A document of real optimism.'and GuardianOn Tuesday 13 September 2022, all Mahsa Amini has planned is a day shopping in Tehran. Her birthday is next week. But she is arrested as she comes out of the subway - the Guidance Patrol deem her hijab...

A fact-based book that highlights political assassins in history. The book includes the stories of the assassins rather than just their famous victims. The book dissects selected political assassinations and and why the assassins acted; details their political goals, addresses why they chose the...

A fascinating and informative account of the BBC's first 100 years'and Daily Telegraph'A dramatic tale of innovation and determination'and GuardianIn 1922, three men - only one of whom had previously heard of 'broadcasting' - founded the BBC. In doing so, Arthur Burrows, Cecil Lewis,...

'A fascinating and profound, yet delightfully personal take on books in the ancient world, with many illuminating insights into more modern literature and life.' - Paul Strathern, author of Ten Cities that Led the World Long before books were mass produced, those made of...

A fascinating and revealing examination of the political history of modern Kashmir through the lives of two men- Sampat Prakash, a Kashmiri Pandit and trade union leader, and Afzal Guru, a Kashmiri Muslim who was executed in connection with the 2001 attack on the...

A fascinating deep dive on innovation from theand New York Timesand bestselling author ofand How We Got To Nowand andand Unexpected LifeThe printing press, the pencil, the flush toilet, the battery--these are all great ideas. But where do they come from? What kind of...

A fascinating guide to getting the edge in all areas of life from leading psychologist Geoff Beattie. Geoff's easy-to-follow advice shows how you can improve your relationship with yourself and others, sometimes in a matter of seconds. With his impressive insight into what makes...

A fascinating history of the piano explored through 100 pieces chosen by one of the UK's most renowned concert pianistsand “Tomes . . . casts her net widely, taking in chamber music and concertos, knotty avant-garde masterworks and (most welcome) jazz. -Richard Fairman,and Financial...

A fascinating insight into notable political speeches that were never delivered, showing what could have been if history had gone down a different path.For almost every delivered speech, there exists an undelivered opposite. These "second speeches" provide alternative histories of what could have been...

A FASCINATING INVESTIGATION INTO THE HISTORY OF CITIES: WHY DID THEY OCCUR, HOW HAVE THEY EVOLVED, WHY DO SO MANY OF US CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THEM AND HOW DO THEY AFFECT US? Monica Smith is the person best qualified to write a book...

A fascinating, comprehensive study that forces us to think again about what law is, and why it matters ... For those who want to understand why human society has emerged as it has, this is essential reading' Rana Mitter, author ofand China's Good WarThe...

A fascinating, eye-opening and often shocking look at what lies ahead for the U.S. and the world from one of our most incisive futurists. In his thought-provoking new book, George Friedman, founder of STRATFOR-the preeminent private intelligence and forecasting firm-focuses on what he knows...

A fictionalised account of the real-life British soldier who let Hitler live in the First World War, and his attempt to put right his mistake - from a master storyteller Brilliant. Historical fiction at its most magnificent' Jackie FrenchBilly Byron was one of the...

A Finalist for the 2024 Cundill History PrizeLonglisted for the 2024 Baillie Gifford PrizeA Best Book of the Year inand The Economist,and Prospect,and The Telegraph,and TLS,and The New York Times,and The Washington Post,and The New Yorker,and andand Foreign Affairs'Magisterial'and - Max Hastings,and The Sunday...

Aand Financial Timesand Book Best Book of the Year 2020Aand Foreign Affairsand Best Book of the Year 2020The gripping, untold story of how Saudi Arabia's secretive and mercurial new ruler rose to power.Even in his youth as a prince among thousands of princes, Mohammed...

Aand Financial Timesand Book of the Year*'The first time I openedand What Artists Wear, I gasped with pleasure. Imagine it as a kind of punk cousin to John Berger'sand Ways of Seeing, liberally illustrated with the most astonishing images of artists, decked out in...

