Money
AS HEARD ON RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEKTHE INTERNATIONAL #1 BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE AN POST IRISH BOOK AWARDS 2024 NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARA WATERSTONES NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024A 2024 BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE OBSERVER, ECONOMIST, FINANCIAL TIMES AND PROSPECT ‘A breathtaking, expansive and imaginative ride through the history and future of money from an...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A History of the World in Twelve Shipwrecks
AN ECONOMIST BEST BOOK OF 2024 'Masterful and entrancing - this is big history at its best.' Professor Alice Roberts, author of Ancestors 'A real-life Indiana Jones takes readers on a dive through these underwater museums, revealing the sunken secrets of the past' The Times From a Bronze Age ship built during the age of Queen Nefertiti and filled with...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Republic
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics. Plato's Republic has influenced Western philosophers for centuries, with its main focus on what makes a well-balanced society and individual.Paperback$999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Stuff the British Stole
An uproarious, illuminating trek through contested history, from the creator of the hit podcast and TV series. In the days of the British Empire, things were taken that probably shouldn't have been. So how come they're still in museums, galleries and some much stranger places? British museums are home to millions of fascinating objects. The trouble is, a whole bunch...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid August
Normal Women
The Sunday Times Bestseller ‘A lasting work of social history’ The Times ‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ Dan Jones ‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ Spectator 'Philippa Gregory uses all her bestseller skills to weave a narrative with pace' Antonia Fraser From the multi-million bestselling historical novelist comes the culmination of her life’s work...Hardback$4400Elsewhere:$6500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Nancy Wake
The gripping true story of the woman who became the Gestapo's most wanted spy In the early 1930s, Nancy Wake was a young woman enjoying a bohemian life in Paris. By the end of the Second World War, she was the Gestapo's most wanted person. As a naïve, young journalist, Nancy Wake witnessed a horrific scene of Nazi violence in...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
A Very Short History of the Israel–Palestine Conflict
The devastation of 7 October 2023 and the horrors that followed astounded the world. But the Israel–Palestine conflict didn’t start on 7 October. It didn’t start in 1967 either, when Israel occupied the West Bank, or in 1948 when the state of Israel was declared. It started in 1882, when the first Zionist settlers arrived in what was then Ottoman...Paperback$2699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The Rise of Pacific Literature
In the 1960s and 1970s, the staff and students of two newly founded universities in the Pacific Islands helped foster a golden age of Oceanian literature. At the University of Papua New Guinea and the University of the South Pacific, bold experiments in curriculum design recentered literary studies around a Pacific modernity. Rejecting the established British colonial model, writer-scholars placed...Paperback$6699Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks-
Blackbirding
An important reckoning with Australia’s unspoken history of slavery. As a nation, we are becoming more accustomed to reckoning with the horrors and trauma of our colonial past, but one area has remained in the shadows: the Australian slave trade of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Known as ‘blackbirding’, this dark corner of our history has been evaded...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3899Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
Spearhead
At first, gunner Clarence Smoyer and his fellow crewmen in the legendary 3rd Armored Division Spearhead thought their tanks were invincible. Then they met the German Panther, with a gun so murderous it could shoot through one Sherman and into the next. Soon a pattern emerged: the lead tank always gets hit. After Clarence sees his friends cut down breaching...Paperback$3000Elsewhere:$3299Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Vikings
A colourful exploration into the history, training, weapons, lifestyles and legacy of the Vikings. From Norway to Sicily, Russia to Ireland and across the Atlantic to North America, the Vikings traversed the globe in their pursuit of land and plunder. Renowned as merciless raiders from the sea, these fearless warriors ransacked the shores of Europe for more than 250 years....Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
Posthomerica
Quintus Smyrnaeus' Posthomerica, the only long mythological epic to survive in Greek from the period between Apollonius' Argonautica (3rd century BC) and Nonnus' Dionysiaca (5th century AD), fills in the whole story of the Trojan expedition between the end of Homer's Iliad and the beginning of the Odyssey, which had been treated only episodically by earlier epic and dramatic poets....Hardback$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 3-4 weeks
