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Discover the extraordinary story of the woman who brought China into the modern age, from the bestselling author of Wild...

We are poised on the edge of discovery in particle physics (the study of the smallest objects we know of) and cosmology (the...

From the bestselling author of The Time Traveller's Guide to Medieval England, comes the story of King Edward III, who - like...

From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers, through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild, to the Gulf of Guinea...

Winner of the Stanford Dolman Travel Book of the Year

Our lives depend on shipping but it is a world which is largely hidden...

A gripping chronicle of the personal and political rivalries from the birth of Queen Victoria to the unification of Germany...

In August 1914 the two greatest navies in the world confronted each other across the North Sea. At first there were skirmishes,...

This is the archetypal story of the American West. Whether it is cast as a tale of unmatched bravery in the face of impossible...

The twentieth century has been called 'the American Century'. Not since the days of the Roman emperors has there been such a...

From murder to duelling, highway robbery to mugging: the darker side of English life explored.

Spanning some seven centuries,...

Doctors are the people we turn to in our darkest moments. We trust them with our lives. But what does that stress do to a...

Alexandra Heminsley thought she could swim. She really did.
It may have been because she could run. It may have been because she...

Jones... , Thompson...

Foreword by Chrissie Hynde

Without the Sex Pistols there would be no punk rock, and without Steve Jones there would be no Sex...

A wonderfully readable investigation of the origins of the modern garden in 18th-century England. Popular history at its...

Paul McGrath is Ireland's best loved sportsman and also its least understood. An iconic football presence during a professional...

A compulsively readable account of an African country now virtually inaccessible to the outside world and one journalist's daring...

Of all the great novelists writing today, none shows the same gift as Martin Amis for writing non-fiction - his essays, literary...

There aren't many scientists famous enough in their lifetime to be canonized by the US Congress as one of America's 'living...

The story of modern Australia begins in eighteenth-century Britain, where people were hanged for petty offences but crime was...

Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War,...

Did the Trojan War really happen?

Spectacular new archaeological evidence suggests that it did. Recent excavations and newly...

Ludicrous, heart-warming and improbably inspirational, Spanish Steps is the story of what happens when a rather silly man tries...

Elegant, provocative and hugely entertaining, Kingsley Amis's memoirs are filled with anecdotes, experiences and portraits of...

Acute, questioning, humane and passionately concerned for justice, Helena Kennedy is one of the most powerful voices in legal...

The vivid scenes on the Bayeux Tapestry depict the events leading up to the Battle of Hastings in 1066. It is one of Europe's...

An award-winning epic on the birth of Australia

In 1787, the twenty-eighth year of the reign of King George III, the British...

In this enthralling book van der Post establishes his role as a distinguished explorer and writer describing the rediscovery of...

Travels around Italy in search of illusion, national character and goals.


'Delves into the very essence of being a fan,...

'Barrow explains nothing with great clarity, a lovely lightness of touch and enormous erudition' Spectator

How do you begin to...

'Elegant and enjoyable...a thoughtful exploration of the twin delights of the piano and the Parisian life' Express on...