Hodder & Stoughton

A 40,000-year global journey through the history of time from an extraordinary watchmaker and historian

An ambitious but accessible book exploring how seven simple engineering inventions from the pump to the spring have shaped our world, by the engineer who designed the Shard.

*Overcome any obstacle that life throws at you by cultivating an unbreakable mindset and learning to think like a Royal Marines Commando* What readers are saying about Becoming the 0.1%: 'A really interesting insight into the process of forging a Royal Marine Commando and becoming one of a very select group of elite performers' ????? 'Painfully truthful and honest, becoming the 0.1% is one o

'Wonderfully funny, utterly charming and sharp as all Hell' SARAH MILLICAN 'Tom Allen is one of the funniest comedians in the UK, the best dressed man I know and now it turns out he is a superb writer. I hate him' JOSH WIDDICOMBE 'A delightful, touching side-splitter' JO BRAND 'An absolute joy! Funny, witty and totally charming' ALAN CARR ~~~~~ 'When I was 16 I dressed in Victorian clo

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK PROFILED IN THE NEW YORKER, A TELEGRAPH AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 'Riveting' - Telegraph 'Enthralling' - Observer 'Gripping' - Sunday Times 'An antidote to despair' - Daily Mirror When a plane crashes, a bomb explodes, a city floods or a pandemic begins, Lucy Easthope's phone starts to ring. Lucy is a world-leading authorit

In Journeys to Impossible Places, best-selling author and presenter Simon Reeve reveals the inside story of his most astonishing adventures and experiences, around the planet and close to home. Journeys to Impossible Places continues the story Simon started in his phenomenal Sunday Times bestseller Step by Step, which traced the first decades of his life from depressed and unemployed teenager t

What readers are loving about X Marks the Spot: 'Reads like an Indiana jones novel, full of adventure and discovery' ????? 'A cracking good read' ????? 'Fascinating' GREG JENNER 'I couldn't put it down' JANINA RAMIREZ 'Alive with the spirit of adventure' RANULPH FIENNES 'If you love Indiana Jones, this is the real thing' DAN SNOW Ancient shipwrecks in crystal seas, mythical princesses pr

'I am waiting for someone to kill me. Tonight would be a good night for it.' Agent Seventeen, the most infamous hitman in the world, has quit. But whoever wants to become Assassin Eighteen must track him down and kill him first. So when a bullet hits the glass inches from his face, he knows who fired it - doesn't he? But the sniper isn't the hardened killer he was expecting. It's Mireille

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Incredibly thought-provoking Sun After years of cruel bullying from his classmates, Peter Houghton snaps one morning, and in nineteen minutes, ten residents of the town of Sterling are dead. When the case goes to trial, the reeling town is determined to seek justice for the innocents Peter killed. But as the trial unfolds, Peter's testimony casts light on the te

From the stars of A Christmas Gift from Bob, now a major motion picture with Luke Treadaway, the incredible and heartwarming sequel to the bestselling A Street Cat Named Bob. 'Close proximity to animals does wonders for your mental health. Close proximity to this book will do wonders for it, too.' (Daily Mail) * * * * * * * 'Since Bob has appeared, I've made huge strides in my life. For more

FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE PERFECT COUPLE, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES *** 'Hilderbrand's books keep getting better and better' Bookreporter 'The queen regent of the easy-breezy summer novel' New York Post *** Their secret love affair has lasted for decades - but will it last one more summer? For the last twenty-eight summers, Mallory and Jake have met to rekindle the passionate lov

*#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER* *#1 USA TODAY BESTSELLER* *FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE PERFECT COUPLE, NOW A MAJOR NETFLIX SERIES* There's a new couple in town . . . and they're shaking things up. After thirty-five years as the Chief of Police on Nantucket, Ed Kapenash's heart can no longer take the stress. But his plans to retire are thwarted when, with only three days left on the

The phenomenal new legal thriller from international bestseller John Grisham. NO ONES WRITES DRAMA LIKE GRISHAM.

The compelling new story from number one bestseller Jodi Picoult.

On the morning of the 10th December 1996, Jill Bolte Taylor, a thirty-seven-year-old Harvard-trained brain scientist experienced a massive stroke when a blood vessel exploded in the left side of her brain. A neuroanatomist by profession, she observed her own mind completely deteriorate to the point that she lost the ability to walk, talk, read, write, or recall any of her life, all within the spac

From the author of A Christmas Gift from Bob, the original bestseller and heartwarming story of the life-saving friendship between a man and his streetwise cat '[Bob] has entranced London like no feline since the days of Dick Whittington.' (Evening Standard) 'A heartwarming tale with a message of hope' (Daily Mail) 'Reminded me how amazing having a cat can be' (Glamour) * * * * * * * * The