Aand FINANCIAL TIMESand BOOK OF THE YEAROne of our most scintillating public intellectuals explores the political paradoxes of the pandemic and helps us think our way through it'We are able to imagine anything because we are being besieged by something that was considered unimaginable...'Beneath...

A fine collection of classic novels, short stories, poems, and essays from distinguished women writers.and Women writers have been making their voices heard for centuries, but their works were not always taken seriously. Over time, as women gained more social and political freedom, these...

A first-hand account of China's cultural revolution.Nien Cheng, an anglophile and fluent English-speaker who worked for Shell in Shanghai under Mao, was put under house arrest by Red Guards in 1966 and subsequently jailed. All attempts to make her confess to the charges of...

A first-person, authentic and uncensord account of Jayaprakash Narayan's time in jail during the Emergency.

A former senior mujahidin figure and an ex-counter-terrorism analyst cooperating to write a book on the history and legacy of Arab-Afghan fighters in Afghanistan is a remarkable and improbable undertaking. Yet this is what Mustafa Hamid, aka Abu Walid al-Masri, and Leah Farrall have...

A frank and honest memoir by Britain's former ambassador to Kabul which provides a unique, high-level insight into Western policy in Afghanistan.For three years, from 2007 until 2010, Sherard Cowper-Coles was on the diplomatic frontline in Kabul as the West's mission in Afghanistan sank...

A frankly brilliant book' The Guardian'An extraordinarily engrossing and wide-ranging analysis of a word and a concept. I fell under its spell immediately' Simon GarfieldIn 1953, a group of prisoners of war who had fought against the communist invasion of South Korea were released....

A French journalist who'd covered the Afghan war is assassinated and a child brutally maimed over evidence of U.S. weapons provided to the Middle East amounting to billions of dollars paid for by heroin. Eight years later, in 1998, the journalist's young American widow...

A fresh portrait of Henry Kissinger focusing on the fundamental ideas underlying his policies: realism, balance of power and national interest.The Inevitability of Tragedy is a fascinating intellectual biography that examines Henry Kissinger's role in American government through his ideas. It analyses the continuing...

A funny and informative picture book all about fabulous frogs!Have you ever wanted to leap twenty times your own body length? Can you drink through your skin? How about catching all your food with just your tongue? Come and join frog club to learn...

'A funny, achievable guide' Observer'Lauren Bravo is one of my favourite writers' Dolly Alderton'Bravo will inspire you to repair, recycle and give old items a new lease of life' StylistYou probably know the statistics: global clothing production has roughly doubled in just 15 years,...

'A galloping journey through thousands of years of Chinese culinary history . . . a timely reminder that the country's modern cuisine is the delicious fruit of a rich, ancient and perhaps surprisingly multicultural tradition' FUCHSIA DUNLOP, SPECTATOR 'A tasty portrait of a nation'...

A gorgeous new picture book about fitting in and standing outA gorgeous new picture book about fitting in and standing outCharlie's a very clever lion. He loves art, fancy restaurants and travelling. Or at least, he thinks he would. It's hard to tell, since...

A gorgeously illustrated and engaging guide to the world of art.Immerse yourself in the amazing world of art in this beautiful book with text by Helena Hunt, stylishly illustrated by the inimitable print-maker James Brown.What is art, and how have we used it to...

A great and inspiring book from Doncaster's bravest son. Read it in a day' -and Jeremy Clarkson'Ben is the embodiment of positive thinking. What he has achieved, in large part through willpower, is nothing short of miraculous. An inspiration to us all' -and Ant...

A gripping and illuminating picture of how strongmen have deployed violence, seduction, and corruption'and Daniel Ziblatt, co-author ofand How Democracies Die'A timely analysis of how a certain kind of charisma delivers political disaster'and Timothy Snyder, author ofand On TyrannyOurs is the age of the...

A gripping biography by the author of and Brave New WorldIn 1634 Urbain Grandier, a handsome and dissolute priest of the parish of Loudun was tried, tortured and burnt at the stake. He had been found guilty of conspiring with the devil to seduce...

