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The story behind some of the most newsworthy stories ever, written by the man with more #1 bestsellers than any journalist of our time. Bob Woodward has reported on every American president from Richard Nixon to Donald Trump. His books have penetrated government institutions, informed the national conversation, and shaped our culture. In Secrets, Woodward tells his story – from...

Two women ninety years apart ask themselves the same question—what is the difference between living, and feeling truly alive? Leisure is time when something can be discovered, where certainties are called into question, where lives change. Essential Frieze Elegant, invigorating and beautiful Amy Key The celebrated psychoanalyst Marion Milner lived for the entirety of the twentieth century. By the age...

The story behind the stories, the life behind the art – the riotous, wise and revealing memoir from the cultural icon of our age. The Sunday Times Bestseller 'Fat and satisfying' – Observer 'I loved it' – Dua Lipa 'Deliciously naughty' – iNews 'Beautifully told' – Woman & Home 'Spellbinding' – FT Book of the Year – Guardian, Financial Times,...

Businessman, author, professor, and podcaster Scott Galloway offers a path forward for men and parents of boys. The lack of attention to the growing masculinity crisis has created a void which is now being dangerously filled by the Manosphere and misogyny. Male suicide rates are sky high; employment rates are low and mental health and relationship issues are impossible to...

Educated meets The Queen's Gambit in this extraordinary memoir by International Master and Chess.com co-founder Danny Rensch, who describes his upbringing in an abusive cult—and how chess ended up saving his life. Born into the Church of Immortal Consciousness, Danny Rensch spent his childhood navigating the isolated confines of a cult. Despite psychological manipulation, physical abuse, and neglect, he persevered....

How the Apple Store changed shopping forever – one customer at a time. In Shop Different: A Retail Story, visionary retailer Ron Johnson reveals the untold story of how he and Steve Jobs created the Apple store. From the first store’s opening to a global empire of over 500 locations, Johnson shares a behind-the-scenes look at iconic moments, including the...

Canva creator Melanie Perkins and her partner Cliff Obrecht wrote their own playbook. Here’s the story of what we should all hope the next generation of business will look like: how they did it, why they did it and why it worked. 'I hope this story can inspire others to dream big, set goals, and make them happen.' – Melanie...

Wanderlust by Reid Mitenbuler is an epic narrative following the extraordinary life of Peter Freuchen, an eccentric adventurer whose escapades spanned some of the most remote and perilous frontiers of the twentieth century. The story opens with a heart-pounding scene set in the Arctic wilderness, where Freuchen finds himself buried alive under the snow during a sudden blizzard. As he...

A gripping and revealing new biography of one of the greatest of modern poets, the queer, Greek-Egyptian Constantine Cavafy, whose admirers have ranged from E.M. Forster, T.S. Eliot and Virginia Woolf to Jackie Onassis, Leonard Cohen and Stephen Fry. Shortlisted for the Anglo-Hellenic League Runciman Award 'A deeply researched and engaging biography… Jeffreys and Jusdanis brilliantly recreate Cavafy’s world’ -...

The Next Chapter of Cher's Iconic Life. Continue the ride in Summer 2025. Cher is an intimate journey into the extraordinary world of Cher, one of the most iconic and influential figures in the entertainment industry. This captivating narrative unveils her fascinating life story, filled with personal insights and behind-the-scenes moments that are sure to enthral readers. With unprecedented access...

Intertwining food writing with personal stories, this is a mouthwatering, light, and upbeat book exploring what it is about the humble instant noodle that has made it a source of comfort to so many. In this world, there are two types of food: ramen and non-ramen. Yoon Ina takes ramen seriously. She makes sure to try new flavours as soon...

In his candid and revealing memoir, Joe Biden reflects on his time as president: the challenges, triumphs, sorrows, and accomplishments that marked his administration amid one of the most tumultuous eras in American history. Biden took the oath of office on the steps of the U.S. Capitol, where—just days earlier—rioters had stormed the halls and threatened the very foundation of...

Dickensian is a language, not an adjective. Conrad speaks it fluently. -- Spectator World Marvellous... the best book on Dickens since G.K. Chesterton’s. -- A. N. Wilson, The Oldie A kaleidoscopic investigation of Dickens’s imagination and the world he created. See Dickens as never before in this creative biography, which delves into his novels, journalistic essays and letters to reveal...

