The Impossible Man

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A Guardian Best Science Book of the YearThe first biography – ‘a stunning achievement’ (Kai Bird, American Prometheus) – of the dazzling and painful life of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Roger Penrose …

Twenty-First-Century Tolkien

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‘Fascinating…. Wonderfully exhilarating.’ Mail on SundayFinalist for The Tolkien Society Best Book AwardAn engaging, original and radical reassessment of J.R.R. Tolkien, revealing how his visionary …

American Prometheus

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***THE INSPIRATION FOR OPPENHEIMER WINNER OF 7 OSCARS, INCLUDING BEST PICTURE, BEST DIRECTOR AND BEST ACTOR***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NONFICTION’Reads like a thrill …

Endpapers

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‘Remarkable lives in extraordinary times – a gripping and exceptional literary journey.’ Philippe Sands’Alexander Wolff is keen, after a generation of silence, to follow the untold stories wherever th …

A Dominant Character

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Book of the Year in The Economist, Guardian, New Statesman, Wall Street Journal and New York Times.Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography and the …

Parisian Lives

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A The Times & Sunday Times Book of the Year’Fascinating… Wonderfully entertaining and absorbing’ Sunday Times’Gripping… A story well told.’ New York Times Book ReviewFinalist for the Pulitzer Priz …

Histories of the Unexpected: World War II

Histories of the Unexpected not only presents a new way of thinking about the past, but also reveals the world around us as never before.Traditionally, World War II has been understood in a straightfo …

Histories of the Unexpected: The Second World War

At Histories of the Unexpected, we believe that everything has a history – even the most unexpected of subjects – and that everything links together in unexpected ways.We believe that the history of t …

Australia's First Spies

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Australia was born with its eyes wide open. Although politicians spoke publicly of loyalty to Britain and the empire, in secret they immediately set about protecting Australia’s interests from the Ger …

Crew

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On the evening of 24 February 1944, RAAF Lancaster bomber J for Jig took off from an airfield in Lincolnshire. On board was a crew of seven young men-five Australians, two Scots-whose mission was to b …

Autumn in Venice

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National Geographic Traveller’s the best books on European cities, 2019In the autumn of 1948 Hemingway was approaching fifty and hadn’t published a novel in nearly a decade. He travelled for the first …

On the Blue Train

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What did happen to Agatha Christie during her mysterious eleven-day disappearance just as she was on the cusp of fame?Yes, she said, finally. Breaks are important. There are times when it’s wiser to g …

Noah's Child

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From one of the world’s biggest selling authors comes another million-copy worldwide bestseller: A beautiful and tender fable seen through the eyes of a Jewish child living in Belgium under the Nazi o …

Their Promised Land

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Ian Buruma’s maternal grandparents, Bernard and Winifred (Bun & Win), wrote to each other regularly throughout their life together. The first letters were written in 1915, when Bun was still at school …

Finest and Darkest Hours

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‘This survey of British political crises is invaluable for anyone concerned with politics today, and it reinforces George Santayana’s dictum that those who forget the past are condemned to repeat it.. …

The Cooler King

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A thrilling tale of incredible courage and resilience, a true wartime story of William Ash.The Cooler King is at once uplifting and inspirational, and stands as a testament to the durability of decent …