Shortlisted for Debut Food Book of the Year at the Fortnum and Mason Food and Drink Awards 2024Guild of Food Writers 2024 Finalist, Food Book of the Year'A lyrical, amiable and educational celebration of what may be our greatest achievement: the chippy.
In 1938, with the Japanese army approaching from Nanking, Huan Hsu's great-great grandfather, Liu, and his five granddaughters, were forced to flee their hometown on the banks of the Yangtze River.
A Times History Book of the Year 2022From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis' Daily TelegraphThe 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous event in history, when mankind faced a looming nuclear collision between the United States and Soviet Union.
A gripping memoir written by a 96-year-old Jewish Holocaust survivor about his escape from Nazi-occupied Poland in the 1930's and his adventures with the French Resistance during World War IIIn 1937, as the Nazi Party tightened its grip on the city of Danzig (now Gdansk, Poland), Justus Rosenberg's parents made the wrenching decision to send their son to Paris, where he would have the hope of finishing high school and going on to university in safety.
'Irresistibly fascinating' MARIE CLAIRE GREECE'Essential' VICTORIA HISLOP'Brilliantly conceived' PAUL CARTLEDGEAn enormous bestseller in Greece, this is a bold, witty retelling of the story of Ancient Greece by a rising star in archaeologyTwo strangers meet in a trapped elevator.
'An extraordinary treasure trove' Andrew MarrA unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains.
A Sunday Times Paperback of the Year 2024The Sunday Times Bestseller and Waterstones Paperback of the Year 2024A Sunday Times History Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year The Irish Times No.
From the #1 international bestselling author of The Revenant - the book that inspired the award-winning movie - comes the remarkable true story of the worst mining disaster in American history.
The story of weaver Silas Marner, wrongly cast out of his religious community, who finds a reason for living when, one winter night, a little girl wanders into his cottage out of the snow.
Sunday Times BestsellerAs quintessentially British as a plate of fish and chips or a British Bulldog, the boxy, utilitarian Land Rover Defender has become an iconic part of what it is to be British.
The author of the phenomenal New York Times bestselling classic The One-Minute(R) Manager explores one of the most common and insidious problems plaguing the workplaceprocrastination.
Time Must-Read Books of 2024Independent Best Non-Fiction Books 2024Mojo Books of the Year 2024"e;A vibrant, multifaceted portrait of a music enigma"e; Guardian"e;A powerful portrait"e; Irish Independent"e;Displays a bracing rigour and an exhilarating curiosity about its subject, coming closer than most to catching up with Mitchell on her lonely road"e; TimesCelebrated music critic Ann Powers explores the life and career of the legendary Joni MitchellWhat you are about to read is not a standard account of the life and work of Joni Mitchell.
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Speeches of Note by Shaun Usher, compered by Richard Cordery, and with speeches read by a variety of narrators.
Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Command and Control, a ground-breaking account of the management of nuclear weapons from Eric Schlosser, author of Fast Food Nation.
From rebels to writers, athletes to astronauts, join Kate Fox takes on an entertaining and eye-opening journey through the lives of these extraordinary women whose lives and achievements have too long been hidden.
This essential guide to religion, narrated by James Bryce, explains the key tenets and big ideas behind the world's five main religions - Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, and Judaism - alongside newer faiths.
What life was like at the turn of The First MillenniumThe Year 1000 is a vivid and surprising portrait of life in England a thousand years ago - no spinach, no sugar, but a world which already knew brain surgeons and property developers, and yes, even the occasional gossip columnist.
CUNDILL PRIZE 2018 WINNERSHORTLISTED FOR THE JAMES TAIT BLACK BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2018'Enlightening, compassionate, superb' John le CarreA visionary life and times of Joseph Conrad, and of our global world, from one of the best historians writing today.
Dear Mr Bigelow is an enchanting selection of weekly 'pen-pal' letters written between 1949 and 1961 from an unmarried woman working at the Pier Approach Baths in Bournemouth, to a wealthy American widower, living on Long Island, New York.
Viking Britain author Thomas Williams returns with a brief history of the interaction between the Vikings and the British to tell the story of the occupation of London.
'Compassionate and compelling, this is not a political story but a quest for love in the heart of darkness' Simon Sebag Montefiore'A biography on an epic scale, with a combination of tragedy and history worthy of a Russian novel' Independent'Superbly well told' Sunday TimesWho was Svetlana Alliluyeva?
