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No Right to an Honest Living: The Struggles of Boston's Black Workers in the Civil War Era
Author: Jacqueline Jones Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 544 From a Bancroft Prize winner, a harrowing portrait of Black workers and white hypocrisy in nineteenth-century Boston Impassioned antislavery rhetoric made...
Fortune's Bazaar: The Making of Hong Kong
Author: Vaudine England Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 A timely, well-researched, and vibrant new history of Hong Kong that reveals the untold stories of the diverse peoples who have...
Empire Windrush: Reflections on 75 Years & More of the Black British Experience
Author: Onyekachi Wambu Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 400 In June 1948, the SS Empire Windrush docked in Tilbury, carrying with it the hopes and dreams of hundreds of young...
Around the Ocean in 80 Fish and other Sea Life
Author: Helen Scales Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 200 Dive beneath the waves to meet 80 of the ocean's strangest and most surprising inhabitants. This beautifully illustrated aquatic world tour...
War and Punishment: The Story of Russian Oppression and Ukrainian Resistance
Author: Mikhail Zygar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 'History is made up of myths,' writes the renowned Russian dissident journalist Mikhail Zygar. 'Alas, our myths led us to the...
Between Friends: Letters of Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby
Author: Elaine Showalter Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 496 These fascinating letters between Vera Brittain and Winifred Holtby tell the story of an extraordinary friendship. 'A beautiful collection' Daisy Dunn,...
The Museum of Other People: From Colonial Acquisitions to Cosmopolitan Exhibitions
Author: Adam Kuper Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 This is a history of the ways in which foreign and prehistoric peoples were represented in museums of anthropology, with their...
Under Ground
Author: E. S. Thomson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 'Immersive from the start and satisfying to the finish, a faultless tale from one of our best writers of historical...
Airside
Author: Christopher Priest Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Hollywood actress Jeanette Marchand was beautiful, talented, beloved by audiences. During a time of personal crisis, she declares she is going...
The People's Hospital: The Real Cost of Life in an Uncaring Health System
Author: Ricardo Nuila Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 How do medical staff offer care and hope to patients and families when faced with the mayhem and lottery of a...
Find Your F*ckyeah
Author: Alexis Rockley Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 224 Fuckyeah is the feeling you've been chasing since the first time you tasted ice cream, the first time you learned to...
The Constant Rabbit: The Sunday Times bestseller
Author: Jasper Fforde Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 THE NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR 'The Constant Rabbit is Jasper Fforde's most chilling and realistic book yet' Guardian 'You won't read...
My Husband's Killer: The emotional, twisty new mystery from the #1 bestselling author of Friend Request
Author: Laura Marshall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'Gripping . . . the pages actually turned themselves' Holly Willoughby Three couples. One murder. A holiday to die for ....
Price Wars: How Chaotic Markets Are Creating a Chaotic World
Author: Rupert Russell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 For Rupert Russell, the shock of the Trump-Brexit victories was only the latest in a decade full of them: the unstoppable...
The Archers Year Of Food and Farming: A celebration of Ambridge's most delicious produce, from the fields to the kitchens, with a side order of gossip
Author: Keri Davies Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 'What's for tea, Clarrielove?' From the fabled kitchens of Ambridge come the recipes and gossip that fuel the nation's favourite village....
Everyday MAGIC: The Joy of Not Being Everything and Still Being More Than Enough
Author: Mattie James Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 Today we are all stretching ourselves more than ever to live up to life's seemingly endless demands, so why do we...
The Widower: He promised, until death do us part
Author: Christobel Kent Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 'The Widower seethes with atmosphere - I read the first half slowly, almost unable to bear the thrumming tension, and the...
Flush: The Remarkable Science of an Unlikely Treasure
Author: Bryn Nelson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 The future is sh*t: the literal kind. For most of human history we've been, well, disinclined to take a closer look...
Lose Weight 4 Life: My blueprint for long-term, sustainable weight loss through Motivation, Measurement, Movement, Maintenance
Author: Tom Watson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 176 'An honest and fascinating account of the journey that Tom made from discovering he was a type 2 diabetic to doing...
The Three Graces: 'The book everybody should be reading this summer' Andrew O'Hagan
Author: Amanda Craig Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 'Hugely entertaining' Telegraph 'She's such a skilful storyteller who vividly dramatises our lives with wit, wisdom and compassion' BERNARDINE EVARISTO 'I...
How to be a Renaissance Woman: The Untold History of Beauty and Female Creativity
Author: Jill Burke Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 Can the pressures women feel to look good be traced to the 16th century? As the Renaissance visual world became populated...
Even If Everything Ends
Author: Jens Liljestrand Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 448 Summer. The climate crisis has escalated beyond our worst nightmares. Raging wildfires sweep through the Swedish countryside - turning vacationers into...
Good for a Girl: My Life Running in a Man's World - WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023
Author: Lauren Fleshman Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 WINNER OF THE WILLIAM HILL SPORTS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2023 A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A FINANCIAL TIMES BEST...
Mortal Follies: A devilishly funny Regency romantasy from the bestselling author of Boyfriend Material
Author: Alexis Hall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 "You have one chance," said the voice of the goddess... 'Pitch-perfect... Part historical, part fantasy, all top-notch queer romance' KIRKUS REVIEWS...
