From the internationally bestselling author of Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop comes a warm and reflective collection of essays about reading, language and life

A remarkable, eyewitness-based, narrative on what actually occurred in the first year of the Great War around the globe.

A panoramic history of the arrival of the Stuarts, and how the reign of James I saw England reach new corners of the globe.

The Walking Cure reveals the unexpected benefits of 20 different landscapes on our mood, mind and health.

The hilarious, gutsy account of misadventures in the kitchen and in the bedroom by anonymous chef Slutty Cheff.

The 162nd edition of the most famous sports book in the world – published every year since 1864 – contains some of the finest sports writing of the year and covers cricket from all over the globe, making it the cricketers' bible worldwide.

A sweeping history of emotion that spans the decades, from renowned author Ferdinand Mount.

In this day and age, whatever we think we feel, you can be sure that the past has had a part to play in it. In Soft, Ferdinand Mount tells the millennium-long history of emotion through vivid snapshots, masterly storytelling and bizarre historical anecdotes.

Revealing all the weird and wonderful ways people in the past expressed their grief and joy, Mount explores the shifting importa...

A compelling new joint biography of Churchill and de Gaulle that shines new light on two of the greatest figures of the twentieth century.

A magisterial account of the German occupation of Norway between 1940 and 1945, and why its aftershocks continue to trouble the Norwegian national consciousness.

Take back control in this practical guide to breaking and healing patterns of trauma, one day at a time.