What does a diplomat actually do? Ashton takes us behind the scenes of major crises in Libya, Iran and more to reveal how modern-day diplomacy really works.

Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century - new from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography

A celebration of the miraculous phenomenon of flight through fourteen species and across millions of years - from pterosaurs to dragonflies, butterflies to albatross.

What does a diplomat actually do? Ashton takes us behind the scenes of major crises in Libya, Iran and more to reveal how modern-day diplomacy really works.

An evocative exploration of the changing nature of a British summer published at the height of the season

An incisive new take on popular economics: follow a dollar on its journey around the world

An enlightening popular account of the symbolism that drives global conflict