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Suppose you could detonate a bomb anywhere in the world, just by making a telephone call...?Constantine Lindow is waiting for his brother Eamonn ou...

NOW A MAJOR NEW TV SERIES: CAROL DRINKWATER'S SECRET PROVENCELife and love, olive groves and bee hives in Provence - further adventures in the best...

'A compelling and illuminating account of a great drama in the history of our times which showed once again that ordinary men and women really can ...

The much-loved TOP GEAR host, and No.1 bestselling author of ON THE EDGE, on learning to love your caravan - includes advice on how to blow it up w...

Winner of the Aventis Science Book Prize. 'A scientific detective story, a brilliant cross between Edgar Allan Poe and Gray's anatomy' J G Ballard...

1996 is bi-centenary of Burns death. The collection celedrates him as Scotland's finest lyric poet.

Life of one of the greatest British Prime Ministers - by an author who knows the scene from his years as a senior Minister in Margaret Thatcher's C...

Includes the ever popular "If", along with the best of Kipling's powerful, fluent poetry.

Michael Palin's superb No. 1 bestseller about his incredible voyage across the Sahara.Michael Palin's epic voyages have seen him circumnavigate the...

An extraordinary, beguiling bestselling tale of fly-fishing and political spinning, of unexpected heroism and late-blooming love...'Warmly recommen...

This is the story of Dr Alfred Jones, a fisheries scientist - for whom diary-notable events include the acquisition of a new electric toothbrush an...

Desert explorer Michael Asher investigates the most disastrous exploration mission in the history of the SaharaIn December 1880 a French expedition...

The controversial account of what really happened in the south Atlantic skiesSharkey Ward commanded 801 Naval Air Squadron, HMS Invincible, was sen...

Two lives torn apart by the French Revolution...1788. Asa Ardleigh, the impressionable daughter of a country squire, has travelled to Paris with he...

The third novel in this brilliant Napoleonic series from acclaimed historian, Adrian Goldsworthy.The third novel in the series sees new challenges ...

'Fascinating and enjoyable ... enthused with insight' - Brian CoxUranium, carbon, iron, titanium, gold, silver and silicon - former BP CEO John Bro...

A classic novel by a Booker Prize-winning author.Soon to be adapted for an ITV television series by the Oscar-winning playwright behind Atonement a...

SIR GAWAIN AND THE GREEN KNIGHT is one of the most important alliterative poems of Medieval literatureNow a major film THE GREEN KNIGHT starring De...

The remarkable true story of the Queen Alexandra frontline nurses in the Second World War.The amazing experiences of the Queen Alexandra nurses in ...

The sequel to Dirk Bogarde's bestselling memoir, Postillion Struck by LightningIn Snakes and Ladders, Dirk Bogarde continues his memoirs, from the ...

'The most sensational book on the Royal Family in recent times' Sunday Telegraph'Offers a fascinating insight into not just his life but the social...

From the author of the critically acclaimed THE VICEROY'S DAUGHTERS, the story of a glittering aristocrat who was also at the heart of political so...

A powerful novel from the bestselling author of DANCER.Colum McCann's first novel goes back to the years before the Spanish Civil War, following th...

The first authorised biography of one of Britain's best-loved sportsmen. Sir Stirling Craufurd Moss raced professionally over 500 times until his n...