A Nasty Little War: The West’s Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution – Anna Reid £25.00 Fascinating and immersive account of an a8empt by the forces of fifteen countries, deployed from Poland to the Pacific, to defeat the Bolsheviks in 1918. Add to Basket
A Travel Guide to the Middle Ages: The World Through Medieval Eyes – Anthony Bale £18.99 Drawing on previously untranslated contemporary sources, this is an erudite and entertaining journey alongside travelling spies, diplomats, pilgrims and merchants. Add to Basket
Alexandria: The City that Changed the World – Islam Issa £30.00 Vivid, sweeping and revealing survey of the city from the time of Cleopatra to Napoleon, showing the extent to which it was a crucible of learning and diversity. Add to Basket
Borgata: Rise of Empire: A History of the American Mafia – Louis Ferrante £25.00 Former mafia member traces the social, economic and political forces behind the clandestine Sicilian organisation that rose from inauspicious beginnings to become the USA’s most powerful criminal network. Add to Basket
Climate Capitalism: Winning the Global Race to Zero Emissions – Akshat Rathi £20.00 An optimistic appraisal of some of the organisations and individuals across the globe who are making an effort, using their knowledge, resources and networks, to address the climate emergency. Add to Basket
Conflict: The Evolution of Warfare from 1945 to Ukraine – David Petraeus & Andrew Roberts £26.00 A retired US Army General and a renowned historian offer a sweeping survey of recent changes plus an analysis of lessons from the past and anticipation of the future. Add to Basket
Emperor of Rome – Mary Beard £30.00 Fascinating examination of emperors, corruption, conspiracy and the wielding of power and the practicalities of their lives and of those who tended to them. Add to Basket
Going Infinite: The Rise and Fall of a New Tycoon – Michael Lewis £25.00 Extraordinary story of Sam Bankman-Fried, dubbed ‘the Gatsby of the crypto world’, who made a fortune in the recent crypto frenzy only to lose it all almost immediately. Add to Basket
Jobs for the Girls: How We Set Out to Work in the Typewriter Age – Ysenda Maxtone Graham £22.00 Marvellously detailed snapshot of the lives of a wide range of women between 1950 and the early 1990s, the boredom of office work and the camaderie which liberated them. Add to Basket
Mosquito: The RAF’s Legendary Wooden Wonder and its Most Extraordinary Mission – Rowland White £20.00 Impeccably researched and grippingly narrated story of the legendary lightweight aircraft and the daring pilots who flew them. Add to Basket
Normal Women: 900 Years of Making History – Philippa Gregory £25.00 In a welcome corrective to the more traditional male-centred approach to the past, the historical novelist reclaims the lives of generations of ordinary women. Add to Basket
Politics On the Edge – Rory Stewart £22.00 Revelatory and entertaining account of a decade of chaotic government dominated by mediocrities, from an insider’s perspective. Add to Basket
Sparks: China’s Underground Historians and Their Battle for the Future – Ian Johnson £25.00 Stylishly written tribute to the filmmakers, scholars, journalists and poets who defy the authoritarian state’s propaganda to document the truth about events in China. Add to Basket
The Coming Wave: AI, Power, and the 21st Century’s Greatest Dilemma – Mustafa Suleyman £25.00 Groundbreaking survey of the advances in AI, robotics and synthetic biology from an industry insider alert to both the potential risks and rewards of the dizzying pace of changing technology. Add to Basket
Too Late to Awaken : What Lies Ahead When There is No Future? – Slavoj Žižek £20.00 Characteristically pithy and insightful analysis of our urgent global predicament in which one of the most provocative philosophers of our times presents a case for radical emancipatory politics. Add to Basket
Women in Intelligence – Helen Fry £25.00 Drawing on recently declassified material and personal testimonies, this is a major reappraisal of the extensive and varied roles played by women in covert operations. Add to Basket