Careless Talk: The Hidden History Of The Home Front' by Stuart Hylton (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

The traditional image of the Home Front in World War II is of cheery Londoners, singing along to Vera Lynn on the radio and making do and mending as bombs fall all around them. But there was another... read more

Our Hidden Lives: The Remarkable Diaries Of Postwar Britain by Simon Garfield (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

In 1936 anthropologist Tom Harrison, poet and journalist Charles Madge and documentary filmmaker Humphrey Jennings set up the Mass Observation Project. The idea was simple: ordinary people would... read more

Kent's Strangest Tales: Extraordinary But True Stories by Martin Latham (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

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Black Hawk Down by Mark Bowden (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

In Black Hawk Down journalist Mark Bowden delivers a strikingly detailed account of the 1993 nightmare operation in Mogadishu that left 18 American soldiers dead and many more wounded. This early... read more

Lords Of Battle: The World Of The Celtic Warrior (World Of The Warrior) by Stephen Allen (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

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The Suspicions Of Mr. Whicher: Or The Murder At Road Hill House by Kate Summerscale (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

The dramatic story of the real-life murder that inspired the birth of modern detective fiction. In June of 1860 three-year-old Saville Kent was found at the bottom of an outdoor privy with his throat... read more

The RAF Air Sea Rescue Service 1918-1986 by Jon Sutherland, Diane Canwell (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

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Endeavour: The Story Of Captain Cook's First Great Epic Voyage by Peter Aughton (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

Captain James Cook's voyage in the "Endeavour" which resulted in the mapping of New Zealand and the east coast of Australia, was an epic voyage into the unknown. According to the British government -... read more

Captain Scott by Ranulph Fiennes (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is uniquely qualified to write a new biography of Captain Scott. This is the first biography of Scott by someone who has experienced the deprivations, the stress and the sheer... read more

The Mammoth Book Of Hearts Of Oak (Mammoth) (Mammoth Books) by Mike Ashley (Editor), David Donachie (Introduction) (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

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NOTES FROM A SMALL ISLAND by BILL BRYSON (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

Bill Bryson is an unabashed Anglophile who, through a mistake of history, happened to be born and bred in Iowa. Righting that error, he spent 20 years in England before deciding to repatriate: "I... read more

The Gold Train by Ronalds Zweig (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

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First Light by Geoffrey Wellum (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

Surviving Battle of Britain fighter aces were thin on the ground even in 1941, so any new book more than 60 years later from a previously unknown pilot is bound to get noticed. And First Light is not... read more

The Next Moon by Andre Hue And Ewen Southby-Tailyour (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

F8">Hardcover  |  All Editions Reviews Synopsis 'A gripping story: There cannot be many clearer or more... read more

The Black Swan: The Impact Of The Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

 A black swan is an event, positive or negative, that is deemed improbable yet causes massive consequences. In this groundbreaking and prophetic book, Taleb shows in a playful way that Black Swan... read more

Barack Obama: Dreams From My Father (A Story Of Race And Inheritance) by President Barack Obama (More from this author). Added: In the last 24 hours 

One of the many refreshing things about Barack Obama is his self-deprecating sense of humour. Responding to the unrealistic expectations for his presidency, Obama said 'I've been sent by my father... read more

A Mad World, My Masters: Tales From A Traveller's Life by John Simpson (More from this author). Added: In the last week

Some people just aren't cut out for the suburbs. As one of the BBC's top foreign correspondents, John Simpson has been at the epicentre of many of the world's flashpoints for more than 30 years.... read more

Man In The Shadows: Inside The MIddle East Crisis With A Man Who Led The Mossad by Efraim Halevy (More from this author). Added: In the last week

Efraim Halevy joined Israels secret police in 1961 and eventually became its director. For the first time, Halevy writes about the turbulent Middle East from his powerful vantage point at the top of... read more

Below Stairs by Margaret Powell (More from this author). Added: In the last week

Arriving at the great houses of 1920s London, fifteen-year-old Margaret's life in service was about to begin... As a kitchen maid - the lowest of the low - she entered an entirely new world; one of... read more

The Secret Life Of Bletchley Park: The History Of The Wartime Codebreaking Centre By The Men And Women Who Were There by Sinclair McKay (More from this author). Added: In the last week

This country house in the Buckinghamshire countryside was home to Britain’s most brilliant mathematical brains and the scene of immense advances in technology?indeed, the birth of modern computing.... read more