Do you want to know the difference between organic, fair trade and locally grown food - and crucially, which you should buy? Do you want to make your home a...
Longmans is the oldest commercial publisher in the UK founded in London in 1724 by Thomas Longman. Asa Briggs' history is told within the context not only of the book...
Humans perch homes in trees and float them in lakes; they build them to last for centuries and make them portable enough to carry on their backs; they look for...
In A Human Eye, one of Americas most distinguished poets explores the complex relationship between art and social justice. Over more than three decades Richs essays have been praised for...
This book is inspired by the experience of those who, usually for professional reasons, have to continually travel by air from one city, country or continent to another. Dubbed 'frequent...
Wendy ran home through the streets of Bexleyheath with the air raid siren wailing, her little gas mask box bumping against her hip. Just as she reached her front gate,...
The work of the poet Peter Redgrove is one of the great unexplored treasures of late 20th century literature. His prolific output presents an intriguing variety of personae: magician, scientist,...
In the early 1940s, John and Dominique de Menil began to acquire art. Collecting in an intuitive and personal manner, the de Menils gathered things in which we believe, as...
War opened and closed Scotland s greatest century: a pitiless part in the defeat of Naploeon in 1815, a huge blood-sacrifice for the sake of victory from 1914. In between...
Considered one of the greatest dramatists of all time, Anton Chekhov began his literary career as a crime and mystery writer. Scattered throughout periodicals and literary journals from 1880-1890, these...
This anthology brings together some of the finest writing about the Peak District through the ages, illustrated by period art works, engravings, vignettes and photographs. Compiled and introduced by Peak...
A ghost narrates Reig's whimsical speculative novel, set in the same alternative Madrid as Blood on the Saddle (2006). After a thug fires a bullet into the head of 35-year-old...
A journey of 6,000 miles across two continents and fourteen countries is nothing to swallows: they do it twice a year. But for a writer and birdwatcher, this is the...
Geoffrey Hill's latest collection takes its title from a pamphlet by Milton of 1659 that attacks the concept of a state church as well as corruption in church governance. As...
The tremendously dishy life of one of the most admired and lively literary figures today. Novelist, playwright, and barrister Sir John Mortimer has led an extraordinarily rich and daring life,...
Today America's role as the dominant power in international relations is anchored in the Middle East as never before, but there has never yet been a single broadly accessible narrative...
Once the hunting reserve of kings and princes, today the Forest of Bowland is both a recreational haven for the public and a biodiverse region of international importance. This lavishly...
From Aunt Annie's alligator to the colourful Zizzer-Zazzer-Zuzz, Dr. Seuss's delightful book introduces early learners to the letters of the alphabet through an amazing array of crazy creatures. With his...
This is a portrait of one of the great years in world history. It is a book comparable to Gavin Menzies 1421, The Year China Discovered the World. AD 33...
John Boorman, hailed by the Observer as arguably Britain's greatest living director, offers an enthralling memoir of a creative life spent turning dreams into celluloid, and money into light. One...
