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The Big Book of Britain: Cheers to the Crown, Churchill, Shakespeare, the Beatles, and All Things British!
Author: Tim Rayborn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 Dive in and discover this island nation's unique charm and fascinating story. More than 200 stories are sure to delight Anglophiles,...
Lost: A History of Disappearances
Author: Tim Rayborn Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 The Bermuda Triangle. Amelia Earhart. The Mary Celeste. D.B. Cooper. The lost colony of Roanoke. The Lindbergh baby. With puzzling disappearances...
The Silent Day: A Landmark Oral History of D-Day on the Home Front
Author: Max Arthur Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 336 On 6 June 1944 Britain woke up to a profound silence. Overnight, 160,000 Allied troops had vanished and an eerie emptiness...
Pastoralist Landscapes and Social Interaction in Bronze Age Eurasia
Author: Michael David Frachetti Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 232 Offering a fresh archaeological interpretation, this work reconceptualizes the Bronze Age prehistory of the vast Eurasian steppe during one of...
Lost at Sea: Found at Fukushima
Author: Andy Millar Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 260 On a calm, tropical afternoon in the South Atlantic Ocean in April 1942, a British tramp steamer, the SS Willesden, was...
Macarthur at War: World War II in the Pacific
Author: Walter R. Borneman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 608 World War II changed the course of history. Douglas MacArthur changed the course of World War II. MACARTHUR AT WAR...
The Missing of the Somme
Author: Geoff Dyer Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 240 The Missing of the Somme has become a classic meditation upon war and remembrance. It weaves a network of myth and...
All the Wide Border: Wales, England and the Places Between
Author: Mike Parker Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A Waterstones Travel Book of the Year 2023 A funny, warm and timely meditation on identity and belonging, following the scenic...
The Queen's Speeches: Poignant and Inspirational Speeches from Queen Elizabeth II's 70-Year Reign
Author: Lucy York Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 During her 70-year reign she delivered many poignant, touching and inspirational speeches, always with a warmth and sincerity, many of which...
On the Horizon
Author: Lois Lowry Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 80 From two-time Newbery medalist and living legend Lois Lowry comes a moving account of the lives lost in two of WWII's...
Hillbilly Elegy: A Memoir of a Family and Culture in Crisis
Author: J. D. Vance Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Waterstones Nonfiction Book of the Month (June) 'THE POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR' Sunday Times 'You...
Nazi Billionaires: The Dark History of Germany's Wealthiest Dynasties
Author: David de Jong Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 'Lucid and damning ... an absorbing - and infuriating - tale of complicity, coverup and denial' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE, author...
Russia: Myths and Realities
Author: Sir Rodric Braithwaite Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Russia is the largest country in the world, with the largest arsenal of nuclear weapons. Over a thousand years this...
Geography Is Destiny: Britain and the World, a 10,000 Year History
Author: Ian Morris Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 576 Geography is Destiny tells the history of Britain and its changing relationships with Europe and the wider world, from its physical...
New Rome: The Roman Empire in the East, AD 395 - 700 - Longlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic Runciman Award
Author: Paul Stephenson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 464 Long before Rome fell to the Ostrogoths in AD 476, a new city had risen to take its place as the...
Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector
Author: Amit Katwala Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023 'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector...
Tremors in the Blood: Murder, Obsession and the Birth of the Lie Detector
Author: Amit Katwala Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 Nominated for the CWA Dagger Award 2023 'A wonderful book' - Guardian Truth, murder and the birth of the lie detector...
Authenticity: Reclaiming Reality in a Counterfeit Culture
Author: Alice Sherwood Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 416 'Wide-ranging, witty and fresh ... a stimulating read. Authentic fun' Tim Harford, Financial Times Best Summer Books 2022 'Brilliantly witty, profoundly...
Saved: A War Reporter's Mission to Make It Home
Author: Benjamin Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 AN INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "An affecting, singular story...a bracing tale of life on the edge of death." -Kirkus...
Rebels Against the Raj: Western Fighters for India's Freedom
Author: Ramachandra Guha Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 WINNER OF THE ELIZABETH LONGFORD PRIZE FOR HISTORICAL BIOGRAPHY 'A narrative of startling originality ... As discussions of Britain's colonial legacy...
Guns, Germs and Steel: The MILLION-COPY bestselling history of everybody (20th Anniversary Edition)
Author: Jared Diamond Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 'A book of big questions, and big answers' Yuval Noah Harari, bestselling author of Sapiens A short history of everybody for...
The World According to Joan Didion
Author: Evelyn McDonnell Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 An intimate exploration of the life, craft, and legacy of one of the most revered and influential writers, an artist who...
