Architecture: A History in 100 Buildings
This stunning book by renowned television historian Dan Cruickshank tells the history of architecture through the stories of 100 iconic buildings.
Laws of specific jurisdictions & specific areas of law
Collins New Naturalist Library – Ireland: A natural history (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 84)
Another volume in the popular New Naturalist series, this book covers all aspects of the natural history of Ireland, from biological history, geology and climate, through to nature conservation.
Collins Classics – The Scarlet Letter (Collins Classics)
HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.
The Five Giants [New Edition]: A Biography of the Welfare State
A TIMES POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEARA LONGMAN/HISTORY TODAY BOOK OF THE YEAR
The award-winning history of the British Welfare State –now fully revised and updated for the 21st Century.
‘A masterpiece’ Sunday Times
Collins New Naturalist Library – The New Forest (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 73)
How and why the New Forest has evolved to be an area of international importance – and Britain’s richest ‘nature reserve’.
The Black Door: Spies, Secret Intelligence and British Prime Ministers
The Black Door explores the evolving relationship between successive British prime ministers and the intelligence agencies, from Asquith’s Secret Service Bureau to Cameron’s National Security Council.
The Wrong Kind of Shirts 1999 (TEXT ONLY)
Even Big Ron, man of a thousand, quips was hard pressed to do justice to the glories of the season: beaten 8-1 by Manchester United he nobly offered ‘I was expecting a nine-goal thriller’, proving that even with the firing squad loading up, there is room for wit at the sharp end of soccer’s dreams.
Poland: A history
Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall and remarkable rebirth of an indomitable nation.
Collins Classics – Twelve Years a Slave: A True Story (Collins Classics)
The shocking first-hand account of one man’s remarkable fight for freedom; now an award-winning motion picture.
When Genius Failed: The Rise and Fall of Long Term Capital Management
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Picking up where Liar’s Poker left off (literally, in the bond dealer’s desks of Salomon Brothers) the story of Long-Term Capital Management is of a group of elite investors who believed they could beat the market and, like alchemists, create limitless wealth for themselves and their partners.
Faust’s Metropolis: A History of Berlin
A radical and exciting history of a city – its culture, its people and its politics – that refreshes our image of Europe’s past and of the writing of history itself.
Collins New Naturalist Library – Bird Populations (Collins New Naturalist Library, Book 124)
Earlier naturalists formed the impression that bird numbers remained more or less stable through time. In the years since these words were written, however, changes have occurred in the landscapes of the British Isles and in the seas around our coasts, causing bird populations to fluctuate in an unprecedented way.
Temptation
A marriage and a family reach breaking point on an annual holiday in the loveliest hotel in Ireland.
Cromwell’s Blessing
The price for a country. The price for a King. The price for a marriage. The dramatic story of Tom Neave continues…
Crown and Country: A History of England through the Monarchy: Unabridged edition
An exploration of the British monarchy from the retreat of the Romans up until the modern day.
William’s Progress
A brilliant comic novel about love, marriage, parenthood and the million tiny little things that conspire to trip you up on the rocky road to all three.