The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child - Ancient Times: From the Earliest Nomads to the Last Roman Emperor
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child...
What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdi’s tomb? Did ...

The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century: The History of the World, 1901 to the Present
The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century: The Histo...
The Penguin History of the Twentieth Century: The History of...

A History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times to the Persian Conquest
A History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times to the Pers...
A History of Egypt: From the Earliest Times to the Persian C...

A History of the Roumanians: From Roman Times to the Completion of Unity
A History of the Roumanians: From Roman Times to the Co...
A History of the Roumanians: From Roman Times to the Complet...

A History of Western Philosophy - And Its Connection with Political and Social Circumstances from the Earliest Times to the Present Day
A History of Western Philosophy - And Its Connection wi...
Hailed as “lucid and magisterial” by The Observer, this bo...

A New History of Jamaica: From the Earliest Accounts to the Taking of Porto Bello by Vice-Admiral Vernon
A New History of Jamaica: From the Earliest Accounts to...
A New History of Jamaica: From the Earliest Accounts to the ...

Tales of a Grandfather: Being the History of Scotland from the Earliest Period to the Battle of Flodden in 1513
Tales of a Grandfather: Being the History of Scotland f...
Tales of a Grandfather: Being the History of Scotland from t...

The Darkening Age - The Christian Destruction of the Classical World
The Darkening Age - The Christian Destruction of the Cl...
The Darkening Age is the largely unknown story of how a mili...

Australia and the War in the Air - Volume I - The Centenary History of Australia and the Great War
Australia and the War in the Air - Volume I - The Cente...
The first book in a new series that will explore Australia’...

Where the Wild Coffee Grows - The Untold Story of Coffee from the Cloud Forests of Ethiopia to Your Cup
Where the Wild Coffee Grows - The Untold Story of Coffe...
Coffee is one of the largest and most valuable commodities i...

The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1 - From Columbus to the U.S. Constitution
The Cartoon History of the Modern World Part 1 - From C...
The Cartoon History of the Modern World is a wickedly funny ...

The New Spymasters - Inside the Modern World of Espionage from the Cold War to Global Terror
The New Spymasters - Inside the Modern World of Espiona...
The old world of spying-dead-letter boxes, microfilm cameras...

Giro d'Italia - The Story of the World's Most Beautiful Bike Race
Giro d'Italia - The Story of the World's Most Beautiful...
The story of the Giro d’Italia, more demanding and unpredic...

The Story Of The World: History For The Classical Child - Ancient

The Story Of The Orchestra - Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Music!

The Story Of The Orchestra - Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Mus...

Eye-catching illustrations, an engaging text and delightful musical selections on an accompanying 70-minute CD lead children aged 8 to 12 (and parents too!) on an exciting and educational listen-while-you-learn tour through the instruments and music of the orchestra. – The Composers, name by name – Baroque – Classical – Romantic – Modern – - The Orchestra, instrument by instrument – String ...
Crossing the Line: Australia's Secret History in the Timor Sea

Crossing the Line: Australia's Secret History in the Timor Sea

For fifty years; Australia has schemed to deny East Timor billions of dollars of oil and gas wealth.With explosive new research and access to never-before-seen documents; Kim McGrath tells the story of Australia’s secret agenda in the Timor Sea; exposing the ruthlessness of successive governments. Australia did nothing to stop Indonesia’s devastating occupation of East Timor; when –...
Frostblood: the epic New York Times bestseller - The Frostblood Saga Book One

Frostblood: the epic New York Times bestseller - The Frostblood Saga Book One

The first in an addictive young adult fantasy trilogy from New York Times bestselling author Elly Blake, perfect for fans of Red Queen and Throne of Glass. ’If there is one epic fantasy series that you pick up next year, make sure it’s this one.’ – K-BOOKS’Fast-paced and brimming with magic and intrigue.’ – Lori M. Lee, GATES OF THREAD AND STONE Enter a world where fire and ice are mortal...
The Mammoth Book of the Rolling Stones - An anthology of the best writing about the greatest rock `n' roll band in the world

The Mammoth Book of the Rolling Stones - An anthology of the best writing about the greatest rock `n' roll band in the w...

