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The Secret War: Spies, Codes and Guerrillas 1939-1945
Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 640 As gripping as any spy thriller, Max Hastings's account of the critical role of intelligence in the Second World...
Chastise: The Dambusters
Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 400 THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A masterly history of the Dambusters raid from bestselling and critically acclaimed Max Hastings. Operation...
The Great War for Civilisation: The Conquest of the Middle East
Author: Robert Fisk Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 1392 An astonishing and timely account of 50 years of bloodshed and tragedy in the Middle East from one of...
That Bird Has My Wings: The Autobiography of an Innocent Man on Death Row
Author: Jarvis Jay Masters
Format: Paperback / softback
Number of Pages: 304
Finding freedom behind the walls of San Quentin.
Letters to Gil
Author: Malik Al Nasir Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 320 'A searing, triumphant story. A testament to the tenacity of the human spirit as well as a beautiful...
Papillon (Harper Perennial Modern Classics)
Author: Henri Charriere Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 688 A classic memoir of prison breaks and adventure - a bestselling phenomenon of the 1960s Condemned for a murder...
Hear's the Thing: Lessons on Listening, Life, and Love
Author: Cody Alan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 We live in a world of noise where everyone is so quick to speak. When we slow down and give someone...
Bright Star, Green Light: The Beautiful and Damned Lives of John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald
Author: Jonathan Bate Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 432 A dazzling biography of two interwoven, tragic lives: John Keats and F. Scott Fitzgerald. 'Highly engaging ... Go now,...
Mr Horniman's Walrus: Legacies of a Remarkable Victorian Family
Author: Clare Paterson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 Family patriarch John Horniman established the tea company that bore his name in 1826, which went on to become one of...
The Lion House: The Coming of a King
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Author: Christopher de Bellaigue Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 "Christopher de Bellaigue has a magic talent for writing history. It is as if we are there as the era...
Burning Man: The Trials of D. H. Lawrence
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Author: Frances Wilson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 Shortlisted for the James Tait Black Prize An electrifying, revelatory new biography of D. H. Lawrence, with a focus on his...
Where the Children Take Us: How One Family Achieved the Unimaginable
Author: Zain E. Asher Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 In this spellbinding memoir, popular CNN anchor Zain Asher pays tribute to her mother's strength and determination to raise four...
A Short History of the World in 50 Books
Author: Daniel Smith Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 288 The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilization. It is a vessel for sharing stories,...
Then There Was Her
Author: Sophie Cachia Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 Social media and business entrepreneur Sophie Cachia reveals never-before-shared details of her marriage breakdown, and how delving into her feminine intuition...
Love and Deception: Philby in Beirut
Author: James Hanning Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 'A brilliantly researched and revelatory book, written with compelling authority and great narrative drive. Completely fascinating' William Boyd Love & Deception...
Who Says I Can't: The Astonishing Story of a Fearless Life
Author: Rob Mendez Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 On paper, Coach Rob Mendez sounds like any other football coach on any other field across America: passionate, authoritative, knowledgeable. But...
The Year 1000: When Explorers Connected the World--And Globalization Began
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Author: Valerie Hansen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 From celebrated Yale professor Valerie Hansen, a groundbreaking work of history showing that bold explorations and daring trade missions connected all...
Sea Stories: My Life in Special Operations
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Author: William H McRaven Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 In this instant New York Times bestseller, the celebrated author of Make Your Bed shares amazing adventure stories from his...
Stephen Hawking: An Unfettered Mind
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Author: Kitty Ferguson Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 Kitty Ferguson, the award-winning and international bestselling author of Stephen Hawking's biography, presents an even deeper portrait of the...
Agent Sniper: The Cold War Superagent and the Ruthless Head of the CIA
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Author: Tim Tate Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 The thrilling never-before-told story of Agent Sniper, one of the Cold War's most effective counter-agents Michal Goleniewski, cover name Sniper, was...
Demagogue: The Life and Long Shadow of Senator Joe McCarthy
Author: Larry Tye Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 640 The definitive biography of the most dangerous demagogue in American history, based on exclusive access to his papers and...
Every Human Intention: Japan in the New Century
Author: Dreux Richard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 A thoughtful, illuminating exploration of modern Japanese politics and culture through the eyes of an investigative reporter A stunning blend of...
Soldier, Sailor, Frogman, Spy: How the Allies Won on D-Day
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Author: Giles Milton Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 512 The international bestselling historian and host of the Unknown History podcast presents a ground-breaking account of the first 24...
Glass: The life and art of Klaus Moje
Author: Nola Anderson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 'It is always based on what I see, what is touching me.' For more than fifty years, Klaus Moje devoted his...
