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For more than half a century, an air of innuendo, accusation and mystery has surrounded the Battle of Savo Island, fought off the southern Solomon Islands during the early morning...

This is a controversial look at the events surrounding the Allied disaster of the battles of Savo Island and Guadalcanal, and the sinking of the "Canberra". Bruce Loxton (who served...

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'Bruce is doing for Cambridge what Colin Dexter did for Oxford with Inspector Morse' Daily Mail The promise seemed simple. The scars would last a lifetime. In a single night,...

'Bruce is doing for Cambridge what Colin Dexter did for Oxford with Inspector Morse' Daily Mail Kaye Whiting went to buy a birthday present and didn't come back. She isn't...

"Nothing in our time makes the Civil War as alive as the writings of Bruce Catton." - Baltimore Sun Infinitely readable and absorbing, Pulitzer Prize-winner Bruce Catton's The Civil War...

AN EPIC LOVE STORY, A SOARING THRILLER, AND A SWEEPING COMING-OF-AGE TALE: A READING EXPERIENCE UNLIKE ANY OTHER... A BBC BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK - and selected for...

The definitive story of the greatest art theft in history.In a secret meeting in 1981, a low-level Boston thief gave career gangster Ralph Rossetti the tip of a lifetime: the...

'The most sought-after tenor in the world', the greatest tenor of today', 'the new king of tenors' - for years Jonas Kaufmann has occupied a unique status among the world's...

The most hated man in the most dour town in Scotland is sleeping with the fish, or - more accurately - has been dumped into a tank filled with crustaceans....

The story of modern British art history told through the stories of its women. Consider for a moment the history of modern art in Britain; you may struggle to land...

'Admirers of Bruce's superb DC Goodhew series will seize on this - the first book in her new Cambridge-set series. Utterly engrossing, and with plot twists that keep you guessing...

A compelling and lively history that examines the lives of British artists from the late-19th century to today. In This is Tomorrow Michael Bird takes a fresh look at the...

Medicine, in the early 1800s, was a brutal business. Operations were performed without anaesthesia while conventional treatment relied on leeches, cupping and toxic potions. The most surgeons could offer by...

Catch up with the delightful goings-on in the fictitious 44 Scotland Street from Alexander McCall Smith . . . 'A joyous, charming portrait of city life and human foibles, which...

'This "sincere speed-written, blood-spattered tribute" strings together the raciest anecdotes...and does it rather well' SUNDAY TIMES 'Mick Wall has written in a rough and unsentimental style that suits his subject'...

'Utterly absorbing and deeply affecting' - The Guardian As a Spice Girl, TV talent show judge and Broadway star, Mel B a.k.a Scary Spice, has been a global icon since...

Dufty Dufty Popple & Dunn is a traditional solicitors firm in the small Midlands town of Hockam (pronounced Hokum, as the local residents are at pains to point out). This...

Pit your wits against some of the brightest minds in Britain by taking up the challenge of this ultimate quiz of 2000 questions from the Brain of Britain archives. Brain...

*** THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER *** Twice upon a time - for that is how some stories should continue . . . 'Book lovers and fans of John...

'Wow! An absolute pleasure. Chilling, smart, funny , and what a voice she has' GILLIAN FLYNN Blown away. What else can I tell you? Brigid Quinn is a heroine to...

Christopher Neve's classic book is a journey into the imagination through the English landscape. How is it that artists, by thinking in paint, have come to regard the landscape as...

From Henry VIII dispatching his numerous wives to Edward VIII's unprecedented abdiction, Britain's monarchs have been responsible for shaping some of the most dramatic moments in British history. Featuring tales...

Locked away remote from the rest of the body in its own custom-built casing of skull bone, with no intrinsic moving parts, the human brain remains a tantalising mystery. But...

I, Geronimo Stilton, found myself travelling through time once again! While testing his latest time machine, Professor von Volt accidentally brought some history into the present. Tops, our triceratops friend,...

CURIOUS is a collection of delightfully witty stories by actress, comedy writer and columnist Rebecca Front. Rebecca has always used anecdotes from her own life to inform not only the...

'A compelling saga that will hold you fast from the first page to the last. Loved it' VAL WOOD, author of The Lonely Wife Perfect for fans of Dilly Court...

Ben Aaronovitch has stormed the bestseller list with his superb London crime series. A unique blend of police procedural, loving detail about the greatest character of all, London, and a...

"Easy-going, discursive and digressive, even those to whom trains are a closed timetable will find this a charming travelogue." - Stuart Maconie Join travel writer and self-confessed "train nut" Tom...

'Joyspan is the book we all need. It helps us learn how to embrace aging through science, but with love, warmth and fun' - GABY ROSLIN 'This book completely changed...

' One Day for a new generation' Grazia 'We're calling it . . . This Love is the new One Day ' Sunday Times Style ' A beautifully written, generous-hearted,...

LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL BOOKER PRIZE WINNER OF THE WARWICK PRIZE FOR WOMEN IN TRANSLATION "Devastatingly brilliant. . . . Poignant, heart-stopping, sublime." - New York Times Book Review War...

The brand new novella in the Sunday Times #1 bestselling Rivers of London series. THEY DO THINGS DIFFERENTLY ACROSS THE POND... When ex-FBI Agent Patrick Henderson calls in an 'X-Ray...

'A searing, nourishing journey through a history the world needs' - Bettany Hughes, bestselling author of The Seven Wonders of the Ancient World 'Please read it!' - Philippa Gregory, bestselling...

A dynamic exploration of Mercedes, one of the world's foremost car brands, with lively photography and witty observations about why we love them. Karl Benz, who founded Mercedes Benz, invented...

'A moving true story that will pull at the heartstrings' - Woman & Home The first book in the Paws of Fame series, which follows movie animal trainer Julie Tottman...

'This entire series has me in a chokehold' Reader review ?????????? 'Had me craving cowboys so badly, I literally changed my Hinge location to Texas just to see if any...

The Pogues hit the beach in another action-packed original YA novel based on the hit Netflix show, Outer Banks The waves are off the hook, and Pope and the other...

An unapologetic guide to the first year of motherhood, Enough About the Baby is a newborn book for women who recognise the necessity of self-care - even if sometimes the...

Johnny West has lived in this area for the past decade and speaks fluent Arabic, and so has the skills and ability to talk to everyone from security guards to...

A decade has passed since the death of Caradoc, King of the Dumnonii tribe, and his friend, Flavius Magnus Maximus. Britain is battered by Pict invaders, and centurion Constantinus and...