Ghosts of the Night: The Extraordinary Lives of British Owls
No animal better symbolises the desire to get closer and the need to respect distance than the owl.
No animal better symbolises the desire to get closer and the need to respect distance than the owl.
A riveting and deeply researched account of King Juan Carlos’s epic fall from grace.
From awe-inspiring Norman castles, to the homes we live in, Simon Thurley explores how the architecture of this small island influenced the world.
From the bestselling author of Hillbilly Elegy – an intimate account of why Vice President JD Vance strayed from the Christianity of his youth and what led him back to faith.
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‘Written with all the pace and energy of a John Grisham novel … An incredible true story and a great read!’ BILL BROWDER
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‘A rollicking, brilliant book’ GARETH RUSSELL, author of Queen James
‘A very fine piece of biographical work, erudite but accessible’ JOHN STUBBS, author of Jonathan Swift
A rollicking narrative history set during the extraordinary summer of 1726 when Jonathan Swift arrived in London from Dublin, with a draft of Gulliver’s Travels in his bag.
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The compulsively readable new book from The Rest is Classified host Gordon Corera. About how one man – Vasili Mitrokhin – turned first disaffected dissident and then traitor to the KGB, stealing the most secret Soviet archives and smuggling them to the West.
‘Vera Gedroits was a true medical heroine: outrageous, intrepid and devoted to saving lives. Miranda Seymour’s genius as a story teller brings this astonishing woman blazing back to life. I shall never forget her’ LADY ANTONIA FRASER
‘Miranda Seymour has written a wonderful and unputdownable book about an astonishing woman’ MEL GIEDROYC
Ancient trees, some over a thousand years old, are dotted around the British Isles, the last survivors of a lost world. Now, new scientific studies of these trees and of fossilised forests and of our oldest wooden artifacts can help us to understand the many woodlands that have disappeared from our landscapes.
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A Book of the Year in The Times and Financial Times
‘This isn’t a book; it’s a case for revolution’ CAMILLA LONG, SUNDAY TIMES
‘A damning cannonball of truth through the York ramparts’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
‘Surely has a claim to the title of book of the year, for its seismic impact’ JANINE GIBSON, FINANCIAL TIMES
Following on from its successful launch in 2009, Collins Wild Flower Guide – the ultimate reference book for wild flower enthusiasts – now enters its third edition. It is now completely up to date, including the most recent BSBI common names and the extra species recently discovered in the British Isles.
‘This is a book about searching in the best sense – full of ideas, beauty, doubt and adventures’ ELIZABETH KOLBERT
‘Fascinating and masterfully written’ ALICE WINN
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Islands of Abandonment, comes a new book about our relationship to the natural world.
‘Beautiful, thought-provoking, and compelling’ SUSIE DENT
‘An extremely moving, passionate plea’ CAL FLYN
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A new, fully updated narrative edition of David Attenborough’s seminal biography of our world, The Living Planet.