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Timothy C. Baker
Reading My Mother Back: A Memoir in Childhood Animal StoriesWhen his mother died, Timothy C. Baker discover...When his mother died, Timothy C. Baker discovered that there was almost no record of her existence, and no stories that were his to tell: the only way to bring her back was through reading. Reading... -
Tom Read Wilson
On the Tip of My Tongue: The perfect word for every life momentIn On the Tip of My Tongue, logophile and telev...In On the Tip of My Tongue, logophile and television star Tom Read Wilson takes a delicious dive into the etymology and usage of words, euphemisms and bon mots. Written with his trademark sparkling... -
Adam Rutherford
Control: The Dark History and Troubling Present of EugenicsHow did an obscure academic idea pave the way t...How did an obscure academic idea pave the way to the Holocaust within just fifty years? Why does eugenics still loom large in the 21st century, despite its genocidal past? Did eugenics work? Could ... -
Selina Mill
Life Unseen: A Story of BlindnessImagine a world without sight. Is it dark and g...Imagine a world without sight. Is it dark and gloomy? Is it terrifying and isolating? Or is it simply a state of not seeing, which we have demonised and sentimentalized over the centuries? And why ... -
Colin Grant
Homecoming: Voices of the Windrush GenerationHomecoming draws on over a hundred first-hand i...Homecoming draws on over a hundred first-hand interviews, archival recordings and memoirs by the women and men who came to Britain from the West Indies between the late 1940s and the early 1960s. I... -
Paul Theroux
Figures in a Landscape: People and PlacesDrawing together a fascinating body of writing ...Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons (Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Williams) to intimate... -
Gavin Francis
Intensive Care: A GP, a Community & a PandemicGavin Francis is a GP who works in both urban a...Gavin Francis is a GP who works in both urban and rural communities, splitting his time between Edinburgh and the islands of Orkney. When the pandemic arrived in our society he saw how it affected ... -
Wendy Moore
Endell Street: The Women Who Ran Britain’s Trailblazing Military HospitalWhen the First World War broke out, the suffrag...When the First World War broke out, the suffragettes suspended their campaigning and joined the war effort. For pioneering suffragette doctors (and life partners) Flora Murray and Louisa Garrett An... -
Cynthia Rogerson
Wah!: Things I Never Told My MotherCynthia's mother is dying. Often. Travelling be...Cynthia's mother is dying. Often. Travelling between her home in Scotland and California, as she spends time at her mother's bedside Cynthia recalls her youthful adventures: living in a squat, trai... -
Philippa Perry
Couch Fiction: A Graphic Tale of PsychotherapyBestselling author Philippa Perry (The Book You...Bestselling author Philippa Perry (The Book You Wish Your Parents Had Read) turns her keen insights to the power of therapy. This compelling study of psychotherapy in the form of a graphic novel vi... -
Alastair Campbell
Living Better: How I Learned to Survive DepressionLast Christmas I almost killed myself. Almost. ...Last Christmas I almost killed myself. Almost. I've had a lot of almosts.Never gone from almost to deed. Don't think I ever will. But it was a bad almost.Living Better is Alastair Campbell's honest... -
Angela Y. Davis
An AutobiographyA powerful and commanding account of the life o...A powerful and commanding account of the life of trailblazing political activist Angela Davis. Edited by Toni Morrison and first published in 1974, An Autobiography is a classic of the Black Libera...
