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’ …

Why We Fight

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In Why We Fight, relationship coach and couples’ therapist, Kim Polinder reveals the real reasons those familiar arguments keep returning, no matter how small the trigger seems. Polinder shows that mo …

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 Monk's Mindset

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In The Monk’s Mindset, former Buddhist monk and renowned Peloton instructor Sam Yo shares the transformative lessons that helped him move from chaos to clarity. Drawing on his monastic training, medit …

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 …