A highly entertaining voyage of discovery through the world of military inventions ancient and modern many of which have resulted in everyday civilian applications.

The year 2022 marks 2,500 years since Athens, the birthplace of democracy, fought off the mighty Persian empire. Kershaw tells the story of the three epic battles - Marathon, Thermopylae and Salamis - that saved democracy, without which the history of Europe and the West would have been radically different.

* Subtitled 'An old man, a young man, and life's greatest lesson', this is a true story of a man's rediscovery of his mentor - a book about second chances.

UKRAINE The Forging of a Nation explores Ukraine's dramatic past and its place as a nation in our world today, including in the wake of the 2022 Russian invasion.