In Your Area and In Our Hearts – this is the world of BLACKPINK! August 2016: stars are born. A decade later, BLACKPINK are still shooting to dazzling heights, redefining the music landscape globally with no end in sight. Come along and party as we dance through ten years of breaking records, unforgettable tours, play on repeat hits and drop...

The unexplored life of rock's greatest and perhaps most enigmatic instrumentalist. With his shag haircut and white Stratocaster guitar, Jeff Beck was an icon. Yet somehow, he maintained the ineffable low-profile cool of a cult hero—gliding through six decades of musical trends with nary a lapse in taste. In his illustrious career, Beck won eight Grammy Awards, was twice inducted...

Wings: The Story of a Band on the Run tells the history of Paul McCartney and his newly formed band, from their humble beginnings in the early 1970s to their dissolution barely a decade later. Drawn from over 500,000 words of interviews with McCartney, family and band members, and other key participants, Wings recounts the musical odyssey taken by a...

Entertainment was never just entertainment... It was instruction. From the sleek hallways of Constance Billard to the rainy corridors of Grey Sloan Memorial Hospital, Domenica Feraud—like so many of us—was raised by TV. It was her greatest comfort, her most passionate obsession, her favourite form of therapy. Her childhood friends were cloaked in laugh tracks, her mentors monologued under stage...

An inspiring must-read for anyone who is searching for hope in darkness of loss, grief or addiction — Gillian Anderson Sarah Hiscox's deep self-esteem and addiction issues began in childhood when she was given powerful sleeping pills for her nightmares. Then, as a young woman, a toxic relationship with food morphed into a full-blown heroin dependency that neither a loving...

Winner of the Academy Award for Best Foreign Feature. When Marcelo Rubens Paiva was 11 years old, his father was tortured to death by the Brazilian dictatorship. Twenty-five years later, his mother, Eunice, helped usher into law a way for the families of the regime's victims to finally have their deaths formally acknowledged, and allow them to seek compensation. In...

An ELLE Best Book of the Year Shortlisted for the William Saroyan International Prize for Writing “Incredible…riveting.” —Dax Shepard, Armchair Expert podcast For fans of The Glass Castle and The Liars’ Club, a tender, heartbreaking, and hilarious memoir chronicling the challenges of growing up with a desperately scheming father, a mother plagued by an acute hoarding disorder, and parenting parents...

Winner of the 2026 Bernstein Prize A powerful, firsthand account of a woman’s fifty-day struggle to protect three generations of her family while held hostage by Hamas in Gaza. For fifty days, Dr. Shoshan Haran was held captive alongside her family—including her three-year-old granddaughter—under the constant threat of terrorists and the horror of IDF bombardments. After their release, words began...

Have a “Rock and Roll Party” with this incredible chronicle of KISS’s first platinum studio album and one of the greatest rock records in history. In 1976, Gene, Paul, Ace, and Peter stomped their platform heels into the mainstream with Destroyer, which catapulted them to superstardom. This official, authorized retrospective takes you behind the scenes at the recording sessions and...

Packed with never-before-heard stories and exclusive interviews with the cast, crew, producers, writers, directors, and creators, star Dean Norris-aka DEA Hank Schrader and Walter White's brother-in-law-shares a definitive insider account of the iconic TV show Breaking Bad. The story of Walter White, a timid, cancer-stricken chemistry teacher who becomes "the one who knocks" when he decides to cook meth to...

The recently discovered and remarkable memoir of a Hiroshima survivor and hero, Kiyoshi Tanimoto, one of the six characters in John Hersey's seminal 1946 book Hiroshima. A newly discovered firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath from one of the survivors—a lost classic that brings unprecedented immediacy to our understanding of this world-changing event. The whole city was...

This is a book of inner rending and tearing: it will hack at the numbed, bewildered heart.Helen Garner What happens when the story you were raised to believe collides with the reality you can no longer ignore? For half a century, David Leser has wrestled with the question at the heart of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: how can two peoples, bound...

A true adventure in which two amateur scuba divers risk everything to solve a great historical mystery - and make history themselves. For John Chatterton and Richie Kohler, deep wreck diving was more than a sport. But in 1991, not even these courageous divers were prepared for what they found 230 feet below the surface, in the frigid waters of...

