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The Cheese Cure: How Comte and Camembert Fed My Soul
'A wonderful book.' Cathy Rentzenbrink 'A remarkable tale' The Spectator 'Finnerty is genuinely funny, but curious and tender, too.' David Ellis, London Standard Restaurant Critic and Going Out Editor A...
Progress: A History of Humanity's Worst Idea
' A spirited skewering of the idea that things can only get better' The Guardian 'A new understanding of our past' Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and the 1% ________________________________...
Letters From Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory's Life and
'An extraordinary treasure trove' Andrew Marr A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains....
Into Unknown Skies: An Unlikely Team, a Daring Race, and the First
"Thrilling . . . With deep research and suspenseful storytelling, Mr. Randall reminds us that America's pre-eminence in the aviation industry was never assured and that it took a race...
Oathbreakers: The War of Brothers That Shattered an Empire and Made
"Fascinating." - The Wall Street Journal "An enlightening portrait of the medieval mindset." - Publishers Weekly The authors of The Bright Ages return with a "real-life Game of Thrones "...
The Songs That Saved Us: My Dad, Dementia and Me
An unforgettable tribute to the unbreakable bond between a father and son When Simon McDermott first noticed his dad Ted's sudden flares of temper and fits of forgetfulness, he couldn't...
This Land of Promise: A History of Refugees and Exiles in Britain
'Important, comprehensive, and superbly researched. All the more urgent at the present time' BART VAN ES 'A terrific, clear-eyed and balanced history that cuts through today's toxic debates' DAILY TELEGRAPH...
Wicked: The Faces & Places of Oz
Revisit favorite characters and magical locations from the epic movie musical in Wicked: The Faces & Places of Oz . Go on a journey through the most exciting locations in...
Powers and Thrones: A New History of the Middle Ages
The instant Sunday Times bestseller A Times , New Statesman and Spectator Book of the Year 'Simply the best popular history of the Middle Ages there is' Sunday Times 'A...
Crusaders
From the bestselling author of The Templars . 'Voyages, battles, sieges and slaughter: Dan Jones's tumultuous and thrilling history of the crusades is one of the best' SUNDAY TIMES ....
Memory Makers: The Politics of the Past in Putin's Russia
Why aren't ordinary Russians more outraged by Putin's invasion of Ukraine? Inside the Kremlin's own historical propaganda narratives, Russia's invasion of Ukraine makes complete sense. From its World War II...
Ring of Fire: A New Global History of the Outbreak of the First World
'Churchill and Eberholst put the world back into First World War.' Dan Snow A remarkable, eyewitness-based view of the outbreak of the First World War. As war broke out in...
The Fields Beneath
A masterpiece of local history, by the Queen of the genre. Gillian Tindall has acquired a devoted readership through her lovingly researched works, such as the prize-winning The House by...
Conclave 1559: Ippolito d'Este and the Papal Election of 1559
Intrigue, double-dealing and conspiracy in the Eternal City. 'A fascinating narrative of the intermingling of secular and religious power' New Statesman 'A highly enjoyable and thrilling read... Hollingsworth has peeled...
US Navy Protected Cruisers 1883-1918
Explores the history of the US Navy's 11 new steel warships, built during the late 19th century to advance American naval supremacy. After the American Civil War, the powerful US...
Australian Bushrangers 1788-1880
The first 'bushrangers' or frontier outlaws were escaped or time-expired convicts, who took to the wilderness - 'the bush' - in New South Wales and on the island of Tasmania...
Caudine Forks 321 BC: Rome's Humiliation in the Second Samnite War
A highly illustrated account of one of Ancient Rome's most humiliating defeats, the battle of the Caudine Forks in 321 BC, and how the embarrassment spurred the Roman Army on...
British Paratrooper 1940-45
Inspired by the exploits of the German Fallschirmjager in the blitzkrieg campaigns, Winston Churchill called for the formation of a 5,000-strong Airborne Force in June 1940. From these beginnings The...
North Korea: A History
North Korea is perhaps the most intriguing, infamous and enigmatic nation of our modern world. Yet how many of us know its full history, and how it came to be?...
The Honoured Society: The Sicilian Mafia Observed
Describes how the US army returned the Mafia to power in 1944, after Mussolini came close to destroying them. It looks at the Mafia in their homeland - how in...
Three Came Home
When the Japanese take Borneo in 1942, Agnes Keith is captured and imprisoned with her two-year-old son. Fed on minimal rations, forced to work through recurrent bouts of malaria and...
John and Paul: A Love Story in Songs - The #1 Sunday Times Bestseller
'The first new Beatles story in decades - and the one that will make your heart burst.' CAITLIN MORAN 'Ian Leslie has done the impossible, and breathed new life into...
Facing Armageddon: The First World War Experienced
'Facing Armageddon' is a major collection of scholarly work on the 1914-18 war that explores, on a worldwide basis, the real nature of the participants' experience. The book is a...
