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Andrew Ziminski
The Stonemason : A History of Building BritainA stonemason's story of the building of Britain...A stonemason's story of the building of Britain: part archaeological history, part deeply personal insight into an ancient craft. In his thirty-year career, stonemason Andrew Ziminski has worked on... -
Helena Kelly
The Life and Lies of Charles DickensThink you already know the story of Charles Dic...Think you already know the story of Charles Dickens' life? Think again. Almost everything you're familiar with was first mentioned in an authorised biography written by Dickens' close friend John F... -
Alan Johnson
Harold WilsonHarold Wilson was one of the most successful po...Harold Wilson was one of the most successful politicians of the twentieth century. Prime Minister from 1964-70, and again from 1974-76, he won four elections as well as a referendum on UK membershi... -
Kathryn Hughes
Catland : Feline Enchantment and the Making of the Modern WorldSome called it a craze. To others it was a cult...Some called it a craze. To others it was a cult. Join prize-winning historian Kathryn Hughes to discover how Britain fell in love with cats and ushered in a new era. ‘He invented a whole cat world’... -
Leslie Hills
10 Scotland Street10 Scotland Street – the story of an Edinburgh ...10 Scotland Street – the story of an Edinburgh home and its cast of booksellers, silk merchants, sailors, preachers, politicians, cholera and coincidence and its widespread connections over two cen... -
Christian Lewis
Hildasay to HomeThe No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller. Walking save...The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller. Walking saved his life. Now it will help find him a family. In the follow-up to his Sunday Times bestselling Finding Hildasay, Christian Lewis takes his next step... -
Dougie Donnelly
My Life in SportThis is the autobiography of Dougie Donnelly, o...This is the autobiography of Dougie Donnelly, one of Scotland’s most successful and best loved broadcasters, who has spent over 32 years with the BBC as a presenter on Grandstand and Sportscene. As... -
Tessa Boase, Etta Lemon
The woman who saved the birdsRead the fascinating story of one of the greate...Read the fascinating story of one of the greatest unsung figures of the nature conservation movement, founder of the RSPB and icon of early animal rights activism, Etta Lemon. A heroine for our tim... -
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... -
Daniel Tammet
Born on a Blue Day'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I...'I was born on 31 January 1979 - a Wednesday. I know it was a Wednesday, because the date is blue in my mind and Wednesdays are always blue, like the number nine or the sound of loud voices arguing... -
Daniel Tammet
Nine MindsJapanese researcher in psychology sets out to m...Japanese researcher in psychology sets out to measure loneliness while drawing on her own experience of autism. A quirky boy growing up in 1950s Ottawa sows the seeds of his future Hollywood stardo... -
Martin Sixsmith
My Sins go with meIn the darkest days of the Nazi occupation of t...In the darkest days of the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands, Anna-Maria van der Vaart sheltered Allied pilots, gave refuge to persecuted Jews and participated in audacious acts of sabotage. She s...