Tadao Ando is one of the most celebrated architects of our time. Winner of the Pritzker Prize and numerous other international awards, his bold, concrete buildings and their interplay with light, shadow, and nature have become emblematic symbols of the modern world, blending modernist design with Eastern spirituality from his native Japan. Now, at eighty-five, Ando looks back on a...

YouTuber and pop punk musician, Noahfinnce, reflects on his journey of self-discovery with candour and humour, guiding the reader through tackling tough times, and how to be authentically yourself in the world today - both online and offline. Hey underachievers! Get ready to embrace the wild, weird world of you. Join NOAHFINNCE on a hilarious and heartfelt trip through life's...

Renzo Rosso's claim "Only the Brave" is the motto of his life: break the rules because only those who are brave enough to risk everything can change the world. Renzo Rosso sewed a pair of bell-bottoms for the first time at age fifteen on his mother's sewing machine. By twenty-three, he had set out on an entrepreneurial adventure, daring to...

WINNER OF BEST BIOGRAPHY BY A PARLIAMENTARIAN, WESTMINSTER BOOK AWARDS 2026 'Scurrilous and full of heart' — GRAHAM NORTON 'Fascinating, frank, funny and moving' — REVEREND RICHARD COLES 'Terrific' — FINANCIAL TIMES 'Beguilingly human' — OBSERVER 'Riveting, raw and hilarious' — HELEN LEDERER The blisteringly candid account of a life that has taken Sunday Times-bestselling author and minister Chris Bryant...

Beneath the Silence by Elida Dakoli follows a concert pianist as she unearths three generations of her family’s buried history under Europe’s most brutal communist regime. She returns to the city that tried to erase them to speak their names out loud. In a country where silence meant survival, one family learned to live with missing names, empty walls, and...

This fascinating memoir by global grilling authority Steven Raichlen reveals how a kid from Baltimore—armed with a degree in French literature—launched a barbecue revolution worldwide. Known for his popular PBS TV shows and internationally bestselling books, Raichlen is the man who reinvented modern barbecue—a passion that led him to 75 countries on 6 continents, earning 5 James Beard Awards and...

Thrust into the spotlight too young, former Disney Channel star Christy Carlson Romano—beloved for Even Stevens, Kim Possible, and Cadet Kelly—seemed to have everything and lost more than anyone knew. In this raw and inspiring celebrity memoir, she reveals what childhood fame cost her, the fantasies she had to unlearn, and the ongoing story of finding her way back to...

13 May 1968. Within hours, Fire Support Patrol Base Coral would be fighting for survival. In May 1968, at the height of the Tet Offensive, Australian forces were deployed deep into Bien Hoa Province as part of Operation Toan Thang. Among them was 102 Field Battery, Royal Australian Artillery—sent to establish Fire Support Patrol Base Coral in unfamiliar and exposed...

A culinary and philosophical memoir about the secret menus in every aspect of immigrant life, and what it really means to be 'Chinese' What is the secret menu? Hidden from view but commonly known, it’s the menu that insiders pick from to be assured of a delicious, authentic meal—often in immigrant-run restaurants. But there are secret menus in every aspect...

‘A landmark take on the war in Ukraine, offering a dramatic, boots-on-the-ground view that will keep you on the edge of your seat.’ - Dave Makichuk, journalist and commentator When Russia launches its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Australian journalist Hugh Bohane finds himself at the centre of the biggest European war since World War II. What begins as an assignment...

Betrayal. Deception. Cover-up. The story behind the most notorious interview in history: Panorama's Diana scoop. Andy Webb exclusively reveals the true extent of the deception Princess Diana experienced at the hands of BBC reporter Martin Bashir before giving her iconic 1995 Panorama TV interview, and how the cover-up that followed left the vulnerable princess to her fate. Andy Webb, the...

In 1960, as the Algerian War for Independence entered its sixth year, 22-year-old Djamila Boupacha was arrested for allegedly planting a bomb in a university cafeteria. While in custody, she was tortured and raped by French soldiers. Her case would have been buried like countless others had it not been for the efforts of her lawyer, Gisèle Halimi, and the...

Edward Said experienced both British and American imperialism as the old Arab order crumbled in the late 1940s and early 1950s. This account of his early life reveals how it influenced his books Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism. Edward Said was born in Jerusalem and brought up in Cairo, spending every summer in the Lebanese mountain village of Dhour el...