Leg: The Story of a Limb and the Boy Who Grew from It
Author: Greg Marshall Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 * A MOST-ANTICIPATED SUMMER READ SELECTED BY * Washington Post *Buzzfeed * Bustle * The Advocate * LitHub * Bookriot *...
Powder Smoke
Author: Andrew Martin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 York railway station, December, 1925. Detective Inspector Jim Stringer is enjoying a pint in the Parlour Bar before accompanying his wife,...
The Royal Show: A brand new series from the nation's favourite entertainer, Anton Du Beke
Author: Anton Du Beke Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 416 By Royal invitation, join us to celebrate The Royal Show! Prodigal son and loyal daughter... The Forsyth Variety Company has...
Wounded Tigris: A River Journey through the Cradle of Civilisation
Author: Leon McCarron Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL WRITING AWARDS 2024 'As epic as it is engaging' Tom Holland 'Jaunty, highly informative and...
A Life of One's Own: Nine Women Writers Begin Again
Author: Joanna Biggs Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 I took off my wedding ring - a gold band with half a line of 'Morning Song' by Sylvia Plath etched...
The Gardener's Yearbook: A month-by-month guide to getting the most out of your plot
Author: Martyn Cox Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 'An experienced horticulturist's monthly guide to gardening, with wise, clear and helpful advice on tackling the essential tasks and dealing with...
The North Shore: 'An enticing, wrack-like tangle of myth, mystery and the power of the sea and its stories' Kiran Millwood Hargrave
Author: Ben Tufnell Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 'The North Shore conjures the atmosphere of the Norfolk coast with unnerving beauty. This is an unusual and enthralling novel: the...
The Curtain and the Wall: A Modern Journey Along Europe's Cold War Border
Author: Timothy Phillips Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 480 The Iron Curtain divided the continent of Europe, north to south, with the Berlin Wall as its most visible, infamous manifestation....
Big Girl: A BBC Radio Two Book Club Pick. 'Absolutely incredible' Candice Carty-Williams
Author: Mecca Jamilah Sullivan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 A BBC RADIO 2 BOOKCLUB PICK SHORTLISTED FOR THE CENTRE FOR FICTION FIRST NOVEL PRIZE, THE GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE AND...
Material Girls: Why Reality Matters for Feminism
Author: Kathleen Stock Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 320 'A clear, concise, easy-to-read account of the issues between sex, gender and feminism . . . an important book' Evening Standard...
The Mysterious Case of the Alperton Angels: the Bestselling Richard & Judy Book Club Pick
Author: Janice Hallett Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 432 Open the safe deposit box. Inside you will find research material for a true crime book. You must read the documents,...
Why Fathers Cry at Night: A Memoir in Love Poems, Recipes, Letters, and Remembrances
Author: Kwame Alexander Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 240 In an intimate and non-traditional (or "new-fashioned") memoir, Kwame Alexander shares snapshots of a man learning how to love. He takes...
I Went to See My Father: The instant Korean bestseller
Author: Kyung-Sook Shin Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 Soon after losing her own daughter in a tragic accident, Hon returns to her childhood home in the Korean countryside after...
Body Neutral: A revolutionary guide to overcoming body image issues
Author: Jessi Kneeland Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 432 A life-changing guide to reclaiming your relationship with your body and yourself Have you ever thought that if only you could...
All the Gold Stars: Reimagining Ambition and the Ways We Strive
Author: Rainesford Stauffer Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 288 Ambition-the want, the hunger, the need to achieve-is woven into America's fabric from the first colonization to capitalism. From our first...
This Could Be Us: An extraordinarily moving story from a bestselling author
Author: Claire McGowan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 336 'So truthful and rewarding' Ian Rankin, author of the Inspector Rebus series 'Brave, brilliantly structured, and beautifully written' Laura Barnett, author...
Sleeping with the Ancestors: How I Followed the Footprints of Slavery
Author: Herb Frazier Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 Joseph McGill Jr., a historic preservationist and Civil War reenactor, founded the Slave Dwelling Project in 2010 based on an idea...
When We Touch: Handshakes, hugs, high fives and the new science behind why touch matters
Author: Professor Michael Banissy Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 272 'A mind-expanding tour of what touch means.' DAVID EAGLEMAN, neuroscientist and author of Incognito and Livewired Why is a hugged...
Can't Stop Won't Stop: A History of the Hip-Hop Generation
Author: Jeff Chang Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 560 From the streets of the Bronx to the hills of Ghana, this is the definitive history of hip-hop - now in...
Restless Souls
Author: Dan Sheehan Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 'It never stops being a page-turner . . . a great debut' Colum McCann 'A terrific debut novel, bold and wise,...
The Map of Salt and Stars
Author: Jennifer Zeynab Joukhadar Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 368 'Full of tension and love and danger. This is a beautifully told, magical novel about journeys and finding your way...
The 30 Rock Book: Inside the Iconic Show, from Blerg to EGOT
Author: Mike Roe Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 304 It's hard to remember a time when Tina Fey wasn't a star, but back in the early 2000s, she was an...
One Last Lunch: A Final Meal with Those Who Meant So Much to Us
Author: Erica Heller Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 352 A few years ago, Erica Heller, daughter of novelist Joseph Heller, realized how universal the longing is for one more moment...
Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir
Author: Margo Jefferson Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 208 Taking in the jazz and blues icons whom Jefferson idolised as a child in the 1950s, ideas of what the female...