Books

The Apollo lunar missions of the 1960s and 1970s have been called the last optimistic acts of the twentieth century. Twelve astronauts made this gr...

The six wives of Henry VIII - Catherine of Aragon, Anne Boleyn, Jane Seymour, Anna of Cleves, Katherine Howard and Catherine Parr - have become def...

When it comes to the trials and triumphs of becoming a grown up, journalist and former Sunday Times dating columnist Dolly Alderton has seen and tr...

Award-winning comedian Dave Gorman thinks we're suffering from information overload. How much do we really pay attention to? What happens if you st...

From 1942 Speer was the second most powerful man in the Reich and Hitler’s right-hand man. Gitta Sereny, through twelve years of research and throu...

Saladin, who united the Arabs and saved Islam from Christian crusaders in the 12th century, is the Islamic world’s preeminent hero. Ruthless in def...

With her latest biography Indira , Katherine Frank has chosen to grapple with the original Iron Lady of world politics. The result is a wonderfully...

If there is such a thing as a comfort food book, Bemelmans stories are it. His evocative tales of a grand hotel life have a reporter's eye for sens...

Richard Branson is a worldwide icon known for his tremendous wealth and industry leading business models. His spectacular journey has remained a to...

The fictional diary of a ten-year-old boy who, in 1716 sets off from North Carolina to become a sailor, but ends up a pirate instead.

Jokes aside, Oskar, my dear fellow, you'd be a fool if you got a real taste for some little Jewish skirt. They don't have a future Oskar. That's no...

“Round-heeled” is an old-fashioned label for a woman who is promiscuous—someone who nowadays might be called “easy.” It’s a surprising way for a cu...

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In December 1795, seventeen-year-old Marie-Thérèse, the only surviving child of Marie Antoinette and Louis XVI, fled Paris's notorious Temple Priso...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER A Divorced Woman. A Dangerous Man. A Devastating Affair. ‘You’re right. It is totally extraordinary. My life is...

Easy Rider meets Das Kapital - The Times It's true: Marxists just wanna have fun. - The Guardian In January 1952,two young men form Buenos Aires se...

THE No. 1 BESTSELLER OLLIE OLLERTON CO-HOSTS WHO DARES WINS ALONGSIDE ANT MIDDLETON, JASON FOX and MARK BILLINGHAM. THIS IS HIS INCREDIBLE TRUE STO...

'Highly readable and compelling' Daily Telegraph _______________ What an extraordinary journey it has been for Meghan Markle . In this fully revise...

Drawing upon first-hand sources and never-before-opened archives, historian Robert Dallek provides a revealing portrait of John F. Kennedy, which s...

Because Japan , is a truly unabashed account of the less publicised side of life in Tokyo for a 'foreigner'. The book offers a witty, vivid and hon...

Raised in Pakistan, Ziauddin Sardar learned the Koran at his mother’s knee. As a young student in London, he embarked on a quest to grasp the meani...

The result of six years of research and some 1,200 interviews, this book takes fans deep into Lennon’s secretive world, from his traumatic childhoo...

The 19th-century explorer Richard Burton was a blend of erudite scholar and daring adventurer. Fluent in 29 languages, he found it easy to pass him...

In August 1966, a group of Red Guards ransacked Nien Cheng’s home. Her background made her an obvious target. Educated at the London School of Econ...