The compelling story of the highest paid and most successful spy in history

The first book of its kind, Agente tells the remarkable stories of some of the bravest and most dangerous women who ever lived.

A history of airfields & landing grounds of Wales

The return of the high successful biography of a modern legend by Alan Turing's nephew

Turing's involvement in the world's first computer and his life in Manchester

The definitive biography of Albert Finney, a Salford-born, homework-hating bookie's son who broke the social barriers of British film

The bittersweet story of Brian Clough & Peter Taylor's first steps towards football immortality at struggling Hartlepools United

What really happened in the small, German-occupied Channel Island of Alderney during the Second World War? This book is the composite testimony of those who served or suffered in Alderney, recorded while the events were still fresh and recent, by the author, in Alderney, the other islands and elsewhere.

A captivating new series to spark the imagination and breathe new life into classic works

This book takes a look at some of the truly awe-inspiring ways our country has been a force, for good and for bad, right across the world. A lot of people are vaguely aware that a quarter of the globe was once pink, but that's not even half the story.

An enjoyable compilation of everyday railway incidents from railway professionals