Last Englishman - The Double Life of Arthur Ransome (Chambers Roland)(Paperback / softback)

Last Englishman - The Double Life of Arthur Ransome (Chambers Roland)(Paperback / softback)

Arthur Ransome was, from 1930 to the early 1960s, what J.K. As the Red Army engaged with an Allied invasion of Russia, Ransome was conducting a love affair with Evgenia Shelepina, private secretary to Leon Trotsky, then Soviet Commissar for

Last Englishman - The Life of J.L. Carr (Rogers Byron)(Paperback / softback)

J. L. Carr was the most English of Englishmen: headmaster of a Northamptonshire school, cricket enthusiast and campaigner for the conservation of country churches. But he was also the author of half a dozen utterly unique

Nelly and the Quest for Captain Peabody (Chambers Roland)(Paperback / softback)

Arthur Ransome on the Broads (Wardale Roger)(Paperback)

In Arthur Ransome on the Broads Roger Wardale tells the inside story of the two classic children's novels, Coot Club and The Big Six, that stemmed from the eight holidays that Ransome and his wife spent cruising in hired craft on the Norfolk Broads in the 1930s. Drawing freely upon Ransome's

Secret Water (Ransome Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

John, Susan, Titty and Roger, the crew of the Swallow, take on the job of mapping the mass of small islands round Pin Mill while living on the biggest one. But who are the mysterious savages who lurk in the islands - and is the tribal totem they find in their campsite a threat of attack

We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea (Ransome Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

The Swallows are staying on the Suffolk coast while they wait for their father to return home from China. But although the harbour is bursting with bobbing yachts, barges and steamers, this year there's no chance of any sailing for the landlocked

Missee Lee (Ransome Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

Nancy Blackett, the terror of the seas, has finally met a real pirate - the tiny, pistol-carrying Missee Lee, who has rescued them after their shipwreck off the coast of China. The only trouble is she wants to keep them

Life of Crime (Chambers Kimberley)(Paperback / softback)

Don't miss the explosive new No.1 bestseller from Kimberley Chambers - QUEENIE - available to buy

Tales of Adventures and Medical Life (Doyle Arthur Conan)(Paperback / softback)

Tales of Adventure and Medical Life, one of the collections Arthur Conan Doyle published at the end of his career, anthologizes some of his best short fiction outside of the Sherlock Holmes canon. As well as various tales of escapades in Egypt, London and the far-flung regions of northern Scotland,

Great Northern? (Ransome Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

He wants to take the credit for it. Not only do the Swallows and Amazons have to prove the facts of the case but they also have to dodge the savage natives and evade the ruthless pursuit of a fanatic egg-collector, determined to kill a pair of rare birds and steal the

Hawkwood - Diabolical Englishman (Stonor Saunders Frances)(Paperback / softback)

The hugely acclaimed, best-selling life of Hawkwood, one of the outstanding figures of English and European history. John Hawkwood was an Essex man who became the greatest mercenary in an age when soldiers of fortune flourished - an age that also witnessed the first stirrings of the

Swallows and Amazons (Ransome Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

'Swallows and Amazons for ever!'Rediscover this classic tale of adventure. The Walker children - also known as Captain John, Mate Susan, Able-Seaman Titty, and Ship's Boy Roger - set sail on the Swallow and head for Wild Cat

Last Fighting Tommy - The Life of Harry Patch, Last Veteran of the Trenches, 1898-2009 (van Emden Richard)(Paperback / softback)

Today Is The Last Day Of The Rest Of Your Life (Lust Ulli)(Paperback / softback)

Showboat - The Life of Kobe Bryant (Lazenby Roland)(Paperback / softback)

The definitive biography of global superstar and basketball icon Kobe

Swallowdale (Ransome Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley and things take a turn for the better... BACKSTORY: Discover the real Swallowdale, swot up on seafaring and learn all about the adventurous

Great Northern? (Ransome Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

Flat on his front, binoculars to his eyes, alone at dusk, Dick makes a remarkable discovery: two rare birds, never before seen in the British

Tales of the Peculiar (Riggs Ransom)(Paperback / softback)

Secret Water (Ransome Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

'You'll start with a blank map, that doesn't do more than show roughly what's water and what isn't'When the Walker family's holiday plans are ruined by Daddy having to work, the whole summer seems lost at

Pigeon Post (Ransome Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

Reunited for the summer, the Swallows and Amazons with Dick and Dorothea launch a prospecting expedition to find the lost gold mine of the high hills above the lake. Worst of all is the sinister Squashy Hat, who appears to be a rival prospector and who's certainly a spy - how can they keep working

Timebends - A Life (Miller Arthur)(Paperback / softback)

The revealing and deeply moving autobiography of one of the greatest American playwrights of the twentieth

The Tree of Life: An Exploration of Biblical Wisdom Literature (Murphy Roland E.)(Paperback)

Since 1990 Roland Murphy's Tree of Life has been a standard introduction to the wisdom literature of the Bible. Now The Tree of Life is available in a third edition, complete with a new preface by the author and a special supplement that surveys the latest developments in wisdom research. This

Hero - The Life & Legend of Lawrence of Arabia (Korda Michael)(Paperback / softback)

Michael Korda' s Hero is an epic biography of the mysterious,Englishman whose daring exploits made him an object of intense fascination, known the world over as ' Lawrence of

King Arthur: Dragon's Child (King Arthur Trilogy 1) - The legend of King Arthur comes to life (Hume M. K.)(Paperback / softback)

The first book in an exciting, brand-new Arthurian trilogy. Tells the compelling story of Arthur as he grows from boyhood into manhood and is trained for leadership and a future he cannot yet know. Arthur struggles to vanquish the Saxons and unite Britain, whilst grieving for the loss of his first