Adrian Searle: 6 books

A stunning coffee table book of Glasgow's world-class architectural detail, hidden in plain sight at the tops of the city's iconic buildings Glasgow is Scotland's largest city, its streets a constant frenetic bustle of activity, but rarely do its residents take the time to stop and look up...

It was the railway's Titanic. A horrific crash involving five trains in which 230 died and 246 were injured, it remains the worst disaster in the long history of Britain's rail network.

The location was the isolated signal box at Quintinshill, on the Anglo-Scottish border near Gretna; the date,...

It’s been a State secret for more than 70 years: The official line in the UK has always been that it never happened – but this new work challenges the assertion that no German force set foot on British soil during World War Two (the Channel Islands excepted), on active military service. Churchill’s...

A hilarious, charming, and foul-mouthed look inside the minds of man's best friends What is my dog thinking? That's the question that every dog owner asks when their beloved pet stares up at them with an inscrutable look. Is it love? Is it devotion? Don’t believe it. This book exclusively...

The first book to reveal the truth behind one of the strangest stories of espionage to emerge from World War II Dorothy O'Grady is uniquely placed in the annals of espionage, as she was the first Briton condemned to death under the Treachery Act of 1940 after she was frequently spotted on the outskirts...

From tongue scraper to sushi tray to pharmaceutical preparation surface—the many ways to recycle or upcycle one's dead Kindle In a few short years the Kindle e-reader has become one of the most iconic objects of our contemporary culture. But what happens when a Kindle dies? These 101 hilarious...