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It was 13 October 1972. Uruguayan Air Force Flight 571, carrying a team of young rugby players, their families and friends, took off for the very last time. A deadly miscalculation saw F571 crash directly into the Andean mountains to devastating consequences: the body of the plane broke violently into two, its floor torn to smithereens; seats flew out of the air taking passengers with them. In the weeks that followed, the remaining people who were on board - the society of the snow - emerged to fight a dire, gruelling battle for survival.

Bloomsbury presents Looking East in Winter by Dr. Rowan Williams, read by Elliot Fitzpatrick. In many ways, we seem to be living in wintry times at present in the Western world. In this new book, Rowan Williams, former Archbishop of Canterbury and a noted scholar of Eastern Christianity...

The remarkable story of how Joe Foster developed Reebok into one of the world's most famous sports brands, having started from a small factory in Bolton. Since the late 19th century, the Foster family had been hand-making running shoes, supplying the likes of Eric Liddell and Harold Abrahams -...

Super Simple Psychology breaks down complex information into manageable, bitesize chunks, and it covers all the key topics, ranging from brain anatomy and memory to phobias and types of therapy. Each topic is designed to make the facts easy to understand and remember, and to bring the subject to...

As heard on the New Yorker Radio Hour: The triumphant and "engaging history" (The New Yorker) of the young women who devised a winning strategy that defeated Nazi U-boats and delivered a decisive victory in the Battle of the Atlantic. By 1941, Winston Churchill had come to believe that the...

The This is the new social media platform everyone is talking about. Allow it to be injected into the roof of your mouth and it will grow into your brain, allowing you to connect with others without even picking up your phone. Its followers are growing. Its detractors say it is a cult. But for one journalist, hired to do a puff-piece interview with their CEO, it will change the world forever.

Bloomsbury presents Tenderness by Alison MacLeod, read by Antonia Beamish, Tim Treloar, Sophie Aldred, Bill Hope and Elliot Fitzpatrick. The spellbinding story of Lady Chatterley’s Lover, and the society that put it on trial; the story of a novel and its ripple effects across half a century...

'As stunning as it is unsettling. A contemporary gothic masterpiece' KATY HAYS 'A beautiful and haunting examination of toxic friendships' HEATHER DARWENT 'Darkly glamorous' Guardian A DAILY MAIL BOOK TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2025 In the hallowed halls of Cambridge, a dangerous obsession takes hold…...

It was supposed to be a holiday. In New York City. A chance for Tom to do some drawing, and for Charlie to see the sights. The streets of the city seem safe and clean. Everyone is friendly, and the doughnuts are to die for. Charlie and Tom are in love and planning their future. Then a shocking...

An early morning phone call. A dead teenager. A bunch of hostile witnesses with a wedding to attend. Charlie Rees was enjoying the calm after the storm in Llanfair. He thought he and Tom Pennant might get some peaceful time together. Maybe even fall in love. Not a chance. As Charlie battles to...

From USA Today bestselling author Eve Newton comes a dark Irish mafia romance. He's the ex-priest who traded prayers for the family business. I'm the woman who survived the hit that has thrust me into his world. Nuala I'm the one who smiles politely, pours their drinks, and pretends not to...

DS Charlie Rees wants a fresh start. He wants to make his name as a serious, professional detective. Two students disappear. This could be Charlie's chance. If he can find them. But the university doesn't want to admit they're missing, and his personal life is a disaster. The fresh start is...

From a mesmerizing new literary voice comes a story of obsessive friendship, chilling powers, and untimely death for readers of dark academia classics like If We Were Villains and The Secret History. An unnamed narrator arrives at Cambridge University in the early aughts determined to reinvent...

The simplest guide to the science of life - ever How do vaccines work? What is special about stem cells? How did we evolve from bacteria? The science of life can be dauntingly complex, and it can be hard to separate "good" science from "bad", fundamental truths from the much-hyped breakthroughs...

Discover the pivotal political, military, and cultural events that shaped British and Irish history, from Stone Age Britain to the present day, in this revised and updated book. The History of Britain and Ireland is an invaluable resource for families, students, and anyone seeking to learn more...

A captivating read spanning 5,000 years of the ocean's history Conquest of the Ocean tells the 5,000 year history of the remarkable individuals who sailed seas, for trade, to conquer new lands, to explore the unknown. From the early Polynesians to the first circumnavigations by the Portuguese...

They say after betrayal comes ruin. They weren't wrong. Ancient secrets emerge from the university's foundations. The artefact we fought over is merely a key to something darker, older, and more powerful. Our enemies circle, thinking us weak in our division. They've underestimated what I'm...

Hours before the liberation of Brussels in 1944, the Germans loaded more than 1,400 members of the Resistance, SOE agents, and Allied airmen onto a train bound for the Neuengamme concentration camp. What happened next came to be known as the miracle of “The Ghost Train,” as members of the...

The Diary of Samuel Pepys is the most celebrated personal journal in the English language. Pepys's candid revelations as he forged his career as a civilian naval official in Restoration London have fascinated readers ever since the first selection was published in 1825. This book focuses on...

Named a Best Book of the Year by The Guardian, Scientific American, and The Economist The riveting, untold true story of the botanists at the world’s first seed bank who made “the mad, heroic decision during the siege of Leningrad to guard biodiversity at the cost of human life” (The New...