A bumper collection of writing in celebration of the fiftieth anniversary of the signing of ‘the greatest rock ‘n’ roll band in the world’, from John Pidgeon’s first encounter with The Rolling Stones at the The Ricky Tick Club in 1963 and Norman Jopling’s seminal article in the New Record Mirror that same year, to ‘Please Allow Me to Correct a Few Things’, a 2010 interview with Bill Wyman....
The End of the Day - shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year 2017

The End of the Day - shortlisted for the Sunday Times/PFD Young Writer of the Year 2017

***SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES / PFD YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR 2017***‘Funny, ambitious, immensely humane and full of philosophical panache’ Sunday Times’Extraordinary . . . wildly impressive” Lucy Hughes-Hallett, BBC Radio 4’Wholly original and hauntingly beautiful’ Kirkus Sooner or later, death visits everyone. Before that, they meet Charlie.Charlie meets everyone – but only once. Som...
The Endless Beach - The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

The Endless Beach - The new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author

Run away to a beautiful Scottish island and let the unmissable new novel from Sunday Times bestseller Jenny Colgan warm up your spring! Dreams start here… ’Charming, made me long to escape to Mure. Total joy.’ – Sophie Kinsella On the quayside next to the Endless Beach sits the Summer Seaside Kitchen. It’s a haven for tourists and locals alike, who all come to eat the freshest local produ...
The Secret - A gripping novel of how far a mother would go for her child from the #1 author of The Letter

The Secret - A gripping novel of how far a mother would go for her child from the #1 author of The Letter

‘Riveting’ Lesley Pearse on The Letter. ‘Gripping’ Good Housekeeping on The Secret. From the #1 bestselling author of The Letter comes The Secret – a powerful, twisting novel that you won’t be able to put down. Mary has been nursing a secret. Forty years ago, she made a choice that would change her world for ever, and alter the path of someone she holds dear. Beth is searching for ans...
A History of the Crusades I - The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

A History of the Crusades I - The First Crusade and the Foundation of the Kingdom of Jerusalem

The first volume of Steven Runciman’s classic, hugely influential trilogy on the history of the Crusades ’On a February day in the year AD 638 the Caliph Omar entered Jerusalem, riding upon a white camel’ An enthralling work of grand historical narrative, Steven Runciman’s A History of the Crusades overturned the traditional view of the Crusades as a romantic Christian adventure, and inste...
THE DOCTOR AND THE PRINCESS/MIRACLE FOR THE NEUROSURGEON

THE DOCTOR AND THE PRINCESS/MIRACLE FOR THE NEUROSURGEON

The Doctor And The Princess – Scarlet WilsonAs a rule, Gabrielle Cartier prefers the title `Doctor’ to `Princess’. And when sexy surgeon Sullivan Darcy joins her humanitarian mission in the jungle, she’s desperate to explore their chemistry. Until sudden news of her brother’s abdication means Gabrielle must return home to rule!Sullivan longs to offer Gabrielle the support she needs but the pa...
The Eye Of The World - Book 1 of the Wheel of Time

The Eye Of The World - Book 1 of the Wheel of Time

‘Epic in every sense’ – Sunday Times The first novel in the Wheel of Time series – one of the most influential and popular fantasy epics ever published. The Wheel of Time turns and Ages come and pass, leaving memories that become legend. Legend fades to myth and even myth is long forgotten when the Age that gave it birth returns again. But one truth remains, and what mortal men forget, the...
How to Build a Car - The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer

How to Build a Car - The Autobiography of the World's Greatest Formula 1 Designer

’Adrian has a unique gift for understanding drivers and racing cars. He is ultra competitive but never forgets to have fun. An immensely likeable man.’ Damon Hill The world’s foremost designer in Formula One, Adrian Newey OBE is arguably one of Britain’s greatest engineers and this is his fascinating, powerful memoir. How to Build a Car explores the story of Adrian’s unrivalled 35-year care...
Anne Frank Remembered - The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family

Anne Frank Remembered - The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family

For the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, here is Miep Gies’s own astonishing story. For more than two years, Miep and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives every day to bring food, news, and emotional support to its victims. From her remarkable childhood as a World War I refugee to the...
Fast Times and Excellent Adventures - The Surprising History of the '80s Teen Movie

Fast Times and Excellent Adventures - The Surprising History of the '80s Teen Movie

