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Alan Cumming & Forbes Masson
Victory & Barry’s Kelvinside Compendium‘Hold on to your chapeaux, because this story i...‘Hold on to your chapeaux, because this story is a beezer! It’s a stoatir, so it is!’ Victor and Barry are the epitome of the expression ‘big in the 80s’. Annoyingly, they were also a little big in... -
Dorothy H. Crawford
Viruses: The Invisible EnemyFor all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidl...For all our hubris, humans can be felled rapidly by an invisible enemy - viruses. All around us are minute entities that can damage and kill: the millions of viruses that pervade the natural world.... -
Suzie Edge
Vital OrgansThe remarkable stories of the world's most famo...The remarkable stories of the world's most famous body parts. Louis XIV's rear end inspired the British National Anthem. Queen Victoria's armpit led to the development of antiseptics.Robert Jenkin'... -
Cynthia Rogerson
Wah!: Things I Never Told My MotherCynthia's mother is dying. Often. Travelling be...Cynthia's mother is dying. Often. Travelling between her home in Scotland and California, as she spends time at her mother's bedside Cynthia recalls her youthful adventures: living in a squat, trai... -
Jane Sanderson
Waiting for Sunshine'Who would name a child Sunshine, then give her...'Who would name a child Sunshine, then give her away?'Chrissie has always wanted to be a mother. After months of trying to adopt, she and her husband Stuart finally get the news that a little girl ... -
Jeff Speck
Walkable City Rules : 101 Steps to Making Better PlacesNearly every US city would like to be more walk...Nearly every US city would like to be more walkable—for reasons of health, wealth, and the environment—yet few are taking the proper steps to get there. The goals are often clear, but the path is s... -
Ricky Ross
Walking Back Home'For all these years I've told stories. Sometim...'For all these years I've told stories. Sometimes these days I also tell them on the radio. I've met some amazing people and their stories need told too. The first time Deacon Blue ever played Wemb... -
Michaela Morgan
Walter Tull's ScrapbookThe inspirational true story of Walter Tull’s l...The inspirational true story of Walter Tull’s life is vividly presented as a scrapbook, drawing on photographs, documents and records of his life. Born in Kent, in 1888, Walter Tull became not just... -
Jini Reddy
WanderlandAlone on a remote mountaintop one dark night, a...Alone on a remote mountaintop one dark night, a woman hears a mysterious voice.Propelled by the memory and after years of dreaming about it, Jini Reddy dares to delve into the 'wanderlands' of Brit... -
Michael Morpurgo
War HorseIn the deadly chaos of the First World War, on...In the deadly chaos of the First World War, one horse witnesses the reality of battle from both sides of the trenches.Bombarded by artillery, with bullets knocking riders from his back, Joey tells... -
Kate Mosse
Warrior Queens & Quiet Revolutionaries : How Women (Also) Built the WorldWithin these pages you’ll meet nearly 1000 wome...Within these pages you’ll meet nearly 1000 women whose names deserve to be better known: from the Mothers of Invention and the trailblazing women at the Bar; warrior queens and pirate commanders; t... -
Jojo Moyes
We All Live HereWelcome to the Kennedy household: Lila wrote a ...Welcome to the Kennedy household: Lila wrote a bestseller about keeping your marriage alive, before discovering her ex was playing happy families with another woman. A woman she sees everyday at sc...
