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Notes from A Small Island
Journey Through Britain
2024 || Paperback || Bill Bryson || Transworld Publishers Ltd
In 1995, before leaving his much-loved home in North Yorkshire to move back to the States for a few years with his family, Bill Bryson insisted on taking one last trip around Britain, a sort of valedictory tour of the green and kindly island that had so long been his home. His aim was to take stock of the nation's public face and private parts (as it were), and to analyse what precisely it was he loved so much about a country that had produced Marmite; a military hero whose dying wish was to ...
Burma '44
The Battle That Turned Britain's War in the East
2024 || Paperback || James Holland || Transworld Publishers Ltd
In February 1944, a rag-tag collection of clerks, drivers, doctors, muleteers, and other base troops, stiffened by a few dogged Yorkshiremen managed to hold out against some of the finest infantry in the Japanese Army, and then defeat them. It became know as The Defence of the Admin Box. This book deals with this battle.
The Power of Fun
Why fun is the key to a happy and healthy life
2024 || Paperback || Catherine Price || Transworld Publishers Ltd
The Five
The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper
2024 || Paperback || Hallie Rubenhold || Transworld Publishers Ltd
____________________THE Sunday Times BESTSELLERA New York Times Summer readWashington Post Top Twenty books to read this summerA Sunday Times summer read'An angry and important work of historical detection, calling time on the misogyny that has fed the Ripper myth.
Black Holes: The Reith Lectures
2024 || Paperback || Stephen (University of Cambridge) Hawking || Transworld Publishers Ltd
In 2016 Professor Stephen Hawking delivered the BBC Reith Lectures on a subject that has fascinated him for decades - black holes. In these flagship lectures the legendary physicist argues that if we could only understand black holes and how they challenge the very nature of space and time, we could unlock the secrets of the universe.
1971 - Never a Dull Moment
Rock's Golden Year
2024 || Paperback || David Hepworth || Transworld Publishers Ltd
*THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER*As seen on Apple TV - 1971: The Year That Music Changed EverythingThe Sixties ended a year late - on New Year's Eve 1970, when Paul McCartney initiated proceedings to wind up The Beatles.
Girl Missing
2024 || Paperback || Tess Gerritsen || Transworld Publishers Ltd
THE FIRST BODY IS A MYSTERY. And her corpse, laid out in the office of Boston medical examiner Kat Novak, betrays no secrets - except for a matchbook clutched in one stiff hand, seven numbers scrawled inside. And Kat's chief suspect is one of the town's most prominent citizens.THE FINAL BODY . . .
The Age of Unpeace
How Connectivity Causes Conflict
2024 || Paperback || Mark Leonard || Transworld Publishers Ltd
In the three decades since the end of the Cold War, global leaders have been integrating the world's economy, transport and communications, breaking down borders in the hope of making war impossible.
Killer in the Kremlin
The Explosive Account of Putin's Reign of Terror
2024 || Paperback || John Sweeney || Transworld Publishers Ltd
Seriously Funny
The Endlessly Quotable Terry Pratchett
2024 || Hardcover || Terry Pratchett || Transworld Publishers Ltd
The most quotable writer of our time, Terry Pratchett's unique brand of wit made him both a bestseller and an enduring, endearing source of modern wisdom. This collection is filled with his funniest and most memorable words about life, the universe and snoring.