New Trade Paperbacks - Non-Fiction

Exciting new research lifts much of the fog surrounding the Battle of Gettysburg and offers a glimpse into what happened on that fateful day-July 2, 1863.

Her rise from housemaid to shop owner in the face of rampant poverty and discrimination kept her family intact, allowing her only son P.J. went on to become the first American Kennedy elected to public office-the first of many.Written by the grandson of an Irish immigrant couple and based on first-ever access to P.J.

In 2003, England won the Rugby World Cup. Steve Thompson was there, in England's front row, at the heart of the match, and at the heart of the scrum - one of sport's most destructive, repetitive impacts. But the triumphs came at a cost.

A rollicking behind-the-scenes account of one of the most spectacular upsets in American sports history, Cage Kings follows the desperate fighters, audacious promoters, fanboy bloggers, fatherly trainers, philosophical announcers, hustling sponsors, and three improbable twentysomething corporate titans on a darkly comic odyssey to normalize a new level of brutality in American pop culture-and make a fortune doing so. Stylishly written and poignantly observed, the book offers a provocative look at how the hollowing out of the American dream over the past three decades and the violence endemic to modern capitalism left us ready to embrace a sport like cage fighting.

Discover the "fascinating and outrageously readable" account of the roguish acts of the first pirates to raid the Pacific in a crusade that ended in a sensational trial back in England-perfect for readers of Nathaniel Philbrick and David McCullough (Douglas Preston, #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Lost City of the Monkey God)

Blending real-life accounts with sociology, history, art andculture, and written with refreshing optimism and wit, Thornton has one overriding ambition to: liberate breasts from centuries of patriarchal prejudice.

In his 80th year, 'Britain's best living travel writer' journeys along the 3000-mile river that divides China and Russia (Sunday Times) A dramatic and ambitious new journey for our greatest travel writer The Amur River is almost unknown. Yet it is the tenth longest river in the world, rising in the Mongolian mountains and flowing through Siberia to the Pacific. For 1,100 miles it forms the tense border between Russia and China.

A game-changing book on child development - and the importance of physical play - for this digital and screen age.

Discover the secrets of upside-down management and doing the right thing with James Timpson's The Happy Index.

A guide to dating, self-worth and becoming the main character of your lifeIt's time to get laser focused on what makes us feel happy and fulfilled. Lifestyle creator, advice expert and podcast host Tinx wants to take your hand and guide you to a new way of thinking about life, love, happiness and friendships - where dating evolves into era of self-discovery and not just a means to an end, sharing wisdom becomes a collective power, and chaos turns into a source of creativity. Making small but mighty shifts in thinking can be a tool for personal growth that fuels you instead of fatigues you.

About the abdication of Edward VIII. Based on his own memoir which was published in 1951.