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Bibliotherapy: The Healing Power of Reading
'Utterly fascinating. I have long felt that books can be medicine. Now I understand why. Read this book. Feel better.' Beth Kempton, bestselling author of Wabi Sabi One of the...
Playing for Keeps
'The sapphic romance of my dreams' Mazey Eddings 'Filled with top-tier tension, sparkling banter and deliciously sweet heat. I couldn't put it down!' Grace Reily The new steamy queer rom-com...
The Englishman's Daughter: A captivating, heartbreaking WW2 novel
Torn between two nations, she will risk everything . . . Seventeen-year-old Elise Bouchard has always called Northern France home. But when her English father, Sidney Cooper, is captured by...
The Confessions of Samuel Pepys: His Private Revelations
'A brilliantly entertaining and revealing new transcription of Pepys's diary' Claire Tomalin A collection of the most personal aspects of Samuel Pepys' diaries, to celebrate the 200th anniversary of their...
The Satisfaction Cafe: 'Insightful, necessary and beautiful' Ann
'Captivating from the first sentence' Woman and Home 'Vivid and precise, deliciously cool-eyed, immensely readable' Jonathan Franzen 'Beautiful, superbly told ... just sublime!' Woman's Weekly Joan Liang's life is a...
Desert Sniper: How One Ordinary Brit Went to War Against ISIS
What makes an ordinary but highly educated Englishman, with no previous military training, decide to travel and fight in one of the most brutal conflicts on the planet? DESERT SNIPER...
Darktown: The remarkable, multi-award nominated historical crime
Atlanta, 1948. In this city, all crime is black and white. On one side of the tracks are the rich, white neighbourhoods; on the other, Darktown, the African-American area guarded...
The Woman Who Walked in Sunshine
THE SIXTEENTH BOOK IN THE BELOVED NO. 1 LADIES' DETECTIVE SERIES The one with Mma Ramotswe's summer holiday . . . Mma Ramotswe is taking a break, leaving important tasks...
The May Bride
I didn't stand a chance: looking back over thirteen years, that's what I see. In the very first instant, I was won over, and of course I was: I was...
The Housemaid: An absolutely addictive psychological thriller with a
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "Welcome to the family," Nina Winchester says as I shake her elegant, manicured hand. I smile politely, gazing around the marble hallway....
Filthy Rich Vampire: TikTok made me buy it! Twilight meets Gossip Girl
Twilight meets Gossip Girl and fake-dating meets vampires in the filthiest, spiciest, sexiest vampire book of the year by million-copy bestselling author and TikTok sensation Geneva Lee. Julian Rousseaux has...
A Tall Man In A Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians
Most British travel writers head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous or all three. Harry Pearson chose to head in the opposite direction for a country which...
The King Must Die: A Virago Modern Classic
'Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce, complex and eloquent, infused at every turn with her life-long passion for the Classics' Madeline Miller, bestselling author of Circe The...
The Letters of Muriel Spark (Volume 1)
The first of two volumes of the letters of Muriel Spark, one of the greatest and most fascinating writers of the twentieth century. *One of the TLS Books of the...
I'll Drink to That: New York's Legendary Personal Shopper and Her Life
Betty Halbreich is a true original. Now in her eighties, she has spent nearly forty years at the luxury store Bergdorf Goodman, working with socialites, stars and ordinary women. She...
Be Safe I Love You
BE SAFE I LOVE YOU tells the story of Lauren Clay, a woman soldier returned from Iraq, and her beloved younger brother Danny, obsessed with Arctic exploration and David Bowie,...
A Danger to Herself and Others: From the author of Faceless
Only when she's locked away does the truth begin to escape... Seventeen-year-old Hannah Gold has always been treated like a grown up. As the only child of two New York...
A Place in England: Longlisted for the Lost Booker Prize
Joseph Tallantire has hope and ambition - like his father before him he is determined to make something of himself and improve his lot. But life is not easy for...
Turner: The Life of Britain's Greatest Painter
Landscape painter J.M.W. Turner was reticent about his private life. In this blend of biography and art history, the author introduces Turner to a new generation, scotches many Turner myths,...
Songs of the Doomed: More Notes on the Death of the American Dream
I was thinking; my mind was running at top speed, scanning and sorting my options. They ranged all the way from Dumb and Dangerous to Crazy, Evil, and utterly wrong...
To the Stars and Back (A Graphic Novel): Volume 1
Opposites attract in this sweet neighbors-to-lovers romance based on a WEBTOON favorite-now with an exclusive new bonus story! Perfect for fans of Heartstopper looking for their next sweet slow-burn queer...
You've Goth My Heart
A blood-curdlingly spooky and darkly funny romance about how falling in love is scary AF, perfect for fans of Wednesday and Heartstopper. When Gray gets a text from a wrong...
Heiress Among Thieves
Stealing from her rich family was supposed to be a fun winter getaway for teen mastermind Olivia Owens, but when a rival thief, a love triangle, and a murder suspect...
