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New York, London, Milan and Tokyo may be some of the most fashionable cities in the world, but one country seems to have won the award of the most ...

Warning: this book will destruct! Packed full of fun and exciting projects which use its pages in different ways, this book will have you tearing, ...

Medieval discourses of masculinity and male sexuality were closely linked to the idea and representation of work as a male responsibility. Isabel D...

Product Description The first woman to fly solo across the Atlantic Ocean, Amelia Earhart was a superstar of aviation in the 1920s and 1930s a...

Review A beautiful and darkly funny book of linked stories covering two decades in the lives of a group of people on the island of Guernsey. Their...

Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy is a poignant exploration of a young woman's struggle against societal expectations and personal misfortu...

Sexual hunger; demonic violence; sinister logic - the lethal components of a deadly formula driving a psychopath in the grip of an unimagin-able de...

Far from the Madding Crowd by Thomas Hardy is a timeless tale set in the pastoral landscape of rural England. The narrative follows Bathsheba Everd...

From the ancient world to the modern day, find out all about fashion with this beautiful and unique display timeline. Featuring 20 of the mos...

Product Description Most famous as the painter who created the Mona Lisa, Leonardo da Vinci is also one of history’s greatest geniuses – he was a ...

Ireland played the central role in maintaining European culture when the dark ages settled on Europe in the fifth century: as Rome was sacked by Vi...

The Big Chapel was shortlisted for the 1971 Booker Prize and winner of 1971 the Guardian Fiction Prize. It is a novel about a man, a family and a t...

It is life's great aim. To find a way to be honest with oneself, even as the world pretends around you. Dashing soldier Anastasius Linck has no in...

A young video shop assistant exchanges the home comforts of one mother-figure for a fleeting encounter with another; a brother and sister find them...

"The incredible story of how a house was witness to German history" Telegraph "A touching picturebook which shows children that large events can h...

Review Welcome back to the wholesome world of Isabel Dalhousie. McCall Smith lifts the spirits with his delightful latest offering. The tale o...

When Thomas Harding discovered that his family had profited from slavery, he set out to interrogate the choices of his ancestors and Britain's role...

Otherlands is an epic, exhilarating journey into deep time, showing us the Earth as it used to exist and the spectacular worlds that were here befo...