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One morning in war-torn Damascus, a starving man drags a piano into a rubbled street. Everything he once knew has been destroyed...

In the annals of military history, the Western Front stands as an enduring symbol of the folly and futility of war.

However,...

Our lives are pretty stressful, from the mountains of work emails to the never-ending life admin, finding time to see friends and...

The classic evocation of the lost world of American boxing's heyday

Take a ringside seat next to A. J. Liebling at some of the...

The gripping, jaw-dropping rise and fall of Sir Philip Green, the self-styled 'king of the high street'

Sir Philip Green is no...

Miami, Summer 1968. The Vietnam War is raging; Martin Luther King, Jr., and Bobby Kennedy have just been assassinated. The...

October 21, 1967, Washington, D.C. 20,000 to 200,000 protesters are marching to end the war in Vietnam, while helicopters hover...

M... , Eggers...

The bestselling author of Team of Teams dismantles the Great Man theory of leadership, by profiling leaders whose real stories...

K... , Barth...

Contagion may alarm doctors but marketers thrive on it. Some concepts are so compelling you have to share them. But what makes an...

One of the greatest philosophers of the nineteenth century, Schopenhauer (1788-1860) believed that human action is determined not...

A key work of ancient Chinese philosophy is brought back to life in Ian Johnston's compelling, definitive translation

Very...

From Evelyn Waugh, the author of beloved novels such as Brideshead Revisited, A Handful of Dust and Vile Bodies, this is the...

'In spite of everything I still believe that people are really good at heart ...'

A deeply moving and unforgettable portrait...

'We shall live at last as free men on our own soil, and die peacefully in our own homes'

Theodor Herzl's passionate advocacy...

How I Came to Know Fish (1974) is Ota Pavel's magical memoir of his childhood in Czechoslovakia. Fishing with his father and his...

Gandhi's non-violent struggles against racism, violence, and colonialism in South Africa and India had brought him to such a...

Perhaps the funniest travel book ever written, Remote People begins with a vivid account of the coronation of Emperor Ras Tafari...

'We're not Christians, Christ stopped short of here, at Eboli.' Exiled to a remote and barren corner of Italy for his opposition...

This epoch-making book cuts through confused thinking and forces us to re-examine many cherished ideas about knowledge,...

The Internet. Home to the most important and intimate aspects of our lives. Our careers, our relationships, our selves, all of...

From Tristram Hunt, award-winning author of The Frock-Coated Communist and leading UK politician, Ten Cities that Made an Empire...

The revelatory autobiography of a rugby colossus: Paul O'Connell. Winner of the Cross Sports Book Awards Rugby Book of the...

It's time to rethink our attitudes to work.

For too long we have convinced ourselves that the only jobs worth doing involve...

In The Viral Storm award-winning biologist Nathan Wolfe - known as 'the Indiana Jones of virus hunters' for his work in jungles...

What would dogs ask for, if they knew how? In the Sunday Times bestseller In Defence of Dogs John Bradshaw, an anthropologist at...

Andrew Rawnsley's bestselling The End of the Party lifts the lid on the second half of New Labour's spell in office.

Through...

Discover the real Michael McIntyre through his remarkable and hilarious journey to comedy stardom in his first official...

Robert Penn's It's All About the Bike: The Pursuit of Happiness on Two Wheels is a paean to the humble bike; it's the story of...

Based on the author's own vivid experiences, The Cruel Sea is the nail-biting story of the crew of HMS Compass Rose, a corvette...

Patrick French's India: A Portrait tells the story of how India emerged from a turbulent struggle for independence to become a...