A transfixing masterwork that probes an unsolved family mystery and portrays a utopian community striving to create a better world.

A transformative and compassionate memoir by a leading pioneer in medically assisted dying who began her career in the maternity ward and now helps patients who are suffering explore and then fulfill their end of life choices.'A tender and truthful look at the idea...

'A triumph on every level. One of the losses to literature is that Harper Lee never found a way to tell a gothic true-crime story she'd spent years researching. Casey Cep has excavated this mesmerizing story and tells it with grace and insight and...

A true Cold War espionage thriller set around the ultra-secret Berlin Tunnel - where British officer George Blake must run a high-stakes double cross to maintain his cover.The ultra-secret "Berlin Tunnel" was dug in the mid-1950s from the American sector in southwest Berlin and...

A truly engrossing book whose premise is a hypothetical question, the title of the book - If Born Again. The first book of its kind, which attempts to bring together high achievers and inspiring people from India and Pakistan - the two great nations,...

A unique insight into human consciousness and its possibilities'and The Times'Incredible'and New Scientist'This book is important for everyone . . . I love this book'and Oprah WinfreyOn the morning of the 10th December 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a...

A virologist's insight into how viruses evolve and why global epidemics are inevitableIn 1993 a previously healthy young man was drowning in the middle of a desert, in fluids produced by his own lungs. This was the beginning of the terrifying Sin Nombre hantavirus...

A visceral coming-of-age tale from the young woman who dared to stand up to a kingdom of men. Best known for her campaign work for women's rights, including the Women2Drive campaign, this is Manal al-Sharif's fiercely intimate memoir.'Future generations will marvel at Manal al-Sharif....

A visit to the rapid where she lost a cherished friend unexpectedly reignites Amy-Jane Beer's love of rivers setting her on a journey of natural, cultural and emotional discovery. On New Year's Day 2012, Amy-Jane Beer's beloved friend Kate set out with a group...

Aand WALL STREET JOURNALand BOOK OF THE YEARNATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARDand WINNER'Beautiful, sober and affecting - aand testament to remembrance and friendship' - DALIA SOFER'A momentous historicand retrievaland and work of literary art' - PHILLIP LOPATENearly a century of life behind her, Stella Levi...

A Wanderer Between the Worlds is a memoir of literary travel over the last 50 years in which the author has traveled on all five continents. The book combines the romance of travel with the poetry of thought, exploring the connection between artists and...

and A WATERSTONES BEST BOOK OF 2022: POPULAR SCIENCEANand iNEWSand BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF 2022Aand TELEGRAPHand BIG IDEAS BOOK 2022How we interpret emotions and act on them has been heavily gendered, as far back as Ancient Greek and Roman times, and - despite improvements...

A wild read'and - The Guardian'A well-researched, measured account' -and The SunPart biography, part social history,and Being Britneyand pieces together a collage of stories, interviews, legends and fan experiences to construct a definitive portrait of one of the biggest stars in recent history.In her...

A woman habitually commits self-injury, ingesting light bulbs, a box of nails, zippers and a steak knife. A new mother is admitted with incessant visions of harming her child. A recent graduate, dressed in a tunic and declaring that love emanates from everything around...

A woman's defiant fight to write.' ObserverBeing categorised as black and female does not constrain my writing. Writing assures me that I am more the merely blackness and femaleness. Writing assures me I am.This paradigm shifting essay collection weaves the personal and political in...

A wonderful book about the deep backstories and the tangled histories of N. S. Nuseibeh's own multiple identit[ies]' MARK HADDON'Explores vulnerability, fragility, anxiety, and ambivalence as ways of beautifully coming to terms with the wounds and worries of the world' HOMI K. BHABHAI may...

A wonderful novel and perfect book club choice,and The Right Stuffand is a wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's early space programme.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY US ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY What is it,' asks Tom Wolfe, that makes a man willing to sit on...

A wonderfully assured and utterly riveting biography that captures not only the much-maligned Machiavelli, but also the spirit of his time and place. A monumental achievement.' - Jessie Childs, author ofand God's Traitors. A notorious fiend', generally odious', he seems hideous, and so he...