The Coming Storm
A prescient, thoughtful and chilling examination of the current state of the world If there are lessons from history, now is the time when we need to heed them, so that we do not end up in another Great Power war because of the fatal combinations of jingoism, fear, fatalism, and sheer stupidity that set off the first major war...Hardback$4299Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Blitzed
The sensational account of the overwhelming role of drug-taking in the Third Reich - from Hitler and his entourage to ordinary troops. The Nazis styled themselves as warriors against moral degeneracy. Yet, as Norman Ohler's gripping bestseller reveals, the entire Third Reich was permeated with drugs—cocaine, heroin, morphine and, most of all, methamphetamines, or crystal meth. These substances were used...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Mao's Great Famine
Mao's Great Famine by Frank Dikötter is a harrowing chronicle of one of the most tragic periods in human history. During the years from 1958 to 1962, China's pursuit of rapid industrialisation and agricultural collectivisation under Mao Zedong's Great Leap Forward resulted in an unimaginable humanitarian disaster. This ambitious policy aimed to transform China into a global superpower within a...Paperback$2599Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Children of Radium
Wry, off-beat and subversive - a Jewish family memoir like no other, from the author of the cult classic novel Submarine. Joe Dunthorne's great-grandfather was a family legend - the eccentric pre-war inventor of radioactive toothpaste and the Jewish refugee from the Nazis who returned to Germany under cover of the Berlin Olympics to pull off a heist on his...Hardback$4100Elsewhere:$4500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
13% offUnruly
A seriously FUNNY, seriously CLEVER history of our early kings and queens by one of our favourite comedians and cultural commentators. This will be the most refreshing, entertaining history of England you'll have ever read. Certainly, the funniest. Because David Mitchell will explain how it is not all names, dates or ungraspable historical headwinds, but instead show how it's really...Paperback$2100Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
SAS Nazi Hunters
'A humbling, inspiring account of some of the real founders of modern day Special Forces soldiering' - Bear Grylls SAS Nazi Hunters is the incredible, hitherto untold story of the most secret chapter in the SAS's history. Officially, the world's most elite special forces unit was dissolved at the end of the Second World War, and not reactivated until the...Paperback$2399Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Greece Crete Stalag Dachau - A New Zealand Soldier's Encounters With Hitler's Army
In 1940, 28-year-old Jack Elworthy left to fight in Europe. He would return seven years later, changed forever. Like many soldiers, Jack had experienced the best and worst of human nature—from the kindness and bravery of Crete civilians to the unimaginable horrors of Dachau. He escaped from Greece as the Nazis rolled in, fought and was captured in Crete, and...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
White Tears/Brown Scars
White Tears/Brown Scars by Ruby Hamad is a powerful and incisive exploration of the complex interactions between racism and sexism, particularly through the lens of the relationships between women of colour and white women. The book delves into the historical and cultural narratives that have upheld white supremacy and patriarchy, providing a compelling critique of how white women have perpetuated...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Conquistador
Conquistador by Buddy Levy transports readers to the early 16th century, chronicling one of the most dramatic encounters in world history. This masterful narration delves into the clash between Hernan Cortes and Montezuma, a confrontation that forever altered the course of two empires and marks a pivotal moment in history. In 1519, Hernan Cortes, an ambitious Spanish conquistador, lands on...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Cuba (Winner of the Pulitzer Prize)
Cuba: An American History by Dr. Ada Ferrer presents an expansive and vivid chronicle of Cuba, exploring its profound and intricate relationship with the United States over five centuries. Meticulously researched and beautifully written, this landmark work is an extraordinary achievement from one of the preeminent historians in the field. The narrative opens with the indigenous societies of the island...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Child of the Ruins
People are disappearing. I spoke to my neighbour yesterday, we laughed at some nonsense, and today he is gone. We only discovered he was missing because the dog wouldn't stop howling and we all knew he would never leave his beloved pet. So I am careful, extremely careful. Two families divided by war. An entire city on the edge of...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Spitfire
