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Rebecca Solnit
Orwell's Roses£10.99In 1936 Orwell planted roses at his cottage in ...In 1936 Orwell planted roses at his cottage in Hertfordshire. Over eighty years later Rebecca Solnit encounters them, and is inspired to explore a different side to the great writer and activist to... -
Thomas Halliday
Otherlands : A World in the Making£10.99This is the past as we've never seen it before....This is the past as we've never seen it before. Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time, showing us the Earth as it used to exist, and the worlds that were here before ours. Awar... -
James Canton
Out of Essex: Re-Imagining a Literary Landscape£12.99Beyond the brash modern stereotypes of Essex th...Beyond the brash modern stereotypes of Essex there exists a landscape that has inspired some of England's finest writing. This book tracks the paths of those literary figures who have ventured into... -
Nikky Smedley
Over the Hills and Far Away: My Life as a Teletubby£19.99Say 'Eh-oh!' to Nikky Smedley and Laa-Laa Over ...Say 'Eh-oh!' to Nikky Smedley and Laa-Laa Over the Hills and Far Away follows Nikky through the Teletubbies years, from her role as a bistro table during her audition to the show's international su... -
Matt Lodder
Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and Kings£20.00The earliest tattoos yet identified belonged to...The earliest tattoos yet identified belonged to Ötzi, the ‘iceman’, whose mummy allows us a brief glimpse into the prehistory of the practice. We know that over the more than five thousand years si... -
Peter Stothard
Palatine: An Alternative History of the Caesars£22.0014 CE: The first Roman emperor is dead. A secon...14 CE: The first Roman emperor is dead. A second is about to succeed.The Forum of Rome, once fought over so fiercely, has become hardly more than a museum. The house of all power is up above on the... -
Luke Dittrich
Patient H.M.: A Story of Memory, Madness and Family Secrets£10.99In the summer of 1953, maverick neurosurgeon Wi...In the summer of 1953, maverick neurosurgeon William Beecher Scoville performed a groundbreaking operation on an epileptic patient named Henry Molaison. But it was a catastrophic failure, leaving H... -
Angela McCarthy
Personal Narratives of Irish and Scottish Migration, 1921-65£17.99Between 1921 and 1965, Irish and Scottish migra...Between 1921 and 1965, Irish and Scottish migrants continued to seek new homes abroad. Using the personal accounts of these migrants from letters, interviews, questionnaires and shipboard journals,... -
Kate Allinson, Kay Featherstone, et al
Pinch of Nom Food Planner: Includes 26 New Recipes£10.99From the record-breaking no.1 bestselling autho...From the record-breaking no.1 bestselling authors of Pinch of Nom comes this six-month journal containing everything you need to chart progress, plan weekly meals and smash your goals. This meal pl... -
Alison Goldsworthy, Laura Osborne
Poles Apart: Why People Turn Against Each Other, and How to Bring Them Together£20.00e humans are social animals, naturally driven t...e humans are social animals, naturally driven to form close-knit groups. All too often, though, these groups become partisan. They start to compete with one another.They become mutually hostile. Wh... -
Rhonda Fleming Hayes
Pollinator Friendly Gardening: Gardening for Bees, Butterflies, and Other Pollinators£18.99Want to do your part in helping your local poll...Want to do your part in helping your local pollinators flourish? Pollinator Friendly Gardening makes it easy. Are you interested in growing a naturally healthy garden? How about making sure your lo... -
Amy Zavatto, Ruby Taylor
Prosecco Made Me Do It: 60 Seriously Sparkling Cocktails£12.99Do your ears perk up when you hear the tell tal...Do your ears perk up when you hear the tell tale pop of a prosecco bottle? Do you think every drink is just a little bit nicer with bubbles? Prosecco is no longer just a sparkling wine, it's a cult...