** GUARDIAN SCIENCE BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 **‘Popular science at its best’Mail on Sunday‘Eminently accessible and enjoyable’ObserverWith every breath, you literally inhale…
The setting is October 1879. The stage is New Georgetown, West Virginia.A mysterious figure by the name of ''The Maker'' has entered this small community and, almost immediately…
An introduction to the beautiful history of tapestries and how they were made, from medieval times to the modern day.Tapestries have been an enigmatic form of artwork for hundreds…
A vastly entertaining and unique history of the interaction between spying and showbiz, from the Elizabethan age to the Cold War and beyond.''A treasure trove of human ingenuity''…
Selena and Julie are sisters. As children they were closest companions, but as they grow towards maturity, a rift develops between them. There are greater rifts, however. Julie…
What is ecotherapy, how does it relate to mental health, and how can it reduce emotional distress and promote general wellbeing?This book explains how a deeper connection to…
Aimed at parents, teachers and Forest School leaders, this new book from Jane Worroll & Peter Houghton is packed full of fantastic new Forest School activities. It has a special…
If he is to become a man, what sort of man should Thomas Page McBee be?To find out, McBee must confront the suffering he has endured at the hands of men: the abuse he endured as a…
In the pines, in the pines, where the sun never shines and we shiver when the cold wind blows.For over a century, the murder ballad has held a prominent place in American roots…
''Gripping'' Guardian''Pacy and stylish'' Jeremy Vine ''It was never meant to be like this. Sabotage, yes. Propaganda, yes. All of that and more - but not this. Not murder.''South…
Winner of the André Simon Food Book Award 2020 "Red Sands follows in the footsteps of Caroline Eden''s previous volume Black Sea. Both are pleasures to read, triangulating…
The story of two families over three generations. A novel about resilience, forgiveness and the true meaning of family, about finding one's place in the world and discovering how…
An illustrated guide to the marvellous and varied world of trees, and a charming walk through the hidden secrets of each of the 56 British species.
The first volume in the manga adaptation of the hit anime on Crunchyroll, delves into the seedy underworld of a supernatural Tokyo.A troubled war photographer attempts to save a…
''What you can see, you can be, as the sports psychologist Don Macpherson has famously said.'' ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER''An excellent book that will be of great benefit to those who…