Sue Thornham explores issues of space, place, time and gender in feminist filmmaking through an examination of a wide range of films by contemporary women filmmakers, ranging from the avant-garde to mainstream Hollywood. Sue Thornham explores issues of space, place,…
An authoritative exploration of the psychology of elite sport, written by an Olympic silver medallist and respected sports journalist. Throughout her career as one of the world’s top athletes, Annie Vernon struggled with an existential question about the purpose of…
Breaking Mum and Dad is a helpful, often humorous, and always honest guide to help all new mums and dads cope with and conquer anxiety, stress and low mood in those overwhelming fledgling parent days. Mental health for new mums…
Socrates the warrior. An innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of Socrates and the influences that led him to become the first and greatest of philosophers An innovative and insightful exploration of the passionate early life of…
A revealing look at the mysterious death and mythology behind the 20th century’s most destructive dictator. Did Hitler shoot himself in the Führerbunker or did he slip past the Soviets and escape to South America? Countless documentaries, newspaper articles and…
A neat series of truly portable guides designed for the nature-loving traveller. A compact, easy-to-use bird identification guide for any nature watcher on a visit to Sri Lanka, a rich and satisfying destination for watching birds with more than 430…
A recipe book designed for cyclists, written by a Michelin-starred chef and champion athlete, who now cooks for British Cycling’s elite athletes. This is flavour some food to make you go faster. Michelin-starred chef, world champion athlete and leading sports…
From the Pulitzer Prize finalist and Booker Prize-longlisted author of The Moor’s Account, a timely and powerful novel about the suspicious death of a Moroccan immigrant that is at once a family saga, a murder mystery and a love story.…
The thrilling true story of Richard Sorge – the man John le Carré called ‘the spy to end spies’, and whose actions turned the tide of the Second World War Richard Sorge was a man with two homelands. Born of…
‘A whip-smart comedy, chock-full with glamour, secret agents and sun-drenched Californian orange groves – seriously, what could be more heavenly?’ Saga It is September 1940 and Evelyn Murdoch, a translator from the Postal Censorship department, is uprooted from her home…
The wickedly funny sequel to the MI5 and Me, described by Tatler as ‘a stone cold comic classic’, following the irrepressible Lottie’s adventures in 1950s London London in the 1950s. Lottie is a reluctant typist at MI5 and the even…