Guardian Books: 78 books

If youre interested in publishing your own book, then this Guardian Short is for you.In a short, direct manner, it will introduce you to all the major questions you will face, including: What do you need to know about editing? Should you print copies of your book or go ebook only? How do you price your...

Reported over the decades by the Guardian's finest journalists, this is the modern story of America's national debt.

It's not something that happens very often any more. A new drama begins on a digital channel with very little hype, turns out to be brilliant, and quickly becomes a phenomenon. But such was the success of Forbrydelsen, or The Killing. This is the best of the Guardian's wildly popular blog from series 1 and 2, with additional articles by the Guardian's finest TV critics and journalists.

This charming guide gathers together writings on all aspects of British gardening, from the nineteenth century plant hunters such as 'China' Wilson and the Veitches, who brought seeds and specimens from every corner of the world, to the designers such as Capability Brown and Gertrude Jekyll, who set...

When hundreds gathered in 1970 for the UK's first women's liberation conference, a movement that had been gathering strength for years burst into a frenzy of radical action that was to transform the way we think, act and live. In the 40 years since then, the feminist movement has won triumphs and endured...

In the brutal hours before and after Gaddafis overthrow and throughout the revolutionary aftermath of the past year, Luke Harding and Martin Chulov have reported for the Guardian from inside Libya. In this Guardian Short, brand-new reportage gives in vivid, personal detail, an eyewitness account of...

How do you choose your favourite album? It seems that the answer is: you don't, they choose you.Some of the Guardian's most respected writers explain how they came to discover and love their favourite albums. From Jon Wilde's moving piece on Louis Armstrong's Hot Five and Hot Seven, to Laura Barton's...

On 8 May 1956, the Guardian described Manchester City's homecoming after a Wembley final full of drama. As the Cup, dressed in the City's colours, and held aloft by Roy Paul, the captain, came into view, a deafening crescendo of rattles, bells, even a trumpet (blown by a lusty ten-year-old) rose...

Based on original reports from the Guardian and Observer archives from the last 130 years, this unique collection revisits 20 of the club's defining matches in the words of contemporary writers, from the 1930 Zeppelin Cup final to Wenger's Invincibles and beyond. This is the Arsenal story.

From small beginnings to doping scandals: a history of the Tour de France as reported by the Guardian and Observer.Having started in 1903 as a publicity stunt for an ailing French newspaper, the Tour de France is now the world's greatest sporting spectacle. Back then, cyclists raced alone through the...

The Olympics and politics have never been far apart from one another. At the very first edition of the modern games, held in Athens in 1896, there was a protest at the exclusion of women from competition; during the Cold War era, every contest between the USA and the USSR was a metaphor for the geopolitical...

The Guardian and Observer newspapers have covered jazz in all its shapes and forms for almost a century. Jazz: From New Orleans to the new generation is a collection of reviews and profiles that charts the development of the music from its first appearance in London in 1917 right through to latter day...

This ebook collection charts how the Guardian and Observer have covered Doctor Who, Britain's most popular Saturday tea-time drama, since it was revived by the BBC in 2005.Who's Who? The Resurrection of the Doctor features interviews with the three men to tackle the leading role - Christopher Eccleston,...

Memory is an astounding psychological trick. Not only are we capable of recalling facts, we are able mentally to transport ourselves to a different place in time, conjuring an image of the past in an instant. For this ebook, we have assembled a cast of experts to explore the power of memory. We ask how...