THE SUNDAY TIMES NON-FICTION BESTSELLER WHSmith NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 'The best book you will ever read about Britain's greatest warplane' – Patrick Bishop, bestselling author of Fighter Boys 'A rich and heartfelt tribute to this most iconic British machine' – Rowland White, bestselling author of Vulcan 607 'As the RAF marks its centenary, Nichol has created a...Paperback$2799Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
World War II
A picture-packed guide to one of the most brutal conflicts of the 20th century. In collaboration with the Imperial War Museum, go back in time and experience history with this picture-led guide to the Second World War. This book tells the story of the second devastating conflict of the 20th century that tore the world apart - divided by international...Hardback$2200Elsewhere:$2400Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Utopia for Realists
A Sunday Times Bestseller In Utopia for Realists, acclaimed Dutch historian Rutger Bregman takes readers on an eye-opening journey through history and modern society, revealing how visionary ideas can become practical solutions for our most pressing challenges. With engaging storytelling and robust research, Bregman argues that many of the milestones of civilisation – from the abolition of slavery to the...Paperback$2000Elsewhere:$2199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Pre-orderMum, I Want to Hear Your Story (Deluxe Edition)
Give Your Mum a Beautiful Gift of Legacy, Love, and Lasting Memories The Official Hear Your Story Collection Mum, I Want to Hear Your Story is your key to discovering everything from your mother's childhood memories to the profound turning points in her life. Each intentional section gives your mum a place to share her life with you while creating...Hardback$4999Elsewhere:$5500Unit price /UnavailableOut 20 Oct 2026Pre-order
Pre-orderHoax
Here lies Fanny Lynes, whose whispers from beyond the grave set London alight with scandal. Here swings Mary Bateman, who lived a life of lies—and died a prophetess and murderer. Here stands Mary Willcocks. Or is it Anne Burgess? Or Princess Caraboo, from the distant island of Javasu? A ghost. A witch. A princess. This is a story of those...Hardback$5500Unit price /UnavailableOut 4 Aug 2026Pre-order
Carroll Shelby
It was motoring author Rinsey Mills' passion for AC cars and motorsports history that led to his first meeting with Carroll Shelby. His suggestion that they should collaborate in order to create an accurate record of Shelby's life and achievements was at first rebuffed but later taken up with enthusiasm. This authorised biography is the result. Carroll Shelby: The Authorised...Paperback$7100Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
The Phantom Atlas
A STUNNINGLY ILLUSTRATED BOOK REVEALING THE GREATEST MYTHS, LIES AND BLUNDERS ON MAPS 'Highly recommended' - Andrew Marr 'A spectacular, enjoyable and eye-opening read' - Jonathan Ross The Phantom Atlas is an atlas of the world not as it ever existed, but as it was thought to be. These marvellous and mysterious phantoms—non-existent islands, invented mountain ranges, mythical civilisations, and...Hardback$5400Elsewhere:$5999Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks
The Last Secrets of Anne Frank
‘DEVASTATING’ Daily Mail ‘FASCINATING’ Daily Telegraph ‘POIGNANT’ TLS The extraordinary story of Bep Voskuijl, Anne Frank’s closest friend during the 761 days she spent in the Secret Annex. Bep Voskuijl was just twenty-three when the Franks went into hiding and she risked her life to protect them, sourcing food and medicine under the noses of German soldiers and Dutch spies....Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$2899Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips late August
The State and Revolution
This introduction covers the writing of The State and Revolution, the 1927 revolution itself, Marxist influences on Lenin, and what Lenin aimed to cover. It delves into the style of the book, the Bolshevik seizure of power, and the furore over the book's publication. It also examines the implications for general political theory, the book's fate from the 1920s to...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips late August-
Orientalism
Orientalism is one of the greatest and most influential books of ideas to be published since the end of the European empires. For generations now, it has defined our understanding of colonialism and empire, and with each passing year, its influence becomes, if anything, even greater. To mark its 25th anniversary, Orientalism rightfully takes its place as a Penguin Modern...Paperback$2700Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 4-6 weeks 
The Dark Dad
Art historian Mary Kisler grew up in the early 1950s with a father who talked little, whose affection she cherished and whose anger she feared. She later came to understand the trauma that lay behind his dark moods: rejection and violence in his childhood and the brutal experience of being a prisoner of war in Italy and then Germany from...Paperback$3700Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Tribe
Tribe: On Homecoming and Belonging by Sebastian Junger is an illuminating exploration that delves into the human need for a sense of belonging and the psychological impacts of war and peace. Using his expertise in anthropology and first-hand experience with conflict, Junger provides a deeply thought-provoking perspective on post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and the societal challenges faced by returning veterans....Paperback$1999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
