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#1 Sunday Times bestseller in both hardback and paperback, this head-to-toe tour of the marvel that is the human body is as compulsively readable as it is comprehensive. Bryson at...

The number one Sunday Times bestseller- Bill Bryson's first travel book for fifteen years - a brand new journey around Britain. WINNER- NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC TRAVELLER READER AWARD FOR BEST TRAVEL...

Let our favourite writer of narrative non-fiction take you back to a summer when America came of age and changed the world for ever. In summer 1927, America had a...

Set during the darkest days of the Cold War, a tautly-told, nail-bitingly atmospheric historical thriller about two competing KGB operatives caught in a race to secure the devastating truth behind...

From established historian James Holland, this is the top ten bestselling and second biggest history book of 2019. 'A devastating new account..Holland knows his stuff when it comes to military...

The untold story of the first nomadic empire and the making of China. 'Man does for the reader that most difficult of tasks- he conjures up an ancient people in...

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research. ** Challenger- A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on...

The untold story of one of WW2's most extraordinary and significant battles which marked the turning of the tide of the war in the jungles of Burma 'A thrilling blow-by-blow...

The definitive biography of Saladin. Saladin remains one of the most iconic figures of his age. As the man who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in...

The Sunday Times and NYT bestseller. A shocking true-life thriller about corruption, dirty politics and murder in Russia by one of Putin's Most Wanted. 'An unburdening, a witness statement and...

Delightfully contrarian, this is the one book you need to read to understand our modern world We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of...

How Arif Naqvi Duped The Global Elite Arif Naqvi was a man with immeasurable dreams- to end world suffering, poverty and disease. His vision- capitalism for good; profit and progress....

What are the signs of a thriving long term relationship? The Gottman Institute 'Love Lab' doctors reveal the golden rules of making love last. What really makes a relationship work?...

The New York Times bestselling book which examines how humans experience music and unravels the mystery of our perennial love affair with it Using musical examples from Bach to the...

The incredible story behind the greatest female spy in history from one of Britain's best historians, now in paperback Ursula Kuczynski Burton was a spymaster, saboteur, bomb-maker and secret agent....

The essential guide to surviving modern life - a crash course in emotional maturity from the bestselling author of The Consolations of Philosophy This is a book about everything you...

A Sunday Times bestseller -- the first authoritative general account for thirty years This landmark work answers two fundamental questions - how, and why, did the Holocaust happen? Laurence Rees...

Dazzling, essential, unlike anything else published today - a memoir on modern womanhood, smashing through social expectations and making the case for thrilling, transformative freedom What does it mean to...

Proven solutions for better nights, from the 'sleep guru' to international sports stars. One third of our lives are spent trying to sleep. Most us have disturbed, restless nights and...

A fascinating and practical guide from two New York Times bestselling authors, backed by state-of-the-art scientific research Drawing on cutting-edge research, friends and Harvard collaborators Daniel Goleman and Richard Davidson...

The No. 1 Bestseller- Hitler's ill-fated final stand, from the bestselling author of Stalingrad, Berlin and D-Day On 16 December 1944, Hitler launched his 'last gamble' in the snow-covered forests...

The incredible autobiography of Yeonmi Park- a North Korean defector who escaped across the Gobi desert and is now a leading spokesperson for human rights at just 24 years old...

The tale of the campaign that determined the outcome of the Second World War - 'truly gripping' (Andrew Roberts) The Battle of the Atlantic was - though often overlooked -...

Embrace your inner Picasso - wisdom and smart thinking from Da Vinci to Ai Weiwei Why do some people seem to find it easy to come up with fresh, brilliant...

Paul Theroux takes us on a riveting journey into the heart of the South, America's other country For the past fifty years, Paul Theroux has travelled to the far corners...

What businesses do doesn't matter. It's all about WHY you do it. Simon Sinek's recent video on 'The Millennial Question' went viral with over 150 million views. Start with Why...

Viewed in the West as a time of self-confident progress, the Victorian period was experienced by Asians as a catastrophe. Pankaj Mishra's provocative account of how China, India and the...

A groundbreaking work on the root cause of our ills, which is changing the way politicians think Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why...

'A big novel, full of bold ideas. Races along like an expert thriller' GQ One of the most influential and imaginative writers of the past twenty years turns his attention...

The definitive translation of our history's founding legal document - translated with a new commentary by David Carpenter 'No free man shall be seized or imprisoned, or stripped of his...

The phenomenal top ten bestseller that shows how everyone can understand how the universe works The Quantum Universe brings together two authors on a brilliantly ambitious mission to show that...

A delightful book about Italy's unexpected history, told through its citrus fruits The story of citrus runs through the history of Italy like a golden thread, and by combining travel...

'Mesmeric, haunting and heartbreakingly tragic. A profound, alluring masterwork of singular genius' Eileen Battersby, Irish Times In 1939, five-year-old Jacques Austerlitz is sent to England on a Kindertransport and placed...

The classic Danish trilogy hailed as a masterpiece on publication in English last year - now in a single volume in Penguin Modern Classics Growing up in a working-class neighbourhood...

A magical, substantially true narrative of piracy, zoology, anthropology, danger and adventure in the seventeenth-century Caribbean, Pacific and East Indies The first great English-language travel book, A New Voyage Round...

From the author of His Dark Materials come four tales of myth, magic and adventure. The Firework Maker's Daughter I Was A Rat! Clockwork The Scarecrow and His Servant A...

The ground-breaking history of civil rights and inequality by legendary political activist and scholar Angela Y. Davis 'Black women were equal to their men in the oppression they suffered; they...

A No. 1 New York Times bestseller. An international phenomenon. A spiritual masterpiece - now in pocket form. 'My no. 1 guru will always be Eckhart Tolle.' Chris Evans 'A...

The first ever graphic novel treatment of Orwell's seminal fable, now in paperback When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the farm...

In this newly translated classic of spiritual literature, Bernanos considers what it really means to be humble, charitable and loving This quiet, imaginative novel is a study of faith in...

The greatest classic of Vietnamese literature in a stunning new verse translation. "This manuscript is ancient, priceless, bamboo-rolled, perfumed with musty spices. Sit comfortably by this good light, that you...

The inspiring true story of a father and son's fight to stay together and to survive the Holocaust In 1939, Gustav Kleinmann, a Jewish upholsterer in Vienna, was seized by...

A multimillion-copy bestselling book of spiritual wisdom about slowing down in our fast-paced world The world moves fast, but that doesn't mean we have to. In this timely guide to...

A new translation and abridgement of one of the four classical Chinese novels, this is the epic story of the fall of the Han dynasty and rise of the Three...

As we publish all of le Carre's work for the first time, a special look for the books featuring his iconic character, George Smiley George Smiley, now chief of the...

A rich and exquisite anthology that illuminates Japanese travel over a thousand years Shortlisted for the NSW Translation Prize Discover a realm of travel writing undreamed of in the West...

Hayes's masterpiece is an exquisite depiction of a doomed love affair set in noirish, 1950s New York In a Manhattan bar, a middle-aged man tells a pretty girl a story-...

The first truly authoritative and accessible history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions The story of philosophy is an epic tale- an exploration of the ideas, views...