The Florentines
Paul StrathernRRP: £12.99
Between the birth of Dante in 1265 and the death of Galileo in 1642 something happened which completely revolutionized Western civilization. Painting, sculpture and architecture would all visibly chan …
Genre: History
Boy on Fire
Mark MordueRRP: £12.99
An intensely beautiful, profound and poetic biography of the formative years of the dark prince of rock ‘n’ roll, Boy on Fire is Nick Cave’s creation story, a portrait of the artist first as a boy, th …
The Hidden History of Burma
Thant Myint-URRP: £12.99
A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2020A New York Times Critic’s Pick 2019’A sobering account, told elegantly and eruditely.’ Financial Times’Thant Myint-U is the greatest living historian of Burma.’ Will …
The Favour
Laura VaughanRRP: £8.99
‘Absorbing, intelligent and atmospheric… Genius’ Elizabeth Haynes_________________________Fortune favours the fraud…When she was thirteen years old, Ada Howell lost not just her father, but the li …
The Warrior and the Prophet
Peter CozzensRRP: £10.99
A History Book of the Year in The Times ‘Cozzens is a master storyteller; his books weave a wealth of intricate detail into gripping historical narrative.’ The Times’Marvellous… One of the best piec …
Budgerigar
Sarah HarrisRRP: £12.99
Budgies, budgies, budgies. Beautiful and cheeky, delightful and enchanting, wild or tamed, budgerigars are Australia’s gift to the bird world.They know how to count, can grasp simple grammar and have …
Scoff
Pen VoglerRRP: £10.99
The brand new book by Pen Vogler, Stuffed, is available now ***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***A Book of the Year in the Daily Mail, Independent, The Times & Sunday TimesFinalist for the Guild of Food W …
The Monk
Paul WilliamsRRP: £9.99
On the streets of the tough Dublin inner-city neighbourhood where he grew up, Gerry Hutch was perceived as an ordinary decent criminal, a quintessential Robin Hood figure who fought the law – and won. …
Wings Over Water
Jonathan GlanceyRRP: £9.99
Announced in 1912, the Schneider Trophy stole the imaginations of pioneering aircraft manufacturers in America, France, Britain and Italy, as they competed in a series of air races that attracted a hu …
A Burning Sea
Theodore BrunRRP: £8.99
‘Superb. A Burning Sea is a vivid, enthralling read, yet again proving that Theodore Brun is a force to be reckoned with.’ Giles KristianDoomed to wander. Destined for glory.Erlan Aurvandil has turned …
Open
Johan NorbergRRP: £12.99
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 …
The Borgias
Paul StrathernRRP: £12.99
· · A Daily Mail Book of the Week · ·The sensational story of the rise and fall of one of the most notorious families in history.____________________ ‘A wickedly entertaining read’ The Times__________ …
The Churchill Complex
Ian BurumaRRP: £9.99
It is impossible to understand the last 75 years of British and American history without understanding the Anglo-American relationship, and specifically the bonds between presidents and prime minister …
Why the Germans Do it Better
John KampfnerRRP: £10.99
READ JOHN KAMPFNER’S NEW BOOK: IN SEARCH OF BERLIN: THE STORY OF A REINVENTED CITY***THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER***BOOK OF THE YEAR IN GUARDIAN, ECONOMIST & NEW STATESMAN’Excellent and provocative… …
A Dominant Character
Samanth SubramanianRRP: £10.99
Book of the Year in The Economist, Guardian, New Statesman, Wall Street Journal and New York Times.Shortlisted for the Duff Cooper Prize, the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography and the …
The Wisdom of Tea
Noriko MorishitaRRP: £10.99
For more than 25 years Noriko Morishita has studied and practised the intricate rules of the famous Japanese Tea Ceremony, trying to master its complexities in order to find inner peace. In this vivid …
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