History

Author: Lawrence Freedman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 522 '...Lawrence Freedman has provided a masterly account of the evolution of nuclear strategic thought which is steeped in scholarship, elegantly written,...

Author: Dan Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 720 Dan Jones's epic new history tells nothing less than the story of how the world we know today came to be...

Author: Simon Heffer Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 448 50 speeches from every period of British history from the medieval era to the present and a fascinating dip-in...

Author: Jonathan Van Ness Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Who gave Jonathan Van Ness permission to be the radiant human he is today? No one, honey. The...

Author: Patricia Williams Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 144 'I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place...

Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 496 'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily...

Author: Michelle Obama Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 A younger reader's edition of the number-one bestselling memoir by former first lady of the United States, Michelle Obama. With a...

Author: Amy Stanley Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 352 A groundbreaking new history of Edo, now modern-day Tokyo, that will change our understanding of Japanese history, placing women's...

Author: Julie Kavanagh Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 800 The incredible story of the 20th century's superstar ballet dancer, soon to be a major film by Ralph Fiennes...

Author: Robert Harris Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 The no. 1 bestselling author of MUNICH and THE SECOND SLEEP returns to the Second World War for his...

Author: Andrew Roberts Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 A comparison of nine leaders who led their nations through the some of greatest wars the world has ever...

Author: Jean Becker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 As chief of staff, Jean Becker had a ringside seat to the never-boring story of George Herbert Walker Bush's life post-presidency,...

Author: Dr Gregory Bryan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 Henry Lawson gave voice to a uniquely Australian identity and much of the Australian ethos of mateship was...

Author: Alan Smith Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 LONGLISTED FOR THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2018 A DAILY TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Alan's...

Author: Roman Dial Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 NATIONAL BESTSELLER "Gripping." -New York Times Book Review (Editor's Choice) * "A page-turner that will rip your heart out."...

Author: Charlotte Rampling Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 Oscar-nominated Charlotte Rampling most recently appeared in hit ITV drama Broadchurch, the BBC's London Spy and HBO's Dexter, and the feature...

Author: Clarence Ellis Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 240 Pebble hunting is a pleasant and health-giving hobby, whether pursued on a beach, the lake-side, or the river-bank, and...

Author, Thomas Frost Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 192 A drug addict and debaucher of women, Thomas Lyttelton, 2nd Baron Lyttelton, indulged in all the vices and libertinism...

Author, Nicholas Lezard (Non Fiction Reviews, guardian) Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 304 In 2007, Nicholas Lezard was kicked out of his home, for reasons we need not...

Author, David Passes Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 46 A witty and impassioned book on Ulster, which has been thrust into the centre of British and European politics...

Author, Tom Sullivan Format, Paperback / softback Number of Pages, 104 A thrilling new graphic nonfiction series about real FBI cases, launching with a gripping, minute-by-minute account of the only...

Author: Mike Love Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 The New York Times Bestseller Mike Love tells the story of his legendary, raucous, and ultimately triumphant five-decade career as the...

Author: James Bowen Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 When James Bowen found an injured, ginger street cat curled up in the hallway of his sheltered accommodation, he...

Author: Alice Haworth-Booth Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 168 Illustrated by Emily Haworth-Booth, and written by Emily and her sister Alice, this book is a timely history of peaceful protests...

Author: Jay Jayamohan Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 256 'There are two ways to open a child's head. The pretty way and the quick way. Usually I shave...

Author: Charlie English Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 336 'A riveting tale, brilliantly told' Philippe Sands The little-known story of Hitler's war on modern art and the mentally...

Author: Christopher Petkanas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Loulou de la Falaise was one of the most important women in the history of twentieth century fashion. Born in England...

Author: Ian Kershaw Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 704 The final chapter in the Penguin History of Europe series from the acclaimed scholar and author of To Hell and Back...

Author: Edmund Morris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 800 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From Pulitzer Prize-winning author Edmund Morris comes a revelatory new biography of Thomas Alva Edison, the...

Author: Gordon Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 "A terrifying and timely account of resistance in the face of the greatest of evils."--Alex Kershaw, New York Times bestselling author...

Author: Mary Jo McConahay Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 The Tango War fills an important gap in WWII history. Beginning in the thirties, both sides were well aware of...

Author: Eric Haseltine Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 The thrilling, true story of the race to find a leak in the United States Embassy in Moscow--before more American assets...

Author: Jon Gertner Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 A riveting, urgent account of the explorers and scientists racing to understand the rapidly melting ice sheet in Greenland, a dramatic...

Author: Deborah Riley Draper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400  The Untold Story of 18 African Americans Who Defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to Compete in the 1936 Berlin...

Author: Kurt Eichenwald Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 The compelling story of an acclaimed journalist and New York Times bestselling author's ongoing struggle with epilepsy--how, through personal resilience and...

Author: Ben Lewis Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 An epic quest exposes hidden truths about Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi, the recently discovered masterpiece that sold for $450 million-and...

Author: Andrew Rader Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 From brilliant young polymath Andrew Rader--an MIT-credentialed scientist, popular podcast host, and SpaceX mission manager--an illuminating chronicle of exploration that spotlights...

Author: Matthew Stanley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 "Stanley is a storyteller par excellence."--The Washington Post Kirkus Review starred review; Publishers Weekly starred review; Booklist starred review The birth...

Author: Michael Rosen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 It is the evening of July 18, 1898 and the world-renowned novelist Emile Zola is on the run. His crime? Taking...

Author: David Pilling Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 A provocative critique of the pieties and fallacies of our obsession with economic growth We live in a society in which...

Author: Michael Gross (Oxford UK) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 A fascinating and comprehensive look into the life of American fashion designer Ralph Lauren, now with an...

Author: Isabel Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 Explorer, sailor and navigator, Ferdinand Magellan led the first expedition to sail all the way around the world. He encountered lands...

Author: Isabel Thomas Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 64 Anti-apartheid revolutionary, politician and philanthropist, Nelson Mandela's journey from political prisoner to president of South Africa is an incredible tale of...

Author: Francis Spufford (author) Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 224 What would you find if you went back and re-read your favourite books from childhood? In The Child...

Author: Dominique Enright Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 162 He took his seat in Parliament in the reign of Queen Victoria, and died when Lyndon Johnson was in his second...

Author: John Higgs Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages:

Author: Jeremy Black Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 272 Despite being relatively brief, this very readable history covers environmental, political, social, economic, cultural and artistic elements, and is...

Author: Rachel Slade Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 416 In the tradition of The Perfect Storm and Into Thin Air, Rachel Slade's Into the Raging Sea is a...