Looking for the best history books? Or perhaps some travel-related tales? Our brilliant range of best-selling history and travel books feature globetrotting guides, and interesting accounts of yesteryear and beyond.
'This is an essential and fascinating book because it brings to light, through conversations and nature walks, some of the buried connections between Britain’s landscape and historic buildings and...
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The Seaside
Madeleine Bunting
"...a fascinating barometer of the state of the nation right now, in the wake of austerity, Brexit and Covid." - Travis ElboroughEngland's seaside is made up of a striking variety of coastlines...
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Blue Machine
Helen Czerski
FINANCIAL TIMES 2023 HIGHLIGHT'Helen Czerski weaves together physics and biology, history and science, in a beautifully poetic way.'Professor Alice Roberts'In Helen Czerski's hands, the mechanical...
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Neu Klang
Christoph Dallach
West Germany, 1968. Like everywhere else in the Western world, the young generation is pushing for radical change, still suffering the after-effects of the Second World War.
Many stream out of the...
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Thorns, Lust and Glory
Estelle Paranque
A queen on the edge. Anne Boleyn has mesmerised the English public for centuries.
Her tragic execution, orchestrated by her own husband, never ceases to intrigue.
