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Laura Cumming
On Chapel Sands: My mother and other missing persons1929 - a young girl is kidnapped from a beach. ...1929 - a young girl is kidnapped from a beach. Five agonising days go by before she is discovered safe and well in a nearby village.The child remembers nothing of these events and at home, nobody e... -
Gavin Francis
Free For All: Why The NHS Is Worth SavingBritain's health service is dying.Gavin Francis...Britain's health service is dying.Gavin Francis shows us why we should fight for it. Since its birth in 1948, the powers that be have chipped away at the NHS. Now, Britain's best-loved institution ... -
A. C. Grayling
The Good State: On the Principles of DemocracyThe foundations upon which our democracies stan...The foundations upon which our democracies stand are inherently flawed, vulnerable to corrosion from within. What is the remedy? A. C. Grayling makes the case for a clear, consistent, principled an... -
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... -
Ian Haydn Smith, Dr. Gareth Moore
The BBC Puzzle BookFrom Eastenders to Dr Who, Desert Island Discs ...From Eastenders to Dr Who, Desert Island Discs to Monty Python, The Office to Peaky Blinders, test your knowledge of the history of the BBC and all your favourite programmes with this OFFICIAL puzz... -
Florence Given
Women Don't Owe You PrettyWomen Don't Owe You Pretty is for anyone who wa...Women Don't Owe You Pretty is for anyone who wants to challenge the out-dated narratives supplied to us by the patriarchy. It will help you to embrace feminism in all its messy glory, explain that ... -
Dean Nelson
Jugaad Yatra: Exploring the Indian Art of Problem SolvingIndia’s Mangalyaan mission to Mars and the Tata...India’s Mangalyaan mission to Mars and the Tata Nano, the world’s cheapest car, are two of the country’s most celebrated achievements in recent times. They have something in common with the inverte... -
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 ... -
Luis Sagasti
Musical OfferingA lyrical celebration of storytelling, of child...A lyrical celebration of storytelling, of childhood, and of the transformative power of music. Tracing a circular course that echoes Bach's Goldberg Variations , Luis Sagasti's second book to appea... -
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 ...
