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Ai Weiwei
1000 Years of Joys and SorrowsChinese dissident. Ground-breaking artist.Globa...Chinese dissident. Ground-breaking artist.Global icon. Here, through the sweeping, extraordinary story of his own and his father's lives, Ai Weiwei tells an epic tale of China over the last 100 yea... -
Chris Atkins
A Bit of a StretchWhere can a tin of tuna buy you clean clothes? ...Where can a tin of tuna buy you clean clothes? Where is it easier to get 'spice' than paracetamol? Where does self-harm barely raise an eyebrow? Welcome to Her Majesty's Prison Service. Like most p... -
Michael Shaw
A Friendship in LettersIn A Friendship in Letters, Dr. Michael Shaw br...In A Friendship in Letters, Dr. Michael Shaw brings together correspondence between two of Scotland's most famous writers for the first time. Though they never met, Robert Louis Stevenson and J.M. ... -
Janet Brennan-Inglis
A Passion for Castles : The Story of MacGibbon and Ross and the Castles they SurveyedIn the 1880s two Edinburgh architects began to ...In the 1880s two Edinburgh architects began to survey, measure and sketch the castles of Scotland, travelling the length and breadth of the country on trains, bicycles and on foot. Together they pr... -
Joanna Lumley
A Queen for All Seasons : A Celebration of Queen Elizabeth II on her Platinum JubileeA sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen...A sparkling celebration of our much-loved Queen Elizabeth II for her Platinum Jubilee including special writings and illuminating insights around key moments in her 70-year reign, introduced and ed... -
Andrew Douglas-Home
A River Runs Through Me : A Life of Salmon Fishing in ScotlandAn evocative account of one man's life spent fi...An evocative account of one man's life spent fishing on arguably the world's best salmon river: a story of family, tradition and the Scottish countryside. Against the shifting moods and seasons of ... -
Polly Pullar
A Scurry of SquirrelsPolly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrel...Polly Pullar has had a passion for red squirrels since childhood. As a wildlife rehabilitator, she knows the squirrel on a profoundly personal level and has hand-reared numerous litters of orphan k... -
Natalie Haynes
A Thousand ShipsIn A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist...In A Thousand Ships, broadcaster and classicist Natalie Haynes retells the story of the Trojan War from an all-female perspective, for fans of Madeline Miller and Pat Barker. This was never the sto... -
Julia Boyd, Angelika Patel
A Village in the Third Reich: How Ordinary Lives Were Transformed By the Rise of FascismHidden deep in the Bavarian mountains lies the ...Hidden deep in the Bavarian mountains lies the picturesque village of Oberstdorf - a place where for hundreds of years people lived simple lives while history was made elsewhere. Yet even this remo... -
Rory Cellan-Jones
Always OnWe live at a time when billions have access to ...We live at a time when billions have access to unbelievably powerful technology. The most extraordinary tool that has been invented in the last century, the smartphone, is forcing radical changes i... -
George Mackay brown, edited by Linden Bicket
An Orkney TapestryFirst published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, Ge...First published in 1969, An Orkney Tapestry, George Mackay Brown's seminal work, is a unique look at Orkney through the eye of a poet. Originally commissioned by his publisher as an introduction to... -
Bob Mortimer
And Away…The number one bestselling autobiography by nat...The number one bestselling autobiography by national treasure Bob Mortimer. Bob Mortimer's life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that requ...
