Commander - The Life and Exploits of Britain's Greatest Frigate Captain (Taylor Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Isaac Newton - Remarkable Lives (Wilson Robin)(Paperback / softback)

A fully illustrated, accessible guide to the life and work of Isaac Newton, Britain's Greatest Scientist. Includes concise and easy-to-follow descriptions of Newton's work on gravity, motion, light, colour and calculus, as well as assessing his continuing

Military Exploits of Captain John James Crowe V.C. (Pannett Doreen)(Paperback / softback)

Brixmis - The Untold Exploits of Britain's Most Daring Cold War Spy Mission (Geraghty Tony)(Paperback / softback)

Ascent (Bonington Sir Chris)(Paperback / softback)

The complete life story of arguably Britain's greatest mountaineer, whose career has spanned six decades of climbing peaks, across all continents and still being able to summit The Old Man of Hoy aged eighty years of age in

Talisman (King Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

The iconic and terrifying collaboration from two of the greatest storytellers of our

Plato & Aristotle Study Guide (Loxton Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Stephen Loxton compares and contrasts two of the world's greatest thinkers on the nature of goodness, purpose and the metaphysical views of reality. This guide, pitched just right for the ambitious A level student, will open up the essential differences in the Platonic and Aristotelean worldviews

Nature Cure (Mabey Richard)(Paperback / softback)

'Britain's greatest living nature writer' The TimesRediscover the extraodinary power of nature and the British wilderness, from award-winning naturalist and author Richard MabeyIn the last year of the old millennium, Richard Mabey, Britain's foremost nature writer, fell into a severe

Accidental Countryside - Hidden Havens for Britain's Wildlife (Moss Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

The fascinating and remarkably uplifting story of how Britain's wildlife has co-opted the most unlikely corners of our manmade landscape, turning them into teeming havens of (un)natural

Nelson: Britain's Greatest Naval Commander (Ross David)(Paperback / softback)

Vice Admiral Horatio Nelson, 1st Viscount Nelson KB (1758 - 1805) was a British flag officer in the Royal Navy. Admired for his leadership, strategy and tactics, he led many decisive British naval victories, particularly during the Napoleonic Wars. This book describes how he came to be such a

Adventures of Captain Underpants (Pilkey Dav)(Paperback / softback)

George and Harold have created the greatest superhero in the history of their school - and now they're about to bring him to life! MEET CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS! HIS TRUE IDENTITY IS SO SECRET, EVEN HE DOESN'T KNOW WHO HE IS! FIGHTING FOR TRUTH, JUSTICE AND ALL THINGS PRE-SHRUNK AND

Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (Sillitoe Alan)(Paperback / softback)

This cult classic of working class life in post-war Nottingham follows the exploits of rebellious factory worker Arthur Seaton and is introduced by Richard Bradford.Working all day at a lathe leaves Arthur Seaton with energy to spare in the evenings. A hard-drinking, hard-fighting hooligan, he

My Life: It's a Long Story (Nelson Willie)(Paperback / softback)

The unvarnished and complete story of the life of one of America's greatest ever

Richness of Life - A Stephen Jay Gould Reader (Gould Stephen Jay)(Paperback / softback)

Stephen Jay Gould's writings on history - both of the natural world and of the study of that natural world - had made him a household name by the time of his death in 2002. This work contains a selection of Gould's writing, including some of the most famous of his essays and extracts from his major

Uncle Bill - The Authorised Biography of Field Marshal Viscount Slim (Miller Russell)(Paperback / softback)

Masterly biography of the 'greatest commander of the 20th

To Glory We Steer - (Richard Bolitho: Book 7) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

The time is January 1782, and British Captain Richard Bolitho is ordered to take the frigate Phalarope to the Caribbean, where the hard-pressed royal squadrons are fighting for their lives against the combined fleets of France and Spain and the upstart American

Passage To Mutiny - (Richard Bolitho: Book 9) (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

OCTOBER 1789, NEW SOUTH WALESInto Sydney, capital of Britain's infant colony, sails the frigate

Undercover Economist (Harford Tim)(Paperback / softback)

A brilliant and eye-opening explanation of the economics of everyday life - Britain's answer to

Stephen Fry in America (Fry Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Britain's best-loved comic genius Stephen Fry turns his celebrated wit and insight to unearthing the real America as he travels across the continent in his black taxicab. Stephen's account of his adventures is filled with his unique humour, insight and warmth in the fascinating book that orginally

Relentless Pursuit (Kent Alexander)(Paperback / softback)

As captain of His Majesty's frigate Unrivalled of forty-six guns, Adam Bolitho is required to assist the senior officer of the patrolling squadron. But all efforts of the patrols to curb a flourishing trade in human life are hampered by unsuitable ships, and by the belligerence of the Dey of

Fragile Lives - A Heart Surgeon's Stories of Life and Death on the Operating Table (Westaby Stephen)(Paperback / softback)

Greatest Traitor - The Secret Lives of Agent George Blake (Hermiston Roger)(Paperback / softback)

The thrilling true story of how a Second World War hero became Britain's greatest

Life Ascending - The Ten Great Inventions of Evolution (Lane Nick)(Paperback / softback)

Describes the ten greatest inventions of life, including DNA, sex, sight and consciousness, based on their historical impact, role in living organisms and relevance to controversies. This book explains how these findings have come about, and the extent to which they can be relied

Everest 1953 - The Epic Story of the First Ascent (Conefrey Mick)(Paperback / softback)

Discover one of Britain's greatest triumphs, drawing on never-before-seen diaries and exclusive

Castlereagh (Bew John)(Paperback / softback)

A magisterial re-evaluation of Britain's greatest ever foreign secretary by the Orwell Prize-winning author of Citizen