The fourth volume of Peter Ackroyd`s enthralling History of England begins in 1688 with a revolution & ends in 1815 with a famous victory. In it, Ackroyd takes readers from William of Orange`s accession following the Glorious Revolution to the Regency, when the flamboyant Prince of Wales ruled in the stead of his mad father, George III, & England was
- again
- at war with France, a war that would end with the defeat of Napoleon at Waterloo. Late Stuart & Georgian England marked the creation of the great pillars of the English state. The Bank of England was founded, as was the stock exchange, the Church of England was fully established as the guardian of the spiritual life of the nation & parliament became the sovereign body of the nation with responsibilities & duties far beyond those of the monarch. It was a revolutionary era in English letters, too, a time in which newspapers first flourished & the English novel was born. It was an era in which coffee houses & playhouses boomed, gin flowed freely & in which shops, as we know them today, began to proliferate in our towns & villages. But it was also a time of extraordinary & unprecedented technological innovation, which saw England utterly & irrevocably transformed from a country of blue skies & farmland to one of soot & steel & coal.

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The bestselling memoir by France`s president, Emmanuel Macron. Some believe that our country is in decline, that the worst is yet to come, that our civilisation is withering away. That only isolation or civil strife are on our horizon. That to protect ourselves from the great transformations taking place around the globe, we should go back in time & apply the recipes of the last century. Others imagine that France can continue on a slow downward slide. That the game of political juggling
- first the Left, then the Right
- will allow us breathing space. The same faces & the same people who have been around for so long.I am convinced that they are all wrong. It is their models, their recipes, that have simply failed. France as a whole has not failed. In Revolution, Emmanuel Macron, the youngest president in the history of France, reveals his personal history & his inspirations, & discusses his vision of France & its future in a new world that is undergoing a `great transformation` that has not been experienced since the invention of the printing press & the Renaissance. This is a remarkable book that seeks to lay the foundations for a new society
- a compelling testimony & statement of values by an important political leader who has become the flag-bearer for a new kind of politics.


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This is the definitive history of the Iran-Iraq war, & revolutionary Iran, essential for understanding the country today. For over 30 years the Islamic Republic has resisted widespread condemnation, sanctions, & sustained attacks by Iraq in an eight-year war. Many policy-makers today share a weary wish that Iran would somehow just disappear as a problem. But with Iran`s continuing commitment to a nuclear programme & its reputation as a trouble-maker in Afghanistan, Lebanon & elsewhere, this is unlikely any time soon. The slow demise of the 2009 ` Green Revolution` shows that Revolutionary Iran`s institutions are still formidable. This is the definitive history of this subject, from one of the world`s principal experts. ...

Shortlisted for a 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award. In 2011, at the height of tension between the British & Iranian governments, travel writer Lois Pryce found a note left on her motorcycle outside the Iranian Embassy in London... I wish that you will visit Iran so you will see for yourself about my country. WE ARE NOT TERRORISTS!!! Please come to my city, Shiraz. It is very famous as the friendliest city in Iran, it is the city of poetry & gardens & wine!!! Your Persian friend, Habib Intrigued, Lois decides to ignore the official warnings against travel (and the warnings of her friends & family) & sets off alone on a 3, 000 mile ride from Tabriz to Shiraz, to try to uncover the heart of this most complex & incongruous country. Along the way, she meets carpet sellers & drug addicts, war veterans & housewives, doctors & teachers
- people living ordinary lives under the rule of an extraordinarily strict Islamic government. Revolutionary Ride is the story of a people & a country. Religious & hedonistic, practical & poetic, modern & rooted in tradition
- & with a wild sense of humour & appreciation of beauty despite the comparative lack of freedom
- this is real contemporary Iran.


