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’An absolutely masterly work’ Stephen FryAlex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics—an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wres…
’An absolutely masterly work’ Stephen FryAlex Ross, renowned author of the international bestseller The Rest Is Noise, reveals how Richard Wagner became the proving ground for modern art and politics—an aesthetic war zone where the Western world wres…
Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree’s survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could become …
Inspired by her uncle, Lisa Samson has communed with trees since her childhood. Tragically, a disease from mainland Europe now poses a very serious threat to the ash tree’s survival. Epitaph for the Ash explores how barren our landscape could become …
Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Manhood for Amateurs and Moonglow, returns with a collection of heartfelt, humorous and insightful essays on the meaning of fatherhood.You are born into a family and those are you…
Michael Chabon, author of The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay, Manhood for Amateurs and Moonglow, returns with a collection of heartfelt, humorous and insightful essays on the meaning of fatherhood.You are born into a family and those are you…
FACING THE LION is the autobiographical account of a young girl?s faith and courage. In the years immediately preceding World War II, Simone Arnold is a young girl who delights in life ? her doting parents, her loving aunts and uncles, and her grandp…
FACING THE LION is the autobiographical account of a young girl?s faith and courage. In the years immediately preceding World War II, Simone Arnold is a young girl who delights in life ? her doting parents, her loving aunts and uncles, and her grandp…
A brilliant history of Prince Rupert of the Rhine from his penniless start, becoming a soldier in his teenage years, up to his life as King Charles I’s most famous and spectacular general.Born in Prague in 1619, Prince Rupert was set for a life of en…
A brilliant history of Prince Rupert of the Rhine from his penniless start, becoming a soldier in his teenage years, up to his life as King Charles I’s most famous and spectacular general.Born in Prague in 1619, Prince Rupert was set for a life of en…
An intimate portrait of Patrick O’Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy.Patrick O’Brian was one of the greatest British novelists of the twentieth century, securing his place in literary history with the bestselling Aubrey–Maturin series, boo…
An intimate portrait of Patrick O’Brian, written by his stepson Nikolai Tolstoy.Patrick O’Brian was one of the greatest British novelists of the twentieth century, securing his place in literary history with the bestselling Aubrey–Maturin series, boo…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2020A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020‘A wake-up call … These women’s stories will make you weep, and then rage at the world's indifference.’ Amal ClooneyFrom award-winning war re…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2020A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020‘A wake-up call … These women’s stories will make you weep, and then rage at the world's indifference.’ Amal ClooneyFrom award-winning war re…
’Massively enjoyable’ Dawn FrenchI Carried a Watermelon is a love story to Dirty Dancing. A warm, witty and accessible look at how Katy Brand’s life-long obsession with the film has influenced her own attitudes to sex, love, romance, rights and respo…
’Massively enjoyable’ Dawn FrenchI Carried a Watermelon is a love story to Dirty Dancing. A warm, witty and accessible look at how Katy Brand’s life-long obsession with the film has influenced her own attitudes to sex, love, romance, rights and respo…
Heartwarming, inspirational and genuinely touching, Finding Harmony is the remarkable true story of an extraordinary dog that rescued a woman from the depths of depression and transformed a family for ever.A keen mountaineer, Sally Hyder was in her p…
Heartwarming, inspirational and genuinely touching, Finding Harmony is the remarkable true story of an extraordinary dog that rescued a woman from the depths of depression and transformed a family for ever.A keen mountaineer, Sally Hyder was in her p…
‘STOP scrolling right now and buy this book instead!’ SCARLETT CURTIS‘I’ve never laughed so hard.’ DAISY BUCHANAN’Brilliantly funny and bloody brave.’ DAWN O’PORTERI thought I could have lots of followers, without needing followers. I thought I could…
‘STOP scrolling right now and buy this book instead!’ SCARLETT CURTIS‘I’ve never laughed so hard.’ DAISY BUCHANAN’Brilliantly funny and bloody brave.’ DAWN O’PORTERI thought I could have lots of followers, without needing followers. I thought I could…
Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio’s harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, Early is a compelling and empathetic blend of memoir and rigorous reporting that tells the story of neonatology – and explores the questions raised by prematu…
Inspired by Sarah DiGregorio’s harrowing experience giving birth to her premature daughter, Early is a compelling and empathetic blend of memoir and rigorous reporting that tells the story of neonatology – and explores the questions raised by prematu…
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019‘This is a book of wonders’ Sunday Times‘Spellbinding and intelligent’ Financial Times‘Extraordinary and engrossing’ SpectatorIt was the most extraordinary year. In a book brimming with poetry and nature …
SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD 2019‘This is a book of wonders’ Sunday Times‘Spellbinding and intelligent’ Financial Times‘Extraordinary and engrossing’ SpectatorIt was the most extraordinary year. In a book brimming with poetry and nature …
The Sunday Times BestsellerFrom the award-winning writer of The Times Magazine's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving, darkly funny, inspirational memoir‘It’s beautiful – full of love and light – and an exploration into not only how, but w…
The Sunday Times BestsellerFrom the award-winning writer of The Times Magazine's 'Spinal Column': a deeply moving, darkly funny, inspirational memoir‘It’s beautiful – full of love and light – and an exploration into not only how, but w…
‘This is a funny and beautiful book. What a little bastard.’ RUSSELL BRAND‘A millennial's answer to David Sedaris. No writer is funnier than Joel Golby.’ DOLLY ALDERTONA collection of full-throated appreciations, withering assessments, and hard-…
‘This is a funny and beautiful book. What a little bastard.’ RUSSELL BRAND‘A millennial's answer to David Sedaris. No writer is funnier than Joel Golby.’ DOLLY ALDERTONA collection of full-throated appreciations, withering assessments, and hard-…
A Short History of Falling – like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air – is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places.We keep an old shoebox, Gill and …
A Short History of Falling – like The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, and When Breath Becomes Air – is a searingly beautiful, profound and unforgettable memoir that finds light and even humour in the darkest of places.We keep an old shoebox, Gill and …
Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.Through …
Few books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.Through …
A revealing and witty new examination of how Agatha Christie became the world’s most successful and popular female playwright, including details of never-before-published scripts and stories.Agatha Christie is revered worldwide for her books and her …
A revealing and witty new examination of how Agatha Christie became the world’s most successful and popular female playwright, including details of never-before-published scripts and stories.Agatha Christie is revered worldwide for her books and her …
Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this is no simple case…
Just when Casey thinks her foster care duties are done, she’s asked to look after Sam, a troubled nine-year-old with a violent streak who drove his previous guardians to release him of their care. It soon unfolds, however, that this is no simple case…
The poignant, searching, haunting story of one family’s entanglement with twentieth-century historyAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER‘Intensely involving … a fervent meditation on love and loss, with a remarkable cast of characters’ Financial Times‘Rich, in…
The poignant, searching, haunting story of one family’s entanglement with twentieth-century historyAN INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER‘Intensely involving … a fervent meditation on love and loss, with a remarkable cast of characters’ Financial Times‘Rich, in…
‘Like Lorna Sage's Bad Blood … A masterpiece.’ Rachel CuskGiving Up the Ghost is the shocking and beautiful memoir, from the author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the LightAt no. 58 the top of my head comes to the outermo…
‘Like Lorna Sage's Bad Blood … A masterpiece.’ Rachel CuskGiving Up the Ghost is the shocking and beautiful memoir, from the author of Wolf Hall, Bring Up the Bodies and The Mirror & the LightAt no. 58 the top of my head comes to the outermo…