This title is about the real America: a nation more misunderstood than any other on Earth. It is a counter-blast to the lazy anti-Americanism that infects European thinking, an effort to answer the si
In 2008, unfashionable Stoke City managed to grind their way into the Promised Land of the Premiership. This book chronicles the blood, sweat and tears of an unlikely season when the Potters were resc
Harry Mount''s account of his hellish years as a "pupil"?a trainee barrister in The Temple?has all the horror of a Dickensian tragedy and all the charm of Bridget Jones'' Diaries. An expose of what go
It often takes a crisis to see what a life’s shape has been, to learn what really matters. For Peter J. Conradi, acclaimed biographer of Iris Murdoch, the moment came in 1982. This is his account of t
This book marks the launch of We Are What We Do, a national movement that aims to inspire people to use everyday actions to change the world. It has illustrations of 50 simple everyday actions present
Celebrates the absurd language of Office English, or Offlish - workplace slang, common jargon, bogus phrases and the myriad ridiculous idioms that we use to impress and confuse our colleagues and to c
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart is among the most significant and enduringly popular composers of European classical music. His enormous output includes works that are widely acknowledged as pinnacles of symp
From the Mongol Invasion of Persia, through the Siege of Leningrad, to the Rwandan Genocide of 1994, in this brilliantly vivid, entertaining book, Derek Wilson picks the ten very worst years in world
When Barack Obama made his first presidential visit to London, his briefing began thus: England is a place slightly smaller than Oregan". So much for the ''Special Relationship''. Notes on Them & Us
Moving between the postwar years and the present day, We All Ran into the Sunlight is a heartbreaking story of love, misplaced desire and the damage done when the truth is withheld.
The Harlot''s Press is a gripping historical drama, in which St James''s and Cheapside, royalty and the rabble become thrillingly entangled as Nell fights for survival.
Andrea Gillies'' brilliantly cogent investigations into the way Alzheimer''s works are interwoven with her mother-in-law''s unravelling grasp on reality.
Offers answers to your questions as a concerned parent - with tips and advice about things from choosing and getting your child into a good primary school, through to how to keep your teenagers motiva
This manual is here to help those of us experiencing ''midlife'', showing us how to get the meagre most out of these years and making us feel less alone. It will make you laugh. It may at times even b
Francis Gilbert candidly describes the roller coaster ride in which he was trained to be a teacher, his terrifying first lesson and his even more frightening experiences in his first job at Truss comp
When Emily Davison heard about the Suffragettes she couldn''t wait to get involved and soon became so enthusiastic that even her fellow-suffragettes grew worried. Her every action was wilder and more
