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Lindsey Hilsum
I Brought the War with Me : Stories and Poems from the Front LineI was standing outside an apartment block that ...I was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile. The words of a poem came to me when I could no longer find my own. In nearly four decades as a journalist covering ... -
Andrew Ziminski
Church Going : A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British IslesChurches are many things to us - they are place...Churches are many things to us - they are places of worship, vibrant community hubs and oases of calm reflection. To know a church is to hold a key to the past that unlocks an understanding of our ... -
Lindsey Banks
Who Were the Martyrs of Wigtown?In Wigtown, South West Scotland, there is a sta...In Wigtown, South West Scotland, there is a stake out at sea to commemorate the drownings of two women in 1685. Who were these women and why were they drowned? Lindsay Banks weaves the stories of t... -
Iain MacGregor
The Hiroshima Men : The Quest to Build the Atomic Bomb, and the Fateful Decision to Use ItAt 8:15 a.m. on August 6th, 1945, the Japanese ...At 8:15 a.m. on August 6th, 1945, the Japanese port city of Hiroshima was struck by the world's first atomic bomb. Built in the US by the top-secret Manhattan Project and delivered by a B-29 Superf... -
Ann Shukman
44 Days in PragueAfter discovering that her grandmother had pro-...After discovering that her grandmother had pro-German sympathies, Ann Shukman resolved to investigate her grandfather Walter Runciman’s 1938 Mission to Prague. This government-sponsored British del... -
Dr.Eleanor Chan
Duet : An Artful History of Music**Pre-order - Published: 18 Sep 2025** An anci...**Pre-order - Published: 18 Sep 2025** An ancient shaman raises a conch shell to her lips in a painted cave. A scholar in a Shaolin monastery bends over a manuscript and invents a musical scale. A... -
Peter Marshall
Storm’s EdgeLonglisted for the 2024 Highland Book Prize Fro...Longlisted for the 2024 Highland Book Prize From Peter Marshall, winner of the 2018 Wolfson Prize, Storm’s Edge is a new history of the Orkney Islands that delves deep into island politics, folk be... -
Tiffany Jenkins
Strangers and Intimates : The Rise and Fall of Private LifeFrom ancient times to our digital present, Stra...From ancient times to our digital present, Strangers and Intimates traces the dramatic emergence of private life, and argues that it is now in mortal danger. In this sweeping history, acclaimed cul... -
Jim Phillips
Coalfield JusticeIn June 2022, former miners secured through the...In June 2022, former miners secured through the Scottish Parliament a collective pardon for convictions acquired during the 1984-85 miners’ strike. The Miners’ Strike (Pardons) (Scotland) Act recog... -
Graham Robb
The Discovery of Britain**Pre-order - Published: 2 Oct 2025** Taking th...**Pre-order - Published: 2 Oct 2025** Taking the reader on a time-travelling adventure around the 'spindly, sea-wracked islands' we call home, The Discovery of Britain is history that's panoramic a... -
Miranda Kaufmann
Heiresses**Pre-order - Published: 4 Sep 2025** Meet the ...**Pre-order - Published: 4 Sep 2025** Meet the heiresses. Their dresses are the latest fashion, their rooms Mayfair's most luxurious, their suitors Britain's most powerful men. Their fortunes – blo... -
Fern Riddell
Victoria's Secret : The Private Passion of a QueenMine is a nature which requires being loved, an...Mine is a nature which requires being loved, and I have lost almost all those who loved me most on earth. From the moment John Brown arrived as a servant to Queen Victoria's household, he became kn...
