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52 Times Britain was a Bellend: The History You Didn't Get Taught At
'Scurrilous, scandalous and frequently disgusting. I absolutely loved it' James O'Brien Twitter hero James Felton brings you the painfully funny history of Britain you were never taught at school, fully...
Revolutions: How they changed history and what they mean today
Revolutions - peaceful or violent, radical or reactionary - have shaped the political landscape of the world we live in today. But what led revolutionaries to action? What were they...
Migrants: The Story of Us All
Migrants cuts through the toxic debates to tell the rich and collective stories of humankind's urge to move< 'Fascinating... Miller's perspective may be just what we need' Daily Telegraph 'Enjoyable,...
The Butcher, the Baker, the Candlestick-Maker: The story of Britain
At the beginning of each decade for 200 years the national census has presented a self-portrait of the British Isles. The census has surveyed Britain from the Napoleonic wars to...
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...
The Limits of Genius: The Surprising Stupidity of the World's Greatest
A hilarious look at how the line between 'genius' and 'extremely lucky idiot' is finer than we'd like to admit. The more you delve into the stories behind history's greatest...
Coastal Motor Boats: Thornycroft and the Origins of Fast Attack Craft
According to conventional naval history, the Coastal Motor Boat was the brainchild of three enterprising young Royal Navy officers in the early stages of the First World War. This new...
Pearls: Their History, Sources, Types and Qualities
Throughout history, pearls have been treasured for their beauty wherever they've been found -- from China to the Persian Gulf to Mexico and beyond. Before the creation of cultured pearls,...
Very Ordinary Seaman: The unforgettable account of British naval
First published to huge acclaim during the war it describes, Very Ordinary Seaman relates - with humanity, humour and the authority of experience - lower-deck life in the British navy,...
Hubris: The Origins of Russia's War Against Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukraine conflict that began eight years earlier. But the roots of the conflict began...
Old Japan: Secrets from the Shores of the Samurai
Discover the ancient ways of the Samurai and experience the stunning myth of Old Japan. Japan has often been thought of as a closed country, but before the country was...
Heaven on Earth: The Lives and Legacies of the World's Greatest
A glorious illustrated history of sixteen of the world's greatest cathedrals, interwoven with the extraordinary stories of the people who built them. 'An impeccable guide to the golden age of...
Born: The Untold History of Humanity
'Shaped by meticulous research, Inglis writes with clarity, pace and a sharp eye for surprising details.' - Alice Loxton, author of Eighteen and Uproar 'Deeply researched, smart, poignant, and witty.'...
Citizens of the Whole World: Anti-Zionism and the Cultures of the
Since October 7th, 2023, the world witnessed a massive American Jewish uprising in support of Palestinian liberation, from sit-ins in Congress and Grand Central Station, to petitions and marches in...
Victory in Australia: The Remarkable Story of England's Greatest Ashes
CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR - SPORTS BOOK AWARDS CRICKET SOCIETY - MCC BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Meticulously researched and unputdownable... splendidly atmospheric' - THE TIMES 'A wonderful book... an...
The Log Books: Voices of Queer Britain and the Helpline that Listened
An intimate history of LGBTQ+ life over four decades, discovered in a stash of forgotten, handwritten notes. 'A fantastic journey through an overlooked archive bursting with humanity and real life...
Hubris: The Origins of Russia's War Against Ukraine
On 24 February 2022, Russia launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine in an escalation of the Russo-Ukraine conflict that began eight years earlier. But the roots of the conflict began...
The Rest is History Returns: An A-Z of Historical Curiosities
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'The world's most successful history podcast . . . Holland and Sandbrook have pretty much reinvented popular history for the modern age' The Times From...
James and John: A True Story of Prejudice and Murder
*A BBC Radio 4 Book of the Week* 'Carefully observed, rich in detail, imaginative, compassionate and angry. A raw, unexpected portrait of Britain's grandeur, wealth, energy, cruelty and hypocrisy in...
Russia Starts Here: Real Lives in the Ruins of Empire - Shortlisted
SHORTLISTED FOR THE PUSHKIN HOUSE PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SALTIRES DEBUT NON-FICTION PRIZE 2025 SHORTLISTED FOR THE SHERBORNE PRIZE FOR TRAVEL WRITING 2026 'A different level of insight to...
Leyte Gulf: A New History of the World's Largest Sea Battle
A fascinating re-examination of the battle of Leyte Gulf, the largest naval encounter in history and probably the most decisive naval battle of the entire Pacific War, and one that...
Letters for the Ages Behind Bars: Letters from History's Most Famous
Letters for the Ages Behind Bars is a history of imprisonment told through the letters of people incarcerated over many centuries, for crimes committed or sometimes even for no reason...
Cypria: A Journey to the Heart of Cyprus - shortlisted for the London
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ANGLO-HELLENIC LEAGUE RUNCIMAN AWARD 2025 "A brilliant exploration of Cyprus's long history of cultural resilience. Superbly composed." -- Guardian One of National Geographic 's Summer Reads 2024...
Gertrude Stein: An Afterlife - 'Strikingly accomplished . . . utterly
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AMERICAN LIBRARY IN PARIS BOOK AWARD 2025 'Strikingly accomplished . . . utterly compelling.' SUNDAY TIMES 'A masterpiece of biography.' DAILY TELEGRAPH 'A total joy to read.'...
