Braver New World

Award-winning broadcaster and journalist John Kampfner has had a front-row seat at some of the most seismic turning-points in modern history – from the fall of the Berlin Wall and the collapse of Sovi …

The Commanders

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A fascinating biography of Patton, Montgomery and Rommel which reveals how these three unique personalities rose to the highest ranks.

The Irish Assassins

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ONE OF THE TIMES’ BEST HISTORY BOOKS OF 2021’The tale of the Phoenix Park murders is not unfamiliar, but Kavanagh recounts it with a great sense of drama… Kavanagh’s account reminds me of the very b …

Open

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AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEARHumanity’s embrace of openness is the key to our success. The freedom to explore and exchange – whether it’s goods, ideas or people – has led to stunning achievements in s …

Splash!

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‘This fascinating history of how, where and why humans swim…is perfect reading for those missing a splash-about during the lockdown.’ GuardianFrom the first recorded dip into what’s now the driest s …

Convict Colony

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The British plan to settle Australia was a high-risk venture. We now take it for granted that the first colony was the basis of one of the most successful nations in the world today. But in truth, the …

And Yet…

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Sunday Times bestsellerAnd Yet… gathers the previously uncollected essays of the late Christopher Hitchens into a final volume of peerless prose from one of the great thinkers of our times.Christoph …

Bad Elements

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Who speaks for China? Is it the old men of the politburo or activists like Wei Jingshsheng, who spent eighteen years in prison for writing a emocratic manifesto? Is China’s future to be fund amid the …

For the Sake of Argument

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The test of this kind of book is for the reader to be able to open it anywhere and be drawn into the argument; it’s a test that Hitchens passes time and time again… He can be devilishly funny, but h …

Prepared for the Worst

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‘I suppose that, if this collection has a point, it is the desire of one individual to see the idea of confrontation kept alive’ — Christopher HitchensChristopher Hitchens is widely recognized as hav …

Unacknowledged Legislation

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A celebration of writers and their encounters with politics and public life from one of our greatest critics.Unacknowledged Legislation is a celebration of Percy Shelley’s assertion that ‘poets are th …