE KING' NEW YORK TIMES'ONE OF THE GREAT THRILLER WRITERS OF OUR AGE' DAILY EXPRESS'IT'S NO WONDER THAT GUILLAUME MUSSO IS ONE OF FRANCE'S MOST LOVED, BESTSELLING AUTHORS'...
City of Light, City of Shadows: Paris in the Belle Epoque
Paris in the Belle Epoque is remembered as a golden age of cultural flourishing and political progress. The period between the revolutionary 1870s and the outbreak of war in 1914...
Where Poppies Blow: The British Soldier, Nature, the Great War
Winner of the 2017 Wainwright Golden Beer Book Prize for nature writingThe natural history of the Western Front during the First World War'If it weren't for the birds, what a...
The Story of Britain: From the Romans to the Present
'A triumph' INDEPENDENT'A thought-provoking and indispensable book' DAILY MAIL'An instant classic ... I have been reading it with unalloyed admiration and delight' EVENING STANDARDRoy Strong has written an exemplary introduction...
The Dubrovnik Book Club
'The perfect summer escape, I adored it!' USA Today bestselling author Faith Hogan In a tiny bookshop in Dubrovnik's historic Old Town, a book club begins...Newly arrived on the sun-drenched...
The Midnight Conspiracy (Joe Mason, Book 3)
Don't miss the third adrenaline-filled, action-adventure in the Joe Mason series! When Joe Mason agrees to transport a priceless gold basin to its new owner, the ex-MI5 operative arrives...
Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain
'Grimly fascinating ... engrossing' Daily Mail NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION. In early modern England, murder truly was most foul. Trials were gossipy events packed to the rafters with...
Kleptopia: How Dirty Money is Conquering the World
SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'If you think the UK isn't corrupt, you haven't looked hard enough ... This terrifying book follows a global current of dirty money, and the murders and kidnappings...
Sharpe's Gold: The Destruction of Almeida, August 1810 (The Sharpe
*SHARPE'S COMMAND, the brand new novel in the global bestselling series, is available to pre-order now* Spain, August 1810The English army faces ruin in Spain - and the Duke of...
The War Diaries: World War II Written by the People Who Lived Through
Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The War Diaries illuminates a part of history we haven't...
The Babylon Plot (Joe Mason, Book 4)
'Five-star turbo-charged, non-stop action thriller... It reads like a movie reel... Needs to be on every thrill seeker's reading list' NetGalley review ????? Don't miss the next instalment of...
Catland: Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern World
A Times and Sunday Times Book of the YearA Wall Street Journal Book of the YearA Spectator Book of the YearA Times Literary Supplement Book of the YearA New Yorker...
Beyond Black
Introducing the Collins Modern Classics, a series featuring some of the most significant books of recent times, books that shed light on the human experience - classics which will endure...
Northern Mythology: Tales from Norse, Finnish, and Sami Traditions
Discover the complex mythology of the legendary Nordic people who inspired Hollywood films, epic novels, and more. Beautiful goddesses, fierce warriors, formidable beasts, and Ragnarok itself--these magical tales have enthralled...
The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year' Sunday Telegraph 'On nearly every...
The Dance of Death: A Black Forest Investigation III
"Bottini is a terrific storyteller" SUNDAY EXPRESSThe third in the Black Forest Investigations series - by CWA shortlisted authorOne wet and misty weekend in October, the Niemann family find a...
Massacre in the Clouds: An American Atrocity and the Erasure of
In March 1906, American soldiers on the island of Jolo in the southern Philippines surrounded and killed 1000 local men, women, and children, known as Moros, on top of an...
Napoleon: His Life, His Battles, His Empire
Napoleon: His Life, His Battles, His Empire offers an unprecedented insight into the mind of this extraordinary man who, from modest beginnings on the small island of Corsica, became Emperor...
Spies: The epic intelligence war between East and West
The riveting story of the hundred-year intelligence war between Russia and the West with lessons for our new superpower conflict with China'A masterpiece' CHRISTOPHER ANDREW, author of The Defence of...
Traitors of Rome (Eagles of the Empire 18): Roman army heroes Cato and
TRAITORS OF ROME: THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAn enthralling Cato and Macro adventure from bestselling author Simon Scarrow. Not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell. AD...
The Fire
In her perceptive and affecting new novel, Daniela Krien explores a marriage where everything hangs in the balance. "Quietly devastating" HANNAH BECKERMANN, Observer"A stylish, subtle read" Woman & Home BOOK...
The Waiting Game: The Untold Story of the Women Who Served the Tudor
'Written in a lively, accessible style, The Waiting Game is full of insight' Suzannah Lipscomb, Literary ReviewEvery Tudor Queen had ladies-in-waiting. They were her confidantes and her chaperones. Only the...
Watling Street: Travels Through Britain and Its Ever-Present Past
A journey along one of Britain's oldest roads, from Dover to Anglesey, in search of the hidden history that makes us who we are today. Long ago a...
Time and Tide: The Long, Long Life of Landscape
'Poetic and profound, Time and Tide is wise, considered and full of surprises' Observer'Poignant and touching' Mail on Sunday'Miraculous' ScotsmanA village waits at the bottom of a reservoir. A monkey...
Cashing Out: The Flight of Nazi Treasure, 1945-1948
By the end of January 1945, it was clear to Germany that the war was lost. The Third Reich was in freefall, and its leaders, apart from those clustered around...
The Wisdom of Birds: Essential Life Lessons for Positivity and Grace
This beautifully illustrated book shares the infinite wisdom of birds, providing inspiration from these small but mighty creatures on how to live bravely and care for the things we love.Taking...
I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that
'A powerful, eloquent and deeply affecting book. I loved it' EDMUND DE WAAL'Tender, evocative and deeply moving' JONATHAN FREEDLAND'Profound, elegiac and fascinating... I zipped through it' PHILIPPE SANDS'Compelling' DAILY MAIL,...
New Europe
'For most of my lifetime, half of my own continent had been chilled by a Cold War and concealed behind an Iron Curtain. Now there was the prospect of being...
Rome: Eternal City
A portrait of the city at the heart of Western civilization, brought to life in twenty-two scenes from its 2,500-year history. The sweeping story of the city of Rome, told...
Perfect Pasta at Home: Bring Italy to your kitchen with over 80 quick
Over 80 delicious and authentic pasta recipes that can be made in just 30 minutes - simple, fresh and truly Italian! We've all got a pack of pasta in the...
Hitler's British Isles
True-life recollections from the Channel Islanders who were the only British subjects to live under Nazi rule in WWII. 'Barrett has vividly summoned a troubling episode from our national past.'...
Night Hunters: A Black Forest Investigation IV
"Night Hunters, like the previous three Black Forest cases, is hard-hitting and tightly written" MARK SANDERSON, The Times Crime Club"Oliver Bottini is a terrific storyteller" Sunday Express"Taut writing and pacy...
Remember, Remember (The Fifth of November): The History of Britain in
'Claiming there are only 150 key things you really need to know that have shaped in the story of Britain, this book delivers them in easy to swallow, bite-sized chunks'...
Twilight Cities: Lost Capitals of the Mediterranean
WINNER OF THE 2024 SOMERSET MAUGHAM AWARDIts name means 'centre of the world', and since the dawn of history the Mediterranean Sea has formed the shared horizon of innumerable cultures....