Starwatchers: A History of Discovery in the Night Sky
'An exhilarating exploration of how we've been touched by the cosmos across human history' LEWIS DARTNELL 'Combines scientific expertise with vivid storytelling and a childlike wonder that shines on every...
A Women's History of the Beatles
Winner of the 2022 Open Publication Prize by the International Association for the Study of Popular Music (IASPM-ANZ) A Women's History of the Beatles is the first book to offer...
Eviction: A Social History of Rent
In 2017, Jessica Field's parents and 69 of their neighbours received warning of imminent eviction. Their corporate landlord sought to demolish their affordable private rented homes and replace them with...
Ocean: A History of the Atlantic Before Columbus
'Eminently readable' - The TLS Books of the Year, 2024 Ocean is an ambitious history of the pre-Columbian Atlantic Ocean, a story that begins with the formation of the mid-Atlantic...
How the World Made the West: 'World history at its best' Simon Sebag
'One of the most fascinating and important works of global history to appear for many years' William Dalrymple 'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we...
An Impeccable Spy: Richard Sorge, Stalin's Master Agent
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE PRIZE 'The most formidable spy in history' IAN FLEMING 'His work was impeccable' KIM PHILBY 'The spy to end spies' JOHN LE CARRE Born of...
Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold
An original history of Russia's thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin's politics and rekindled the Cold War. Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine has reshaped...
The Age of Migration: International Population Movements in the Modern
Long established as the leading textbook on migration and used by students and scholars alike all over the world, this fully revised and updated sixth edition continues to offer an...
The Most Interesting People You've Never Heard Of
The Most Interesting People You've Never Heard Of tells the tales of the overlooked names of history, the individuals who lived fascinating, absurd, or simply amusing lives but are somehow...
Her Brilliant Career: Ten Extraordinary Women of the Fifties
In her apron and rubber gloves, a smile lipsticked permanently across her face, the woman of the Fifties has become a cultural symbol of all that we are most grateful...
The Bookshop: A History of Bookselling From the Dawn of Print to the
Bookshops are a comforting sight on our high streets, warm and welcoming spaces in which to browse, meet friends and occasionally buy books. They may feel timeless, yet their history...
Whatever Next?: The unmissable sequel to the runaway bestseller LADY
Advice, insight and hilarious revelations from the bestselling author of LADY IN WAITING - THE PERFECT GIFT FOR MOTHER'S DAY 'This second volume of memoirs is as fascinating as the...
If These Stones Could Talk: The History of Christianity in Britain and
'A heavenly book, elegant and thoughtful. Get one for yourself and one for the church-crawler in your life!' Lucy Worsley Christianity has been central to the lives of the people...
Noble Ambitions: The Fall and Rise of the Post-War Country House
From the bestselling author of The Long Weekend: a wild, sad and sometimes hilarious tour of the English country house after the Second World War, when Swinging London collided with...
Burning Man: The Ascent of DH Lawrence
**LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2021** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2021** **SHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK PRIZE** **FINALIST FOR THE 2022 PLUTARCH AWARD** D....
History's Greatest Drinking Games: From the Notorious to the Wisely
A whistle-stop guide to some of history's brilliantly bizarre drinking games, from the notorious to the wisely forgotten. As long as there have been people, there has been drinking -...
A Brief History of the Caribbean: Indispensable for Travellers
A concise history of the Caribbean's long and fascinating history, from pre-contact civilisations to the present day This is a concise history, intended for travellers, but of inestimable value to...
Brittle with Relics: A History of Wales, 1962-97 ('Oral history at its
Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change. In the closing third of the twentieth century, Wales experienced the...
Children of Radium: A Buried Inheritance
Wry, off-beat and subversive - a Jewish family memoir like no other, from the author of the cult classic novel Submarine Joe Dunthorne's great-grandfather was a family legend: the eccentric...
Surviving Rome: The Economic Lives of the Ninety Percent
The story of ancient Rome is predominantly one of great men with great fortunes. Surviving Rome unearths another history, one of ordinary Romans, who worked with their hands and survived...
1947: when now begins
A Metro book of the year Interweaving the social, political, and personal, in 1947 Elisabeth Asbrink chronicles the year that 'now' began. In 1947, production begins of the Kalashnikov, Christian...
Fake Heroes: Ten False Icons and How they Altered the Course of
From the author of bestseller Fake History , Otto English, comes a shocking yet hilarious look at ten of the greatest liars in history. 'A brilliant book.' James O'Brien Whether...
Freedom's Dominion (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize): A Saga of White
WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN HISTORY! An "important, deeply affecting-and regrettably relevant" ( New York Times Book Review ) chronicle of a sinister idea of freedom: white Americans' freedom...
Milk: An Intimate History of Breastfeeding
- 'Illuminating . . . an important book' Sunday Times - 'A fascinating journey through the social, cultural and historical meanings of breastfeeding. A sublime book' Elinor Cleghorn, author of...
A Brief History of Germany: Indispensable for Travellers
The history of Germany is intricately woven. Threaded in time through its struggles and triumphs with religion, industrialisation, enlightenment, politics, unification, and war. In A Brief History of Germany ,...