When you know of Janet Malcolm, you spot traces of her everywhere. You understand that she was a titan of the written word – a longtime New Yorker staff writer, member of the American Academy of Arts and Letters and National Book Award finalist – with a far-reaching impact and cult-like following. But if you don't know to look for...

The spectacular rise and dramatic fall of super-assassin Carlos the Jackal—one of history's most infamous terrorist masterminds and the inspiration for numerous celebrated works of pop culture—told with new revelations from the Jackal himself, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Black Flags. A black-bereted, gun-slinging avatar of one of the most turbulent eras in global politics, Carlos the Jackal burst...

To fans and critics alike, the years 1973 to 1980 — the Bon Scott era — are the most significant of AC/DC's five-decade career. In a prolific and frequently brilliant run, they recorded six studio albums, established a diehard fan base that stretched from Australia to the UK, Europe to North America, toured relentlessly, and created no small amount of...

In February 1981, as Spain emerged from Franco's dictatorship and prepared for its first democratic vote for a new prime minister, Colonel Tejero and a band of right-wing soldiers burst into parliament and began firing shots. Only three men refused to take cover: Adolfo Suárez, the outgoing prime minister who had guided Spain out of authoritarianism; General Gutiérrez Mellado, a...

CRICKET BOOK OF THE YEAR – THE CRICKET MEDIA CLUB AWARDS McKinstry’s biography will fascinate cricket lovers – The Times A STORY OF CRICKET VICTORIES, EXPLOSIVE CONTROVERSIES, WARTIME GLORY AND A LIFE LIVED TO THE FULLEST 571 first-class matches from 1934 to 1958. 36,965 runs. 29th on all-time lists. 86 centuries. 479 wickets. Bill Edrich was one of the biggest...

Extraordinary, original, gripping, and painfully relevant to our times – Philippe Sands This is a fascinating and totally unexpected account of one of the darkest periods of the Second World War – Antony Beevor Warsaw, 1949: freedom fighter and journalist Kazimierz Moczarski is being held in a maximum security prison, accused of being an enemy of the state by the...

AN ECONOMIST, GUARDIAN AND CHURCH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR Winner of the Hatchards First Biography Prize 2025 'The definitive backstory of one of the towering figures of 20th-century science' – Guardian 'Brilliant and inspiring. A landmark biography' – Adam Rutherford Francis Crick was a restless, relentless thinker, as fascinated by Beat poetry and psychedelics as the genetic meaning of...

What Peter Cozzens has done with this remarkable book is to show us that the truth about Deadwood is, in fact, even more interesting than the myth. S. C. Gwynne, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of the Summer Moon Infamous for its stage-coach robbing, whiskey-guzzling and rampant prostitution, the gold rush settlement of Deadwood, South Dakota, was once...

When Ludwig Bemelmans encounters the dashing yet penniless Comte de St. Cucuface aboard a Paris train, he is swept into a deliciously absurd adventure across postwar France. Under the Count's gleeful tutelage, Bemelmans adopts the persona of a German prince, mastering the art of hoodwinking strangers with immaculate manners and effortless charm. Together, the unlikely duo embark on a run...

'A riot' The Times 'Absolutely irresistible' Joanna Lumley 'Entertaining and energetic' Stylist 'I couldn't put it down!' Michelle Ogundehin I Shop, Therefore I Am is the story of how Mary Portas transformed Harvey Nichols from a dying department store to an era-defining fashion destination. With her trademark wit and candour, Mary takes us behind the shop window - to the...

How did Lin-Manuel Miranda become the preeminent musical storyteller of the 21st century? Daniel Pollack-Pelzner traces Miranda's path from a friendly but often isolated child to the winner of multiple Tonys and Grammys for his Broadway hits Hamilton and In the Heights and his songs in Disney's Moana and Encanto. Drawing on interviews with Miranda's family, friends and mentors –...

‘Always compulsive . . . [an] extraordinary portrait’ NICHOLAS SHAKESPEARE, SPECTATOR ‘Chatty yet coolly analytical . . . a searching, stylish account’ PRATINAV ANIL, GUARDIAN Dazzling and deeply researched, Gerald Martin provides a compelling account of the astonishing and profoundly contradictory life of Mario Vargas Llosa, a literary colossus. When he died in April 2025, the Peruvian novelist and essayist...

Nobody Broke Your Heart is the revealing biography of one of the most enigmatic and revered singer-songwriters of the late 20th-century. Featuring original interviews with many of his friends and collaborators and, for the first time, with the participation of his family—many of whom speak on the record for the first time—offering rare and intimate insights into his troubled life...

