A brilliant new history of the First World War by the bestselling and prizewinning author of King Leopold's Ghost and Bury the Chains

The latest in The Daily Telegraph series of quick crossword books containing 140 puzzles. The answers are included at the back of the book.

A compellingly readable, critically acclaimed, agenda-setting account of how and why cities function as they do and why so many of us choose to live in them

Candid, caustic and surprisingly moving, Stephanie Calman is back: read her and know that you are not alone

A hypnotic detective adventure story set in the mysterious Arctic

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An extraordinary prison memoir, with strong writing and an exotic background.

Love and laughter, tears and courage in a time of war

'No one constructs a whodunit with more fiendish skill than Colin Dexter' Guardian

'No one constructs a whodunnit with more fiendish skill than Colin Dexter' Guardian

A rich, vivid saga of love, loss and redemption, set during the years spanning two world wars

New York cab driver Yuri Davydov is a disgruntled Russian immigrant ready to lash out at his adoptive nation, which he believes has denied him the American Dream. As a former technician in the Soviet Union's biological weapons system, Yuri knows how to wreak havoc in his new home.

A house of secrets. A child in danger. And the clock is ticking ...

'They came for the sea change,' said Auntie Sanni and she might have added ... 'into something rich and strange'

A dramatically fresh perspective on the bitterly fought 1916 campaign from the distinguished military historian Malcolm Brown.