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The Knifemaker asks searching questions about the morality of science via the biography of Werhner Von Braun, whose life embodies the contradiction at the heart of many landmark advancements of the twentieth century: between the romance of new scientific frontiers and the human cost of reaching...

From the acclaimed biographer of explorers Magellan, Columbus, and Francis Drake comes a unique exploration of life and influence of Jules Verne, the novelist whose mind spun the greatest adventures ever told and whose daring and prescient imagination sparked a lasting transformation of modern...

In a world obsessed with finding the perfect mentor, we often overlook the most enduring guides of all, the ones who can't meet us for coffee, but whose lessons echo across generations. New York Times bestselling author Andy Andrews shows how the completed lives of those hold the keys to clarity...

Rhodes, a new William Collins book, full description to follow when available...

Brought to you by Penguin. The untold story of the SAS' forgotten founder, Jock...

The gripping story of the fall of Heinrich Himmler--the man who sought to perfect genocide—as he becomes the most hunted war criminal in history during the convulsive final days of the Third Reich Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS, Gestapo, and Waffen-SS, rose to all but supreme power as...

From the Washington Post’s first race and ethnicity reporter, a poignant investigation into the aftermath of the Great Migration, the promise of a Second Great Migration, and what future Black communities could look like across America in this eye-opening and thoughtful study, a mix of The...

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Envied by Lord Byron, admired by Jane Austen, read avidly by the British royalty: this is the story of ‘The Great Maria’. Maria Edgeworth, known to her contemporaries as 'the Great Maria', was one of the most important authors of the Regency era. Her work was the envy of Lord Byron, Humphry...

From an acclaimed New Yorker writer, The Comet is the thrilling true story of Dédée de Jongh, the young woman who led a crucial World War II escape network, risking her life to rescue hundreds of Allied airmen. During the Second World War, there was no more dangerous activity for a civilian in...

The thrilling life of aviation pioneer Bert Hinkler, dubbed 'the most daring man in the world' Grantlee Kieza tells the thrilling story of Bert's life and with it the bigger story of how the world was changed forever by men like Hinkler. Fast paced and revealing, this is an overdue, full blooded...

A freestanding sequel to Ram’s majestic two volume biography of Gandhi. It focuses on the debates and controversies that Gandhi’s life, work, and writings generated. Arguments with Gandhi focuses on the arguments that Gandhi had in his lifetime with various interlocuters, both Indian and...

How one of the largest family fortunes in American history was built and thrived in the Gilded Age, moved through history bending laws and society to its own devices, and helped create the political extremism and billionaire class trying to rule the country today Shadow Dynasty begins in the...

The extraordinary activism of towering literary figure and great American writer Harriet Beecher Stowe, after publishing the novel that changed American history. Alone among American novels, Uncle Tom’s Cabin forever changed the social fabric of the United States. It sold more than a million...

»Erinnerung bedeutet, dass etwas bleibt – auch wenn so vieles verschwunden ist« Konrad Bernheimer ist vier Jahre alt, als ihn sein Großvater 1954 aus Venezuela, wohin die jüdische Familie vor den Nazis geflohen ist, nach München zurückholt – dorthin, wo die Bernheimers als Kunst- und Antiquitätenhändler verwurzelt waren. Zusammen mit ihm auf die Reise machen sich seine venezolanische Mutter und seine Schwestern. Auch sein Vater Kurt sollte mit der Familie zurückkehren, doch dazu kam es nicht...

A gripping chronicle of the personal and national rivalries that led to the twentieth century’s first great arms race, from Pulitzer Prize winner Robert K. Massie With the biographer’s rare genius for expressing the essence of extraordinary lives, Massie brings to life a crowd of glittery...

The most authoritative life of Mao ever written, by the bestselling author of Wild Swans, Jung Chang and her husband, historian Jon Halliday. Based on a decade of research, and on interviews with many of Mao's close circle in China who have never talked before, and with virtually everyone...

The incredible true account of a young Jewish student who, in a desperate gambit to escape the Nazis, went underground in his hometown of Berlin, posing as an Aryan with another young escapee—a harrowing ordeal that he would miraculously escape not only with his life, but also with a love that...

From the New York Times bestselling author, a fascinating exploration of one of the most famous marriages of the 20th century In Solo and Together, Hansen uncovers the intricate tapestries of two of the 20th century's most iconic personalities, revealing insights that change what we thought we...

The Pacific Theatre was the setting for some of World War II's bloodiest battles, and yet much of its history remains untold. As the war in Europe was winding down, fierce Japanese resistance and mounting casualties slowed the US advance toward Japan. The terrible death toll of doctors, medics...