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The powerful new novel from master storyteller Jackie French The soldiers she saved called her the Angel of Waterloo.The husband she loved...
First Map: How James Cook Charted Aotearoa New Zealand
The story of how James Cook charted Aotearoa New Zealand, lavishly produced and richly illustrated Since it was published by the Admiralty in 1816, James Cook's chart of New Zealand has long...
Australian Code Breakers: Our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich
The extraordinary story of a headmaster turned cryptographer, and our top-secret war with the Kaiser's Reich. On 11 August 1914, just days after war had been declared, Australian...
Meet the night sky, down under Aotearoa New Zealand was founded on stargazing. It was celestial navigation that brought the first people here, and it was tatai arorangi, Maori astronomy,...
History called on Harry Truman to unite the Western world against Soviet communism, but first he had to rally Republicans and Democrats behind America’s most dramatic foreign policy shift...
A perfect guide to making marmalade from the award-winning Lucy Deedes.
From one of India’s finest writers, thinkers and commentators, a memoir of a love affair with cricket.
The Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and #1 New York Times bestselling author offers a revelatory new book about the founding fathers, examining their educations and, in particular,...
Now a New York Times Bestseller.The creator of the wildly popular award-winning podcast Hardcore History looks at some of the apocalyptic moments from the...
The Frozen River: Seeking Silence in the Himalaya
‘A tour de force of luminous writing.’ Mark Cocker, Spectator
The Gulag Archipelago 1918-1956
The searing record of four decades of terror and oppression distilled into one abridged volume Drawing on his own experiences before, during, and after his eleven years of incarceration...
Published to commemorate the seventy-fifth anniversary of General George Patton’s death, a gripping firsthand account of World War II written by a soldier with the American Third Army who...
From bestselling author and historical consultant to the award-winning Netflix series The Crown, an unparalleled insider account of tumult, secrecy and schism in the Royal family....
Wake Up: Why the world has gone nuts
If, like me, you’re sick and tired of being told how to think, speak, eat and behave, then this book is for you.
If, like me, you think common sense is being thrown out of the window, then this book is for you.
If, like me, you think the world’s going absolutely nuts, then this book is for you.
In Down South, writer Bruce Ansley goes on a journey back to his beloved South Island. From Curio Bay to Golden Bay, in Down South writer Bruce Ansley sets...
Francia contra los robots (France Against the Robots - Spanish Ed
Esta apasionada defensa de la libertad es un desafío a las idolatrías paganas de ganancia y fuerza, con una increíble actualidad. Esta diatriba contra la "sociedad de las máquinas"...
The Times: The Joy of Railways: Remembering the golden age of trainspotting
Journey back to the 1950s and ’60s with this nostalgic look at Britain’s railways in their glory days. Beautifully illustrated throughout with a unique collection of photographs, train spotting notebooks and railway ephemera.
The Times Great Events: 200 Years of History as it Happened
As one of Britain’s leading newspapers for more than 200 years The Times has covered every major world events as they happened. This book profiles the ones that have had the most impact on the world today from the fall of the Berlin Wall to stepping onto the Moon.
Mantel Pieces: Royal Bodies and Other Writing from the London Review of Books
A stunning collection of essays and memoir from twice Booker Prize winner and international bestseller Hilary Mantel, author of The Mirror and the Light
Elizabethans: How Modern Britain Was Forged
Who made modern Britain the country it is today? What does it mean to be the new Elizabethans?
A concise, accessible, and engaging guide to the crime of treason, written by the nation’s foremost expert on the subjectTreason—the only crime specifically defined in...
A 2020 International Latino Book Award FinalistsAn Entertainment Weekly, The Millions, and LitHub Most Anticipated Book of 2020This...