Arise, England: Six Kings and the Making of the English State
'An absorbing and eye-opening account of what the Plantagenets did for us.' - HELEN CASTOR 'Burt and Partington show precisely and engagingly why the Middle Ages matter.' - DAN JONES...
Some Men In London: Queer Life, 1960-1967
The second in a major two-part anthology uncovering the rich reality of life for queer men in London, from the end of the Second World War to decriminalization in 1967...
The Hitler Years: Holocaust 1933-1945
'This accessible history will keep the subject alive for a new generation [..] It is about providing an accessible, sober and vivid resource that keeps the subject alive. In this...
The Haunted Wood: A History of Childhood Reading
***A Financial Times, TLS, Economist and New Statesman Book of the Year 2024*** Can you remember the first time you fell in love with a book? The stories we read...
Margaret Beaufort: Survivor, Rebel, Kingmaker
Survivor. Rebel. Conspirator. Mother and grandmother of kings. Margaret Beaufort was one of the most remarkable and influential women of the Middle Ages. Margaret was born into a century of...
Work: The Last 1,000 Years
By the end of the nineteenth century, the general Western conception of work had been reduced to simply gainful employment. But this limited perspective contrasted sharply with the personal experience...
Can We Talk About Israel? (Revised and Updated): A Guide for the
An essential, accessible guide to one of the most complex, controversial topics in the world, from a leading expert on Israel and the Israeli-Palestinian conflict-now revised and updated. Israel-and its...
Shots Heard Round the World: America, Britain, and Europe in the
From acclaimed historian John Ferling, a major, global reappraisal of the Revolutionary War on its 250th Anniversary. In April 1775, British troops marched to Lexington, where an armed group of...
Plunder and Survival: Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration
Written by a Holocaust survivor whose family collected art, Plunder and Survival tells the stories of principal figures, events, and artworks that contribute to the intricate story of the ruthless...
The Rest is History Returns: An A-Z of Historical Curiosities
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The second bestselling book from 'the most joyous and brain-enhancing podcast out there' ( The Times ) - also including puzzles and a quiz! Tom...
Strong Roots: A Ukrainian Family Story, Interrupted
' An instant classic' NIGELLA LAWSON 'Sweeping, intimate, defiant and brimming with love' LOUISE KENNEDY 'It is the roots that keep the trees from falling during a storm. Olia Hercules...
The Golden Road: How Ancient India Transformed the World
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A Waterstones and TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR A SPECTATOR and History Today BOOK OF THE YEAR A revolutionary new history of the diffusion...
Soft: A Brief History of Sentimentality
'[An] erudite, immensely entertaining book...Mount makes for a delightful guide' -- Literary Review From troubadours to Twitter: a thousand years of feelings, fads and furious sentiment, from renowned essayist Ferdinand...
The Book of Sea Monsters: Leviathans of Literature
A fascinating and beautifully illustrated journey across the world and through the centuries in search of the sea monster. 'They rave for food with unceasing frenzy, being always ahungered and...
Empires of Violence: Massacre in a Revolutionary Age
Violence was a constant on all colonial frontiers, from the British expansion into the Australian and African continents, to the expansion of the United States and the Napoleonic Empire's many...
Ghosts of Iron Mountain: The Hoax that Duped America and its Sinister
A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR How did America end up trapped in a nightmare of conspiracy theories, in which millions see the government as an evil 'deep state'?...
The Lost Voices of Pompeii: The Final Day in Seven Lives
'Delightful ... Venner builds an excellent narrative of a city that was thriving and bustling with life at the very point it was snuffed out.' The Times We all know...
The Cooking of Books: A Literary Memoir
It is not often that an author and his editor strike up a relationship which survives forty years of epistolary exchanges and intellectual sparring. The strangely enduring and occasionally fractious...
Profits, Prophets, Coaches and Kings: (When) Do Leaders Make a
From the bestselling author of Guns, Germs and Steel, an exploration of the influence of leaders in politics, business, sport and religion We often read history as the biographies of...
The People's Victory: VE Day Through the Eyes of Those Who Were There
IN 1937, Charles Madge and Tom Harrisson created the social survey organisation Mass Observation to capture the thoughts, feelings and minutiae of individuals across the British Isles. At its height...
Peak Human: What We Can Learn from the Rise and Fall of Golden Ages
Golden ages are marked by periods of spectacular cultural flourishing, scientific exploration, technological achievement and economic growth: Ancient Greece gave us democracy and the rule of the law; out of...
Fallen: George Mallory: The Man, The Myth and the 1924 Everest Tragedy
'Mick Conefrey's Fallen is a marvellously researched and written story about the enigma of George Mallory and the fulfilment of his "Because it's there!"' Peter Hillary'Mick Conefrey's gripping account explores...
Gaza Faces History
Is the destruction of Gaza only a consequence of the October 7, 2023 attack, or is it also the outcome of a long process of dispossession and eradication? Do Palestinians...
Street Style: Dr. Martens: A visual history of the iconic brand
A collectible, pocket-sized visual history of the ground-breaking and ground-shaking street style brand. Discover the story of Dr. Martens, from its beginnings in 1901 as a producer of sturdy work...