Letters From Everest
£10.99‘An extraordinary treasure trove’ Andrew Marr
A unique collection of unpublished letters from the climbing legend George Mallory to his family, revealing his innermost thoughts about people, places and mountains.
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And finally…
£14.99And Finally? is the injection of cheer we all need in these rather depressing times. This heart-warming book takes a look at the very best ‘?and finally’ segments of the news – those funny, silly and often eccentric stories the newsreaders save until the end of the programme, to leave on a high note.
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Unknown universe
£16.99A lens into the unexplored and unseen cosmos
A beautiful book showcasing the most stunning images from the first years of the James Webb Space Telescope, the most powerful infrared space observatory, along with expert insights into their revelations.
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The ship beneath the ice
£10.99The Ship Beneath the Ice is the extraordinary story of how the world’s most famous shipwreck was found, told by the search’s Director of Exploration.
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And finally
£10.99As a retired brain surgeon, Henry Marsh thought he understood illness, but he was unprepared for the impact of his diagnosis of advanced cancer. ‘And Finally’ explores what happens when someone who has spent a lifetime on the frontline of life and death finds himself contemplating what might be his own death sentence. As he navigates the bewildering transition from doctor to patient, he is haunted by past failures and projects yet to be completed, and frustrated by the inconveniences of illness and old age. But he is also more entranced than ever by the mysteries of science and the brain, the beauty of the natural world and his love for his family.
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Timelines of everyone
£20.00Get the inside track on the incredible lives of history’s must-know names: from Shakespeare to Oprah Winfrey, and Anne Frank to Julius Caesar. This book boasts more than 150 visual timelines, covering a diverse array of kings and queens, humanitarians, scientists, inventors, explorers, activists, writers, artists, and more, from all over the globe. It breathes fresh life into the biographies of the people you thought you knew, and unearths many stories from previously ignored or unheard voices.
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Our NHS
£16.99The history of our world-leading health service through the voices of the patients, nurses, doctors, porters and ordinary people who have turned it into the beating heart of our country.
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The frontier below
£25.00A journey through time and water, to the bottom of the ocean and the future of our planet.
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Empress of the Nile
£25.00The riveting story of a true-life female Indiana Jones: an archaeologist who survived the Nazis and then saved Egypt’s ancient temples. In the 1960s, the world’s attention was focused on a nail-biting race against time: fifty countries had contributed nearly a billion dollars to save a dozen ancient Egyptian temples from drowning in the floodwaters of the gigantic new Aswan High Dam. It was a project of unimaginable size and complexity that required the fragile sandstone temples to be dismantled, stone by stone, and rebuilt on higher ground. But the massive press coverage of this unprecedented rescue effort completely overlooked the gutsy French archaeologist who made it all happen. Without the intervention of Christiane Desroches-Noblecourt, the temples would now be at the bottom of a gigantic reservoir.
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The best British travel writing of the 21st century
£9.99Travel writing matters
This anthology is a collection of the 30 best travel stories published in British media over the last two decades, as judged by some of the top names in the game today. It is a celebration of the craft of travel writing, and its ability to educate, inspire and build understanding between people and cultures.Â
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Ship Beneath the Ice
£25.00The extraordinary story of how the world’s most famous shipwreck was found, told by the man leading the search.
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The Age of Uncertainty
£25.00The history of how a group of physicists toppled the Newtonian universe in the early decades of the twentieth century. Marie Curie, Max Planck, Niels Bohr, Werner Heisenberg, Erwin Schrödinger, and Albert Einstein didn’t only revolutionise physics; they redefined our world and the reality we live in. In ‘The Age of Uncertainty’, Tobias Hürter brings to life the golden age of physics and its dazzling, flawed, and unforgettable heroes and heroines.