History

One forgotten street, 12 unforgettable women.

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.

Listen to the definitive narrative history of the people, politics, and events of the Second World War - the conflict that shaped the modern world.

Brought to you by Penguin.

International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in 1950s London.

The object of this book is to introduce readers to a whole range of military history which has all the drama, dangers, horrors and excitement that we associate with Stalingrad or the Somme.

The Sunday Times Top 10 bestseller, brought to by Penguin and published for the 75th anniversary'Powerful .

Brought to you by Penguin.

WINNER OF THE 2024 PULITZER PRIZE FOR GENERAL NONFICTIONNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, The Economist, Time, The New Republic, and the Financial Times.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Fantasyland, written and read by Kurt Anderson.

TWELVE MOONS follows a year spent caught between the wild sea and the changing moon of the wide Northumberland skies.

Brought to you by Penguin.

International bestselling author Mandy Robotham returns with a brand new tale set in 1950s London.

Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before.

The classic adventure story of kidnap, shipwreck, murder and pursuit as young David Balfour tries to claim the inheritance he has been cheated out of.

'Grimly fascinating .

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.

Brought to you by Penguin.

Brought to you by Penguin.

Brought to you by Penguin.

This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.

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.

Random House presents the audiobook edition of The Librarian of Auschwitz by Antonio Iturbe, read by Marisa Calin.

On May 7th, 1915 a passenger ship crossing the Atlantic sank with the loss of 1200 lives.

The Tudors are a national obsession; they are our most notorious family in history.

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.

'The story of "e;invasive species"e; is really the story of human history, and Eatherley tells it with great verve .

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Places and Names: On War, Revolution and Returning by Elliot Ackerman.

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.

"e;The work is clear-eyed but naturally imbued with a granddaughter's affection.

Brought to you by Penguin.

Brought to you by Penguin.

An immersive history of a pivotal stretch of water'Fascinating, spellbinding, erudite and great fun.

Tess, the young and lovely heroine of Hardy's classic tale, knows instinctively that the path she is choosing is the wrong one.

'A superbly researched and groundbreaking account of Soviet espionage in the Thirties .

Brought to you by Penguin.

Brought to you by Penguin.

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.

Brought to you by Penguin.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Last Witnesses by Svetlana Alexievich, read by Julia Emelin, Yelena Shmulenson and Allen Lewis Rickman.

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.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Story of a Secret State: My Report to the World by Jan Karski, read by Janusz Guttner.

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.

The price for a country.

'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?

Penguin presents the unabridged downloadable audiobook edition of Stalingrad by Antony Beevor, read by Peter Noble.

'An important contribution .

In a snow-covered village in Chechnya, eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as her father is abducted in the middle of the night by Russian soldiers.