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Shakespeare and his Contemporaries by Charles Nicholl William Shakespeare and his contemporaries helped create not only a new kind of theatre but a...

The Quiet Masterpiece of American Literature William Stoner is an unassuming, intensely private man born into a struggling farm family in rural Mis...

Updated and expanded edition of the fullest ever collective investigation into Jack the Ripper and the Whitechapel Murders.This volume collects not...

Explore Frank Walter’s relationship to Antigua through a range of works and writings that express his intimate connection to Caribbean nature, land...

Jenny Uglow narrates the story of Walter Crane, an intriguing and most prolific figure not only in illustration, but in political culture more broa...

June, 1348: the Black Death enters England through the port of Melcombe in the county of Dorsetshire. Unprepared for the virulence of the disease, ...

The definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein from the author of The Innovators , Steve Jobs  and Benjamin Frankli...

In this gripping novel, Melvyn Bragg brings an extraordinary episode in English history to fresh, urgent life. At the end of May 1381, the fourtee...

Review John Higgs's book lets in a glittering stream of revelatory light . . . [he] has us wrestling with flow states and default mode networks, N...

Perfect for Rankin fans: Finished the novels and just want more? Dive inside Edinburgh as only John Rebus knows it. Packed with detail: Every sing...

Product Description The story of Jeremy Thorpe's rapid rise and spectacular fall from grace is one of the most remarkable in British politics...

Based on more than forty interviews with Steve Jobs conducted over two years - as well as interviews with more than a hundred family members, frien...

A deadly plague is spreading across the land... __________________ As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course a...

Expeditions and Endeavours is illustrated with over 100 paintings and drawings created on some of the most significant voyages of natural history d...

Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book is the first to...

A deadly plague is spreading across the land... As the year 1349 approaches, the Black Death continues its devastating course across England. In Do...

A deadly plague is spreading across the land... England, 1348: as the Black Death spreads through the country, people start to die by the thousand...

John Vandeleur s letters home to his parents are a lively and engaging account of active service during the Napoleonic Wars, recounting everythi...

A BRAND NEW KING OLIVER NOVEL FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF DOWN THE RIVER UNTO THE SEA Joe King Oliver is entangled in a dangerous case when h...

For more than 80 years H. P. Lovecraft has inspired writers of horror and supernatural fiction with his dark vision of humankind's insignificant pl...

Review Bloch's candour made it impossible to publish the book until now. It has been well worth the wait. For those too young to remember Thorpe, ...

Product Description For more than half a century, Betjeman's writings have awakened readers to the intimacy of English places - from the smell of...

About the Author Sylvia Plath (1932-63) was born in Boston, Massachusetts, and studied at Smith College. In 1955 she went to Cambridge University ...