The Rose Code
The New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of The Huntress and The Alice Network returns with another heart-stopping World War II story of three female code breakers at Bletchley Park and the spy they must root out after the war is over. 1940. As England prepares to fight the Nazis, three very different women answer the call to...Paperback$5400Unit price /UnavailableAvailableShips in 2-3 weeks
The Longest Walk Home
In 1940, Private Raymond Bailey, a 21-year-old Vauxhall motors apprentice, was captured in northern France, becoming a Nazi prisoner of war. But he wouldn't remain one for long... The Longest Walk Home is the incredible account of his daring 2,000-mile escape across Europe and over the Pyrenees, to the safety of British Gibraltar, and home in time for Christmas. Along...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
George III
Winner of the Elizabeth Longford Prize for Historical Biography - Andrew Roberts overturns received wisdom on Britain's longest-reigning king. Andrew Roberts's magnificent new biography portrays George as intelligent, benevolent, scrupulously devoted to the constitution of his country and (as head of government as well as head of state) navigating the turbulence of eighteenth-century politics with a strong sense of honour...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The Holy Roman Empire
The Holy Roman Empire by Peter H. Wilson is an astonishing and essential tome that delves into what was for ten centuries Europe’s largest and most intricate state. From its inception under Charlemagne to its eventual dissolution at the hands of Napoleon, the Holy Roman Empire stood as the epicentre of European civilization. This ancient and sprawling entity was not...Paperback$3600Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
SPQR
Ancient Rome continues to captivate modern readers, and its history is crucial for understanding the foundations of Western civilisation. In SPQR by Professor Mary Beard, one of the world's foremost classicists delves deep into the history of Rome, offering a comprehensive and captivating exploration of this extraordinary empire. This authoritative work traces the evolution of Rome from its humble beginnings...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$3299Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September -
Emperor of Rome
The Sunday Times Top Ten & New York Times Bestseller Blackwell's Non-Fiction Book of the Year Shortlisted for the Waterstones Book of the Year 2023 Extraordinary ... a deliciously varied tapestry of detail drawn from across nearly three centuries – Telegraph What was it really like to rule and be ruled in the Ancient Roman world? In her international best-seller...Paperback$2999Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips mid September 
Madhouse at the End of the Earth
A new classic of extreme endurance - Into Thin Air meets The Perfect Storm in 19th century Antarctica **A Times Best Book of 2021** The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter August 1897: The Belgica set sail,...Paperback$2600Unit price /UnavailableBackorderShips late August-
The World
THE TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR ONE OF THE ECONOMIST'S BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From the master storyteller and internationally bestselling author - the story of humanity from prehistory to the present day, told through the one thing all humans have in common: family. We begin with the footsteps of a family walking along...Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Democracy in America
In 1831, Tocqueville set out from post-revolutionary France on a journey across America that would take him nine months and cover 7,000 miles. The result was Democracy in America, a subtle and prescient analysis of the life and institutions of 19th-century America. Tocqueville's study of the strengths and weaknesses of an evolving democratic society remains a key point of reference...Paperback$3499Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Between the World and Me
In the 150 years since the end of the Civil War and the ratification of the Thirteenth Amendment (the abolition of slavery), the story of race and America has remained a brutally simple one. It is the story of the black body, exploited to create the country's foundational wealth, violently segregated to unite a nation after a civil war and,...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
The New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa
The New Zealand Wars | Nga Pakanga o Aotearoa by Vincent O'Malley delves into one of the most significant series of conflicts in New Zealand's history. This comprehensive work meticulously examines the wars that were fought between the British Crown and various Māori groups from 1845 to 1872. Through vivid narrative and incisive analysis, O'Malley brings to life the battles...Paperback$3500Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
New Release85 Seconds to Midnight
