Bloomsbury Publishing: 14712 books
The Queen's Embroiderer
A True Story of Paris, Lovers, Swindlers, and the First Stock Market Crisis
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2018
From the author of How Paris Became Paris, a sweeping history of high finance, the origins of high fashion, and a pair of star-crossed lovers in 18th-century France.
Paris, 1719. The stock market is surging and the world's first millionaires are buying everything in sight. Against this backdrop,...
A Slow Passion
Snails, My Garden and Me
Language: English
Release Date: March 14, 2013
When BBC Radio 4's Material World programmeannounced a search for the UK's top amateur scientist, little did anyone expect that the winning experiment would comprise one of our humblest garden pests. Ruth Brooks posed this question: Do snails have a homing instinct? The nation was gripped by the unexpected...
by Susannah Clapp
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: February 2, 2012
Angela Carter was one of the most vivid voices of the twentieth century. When she died in 1992 at the age of fifty-one, she had published fifteen books of fiction and essays; outrage at her omission from any Booker Prize shortlists led to the foundation of the Orange Prize.
Angela Carter sent...
Packing UP
Further Adventures of a Trailing Spouse
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2014
Brigid Keenan was a successful young London fashion journalist when she fell in love with a diplomat and left behind the gilt chairs of the Paris salons for a large chicken shed in Nepal. Her bestselling account of life as a 'trailing spouse', Diplomatic Baggage, won the hearts of thousands in countries...
The Manager
Inside the Minds of Football's Leaders
Language: English
Release Date: August 29, 2013
From the post room to the board room, everyone thinks they can be the manager. But how do you manage outrageous talent? What do you do to inspire loyalty from your players? How do you turn around a team in crisis? What's the best way to build long-term success? How can you lead calmly under pressure?...
by Tim Krabbé
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 16, 2018
The instant cult classic about biking, road racing, and the bicyclists who love their sport.
Originally published in Holland in 1978, The Rider went on to sell more than 100,000 copies. Brilliantly conceived and written at a break-neck pace, it is a loving, imaginative, and, above all, passionate...
Foul Play
The Dark Arts of Cheating in Sport
Language: English
Release Date: July 18, 2013
Foul Play dissects the age-old subject of cheating in all its absurdity. From plain old doping to claiming a marathon victory despite having driven the middle section of the race, from match-fixing to diving for a penalty - cheating in sport is as old as sport itself.
There are plenty of well-known...
by Anthony Bourdain
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: December 10, 2008
Chef, author, and raconteur Anthony Bourdain is best known for traveling the globe on his TV show Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown. Somewhat notoriously, he has established himself as a professional gadfly, bête noir, advocate, social critic, and pork enthusiast, recognized for his caustic sense of...
Bookie Gambler Fixer Spy
A Journey to the Heart of Cricket's Underworld
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
A startling and powerful journey to the very core of India's illegal bookmaking industry that exposes the scale of corruption and the match-fixing that now runs rife throughout world cricket.
For several years Ed Hawkins made friends with India's illegal bookmakers - men who boast turnover...
The Shorter Wisden 2012
The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2012
The Shorter Wisden is a compelling distillation of what's best in its bigger brother. Available from all major eBook retailers, Wisden's digital version includes the influential Notes by the Editor, all the front-of-book articles, reviews, obituaries and all England's Tests from the 2011 season.
The Shorter Wisden 2013
The Best Writing from Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 19, 2013
The Shorter Wisden is a compelling distillation of what's best in its bigger brother. Available from all major eBook retailers, Wisden's digital version includes the influential Notes by the Editor, all the front-of-book articles, reviews, obituaries and all England's Tests from the 2012 season.
by David Kynaston
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 18, 2011
On a hot morning in July 1898, the sporting world gathered at Lord's to celebrate the fiftieth birthday of WG Grace, the greatest cricketer the game has ever seen. Grace was cheered onto the field by a packed crowd as he captained the Gentlemen, the privileged old guard of the Establishment. Their...
The Authors XI
A Season of English Cricket from Hackney to Hambledon
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Cricket has perhaps held more writers in its thrall than any other sport: many excellent books have been written about it, and many great authors have played it. The Authors Cricket Club used to play regularly against teams made up of Publishers and Actors. They last played in 1912, and include among...
The Pacific Crossing Guide
RCC Pilotage Foundation with Ocean Cruising Club
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2013
The Pacific Crossing Guide is a complete reference for anyone contemplating sailing the Pacific in their own boat. From ideal timing, suitable boats, routes, methods of communication and provisioning to seasonal weather, departure and arrival ports, facilities, likely costs and dangers, the comprehensiveness...