The fate of the world's coasts rests on a knife edge as global warming melts ice sheets and glaciers from the Alps to the Andes. The choices we make now will determine whether oceans rise by a coast-swamping one metre by 2100 or whether we can save our coastal communities.

The first book to tell the history of Britain through its headwear

This book explores how the Boleyn family were able to go from being Norfolk farmers to aristocracy at a time when it was unheard of for families to do so

The first book to tell the remarkable story of Oxford University's hedonistic Hypocrites Club and its (in)famous members

Uncovering the hidden history of the greatest prize in the English game

A retelling of global history which reinstates women to their rightful place in the story, without excluding men from the narrative

The action-packed dubious rise of Stephanie von Hohenlohe in Nazi Germany

The first book to explore in detail how intelligence agencies the world over have used sex as a way to acquire sensitive information