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| "A Tale of Trees : How Britain Nearly Lost its Ancient Woodland" |
| "We are a nation that loves its ancient woods and trees We prize our sturdy oaks craggy pines bluebells and primroses badgers and dormice We value the history and heritage of places that have been woodland since before the Norman Conquest But only a generation ago we were all set to wipe them out It was said that in the space of just 30 years nearly half of our ancient woods were destroyed How and why did this happen? And who prevented them all being lost? A Tale of Trees features the voices of those who cut down the woods and those who saved what was left It is a story full of tragedy and heroism ingenuity and blindness And it will inspire the reader to go out and explore more ancient woods and delight in our natural treasures"
Price: 11.49 |
| "Breaking Upwards : How to manage the emotional impact of separation" |
| "Divorce is not just a legal process it is an emotional one too The break-up of a relationship can be a devastating experience leaving you with overwhelming feelings of grief and anger As Charlotte Friedman shows it doesn't have to be that way A former family barrister Friedman decided to move from the courtroom to the therapist's chair in order to help people manage the emotional fall-out of divorceShe offers calm therapeutic advice on everything from how to manage loneliness to letting go of grievance and draws on illuminating case studies to answer such questions as --How long before I get over this divorce? --How do I tell the children? --Will I ever be able to cope with the new partner in my ex's life? This book is designed to give you the confidence to create a genuinely positive new story"
Price: 6.49 |
| "A History of London in 50 Lives by David Long (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "By seeing London I have seen as much of life as the world can show' - Samuel JohnsonIt is the people who make London what it is The men and women living within its walls with all their successes and failures their loves and lies their dramas and indulgences Taking us from the sixteenth century to the present day London author David Long introduces us to fifty of the most eccentric revolutionary bloodthirsty and memorable characters to have walked London's streets Many are familiar names but others remain largely unknown From a house lived in by both Handel and Hendrix to Queen Victoria's rat catcher an emperor in exile and real-life tales of derring-do A History of London in 50 Lives is a unique take on the English capital and on some of the more remarkable characters who have called it home"
Price: 7.49 |
| "Odysseus Abroad by Amit Chaudhuri (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "It's 1985 Twenty-two-year-old Ananda has been a student in London for two years practicing at being a poet He's homesick thinks of himself as an inveterate outsider and yet he can't help feeling that there is something romantic about his isolation His uncle Radhesh is a magnificent failure and an eccentric virgin who has lived in genteel impoverishment in Hampstead for nearly three decades Over the course of one day we follow Ananda and Radhesh on one of their weekly forays about town Weaving back and forth in time Chaudhuri gradually reveals the background to the two men's lives with deft precision and humour as they walk through London together circling around their respective pasts and futures and finding in one another an unspoken solace Written in a voice that is tender wry and unsentimental -Odysseus Abroad is a lyrical and modern exploration of loneliness and failure - as well as a love letter to Homer and Joyce - by one of our most celebrated writers"
Price: 4.99 |
| "The Meursault Investigation by Kamel Daoud (Paperback, 2015)" |
| "Shortlisted for the Prix Goncourt Winner of the Goncourt du Premier RomanWinner of the Prix des Cinq Continents Winner of the Prix Francois MauriacTHE NOVEL THAT HAS TAKEN THE INTERNATIONAL LITERARY WORLD BY STORMHe was the brother of the Arab' killed by the infamous Meursault the antihero of Camus's classic novel Angry at the world and his own unending solitude he resolves to bring his brother out of obscurity by giving him a name - Musa - and a voice and by describing the events that led to his senseless murder on a dazzling Algerian beach A worthy complement to its great predecessor The Meursault Investigation is not only a profound meditation on Arab identity and the disastrous effects of colonialism in Algeria but also a stunning work of literature in its own right told in a unique and affecting voice"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Morning Sea by Margaret Mazzantini (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "When the Water is Safer than the LandAs Gaddafi clings to power in Libya Farid and his mother Jamila chance their luck on the hazardous crossing to Sicily But as they hunker down in a trafficker's battered old boat the vastness of the Mediterranean begins to dawn Meanwhile in Sicily Vito wanders the desolate beaches recalling his mother's stories of her idyllic childhood in Libya She has never forgotten - nor forgiven - the forces that tore her from her childhood love a young Arab boy whose fate was very different from her own Moving back and forth between the continents this deeply moving portrait focuses on two families and one stretch of water and in terse lyrical language captures perfectly the dark uncertain quality of our times"
Price: 5.99 |
| "China : A Modern History" |
