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1942: Britain at the Brink
'Taylor Downing is a wonderful historian and a wonderful history communicator' Dan Snow, History Hit 'Vividly brings to life a terrible year' Max Hastings, Sunday Times 'Sheds intriguing light on...
8 Lives of a Century-Old Trickster: Longlisted for the Women's Prize for Fiction 2024
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Captivating' New York Times 'Dazzling' Financial Times 'A cracking read' Historical Novel Society SLAVE. ESCAPE-ARTIST. MURDERER. TERRORIST. SPY. LOVER. MOTHER. TRICKSTER . At the Golden Sunset retirement...
Echoes: A memoir continued . . .
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Scenic Wye Valley isn't the typical place for a rock story to begin, but when Echo & the Bunnymen hit the studio to record their ground-breaking...
The New India: The Unmaking of the World's Largest Democracy
The New India is the unforgettable account of the struggle between modern forces and ancient ideas to shape the young country's destiny. It reveals a picture of a nation on...
Mortal Secrets: Freud, Vienna and the Discovery of the Modern Mind
Like Sarah Bakewell's How to Live and Andrea Wulf's Magnificent Rebels , Mortal Secrets is a lively and accessible portrait of a major figure - Sigmund Freud - and the...
The Dance of Life: The New Science of How a Single Cell Becomes a Human Being
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A renowned biologist's cutting-edge and unconventional examination of human reproduction and embryo research Scientists have long struggled to make pregnancy easier, safer, and more successful. In The Dance of Life...
Power Trip: The Story of Energy
For centuries, human activity has been dominated by the need to fuel human civilization. Energy is unique: no other physical resource in society has had such a wide-ranging impact on...
Life Without Plastic: The Practical Step-by-Step Guide to Avoiding Plastic to Keep Your Family and the Planet Healthy
After the birth of their son, Jay Sinha and Chantal Plamondon set out on a journey to eliminate plastic baby bottles as the Canadian government moved to ban BPA. When...
The Force: The Legendary Special Ops Unit and WWII's Mission Impossible
December 1943. A German fort sits impregnable atop a mountain. Standing between the Allied forces and their path to Rome is a steep climb up a 200-foot cliff, in the...
Meatsmith: Home Cooking For Friends And Family
Celebrated Australian restaurateur Andrew McConnell (Gimlet, Cutler & Co) and world class butcher Troy Wheeler unite for Meatsmith: Home Cooking For Friends and Family, featuring more than 80 brilliant recipes...
Hitler and Stalin: The Tyrants and the Second World War
"Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account of how two terrible dictators led their countries in the most destructive and inhumane...
A Woman of Intrigue
'Written with an incredible eye for detail of the historical setting, this wonderful romantic tale will earn your respect and keep you entertained' Adele Parks 'If you loved Her Heart...
Spice Box: Easy, Everyday Indian Food
The debut cookery book from Ireland's leading Indian chef- over 100 easy, fresh recipes to make everyday Great Indian food is about making food come alive from a handful of...
The Mistress of Ashmore Castle: an unputdownable period drama for fans of THE CROWN
The third novel in the Ashmore Castle series, perfect for fans of DOWNTON ABBEY, from the author of the hugely successful MORLAND DYNASTY novels Behind the doors of the magnificent...
Sages, Saints & Kings of Ancient India
The people of ancient times were inclined to give their attention not only to the external world of inert matter, but also to the world within, the vital world of...
The Blue Age: How the US Navy Created Global Prosperity--And Why We're in Danger of Losing It
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The US Navy brought half a century of peace and free trade to the world's waterways. But climate change and rising nationalism threaten to end this blue age. For decades,...
How to Deceive a Duke
Fiona McTavish is an engineer, a chemist, a rebel-and no one's idea of a proper lady. She prefers breeches to ballrooms, but her new invention-matches-will surely turn as many heads....
Wings on My Sleeve: The fascinating autobiography of one of the world's greatest test pilots
Eric Brown was on a University of Edinburgh exchange course in Germany in 1939, and the first he knew of the war was when the Gestapo came to arrest him....
Sinatra: The Chairman
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Just in time for the Chairman's centennial, the endlessly absorbing sequel to James Kaplan's bestselling Frank: The Voice --which completes the definitive biography that Frank Sinatra, justly termed the "Entertainer...
Lightning Down: A World War II Story of Survival
An American fighter pilot doomed to die in Buchenwald but determined to survive. On August 13, 1944, Joe Moser set off on his forty-fourth combat mission over occupied France. Soon,...
Letters From Everest: Unpublished Letters from Mallory's Life and Death in the Mountains
'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....
Escape From Shadow Physics: Quantum Theory, Quantum Reality and the Next Scientific Revolution
'A LANDMARK IN THE HISTORY AND PHILOSOPHY OF PHYSICS' - Jean Bricmont The received wisdom in quantum physics is that, at the deepest levels of reality, there are no actual...
Powerless: TikTok Made Me Buy It! The epic romantasy series taking the world by storm!
OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLD! THE INSTANT NO. 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLING PHENOMENON. 'Nothing short of epic' Rosie Talbot, bestselling author of Sixteen Souls ' A thrilling fantasy with the most...
The Ultimate Soup Cookbook: Sensational Soups for Healthy Living
This conveniently sized edition of The Ultimate Soup Cookbook brings comfort food to your kitchen with over 125 delicious soup recipes for every occasion! Have a cozy dish ready for...