Rokka: Braves of the Six Flowers, Vol. 6 (Novel)
After the Braves leave the Temple of Fate, Tgurneu's army is advancing, and fending them off will be difficult with their limited strength. They have no choice but to take...
Crash: The Great Depression and the Fall and Rise of America
The incredible true story of how real people weathered one of the most turbulent periods in American history-the Great Depression-and emerged triumphant. From the sweeping consequences of the stock market...
Dinner with King Tut: How Rogue Archaeologists Are Recreating the
From the New York Times bestselling author of The Disappearing Spoon , a romp through the entire history of humankind-from 75,000 B.C. to the dawn of the modern age. From...
Learning to Fall
Daphne doesn't want to be stuck in Oakland with her dad. She wants to get on the first plane to Prague, where her mom is shooting a movie. Armed with...
Unhooked: Free Yourself from Addiction Forever
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Learn to identify the "hooks" that trigger your addictive behavior and replace compulsive habits with constructive ones using this helpful guide from a mental health expert. As a...
Another Bloody Century: Future Warfare
Many nations, peoples and special interest groups believe that violence will advance their cause. Warfare has changed greatly since the Second World War, but most western armed forces have yet...
The French Revolution
A major new political history of the French Revolution In 1786, France's ancien regime was functioning as usual. Its alliance with the victorious American colonies had restored its diplomatic prestige,...
The Long Death of Adolf Hitler: An Investigative History
A fascinating exploration of why Hitler's death was only confirmed in 2018 Adolf Hitler has taken a long time to die, despite the lethal efficiency of the gun he put...
The Impossible Bomb: The Hidden History of British Scientists and the
The remarkable story of the forgotten British scientists who enabled the Manhattan Project to create the atomic bomb Atomic weaponry is widely understood as a story of American scientific achievement-but...
Choose Wisely: Rationality, Ethics, and the Art of Decision-Making
A leading psychologist and philosopher challenge the shortcomings of rational choice theory-and propose a new framework for understanding decision-making For many decision scientists, their starting point-drawn from economics-is a quantitative...
A Little History of the United States
A character-filled history that brings the American saga to life "This is a little history with a big heart, meant to be savored more than studied, read out loud like...
Ramesses the Great: Egypt's King of Kings
The life, dramatic reign, and enduring legacy of the pharaoh Ramesses the Great, with lessons for the present, from internationally acclaimed Egyptologist Toby Wilkinson "The author succeeds in bringing this...
The Seven Measures of the World
The fascinating stories behind the essential seven units of measurement that allow us to understand the physical world "Entertaining popular science and a literate tale of why things are as...
They Flew: A History of the Impossible
An award-winning historian's examination of impossible events at the dawn of modernity and of their enduring significance "Historically rich and superbly written."-David J. Davis, Wall Street Journal Accounts of seemingly...
Theoderic the Great: King of Goths, Ruler of Romans
The first full-scale history of Theoderic and the Goths in more than seventy-five years, tracing the transformation of a divided kingdom into a great power "A monumental exploration. . ....
Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World
How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West's intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to...
Wartime Letters: London and Moscow 1941-1945
The extraordinary story of Kathleen Harriman, daughter of the US ambassador to the USSR, told through her wartime letters Kathleen Harriman was the daughter of American businessman W. Averell Harriman....
Indira Gandhi and the Years that Transformed India
The gripping story of Indira Gandhi's premiership-and the profound influence she had on India Indira Gandhi's ascent as prime minister of India in 1966 was entirely unforeseen. But she soon...
The Origins of Judaism: An Archaeological-Historical Reappraisal
Groundbreaking research that utilizes archaeological discoveries and ancient texts to revolutionize our understanding of the beginnings of Judaism "A bravura study."- Publishers Weekly (starred review) Throughout much of history, the...
Behind Caesar's Back: Rumor, Gossip, and the Making of the Roman
A thrilling exploration of what Romans thought about their emperors, and how rumors and gossip-ranging from new taxes to rulers' sex lives-shaped leadership Traversing more than seven hundred years of...
Crassus: The First Tycoon
The story of Rome's richest man, who died a humiliating desert death in search of military glory "A perfectly paced biography."-Tom Holland, Times Literary Supplement Marcus Licinius Crassus (115-53 BCE)...
Cannabis: A Natural History
The definitive story of cannabis, from its evolution and biological quirks to its role in human history In this entertaining natural history, Rob DeSalle provides a glimpse into the biological...
The Artist's Reality: Philosophies of Art
Mark Rothko's classic book on artistic practice, ideals, and philosophy, now with an expanded introduction and an afterword by Makoto Fujimura Stored in a New York City warehouse for many...
Time for Socialism: Dispatches from a World on Fire, 2016-2021
A chronicle of recent events that have shaken the world, from the author of Capital in the Twenty-First Century "What makes this manifesto noteworthy is that it comes from ....
Cryptic: From Voynich to the Angel Diaries, the Story of the World's
An absorbing history of Europe's nine most puzzling texts, including the biggest mystery of all: the Voynich Manuscript Books can change the world. They can influence, entertain, transport, and enlighten....