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Eliot Ness and the Mad Butcher
In the spirit of Devil in the White City comes a true detective tale of the highest standard: the haunting story of Eliot Ness's forgotten final case–his years-long hunt for "The...
Meet the Georgians: Epic Tales from Britain’s Wildest Century
Anne Bonny and Mary Read, pirate queens of the Caribbean
Tipu Sultan, the Indian ruler who kept the British at bay
Olaudah Equiano, the former slave whose story shocked the world
Mary Wollstonecraft, the feminist who fought for women’s rights
Ladies of Llangollen, the lovers who built paradise in a Welsh valley
The Black Ridge: A Journey Amongst Skye’s Cuillin Ridge
Peaks and pinnacles, jagged crests and fantastic outlines; a wilderness of weird shapes, dark, solemn and awful. Sunshine occasionally illuminates their rugged crests… but the darkness of eternal night dwells in their gorges.C.R. Weld
Flawless, My Dear: How to Be More Bridgerton (A Parody)
The self-help book no aspiring viscountess should be without.
Spitfire Women of World War II
The story of the unsung heroines who flew the newest, fastest, aeroplanes in World War II – mostly in southern England where the RAF was desperately short of pilots.
Through a precious cache of WWII letters, a story of war is revealed. But also, most movingly, a story of love, resilience and survival, from award-winning and bestselling writer, Peter Rees....
The Betrayal of Anne Frank La traicion de Anne Frank (Spanish edition) Unabri
Using new technology, recently discovered documents and sophisticated investigative techniques, an international team—led by an obsessed former FBI agent—has finally solved the mystery that has...
The former dean of the Yale School of Management and Undersecretary of Commerce in the Clinton administration chronicles the 1971 August meeting at Camp David, where President Nixon unilaterally...
“Earl Swift lays out this great unsung saga with verve and magisterial sweep." —Hampton Sides, author of In the Kingdom of IceA unique and brilliant...
the sea is not made of water: Life Between the Tides
From Adam Nicolson, winner of the Wainwright Prize 2018
Few places are as familiar as the shore – and few as full of mystery and surprise.
Wild Swans meets Educated in this riveting true story spanning four generations The dreamer boy travelling on dragon hide ... a tiger running alone...
Growing up in the beautiful mountains of Berchtesgaden -- just steps from Adolf Hitler's alpine retreat -- Irmgard Hunt had a seemingly happy, simple childhood. In her powerful, illuminating, and...
The All True Adventures (and Rare Education) of the Daredevil Daniel Bones
A gloriously moving and entertaining, picaresque debut novel, about a young man’s sentimental education in late 19th-Century Europe; inspired by a real historical figure: ‘Captain’ Paul Boyton – the ‘Fearless Frogman’
By the Light of Burning Dreams
New York Times bestselling author David Talbot and New Yorker journalist Margaret Talbot illuminate “America’s second revolutionary generation” in this gripping history...
The Case of the Murderous Dr. Cream
The chilling true crime story of the Victorian era’s deadliest doctor “When a doctor does go wrong, he is the first of criminals,” Sherlock Holmes observed during one...
The remarkable woman at heart of the smash New York Times bestseller and Oscar-winning film Hidden Figures tells the full story of her life, including what it took to work...
Operation Pedestal: The Fleet that Battled to Malta 1942
The gripping story of an epic battle at sea, from one of Britain’s most acclaimed historians of war.
The Times Reference Atlas of the World
Ninth edition of this popular atlas from the prestigious and authoritative Times Atlas range. Includes city plans and fascinating historical maps. This world atlas contains the breadth, scale and detail to make it an ideal reference resource for school, home and business.
Queer Power: Icons, Activists and Game Changers from Across the Rainbow
You’re about to meet so many incredible humans. Are you ready hun?
In this uplifting memoir in the vein of The Last Lecture and Man’s Search for Meaning, a Holocaust survivor pays tribute to those who were lost by telling his story, sharing...
Giving A Damn: Racism, Romance and Gone with the Wind
'I cannot help but see the bodies of my near ancestors in the current caravans of desperate souls fleeing from place to place, chased by famine, war and toxins. Ideas honed in slavery – of the otherness, the boorishness, the inferiority of thy neighbour – have continued to travel through American society.'
More Great Australian Outback Police Stories
From some of the biggest beats in the world came these unforgettable tales of adventure and misadventure, drama and mayhem, larrikinism and laughter. After there'd been a robbery...