A work of extraordinary power, beauty and human feeling.'and Sunday Times, History Book of the Year'Profoundly moving.' Edmund de Waal'A most rare book: extraordinarily powerful - magisterial, meticulously rich and unexpected, deeply affecting and human.' Philippe SandsInand Time's Echo, the award-winning critic and historian...

A writerand the world should be readingand right now.'and IndependentWho would you be, if you hadn't turned out to be the person you are now?Dawn is a death doula, and spends her life helping people make the final transition peacefully.But when the plane she's...

A YOUNG SWIMMING TALENT AND OLYMPIC HOPEFUL. A TOP SWIMMING COACH AND PAEDOPHILE. AN UNFORGETTABLE STORY OF SURVIVAL. 'Trish Kearney is as determined out of the water as Patricia McCahill was in it. Her book tells the astonishing tale of her courageous stance and...

A delight'and Stylist Funny, real and caring'and YOU Magazine Funny, irreverent and moving… everything you would expect from the thick-fringed presenter who's won a place in the nation's hearts'and The Sun Full of hilarious insights'and Vanity FairAand SUNDAY TIMESand BESTSELLERFunny, moving and truthful… QuiteClaudia...

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER / OVER A MILLION COPIES SOLDFrom Donald Trump's 2024 Vice-Presidential Candidate Essential reading for this moment in history'and New York Times Brilliant … offers an acute insight into the reasons voters have put their trust in Trump'and ObserverJ. D. Vance grew...

A highly imaginative and thought-provoking way of exploring the personality of a man who, like him or loathe him, left an indelible mark on our age' ADAM ZAMOYSKIWinston Churchill followed his own star. He yearned to be great', to gain historical immortality. And he...

A tour of the lurid fringes of the tech world' -and The Times Like Louis Theroux channelling Margaret Atwood' -and New Statesman A moreish page-turner of a book' -and HeraldImagine if it was possible to have the perfect sexual relationship without compromise, eat meat...

A wonderful book'and -and GuardianTruth, murder and the birth of the lie detectorHenry Wilkens burst through the doors of the emergency room covered in his wife's blood. But was he a grieving husband, or a ruthless killer who'd conspired with bandits to have her...

An excellent contribution to our knowledge of Iran and Soleimani.' Kim Ghattas, author of Black Wave When the US assassinated Qassem Soleimani, he was one of the most powerful men in Iran. Known as the shadow commander', he enacted the wishes of the country's...

As a public intellectual, I. A. Rehman devoted his whole life to the cause of oppressed classes. Besides campaigning against religious extremism and the violation of human rights, he actively participated in democratic movements, generating political consciousness in Pakistan and beyond. His work (and...

Behind every great interview is a great booker - Sam McAlister is one of the unsung heroes of television news' Piers Morgan She is the woman who clinched the 2019 interview with Prince Andrew, described as a plane crashing into an oil tanker, causing...

Bill Bryson on two wheels'and IndependentSelf-confessed loafer Tim Moore, seduced by the speed and glamour of the biggest annual sporting event in the world, sets out to cycle the Tour de France. All 3,630km of it.A few weeks before the actual Tour de France,...

By far the most lucid, comprehensive and authoritative account of Churchill that has been offered in a single volume'and Daily TelegraphDrawing on decades of unprecedented access to Winston Churchill's family and estate, this classic bestseller remains the definitive biography of Britain's greatest prime minister....

Christ! You guys look like a couple of Feds.'and 1977, the Thunderbird Motel.and J. J. Wedick and Jack Brennan, two fresh-faced FBI agents, were about to go undercover. Their target: the charismatic, globe-trotting con man Phil Kitzer, who was responsible for swindling (and spending)...

Compelling, unconventional. Genius' Michael J. Fox,and New York Times Up-ends received wisdom about disability, testifies to an uncrushable spirit and an ordinary, extraordinary family... Revolutionary' David Mitchell, author ofand Cloud Atlas A profound, contemplative work'and New Statesman A powerful examination... a wonderful memoir'and Independent______Jan...

