A blistering narrative of one of the most exciting periods in British history that will appeal to readers of historical fiction and non-fiction alike When Charles I was executed, his son Charles II ma
June 1940: As Britain's soldiers limped home from Dunkirk, a maverick Army officer was already devising a bold plan to hit back at the enemy. His idea was to revolutionize military thinking and change
A reissue of Banks's 1986 Kafkaesque modern classicThe man who wakes up in the extraordinary world of a bridge has amnesia, and his doctor doesn't seem to want to cure him. Does it matter? Exploring t
A reissue of Iain Banks's compelling 1989 political thrillerHisako Onoda, world famous cellist, refuses to fly, and so she travels to Europe as a passenger on a tanker bound through the Panama Canal.
Now an original comedy-drama series from Netflix, Piper Kerman's New York Times-bestselling memoir of the time she served in a US jail is fascinating, heartbreaking and hilarious.With her career, live
This true tale of love, liberty, and scandal among the Edwardian artists' colony in Cornwall has been made into a stunning film starring Dominic Cooper (Mama Mia) and Dan Stevens (Downton Abbey) Sir A
Written in his last few months, this is a hugely inspiring and ultimately uplifting look at "lessons from the death zone" from a prominent British Labor politicianWritten during the last few months of
For Chris Moore, World War I has developed from a childhood fascination to a full-blown obsession, both for the actuality of the war—its archives and its archaeology—as well as its abiding influence o
In a lifetime traversing Britain's lanes and byways, Romani Gypsy Dominic Reeve has witnessed a changing world. Since the 1950s, the horse-drawn wagons have given way to brightly chromed modern vehicl
The poetry that emerged from the trenches of WWI is a remarkable body of work, at once political manifesto and literary beacon for the twentieth century. In this passionate recreation of the lives of
Dark family secrets and a long-lost love affair lie at the heart of a fabulous new novel by the author of Matter and The Wasp Factory The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire!
* Brilliant and incisive, HOW TO CHANGE THE WORLD leaves us in no doubt that Karl Marx is as much a thinker for our century as he was for the preceding two
In May 1997, the Conservatives were ejected from British office after 18 years in power, and the Labour Party which replaced them had itself changed irrevocably. Blair's majority was the culmination o
From Emmy Award?winning comedian Rich Hall, a hilarious short story collection From the grouchy, deadpan, comic genius and brilliantly witty author of Otis Lee Crenshaw: I Blame Society and Things Sno
An homage to the greatest moments of sporting chivalry?from round-the-world yachtsmen to National Hunt jockeys, via golfers, tennis players, and runners?From Ancient Greece to the Beijing Olympics, sp
Ever wondered why the floors in terraced houses are different heights? Or what?a landscape looked like before it was built on? And did you know you can date a building by its window sills? In?A Lust f
Ten years in the making,?this A-to-Z of?incredible facts and stories about what Pele once memorably dubbed "my bloody job," includes definitive explanations of everyday phrases such as "the magic of t
A decade and one dog after penning Racing Pigs And Giant Marrows, and inspired by the purchase of his new hound, a petit basset-griffon Vendeen called Little Man, Harry Pearson returns to the world of
House-sitting in Boston one winter, Will Randall falls in with one of his more disreputable acquaintances, Jack J. Makepeace, who introduces Randall to his current employers, Chestnut Investigations.
From the grouchy, deadpan, comic genius and brilliantly witty author of Otis Lee Crenshaw: I Blame Society and Things Snowball comes this wonderful new collection of stories of magnificent bastards an
Few people visited the Forest of Dean. They thought us primitive, and looked down on us.?Winifred Foley grew up in the 1920s, a bright, determined miner’s daughter in a world of unspoiled beauty and d
Far more than an anthology, this gripping collection of writings tells the story of World War I from the perspective of those who endured its horrors both athome and abroad. From the men who se
For its British population, the India that swelters in the late spring of 1857 is a place of amateur theatricals, horseracing, and flirtations under the aegis of the omnipotent East India company. Bu
A comprehensive and accessible account of a crucial period in recent world history Originally published as a tie-in to the critically acclaimed CNN and BBC series
This is a book about men and war. Not real conflict but war as it has filtered down to generations of boys and men through toys, comics, games, and movies. Harry Pearson belongs to the great battalio
Charity Mupanga is the widowed owner of Harrods International Bar (and Nightspot)—a favorite meeting place for the movers and shakers of Kibera. While she can handle most challenges—from
The sequel to Never Had It So Good completes Dominic Sandbrook's groundbreaking history of Britain in the 1960s,?weaving together?politics, sports, art, fashion, social trends, language, and popular c
This is Paradise! is a shocking and moving portrayal of scenes of every day life in North Korea, a secretive and brutal nation. Hyok Kang writes of the public executions, the labor camps and mines, th
This enthusiastically reviewed, scrupulously researched, and Mountbatten Maritime Prize-winning book chronicles a resonant episode of Victorian history led by Samuel Plimsoll, MP, "The Sailor's Fri
A breathtakingly visceral psychological thriller from the author of Surface Tension, which Booklist—in a starred review—praised as "intelligent, original, stylish, ambitious, and brillian
In a rare foray outside that natural home, Booker Prize-winner Bernice Rubens penned these memoirs 'while I still have a memory'. Poignantly, the highly-acclaimed author, literary bon-vivante and cele
The year is 1531. In a small hut on the slopes of the volcano Popocateptl, scholar and poet Alvaro de Sevilla reflects on his extraordinary life. For Alvaro was one of the small army of conquistadors
Arguing that historians have been besotted by the cultural revolution of the Sixties, Dominic Sandbrook re-examines the myths of this controversial period and paints a more complicated picture of a so
From the withdrawal from Dunkirk in 1940 to the Allied invasion of Germany four and a half years later, RAF Bomber Command was the only British force to strike directly at the enemy homeland. During r
Three Extraordinary Men and Their Race for the Land Speed Record The story of the speed kings - the obsessive fast-car record-breakers of the 1920s to 1940s.
An epic novel about the extraordinary (true) life of China's greatest woman poet -- a thousand-year-old story of love and loss brought vividly to life.
Welcome to an art scene where realism has reached a new level, where each painting is literally alive, where the model is the canvas. And for the gorgeous men and women lining up for the privilege—to
