*A New Statesman Best Summer Read*'A book to underline endlessly, to carry around until battered, and then to tell all your friends to buy because you're too reluctant to give up your own copy.
A radical new history of energy and humanity's insatiable need for resources that will change the way we talk about climate change *Winner of a Nouvel Observateur Award, a Fondation pour l' cologie politique Award, the Prix du jury Turgot and the Prix du S nat du livre d histoire 2025**Selected as an Economist and Financial Times Book of the Year*It has become habitual to think of our relationship with energy as one of transition: with wood superseded by coal, coal by oil, oil by nuclear and then at some future point all replaced by green sources.
The real political mission of Malcolm X, and why it needs resurrecting now 100 years after his birth Malcolm X is a titanic figure in political history, but he is also one of the most misunderstood.
Their own origins myths put them at the scene of the Crucifixion, deprived of a home of their own, doomed to a life of wandering, and granted by God the right to steal from other people in order to survive.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A BARACK OBAMA SUMMER PICKA rollicking, revelatory look at the tumult of the early 1990s and the rise of a new, more berserk America that birthed the Donald Trump Era When the Clock Broke is leagues more insightful on the subject of Trump s ascent than most writing that purports to address the issue directly WASHINGTON POST A fascinating, provocative challenge to our age passionate, unexpected, illuminating RORY STEWARTWith the Soviet Union extinct, Saddam Hussein defeated and US power at its zenith, the early 1990s promised a kinder, gentler America .
A Room of One s Own, is one of Virginia Woolf s most influential works and is widely recognized for its extraordinary contribution to the women s movement.
A Room of One s Own, is one of Virginia Woolf s most influential works and is widely recognized for its extraordinary contribution to the women s movement.
'Provocative, elegant, intriguing - Jenkins is a bold, imaginative writer, brilliant at challenging old assumptions and encouraging you to look at British architecture in a new light' Rory StewartThe story of Britain is revealed through its buildings, and yet the language of architecture is a mystery to all but a few.
The revised and updated edition of Texas Then and Now features the most prominent locations from around the state, pairing vintage photographs with modern shots of the same sites today.
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'A stunning book, among the most immediate and thrilling works of history I have ever read' At 8:15am on August 6th 1945, an atomic bomb was dropped on the Japanese city of Hiroshima.
A Times History Book of the Year 2022A TLS Book of the Year 2022'Exhilarating and whip-smart' THE SUNDAY TIMESFrom award-winning writer Edward Wilson-Lee, this is a thrilling true historical detective story set in sixteenth-century Portugal.
Out of print for many years, this is a brand new edition of the definitive companion to the acclaimed Aubrey-Maturin series of novels, written by the author himself.
A Financial Times Book Best Book of the Year 2020A Foreign Affairs Best Book of the Year 2020The gripping, untold story of how Saudi Arabia's secretive and mercurial new ruler rose to power.
NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTUREThe heartbreaking and inspiring story of one of the deadliest battles of the Afghanistan war, acclaimed by critics as a classic.
The #1 NYT BESTSELLERA personal and urgent examination of Fascism in the twentieth century and how its legacy shapes today's world, written by one of America's most admired public servants, the first woman to serve as U.
General Sir Richard Dannatt's distinguished career in the army has spanned thirty-eight years and seen him serve in many different theatres of conflict, from Northern Ireland (where he was awarded the Military Cross) to Bosnia and Kosovo, Iraq and Afghanistan.
How to Draw a Map is a fascinating meditation on the centuries-old art of map-making, from the first astronomical maps to the sophisticated GPS guides of today.
'An outstanding book' SpectatorThe story of the short life and tragic death of Bowland Beth - an English Hen Harrier - which dramatically highlights the major issues in UK conservation.
COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE'This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for the human spirit' Adam NicolsonOver the course of a year, leading historian and nature writer David Gange kayaked the weather-ravaged coasts of Atlantic Britain and Ireland from north to south: every cove, sound, inlet, island.
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.
A Times and Sunday Times Best Book of 2020'Radical Wordsworth deserves to take its place as the finest modern introduction to his work, life and impact' Financial Times'Richly repays reading .