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Shortlisted for a 2018 Edward Stanford Travel Writing Award. In 2011, at the height of tension between the British & Iranian governments, travel writer Lois Pryce found a note left on her motorcycle outside the Iranian Embassy in London:.. .I wish that you will visit Iran so you will see for yourself about my country. WE ARE NOT TERRORISTS!!! Please come to my city, Shiraz. It is very famous as the friendliest city in Iran, it is the city of poetry & gardens & wine!!! Your Persian friend, Habib Intrigued, Lois decides to ignore the official warnings against travel (and the warnings of her friends & family) & set off alone on a 3, 000 mile ride from Tabriz to Shiraz, to try to uncover the heart of this most complex & incongruous country. Along the way, she meets carpet sellers & drug addicts, war veterans & housewives, doctors & teachers
- people living ordinary lives under the rule of an extraordinarily strict Islamic government. Revolutionary Ride is the story of a people & a country. Religious & hedonistic, practical & poetic, modern & rooted in tradition
- & with a wild sense of humour & appreciation of beauty despite the comparative lack of freedom
- this is real contemporary Iran.


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Hailed as a masterpiece from the moment of its first publication, Revolutionary Road is the story of Frank & April Wheeler, a bright, young couple who are bored by the banalities of suburban life & long to be extraordinary. With heartbreaking compassion & clarity, Richard Yates shows how Frank & April`s decision to change their lives for the better leads to betrayal & tragedy. ...

A fact-filled introduction to global history with stories & characters from the most important turning points from the dawn of civilisation to the Second World War, designed for children with an interest in the past who want to find out more about the people who made history
- artists & architects, soldiers & explorers, politicians & religious leaders. Chapter 1
- Prehistory to the Classical Age: The move from hunter-gathering to settled farming; cities of the ancient Near East; the rise of Egypt & of the Greek city-states; the assassination of Julius Caesar & the unification of China under the First Emperor. Chapter 2
- Medieval Times: The flowering of Mayan culture in Central America; the birth & expansion of Islam; the Viking invasions of northern Europe; the devastation of the plague; the powerful kingdoms of Africa; the Mongol conquests of Eurasia. Chapter 3
- Age of Exploration: Artists & explorers in Renaissance Europe; medieval Japan; Mughal India; the Ottoman Empire; the settlement & independence of North American colonies. Chapter 4
- From Empire to the Modern Age: The American West & the Civil War; colonial & independent Africa; the two World Wars.




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1910. A cabin north of the Arctic Circle. Fifteen-year-old Sig Andersson is alone. Alone, except for the corpse of his father, who died earlier that day after falling through a weak spot on the ice-covered lake. His sister, Anna, & step-mother, Nadya, have gone to the local town for help. Then comes a knock at the door. It`s a man, the flash of a revolver`s butt at his hip, & a mean glare in his eyes. Sig has never seen him before but Wolff claims to have unfinished business with his father. As Sig gradually learns the awful truth about Wolff`s connection to his father, his thoughts are drawn to a certain box hidden on a shelf in the storeroom, in which lies his father`s prized possession
- a revolver. When Anna returns alone, & Wolff begins to close in, Sig`s choice is pulled into sharp focus. Should he use the gun, or not?
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We`re not just losing the wild world. We`re forgetting it. We`re no longer noticing it. We`ve lost the habit of looking & seeing & listening & hearing. But we can make hidden things visible, & this book features 23 spellbinding ways to bring the magic of nature much closer to home. Mammals you never knew existed will enter your world. Birds hidden in treetops will shed their cloak of anonymity. With a single movement of your hand you can make reptiles appear before you. Butterflies you never saw before will bring joy to every sunny day. Creatures of the darkness will enter your consciousness. & as you take on new techniques & a little new equipment, you will discover new creatures &, with them, new areas of yourself that had gone dormant. Once put to use, they wake up & start working again. You become wilder in your mind & in your heart. Once you know the tricks, the wild world begins to appear before you. For anyone who wants to get closer to the nature all around them & bring it back into focus, this is the perfect read. ...

” An ingenious & invigorating insight into the essential wildness within us all.” Chris Packham As our busy, technology-driven lives become more sedentary we have become less connected to our natural surroundings. In these challenging times, it is by rediscovering our links to the world around us that we can rekindle the natural, human connection we have to the wild. Nick Baker introduces rewilding as a concept that needs to be established at a personal level. Taking the reader back to their natural sensitivities, we rediscover the instinctive potential of our senses. From learning to observe the creatures & beasts within hands` reach & seeing & hearing the birds & trees of our forests, Baker`s expert advice offers the practical tools to experience the wilderness on your own doorstep, as well as in the wider, wilder world. Re Wild mixes memoir with practical advice, to delight, inform & inspire us all to discover the art of returning to nature. ...