The Liberation Line
Christian WolmarRRP: £12.99
‘Highly original’ Simon Heffer, Telegraph’Masterful… A gripping tale’ Giles MiltonThey certainly were not soldiers, yet they suddenly found themselves in uniform, in a foreign land. But, as locomoti …
Genre: History
Dark Brilliance
Paul StrathernRRP: £12.99
A sweeping history of the Age of Reason, which shows how, although it was a time of progress in many areas, it was also an era of brutality and intolerance, by the author of The Borgias and The Floren …
Much Ado About Numbers
Rob EastawayRRP: £10.99
‘A spectacular journey… Highly recommended!’ Dr Simon Smith, The Shakespeare Institute ‘A fascinating and hugely entertaining guide to Shakespearean mathematics.’ Prof Sarah Hart, author of Once Upo …
Tripped
Norman OhlerRRP: £10.99
AS FEATURED ON THE JOE ROGAN EXPERIENCE’Entertaining’ The Times’Utterly fascinating and illuminating’ Sinclair McKay’Fascinating… An astonishing read, with remarkably vivid protagonists’ Harald Jähn …
This Earthly Globe
Andrea di RobilantRRP: £12.99
‘A dazzling tale, brilliantly told’ Peter Frankopan’A wonderful book’ Sunday Telegraph, 5*’Triumphant’ Literary ReviewDURING THE AGE OF DISCOVERY, in the autumn of 1550, an anonymously authored volume …
Southeast Asia
Milton OsborneRRP: £10.99
A lively and easy-to-read guide to Southeast Asian history written by one of the world’s pre-eminent historians of the area.Southeast Asia: An introductory history was first published in 1979 and imme …
Truss at 10
Anthony SeldonRRP: £12.99
*THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER*’Enticingly structured… Commendable… The menu is well known, but is deliciously seasoned all the same.’ The Times[A] forensic and eloquent evisceration of T …
A Brutal Reckoning
Peter CozzensRRP: £12.99
‘Cozzens is a master storyteller’ The Times’Extremely well researched’ Times Literary SupplementFrom the devastating invasion by Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century to the relentless pressu …
In Search Of Berlin
John KampfnerRRP: £12.99
A WATERSTONES BEST HISTORY BOOK OF 2023LONGLISTED FOR THE 2024 ONDAATJE PRIZE’A masterful portrait of one of the world’s greatest cities… A must-read’ PETER FRANKOPAN’Such a delightful read’ KATJA H …
Now Then
Rick BroadbentRRP: £10.99
‘An enlightening, enjoyable and frequently very funny journey into what makes Yorkshire stand out from the crowd … a fascinating insight into our wonderful region and the people that make it what it …
The Lost Queen
Sophie Shorland‘A good story, embracing character, emotion and drama… refreshing.’ THE TIMES’A splendidly sympathetic and sparky portrait… Wittily written and rich in detail’ Miranda SeymourDespite Catherine of …
Fallen
Mick ConefreyRRP: £10.99
‘Mick Conefrey’s Fallen is a marvellously researched and written story about the enigma of George Mallory and the fulfilment of his “Because it’s there!”‘ Peter Hillary’Mick Conefrey’s gripping accoun …
This is Not America
Tomiwa OwoladeRRP: £10.99
*A TIMES AND SPECTATOR BOOK OF THE YEAR*'[Owolade’s] argument has needed saying for years’ Janan Ganesh, Financial Times’Compelling and admirable’ Sunday Times’Passionate and timely’ Observer’Excellen …
Johnson at 10
Anthony SeldonRRP: £12.99
***THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER****A FINANCIAL TIMES, TELEGRAPH, NEW STATESMAN AND TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR*’Excellent… first class… both fair and damning.’ Daniel Finkelstein, The Times ‘Aut …
The Ghost at the Feast
Robert KaganRRP: £30.00
An NPR Book of the YearAt the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was one of the world’s richest, most populous, most technologically advanced nations. It was also a nation divided along …
Language City
Ross PerlinRRP: £12.99
WINNER OF THE BRITISH ACADEMY BOOK PRIZE 2024Half of all 7,000-plus human languages may disappear over the next century and – because many have never been recorded – when they’re gone, it will be fore …
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