True Stories: Discovery/Historical/Scientific

*THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* A GUARDIAN AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR ...

'A lyrical, engrossing and essential read' - Sathnam Sanghera 'A superbly nuanced reclamation of history and family secrets' - Brian Van Reet, auth...

The only account written during the original enclosure, Life Under Glass tells the story of the original crew that lived and worked inside the Bios...

**Formerly published as The Lost Boys**'Remarkable. A powerful, engrossing story of a journey into the heart of darkness and final escape from it' ...

The Journals of a Victorian Traveller contains the transcribed and edited journals of Julia Biddulph who travelled the world with her husband durin...

On the 250th anniversary of Captain Cooks successful navigation to the coast of Australia, this is Alistair MacLeans absorbing story of one of Brit...

In the summer of 1876, Berlin anxiously awaited the arrival of what was billed as the most gigantic ape known to zoology. Described by European exp...

This book tells the incredible story of the cross-correspondence automatic writings, described by one leading scholar of the field, Alan Gauld, '''...

''I YOU WE THEM is a uniquely gripping journey around the landscapes of mass murder.''-Philippe Sands, author of East West Street: On the Origins o...

As featured in the BBC News documentary The Porthole Mystery.'Death of an Actress is another excellent book from Brown, and true crime fans will no...

At the 16 week foetal stage, Paul Whymarks brain development was frozen as a consequence of the drug, Thalidomide. His journey is one of considerab...

Crossing the high Himalayan passes in the middle of winter on horseback is not for the faint-hearted. The Victorian traveller, Maria Caroline Bolit...

Many a beautiful plant cultivated to deformity, and arranged in strict geometrical beds, the whole pretty affair a laborious failure side by side w...

The Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1953-58 organised and led by Sir Vivian Fuchs and supported by Sir Edmund Hillary was one of the most extraordina...

A story of intrigue and suspense about man's commitment to uncover the deceit of two nations during the dark days of the Cold War. Nathan Trent dis...

Legend has long claimed that a maritime disaster on the shores of Grand Cayman more than 200 years ago resulted in the Islands' tax-free status as ...

New York Times bestselling author Charles Graeber tells the astonishing story of the group of scientists working on a code that can enable the huma...