Category Archives: Travel Guides
The Glass Universe: The Hidden History of the Women Who Took the Measure of the Stars
`A biographical orrery – intricate, complex and fascinating` The Observer `A peerless intellectual biography. The Glass Universe shines and twinkles as brightly as the stars themselves` The Economist#1 New York Times bestselling author Dava Sobel returns with a captivating, little-known true story of women in science. Before they even had the right to vote, a
Victorians Undone: Tales of the Flesh in the Age of Decorum
A groundbreaking account of what it was like to live in a Victorian body from one of our best historians. Why did the great philosophical novelist George Eliot feel so self-conscious that her right hand was larger than her left? Exactly what made Darwin grow that iconic beard in 1862, a good five years after
Once Upon an Alphabet
The letters of our alphabet work tirelessly to make words that in turn make stories, but what if there was a story for each of the letters instead? Turn the pages of this exquisite book to find out.Here you will discover twenty-six short stories introducing a host of new characters (plus the occasional familiar face).
The House is Full of Yogis
A witty memoir about the trials of adolescence, the tribulations of family life and the embarrassment that ensues from having larger-than-life parents Neville and Liz Hodgkinson bought into the Thatcherite dream of home ownership, aspiration and advancement. The first children of their working class parents to go to university and have professional careers, they lived
Our Land at War: A Portrait of Rural Britain 1939-45
A rich account of the impact of the Second World War on the lives of people living in the farms and villages of Britain. On the outbreak of war, the countryside was invaded by service personnel and evacuee children by the thousand; land was taken arbitrarily for airfields, training grounds and firing ranges, and whole
Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914
In the plethora of books published to coincide with the anniversary of the outbreak of The Great War, Max Hastings’ long-standing reputation as a military historian with a long list of titles to his name, especially about WWII, ensured that his account of WWI met with both critical and popular acclaim. The opening chapters describe
The Cruel Victory: The French Resistance and the Battle for the Vercors 1944
From the bestselling and prize-winning author of `A Brilliant Little Operation` comes the long neglected D-Day story of the largest action by the French Resistance during WWII, published to coincide with the 70th anniversary of the Normandy landings. In early 1941, three separate groups of plotters – one military, one political, one intellectual – began
Looking for Alaska
The unmissable first novel from bestselling and award-winning author of THE FAULT IN OUR STARS. “If people were rain, I was drizzle and she was a hurricane.” Miles Halter`s whole life has been one big non-event, until he meets Alaska Young. Gorgeous, clever and undoubtedly screwed-up, Alaska draws Miles into her reckless world and irrevocably
Pocket Roverandom
J.R.R. Tolkien`s fantasy story about the adventures of a bewitched toy dog, written before The Hobbit. While on holiday in 1925, four-year-old Michael Tolkien lost his beloved toy dog on the beach at Filey in Yorkshire. To console him, his father, J.R.R.Tolkien, improvised a story about Rover, a real dog who is magically transformed into
Bang in the Middle
A book to put the Midlands back on the map. Everyone knows what they think of the North and South of England – the cliches abound. But what about that big, anonymous stretch of land in between: the Midlands? Despite being home to around a third of the English population, it`s a region that seems
Astronomy Photographer of the Year: Collection 2: Collection 2
All the winning and shortlisted images from the 2013 Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition, which is organized by the Royal Observatory, Greenwich. All winning, runner-up, highly commended entries and shortlisted images from Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition are included The images are submitted in one of the following categories: * Earth and Space
Eat – The Little Book of Fast Food
From the BBC One presenter and author of `The Kitchen Diaries`, this beautiful and easy-to-use book contains over 500 recipe ideas and is your essential go-to for what to cook every day. Returning to the territory of Nigel`s bestselling `Real Fast Food`, `Eat` is bursting with beautifully simple and quick-to-cook recipes, in a stylish and
The Murder Of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie`s most daring crime mystery – an early and particularly brilliant outing of Hercule Poirot, `The Murder of Roger Ackroyd`, with its legendary twist, changed the detective fiction genre for ever.Roger Ackroyd knew too much. He knew that the woman he loved had poisoned her brutal first husband. He suspected also that someone had
Constance Street: The True Story of One Family and One Street in London`s East End
One forgotten street, 12 unforgettable women. “Ang on boy, Joan`s got sumfink to show yer.` She rummaged in a drawer for a moment, pulled out a piece of paper and handed it to me. `Constance Street,` she said. `As I remember it.` Through the story of one street – Constance Street – we hear the
Devotion
From the bestselling author of My Dear, I Wanted to Tell You and The Heroes` Welcome, Louisa Young`s Devotion is a novel of family, love, race and politics set during the electric change of the 1930s. Tom loves Nenna. Nenna loves her father. Her father loves Mussolini. Ideals and convictions are not always so clear
Death in Devon
CREAM TEAS! SCHOOL DINNERS! SATANIC SURFERS! Join our heroes as they follow up a Norfolk Mystery with a bad case of …DEATH IN DEVON. Swanton Morley, the People`s Professor, sets off for Devon to continue his history of England, The County Guides. Morley`s daughter Miriam and his assistant Stephen Sefton pack up the Lagonda for
Once is Enough
This timeless classic is an exciting true story of survival against all odds. `There was a sudden sickening sense of disaster. I felt a great lurch and heel, and a thunder of sound filled my ears. I was conscious, in a terrified moment, of being driven into the front and side of my bunk with
Desert God
The WORLDWIDE Bestseller. A novel of Ancient Egypt from the bestselling author of River God. Wilbur Smith is a master at the helm of one of the greatest stories of all time. On the banks of the Nile, a hero will rise Egypt is under threat. Taita, a freed slave and the Pharaoh`s closest advisor,
This Other London: Adventures in the Overlooked City
Join John Rogers as he ventures out into an uncharted London like a redbrick Indiana Jones in search of the lost meaning of our metropolitan existence. Nursing two reluctant knees and a can of Stella, he perambulates through the seasons seeking adventure in our city`s remote and forgotten reaches. When John Rogers packed away his
A Dark So Deadly
A detective no one believes in. A killer with nothing to lose… Gripping standalone thriller from the Sunday Times No.1 bestselling author of the Logan McRae series. Beware of the dark… Welcome to the Misfit Mob – where Police Scotland dumps the officers it can`t get rid of, but wants to. Officers like DC Callum