God's Philosophers: How the Medieval World Laid the Foundations of Modern Science
Author: James Hannam Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 The adjective 'medieval' has become a synonym for brutality and uncivilised behaviour. Yet without the work of medieval scholars there could...
Saved from the Waves: Animal Rescues of the RNLI
Author: The RNLI Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 She has to be OK, I pleaded silently to myself. She has to be. 'We've alerted the RNLI and they're sending...
Last Call at the Hotel Imperial: The Reporters Who Took on a World at War
Author: Deborah Cohen Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 592 'Effervescent' New Yorker Best Books Of 2022 So Far 'Bursts with colour and incident' FT Best Books of Summer Read this...
Hidden Histories: 100 Wild Stories You Never Learned in History Class
Author: Tim Rayborn Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 We all know what was written in the history books. There are some stories we've heard a hundred times-but often our...
How To Say Babylon: A Jamaican Memoir
Author: Safiya Sinclair Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 'Dazzling. Potent. Vital' TARA WESTOVER 'To read it is to believe that words can save' MARLON JAMES 'I adored this book...
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
Author: Cat Jarman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES From bioarchaeologist and bestselling author...
The Courage to Be Free: Florida's Blueprint for America's Revival
Author: Ron DeSantis Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 320 No American leader has accomplished more for his state than Governor Ron DeSantis. Now he reveals how he did it. He...
Grace: President Obama and Ten Days in the Battle for America
Author: Cody Keenan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "At a time when the meaning of America is up for grabs, Cody Keenan's new book...
Tired and Tested: The Wild Ride Into Parenthood
Author: Sophie McCartney Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 304 Welcome to the jungle... When you've grown up thinking your twenties are all about working hard, playing hard and trying not...
Slouching Towards Bethlehem
Author: Joan Didion Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 256 Joan Didion's savage masterpiece, which, since first publication in 1968, has been acknowledged as an unparalleled report on the state of...
My Own Words
Author: Ruth Bader Ginsburg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 400 The New York Times bestselling book from Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg-"a comprehensive look inside her brilliantly analytical, entertainingly...
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great
Author: Alex Rowson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a...
Cold-Water Eden
Author: Richie Fitzgerald Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 352 An immersive memoir about a groundbreaking surfing career, and a stunning portrait of Ireland as one of the world's most captivating...
King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne
Author: Arthur Edwards Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 192 A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Stunning, photographic King Charles III memorabilia gift for royal fans As the nation celebrates the coronation of...
Unbroken
Author: Laura Hillenbrand Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 500 The incredible true story of Louis Zamperini, now a major motion picture directed by Angelina Jolie. On a May afternoon in...
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
Author: Daniel Finkelstein Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'A modern classic' OBSERVER...
Charles Darwin: Victorian Mythmaker
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Author: A N Wilson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 448 A radical reappraisal of Charles Darwin from the bestselling author of Victoria: A Life. With the publication of On the...
Winnie & Nelson: Portrait of a Marriage
Author: Jonny Steinberg Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 'Gripping and profoundly moving' DAMON GALGUT 'Deft and operatic' OBSERVER A TIMES BEST BIOGRAPHY OF 2023 From one of South Africa's...
Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad: A Family Memoir of Miraculous Survival
Author: Daniel Finkelstein Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 496 THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Epic, moving and important' ROBERT HARRIS 'A modern classic' OBSERVER...
Abyss: World on the Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
Author: Max Hastings Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 576 A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile...
The Bone Chests: Unlocking the Secrets of the Anglo-Saxons
Author: Cat Jarman Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES From bioarchaeologist and bestselling author...
She's Nice Though: Essays on Being Bad at Being Good
Author: Mia Mercado Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 AN NPR BOOK-OF-THE-DAY * A PUBLISHERS WEEKLY STAFF PICK * A NYLON MUST-READ * A FORTUNE NEW BOOK TO READ IN...
Lethal Tides: Mary Sears and the Marine Scientists Who Helped Win World War II
Author: Catherine Musemeche, MD Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 "Magnificently researched, brilliantly written, Lethal Tides is immensely entertaining and reads like an action novel. Catherine Musemeche has brought to...
Queen Elizabeth II: A Lifetime Dressing for the World Stage
Author: Jane Eastoe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 128 Exquisite and sumptuous, immaculately tailored, dignified and, above all, practical. The wardrobe of Queen Elizabeth II was as distinctive in style...
It's Not Yet Dark
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Author: Simon Fitzmaurice Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 176 In 2008, Simon Fitzmaurice was diagnosed with Motor Neurone Disease (mnd). He was given four years to live. In 2010, in...
The Right Kind of Confident: The Remarkable Grit of a God-Fearing Woman
Author: Mary A. Kassian Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 224 What if we stopped placing our confidence in the things of this world-and instead put our trust in the only...