Its second subtitle is "an adventurous history of botany". JG is a scientist and an historian of exploration (his "The Rattlesnake: A Voyage of Discovery to the Coral Sea" was excellent).
Anna Roosevelt, Sarah Churchill and Kathleen Harriman all accompanied their fathers to the Yalta Conference. This is an intriguing account of their involvement and influence on events.
A dystopian but not unhopeful rollercoaster about civilisation and where the human race is headed. By the best-selling author whose debut The Power won the Women's Prize a few years ago.
The author and her brother spent a decade at sea; at sixteen she made it ashore in New Zealand, effectively abandoned by her parents. A startling and riveting memoir.
The philosophical innovations of Sappho, Pythagoras, Heraclitus, Xenophanes, Homer and others. The first time since The Mighty Dead: Why Homer Matters that this excellent writer has turned t... read more
The discovery of a corpse sends Cat Hakesby and James Marwood on a dangerous path that seems to lead to Charles II's favourite courtier... The sixth in this excellent series of historical th... read more
A first collection of essays and journalism from the novelist best known for We Need to Talk About Kevin. Free speech, identity politics and intellectual imprisonment are all grist to Shrive... read more
Tangled, mossy, temperate rainforest still prevails in some valleys and creases of these isles - though it seems hard to imagine after these months of drought... And the author's name is of ... read more
The author's Jewish father reached England from Latvia in 1939, only to be shipped to Canada as an enemy alien; his parents were deported from Bavaria to the Riga Ghetto, where they died. In... read more
Turkel was born in a Chinese 're-education' camp, and finally got to the US where he trained as a lawyer, specialising in Uyghur activism. This is his account of China's horrendous oppressio... read more
The cult which believed a band of politicians and celebrities were in fact cannibalistic paedophiles conspiring against Trump... Sommer investigates how such a farcical theory managed to gen... read more
The first novel in seven years - and we've heard it's wonderful - by the author of All The Light We Cannot See. It traverses centuries and planets, veering between the siege of Constantinopl... read more
Narrates the experiences of ten different women during WW2. Whether flying Spitfires, working in the Cabinet Office or cracking codes at Bletchley Park, these women all played a vital role i... read more
Political debate in India is still divided along lines that can be traced to Nehru's ideas and the foundation of the Republic. This assessment of the exchanges and ideological battles betwee... read more
Who was John Lewis? His father died in a Somerset workhouse; he opened his first business in Oxford Street in 1864. Subsequent family feuds are detailed here, as well as the Partnership that... read more
An exploration of our shores, the land between the tides, the littoral realm of the shrimp and the anemone... Nicolson is observant, patient, inquisitive, immune to soaking, buoyed by poet... read more