| Author: | Dee Dee Chainey |
| Category: |
Nerd/Geek/Super Cool |
Did you know, in Cumbria it was believed a person lying on a pillow stuffed with pigeon's feathers could not die? Or that green is an unlucky colour for wedding dresses? In Scotland it was thought you could ward off fairies b... read more
| Author: | Edith Eger |
| Category: |
Mind/Body/Spirit |
THE AWARDWINNING INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER 'Little dancer', Mengele says, 'dance for me' 'One of those rare and eternal stories you don't want to end and that leave you forever changed' Desmond Tutu In 1944, sixteen-year-old ballerina Edith Eger was sent to Auschwitz. Separat... read more
| Author: | Peter Moore |
| Category: |
History |
The Enlightenment was an age of endeavours. From Johnson's Dictionaryto campaigns for liberty to schemes for measuring the dimensions of the solar system, Britain was consumed by the impulse for grand projects, undertaken at speed. ... read more
| Author: | Michael Pollan |
| Category: |
Science |
The No.1 New York Times Bestseller 'Gripping and surprising ... Pollan makes losing your mind sound like the sanest thing a person could do' The New York Times Book Review Could psychedelic drugs change our worldview? One of America's most ... read more
| Author: | DK |
| Category: |
Military |
From the fury of the Punic Wars to the icy waters of Dunkirk, relive 5,000 years of world-changing combat with this guide to the most famous battles in history, including a foreword from TV presenter and historian Tony Robinson. This military history book takes you on... read more
| Author: | T. HANSON |
| Category: |
Gardening |
In Buzz, the award-winning author of Feathers and The Triumph of Seeds takes us on a journey that begins 125 million years ago, when a wasp first dared to feed pollen to its young.From honeybees and bumbles to lesser-known diggers, mi... read more
| Author: | Davey Hughes |
| Category: |
NZ |
As a kid in Wainuiomata he spent the weekends in the hills going after pigs and possums. Now he's hunted Caribou in the Arctic circle, grizzlies in Alaska and buffalo in Tan... read more
| Author: | Sujatha Gidla |
| Category: |
Biography |
A moving portrait of love, hardship, and struggle, this is the stunning true story of an untouchable family who become teachers, and one, a poet and revolutionary.
| Author: | Amy Feldman |
| Category: |
Animals |
From Sir Winston Churchill to Ellen Terry; Beatrix Potter to Vita Sackville-West: many of the National Trust's former residents were cat-lovers. Cats of the National Trust explores these feline fanatics and the animals (or animal objects) with which they filled their home... read more
| Author: | Lonely Planet Food Staff |
| Category: |
Travel |
| Series: | Lonely Planet Ser. |
The world's top 500 food experiences, ranked! We asked the planet's top chefs, food writers and our food-obsessed authors to name their favourite, most authentic gastronomic encounters - and this is the result!
Ultimate Eatlistis the follow-up to our bes... read more
| Author: | Kirstie Anderson |
| Category: |
Health |
| Series: | How To Beat |
Accessible and trustworthy support for sufferers of insomnia and other sleep difficulties.Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT), initiated in 2008, has made psychological therapy more acces... read more
| Author: | Peter Bills |
| Category: |
Sport |
The All Blacks are the greatest sports team on the planet. With a better winning record than any other sports team in history, they stand head and shoulders above their nearest rugby rivals, and go to the 2019 World Cup as back-to-... read more
