Steven Pressfield In 480 B.C., two million Persian invaders come to the mountain pass of Thermopylae in eastern Greece, where they are met by 300 of Sparta's finest warriors. The...

Anthony Julius In a book that Harold Bloom, in The New York Times Book Review , called a "strong, somber book on an appalling subject," Anthony Julius offers a wide-ranging...

Mo Hayder Just after lunch on a Tuesday in April, nine feet under water, police diver Flea Marley closes her gloved fingers around a human hand. The fact that there's no body...

Gerard deVilliers THE MADMEN OF BENGHAZI, available for the first time in the U.S., is a gripping, racy, ripped-from-the-headlines espionage thriller set in volatile post-Qaddafi Libya.  Gérard de Villiers (1929–2013) spent...

Calder Walton The gripping and largely untold story of the role of the intelligence services in Britain’s retreat from empire. Against the background of the Cold War, and the looming...

Ellis Peters A MORBID TASTE FOR BONES. In 1137 the head of Shrewsbury Abbey decided to acquire the remains of St Winifred for his Benedictine order. Brother Cadfael is part...

Roy Hattersley This autobiography presents an account of Roy Hattersley's lifetime in the Labour party. It begins with his schooldays in post-war Sheffield, through his arrival into Parliament in Harold...

Ariel Levy Today's young women seem to be outdoing the male chauvinist pigs of yesteryear, applauding the 'pornification' of other women, and themselves. This is a world where simulating sex...

Owen Jones In modern Britain, the working class has become an object of fear and ridicule. From Little Britain ’s Vicky Pollard to the demonization of Jade Goody, media and...

Mo Hayder A page-turning triumph from the internationally bestselling thriller author Mo Hayder—Gone is a riveting tale that pits detective Jack Caffery and police diver Flea Marley against a carjacker who...

Mo Hayder When the decomposed body of a young woman is found near railway tracks just outside Bristol one morning, all indications are that she's committed suicide. That's how the...

Benazir Bhutto Beautiful, charismatic, and the first and only woman to lead a post-colonial Muslim state, Benazir Bhutto achieved international renown in her native Pakistan until charges of corruption forced...