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The story of how a little-known junior senator fought wartime corruption and, in the process, set himself up to become vice president and ultimately President Harry Truman....
Historical fiction with a dark twist in the spirit of Circe, Ariadne, and Mexican Gothic, Our Hideous Progeny is a brilliant revisiting of Mary Shelley’s classic...
The extraordinary story of Australia's first female entrepreneur and the most powerful woman in colonial history
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—this is award winning writer Simon Winchester’s brilliant and all-encompassing...
Discover Scotland with this authoritative guide to clans, tartans, and their origins.
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great
‘Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world’ SUNDAY TELEGRAPH
All Aboard!: Remembering Britain’s Railways
From best-selling railway expert, Julian Holland, explore Britain’s historical railways in All Aboard.The history of Britain’s railways is a long and fascinating one, filled with stories of grand endeavours, noted figures and record-breaking feats.
Luck: A Personal Account of Fortune, Chance and Risk in Thirteen Investigations
A fascinating, enchanting and painfully personal look at the meaning of luck, and the way in which it has shaped our shared history and continues to inflect our day to day lives.
King Charles III: 100 moments from his journey to the throne
As the nation celebrates the coronation of a new monarch, The Sun looks back on 100 key moments in the life of the man who would be King.
From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life of...
From the preeminent presidential scholar and acclaimed biographer of historical figures including George Washington, Herbert Hoover, and Nelson Rockefeller comes this eye-opening life of...
On Israel's seventy-fifth anniversary comes a nuanced examination of the country's past, present, and future, from the two-time National Jewish Book Award–winning author of Israel.In...
A short collection of brilliant early essays that offers a fascinating context for the Milan Kundera’s subsequent career and holds a mirror to much recent European history. It is also...
An amazing, untold story of the Holocaust, of survivor turned Nazi hunterIn the tradition of The Boy in the Woods and By Chance Alone, The Survivor...
CNN Senior Supreme Court Analyst Joan Biskupic provides an urgent and inside look at the history-making era in the Supreme Court during the Trump and post-Trump years, from its seismic shift...
Great and Horrible News: Murder and Mayhem in Early Modern Britain
NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION.
In this eye-opening chronicle of scientific research on the brain in the early Cold War era, the acclaimed historian Andreas Killen traces the complex circumstances surrounding the genesis...
New York Times bestselling author and acclaimed religion scholar, Stephen Prothero, captures the compelling and unique saga of twentieth-century America on an identity quest through...
When veteran war reporter Benjamin Hall woke up in Kyiv on the morning of March 14, 2022, he had no idea that, within hours, Russian bombs would nearly end his life. As a journalist for Fox News,...
New York Times bestselling author and award-winning historian John Boessenecker separates fact from fiction in the first new biography in decades of Black Bart, the Wild West’s...
“Page for page, I may not have ever learned more from a book.... Womb is a history book as well as a biology book but it’s also an adventure and a celebration.” —Rob Delaney,...
New York Times bestselling author and master of nonfiction spy thrillers Larry Loftis writes the first major biography of Corrie ten Boom, a Dutch watchmaker who saved the lives...
Discovering Glasgow Illustrated Map: Ideal for exploring
Explore new places with dependable maps from Collins.As the largest city in Scotland, Glasgow is a vibrant and bustling hub, enjoyed by thousands of visitors each year. This updated map displays delightful water-colour mapping, and includes individual illustrations of all the main sights and landmarks in the city.
UK in Maps: Explore the UK – past, present and future (Collins Primary Atlases)
The must-have thematic atlas for KS2 and beyondBring geography, history and the environment together with this thematic UK atlas suitable for Key Stage 2 and lower Key Stage 3.