Easily one of the truest and best books I've read about what it's like to be alive now, in this country' Max PorterSleep. Sleep. Like money, you only think about it when you have too little. Then you think about it all the time,...

Eddie looked evil in the eye and met it with joy and kindness . . . [his] philosophy is life-affirming' -and Daily ExpressHolocaust survivor Eddie Jaku made a vow to smile every day and believed he was the happiest man on earth'. In his...

Head and shoulders above almost all other new books about China, this unflinching and yearningly compassionate portrait of the lives and loves of ordinary Chinese workers is quite unforgettable' Simon WinchesterEvery year in China millions of migrant workers leave their rural towns to find...

He's a god in and people believe luck shines in his hand . . . It is beyond chaos-It is a frantic appeal by a nation to one man.'- Matthew Hayden on Sachin Tendulkar In the twenty years that he has been in the...

Hums with living history, human warmth and indignation' New York TimesLess a mystery unsolved than a secret well keptThe mystery has haunted generations since the Second World War: Who betrayed Anne Frank and her family? And why?Now, thanks to radical new technology and the...

I have discovered the secret that after climbing a great hill, one only finds that there are many more hills to climb. I have taken a moment here to rest, to steal a view of the glorious vista that surrounds me, to look back...

I was hooked from the first paragraph. More explosive, compulsive and gasp-inducingly, spine-tingingly, mouth-dryingly, heart-poundingly thrilling than any fiction I have read for years, FREEZING ORDER has a stunning plot ... but with this stunning twist: it is all true' Stephen FryFollowing his explosive...

In any human life there are going to be periods of unhappiness. Learning how to be sad is a natural first step in how to be happier' Meik Wiking, CEO of the Happiness Research InstituteHelen Russell is an expert on the pursuit of happiness....

Incredible individual, incredible book, incredible story.' CHRIS HEMSWORTH A hero who is as humble as he is resilient… testament to a “never give up spirit!' BEAR GRYLLS From reading this book, the message that comes shining through is this: you can achieve anything.' ANT...

It stands alone in the literature of manic depression for its bravery, brilliance and beauty' - Oliver SacksAn Unquiet Mindand is a definitive examination of manic depression from both sides: doctor and patient, the healer and the healed. A classic memoir of enormous candour...

Move over Meerabai, Mother Teresa, Joan of Arc and that woman who's bought Shah Rukh land on Mars . . . . here comes Kriti Kapoor!' Shah Rukh Khan is the King of Bollywood, and Kriti is his Fan No. 1! She is so...

Moving, funny, remarkable' Richard EyreFrom Hanif Kureishi, author ofand The Buddha of Suburbia, a memoir about the accident that left him paralysed A few days ago, a bomb went off in my life, but this bomb has also shattered the lives of those around...

My story, without the spin.'From the start of his glittering career in 1992, to his official retirement from all formats of the game in 2013, Shane Warne has long desired to tell his incredible story without compromise.and No Spinand is that very story. It...

One of the finest memoirs published in recent years.'and Dan Jones An utterly fascinating and wonderfully detailed insight into the hidden world of the modern submarine.'and James HollandA candid, visceral, and incredibly entertaining account of what it's like to live in one of the...

People often say that non-fiction books read like fast-moving thrillers, but this one genuinely does… This is a splendid book - and highly recommended.'and Daily Mailand and A remarkable piece of investigative journalism into one of the most pervasive and troubling mysteries of recent...

Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a vanished world'and SUNDAY TELEGRAPHThis is an astonishing new account of Alexander the Great - one of the most important figures of the ancient...

Powerful, intelligent and vital - one of the year's must-reads'Hannah Nathanson, Features Director, ELLEFeaturing contributions fromand Candice Carty-Williams,and Jessica Horn,and Ebele Okobi,and Funmi Fettoandand Freddie Harrel.In the vein of Roxane Gay'sand Bad Feminist,and but wholly its own,and Girlis a provocative, heartbreaking and frequently hilarious...