The Palace of Eros
WINNER OF THE 2024 GOLDEN POPPY OCTAVIA E. BUTLER AWARD 'A brilliant and luminous writer' Madeline Miller, author of The Song of Achilles and Circe 'Riveting, sublime, magical, and wildly...
A History of the Human Brain: From the Sea Sponge to CRISPR, How Our Brain Evolved
Crack open this book and take a read. You will be transported, illuminated, and delighted. Psychology Today Just 125,000 years ago, humanity was on a path to extinction, until a...
The Trial: the twisty, addictive thriller from the author of DON'T LOOK BACK
'Jo Spain is a sublime storyteller . . . this is a book you won't want to put down' JANE CASEY 2014, Dublin: at St Edmunds, an elite college on...
Holmes and Moriarty: The new official Sherlock Holmes novel
Can you solve the mystery before the greatest detective of all time? Sherlock Holmes and his faithful friend, Dr John Watson, have been hired by actor George Reynolds. George wants...
After Dark: Murakami's atmospheric masterpiece, now in a deluxe gift
A special hardback edition of Murakami's mesmerising and evocative classic, After Dark. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author. A beautifully packaged hardback edition of...
Sputnik Sweetheart: a deluxe gift edition of Murakami's masterful tale
A special hardback edition of Murakami's classic love story, Sputnik Sweetheart. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from the author. A beautifully packaged hardback edition of Haruki...
The Wisteria Society of Lady Scoundrels: Bridgerton meets Peaky
Bridgerton meets Peaky Blinders in the first book in The Dangerous Damsels series - an enemies-to-lovers romance with a fantastical twist . . . Cecilia Bassingwaite belongs to the prestigious...
Cod
Charting the waves a mere fish can send through history, Kurlansky has fashioned an epic masterpiece out of a seemingly small subject. 'Who would ever think that a book on...
The Nutmeg Trail: A culinary journey along the ancient spice routes
Award-winning writer Eleanor Ford's recipes and stories explore how centuries of spice trading and cultural diffusion changed the world's cuisine. A unique and enlightening guide to cooking with spice, the...
The Butcher's Boy
Murder has always been easy for the Butcher's Boy - it's what he was raised to do. But when he kills the senior senator from Colorado and arrives in Las...
Finding Your Family Tree: A Beginner's Guide to Researching Your
Finding Your Family Tree is the perfect guide for beginners of all backgrounds entering the world of genealogy, providing techniques for finding and understanding your family history.Genealogy offers you the...
The Vanity Fair Diaries: 1983-1992
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The sizzling diaries of Tina Brown's eight spectacular years as editor in chief of Vanity Fair paint a riveting portrait of the flash, dash and follies of the Eighties in...
Bad Blood: Rivalry and Art History
Why is there so much bad blood involved in the stories of artists and their artworks? Immerse yourself in 18 infamous artistic rivalries, dramatized with gripping moments of narrative, to...
How to Win a Grand Prix: From Pit Lane to Podium - the Inside Track
'Bernie is not only a great strategist, but also a great team player and competitor' Sebastian Vettel***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*** Race-winning team strategist shows how F1 really works. Welcome...
Shaken Not Purred: Kitty-themed Cocktails for Cat Lovers
From the ancient Egyptian hieroglyphs to the modern Grumpy Cat meme, 51% of the population have been obsessing over cats for centuries. And what better way to celebrate our feline...
When the Apricots Bloom: The evocative and emotionally powerful story
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At night, in Huda's fragrant garden of apricot trees, a breeze sweeps in from the desert, carrying warning of visitors at her gate . . . Huda, a secretary...
Holy City
A passenger liner runs aground on the muddy banks of the Rio de la Plata. One by one, its passengers are abducted by Buenos Aires' criminal classes. As the kidnapping...
The Anatomists' Library: The Books that Unlocked the Secrets of the
The Anatomists Library is a fascinating chronological collection of the best anatomical books from six centuries, charting the evolution of both medical knowledge and illustrated publishing.There is a rich history...
Broken Ghosts: a haunting, gothic coming-of-age story from the
'A beautifully written novel imbued with empathy, spirits and magic' Scottish Daily MailSpring, 1985. Twelve year old Phoebe MacDonald's world is falling apart.She has just buried her parents, a fire...
The Illusionist: The True Story of the Man Who Fooled Hitler
Cairo, 1942: If you had asked a British officer who Colonel Clarke was, they would have been able to point him out: always ready with a drink and a story,...
The Traitor of Arnhem: WWII's Greatest Betrayal and the Moment That
Sunday Times Bestselling author of The Traitor of Colditz Robert Verkaik reveals the incredible never-before-told story of the role played by the Cambridge Spies in the British defeat at Arnhem"A...
The Battle of the Ypres-Comines Canal 1940: France and Flanders
Known in some accounts as the Battle of Wijtschaete, the confrontation along the Ypres-Comines Canal in 1940 is still hardly remembered in this country and, apart from the battle honours...
The Second Lady Silverwood: 'If you're girding your loins for
1814. Following the tragic death of his wife, Sir Benedict Silverwood know shemust marry again. He desperately needs an heir, and his young daughter Lucyneeds a mother even more so....
Last Stands: Why Men Fight When All Is Lost
What is heroism? What are its moral components-altruism, love, self-sacrifice? Why was it once celebrated, and now often dismissed as anachronistic? In this dramatic and readable account of last stands...