Humanities

A short history of the ancient civilization of Angkor, home to the spectacular temple of Angkor Wat. In the late sixteenth century a mythical enco...

Brittle with Relics is a landmark history of the people of Wales during a period of great national change. 'Richly humane, viscerally political, g...

The true-life story of women's experiences in the 'Wild West' is more gripping, more heart-rending, and more stirring than all the movies, novels, ...

About the Author Lottie Stride has written many books for children, including The Time Travellers' Handbook, Write Every Time and Meerkat Mischief...

Product Description This book, written by royal expert and correspondent Robert Jobson offers a complete examination of the British Royal Family, ...

On the morning of Saturday 22nd April 1978, members of an Active Service Unit of the IRA hijacked a car and crossed the countryside to the town of ...

How do we advocate for justice effectively in a world deeply divided by racial, gender and class inequalities? If we want to make a positive differ...

Product Description The world's fascination with the Chevrolet Corvette shows no sign of letting up, nearly 70 years after its launch. Witness the...

Why is it easy to hate and difficult to love? When societies fracture into warring tribes, we demonise those who oppose us. We tear down our statue...

Product Description The officially licensed Corvette Stingray: The Mid-Engine Revolution chronicles the full development story behind Chevrolet’s ...

Product Description The first of two volumes in John Erickson's monumental history of the Soviet-German war. In THE ROAD TO STALINGRAD Professor ...

A.C. Grayling answers the most important question - How do we live a good life? One of the most fundamental questions in our life is to find out wh...

Review De Courcy's fascinating narrative switches between domestic concerns, ranging from country-house fare to patent medicines, and the approach...

Review 'A brilliantly researched and revelatory book, written with compelling authority and great narrative drive. Completely fascinating' -- Will...

Review Peng Shepherd has done it again! The Cartographers is an exquisitely written, brilliantly plotted, absolutely fantastic novel. A story like...

Review "Fast becoming Britain's philosopher of choice... Certainly more of substance and merit than a mountain of Paulo Coelho." -- THE HERALD "I...

A major new novel from million-copy bestselling author of We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves.

Possessing a style of deceptive simplicity, emotional immediacy and tremendous psychological point, among the novels, short stories and screenplays...

Product Description In a sparkling, fast-paced narrative, Shakespeare's Kings chronicles the turbulent events that inspired Shakespeare's history ...

Devotion is the gripping story of the US Navy's most famous aviator duo - Tom Hudner, a white, blue-blooded New Englander, and Jesse Brown, a black...

What would the ancient Greek philosopher make of the twenty-first-century Google headquarters? A dazzling exploration of the role of ancient philos...

A bestselling account of why the Islamic world has been losing the conflict with the West for 300 years - and the frustration and humiliation this ...

Gina Filomena has been told she has an overactive imagination, but after meeting her new neighbour, Antonio, and being taught by inspirational teac...

SUNDAY TIMES FILM BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Uproariously readable ... Levy is a master of the group biography' Sunday Times 'Teeming with satisfying gossi...

A sweeping, nostalgic and dazzlingly immersive speculative love story, perfect for fans of The Versions of Us by Laura Barnett, Miss You by Kate Eb...

In April 1586, Queen Elizabeth I acquired a new and exotic title. A tribe of North American Indians had made her their weroanza - 'big chief'. The ...

Review A fast-moving, complex story ― The TimesI have fallen completely in love with Judith Lennox's writing - she's a fantastic storyteller! ...

Review One of our finest writers, Warner is an original, a school of fiction all his own. He has never been afraid to take risks with style or sub...

Review I really do think Elizabeth Peters' books are great entertainment. -- Angela Rippon As full of riches as King Tut's tomb. ― Denver Post T...

Review De Courcy's fascinating narrative switches between domestic concerns, ranging from country-house fare to patent medicines, and the approach...

Review 'Wickedly entertaining' ― Mary Jo Putney, New York Times bestselling author Product Description The second in Isabella Bradfo...

Review Gripping, relatable and emotionally engaging, Bad Girls Never Say Die is a triumph. ― LoveReading4Kids Product Description Ev...

About the Author Geoff Tibballs has written many bestselling books, including Senior Jokes (The Ones You Can Remember), Seriously Senior Momen...

Review The most fun I've had with a book this year. Every page is a delight, the worldbuilding is wonderful, and the mystery got its hooks int...

Product Description The first book in the Bevelstoke series: witty, irresistibly romantic and by the bestselling author of the global phenomenon ...

Europe, early in the twentieth century: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. But did this era vanish in the trenches o...

Product Description ***A REESE WITHERSPOON BOOK CLUB PICK***   ***A BBC 2 BETWEEN THE COVERS BOOK CLUB PICK***   A woman wondering who she re...

About the Author New York Times bestselling author Gail Carriger writes to cope with being raised in obscurity by an expatriate Brit and an in...

Product Description London, 1851. Restless and bored after a long hot summer, apothecary and poison expert Jem Flockhart decides to redesign h...

The last untold story of the First World War: the fortunes and fates of 170,000 British soldiers captured by the enemy. On capture, British officer...

Product Description The Diviners are back in this thrilling and eerie third installment by #1 New York Timesbestselling author Libba Bray.New Yor...

Product Description 'If you go back and look at your life there are certain scenes, acts, or maybe just incidents on which everything that follow...

The story of the huge mobile battles of 1918, which finally ended the Great War. 1918 was the critical year of battle as the Great War reached its...

General Stanley McChrystal, the innovative commander of international and US forces in Afghanistan, was living large. Loyal staff liked to call hi...

The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon) The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story ...

Product Description Three of the brightest stars of Regency romance invite you to a party at the country home of the Honourable Marquess of F...

Review Eloisa James writes with a captivating blend of charm, style, and grace that never fails to leave the reader sighing and smiling and fa...

Review Waxwork is quite the best novel of detection I have read for a long time - Ruth RendellLovesey's backtwist plotting is pure Christie, b...