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In This Golden Fleece, Esther’s unwavering fascination with this humble material takes her on an enchanting journey across the British landscape, as she unveils exactly how wool has shaped the island’s people, economy and imagination. From Fair Isle, Yorkshire, the Cotswolds and beyond, she explores the forgotten traditions, trade secrets and steadfast communities all shaped by this unique fibre. With warmth and curiosity, Esther cleverly gathers the threads that connect us to the past and each other, detailing the why, how and who behind this ancient craft.

Effortlessly blending biography, philosophy and humour, Chesterton recounts with great imaginative depth the renowned Italian priest and theologist, Thomas Aquinas. Known as the ‘Angelic Doctor’, Aquinas was not just a scholar, but a passionate intellectual who was deeply in love with truth and natural theology.

From the author of A People's Tragedy, an original reading of the Russian Revolution, examining it not as a single event but as a hundred-year cycle of violence in pursuit of utopian dreams. In this elegant and incisive account, Orlando Figes offers an illuminating new perspective on the Russian...

A definitive guide to delivering effective speeches from two masters in the self-improvement field, Dale Carnegie and Joseph Berg Esenwein, The Art of Public Speaking is a classic self-help text that resonates still today. Carnegie’s first runaway bestseller, written in conjunction with Esenwein, The Art of Public Speaking offers clear-cut, direct advice on how to overcome fear, boost articulation skills and develop the self-confidence to produce a successful speech.

An extended essay initially written in response to a letter pondering how to end war, Three Guineas eloquently relates women’s equal opportunity to the end of the power structures which contribute to conflict. Using the metaphor of three guineas, Woolf highlights three worthy causes to donate to in order to end violence: rebuilding education for women, supporting professional opportunities for women and the promotion of pacifism.

A superb and definitive one-volume account of the Crusades, the impact of which still resonates today. In the eleventh century, a vast Christian army, summoned to holy war by the Pope, rampaged through the Muslim world of the eastern Mediterranean, seizing possession of Jerusalem, a city revered by both faiths. Over the two hundred years that followed this First Crusade, Islam and the West fought for dominion of the Holy Land, clashing in a succession of chillingly brutal wars, both firm in the belief that they were at God's work.

Of Human Bondage charts the life of Philip Carey, a sensitive and introspective individual born with a clubfoot. Orphaned at a young age, Philip searches for meaning through pursuits such as religion, art and medicine, but much of his early life is marked with emotional turmoil. Grappling with loneliness, unrequited love and existential doubt, Philip gradually learns the art of acceptance and how to live in harmony with the imperfections of life.

When art teacher Walter Hartright meets a frightened woman dressed entirely in white, her cryptic warnings hint at a hidden conspiracy. Soon after, Walter arrives at a country estate where he becomes entangled in the lives of two sisters—one gentle and trusting, the other sharp and perceptive—both surrounded by secrets they don't fully understand. As strange events unfold and powerful enemies begin to close in, a web of deception, identity theft, and betrayal slowly emerges.

An authoritative account of five thousand years of Chinese history. "Exquisitely written" ― Guardian Many nations define themselves in terms of territory or people; China defines itself in terms of history. Taking into account the country's unrivalled, voluminous tradition of history writing...

The Magnificent Ambersons tells the story of the rise and fall of a wealthy Midwestern family as America transitions from a genteel, aristocratic society to a fast-paced, industrial age. At the center is George Amberson Minafer, the spoiled heir of the proud Amberson family, who struggles to accept change and the loss of his family's social status.

First published in 1929, Goodbye to All That is Robert Graves’s extraordinary account of a world shattered by the First World War. From his childhood in Edwardian England and his education at Charterhouse to the blood-soaked trenches of the Western Front, Graves traces the making and unmaking...

This beautifully written, informative study is a portrait, a history, and a superb guide book, capturing fully the seductive beauty and the many layered past of Rome - the Eternal City. It covers 3,000 years of history from the city's quasi-mythical origins, through the Etruscan kings, the...

A rediscovered mountaineering classic and the extraordinary true story of a daring escape up Mount Kenya by three prisoners of war. When the clouds covering Mount Kenya part one morning to reveal its towering peaks for the first time, prisoner of war Felice Benuzzi is transfixed. The tedium of...

Step into a world of wide-open skies, rugged frontiers, and lives shaped by the beauty and hardships of the American prairie. The Prairie Stories Collection brings together three beloved classics that celebrate the courage, resilience, and quiet determination of those who built their lives on...

Step into the world of Florence, the extraordinary city that helped shape the course of Western civilisation. In Florence: A Biography, Christopher Hibbert brings to life the rise of one of history’s most captivating cities, tracing its journey from medieval power struggles to the dazzling...

Fire Island: a slim strip of land off the coast of New York, and a place of hedonism, reinvention, liberation. Arriving on the island after a break-up back home in England, scholar and poet Jack Parlett was beguiled by what he found. Here were the halcyon scenes of Frank O'Hara's poetry; the...

Shortlisted for The Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2026 'A sweeping tour-de-force of investigative journalism' - Time 'Epic ... the definitive text of the war... This story of ordinary Syrians who fought tyranny is a masterpiece' - New York Times 'As a many-layered portrait of revolution...

When civil war broke out in Spain in 1936, Orwell, like many other European socialists, was quick to join the fight against fascism. And so, in December that year, he found himself in Catalonia with a 40-year-old rifle, no helmet, uniform, maps or tools, and a platoon of near children under his command.

A captivating history of the French Revolution. Concise, convincing and exciting, The French Revolution is Hibbert's brilliant account of the events that shook eighteenth-century Europe to its foundation. With a mixture of lucid storytelling and fascinating detail, he charts the French...

Leading archaeologist and author of the bestselling Britain BC, Francis Pryor retells the story of King Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, tracing it back to its Bronze Age origins. The legend of King Arthur and Camelot is one of the most enduring in Britain's history, spanning centuries and...