In Berlin Now, and on the 25th Anniversary of the fall of the Wall, a legendary Berliner tells the inside story of the city.…

Deep South of America is a place of contradictions. There is the warm, open spirit of the soul food cafes, found in every…

In the 1970s the author travelled to Africa, visiting Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia for several months. This title describes…

Charting the rugged and uneven terrain of a writer's formative years - from tax problems to probation to American tours,…

Records the author's visits to the Aran Islands in 1898-1901, when he was gathering the folklore and anecdotes out of which…

A fascinating picture of the American frontier emerges from Twain's fictionalized recollections of his experiences…

The real revolution in the arts first took place not, as is commonly supposed, in the 1920s to the accompaniment of the…

Presents an exploration of how 21st Century is going to change not just the way we think, but also what we actually think…

Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president, Ulysses S Grant wrote his…

Decodes the things around us: their hidden meanings, our relationship with them, how they shape our lives and why we desire…

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Growing up in a mining community in rural South Wales, Huw Morgan is taught many harsh lessons. Looking back, where…

The author, who established himself as Ireland's most brilliant living non-fiction writer with the two-volume Stones of…

Tells the story of a childhood dominated by her stepfather, Efimov, a failed musician who believes he is a neglected genius.…

Introduced and selected by the poet-presenter Owen Sheers, "A Poet's Guide to Britain" is a major poetry anthology in its…

India is the biggest democracy on earth, a country of dynamic change, huge divisions and countless identities. Is there any…

William Cobbett provides evocative descriptions of the 19th century southern English countryside, his encounters with…

Includes supernatural tales and legends: from a ghostly army marching across Cumbria to the vanishing hitchhiker of Bluebell…

Tells the story of the summer author spent caddying for Scottish golfer Ross Drummond, ranked over 400 in the world, on the…

Roger McGough is one of Britain's best loved poets and this collection charts his passage from youthful exuberance to the…

Ilya Ilyich Oblomov is a member of Russia's dying aristocracy a man so lazy that he has given up his job in the Civil…

A chronicle of one of London's most remarkable streets, Brick Lane. It attempts to bring to life the memories and realities…

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Growing up in South Wales, Rob Brydon had a passion for radio and soon the Welsh airwaves resounded to his hearty burr.…

Moves into wilder territory: the fjords, cliffs, hills and islands of north-west Connemara, a place that Wittgenstein, who…

Captures the foibles and fancies of the English upper class. Set in the privileged world of the county house party and the…

One of Spain's greatest and most well-loved poets, Lorca is admired for the emotional intensity and dark brilliance of his…

Life for the Gervase Phinn is about to become not unlike the rambling hills of the Dales themselves - up and down and all…

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Presents an account of the author's Irish rural upbringing that describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge of…

Following the death of her husband Sir Florian, beautiful Lizzie Eustace mysteriously comes into possession of a hugely…

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At the Diamond County Home for the Aged, the inmates prepare for the annual ritual of the Poorhouse Fair. The elderly…

From 1970, things were changing in Ireland - the Celtic Tiger had finally woken, and the rules for everything from gender…

Spain, 1936 and the brink of civil war. Young, poor Sira Quiroga is swept up in a whirlwind romance with her wily love…

Tells the story of solitary young farmer, Sam Marsdyke, and his extraordinary battle with the world. Expelled from school…

Provides an entertaining blueprint to all the elements of characterization - from initial inspiration to realization - with…

Based on a study in Russian and many other foreign archives, this title explains why this suicidal decision was made and…

Offers a portrait of modern Scotland as seen through the eyes of natives and immigrants, journalists and politicians,…

Two cousins grow up in the 1860s on a lonely farm in the thirsty mountain veld. Em is fat, sweet and contented, a born…

A eulogy to Italy as the temperate land of perpetual spring, and a celebration of the values of rustic piety, The Georgics…

This book covers Britain in the early eighteenth century. It provides an introduction that is both informative and…

Author Padraig O'Malley is the subject of the new acclaimed documentary The Peacemaker."Impressive . . . O'Malley] has done…

Describes the earliest years of human colonization of the American continent and environs with the Siberian migrations…

Istanbul's history has managed to retain its own identity. This book captures the flavour of daily life as well as court…