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For Your Eyes Only
Ian Fleming and James Bond
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
'I am going to write the spy story to end all spy stories'
One morning in February 1952, a journalist called Ian Fleming sat down at his desk and set about creating a fictional secret agent. James Bond was born and would go on to become one of the most successful, enduring and lucrative creations...
Rise Up Women!
The Remarkable Lives of the Suffragettes
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2018
Marking the centenary of female suffrage, this definitive history charts women's fight for the vote through the lives of those who took part, in a timely celebration of an extraordinary struggle
An Observer Pick of 2018
A Telegraph Book of 2018
A New Statesman Book of 2018
Between the...
by Paul Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
There is nothing quite like the smell of a scrumptious steak and ale pie cooking in the oven. There perhaps isn't anything better than the first taste of a caramel and coffee éclair. From Britain's favourite expert baker comes a mouth-watering new book about two of our nation's obsessions: pies and...
by Paul Hollywood
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 19, 2012
At last, the star of BBC2's The Great British Bake Off reveals all the secrets of his craft in How to Bake. The son of a baker, Paul Hollywood is passionate about busting the myths that surround baking, sharing his finely honed skills, and showing that with the right guidance, anybody can achieve...
The House of Islam
A Global History
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2018
A fascinating and revelatory exploration of the intricacies of Islam and the inner psyche of the Muslim world from the bestselling author of The Islamist
'Islam began as a stranger,' said the Prophet Mohammed, 'and one day, it will again return to being a stranger.'
The gulf between...
The Naked Shore
Of the North Sea
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2016
Saturnine and quick-tempered, the formidable North Sea is often overlooked – even by those living within a stone's throw of its steel-grey waters. But as playground, theatre of war and cultural crossing-point, it has shaped the world in myriad ways, forged villains and heroes, and determined the...
Meeting the Enemy
The Human Face of the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: August 15, 2013
A British soldier walked over to the German front line to deliver newspapers; British women married to Germans became 'enemy aliens' in their own country; a high-ranking British POW discussed his own troops' heroism with the Kaiser on the battlefield. Just three amazing stories of contact between...
by Prof. Stephen Matterson
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 31, 2014
Melville: Fashioning in Modernity considers all of the major fiction with a concentration on lesser-known work, and provides a radically fresh approach to Melville, focusing on: clothing as socially symbolic; dress, power and class; the transgressive nature of dress; inappropriate clothing; the meaning...
Writing for TV and Radio
A Writers' and Artists' Companion
Language: English
Release Date: November 19, 2015
This essential companion offers invaluable insights and solid, practical guidance to those keen to write for TV and radio.
PART 1 explores the nature of the media. It looks at the history of writing drama and comedy for radio and TV through a consideration of its key elements and some of the...
The Jane Austen Writers' Club
Inspiration and Advice from the World’s Best-loved Novelist
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2016
A spirited and useful guide for writers with tips and tricks from Jane Austen, whose novels stand the test of time, by her great great great great grand niece.
Pretty much anything anyone needs to know about writing can be learned from Jane Austen. While creative writing manuals tend to use...
by Katherine Swift
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
One of the most admired gardening writers of her generation, Katherine Swift returns to describe a year in the life of her garden she created over twenty years in the grounds of the Dower House at Morville, Shropshire, meditating on everything from the terrain and its history, to the plants and trees,...
Towards the Light
The Story of the Struggles for Liberty and Rights that Made the Modern West
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2011
The often-violent conflicts of the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries were sparked by the pursuit of freedom of thought. In time, this drive led to bitter fighting, including the English Civil War. Then came revolutions in America and France that swept away monarchies for more representative forms...
Women of the World
The Rise of the Female Diplomat
Language: English
Release Date: May 22, 2014
Throughout the twentieth century and long before, hundreds of determined British women defied the social conventions of their day in order to seek adventure and influence on the world stage. Some became travellers and explorers; others business-owners or buyers; others still devoted their lives to...
Napoleon
Passion, Death and Resurrection 1815–1840
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2018
'Vibrant and illuminating ... [Dywer] tells a fascinating tale' The Times
This meticulously researched study opens with Napoleon no longer in power, but instead a prisoner on the island of St Helena. This may have been a great fall from power, but Napoleon still held immense attraction. Every...