We Danced All Night: A Social History of Britain Between the Wars
by Martin Pugh

Distinguished historian Martin Pugh offers a colourful and controversial revisionist history of Britain in the 1920s-30s.

The Blackest Streets: The Life and Death of a Victorian Slum
by Sarah Wise

A brilliant new book about the seedy side of Victorian London by one of our most talented young historians.

The Red Prince: The Fall of a Dynasty and the Rise of Modern Europe
by Timothy Snyder

A dazzling biography of a fascinating figure which also records a seismic shift in the social, political and cultural history of Europe.

The Gods That Failed: How Blind Faith in Markets Has Cost Us Our Future
by Larry Elliott and Dan Atkinson

After a blizzard of atheist polemic comes a devastating assault on the faith-based thinking that really does poison everything – the delusion that markets can, unaided, create heaven on earth.

The Ten Most Beautiful Experiments
by George Johnson

One of the world's finest science journalists tells the story of the ten greatest scientific experiments - which in a moment profoundly changed our understanding of the universe.

Universe of Stone: Chartres Cathedral and the Triumph of the Medieval Mind
by Philip Ball

Award-winning author Philip Ball illuminates the medieval mind through a study of the greatest architectural masterpiece of the period, Chartres Cathedral.

Hugo!: The Hugo Chàvez Story from Mud Hut to Perpetual Revolution
by Bart Jones

The definitive biography of one of the world's most charismatic and controversial leaders.

McMafia: Crime Without Frontiers
by Misha Glenny

A riveting, original and comprehensive account of international crime and a brilliant critique of globalisation's dark side.

Cosmic Imagery: Key Images in the History of Science
by John Barrow

In this lavishly illustrated book one of the UK's most distinguished scientists tells
the story of science through 200 of the subject's key images.

Great Hatred, Little Room: Making Peace in Northern Ireland
by Jonathan Powell

The definitive account of the Northern Ireland Peace Process, by one of the key players – Tony Blair's ex-Chief of Staff, Jonathan Powell.