Imagine you could travel back to the 14th century. What would you see? What would you smell? More to..

In the second volume of his acclaimed new history of the Second World War James Holland examines the..

Asteroids killer sharks nuclear bombs viruses deadly robots climate change the apocalypse - why is H..

Crime fiction is the single most popular genre in international publishing and Australia has some of..

I Am I Am I Am is a memoir with a difference - the unputdownable story of an extraordinary woman's l..

At the outbreak of WW2 the British monarchy was in a state of turmoil. Edward VIII had abdicated the..

Sent to France with the Royal Flying Corps at just 17 and later a member of the famous 56 Squadron C..

In this follow-up to the bestselling CLANLANDS Sam and Graham document their journey across New Zeal..

In 1943 German SS officers in charge of Auschwitz-Birkenau ordered that an orchestra should be forme..

Setting out for a family day in Devon nine-year-old Keira Ball suffered catastrophic brain injuries ..

The SAS is staffed by the toughest and most resourceful soldiers in the world - only the cream of th..

Famous for his portrayal of the iconic hardman Grant Mitchell and as the maker of various documentar..

When FDR Winston Churchill and Josef Stalin gathered outside the Crimean city of Yalta in February 1..

Katherine 'Kitty' Marshall was destined to break with convention. Brought up in a socially active fa..

When Philip Serrell - now well known for his television appearances - gave up teaching to become a p..

Czechoslovakia October 1937. Vast crowds have gathered to watch the threatened nation's most prestig..

Following the death of her beloved mother Jennifer Worth in 2011 Suzannah Worth discovered amongst h..

Charlie Hedges is a pioneer in the field of missing persons over a career spanning nearly four decad..

What makes a man marry six times? Was Henry VIII a voracious philanderer? On the contrary says Dr Da..

In 1948 a man was found dead on Somerton Beach in Adelaide Australia. Well-dressed and unmarked he h..

In July 1956 Marilyn Monroe arrived in London to make The Sleeping Prince (later released as The Pri..

In the Ukrainian city of Poltava stands a building known as the Rooster House an elegant mansion wit..

Can we resurrect dinosaurs Jurassic Park-style? Are we living in The Matrix's digital simulation? Do..

Do you ever think about your body and how it all works? The human body is extraordinary and fascinat..

Operation Market Garden the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine ..

Robin Hood Dick Turpin Ronnie Biggs the Krays. . .All have become folk heroes glamorised and romanti..

Drowning in debt and facing almost certain bankruptcy John Darwin did the unthinkable - he paddled o..

In the quiet Cotswolds village of Great Rollright in 1944 a thin and unusually elegant housewife eme..

As a child Helen Macdonald was determined to become a falconer. She learned the arcane terminology a..

In the far south of New Zealand in the remote Fiordland village of Manapouri Ruth Shaw runs two tiny..

Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968 when he was 20. Over the next 50 years he met her many t..

Bustling with rich detail historical vignettes and surprising wares this is the story of Britain's b..

On a warm July evening in 1985 a middle-aged man stood on the pavement of a busy avenue in Moscow ho..

We all want to be successful in life and to be remembered for our achievements - but how can we do ..

In the first of an extraordinary three-volume account of the war James Holland reveals not only the ..

Throughout Maya Angelou’s life from her childhood in Stamps Arkansas to her world travels as a be..

David Berridge returns with more stories from his time as a prison officer at HMP Parkhurst giving a..

Get up close to nature with naturalist and TV presenter CHRIS PACKHAM CBE and encounter the amazing ..

Mount Kailas is the most sacred of the world’s mountains - holy to one fifth of humanity. Isolated..

Finding herself in a new home in Brighton Kate Bradbury sets about transforming her barren backyard ..

On 16 December 1944 Hitler launched his “last gamble” in the snow-covered forests of the Ardenne..

From royal expert and royal butler Grant Harrold comes an unforgettable memoir and portrait of a roy..

Brought to you by PenguinThe inspirational new business book from the star of Dragons' Den teaching ..

Scaling a new peak of rash over-ambition Tim Moore tackles the 9000km route of the old Iron Curtain ..

A joint operation between Britain and France the 1916 Battle of the Somme was an attempt to gain ter..

After World War II Sydney experienced a chillingly calculated crime wave thanks to discontent mixed ..

Small in stature but immense in reputation and talent there was more to Eric 'Winkle' Brown than met..

In the summer of 1941 bored and eccentric young officer David Stirling came up with a plan that was ..

In January 1991 eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission deep behind ene..

Every day Dr Rachel Clarke tries to bring care and comfort to those reaching the end of their lives...

In 1914 the world changed forever when World War One broke out and a generation of men went off to f..

Kitty Baxter was born in London in 1930 the daughter of a road sweeper and a cleaner and one of five..

In a forbidding Gothic castle on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany an unlikely band of British ..

At the height of the Covid-19 pandemic in early April Captain Tom Moore 99-year-old Second World War..

Growing up in Yorkshire and with farming blood in his genes James Greenwood always knew he would bec..

'I was two when the woman I called Mummy told me 'You came out of another mummy's tummy.' I assumed ..

It's hard to think of a more thoroughly Cornish name than Petroc Trelawny. But when a stranger chall..

Brought to you by Penguin.Discover the rich history of Britain's millennia-old network of pathways a..

Cairo 1942. Colonel Clarke thought of himself as developing a new kind of weapon. Its components? Ru..

Richard Askwith wanted more. Not convinced running had to be all about pounding pavements buying fan..

In 1914 Vera Brittain was 18 and as war was declared she was preparing to study at Oxford. Four year..

The year is 1981. Tehran is in violent turmoil in the wake of the Iranian Revolution. The Soviets ar..

The World War II codebreaking station at Bletchley is well known and its activities documented in de..

Why do people love trains so much? Tom Chesshyre is on a mission to find the answer by experiencing ..

On Saturday 15th April 1989 Jenni Hicks her husband Trevor and their two daughters Sarah and Vicki w..

It's a story that began in a rickety old home on a cold June morning in 1994 where five members of a..

On April 30 1980 six heavily armed gunmen burst into the Iranian embassy on Princes Gate overlooking..

Happily married and running a successful business Peter Berry's life changed when at the age of 50 h..