History of other geographical groupings and regions
Sea People: In Search of the Ancient Navigators of the Pacific
Winner of the 2020 Australian Prime Minister’s Literary Award for nonfiction and the 2019 NSW Premier’s History Awards for general history
‘Wonderfully researched and beautifully written’ Philip Hoare, author of Leviathan
‘Succeeds in conjuring a lost world’ Dava Sobel, author of Longitude
The Frayed Atlantic Edge: A Historian’s Journey from Shetland to the Channel
COLLECTIVE WINNER OF THE HIGHLAND BOOK PRIZE AND SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE
‘This is the book that has been wanting to be written for decades: the ragged fringe of Britain as a laboratory for the human spirit’ Adam Nicolson
Collins New Naturalist Library – Marches (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 118)
A complete natural history and the first large-scale survey of this unique part of the country. This edition is produced from an original copy by William Collins.
Poland: A history
Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall and remarkable rebirth of an indomitable nation.
The Last of the Gentlemen Adventurers: Coming of Age in the Arctic: Text Only edition
In 1930 a sixteen-year-old boy left England to become one of the last of the ‘gentlemen adventurers’ – the fur traders of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In the Arctic he found adventure, love and loss as he came to grips with Eskimo life. Beautifully written, inspiring and funny, this is a boy’s own story that captures a world that is lost forever.
Midnight’s Descendants: South Asia from Partition to the Present Day
The first modern history of all South Asia’s peoples.