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Rebecca Solnit
Orwell's RosesIn 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... -
Molly Arbuthnott
Oscar The Ferry CatOscar is an ordinary cat until one day, his lif...Oscar is an ordinary cat until one day, his life is turned upside down when he finds himself alone on a ferry. Will he ever find a friend and somewhere he can call home? Oscar the Ferry Cat is base... -
Thomas Halliday
Otherlands : A World in the MakingThis 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... -
Hazel Stevens
Our Ede‘Our Ede’ is the family story of Alf Wagstaf...‘Our Ede’ is the family story of Alf Wagstaff, his wife Lib, their two sons Ike and Sam, and their daughter Ede. Set in the suburbs of Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire during the 1950/60s.D... -
Dylan Thomas
Out of Chaos Comes BlissDylan Thomas is one of most beloved poets of th...Dylan Thomas is one of most beloved poets of the twentieth century. Richly melodious and expressive, Thomas's poems strike to the heart of eternal themes of living and dying, of childhood days lost... -
James Canton
Out of Essex: Re-Imagining a Literary LandscapeBeyond 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 TeletubbySay '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... -
Oxford Dictionaries, Quentin Blake, et al
Oxford Roald Dahl DictionaryA new unique Roald Dahl Dictionary from Oxford....A new unique Roald Dahl Dictionary from Oxford. This is not an ordinary dictionary. After all, you wouldn't expect an 'Oxford Roald Dahl Dictionary' to be ordinary, would you? Lots of dictionaries ... -
Matt Lodder
Painted People: 5,000 Years of Tattooed History from Sailors and Socialites to Mummies and KingsThe 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 Caesars14 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... -
Pam Ayres
Pam Ayres on AnimalsA beautiful collection from much-loved poet Pam...A beautiful collection from much-loved poet Pam Ayres, compiling her best verse dedicated to animals, illustrated by Ellie Snowdon. Now a Sunday Times bestseller. 'Oh WHY must you bark at the postm... -
Karen Campbell
Paper CupWhat if going back means you could begin again?...What if going back means you could begin again? Rocked by a terrible accident, homeless Kelly needs to escape the city streets of Glasgow. Maybe she doesn't believe in serendipity, but a rare momen...