As a young writer of blazing promise, Felix Hartlaub went missing in the final days of the Second World War, leaving behind diaries, notes and incomplete drafts that provide a singularly evocative portrait of life in wartime. From 1941, Hartlaub was posted in various Nazi military command headquarters, a historian tasked with writing the Wehrmacht's official record of the war....

When everything here feels unexpectedly hopeless, I'd like to think: On another planet they can save me. Faced with a terminal cancer diagnosis, poet Lieke Marsman embarks on an intellectual expedition to challenge the limits of the rational, secular worldview she once trusted, in an urgent quest for hope. In essays, poems and diary entries, she travels deep both into—and...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2026 – SPORTS ENTERTAINMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR “Very entertaining… A lot fun.” HAWKSBEE AND JACOBS, TalkSPORT “A must-read for any Newcastle fan.” ALAN SHEARER “A triumph... Beautifully written.” LES FERDINAND FASCINATING CHRONICLES OF AN UTTERLY UNIQUE LIFE IN FOOTBALL AND 18 YEARS AT NEWCASTLE UNITED. Once Upon a Toon offers a unique perspective...

Shah Waliyullah Dihlavi (d. 1762) was a highly renowned and influential scholar of Islam who produced works on the Qur’an, Islamic law and jurisprudence, Sufism, philosophy, and politics. He sought to reconcile seemingly competing strands of Muslim intellectual thought and practice, pursuing a cosmopolitan Islam marked not by dogmatism and finality but by debate and flexibility. In South Asia today,...

'I loved Gianluca. As a person and as a player. All Chelsea fans do and we always will. If you want to understand why or just bask in his glory, read this book' – Daniel Finkelstein 'Reading these pages helps us understand why we loved Gianluca Vialli, and why we continue to love him today' – Nino Vialli A vivid,...

With a new introduction and concluding chapter from bestselling medieval author Dan Jones. Richard III is one of the most mysterious figures in English history, and as such is the source of perennial fascination. Comparatively little is known of his early life, his appearance, his interests, for up to 1483 he played second fiddle to his more glorious older brothers,...

How do we lose touch with the things we love? And is it possible to find our way back to them? These pressing questions drive Nadia Beard on a quest to reclaim the dreams of her childhood for her adult self. Many, if not most of us, set aside the pursuits of youth once the reality of working life sets...

AS SHARED ON TIKTOK When Laura and Devon sat down to plan their honeymoon, Castellina in Chianti, Italy, was the obvious destination. Four months later, Laura found herself standing in a secret spot at the edge of the village watching the sunset. It would have been perfect, if Devon had been there with her. But Laura's fiancé, the love of...

Beginning with their shared girlhood in Malibu and continuing through Bella's rise to global recognition, this memoir unfolds as a playful dual narrative through the cameras of Bella Hadid and Yasmine Diba, a friend who truly knows the woman behind the face. For over a decade, Bella has carved out a path as fashion's edgy, high-concept chameleon, leading the revival...

WINNER OF THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2011 WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2011 ‘Profound, eloquent and searching’ SUNDAY TIMES ‘Essential reading’ INDEPENDENT ‘Masterly’ GUARDIAN ‘Extraordinary’ NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW AN OBSERVER BEST BOOK OF THE CENTURY SO FAR Riveting, audacious and now more urgent than ever in this vast update, The Emperor of All Maladies is...

Who was Nikola Tesla? Find out in this comprehensive volume that includes Tesla’s autobiography and scientific writings, as well as other works that examine his life and career in detail. Nikola Tesla came from a humble upbringing in what is now Croatia and reached the heights of science and technology in the United States at the turn of the twentieth...

The national bestseller, now in a stunning new hardback edition featuring artwork by Cressida Campbell, one of Australia's most successful contemporary artists. A beautiful, intimate and inspiring investigation into how we can find and nurture within ourselves that essential quality of internal happiness - the 'light within' - which will sustain us even through the darkest times. WINNER OF THE...

Dive into the tumultuous life of Robert Downey Jr., a Hollywood icon whose journey from stardom to the brink of destruction reveals the complexities of fame and redemption. This comprehensive account chronicles Robert Downey Jr.'s extraordinary life and career, exploring his rise to fame through iconic roles in Iron Man and Sherlock Holmes, alongside his early days in the Brat...