A warning to humankind from one of the world's greatest physicists. What drives these pages is the guilty conscience of my profession, theoretical physics. My sole aim is to help avert what seems to me to be the unintended, yet scarcely avoidable, end point of the current politics of the governments we have elected—nuclear war. The world is re-arming and...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
New ReleaseThe Queen and Her Presidents
The Crown meets The West Wing in this illuminating history that chronicles the largely unknown story of Queen Elizabeth II’s relationship with thirteen American presidents, from Harry S. Truman to Donald J. Trump. With that, she changed the world. No American or foreign leader has met with as many sitting presidents as Queen Elizabeth II. Her Royal Majesty’s seventy-year reign...Paperback$3199Elsewhere:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Why Q Needs U
Every single one of the letters you're reading right now can tell a fascinating story, having been on a long linguistic, historical, political and social journey to reach this very page.The English alphabet is a tool that we've inherited down the centuries from ancient creators around the world. The alphabet hasn't always had its present form, but rather has undergone...Hardback$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
38 Londres Street
'An indelible and enthralling work of moral witness' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'These questions of memory and impunity are forever timely' FINANCIAL TIMES 'An extraordinary achievement . . . I read with open mouth and thumping heart' STEPHEN FRY The house at 38 Londres Street in Santiago, Chile, is home to the legacies of two men whose personal stories span continents,...Paperback$2499Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Leather & Chains
It is a dangerous thing to be a teenage girl.I never kept a diary, except for one year of my life. The year I turned fourteen. The year my parents divorced. The year I had sex for the first time. The year I learned to use the microfiche. In this unique follow-up to her memoir You Probably Think This Song...Paperback$3400Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
ANZAC Strike Wing
The untold story of courage, comradeship, and daring that captures the true spirit of the ANZACs in the air.From the freezing airfields of Scotland to the storm-lashed fjords of Norway, two squadrons of aviators from the other side of the world forged one of the most daring and effective maritime strike forces of the Second World War.In 1944, the Royal...Paperback$2000Elsewhere:$2299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
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Children of the Third Reich
Every mother of good blood will be sacred to us, wrote Heinrich Himmler, as he founded his Lebensborn ('Fount of Life') programme in 1935. The Lebensborn programme was founded in Nazi Germany to breed racially pure Aryans, from mothers who believed it was their national duty to provide 'A Child for Hitler', and fathers who served in the SS, selected...Paperback$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
Discovering Hitler's Führerbunker
The shadow of the Third Reich ended not on the streets of Berlin, but beneath them.Discovering Hitler’s Führerbunker unveils Adolf Hitler’s final refuge, the Führerbunker, deep beneath Berlin. In the labyrinthine depths, Hitler and his inner circle spent the final months of the Second World War. It was here, on 30 April 1945, that Hitler and his new bride, Eva...Paperback$3399Elsewhere:$4199Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
The Barn
How forces from around the world converged on the Mississippi Delta to cause one of the most notorious murders in US history. Emmett Till's murder is one of the most infamous in American history; a moment that, more than any other, awakened the world to the racism of the Deep South. Yet despite growing up just a few miles from...Paperback$3500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
18% offThe Little Princesses
In little more than fifty years, the regard with which the Royal Family are held has changed out of all recognition. Their private lives are now the stuff of soap opera, and it seems anyone who comes into contact with them sells their story to magazines or newspapers. Marion Crawford, 'Crawfie', as she was known to the Queen and Princess...Paperback$2300Usually:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Battle of the Arctic
WINSTON CHURCHILL called it ‘the worst journey in the world’. But was even this telling quote, describing the nightmarish torment experienced while transporting military aid to northern Russia during World War Two, an understatement? As this book’s title implies, Battle of the Arctic tells a unique story. For much of the conflict was complicated by terrific storms, snow, ice, fog,...Paperback$3499Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Te Tiriti o Waitangi | The Treaty of Waitangi, 1840
In 1840, over 500 Māori leaders put their names to a significant new document: Te Tiriti o Waitangi or the Treaty of Waitangi. Through their signatures, moko or marks, they were making an agreement with the British Crown, represented by Consul and Lieutenant-Governor William Hobson. At stake was the sovereignty of the country, the governance of the land. The meanings...Hardback$3500Elsewhere:$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The Greeks