A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle … Compelling'and Daily Mail An unmissable read'and Sunday TimesSoldiersand is a very personal gathering of sparkling, gripping tales by many writers, about men and women who have borne...

A gripping tour d'horizon of the state of the world as it is in 2017 from an acclaimed historian.In the decades since the end of World War II, it has been widely assumed that the western model of liberal democracy and free trade is...

A gripping, “rollicking (John Carreyrou,and New York Timesand bestselling author ofand Bad Blood) biography of Jay Gould, the greatest of the 19th-century robber barons, whose brilliance, greed, and bare-knuckled tactics made him richer than Rockefeller and led Wall Street to institute its first financial...

A groundbreaking history of architecture told through the relationship between buildings and energyThe story of architecture is the story of humanity. The buildings we live in, from the humblest pre-historic huts to today's skyscrapers, reveal our priorities and ambitions, our family structures and power...

A ground-breaking look at the sexual revolution that is beginning to sweep through urban india. The national bestseller india in love: marriage and sexuality in the 21st century is a ground-breaking look at the sexual revolution that is starting to sweep through urban india....

A groundbreaking workand . . .and Federici has become a crucial figureand for . . .and a new generation of feminists'and Rachel Kushner, author ofand The Mars RoomA cult classic since its publication in the early years of this century,and Caliban and the Witchand...

Aand Guardian,and Financial Times, New Statesman,and The Rest is Politicsand and Waterstones Highlight for 2024'Quinn has done a lot more than reinvent the wheel. What we have here is a truly encyclopaedic and monumental account of the ancient world'and THE TIMES'A work of great...

A guide that Marcus Cicero's brother wrote for him as he prepared to campaign for consul in ancient Rome includes a surprising amount of information that can be applied to today's political contests, and is now presenting again, in a bilingual Latin-English edition that...

A guide to the mind of one of the great English novelists of the last half-century' Guardian'Like hearing the voice of an old friend'and ObserverAs well as her celebrated career as a novelist, Hilary Mantel long contributed to newspapers and journals, unspooling stories from...

A handy message pad in a Liberty print box to keep by the phone.

A harrowing, action-packed account of the author's series of audacious escapes from the Nazis' Final Solution--"riveting...a fascinating and moving piece of history" (Library Journal). Young Leo Bretholz survived the Holocaust by escaping from the Nazis (and others) not once, but seven times during his...

A heartbreaking, powerful true story from Britain's most-loved foster carer, perfect for fans of Cathy Glass and Casey Watson.When a terrified young girl is discovered hiding in the back of a lorry, she is quickly taken into the care of social services. Arriving on...

A heartfelt memoir by the father of a gay teen, and an eye-opening story for families who hope to bring up well-adjusted gay adults. Three years ago, John Schwartz, a national correspondent at The New York Times, got the call that every parent hopes...

A heart-stopping tale of medicine gone mad and the abuse of power,and Godplayerand is a medical thriller from the master of the genre - Robin Cook.The first moment pathology resident Cassandra Cassidy met brilliant cardiac surgeon Thomas Kingsley, she knew they were meant to...

A high-energy, laugh-out-loud, fully illustrated adventure story by much-loved actor Stephen Mangan and talented artist Anita Mangan, Celebrity Goggleboxers andamp; creators of Top 10 Fiction Bestsellersand Escape the Rooms,and The Fart That Changed the Worldand andand The Great Reindeer Rescue.Disaster!The Queen of Dunny, the...

A hilarious picture book about an old man and his colour-changing pet that'll have kids laughing and shouting COME OUT, COME OUT, CHAMELEON!'I have a pet chameleon. The only thing is... I've never actually seen him.A charming old man is searching everywhere for his...

A historical tour de force,and The Invention of the Jewish Peopleand offers a groundbreaking account of Jewish and Israeli history. Exploding the myth that there was a forced Jewish exile in the first century at the hands of the Romans, Israeli historian Shlomo Sand...