• Rok vydání 1759

Although 1759 is not a date as well known in British history as 1215, 1588, or 1688, there is a strong case to be made that…

Over 50 recipes from London's legendary Mac N Cheese truck. This book is full of pimped up mac 'n' cheese recipes, things to…

A book that tells the story of London since the thirties through the 28 streets, stations and utililties of the Monopoly…

The first Tour de France in 1903 was a colourful affair full of adventure, mishaps and audacious attempts at cheating. Peter…

A captivating, life-affirming memoir of a life in nature that celebrates finding wonder in our world.…

• Rok vydání 1983

In 1983, Ma Jian turned 30 and was overwhelmed by the desire to escape the confines of his life in Beijing. With his long…

Henry Howard, Earl of Surrey was one of the most flamboyant and controversial characters of Henry VIII's reign.…

• Rok vydání 2001

'After Mark Cocker's glorious book, you will never look at a blackberry bush the same way again.' Philip Hoare, New…

• Rok vydání 1941

In the summer of 1941 as the Germans invade Russia, Soviet Army's newspaper reporter Vasily Grossman is swept up into the…

Using the brilliantly preserved fossil fauna of the Burgess Shale as his case study, Gould argues that chance was in fact…

• Rok vydání 2007

Every inch of Grayson's childhood bedroom was covered with pictures of aeroplanes, and every surface with models. But as…

• Rok vydání 2001

Thomas McGuane's obsession with fish has taken him from the river in his backyard to the holiest waters of the fly-fisher's…

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A wooden box holds the buttons of three generations of women in Lynn Knight's family - each one with its own tale to tell...…

• Rok vydání 2011

Scotland - winner-takes-all for the Five Nations Grand Slam, the biggest prize in northern hemisphere rugby. Scotland are…

• Rok vydání 2016

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY RICHARD FLANAGANIn this fascinating journey Claudio Magris, whose knowledge is encyclopaedic and…

• Rok vydání 2018

A Times History Book of the Year The voyage of the Mayflower is one of the seminal events in world history. Yet, fifty years…

One night Mark Cocker followed the roiling, deafening flock of rooks and jackdaws which regularly passed over his Norfolk…

It is an epic tale full of the romance and legend of feudal life, the glamour and licence of the international political…

• Rok vydání 1895

In 1895 twenty-six-year-old Bridget Cleary disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary. Her husband, father, aunt and four…

TOP TEN BESTSELLERMount Kailas is the most sacred of the world's mountains - holy to one fifth of humanity. Having recently…

• Rok vydání 2014

The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France.…

Over seventeen years and nine collections, John Burnside has built - in the words of Bernard O'Donoghue - 'a poetic corpus…

• Rok vydání 2015

lanterne rouge: French / noun1. The competitor who finishes last in the Tour de FranceIf you complete a bike race of over…

• Rok vydání 2020

WINNER OF THE 2020 TELEGRAPH SPORTS BOOK AWARDS BIOGRAPHY OF THE YEAR Czechoslovakia, October 1937. Vast crowds have…

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As he portrays the Comanche lifestyle, Fehrenbach re-creates their doomed battle against European encroachment. While they…

In late June 1942, the dispirited and defeated British Eighth Army was pouring back towards the tiny railway halt of El…

• Rok vydání 2017

Selected as a Book of the Year 2017 in The Times'There is no doubt that Moss's book, with its charming cover and quaint…

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• Rok vydání 2023

The staggering story of an unlikely band of mothers in the 1970s who discovered Hooker Chemical''s deadly secret of Love…

• Rok vydání 2010

Despite the horrors that Scott and his men eventually faced, Cherry-Garrard's account is filled with details of scientific…

A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERA concise, sharp-witted and illuminating account of the lives of Britain's prime ministers from…

• Rok vydání 2019

The story of Tommy Nutter is the story of a man who climbs up from nothing to reshape the silhouette of British fashion. It…

Granite, a tough composite of quartz, feldspar and mica, is the stuff of Dartmoor, the most formidable of the five granite…

In 1938 Graham Greene was commissioned to visit Mexico to discover the state of the country and its people in the aftermath…

Whether in the world's most outlandish and awe-inspiring places or just at the end of your road, fishing will introduce you…

Set in the 1920s, this marvellously sensitive autobiography recreates the varied community of Nairn, with its fishermen and…

In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli -…

• Rok vydání 2008

A Russian Diary is the book that Anna Politkovskaya had recently completed when she was murdered in a contract killing in…

In an extraordinary portrayal of one of the world's fastest growing cities, Sam Miller sets out to discover the real Delhi.…

Alan Root is one of the great wildlife pioneers. In this extraordinary memoir we look at Africa's wonders through the eyes…

• Rok vydání 2016

Drawing on the couple's love letters and Mary Anne's own formidable archives, Daisy Hay reveals the heady mix of romance and…

Greta Garbo's enduring legend derives from her incandescent performances as a woman in love in such classics as Camille,…

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• Rok vydání 2009

Everyone knows that antidepressant drugs are miracles of modern medicine. But, as he discovered during his research, there…

On the night of 13 and 14 February 1945 the RAF bombed the city of Dresden, causing devastating fires which obliterated the…

With the help of previously unpublished material from the Chatsworth archives, The Devonshires reveals how the dynasty made…

Marcus Aurelius is the one great figure of antiquity who still speaks to us today, nearly 2,000 years after his death.…

THE FOOD OF ITALY was written after Claudia Roden spent a year in Italy researching the subject. Regional recipes, country…