Traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow-dwellers to the array of species every child memorises today.Īn astonishing narrative set against the dark days of WWII, from one the country’s foremost social historians. Seymour reveals the ways in which Byron, long after his death, continued to shape the lives of both his wife and his daughter. The novelist charts a Fifties upper-middle-class childhood blighted by a chilly, envious mother. The Rise And Fall Of The Dinosaurs by Steve Brusatte traces the evolution of dinosaurs from their inauspicious start as small shadow-dwellers to the array of species every child memorises todayĬlassic popular history telling the story of Britain from the very earliest recorded Celtic times to the present day. Cardus invented modern cricket writing and transformed sports writing as a whole, introducing lyricism and vivid description into what had previously been dry and dusty reports.ĭelve further into the legacy of Neville Cardus (see 22) with this collection of his finest pieces. A round of golf with ‘The Donald’ reveals him to be a liar, a cheat, a snob, a fraud, a hypocrite and a bully.Ī biography of Neville Cardus, the ‘laureate of cricket’. Reilly’s thesis is that Donald Trump’s approach to golf tells us everything we need to know about his approach to the presidency. Here she analyses the current state of anti-Semitic discourse. Historian Lipstadt is best known for her court battle against Holocaust denier David Irving. Maud West ran a private detective agency from 1905 to 1939, and billed herself as ‘London’s only lady detective’. The Adventures Of Maud West by Susannah Stapleton Why did the British government do its best to avoid conflict with Hitler despite all the warnings about the true nature of the Nazi project? This is a gripping account of the wishful thinking that led us to the precipice. Rubenhold shifts the focus to the women he murdered and, stripping away the myths, tells the story of their lives rather than their deaths. Historians have hitherto concentrated on Jack the Ripper rather than his victims. Winton’s novel is layered, lyrical and thrilling. When his bullying father is accidentally killed, troubled teenager Jaxie Clackton knows he will be blamed and flees into the unforgiving bush of Western Australia, ill-equipped for survival. When Maud becomes pregnant, she is forced to make a difficult choice. But Jimmy leads a rackety life and can be hard work. The flamboyant painter James ‘Jimmy’ Whistler is convinced of his own greatness, as is his muse and lover, Maud Franklin. Jones sheds a haunting light on the all-encompassing nature of racial injustice. Newlyweds Celestial and Roy are the embodiment of the American Dream, but as they settle into the routine of their life together they are torn apart by circumstances neither could have imagined. A thought-provoking story that resonates with emotional depth. Willa Drake is in her early 60s and has ended up on a path laid out for her by others until she receives a phone call telling her that her son’s ex-girlfriend has been shot and needs her help. Pastiches of P G Wodehouse are difficult to pull off but it’s hard not to warm to Schott’s hugely entertaining homage to The Master as he brings Bertie Wooster and his valet, Jeeves, back to life in a madcap adventure full of high jinks, entanglements and Wodehousian wordplay. This stark and utterly mesmerising novel conveys a strange kind of wonder. When widower John Cyrus Bellman reads of the discovery of huge bones in a Kentucky swamp, he decides to leave his small Pennsylvania mule farm to search for the monsters that some believe might still be alive. Circe by Madeline Miller Now We Shall Be Entirely Free by Andrew Miller
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