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100 Things To Do On A Journey
A pocket-sized paperback stuffed with puzzles, games, quizzes and drawings to keep children entertained on journeys and quiet times. Includes write-in, travel-themed activities such as matching helicopters and doodling cable cars, plus quizzes, riddles and spotting games to involve the whole family. A must-pack for any holiday!
Lives Between The Lines: A Journey in Search of the Lost Levant
The story begins with a parting of the sands – the construction of the Suez Canal that united the Mediterranean with the Arabian Sea. It opened the door of opportunity for people living insecurely on the fringes of a turbulent Europe.The Middle East is understood today through the lens of unending conflict and violence. Lost
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
Winner of the British Book Awards History Book of the YearLonglisted for the Samuel Johnson PrizeThis thrilling biography of Stalin and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme power transforms our understanding of Stalin as Soviet dictator, Marxist leader and Russian tsar. Based on groundbreaking research, Simon Sebag Montefiore reveals in captivating detail
Young Stalin
Winner of the Costa Biography AwardWhat makes a Stalin? Was he a Tsarist agent or Lenin`s bandit? Was he to blame for his wife`s death? When did the killing start? Based on revelatory research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic cobbler`s son became a student priest, romantic poet, prolific lover, gangster mastermind
Writing in the Dark: Bloomsbury, the Blitz and Horizon Magazine
`I enjoyed being transported, through Loxley`s vignettes, to various corners of London…Loxley`s first chapter, on Isherwood, [is] one of the most engaging I`ve read…a measured and thoughtful debut` Daisy Dunn, The Literary Review `Will Loxley has a deft touch, wit, and a panoramic eye which would have pleased Cyril Connolly himself.` John Sutherland, author of
Unwell Women: A Journey Through Medicine And Myth in a Man-Made World
`Seamlessly melding scholarship with passion, Unwell Women is the definition of unputdownable` Telegraph`A richly detailed, wide-ranging and enraging history… Unwell Women is not just a compelling investigation, but an essential one` Observer`A passionate and indignant history` The Times`A searing, brilliant investigation, an intricate and urgent book on how women`s health has constantly been misunderstood and
Far and Away: The Essential A.A. Gill
A.A. Gill was an exceptional writer. Savage and compassionate in equal measure, he was always opinionated, always original, often surprising, and his writing illuminated every page. This second collection of his journalism brings together pieces from near and far. He was ferociously well-travelled and wrote `abroad is as foreign and funny and strange and shocking
An Unremarkable Body: A stunning literary debut with a twist
***Shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award 2018***EVERY MOTHER IS A WOMAN WITH A PAST`An intriguing tale of love and loss . . . written with verve and delivers an amazing twist` Sunday Mirror`A haunting debut about grief, loss and motherhood` The Pool `This novel pulls you in and will have you racing to reach
Toddler Hunting and Other Stories
An immeasurably influential female voice in post-war Japanese literature, Kono writes with a strange and disorienting beauty: her tales are marked by disquieting scenes, her characters all teetering on the brink of self-destruction. In the famous title story, the protagonist loathes young girls but compulsively buys expensive clothes for little boys so that she can
The Color Purple
The classic, Pulitzer Prize-winning novel that made Alice Walker a household name. Set in the deep American South between the wars, The Color Purple is the classic tale of Celie, a young black girl born into poverty and segregation. Raped repeatedly by the man she calls `father`, she has two children taken away from her,
Move: How Mass Migration Will Reshape the World – and What It Means for You
Where will you live in 2030? Where will your children settle in 2040? What will the map of humanity look like in 2050?In the 60,000 years since people began colonising the continents, a recurring feature of human civilisation has been mobility – the constant search for resources and stability. Seismic global events – wars and
The Archers Quizbook: Join Ambridge treasure Lynda Snell on a quiz quest around Britain`s most loved village
Ambridge is a place many of us know almost as well as our own home towns. But while millions of people are invested in the goings-on in this picturesque village, few have had the privilege of walking its winding lanes. Now you can. Join Lynda Snell, a true pillar of this rural community, as she
The Phoenix: St. Paul`s Cathedral And The Men Who Made Modern London
`A tour de force of biography, history, politics, philosophy and experimental science` ECONOMISTThe remarkable and inspiring story of how London was transformed after the Great Fire of 1666 into the most powerful city in the world, and the men who were responsible for that achievement. `Wonderfully rich and informative … a rare achievement` Tom Holland`Fascinating`
The Book of Seconds: The Incredible Stories of the Ones that Didn`t (Quite) Win
DID YOU KNOW that the second man to swim the Channel drank 20 drops of champagne every hour? Or that the second crew to land on the Moon danced to a pop song in zero gravity? Or that the second man to run a sub-4-minute mile once stopped to check on a fallen rival –
Hometown Tales: South Coast
Original tales by remarkable writersHometown Tales is a series of books pairing exciting new voices with some of the most talented and important writers at work today. Some of the tales are fiction and some are narrative non-fiction – they are all powerful, fascinating and moving, and aim to celebrate regional diversity and explore the
The Rationalist`s Guide to the Galaxy: Superintelligent AI and the Geeks Who Are Trying to Save Humanity`s Future
`A fascinating and delightfully written book about some very smart people who may not, or may, be about to transform humanity forever` JON RONSON`Beautifully written, and with wonderful humour, this is a thrilling adventure story of our own future` LEWIS DARTNELL, author of THE KNOWLEDGE and ORIGINSAre paperclips going to destroy life as we know
Dog`s Best Friend: A Brief History of an Unbreakable Bond
`This love letter to our four-legged friends is a delight . . . there is a good joke, an intriguing tale or a fascinating statistic on every page` Craig Brown, Mail on Sunday`A fact-packed history of a 15,000-year relationship` Sunday TimesHow did we arrive at the moment when a dog goes to the cinema? How
We Are Displaced: My Journey and Stories from Refugee Girls Around the World – From Nobel Peace Prize Winner Malala Yousafzai
In this powerful and emotional New York Times bestseller, Nobel Peace Prize winner and activist Malala Yousafzai shares various stories of displacement, including her own. Part memoir, part communal storytelling, We Are Displaced introduces readers to some of the incredible girls Malala has met on her many journeys and lets each tell her story –
The Case of the Married Woman: Caroline Norton: A 19th Century Heroine Who Wanted Justice for Women
`Before biography was fashionable, Antonia Fraser made the past popular` Guardian`As a pure storyteller, Antonia Fraser has few equals` Sunday TimesCAROLINE NORTON, a nineteenth-century heroine who wanted justice for women.Poet, pamphleteer and artist`s muse, Caroline Norton dazzled nineteenth-century society with her vivacity and intelligence. After her marriage in 1828 to the MP George Norton, she
How to Argue With a Racist: History, Science, Race and Reality
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERAS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK`The ultimate anti-racism guide` Caroline Criado Perez`Seriously important` Bill Bryson`A fascinating debunking of racial pseudoscience` GuardianRacist pseudoscience may be on the rise, but science is no ally to racists. Instead science and history can be powerful allies against bigotry, granting us the clearest
