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Jeremy Bowen
Signed copy of The Making of the Modern Middle East : A Personal HistoryJeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the B...Jeremy Bowen, the International Editor of the BBC, has been covering the Middle East since 1989 and is uniquely placed to explain its complex past and its troubled present. Here, Bowen offers you a... -
Murray Pittock
Scotland: The Global History: 1603 to the PresentAn engaging and authoritative history of Scotla...An engaging and authoritative history of Scotland's influence in the world and the world's on Scotland, from the Thirty Years War to the present day  Scotland is one of the oldest nations in the ... -
Shaun Bythell
Remainders of the Day : More Diaries from The Bookshop, WigtownThe Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll -...The Bookshop in Wigtown is a bookworm's idyll - with thousands of books across nearly a mile of shelves, a real log fire, and Captain, the bookshop cat. You'd think after twenty years, owner Shaun ... -
Ricky Ross
Walking Back Home'For all these years I've told stories. Sometim...'For all these years I've told stories. Sometimes these days I also tell them on the radio. I've met some amazing people and their stories need told too. The first time Deacon Blue ever played Wemb... -
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 ... -
Eleanor Barraclough
Embers of the Hands : Hidden Histories of the Viking Age**Pre-order: Published: 19th Sept 2024** Imagin...**Pre-order: Published: 19th Sept 2024** Imagine a Viking, and a certain image springs to mind: a nameless, faceless warrior, leaping ashore from a longboat, and ready to terrorise the hapless loca... -
Catherine Coldstream
Cloistered : My Years as a NunDiscover Catherine Coldstream’s evocative accou...Discover Catherine Coldstream’s evocative account of life as a nun in the 1990s, and the dramatic events which led to her flight from the monastery. A BBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK After the shock o... -
Cerys Matthews
Where the Wild Cooks Go : Recipes, Music, Poetry, CocktailsCook your way around the world with Cerys Matth...Cook your way around the world with Cerys Matthews' Where the Wild Cooks Go, with a Spotify playlist ready for each country, as well as poems, proverbs, curiosities and some very surprising aspects... -
David Baddiel
My Family : The MemoirA searingly honest, funny and moving family mem...A searingly honest, funny and moving family memoir in which David Baddiel exposes his mother’s idiosyncratic sex life, and his father’s dementia, to the same affectionate scrutiny. On the surface, ... -
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Ariane Bankes
The Quality of Love : Twin Sisters at the Heart of the CenturyWhen her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes...When her mother Celia Paget died, Ariane Bankes inherited a battered trunk stuffed with letters and diaries belonging to Celia and her twin Mamaine. This correspondence charted the remarkable lives... -
Frank Tallis
Mortal Secrets : Freud, Vienna and the Discovery of the Modern MindLike Sarah Bakewell's How to Live and Andrea Wu...Like Sarah Bakewell's How to Live and Andrea Wulf's Magnificent Rebels, Mortal Secrets is a lively and accessible portrait of a major figure - Sigmund Freud - and the unprecedented era of creativit...
