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Lindsey Hilsum
I Brought the War with Me : Stories and Poems from the Front LineI was standing outside an apartment block that ...I was standing outside an apartment block that had been split apart by a missile. The words of a poem came to me when I could no longer find my own. In nearly four decades as a journalist covering ... -
Andrew Ziminski
Church Going : A Stonemason's Guide to the Churches of the British IslesChurches are many things to us - they are place...Churches are many things to us - they are places of worship, vibrant community hubs and oases of calm reflection. To know a church is to hold a key to the past that unlocks an understanding of our ... -
Lindsey Banks
Who Were the Martyrs of Wigtown?In Wigtown, South West Scotland, there is a sta...In Wigtown, South West Scotland, there is a stake out at sea to commemorate the drownings of two women in 1685. Who were these women and why were they drowned? Lindsay Banks weaves the stories of t... -
Kathleen Lonsdale, Maria Popova
Is Peace Possible?Kathleen Lonsdale was a groundbreaking chemist ...Kathleen Lonsdale was a groundbreaking chemist who was instrumental in developing the science of crystallography. She was also a midlife convert to Quakerism who campaigned for peace and prison ref... -
Blessin Adams
Thou Savage Woman : Female Killers in Early Modern BritainEarly Modern Britain was awash with pamphlets, ...Early Modern Britain was awash with pamphlets, ballads, woodcuts broadcasting bloodthirsty tales of traitorous wives, greedy mistresses, cunning female poisoning lacing the supper with deadly subst... -
Professor Peter Frankopan
The Earth Transformed : An Untold HistoryFrom the international bestselling author of Th...From the international bestselling author of The Silk Roads comes a major history of how a changing climate has dramatically shaped the development—and demise—of civilisations across time. When we ... -
David Grann
The WagerFrom the international bestselling author of KI...From the international bestselling author of KILLERS OF THE FLOWER MOON and THE LOST CITY OF Z, a mesmerising story of shipwreck, mutiny and murder, culminating in a court martial that reveals a sh... -
Bonnie Garmus
Lessons in ChemistryChemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woma...Chemist Elizabeth Zott is not your average woman. In fact, she would be the first to point out that there is no such thing.But it's the early 1960s and her all-male team at Hastings Research Instit... -
AJ Pearce
Dear Mrs BirdDear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a wartime story a...Dear Mrs Bird by AJ Pearce is a wartime story about the power of friendship, the kindness of strangers and the courage of ordinary people. London, 1941. Amid the falling bombs Emmeline Lake dreams ... -
Marion Gibson
Witchcraft : A History in Thirteen TrialsIn Witchcraft, Professor Marion Gibson uses th...In Witchcraft, Professor Marion Gibson uses thirteen significant trials to tell the global history of witchcraft and witch-hunts. As well as exploring the origins of witch-hunts through some of th... -
Carol Ann Lee
Something WickedOn 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were ...On 20 August 1612, ten people from Pendle were executed before a vast crowd at Lancaster's Gallows Hill. The condemned and their associates had endured six months of accusations, imprisonment and t... -
Alistair Moffat
Scotland's Forgotten PastA charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36...A charming, lively and often amusing tour of 36 forgotten episodes and overlooked people and places of Scottish history. Scotland’s history is full of famous kings, queens, saints and warriors. But...
