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INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER The “compelling,” untold story of the man who captured and brought to trial Rudolf Höss—one of Nazi Germany’s most notorious war criminals and subject of the Oscar-nominated film The Zone of Interest—“fascinates and shocks” (The Washington Post). May 1945...

A panoramic new history of modern Britain, as told through the story of one extraordinary family, and one groundbreaking company. In the early 1800s Lehmann Gluckstein and his family escaped the pogroms of Eastern Europe and made their way to Whitechapel in the East End of London. There...

When Thomas Harding discovered that his mother's family had made money from the slave plantations worked by people of African descent, what began as an interrogation into the choices of his ancestors soon became a quest to learn more about Britain's role in slavery. It was a history that he knew surprisingly little about. In White Debt, Harding vividly brings to life the story of the uprising by enslaved people that took place in the British colony of Demerara (now Guyana) in the Caribbean in 1823.

A true crime investigation into the murder of the relatives of Albert Einstein, set against the backdrop of Nazi-occupied Florence during WWII. Florence, August 1944. Fifteen miles southeast of the city, a unit of German soldiers arrive at Il Focardo, the home of Robert Einstein, first cousin of...

Bloomsbury presents Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding, read by Sian Thomas SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Iasi, Romania, the early 1950s. A nameless man is found on the steps of a hospital. Deaf and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called Safta brings...

The next instalment in the explosive, edge-of-your-seat Thomas Caine thriller series from BESTSELLER Andrew Warren. "Don’t mess with Thomas Caine. Ever." - New York Times bestselling author Brett Battles They want a war. Caine will give them one… Recovering from a grueling mission overseas...

I’m Noah Fearly, a former child star with a serious adrenaline addiction and a thorough disregard for my own mortality. But you might know me by my ClikByte name. Maybe you even follow me? You and ninety-seven million others. NoFear. It’s not just my name; it’s my whole identity. Edgy, daring, dangerous stunts executed anonymously and uploaded to my channel for my followers to view. But the day my brother nearly died changed everything.

“This is totally, brilliantly original.” —Stephen King “HEX is creepy and gripping and original, sure to be one of the top horror novels of 2016.” —George R.R. Martin The English language debut of the bestselling Dutch novel, Hex, from Thomas Olde Heuvelt--a Hugo and World Fantasy...

Bloomsbury presents The Solitude of Thomas Cave by Georgina Harding, read by Gareth Armstrong ‘Harding's exquisite novel is a masterpiece of mood and location ... a profound meditation on survival, atonement and faith' Daily Telegraph ‘Deeply affecting ... The tale of his isolation contains...

Hanns Alexander was the son of a wealthy German family who fled Berlin for London in the 1930s. Rudolf Höss was a farmer and soldier who became Kommandant of Auschwitz and oversaw the deaths of over a million people. In the aftermath of World War II, the first British War Crimes Investigation Team is assembled to hunt down the senior Nazi officials responsible for the greatest atrocities the world has ever seen.

The Treasury of Precious Instructions by Jamgön Kongtrul Lodrö Taye, one of Tibet's greatest Buddhist masters, is a shining jewel of Tibetan literature, presenting essential teachings from the entire spectrum of practice lineages that existed in Tibet. In its 18 volumes, Kongtrul brings together some of the most important texts on key topics of Buddhist thought and practice as well as authoring significant new sections of his own.

Don't miss the first in the explosive Thomas Caine international thriller series by best-selling author Andrew Warren. 💥 Perfect for fans of Lee Child and David Baldacci 📚'A real blockbuster!' - Bestselling author Rob Sinclair 'Andrew Warren draws you into the dark underbelly of Tokyo' -...

The next gripping action thriller from best-selling author Andrew Warren! A must-read for fans of Lee Child and Vince Flynn! 💥 The past demands revenge. The future needs a hero. Thomas Caine returns to active duty with the CIA’s Special Activities Division. Under the command of Director...

Bloomsbury presents Painter of Silence by Georgina Harding, read by Sian Thomas SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Iasi, Romania, the early 1950s. A nameless man is found on the steps of a hospital. Deaf and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called Safta brings...

Get ready for the next pulse-pounding title set in Caine’s shadowy past, from bestselling author Andrew Warren. 💥 Fans of Lee Child and David Baldacci should read this series! 📚 For an assassin, the past is the deadliest enemy of all… Betrayed and left for dead, Caine is hiding off the...

Prepare yourself for the BRAND NEW, epic action thriller from BESTSELLER Andrew Warren. If you like Mark Greaney, Alan McDermott, and I Am Pilgrim, you'll LOVE this! ⚠️📚 “White Tiger is a dynamic East-West spy story, an Asian action thriller, and a yakuza crime extravaganza that is...

An explosive, adrenaline-pumping thriller from bestselling author Andrew Warren! Perfect for fans of Lee Child and David Baldacci 💥 "What a blast! Andrew Warren is the real deal" - New York Times bestselling author Brett Battles Betrayed, framed and hunted - could the truth set him free…?...

Thomas Harding kannte seinen Großonkel Hanns Alexander als einen freundlichen Mann mit viel Familiensinn, der ein bürgerliches Leben als Bankangestellter in London geführt hatte, sich für die Synagoge engagierte und gerne Witze machte. Seine jüdische Familie stammte aus Berlin und war in den 1930er-Jahren in letzter Minute nach England ins Exil entkommen. Das wussten alle. Ansonsten wurde über den Krieg nicht gesprochen. Erst nach dem Tod von Hanns Alexander erfuhr Harding, dass er ein Nazijäger gewesen war.

At the height of the Vietnam conflict, a complex system of secret underground tunnels sprawled from Cu Chi Province to the edge of Saigon. In these burrows, the Viet Cong cached their weapons, tended their wounded, and prepared to strike. They had only one enemy: U.S. soldiers small and wiry...

Here is a fiction debut that is cause for celebration. Growing up in a family that valued the art of storytelling and the power of oral history, Thomas Steinbeck now follows in his father's footsteps with a brilliant collection. In seven stories, Steinbeck traces the fates and dreams of an eccentric cast of characters, from sailors and ranchers to doctors and immigrants - as each struggles to carve out a living in the often inhospitable environment of rocky cliffs, crashing surf, and rough patches of land along the California coast.