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Katherine Rundell
Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John DonneJohn Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religio...John Donne lived myriad lives. Sometime religious outsider and social disaster, sometime celebrity preacher and establishment darling, Donne was incapable of being just one thing. He was a scholar ... -
Alastair Reid, Bob Gill
SupposingSupposing I read a book about how to change int...Supposing I read a book about how to change into animals and said a spell and changed myself into a cat and when I climbed on the book to change myself back I found I couldn't read. . . Supposing I... -
Rody Gorman
SweeneyRody Gorman’s multilingual version of Buile Shu...Rody Gorman’s multilingual version of Buile Shuibhne, SWEENEY, AN INTERTONGUING, in English, Irish, Scottish and Manx Gaelic with lingua gadelica, phonemic pieces and round-trip translations, publi... -
Victoria Whitworth
Swimming with SealsA book about intense physical and personal expe...A book about intense physical and personal experience, narrating how Victoria Whitworth began swimming in the cold waters of Orkney as a means of escaping a failing marriage. This is a memoir of in... -
Lev Parikian
Taking Flight : The Evolutionary Story of Life on the WingThis is the miracle of flight as you’ve never s...This is the miracle of flight as you’ve never seen it before: the evolutionary story of life on the wing. A bird flits overhead. It’s an everyday occurrence, repeated hundreds, thousands, millions ... -
Anna Deacon and Vicky Allan
Taking the PlungeWild swimming changes lives. The thrill of plun...Wild swimming changes lives. The thrill of plunging - or dipping a toe - into open water brings joy, confidence, adventure and friendship. It can wash away stress and sadness, pain and grief. Here ... -
Mark Vernon Thomas
Tales of Fenris WolfTales from Norse mythology of Loki's second chi...Tales from Norse mythology of Loki's second child—Fenris the Wolf— viewed through a twentieth century lens by Mark Vernon Thomas with illustrations by Helen Moss. -
James Campbell
Talking at the Gates: A Life of James BaldwinJames Baldwin was born into the squalor of a Ha...James Baldwin was born into the squalor of a Harlem tenement and transcended an early life of setbacks and racism. A storefront preacher at the age of fourteen, he supported his entire family - mot... -
Professor Jonathan Faiers
Tartan : Revised and UpdatedFeaturing new insights and an additional chapte...Featuring new insights and an additional chapter on masculinities, this updated edition of Tartan revitalizes discussions about the fabric’s traditional, sentimental Highland origins and its delibe... -
Jo Harkin
Tell Me an EndingWhat if you could erase your most painful memor...What if you could erase your most painful memory? Would you still, be you? Across the world, thousands of people are shocked to receive an email telling them that they once chose to have a traumati... -
Vivian French
Telling the Time with Anna: First SkillsFrom seconds to minutes to hours, learn all abo...From seconds to minutes to hours, learn all about how to tell the time with Anna and her grandpa. A charming new book, all about telling the time! Anna’s friend Zane is coming to tea soon – but whe... -
Stephen Moss
Ten Birds That Changed the WorldFor the whole of human history, we have lived a...For the whole of human history, we have lived alongside birds. We have hunted and domesticated them for food; venerated them in our mythologies, religion and rituals; exploited them for their natur...