| "China's transformation in the last few decades has been perhaps the most remarkable - and most controversial - development in modern history Barely a century removed from the struggling and outdated Qing Empire China has managed to reinvent itself on an unprecedented scale from Empire to Communist state to hybrid capitalist superpower Yet the full implications of China's rapid march to modernity are not widely understood - particularly the effects of China's meteoric rise on the nation's many ethnic minorities China A Modern History is the definitive guide to this complex contemporary phenomenon Deng Xiaoping's 1980s policy of 'reform and opening' which saw China enter the world market is only the most recent in a series of dramatic shifts that have transformed Chinese society over the past 150 years China A Modern History explores these contrasts in detail while also highlighting the enduring values which have informed Chinese identity for millennia Michael Dillon's China A Modern History is essential reading for those interested in the past present and future course of one of the world's great nations Clearly and compellingly written this will stand as the best introduction to this spectacular and still-unfinished story"
Price: 14.49 |
| "The University of Oxford : A New History" |
| "The University of Oxford was a medieval wonder After its foundation in the late 12th century it made a crucial contribution to the core syllabus of all medieval universities - the study of the liberal arts law medicine and theology - and attracted teachers of international calibre and fame The ideas of brilliant thinkers like innovative translator of Greek Robert Grosseteste pioneering philosopher Roger Bacon and reforming Christian humanist John Colet redirected traditional scholasticism and helped usher in the Renaissance In her concise and much-praised new history G R Evans reveals a powerhouse of learning and culture Over a span of more than 800 years Oxford has nurtured some of the greatest minds while right across the globe its name is synonymous with educational excellence From dangerous political upheavals caused by the radical and inflammatory ideas of John Wyclif to the bloody 1555 martyrdoms of Hugh Latimer and Nicholas Ridley; and from John Ruskin's innovative lectures on art and explosive public debate between Charles Darwin and his opponents to gentler meetings of C S Lewis J R RTolkien and the Inklings in the 'Bird and Baby' Evans brings Oxford's revolutionary events as well as its remarkable intellectual journey to vivid and sparkling life"
Price: 15.49 |
| "A History of the Royal Navy : World War II" |
| "The Royal Navy's operations in World War II started on 3 September 1939 and continued until the surrender of Japan in August 1945 - there was no 'phoney war' at sea The navy played a central role in the evacuation of the retreating British army at Dunkirk and later orchestrated the sinking of Germany's mighty battleship and Hitler's pride the Bismarck Without the Royal Navy's attention to the defence of Britain's seaborne trade - especially in the struggle against German U-boats in the Battle of the Atlantic - there would not have been food for the country fuel for the RAF's operations or supplies to keep the army fighting in Europe North Africa and the Far East Yet the outstanding naval contribution to Britain's survival and eventual victory came at a heavy cost in terms of ships and to the men who had to face not just the violence of the enemy but also the violence of the sea This book argues that World War II was effectively a maritime war; it was the Royal Navy's war"
Price: 22.99 |
| "Churchill and the Islamic World : Orientalism, Empire and Diplomacy in the Middle East" |
| "Winston Churchill began his career as a junior officer and war correspondent in the North West borderlands of British India and this experience was the beginning of his long relationship with the Islamic worldOverturning the widely-accepted consensus that Churchill was indifferent to and even contemptuous of matters concerning the Middle East this book unravels Churchill's nuanced understanding of the edges of the British Empire Warren Dockter analyses the future Prime Minister's experiences of the East including his work as Colonial Under-Secretary in the early 1900s his relations with the Ottomans and conduct during the Dardanelles Campaign of 1915-16 his arguments with David Lloyd- George over Turkey and his pragmatic support of Syria and Saudi Arabia during World War IIChallenging the popular depiction of Churchill as an ignorant imperialist when it came to the Middle East Dockter suggests that his policy making was often more informed and relatively progressive when compared to the Orientalist prejudices of many of his contemporaries"
Price: 23.99 |
| "The Silk Road - Central Asia : A Travel Companion" |
| "Stretching from the ancient Chinese capital of Xian across the expanses of Central Asia to Rome the Silk Road was for 1500 years a vibrant network of arteries that carried the lifeblood of nations across the world Along a multitude of routes everything was exchanged exotic goods art knowledge religion philosophy disease and war From the East came silk precious stones tea jade paper porcelain spices and cotton; from the West horses weapons wool and linen aromatics entertainers and exotic animals From its earliest beginnings in the days of Alexander the Great and the Han dynasty the Silk Road expanded and evolved reaching its peak during the Tang dynasty and the Byzantine Empire and gradually withering away with the decline of the Mongol Empire In this beautifully illustrated book which covers the Central Asian section of the Silk Road - from Lake Issyk-kul through Tashkent Samarkand Bukhara the Kyzyl Kum Desert Khiva and Merv to Herat Kabul and Iran - Jonathan Tucker uses travellers' anecdotes and a wealth of literary and historical sources to celebrate the cultural heritage of the countries that lie along the Silk Road and illuminate the lives of those who once travelled through the very heart of the world"
