Big History seeks to retell the human story in light of scientific advances by such methods as radiocarbon dating and genetic analysis. This book provides a deep, causal view of…
WINNER of the INTERNATIONAL GRIFFIN POETRY PRIZEWINNER of the BEST TRANSLATED BOOK AWARDFINALIST for the 2020 LAMBDA LITERARY AWARDOn October 27, 2003, Adnan received a post card…
New girl Hattie hopes a scarecrow will protect her den at school, but she soon realises she can’t control him … A darkly comic tale from acclaimed author Nicola Skinner.When…
Learning to sew your own clothes can be utterly life changing. Forget squeezing into ill-fitting garments which aren’t to your taste, or struggling to find anything in your size…
Inspired by the life of Jemmy Button - a native of Tierra del Fuego who wasbrought to England in the mid-1800s to be 'educated' and 'civilised' by CaptainRobert FitzRoy - this…
Originally published in 1961, this book offered a warning about what American forces would face in the jungles of Southeast Asia; a war fought without fronts against a mobile…
It’s Christmas time in London and all is not calm…Discover the deadly new novel from world-renowned dancer and Strictly Come Dancing head judge, Shirley Ballas!''It''s a ten…
Even as little girls, Sarah and Emily are very different from each other. Emily looks up to her wiser and more stable older sister and is jealous of her relationship with their…
Plato hailed her as "the Tenth Muse," and 2,500 years later her voice remains dazzling as well as direct and honest. The lyric poetry of Sappho sings to both sexes of desire,…
Second in a laugh-out-loud, highly illustrated series for readersof 8+, full of unexpected magical beasts and wacky adventure - perfectfor fans of Pamela Butchart.
Ranjit Bolt updates Much Ado About Nothing with a merry new translation. Â In Much Ado About Nothing, a series of miscommunications and misunderstandings spiral out of control…
Ash Yang dreamed of being a starfighter pilot. But when she crashes out of her final test – literally – she somehow lands the most powerful job in the universe. As Guardian of…
An accessible, lavishly illustrated overview of British labor history. This book presents a lavishly illustrated history of British labor, represented by the material objects that…
WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREW HUNTER MURRAY''For as long as I''m immersed in a P.G. Wodehouse book, it''s possible to keep the real world at bay and live in a far, far nicer,…
The first book by the author of the classic philosophical text Beyond Good and Evil. Â The youthful faults of this work were exposed by the author himself in the brilliant…