The Light of Days: The Untold Story of Women Resistance Fighters in Hitler's Ghettos
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Author: Judy Batalion Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Also on the USA Today, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Globe and Mail, Publishers Weekly, and...
The Lost Airman: A True Story of Escape from Nazi-Occupied France
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Author: Seth Meyerowitz Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 The remarkable, untold story of World War II American Air Force turret-gunner Staff Sergeant Arthur Meyerowitz, who was shot down over...
Liberation Through Hearing
Author: Richard Russell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'If sound is the fifth element, then Richard has nurtured and enhanced some of the most important soundwaves of our time'...
Exposed: The Greek and Roman Body - Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award
Author: Caroline Vout Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 The Greek and Roman body is often seen as flawless - cast from life in buff bronze and white marble, to...
Electronically Yours: Vol. I: My Autobiography
Author: Martyn Ware Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 This is a music autobiography to remember. This is the story of Martyn Ware. The Human League and Heaven 17 were...
The Windsor Diaries: A childhood with the young Princesses Elizabeth and Margaret
Author: Alathea Fitzalan Howard Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 **SPECTATOR BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020** **TIMES BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020** **SUNDAY EXPRESS BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2020** **A...
The Longest Story: How humans have loved, hated and misunderstood other species
Author: Richard Girling Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 The contradictions and moral ambiguities of our collective attitudes to animals are baffling. By telling the love-hate story of man and...
My Mess Is a Bit of a Life: Adventures in Anxiety
Author: Georgia Pritchett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'Funny, moving, insightful, vulnerable. A brave book and a brilliant read.' - Miranda Hart Multi-award-winning television writer and producer Georgia Pritchett...
Meshi: A personal history of Japanese food
Author: Katherine Tamiko Arguile Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 For Katherine Tamiko Arguile, the Japanese food her mother cooked was a portal to a part of her that sometimes...
Gathering Blossoms Under Fire: The Journals of Alice Walker
Author: Alice Walker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 560 'These journals are a revelation, a road map and a gift to us all' TAYARI JONES, author of An American Marriage...
Brave Hearted: The Dramatic Story of Women of the American West
Author: Katie Hickman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 The extraordinary, dramatic story of the women of the American west 'Brave Hearted is not just history, it is an incredibly...
Henry Viii Revealed: the Legacy of Holbein's Portraits
Author: Xanthe Brooke Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 96 Hans Holbein's portrait of Henry VIII perished in fire in 1698, yet has remained the definitive image of the English monarch,...
Raceless: 'A really engaging memoir about identity, race, family and secrets' GUARDIAN
Author: Georgina Lawton Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 'A jaw-dropping story, told deftly... a gripping, thought-provoking book.' The Sunday Times 'A poignant and eye opening memoir...a nuanced and crucial...
The World According to Razor: My Closest Shaves
Author: Neil 'Razor' Ruddock Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 'If you were expecting to read Razor's views on politics then you're going to be disappointed. Anybody who wants to...
Stonehouse: Cabinet Minister, Fraudster, Spy
Author: Julian Hayes Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 The true story behind the 2023 ITV series, STONEHOUSE, starring Matthew Macfayden and Keeley Hawes. 'An extraordinary life . . ....
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942
Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 464 The Sunday Times bestseller 'One of the most dramatic forgotten chapters of the war, as told in a new book by...
Survival of the City: Living and Thriving in an Age of Isolation
Author: Edward Glaeser Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 From New York to New Delhi, COVID-19 has had a devastating impact on our urban world, turning the physical proximity which...
The Power of Women: A doctor's journey of hope and healing
Author: Dr Dr Denis Mukwege Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 'These women are each a light and an inspiration, demonstrating how the best instincts of humanity - to love,...
Dead Famous: An Unexpected History of Celebrity from Bronze Age to Silver Screen
Author: Greg Jenner Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Fizzes with clever vignettes and juicy tidbits... [a] joyous romp of a book.' Guardian 'A fascinating, rollicking book in search of...
New Yorkers: A City and Its People in Our Time
Author: Craig Taylor Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 Terror Blackout Hurricane Recession Pandemic A symphony of contemporary New York told through the magnificent words of its people - from...
King Charles III
Author: Gill Knappett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 112 An illustrated celebration of the new King of the United Kingdom, His Royal Highness King Charles III This is the story...
Boleyn Boy: My Autobiography
Author: Mark Noble Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 *THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* This is the remarkable story of a local lad who grew up in the shadow of Upton...
My Remarkable Journey: A Memoir
Author: Katherine Johnson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story...
Living Brave: Lessons from Hurt, Lighting the Way to Hope
Author: Shannon Dingle Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 "Shannon's struggle, defiance, strength, and power emanate from every page. That kind of brave can be trusted." - Glennon Doyle, #1...