Proto: How One Ancient Language Went Global
*A FINANCIAL TIMES, GUARDIAN AND TLS BOOK OF THE SUMMER*
‘The fascinating story of ancient words … new revelations await’ The Guardian
‘A magisterial feat’ New Scientist
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William Collins
Our Bodies, Their Battlefield: What War Does to Women
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
Uncommon Ground: Rethinking our relationship with the countryside
‘A curious-minded and subtle intervention in the politics of the countryside’ Sunday Times
‘Galbraith spent three years investigating the truth about rural Britain and how we treat it. Uncommon Ground is the brilliant result’ Daily Telegraph
‘Very funny. Acutely observed. An attempt to look beyond the usual clichés of country life’ Observer
Sky Warriors: British Airborne Forces in the Second World War
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
From bestselling historian Saul David, a riveting new history of the British airborne experience across the Second World War.
Bird School: A Beginner in the Wood
‘This is some of the best English prose of our time’ SPECTATOR
‘A feast for mind and soul’ ISABELLA TREE
‘A marvellous and revelatory guide to our native bird-life’DAILY MAIL
Step into the hide for a glorious new encounter with the British wild
Influence: Understand it, Use it, Resist it
One of the government’s former behavioural scientists reveals how you can do what you want, whilst everybody tries to influence you into doing what they want.
Storm’s Edge: Life, Death and Magic in the Islands of Orkney
‘A surprising page-turner, full of humour and startling details’ THE TIMES
‘If I read a better history this year, I will be lucky’ TOM HOLLAND
‘An astonishing tour de force’ SPECTATOR
Longlisted for the 2024 Highland Book Prize
All Hell Let Loose: The World at War 1939-1945
‘The best single-volume history of the war ever written’ DOMINIC SANDBOOK, SUNDAY TIMES
Collins New Naturalist Library – Exmoor (Collins New Naturalist Library)
Exmoor is one of only three large moorlands in southern England. Together with Dartmoor and Bodmin Moor, they have long been an inspiration for field naturalists of all descriptions. It seems appropriate, therefore, that this volume should bring the inspiration and the particularities of place together and allow the landscape of Exmoor to shine.
Wild Cities: Discovering New Ways of Living in the Modern Urban Jungle
‘Mind-shifting, heart-lifting’ ISABELLA TREE
‘Inspiring and essential’ ALASTAIR HUMPHREYS
‘As entertaining as it is enlightening’ INDEPENDENT, ★★★★★
Queen Victoria and her Prime Ministers: A Personal History
A Daily Mail Best History Book of the Year; A Spectator Best Book of the Year
It is generally accepted that Queen Victoria reigned but did not rule. This couldn’t be more wrong.
God’s Ghostwriters
‘Monumental and eye-opening’ Reza Aslan
‘A revelation […and…] an intellectual triumph’ Irish Independent
‘[A] massive achievement’ Spectator
‘Refreshingly readable’ Guardian
The CIA Book Club: The Best-Kept Secret of the Cold War
‘Entertaining and vivid… This is a gripping account of an intriguing and little-known Cold War moment’ OBSERVER
‘Reads like a thriller’ THE SUN
The astonishing story of the ten million books that were smuggled across the Iron Curtain during the Cold War.
A Very Private School
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
Why We’re Getting Poorer: A Realist’s Guide to the Economy and How We Can Fix It
An insider’s guide to our broken economy and how it fails to serve us.
Plants That Heal: 200 Healing Plants and Home Remedies
From garden herbs and flowers to foraged fruits and berries, plants have the power to nourish and heal. Used in home remedies and by professional herbalists for thousands of years, nature’s medicine chest offers incredible healing benefits for body, mind, and spirit.