History

An intimate, powerful, and inspiring memoir by the former First Lady of the United States.

A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed by Patternity, the award-winning creative studio and pattern consultancy.

The acclaimed and harrowing bestseller that tells the true story of the fate of Russia's most powerful submarine, the Kursk - and soon to be a major motion picture, starring Colin Firth.

Sapiens showed us where we came from. Homo Deus shows us where we're going.

A handsome gift edition of one of the seminal pieces of literature to emerge from the Second World War: Viktor Frankl's moving account of his experiences in Auschwitz.

The bestselling phenomenon returns with 21 bite-sized lessons to help us understand our troubled times.

100 tales of extraordinary women - the most highly supported original book ever in the history of crowdfunding.

A thrilling Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians.

Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most revered writers takes us on a mind-altering journey to the frontiers of human consciousness.

A NO. 5 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER: The devastating story of the lives of Jack the Ripper's victims, told in full, for the first time: 'Powerful and shaming' Guardian; 'Deeply affecting' Daily Mail

The definitive edition of Anne Frank's diary, now in Penguin Black Classics.

The incredible, bestselling memoir of survival, hope and empowerment

This bloody, chilling, stunning tale is "far and away the greatest story in Australia's history, if not the world's."

The first account of one of the greatest heroes of WWII, and a gripping story of defiance, rebellion, sabotage and escape from a Nazi death camp

Love him or loathe him, Ned Kelly has been at the heart of Australian culture and identity since he and his gang were tracked down in bushland by the Victorian police and came out fighting, dressed in bulletproof iron armour made from farmers’ ploughs. History comes to life with Peter FitzSimons

The definitive, dramatic untold story of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster, based on original reporting and new archival research.

A series of special editions of the best popular science books to explore the patterns of our planet. Designed by Patternity, the award-winning creative studio and pattern consultancy.

In the Trenches of Hell

Selected by Bill Gates for his 2019 Summer Reading Recommendations, Jared Diamond's visionary theory on how and why some nations recover from trauma and others don't.

The first truly authoritative and accessible history of philosophy to cover both Western and Eastern traditions.

The slowness of climate change is a fairy tale, perhaps as pernicious as the one that says it isn't happening at all, and if your anxiety about it is dominated by fears of sea-level rise, you are barely scratching the surface of what terrors are possible, even within the lifetime of a teenager today.

'An extraordinary vivid yet authentic account of the birthpangs of a nation. A work of real distinction' Philip Ziegler

The new novel by the number one bestselling author.