Children of the Sun is a story of brilliant and later famous young people who deliberately chose decadence as an alternative lifestyle. The setting is...View more

This is the story of innocence betrayed, of passion and curiosity about the world of machines turned nightmarish and punished by the cruelty of which...View more

Sayo Masuda's story is an extraordinary portrait of rural life in japan and an illuminating contrast to the fictionalised lives of glamorous geishas. At the age...View more

Though they have the vote and the Pill and haven't been burned as witches since 1727, life isn't exactly a stroll down the catwalk for...View more

The emergence of modern physics in the first three decades of the 20th century was accompanied by a loss of determinism. That loss is embodied...View more

Described as 'Britain's most famous and controversial art critic' by the Guardian, Brian Sewell has never shied from controversy. Outsider - spanning through his relationship...View more

In the century and a half since Audubon's death, his name has become synonymous with wildlife conservation and natural history. But few people know what...View more

I come from a country that was created at midnight. When I almost died it was just after midday. When the Taliban took control of the...View more

220 PAGE BOOK WHICH HIGHLIGHTS DAY TRIPS OUT OF THE MAJOR CITIES OF VIRGINIA PLUS TRIPS IN THE SHENANDOAH VALLEY. A FEW BLACK AND WHITE...View more

This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them....View more

In one of his most ambitious physical efforts to date, Dean Karnazes attempted to run 50 marathons, in 50 states, in 50 days to raise...View more

William Wordsworth (1771-1850) is the foremost of the English Romantic poets. He was much influenced by the events of the French Revolution in his youth,...View more