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'Masterly ... a book of resounding importance for appraising our global future as well as understanding our past' Richard Davenport-Hines, The Time...

Erika Fatland [is] shaping up to be one of the Nordics' most exciting new travel writers National Geographic**SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORDS DOLMAN ...

History is a rich, varied and fascinating subject, so it's rare to find the whole lot in one book ... until now. The History of the World in Bite-S...

''Dame Anna Wintour might be one of the best-known and most successful journalists on the planet. But it wasn''t always like that. When she started...

At the dawn of the twentieth century, the United States was reeling from the effects of rapid urbanization and industrialization. Time-honored veri...

Former U.S. Navy SEAL Chris Kyle tells the story of his legendary career, from 1999-2009, during which time he recorded the most confirmed sniper k...

Captained by English nobleman-turned-pirate Joseph Bannister, the Golden Fleece was a pirate ship sunk by the Royal Navy in 1686 taking with it man...

David Christian, creator of Big History ('My favourite course of all time' Bill Gates), brings us the epic story of the universe and our place in i...

Originally named Juan Fernández, the island of Robinson Crusoe in the South Pacific was the inspiration for Defoe's classic novel about the adventu...

In 1498 a young captain sailed from Portugal, circumnavigated Africa, crossed the Indian Ocean, and discovered the sea route to the Indies, opening...

'This vivid and engaging book brings to life some of the most important moments in ancient history, moments that have shaped not only the politics ...

**THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER** Foreword by Tom Hanks.  The book that inspired Steven Spielbergs acclaimed TV series, and its sequel, Masters of t...

In the spring of 1453, the Ottoman Turks advanced on Constantinople in pursuit of an ancient Islamic dream: capturing the thousand-year-old capital...

THE CAPTIVATING TRUE STORY OF THE MAN WHO INSPIRED HILARY MANTEL'S WOLF HALL TRILOGY, MASTERFULLY TOLD: NOW REVISED WITH A NEW CHAPTER Readers LOV...

In March 1943 a team of expatriate Norwegian commandos sailed from the most northerly part of Britain for Nazi-occupied Norway. Their mission was t...

Published to coincide with the 80th birthday of the Spitfire this is a gripping and visually spectacular volume, which celebrates the life of Brita...

From ancient medicines to the savoury dishes of today, there is hardly a culture in the world that does not know and make use of herbs. Despite oft...

Neil MacGregor's A History of the World in 100 Objects takes a bold, original approach to human history, exploring past civilizations through the o...

In the early 1800's, on a Hebridean beach in Scotland, the sea exposed an ancient treasure cache: 93 chessmen carved from walrus ivory. Norse netsu...

The Sunday Times bestseller An utterly engrossing book Nigella Lawson Remarka...

By the author of UNLEASHED

For nearly two and a half years, from June 1940 until late 1942, Malta was subjected to one Axis air raid after another. The Mediterranean island ...