Braver New World
John KampfnerAward-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 …
Genre: History
Start Digging, You Bastards!
Tom GillingRRP: £16.99
July 1942: Rommel’s Panzerarmee pursues retreating Allied forces across North Africa, targeting Cairo and the vital Suez Canal. Control of these would give Hitler access to Middle Eastern oil fields a …
RTE
Shane RossRRP: £16.99
The story of corruption, waste and ineptitude at Ireland’s national broadcaster has gripped the country since news of secret payments to star presenter Ryan Tubridy became public in June 2023. Shane R …
Stay Alive
Ian BurumaIn 1939, when Ian Buruma’s epic opens, Berlin has been under Nazi rule for six years, and its 4.3 million people have made their accommodations to the regime, more or less. When war broke out with Pol …
The Bed Trick
Izabella ScottRRP: £16.99
She said she wore a blindfold at all times. She said she didn’t know who she was really having sex with.Two former best friends face each other in court at a sex offence trial. Miss X, making the accu …
Fire and Steam
Christian WolmarRRP: £16.99
A new and updated edition of the classic history of the British railway, published to coincide with the 200th anniversary of train travel in 2025.The opening of the pioneering Stockton and Darlington …
For the Sun After Long Nights
Fatemeh JamalpourIn 2022, in response to the killing of Mahsa Jina Amini, a 22-year-old Kurdish woman who died in police custody after being arrested for not wearing her hijab, thousands of Iranians – mostly women – t …
For the Sun After Long Nights
Nilo Tabrizy***LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR NON-FICTION***IN SEPTEMBER 2022, in response to the death of Mahsa Jîna Amini in police custody, after being arrested and beaten for not wearing her …
Plebs Romana
Peter Jones‘Jones has an eagle’s high eye for the history of Rome’ The Times ‘Jones makes the classical world feel both beguiling and fresh’ Sunday TimesThe untold story of the real people who built an empireThe …
Red
Jacky Colliss HarveyRRP: £12.99
A New York Times bestseller, Red is the first book to explore the history of red hair and red-headedness throughout the world.With an obsessive fascination that is as contagious as it is compelling, J …
The Path of Light
Anthony SeldonPraise for The Path of Peace:’A formidable achievement’ Rory Stewart’Thoughtful [and] heartfelt’ Observer’Profound [and] compelling’ Spectator’A noble endeavour’ New StatesmanIn 2021, Anthony Seldon, …
A Very British Christmas
Rob TempleThe ultimate showcase of the quirks, mishaps and traditions that define British life, all rolled into one bonkers season.Christmas, as we all know, is a minefield. What the hell do you buy your mother …
Rhyme and Reason
Mark Forsyth‘Enchanting’ Stephen FryDid you know:- Lord Byron sold more books in a day than Jane Austen did in her lifetime- During the First World War there were more women poets published than soldier poets- A …
Deadwood
Peter Cozzens‘What Peter Cozzens has done with this remarkable book is to show us that the truth about Deadwood is, in fact, even more interesting than the myth.’ S. C. Gwynne, New York Times bestselling author of …
Peacemaker
Thant Myint-U‘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’ …
Turncoat
Dennis SewellThe remarkable story of George Downing: savvy soldier, politician, diplomat and spy… or the biggest scoundrel in Stuart England?
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