Soon to be a MAJOR MOVIE. A gripping and heartbreaking story, A Thousand Miles from Care tells the 30-year quest Steve Johnson undertook to uncover the truth about his brilliant brother’s death.
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE
‘A wake-up call’ Amal Clooney
‘Devastating… rape and sexual abuse continue to be a pervasive and all-too-often hidden feature of conflict zones the world over’ HM Queen Camilla
THE #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
A Times, Spectator and Waterstones Book of the Year
‘Shocking and moving’ Guardian
‘Top marks for its searing frankness, framed in wistfully beautiful prose’ The Times
‘Popular history at its best’ Spectator
‘Boisterous… replete with stabbings, bashing and thumping’ Daily Mail
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NONFICTION CROWN AWARD 2024
GUARDIAN: BOOKS TO LOOK OUT FOR IN 2024
‘GRIPPING’ THE TIMES
‘Pacy, witty and authoritative’ Jonathan Freedland
‘In her hands, ancient history becomes a vivid avenue of approach to a burning modern-world concern… a powerful and important book’ Daily Telegraph
Change your life for the better, starting today, with this primer on positivity from Strictly star and It Takes Two host, Janette Manrara.
A TIMES BEST MEMOIR OF 2023
‘Grippingly vivid and pacey’ THE TIMES
‘A seven-year old girl on a seventy-foot yacht, for ten years, over fifty thousand miles of sailing’ SIMON WINCHESTER
NINE HISTORIC CRIMES. ONE FAMILIAR OBSESSION.
A story of poverty, generosity and worlds colliding in modern Britain
Loss and adversity are part of the human condition, but an imperfect past isn’t always an indicator of what’s to come.
An astonishing search for a missing person, the hidden tragedies of war and the truth of Nigeria’s history.
William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.
William Collins Books and Decca Records are proud to present ARGO Classics, a historic catalogue of classic fiction read by some of the world’s most renowned voices. Originally released as vinyl records, these expertly abridged and remastered stories are now available to download for the first time.
Hailed as Newby’s ‘masterpiece’, Love and War in the Apennines is the gripping real-life story of Newby’s imprisonment and escape from an Italian prison camp during World War II.
