Saul David's All The King's Men is a thrilling history of the British Redcoat from the English Civil War to Waterloo.

Between...

In his extraordinary and highly charged new novel, John Updike tackles one of America's most burning issues - the threat of...

This landmark work challenges the separatist doctrines which have come to dominate our understanding of the world. Appiah revives...

They spend their days - and too many of their nights - at work. Away from friends and family, they share a stretch of stained...

This fresh and brilliant history of how philosophy became established in English presents a new form of philosophical...

The Inheritance of Loss is Kiran Desai's extraordinary Man Booker Prize winning novel.

High in the Himalayas sits a...

Gabriel Allon, art restorer and spy, is about to face the greatest challenge of his life.

An al-Qaeda suspect is killed in...

James Lovelock's bestselling The Revenge of Gaia: Why the Earth is Fighting Back - and How we can Still Save Humanity is a dire...

Breaking up is hard to do. Especially when he's left his wife for you . . .

What to do if Matthew, your secret lover of the...

'There once was a man who, one night between the main course and the sweet at a dinner party, went upstairs and locked himself in...

On a bright morning in Rome, a terrible explosion rips a hole in the Israeli embassy. Moments later, four gunmen cut down...

From the great citadels of Caernarvon, Harlech, Powis and Beaumaris in the north, to the Victorian glories of Cardiff in the...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Jay Gatsby is the man who has everything. But one thing will always be out of his reach ... Everybody who is anybody is seen at...

The Testament of Gideon Mack is James Robertson's acclaimed novel exploring faith and belief.

For Gideon Mack, faithless...

The United States asserts the right to use military force against ‘failed states’ around the globe. But as Noam Chomsky argues in...

Travels with Herodotus records how Kapuscinski set out on his first forays - to India, China and Africa - with the great Greek...

David Thomson's 'Have You Seen?' - A Personal Introduction to 1,000 Films is a quirky, idiosyncratic and hugely entertaining look...

A moving, wise and delightfully modern comedy of manners from the bestselling, Man Booker shortlisted author Karen Joy...

Shortlisted for the Orange Prize for Fiction 2006 and winner of the 2006 Prix du Meilleur Livre Etranger, The History of Love by...

From the Booker Prize-winning and Women's Prize-shortlisted author of The Silence of the Girls

The first novel in Pat...

From the acclaimed author of Swing Time, White Teeth and Grand Union, discover a brilliantly funny and deeply moving story about...

An extraordinary tale of family feuds, forbidden love, civil unrest and the downfall of a mining dynasty

Wentworth is in...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have...

A hauntingly beautiful social history of the Thames Estuary, from the author of On Brick Lane.

Out at the eastern edge of...

Brick Lane today is a place of extremes - a street that's constantly reinventing itself. Blending history and reportage with...

The Trouble with Physics is a groundbreaking account of the state of modern physics: of how we got from Einstein and Relativity...