In Mars By 1980, David Stubbs charts the evolution of electronic music from the earliest mechanical experiments in the late…

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The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. By looking again at the…

In 1845 Captain Sir John Franklin led a large, well equipped expedition to complete the conquest of the Canadian Arctic. Yet…

\nThis is an intimate account of the rise, fall and rise again in show business of Hollywood giant and legendary \'bad boy\'…

In a wonderfully evocative collection of her travel writing and reportage from over five decades, Jan Morris - a constant…

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A thrilling collection of true stories, from an award-winning author and journalist, learn about wartime heroes smuggled…

In the summer of 1936, W H Auden and Louis MacNeice visited Iceland on commission to write a travel book, but found…

\nThe collected letters of John McGahern, \'one of the greatest writers of our era\' (Hilary Mantel) and \'the most…

Every cliff, inlet and headland reveals layers of myth and historical memory, and Robinson makes beautifully crafted…

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\nThe new collection from a Granta Best Young Novelist 2023 - five achingly tender, innovative and dazzling stories of…

\nThe debut novel from the bestselling and award-winning comedian, writer and actor Sara Pascoe. Weirdo follows Sophie;…

Henrietta Lovell is best known as 'The Rare Tea Lady'. She is on a mission to revolutionise the way we drink tea by…

\nA stunning social history of British rap and grime by one of the nation\'s foremost cultural chroniclers. \'A stunning…

\nA history of the great British comedy tradition of the twentieth century to the present day.\n…

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Paris, the City of Light, the city of fine dining, seductive couture and intellectual hauteur, was until fairly recently…

\nThe latest from the writer of Apple Tree Yard, and Number One Sunday Times Bestseller Louise Doughty\n…

\nA unique, life-affirming memoir about the author\'s friendship with two men living in Regent\'s Park\n…

\nFrom the \'Winner of Winners\' of the Baillie Gifford Prize, a timely and dramatic story of a utopian American experiment,…

\n\'An absorbing and eye-opening account of what the Plantagenets did for us.\' - HELEN CASTOR\'Burt and Partington show…

\nThe moving story of Rachmaninoff\'s years in exile and the composition of his last great work, against a cataclysmic…

Benjamin Ingham, possibly the greatest tycoon England has ever known, was attracted to Sicily from his humble beginnings in…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nThis volume completes the publication of this series of notebooks, the plays in question being Play, Come and Go, Eh Joe,…