Price: 13.99 |
| "Minds of Winter" |
| "Longlisted for the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction 2017'Ed O'Loughlin is a skilled cartographer of both the Arctic and the human heart What a magnificent novel' Ron Rash'A brilliant paean to the obsessions of the polar explorers stupendously good' Australian'Vastly entertaining' Sunday TimesFROM BOOKER-LONGLISTED ED O'LOUGHLIN THE PERFECT NOVEL FOR FANS OF AMY SACKVILLE'S THE STILL POINT AND FRANCIS SPUFFORD'S I MAY BE SOME TIMEIt begins with a chance encounter at the top of the worldFay Morgan and Nelson Nilsson have each arrived in Inuvik Canada - 120 miles north of the Arctic Circle - searching for answers about a family member Nelson for his estranged older brother Fay for her disappeared grandfather They soon learn that these two men have an unexpected link - a hidden share in one of the greatest enduring mysteries of polar exploration"
Price: 12.49 |
| "Fire Paperback" |
| "First came Plague now comes Fire The epic tale of the hunt for a serial killer threatening London’s rich and poor during the Great Fire of London Perfect for fans of S J Parris and C J Sansom 1666 The Great Plague has passed Londoners celebrate survival in different ways They drink They gamble They indulge in carnal delights But 666 is the number of the Beast the year foretold when Christ will return A gang of fanatics – the Saints - choose to hasten that prophesied day They will kidnap rape murder Above all they will kill a king Two men - the highwayman William Coke and the thief-taker Pitman - are recruited to stop them Then in the early hours of September 2nd 1666 something starts that will overtake them all… London’s a tinder box Politically sexually religiously Literally It is about to burn"
Price: 3.99 |
| "Katie Price Playing With Fire Paperback" |
| "Indigo could never have predicted she’d be running her own London events agency aged just twenty-seven Organising celebrity parties and glamorous launches is the reward of years of hard work and when restaurant entrepreneur Connor asks her to plan the opening of his swanky new Shoreditch nightclub she knows this could be the high-profile event that puts Glamour to Go on the map Gorgeous successful…and attached Connor is just as spirited as Indigo She’s determined to resist his advances but it’s only a matter of time before sparks start to fly Will she risk putting everything she’s worked so hard for on the line for Connor? Because as the temperature rises it will soon become clear that someone is trying to sabotage Indigo’s efforts from the inside Things are hotting up and there’s everything to play for…"
Price: 10.99 |
| "The Hanged Man" |
| "A house deep in the countryside where the remains of seven unidentified women have just been discovered A cop ready to risk everything in the hunt for their killers A man who has seen the murders and is now on the run in fear of his life So begins the race to track down this witness before the killers do For Ray Mason and PI Tina Boyd the road ahead is a dangerous one with bodies and betrayal at every turn"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Star Wars: Phasma : Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi" |
| "Discover Captain Phasma's mysterious history in this Journey to Star Wars The Last Jedi novel The official prequel to The Last Jedi the highly anticipated blockbuster film directed by Rian Johnson hitting cinemas in December 2017 One of the most cunning and merciless officers of the First Order Captain Phasma commands the favor of her superiors the respect of her peers and the terror of her enemies But for all her renown Phasma remains as virtually unknown as the impassive expression on her gleaming chrome helmet Now an adversary is bent on unearthing her mysterious origins-and exposing a secret she guards as zealously and ruthlessly as she serves her masters"
Price: 10.99 |
| "Canto Bight (Star Wars)" |
| "Journey to Canto Bight a lavish city rich with opportunity-but where the stakes couldn't be higher Featuring four interconnected novella-length adventures of the exotic aliens and creatures who frequent the captivating casino With stories by Saladin Ahmed Rae Carson Mira Grant and John Jackson Miller"
Price: 10.49 |
| "Snug by Michael Morpurgo (Paperback, 2013)" |
| "A great countryside story Wherever Lisa goes her cat Snug follows But as Snug grows up he spends more time away from home and one night comes home all beaten up A beautifully illustrated and delightful story about animals and friendship High quality cream paper and a special easy to read font ensure a smooth read for all"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Blamehounds by Ross Collins (Paperback, 2014)" |
| "A hilariously wacky read from authorillustrator Ross Collins Whenever there's a pong poo or puddle that can't be explained Norman and Ringo are the hounds that take the blame Determined to exploit their status for profit Blamehounds Inc is soon in business and small dogs the world over are admitting responsibility for accidents eruptions and even the occasional war - High quality cream paper and a special easy to read font ensure a smooth read for all"
Price: 4.99 |
| "Sniper: Bulletcatcher by Chris Bradford (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "There's been no stop to the violence as the Army of Freedom terrorists continue their assault on Terminus City Now a sniper is targeting key figures on the City Council and fear is at an all-time high It's up to Troy and his team of bulletcatchers to protect the Mayor's daughter Pandora at all costs but the danger seems to be everywhere and he's beginning to question what SPEAR have told him about his superpowersParticularly suitable for struggling reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 8"