‘Brilliant’ Mail on Sunday Take a trip back to the era of troubled teens and awesome soundtracks; of Reagan, rap and Ridgemont High; of MTV, VHS and ‘Axel F’; of outsiders, lost boys and dead poets; of Bill and Ted, Brooke Shields and the Brat Pack; of three Porky’s, two Coreys and one summer when everyone called her Baby . . . Fast Times and Excellent Adventures goes behind the scenes of...
The Right Way, The Wrong Way and the Railway - Great Victorian Rail Stories

The Right Way, The Wrong Way and the Railway - Great Victorian Rail Stories

The Right Way, the Wrong Way and the Railway takes a real ‘warts and all’ look at the Victorian Railways. Eight years in the making, this book abounds in history, humour, railway stuff-ups and the typical stupidity which often went with The Job. From the mysteries of safeworking to suburban shenanigans, from close shaves to the downright bizarre, this book has it all – right across the state –...
The Geography of Genius - A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley

The Geography of Genius - A Search for the World's Most Creative Places from Ancient Athens to Silicon Valley

“An intellectual odyssey, a traveler’s diary, and a comic novel all rolled into one. Smart, original, and utterly delightful.” -Daniel Gilbert, Harvard professor and bestselling author of Stumbling on Happiness “A charming mix of history and wisdom cloaked as a rollicking travelogue.” -Walter Isaacson, bestselling author of Steve Jobs Travel the world with Eric Weiner, the New York Times ...
The London Cage - The Secret History of Britain's World War II Interrogation Centre

The London Cage - The Secret History of Britain's World War II Interrogation Centre

The first complete account of the fiercely guarded secrets of London’s clandestine interrogation center, operated by the British Secret Service from 1940 to 1948 Behind the locked doors of three mansions in London’s exclusive Kensington Palace Gardens neighborhood, the British Secret Service established a highly secret prison in 1940: the London Cage. Here recalcitrant German prisoners of war we...
The Natural History Book - The Ultimate Visual Guide to Everything on Earth

The Natural History Book - The Ultimate Visual Guide to Everything on Earth

A monumental and extraordinarily beautiful guide to Earth’s wildlife and natural wonders – its rocks, minerals, animals, plants, fungi, and microorganisms – this book was 5 years in the making. Covering more than 5,000 species, it is one-of-a-kind; the only book to offer a complete visual survey of Earth’s natural history. Packed with thousands of stunning, specially commissioned photographs,...
Catching Thunder - The True Story of the World's Longest Sea Chase

Catching Thunder - The True Story of the World's Longest Sea Chase

A remarkable true story of courage and perseverance – and a wake-up call. December 2014- in the forbidding waters off Antarctica, Captain Hammarstedt of the Sea Shepherd ship Bob Barker embarks on a voyage unlike any seen before. Across ten thousand miles of hazardous seas, Hammerstedt’s crew will relentlessly pursue the Thunder – an infamous illegal fishing ship – for what will become the lo...
The Fender Telecaster - The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar That Changed the World

The Fender Telecaster - The Life and Times of the Electric Guitar That Changed the World

An in-depth history and celebration of over six decades of the Tele, now available in paperback.The Fender Telecaster is a working-class hero and the ultimate blue-collar guitar. It wasn’t meant to be elegant, pretty, or sophisticated. Designed to be a utilitarian musical instrument, it has lived up to that destiny. In the hands of players from Muddy Waters to James Burton, Bruce Springsteen to J...
The Code Book - The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking

The Code Book - The Secret History of Codes and Code-Breaking

The Science of Secrecy from Ancient Egypt to Quantum CryptographyFrom the best-selling author of Fermat’s Last Theorem, The Code Book is a history of man’s urge to uncover the secrets of codes, from Egyptian puzzles to modern day computer encryptions. As in Fermat’s Last Theorem, Simon Singh brings life to an anstonishing story of puzzles, codes, languages and riddles that reveals man’s conti...
The End of Money - The story of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution

The End of Money - The story of bitcoin, cryptocurrencies and the blockchain revolution

Murder for hire. Drug trafficking. Embezzlement. Money laundering… These might sound like plot lines of a thriller, but they are true stories from the short history of cryptocurrencies – digital currencies conceived by computer hackers and cryptographers that represent a completely new sort of financial transaction that could soon become mainstream. The most famous – or infamous – cryptocurr...