'A wonderful book.' - Peter Frankopan 'A masterpiece' - Gregory Nagy, Harvard University 'Remarkable' - Ian Morris, author of Why the West Rules-For Now The way we think. The way we learn. The entertainment we seek. The way we are governed. It all began on the mountains and islands of Europe's southeastern edge, more than 3,000 years ago. The Greeks...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
20% offThe Churchills
"There never was a Churchill from John of Marlborough down who had either morals or principles," so said Gladstone. From the First Duke of Marlborough—soldier of genius, restless empire-builder, and cuckolder of Charles II—onwards, the Churchills have been politicians, gamblers, and profligates, heroes and womanisers. The Churchills is a richly layered portrait of an extraordinary set of men and women—grandly...Paperback$2400Usually:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
Empires of the Steppes
An epic history of how the so-called 'barbarians of the steppes' shaped the modern world. ‘A rollercoaster of historical narration’ History Today 'This is a history of epic scope that brings together the empires of the steppe land with the caravan cities of the Silk Road and imperial China' – Martyn Rady, author of The Middle Kingdoms 'A sweeping account...Paperback$4999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
A Small, Stubborn Town
It's March 2022 and Russian tanks are roaring across the vast, snow-dusted fields of Ukraine. Their destination: Voznesensk, a town with a small bridge that could change the course of the war. The heavily-armed Russians are expecting an easy fight - or no fight at all. After all, Voznesensk is a quiet farming town, full of pensioners. But the locals...Paperback$3699Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
18% offTo Love and Be Loved
From a trusted advisor and devoted friend of Mother Teresa comes a “powerful” (The Washington Free Beacon) firsthand account of the miraculous woman behind the saint and a book that is “rich in reflection on contemporary sanctity” (George Weigel). Mother Teresa was one of the most admired women of the 20th century, and her memory continues to inspire charitable work...Paperback$3100Usually:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
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The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt
At once a heart-wrenching personal narrative and a unique historical document, The Autobiography of Eleanor Roosevelt is the ultimate example of the personal as political. Eleanor Roosevelt stands as one of the world’s greatest humanitarians, having dedicated her remarkable life to the liberty and equality of all people. In this sincere and frank self-portrait, she recounts her childhood—marked by the...Paperback$2900Usually:$3299Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
20% offHenry VIII and the Men Who Made Him
'An outstanding work of historical artistry, a brilliantly woven and pacy story of the men who surrounded, influenced and sometimes plagued Henry VIII.' Alison Weir Henry VIII is well known for his tumultuous relationships with women, and he is often defined by his many marriages. But what do we see if we take a different look? When we see Henry...Paperback$2400Usually:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
18% offEsther
Shortlisted for the Society of Women Writers NSW Book Awards Esther only just escaped the hangman in London. Aged 16, she stood trial at the Old Bailey for stealing 24 yards of black silk lace. Her sentence was transportation to the other side of the world. She embarked on the perilous journey on the First Fleet as a convict, with...Paperback$3100Usually:$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Cassino '44
The astonishing story of one of the most brutal and hard-fought battles of the Second World War in Italy, told by one of the most acclaimed and insightful historians in the UK. 'It should become a standard work on this campaign' - Telegraph 'James Holland is now our foremost authority on the Italian campaign' - John C. McManus 'A heart-pounding...Paperback$2800Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
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Still Life with Bones: A forensic quest for justice among Latin America’s mass graves
ONE OF The New Yorker's BEST BOOKS OF 2023 SO FAR CHOSEN BY Financial Times' READERS FOR BEST BOOKS OF 2023 A New York Times BOOKS EDITOR'S CHOICE "Has the makings of a classic." - The TLS "Chilling and vital... sensitive and thought-provoking." - The Times "Exhumation can divide brothers and restore fathers, open old wounds and open the possibility...Paperback$2300Usually:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Moscow Underground
Moscow, 1934. Moscow's glittering new subway is under construction at last. The first line will run through the centre of the city, cutting deep through Moscow soil. But futures cannot be created without digging up the past. Though Russia's leaders want to build a glorious Soviet capital, what holds them in a fatal grip is history: old mud and bones....Paperback$3799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
20% offOnly God Can Judge Me
