Bloodlands
by Timothy Snyder

The central event of European history has been overlooked. In the middle of Europe in the middle of the twentieth century, the Nazi and Soviet regime...

Of The People, By The People: A New History of Democracy
by Roger Osborne

'Democracy is the worst form of government, except for all those other forms that have been tried from time to time.'* Churchill had more reason than ...

Cycles of Time: An Extraordinary New View of the Universe
by Roger Penrose

* Roger Penrose's groundbreaking and bestselling The Road to Reality provided a comprehensive yet readable guide to our present understanding of the l...

Insh'Allah Nation: A Journey through Modern Pakistan
by Declan Walsh

* Pakistan has never been more vital or more frightening. Within a few years the South Asian nation will become the world’s fifth most populous countr...

Scribble, Scribble, Scribble: Writing on Ice Cream, Obama, Churchill and My Mother
by Simon Schama

‘Wednesday brought a pungent sheepy smell emanating from the greyish lamb and barley soup my mother optimistically called ‘Taste of the Garden of Eden...

The Burma Campaign: Disaster into Triumph 1942-45
by Frank McLynn

* Often described as ‘the forgotten war’, the Burma Campaign was one of the most punishing and protracted military adventures of World War Two. It has...

Listening to Britain: Home Intelligence Reports on Britain's Finest Hour, May-September 1940
by Paul Addison and Jeremy A Crang

* From May to September 1940, during a period that saw some of the most dramatic events of the war – the evacuation from Dunkirk, the Battle of Britai...

Making Haste From Babylon: The Mayflower Pilgrims and Their World: A New History
by Nick Bunker

* At the end of 1618, a blazing green star soared across the night sky over the Northern Hemisphere. From the Philippines to the Great Lakes, the com...

The Long Road Home: The Aftermath of the Second World War
by Ben Shephard

* Surprisingly early in the Second World War – long before an Allied victory was assured – people began to plan for its aftermath. They were haunted b...

The World That Never Was: A True Story of Dreamers, Schemers, Anarchists and Secret Agents
by Alex Butterworth

* The last third of the nineteenth century saw the world in flux. Science vied with religion to represent the soul of man, and technological advances ...