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'An unsettling, haunting story...memorable, atmospheric and tense' THE LADY'Well-written, well-crafted and constantly gripping' DAILY MAIL'A disqui...

A Childhood Dream. A Lost Land. The Journey of a Lifetime.How do you become an explorer? It's a question every child has asked. And, Steve Backshal...

A special illustrated edition of Hiram Bingham's classic work captures all the magnificence and mystery of the amazing archeological sites he uncov...

The secret history of MI6 - from the Cold War to the present day.The British Secret Service has been cloaked in secrecy and shrouded in myth since ...

Oscar-nominated star of Educating Rita and Billy Elliot's darkly funny debut novel.Cissie is a stand-up comedienne and national darling.Helena is t...

'One of the clearest and best-illustrated attempts to explain the virtually inaccessible, the brain' SUNDAY TIMESBrain scans reveal our thoughts, m...

'Reads like an engrossing novel' Sunday TimesMary Queen of Scots passed her childhood in France and married the Dauphin to become Queen of France a...

A mysterious novel by the author of the international bestseller SOPHIE'S WORLD.A chance meeting on the Fijian island of Taveuni is the trigger for...

Henrietta Leyser considers the problems and attitudes fundamental to every woman of the time: medieval views on sex, marriage and motherhood; the w...

The story of the everyday heroism of British bomber crews in 1944 - the turning point year in Bomber Command's war against Germany.There were many ...

A Tudor voyage of exploration - an extraordinary story of daring, discovery, tragedy and pioneering achievement.In the spring of 1553 three ships s...

A winning combination of No.1 travel writer Michael Palin and one of the great literary figures of the century.When Michael Palin was researching f...

The bestselling author of SALMON FISHING IN THE YEMEN returns with a Buchan-esque thriller.'Torday has an extraordinary gift for making apparent "n...

Mark Watson is generally accepted to be alive. And yet he's died many times. Not just on stage - though he'll tell you about that - but in other wa...

'Mark Watson is a national treasure' Richard OsmanWhatever I now know about life - or think I know - I found out through failure, disappointment, m...

Ever wondered what Mr Darcy was really thinking? His secrets are revealed in this utterly convincing and captivating novel of love and pride, passi...

The true story of how Britain won the First World War.The popular view of the First World War remains that of BLACKADDER: incompetent generals send...

The long-awaited biography of one of the great writers of the twentieth century - 'a wonderful blend of scholarly fact and juicy storytelling' (Mai...

No. 1 bestseller and superstar doing what he does best, introducing millions of avid readers to little-known peoples and places.Until the early 199...

The 1914-18 conflict narrated through the voices of the men whose combat was in the air.'This moving book uses letters and diaries to evoke the ter...

Pelham Cottage - with its infamous unlocked back gate - was where Annabel Goldsmith kept an open house for some of the most sophisticated and iconi...

The memoirs of the greatest historian of the Middle East, Professor Bernard Lewis.After 9/11, people who had never given much thought to the politi...

The Russian uses his machine pistol like a scythe. Feldwebel remains standing for a fraction of a second. The rain of bullets pours into him, makin...

Gripping account by Richard Hammond of life before and after his terrifying high-speed car crash.Richard Hammond is one of our most in-demand and b...