Collected Biographies

'Provides a wealth of juicy anecdotal material about five centuries of court life' New York Times'Naughty Knickers version of our island story' Dai...

From the bestselling author of A History of Britain in 21 Women The history of the world is the history of great women. Marie Curie discovered ra...

Today, as we board our flights to Adelaide, Zurich, and all points in between, we give little thought to the jet power that will take us there. But...

MG was a home-grown concept that became an international success, bringing the small market town of Abingdon onto the global map. MG - Made in Abin...

A lucid and engaging book full of thought-provoking quotations, as well as clear explanations and definitions, this book is sure to appeal students...

Female Firebrands tells the stories of thirteen successful professional women, the challenges they've faced and how they overcame them. The author'...

This hands-on book takes a look at four brilliant women -- Ada Lovelace, Anna Atkins, Hildegard Von Bingen, and Maria Telkes -- and the world-chang...

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - Alex Kershaw, author of The Longest Winter and The Liberator, returns with an utterly immersive, adrenaline-driven account ...

Towards the end of the nineteenth century and for the first few years of the twentieth, a strange invasion took place in Britain. The citadel of po...

Lilian Terry has lived music. As a performer, she has shared the stage with Ella Fitzgerald and Nina Simone. She cofounded the European Jazz Federa...

This book is a collective biography of the 318 men who joined the German Navy in 1934 to become officers. It traces their lives from their upbringi...

A riveting double biography of Nazi Germany's most highly decorated women test pilots Hitler's personal Valkyries.Hanna Reitsch and Melitta von St...

'A beautifully illustrated tome honouring 100 exceptional women dating back to 630BC' RedA Stylist Must-read Book of 2018'This finely illustrated b...

When Amy E. Wallens southern, blue-collar, peripatetic family was transferred from Ely, Nevada, to Lagos, Nigeria, she had just turned seven. From ...

During les trente glorieuses - a thirty-year boom period in France between the end of World War II and the 1974 oil crisis - Paris was not only the...

Before the Civil War, America had undergone a technological revolution that made large-scale industry possible, yet, except for the expanding reach...

The most intellectually exhilarating work published in 2018 . . . A lasting treasure. -Michael Dirda, The Washington Post Hugh Kenner (1923...

Reveals some of the thrilling developments that have transformed biology since the 1960s.  Highlights the challenges ahead for biologists but sugge...

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MESSI , RONALDO ANDNEYMARThe world's greatest players, head to head.Lionel Messi, Neymar and Cristiano Ronaldo haver...

Behind every great woman is another great woman. Here, the extraordinary achievements, relationships and secret histories of 84 pioneering women ar...