New York Times bestselling author Jeff Pearlman turns his sharp eye and meticulous storytelling to one of pop culture’s most enduring and enigmatic figures—Tupac Shakur—presenting the definitive retelling of his life, complete with explosive new details. Scrutinized in life, mythologized in death, Tupac Shakur remains a subject of immense cultural significance and speculation nearly thirty years after his murder. Despite...Hardback$4400Usually:$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
At the Edge of Empire
FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2025 At the Edge of Empire is lauded by the likes of Francis Fukuyama as "a brilliant personal account of China's borderlands and peoples." Edward Wong is praised by Barbara Demick as "about as knowledgeable a guide to China as a reader could ever hope to find." In 1962, Edward Wong's father, disillusioned with Communism,...Paperback$2500Elsewhere:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
17% offThe Last Tsar
'Certain to become the definitive work' DOUGLAS SMITH 'Elegantly written and magisterially researched' ROBERT SERVICE 'Masterful . . . a chilling lesson' VLADISLAV ZUBOK The definitive story behind the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty, by the world's foremost expert. When Tsar Nicholas II fell from power in 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to...Paperback$2500Usually:$2999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
Australia
From convict colony to great democracy Australia is one of the world's great success stories: a land long hidden from outsiders, chosen as a convict dumping ground, where—since 1788—people from many backgrounds have built one of the most free, fair, and prosperous countries on earth. By the standards of a harsher time, the early governors tried to respect the original...Hardback$5500Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
A History of Modern Britain in Twenty Murders
In this groundbreaking new book from the UK's leading criminologist, David Wilson explores what our nation's most lethal murderers reveal about us in a thrilling blend of history and true crime. Professor David Wilson is renowned for deciphering the hidden motives of murderers and the context in which crimes took place. In A History of Modern Britain in Twenty Murders,...Paperback$3999Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow -
When the Clock Broke
A rollicking, revelatory look at the tumult of the early 1990s and the rise of a new, more berserk America that birthed the Donald Trump Era. The New York Times Bestseller. A Barack Obama Summer Pick. When the Clock Broke is leagues more insightful on the subject of Trump's ascent than most writing that purports to address the issue directly....Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
The Gods of New York
From the bestselling author of The Bronx is Burning, a superlative account of New York at a dramatic turning point in its history. New York City entered 1986 as a city reborn, with record profits on Wall Street sending waves of money splashing across Manhattan and bringing a once-bankrupt and reeling city back to life. But it also entered 1986...Paperback$2999Elsewhere:$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
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Monet
The 2024 Elizabeth Longford prizewinning biography of the founder of Impressionism Based on thousands of never-before-translated letters and unpublished sources, Jackie Wullschläger's enthralling biography is the first account of Monet's turbulent private life and how it determined his expressive, sensuous, sensational painting. Deeply moving, it immerses us in that passionate experience, transforming our understanding of the man, his art, and...Paperback$4000Usually:$5000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
Homo Criminalis
A witty whistle-stop tour through organised crime across the centuries, by acclaimed historian and journalist Mark Galeotti, exploring how the underworld shapes our overworld, perfect for fans of Otto English. When does a bandit become a monarch? When does a gang become a government? And is organised crime at the heart of every modern state? On a thrilling whistle-stop tour...Paperback$4000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow-
The Patriarchs
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2023 A WATERSTONES BOOK OF YEAR FOR POLITICS 2023 ‘I learned something new on every page of this totally essential book’ Sathnam Sanghera ‘By thinking about gendered inequality as rooted in something unalterable within us, we fail to see it for what it is: something more fragile that has had to be...Paperback$2600Elsewhere:$2799Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow 
The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine
Eusebius is regarded as the historian of Christian antiquity. Eusebius's account is the only surviving historical record of the Church during its crucial first 300 years. Bishop Eusebius, a learned scholar who lived most of his life in Caesarea in Palestine, broke new ground in writing the The History of the Church from Christ to Constantine and provided a model...Paperback$3000Unit price /UnavailableIn StockShips tomorrow
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