Rural: The Lives of the Working Class Countryside
SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR NATURE WRITING 2024
‘Eye-opening and persuasive’ SUNDAY TIMES
‘Brilliant … I loved it’ KIT DE WAAL
‘Thoughtful, moving, honest’ CAL FLYN
Western Europe
Fatherland: A Memoir of War, Conscience and Family Secrets
A New Yorkerstaff writer, investigates his grandfather, a Nazi Party Chief, in this “unflinching, gorgeously written, and deeply moving exploration of morality, family, and war” (Patrick Radden Keefe, author of Empire of Pain)
‘The book we need right now’ Atul Gawande, author of Being Mortal
Operation Biting: Signed edition
Operation Biting was one of the most thrilling British commando raids of World War II, and probably the most successful.
Collins Classics – A Shropshire Lad (Collins Classics)
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The Palace: From the Tudors to the Windsors, 500 Years of History at Hampton Court
‘If a house could gossip, this is the book that Hampton Court would whisper. An enjoyable and readable stroll through 500 years of Hampton Court history: royal residents, common visitors, thieves, invaders and ghosts’ PHILIPPA GREGORY
Collins Classics – A Room of One’s Own and Three Guineas (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.
Collins New Naturalist Library – Ponds, Pools and Puddles (Collins New Naturalist Library)
Ponds and pools are a common feature of our landscape – there are at least ten times as many ponds as lakes in the UK – and they are also important wildlife habitats. This book provides a comprehensive and detailed account of these freshwater habitats.
The Road: A Story of Romans and Ways to the Past
A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR
‘An absolute joy to read and an early contender for every list of History Books of the Year’ Sunday Telegraph
‘On nearly every page a random passage takes one’s breath away’ The Times
Have you ever heard the march of legions on a lonely country road?
Collins Classics – The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano (Collins Classics)
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Collins Classics – The Common Reader: Second Series (Collins Classics)
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English Food: A People’s History
‘An absolute gem’ Sunday Times
‘A mouthwatering history’ The Guardian
Lost Realms: Histories of Britain from the Romans to the Vikings
‘A beautiful, beautiful book . . . archaeology is changing so much about the way we view the so-called Dark Ages … [Williams] is just brilliant at bringing them to light’ Rory Stewart on The Rest is Politics
From the bestselling author of Viking Britain, a new epic history of our forgotten past.
Collins Classics – The Common Reader: First Series (Collins Classics)
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Wicked Beyond Belief: The Hunt for the Yorkshire Ripper
Now a major TV series
‘A masterpiece that reads like a thriller’ Time Out
A gripping and probing account of the biggest criminal manhunt in British history.
How to Speak Whale: A Voyage into the Future of Animal Communication
‘Fascinating’ Greta Thunberg
‘Extraordinary’ Merlin Sheldrake
‘A must-read’ New Scientist
‘Enthralling’ George Monbiot
‘Brilliant’ Philip Hoare
Where the Seals Sing
There are fewer grey seals in the world than endangered African elephants, but the British Isles host almost half of this global population. Every year these charismatic animals, with their expressive eyes and whiskers more sensitive than our fingertips, haul out on our shores to breed and raise their pups.