Old Homes, New LifeThis sumptuous book celebrates 12 country houses, occupied by the same families for at least 300 years. From State rooms to boot rooms we have interviewed and photographed these amazing homes. This book gives exclusive insight into a private world at a time of dynamic change and renewal.

meritocracy has become exactly what it was conceived to resist: a mechanism for the concentration and dynastic transmission of wealth and privilege across generations

Discover how Jumbo's remarkable life and legacy transformed our understanding and treatment of these magnificent creatures

all written in Nigella's engaging and insightful prose

one of the country's top neurosurgeons reveals what it is to play god in the face of the life-and-death situations he encounters daily

Our bones are the silent witnesses to the lives we lead

stillness and the sense of self he'd been searching for

1 bestselling author of The Ashes of London and The Fire Court comes the next book in the phenomenally successful series following James Marwood at the time of King Charles II

We all understand that time is running out - but do we truly believe it

The House of Berethnet has ruled Inys for a thousand years

Peter Frankopan takes a fresh look at the network of relationships being formed along the length and breadth of the Silk Roads today

This volume is a wide-ranging synthesis of the history of the 1850s and the Civil War

shoeing horses two miles and half a generation away from Jo