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  • - How Oscar Wilde was Shaped by the Women he Knew
    av Eleanor Fitzsimons
    249

    A fresh, revealing and entertaining account of the most influential writer of his age and the women who inspired him

  • av E.M. Davey
    139

    When a mysterious letter arrives containing cryptic references to Napoleon Bonaparte, Jake is drawn back in to a centuries-old conspiracy. The trail leads through the Middle East, Europe and Africa to a secret that could remake the world.

  • av Kate Howard
    125

    The passionate and elegantly dark tale of desire, obsession and deceit.

  • av Hamilton Crane
    125

    Miss Seeton lends her talents to the village scheme to create a quilted 'Bayeux Tapestry' of local history. But her intuitive sketches reveal a startlingly different perspective - involving buried Nazi secrets, and links to a murdered diplomat and a South American dictator . . .

  • - The Story of the Bird that Powers Civilisations
    av Andrew Lawler
    135

    In a masterful combination of historical sleuthing and journalistic exploration on four continents, Lawler reframes the way we feel and think about all domesticated animals and even nature itself.

  • - How I Found, Lost and Made a Fortune
    av Jim Richards
    165

    Gold Rush is a blood-and-guts treasure hunt - the ultimate adventure story.

  • - The Untold First-Hand Story of the Legendary World War II Bomber Pilot, "Cooler King" and Arch Escape Artist
    av Peter Tunstall
    135

    The untold first-hand story of the legendary bomber pilot, 'cooler king' and arch escape artist

  • av E.M. Davey
    125,-

    "And the war of civilisations shall go on" Foretold by Thunder

  • - A Guide to the English
    av Angela Kiss
    149

    A wry, often affectionate view on the English, and how to navigate our national personality.

  • av Vincent Van Gogh
    189

    In Creative Inspiration, Van Gogh's writings have been edited and selected to create an enlightening, uplifting and helpful book for art lovers and creatives - amateurs and professionals alike.

  • - Hidden Places and New Perspectives
    av Alice Stevenson
    209

    An inspiring collection of walks, notes and artworks, revealing London's multiple layers and different moods.

  • av David Esterly
    135 - 155,-

    Exploring the determination, concentration and skill that go into achieving any form of excellence, Esterly breathed life into the world of wood carving. The Lost Carving reveals an astonishing life.

  • av James MacManus
    185

    Unfolding among the bars and salons during revolutionary times, Black Venus is an intoxicating story of love and betrayal in which drugs, absinthe and lust prove the making, and the destruction, of a great poet.

  • - The extraordinary story of the legendary black regiment of World War I
    av Max Brooks
    175

    From the author of World War Z, the extraordinary story of the legendary black regiment of World War I - the Harlem Hellfighters

  • - 21 Short Walks Around the Human Brain
    av Michael Corballis
    125,-

    How do we know if we're really the top dogs in brain power? Does our creativity stem solely from the right brain? From language to standing upright, composing music to lying, Michael Corballis uncovers our most common misconceptions and the fascinating habits and abilities that make us human.

  • av John Spurling
    229

    Winner of the Walter Scott Prize for Historical Fiction (2015), The Ten Thousand Things takes us on a journey across fated meetings, grand battles and riveting drama seamlessly fusing the epic and the intimate with the precision and depth that the real-life Wang Meng brought to his painting.

  • - The Extraordinary Rise and Surprising Appeal of Living Alone
    av Eric Klinenberg
    145 - 159,-

    Drawing on over three hundred in-depth interviews with men and women of all ages and every class, Eric Klinenberg reaches some startling conclusions about the seismic impact solo living is having on our culture, business and politics.

  • - Why What Goes up Must Come Down
    av Brian Clegg
    135

    Physicists will tell you that four forces control the universe. Of these, gravity may the most obvious, but it is also the most mysterious. This title explains how gravity worked - and how apparently simple gravitation has four separate components - but it predicted everything from black holes to gravity's effect on time.

  • - The Making of a War Poet
    av Jean Moorcroft Wilson
    335

    The first volume of a biography which covers Sasson's life up to the end of the First World War. For her research the author used previously unseen private letters and papers.

  • av Luca Spaghetti
    135

    Experience the Rome that changed and inspired Elizabeth Gilbert to write the international bestseller Eat, Pray, Love. Filled with colourful anecdotes about food, language, soccer, life in Rome, and culminating with the episodes in Liz's bestselling memoir told from Luca's side of the table.

  • - Adventures in Pursuit of a Language
    av William Alexander
    135

    Setting out to conquer the language he loves (but which, amusingly, does not seem to love him back), Alexander devotes himself to learning French, going beyond grammar lessons and memory techniques to delve into the history of the language, the science of linguistics, and the art of translation.

  • - And Other Zombie Tales
    av Max Brooks
    98

    A terrifying collection of short stories from the master of zombie fiction, Max Brooks. Written in his trademark style, these tales combine horror, drama, and socio-political commentary to explore the aftermath of the zombie apocalypse.

  • - The Passionate Lives of Effie Gray, John Ruskin and John Everett Millais
    av Suzanne Fagence Cooper
    145

    Effie Gray is a compelling portrait of the extraordinary woman behind some of the greatest paintings of the Victorian era.

  • - The Day the King Died
    av Dylan Jones
    135

    In Elvis Has Left the Building, Dylan Jones takes us back to those heady days around the time of his death and the rise of Punk Rock.

  • - The Creation of Psychoanalysis
    av George Makari
    199

    Based on new archival materials and a decade of research, Revolution in Mind is a radically new history of psychoanalysis. It tells the story of the birth, development, and death of psychoanalysis in Europe between 1870 and 1945, integrating these chapters into a coherent narrative for the first time.

  • - Winston Churchill's Greatest Failure
    av Dan van der Vat
    145

    Acclaimed naval military historian Dan van der Vat argues that the disaster at the Dardanelles not only prolonged the war for two years and brought Britain to the brink of starvation, but also led to the Russian Revolution and contributed to the rapid destabilisation of the Middle East.

  • av Iain Hollingshead
    125,-

    Beta Male is a riotously funny and painfully honest chronicle about friendship, masculinity, marriage and the beginning of adulthood.

  • - Conversations About Life and Comedy
    av Judd Apatow
    175

    From the writer of Knocked Up, Pineapple Express and Superbad, and the director of This is 40 and Trainwreck, comes a collection of intimate, hilarious conversations with the biggest names in comedy from the past thirty years

  • av Richard Pierce
    125

    Dead Men tells the story of two paths: one is a tragic journey of exploration on the world's coldest continent, the other charts a present-day relationship and the redemptive power of love.

  • - A Solo Walk Across Africa, from the Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean
    av Fran Sandham
    135

    A story about the author's 3,000-mile solo walk across an entire continent, from Namibia's Skeleton Coast to the Indian Ocean near Zanzibar.

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