Cornerstone Digital imprint: 693 books
Tamed
Ten Species that Changed our World
Language: English
Release Date: October 19, 2017
**'A masterpiece of evocative scientific storytelling.' BRIAN COX**
**'Will appeal to fans of Yuval Noah Harari's Sapiens'. Mail on Sunday **
The extraordinary story of the species that became our allies.
Dogs became our companions
Wheat fed a booming population
Cattle gave us...
Inside Alcatraz
My Time on the Rock
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2015
Each day we saw the outside world in all its splendour, and each day that view served as a reminder that we had wasted and ruined our lives.
Jim Quillen, AZ586 - a runaway, problem child and petty thief - was jailed several times before his twentieth birthday. In August 1942, after escaping...
The Nightingale Christmas Show
(Nightingales 9)
Language: English
Release Date: November 16, 2017
THE BRAND NEW NIGHTINGALES NOVEL
BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR DONNA DOUGLAS
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It's Christmas, 1945. The war is over, but its scars remain.
Matron Kathleen Fox has the job of putting the Nightingale Hospital back together. But memories and ghosts of those lost fill the bomb-damaged...
A Nightingale Christmas Carol
(Nightingales 8)
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2016
All that Dora Riley wants is her husband home safe for Christmas…
The Nightingale Hospital, London, 1944: With her husband Nick away fighting, Dora struggles to keep the home fires burning and is put in charge of a ward full of German prisoners of war. Can she find it in her heart to care...
by Andrew Crofts, Tom Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2010
At just six years old Tom Wilson fell prey to a predator of the worst sort. David Murphy was supposed to be his carer, instead he lifted his victims from their beds in the dead of night, and Tom was powerless to stop it.
Tom endured years of horrific abuse which led to years of silence and...
The Ten Types of Human
A New Understanding of Who We Are, and Who We Can Be
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
‘This book is the one. Think Sapiens and triple it.’ – Julia Hobsbawm, author of Fully Connected
We all have ten types of human in our head.
They’re the people we become when we face life’s most difficult decisions. We want to believe there are things we would always do –...
Midlife
Look Younger, Live Longer, Feel Better
Language: English
Release Date: December 29, 2016
Midlife is a turning point.
It is a time to take stock – to think about where you are and where you want to be.
But everyday life can be distracting. Family, work, and everything in between, can get in the way of your goals and objectives. And without knowing it, by the time you reach...
by Lisa Lynch
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2015
Updated with new material, The C Word is the incredibly moving, darkly humorous account of one woman's fight against breast cancer. Now a BBC Drama starring Sheridan Smith.
The last thing Lisa Lynch had expected to put on her 'things to do before you're 30' list was beating breast cancer, but...
by James Cracknell, Beverley Turner
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: October 25, 2012
Double Olympic gold-medal winner, James Cracknell. His story before and after his life-changing accident.
In October 2011 James Cracknell, two-time Olympic gold-medal rower and one of the greatest endurance athletes the world has ever known, suffered a seizure at home as his young son looked...
A Green and Pleasant Land
How England’s Gardeners Fought the Second World War
Language: English
Release Date: March 7, 2013
SHORTLISTED FOR INSPIRATIONAL BOOK OF THE YEAR AT THE 2014 GARDEN MEDIA GUILD AWARDS.
The wonderfully evocative story of how Britain’s World War Two gardeners – with great ingenuity, invincible good humour and extraordinary fortitude – dug for victory on home turf.
A G**reen and...
Grandma's Remedies
A Guide to Traditional Cures and Treatments from Mustard Poultices to Rosehip Syrup
Language: English
Release Date: November 10, 2009
Long before modern medicines became so widely available, families treated everyday illnesses with home-made remedies. Reused and refined year after year, they were handed down through the generations then lovingly copied into personal 'receipt' books. Grandma's Remedies brings together a beguiling...
Green Men & White Swans
The Folklore of British Pub Names
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2010
Why do British pubs have such curious names? What tales lie behind the Moonrakers, the Hooden Horse, the Derby Tup? And why does the Green Man come in different shapes and sizes?
In Green Men & White Swans, leading folklorist Jacqueline Simpson explores the fascinating stories behind pub...
by Tom Harper
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 13, 2010
In a snowbound village in the German mountains, a young woman discovers an extraordinary secret. Before she can reveal it, she disappears. All that survives is a picture of a mysterious medieval playing card that has perplexed scholars for centuries.
Nick Ash does research for the FBI in New...
by Tom Harper
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 15, 2011
In a villa on the coast of Montenegro, Abby Cormac witnesses the brutal murder of her lover, diplomat Michael Lascaris. The last thing she remembers is a gun pointed directly at her. She wakes to find herself at the centre of a diplomatic nightmare. Everyone wants an answer but no one wants to listen....