John Keegan The Allied assault on Normandy beaches was an almost flawless success, but it was to take three months of bitter fighting before the German defence of Normandy finally...

Eric Ambler Syria, 1970. Michael Howell has kept his family’s Middle Eastern business enterprises going through a decade of takeovers, war, and revolution, thanks in part to his office manager,...

Christopher Silas Neal Decade after decade, Yiddish proverbs continue to capture the humor, warmth, and traditions of Jewish life. Now, the beloved Yiddish Wisdom (more than 100,000 copies sold) has...

Anthony McCarten From the prize-winning screenwriter of The Theory of Everything, this is a cinematic, behind-the-scenes account of a crucial moment which takes us inside the mind of one of the...

Keggie Carew Keggie Carew grew up under the spell of an unorthodox, enigmatic father. An undercover guerrilla agent during the Second World War, in peacetime he lived on his wits...

Carlo Alberto Brioschi From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world. In A Short History ,...

Christopher Hill In the plays and popular folklore of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are many expressions of liberty against the law. Taking this literary theme as his starting point,...

Kajsa Norman Reporter Chang Frick grew up dark-haired in a nation of blonds. Ostracised as a child, in adulthood he set out to expose the hypocrisy of Swedish society. When...

Tim Ross and Tom McTague On 18th April 2017, Theresa May stunned Britain by announcing a snap election. With poll leads of more than 20 points over Jeremy Corbyn’s divided...

Christopher Phillips An unprecedented analysis of the crucial but underexplored roles the United States and other nations have played in shaping Syria’s ongoing civil warMost accounts of Syria’s brutal, long-lasting...

Robert Kolker New York Times BestsellerSoon to be a Netflix film.The bestselling account of the lives of five young women whose fates converged in the perplexing case of the Long Island...

Amy Knight Ever since Vladimir Putin came to power in Russia, his critics have turned up dead on a regular basis. According to Amy Knight, this is no coincidence. In...