Price: 5.99 |
| "Out for the Count by Anne Fine (Paperback, 2016)" |
| "Hugo wants a gerbil but his dad says it's cruel to keep an animal in a cage Hugo doesn't agree and so Dad challenges him to spend a day cooped up in his room The countdown has barely begun when Hugo starts to go stir-crazy Warm witty and wise to the impatience of childhood this is Anne Fine on great form encouraging young readers to develop imagination and empathy High quality cream paper and a special easy to read font ensure a smooth read for all"
Price: 5.49 |
| PramBusters! |
| "When the rain threatens to ruin the fun at summer camp Malik and his friends are tasked with inventing a pram that any baby would love But when ideas start flowing tensions run high and it turns out that not everyone agrees on exactly what a baby would need Only the PramBusters can be sure to sort this out! This is Anne Fine on great form warm witty and full of imagination Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant and dyslexic readers aged 5"
Price: 5.49 |
| "A Christmas Carol: Dyslexia-Friendly edition Paperback" |
| "Miserly Ebenezer Scrooge is visited by the ghost of his former business partner and he learns he will be visited by three spirits - Christmas Past Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come - who reveal to him his miserable existence the opportunities he squandered in his youth the current cruelties he visits upon those around him and the fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways Scrooge is faced with a choice death or redemption Now available in an accessible super-readable format with dyslexia-friendly features for all readers"
Price: 6.49 |
| "O Sing unto the Lord : A History of English Church Music" |
| "Andrew Gant's compelling account traces English church music from Anglo-Saxon origins to the present It is a history of the music and of the people who made sang and listened to it It shows the role church music has played in ordinary lives and how it reflects those lives back to us The author considers why church music remains so popular and frequently tops the classical charts and why the BBC's Choral Evensong remains the longest-running radio series ever He shows how England's church music follows the contours of its history and is the soundtrack of its changing politics and culture from the mysteries of the Mass to the elegant decorum of the Restoration anthem from stern Puritanism to Victorian bombast and thence to the fractured worlds of the twentieth century as heard in the music of Vaughan Williams and Britten This is a book for everyone interested in the history of English music culture and society"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Adventures in Human Being" |
| "Sunday Times bestsellerWe have a lifetime's association with our bodies but for many of us they remain uncharted territory In Adventures in Human Being Gavin Francis leads the reader on a journey through health and illness offering insights on everything from the ribbed surface of the brain to the secret workings of the heart and the womb; from the pulse of life at the wrist to the unique engineering of the foot Drawing on his own experiences as a doctor and GP he blends first-hand case studies with reflections on the way the body has been imagined and portrayed over the millennia If the body is a foreign country then to practise medicine is to explore new territory Francis leads the reader on an adventure through what it means to be human Both a user's guide to the body and a celebration of its elegance this book will transform the way you think about being alive whether in sickness or in health Published in association with the Wellcome Collection WELLCOME COLLECTIONWellcome Collection is a free museum and library that aims to challenge how we think and feel about health Inspired by the medical objects and curiosities collected by Henry Wellcome it connects science medicine life and art Wellcome Collection exhibitions events and books explore a diverse range of subjects including consciousness forensic medicine emotions sexology identity and death Wellcome Collection is part of Wellcome a global charitable foundation that exists to improve health for everyone by helping great ideas to thrive funding over 14000 researchers and projects in more than 70 countries wellcomecollectionorg"
Price: 7.49 |
| "She Died Young" |
| "London 1956 A young woman has been found dead in a hotel in King's Cross Broke her neck falling down stairs the death certificate says But Fleet Street journalist Gerry Blackstone thinks there's more to it than meets the eye Scotland Yard's not interested in accidental deaths - if that's what this is But maybe he can convince Special Branch's DCI Jack McGovern to investigate Fortunately for Blackstone McGovern needs his help The new Superintendent wants to sweep out corrupt officers and McGovern's his broom If Blackstone can keep news of the investigation out of the press McGovern stands a chance of finding the bent cop Meanwhile Oxford is filling with Hungarian emigres fleeing the failed revolution With the memories of Burgess and Maclean's defection still raw Special Branch is concerned that there could be Soviet spies among the genuine refugees and wants McGovern on-hand to keep an eye out As McGovern carries out his casework in Oxford and Blackstone investigates behind the scenes in London clues start to emerge that somehow this might all be linked The deeper they look the more unrelated characters with shady pasts start to complicate the picture the well-to-do madam the Classics Professor the East London crime boss the Oxford doctoral student the fiery Hungarian immigrant the government minister does it all lead back to the dead girl in King's Cross? Or is there something even more sinister going on?"
