The Absent Woman

When you know of Janet Malcolm, you spot traces of her everywhere. You understand that she was a titan of the written word – a longtime New Yorker staff writer, member of the American Academy of Arts …

All the Queen’s Men

The throne of England hung in the balance, and every prince in Europe wanted to claim it.When Elizabeth I ascended the throne in 1558 she became the most eligible woman in Europe. All saw the same pri …

Shadow Before the Flame

In the 1930s, the airship was viewed as the future of transatlantic travel and a brave new era of global connectedness. Germany’s safe, fast and efficient airships brought it back into the internation …

Lin-Manuel Miranda

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How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become the preeminent musical storyteller of the 21st century?Daniel Pollack-Pelzner traces Miranda’s path from a friendly but often isolated child to the winner of multiple …

Turncoat

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George Downing was one of the English Civil War’s most cunning spies. As Oliver Cromwell’s head of military intelligence, he forged a career as a politician and diplomat, bribing, blackmailing and bro …

Sunak at 10

‘The leading authority on our contemporary prime ministers’ Dominic Grieve, GuardianAfter almost a decade and a half of Tory rule, the 2024 General Election saw the Conservatives suffer their worst-ev …

Crooks 2

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In this sequel to the explosive bestseller Crooks, Paul Williams reveals the inside stories behind more of his biggest scoops. Beginning with a sex scandal that rocked the Catholic Church, Crooks 2 sh …

Letter from Provence

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‘A tale of enduring love replete with hope.’ Geraldine DoogueAfter buying an ancient stone house in Provence, Australian journalist Sheryle Bagwell finds in her attic an old edition of selected letter …

Peacemaker

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‘A wonderful subject, beautifully written, evoking a world startlingly like and unlike our own’ Rory Stewart’A brilliant portrait not just of a great and unjustly forgotten man, but of an entire age’ …

Further

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‘A unique and funny writer with a true understanding of what it takes to make it as an elite cyclist’ Chris Boardman’As if Bill Bryson had taken to two wheels’ Financial Times’Hutchinson proves as goo …

Gwyneth

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‘Brimming over with gossip’ Guardian’The new Gwyneth Paltrow biography is juicy as hell’ Marie ClaireCome inside the world of one of the most influential, aspirational and polarizing celebrities of th …

Superhero Leadership

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‘Peter Cuneo distills a lifetime of courageous leadership into timeless lessons for a world in flux’ Soledad O’BrienPeter Cuneo, who rescued Marvel Entertainment from near bankruptcy and orchestrated …

The Desert Swimmer

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Brendan Cullen manages a 10,000-head sheep station 65 kilometres outside Broken Hill, New South Wales-over 600 kilometres from the nearest beach. Yet in 2022, he swam the English Channel. Swimming bec …

The Script of the Stones

The Script of the Stones follows a single half-mile clifftop walk on the Gower Peninsula in South Wales – one the author has been making his whole life. It takes fifteen minutes, if you keep moving. B …

Love Expanded

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A boundary-pushing book that redefines how we love.What if romantic love wasn’t the only kind we prioritised? What would happen if we put the same emphasis on platonic love? How would we understand an …

A Natural History of the Studio

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For more than three decades, South African artist William Kentridge has created a vast body of work comprising drawings and multimedia installations that have been exhibited worldwide.Here he immerses …