NOW A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Does a day without difficult news seem out of reach? Does this world seem topsy-turvy at best, toxic at worst? Max Lucado’s sound biblical insights and signature storytelling provide strength and encouragement amid the current chaos and exhaustion. In Take Courage, today's headlines and the truth of Scripture intersect in compelling fashion. Max offers...

Eat Pray Love meets Want. Wayward Women is a unique, searingly honest, devastatingly raw two-person memoir about the friendship, travels, and sex lives of two fiftysomething women finding their way again after divorce. It's an entertaining, emotional, and geographical journey that bounces around the world from Florida to India, Lapland to Hong Kong. The authors, both leading travel writers, relay...

A fitting tribute to the most popular and provocative professional wrestler of all time. Step into the ring as David Shoemaker wrestles with the legacy of the iconic Hulk Hogan. Why Hulk Hogan Matters traces the explosive heat and heel turns of how Hulk Hogan became a true cultural phenomenon. Whether you’re a lifelong Hulkamanic or fascinated by the Hulk’s...

A groundbreaking shift in how we talk about women, love and relationships’ – Marian Keyes At 38, Louise O’Neill had the life she thought she wanted—until her long-term relationship ended, taking with it the home, future, and sense of certainty she’d built. Heartbroken but defiant, she made a radical decision: to say yes to everything, to take risks, and to...

New York Times Bestseller Natan Notable Book Award Winner Rabbi Sacks Book Prize Finalist 75th National Jewish Book Awards Winner Publisher's Weekly Best Books of 2025, Religion Honorable Mention, Religion News Service 10 Top Religion & Spirituality Books of 2025 An urgent exploration of how antisemitism has shaped Jewish identity and how Jews can reclaim their tradition, by the celebrated...

A New Yorker Best Book of the Year, New York Times "Editors Choice," and Los Angeles Times "Must Read Book" "This is the biography of Clint Eastwood we've been waiting for." — Sir Christopher Frayling, author of Sergio Leone From the acclaimed film critic and New York Times bestselling biographer of Paul Newman, a revelatory portrait of Hollywood legend Clint...

“Not to be missed.” —Stephanie Howes, Booklist (starred review) A Town & Country Must-Read Book of Summer 2026 The candid, definitive biography of professional tennis’s first openly transgender player, Renée Richards, featuring never-before-seen archival photos and untold stories nearly lost to history, until now. Fifty years ago, tennis player Renée Richards made international headlines in her fight to compete in...

The long-awaited and revelatory biography of Hannah Arendt — one of the greatest philosophers of the twentieth century — and the story of an intellectual icon whose character and ideas continue to captivate and challenge us to this day. Born in Germany in 1906 to a Jewish family, Hannah Arendt became a chronicler able to translate personal experience into concise...

It's a tennis story. It's a family story. It's a teamwork story. It's the story of how I got to where and who I am today. WINNER OF THE ABIA AWARD FOR BEST BIOGRAPHY 2023 I'm only in my mid-twenties, and some might think that's young to write a memoir. Who does that, right? But for me and my team,...

A beautiful collection of daily quotes from the Brontës. From the wild, windswept moors of Yorkshire emerged three sisters whose writing would change the literary world: Charlotte, Emily and Anne Brontë. Fearless in their vision, they gave us some of the most passionately feminist and deliciously gothic literature ever written – works that continue to captivate, challenge and inspire. 🕊️...

Revealing the people behind the Rothschild name, The Rothschilds explores the lives and legacy of one of the best-known and most impactful families in modern history. The Rothschild name has long been synonymous with wealth and privilege, but as Jews the family has also been dogged by prejudice and hatred. Antisemitism followed them from their earliest beginnings in the oppressive...

The Times Sporting Legends is a must-read collection for all sports fans. Step into the exhilarating world of legendary athletes with this collection of obituaries from The Times. From the trailblazing athletes of the early 20th century to the celebrated champions of recent decades, this book brings to life the enduring legacies of sports’ brightest stars. Featuring era-defining obituaries and...

Discover the extraordinary life of Thomas Cochrane, the 18th century naval hero and political radical, inspiration for the characters of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower, whose sensational exploits at sea and on land shaped the course of history. Compelling... compulsively readable - THE TIMES I wish Patrick O'Brian was alive to read this - NIKOLAI TOLSTOY A master historian and...