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Jeremy Paxman’s magnificent history of the First World War tells the entire story of the war in one gripping narrative from the point of view of the British people.‘If there is one new history of the war that you might actually enjoy this is very likely it’ The Times Life in Britain during the First World […]
Isaiah Berlin’s celebrated radio lectures on six formative anti-liberal thinkers were delivered on the BBC’s Third Programme in 1952. They are published here for the first time, fifty years on. Freedom and its Betrayal is one of Isaiah Berlin’s earliest and most convincing expositions of his views on human freedom and the history of ideas, […]
When Penelope Wells, precocious daughter of a poet, meets the well behaved middle-class Bradley children, its love at first sight. But their parents are horrified by the Well’s establishment – a distinctly bohemian hotel on the French Riveria -and the friendship ends in tears. PB- Condition -fair
Are You There Crocodile? combines biographical material about the Russian playwright Anton Chekhov with a narration of Pennington’s efforts to write a one-man play about him; the book also includes the full text of the play that resulted. HB – Condition – fair
A sunny corner of the garden, a tiny backyard, a roof terrace – whatever the space available, this book offers many ideas for creating a new outdoor room. Examples of some of the best existing patios demonstrate how to put good design principles into practice, and provide varied solutions for tackling every situation, exposed or […]
The third thrilling instalment of James Patterson’s Instinct series The stakes are sky-high for Dr Dylan Reinhart. When a student in Reinhart’s psychology class threatens to kill himself, everyone hopes it’s a hoax. But when he can’t be found after twenty-four hours, it seems the worst is confirmed. Did he really do it? The student’s father, a […]