Price: 7.99 |
| "In Search of Mary Shelley: The Girl Who Wrote Frankenstein" |
| "Mary Shelley was brought up by her father in a house filled with radical thinkers poets philosophers and writers of the day Aged sixteen she eloped with Percy Bysshe Shelley embarking on a relationship that was lived on the move across Britain and Europe as she coped with debt infidelity and the deaths of three children before early widowhood changed her life forever Most astonishingly it was while she was still a teenager that Mary composed her canonical novel Frankenstein creating two of our most enduring archetypes today The life story is well-known But who was the woman who lived it? She's left plenty of evidence and in this fascinating dialogue with the past Fiona Sampson sifts through letters diaries and records to find the real woman behind the story She uncovers a complex generous character - friend intellectual lover and mother - trying to fulfil her own passionate commitment to writing at a time when to be a woman writer was an extraordinary and costly anomaly Published for the 200th anniversary of the publication of Frankenstein this is a major new work of biography by a prize-winning writer and poet"
Price: 13.49 |
| Constellation |
| "On 27 October 1949 a Lockheed Constellation passenger plane left Paris for New York Hours later it disappeared on approach to its scheduled stopover in the Azores It was found on a mountainside five miles from its intended landing zone There were no survivors Among those lost in the accident were heavyweight boxer Marcel Cerdan flying to New York for a world title fight; 30-year-old virtuoso violinist Ginette Neveu; Kay Kamen Walt Disney's merchandising tsar; five Basque shepherds emigrating to America; a pilot who ran missions for the Free French during the war Constellation tells the untold true stories of the forty-eight men and women who died on board and paints a moving portrait of their place in the changing post-war world and of their hopes and dreams for the life awaiting them across the Atlantic Adrien Bosc's magnetic debut novel is a memorial to an air disaster that happened half a century ago But it is also a love song to the forgotten lives that every tragedy scatters around it like so much debris and a poignant investigation into the nature of collective tragedy"
Price: 6.49 |
| "Hotels of North America : A novel Hardcover" |
| "Reginald Edward Morse is a man in need of an outlet And he finds it in a very twenty-first century place the internet Specifically RateYourLodgingcom where Americans go to find out the truth about hotels motels and horrors bed and breakfasts But the real joy of those sites is not so much the advice they offer but the people who offer it Reginald Edward Morse is one of those people At first Morse seems exactly what you&39;d suspect a reviewer to be though under the authoritative even puffed-up tone there lurks self-awareness wit and a flair for anecdote His reviews scatter clues to his identity and the fragments explain the mystery of Reginald Edward Morse his career as a motivational speaker his lover &39;K&39; and his estrangement from his daughter Always funny unexpectedly tragic this is a book of lonely rooms long lists of strong opinion and quiet confession by one of America&39;s greatest novelists"
Price: 9.99 |
| "Armageddon and Paranoia : The Nuclear Confrontation" |
| "In 1945 the atom bomb was dropped on Hiroshima and warfare was never the same again Armageddon and Paranoia relates how the power of the atom was harnessed to produce weapons capable of destroying human civilisation and considers what this has done to the world There are few villains in this story on both sides of the Iron Curtain dedicated scientists cracked the secrets of nature dutiful military men planned out possible manoeuvres and politicians wrestled with potentially intolerable decisions Patriotic citizens acquiesced to the idea that their country needed the ultimate means of defence Some tried to grapple with the unanswerable question what end could possibly be served by such fearsome means? Those who protested went unheard None of them wanted to start a nuclear war but all of them were paranoid about what the other side might do The danger of annihilation by accident or misjudgement has not been entirely absent since Rodric Braithwaite author of bestsellers Moscow 1941 and Afgantsy paints a vivid and detailed portrait of this intense period in history Its implications are terrifyingly relevant today as ignorant and thoughtless talk about nuclear war begins to spread once more"
Price: 17.49 |
