Nansen - The Explorer as Hero (Huntford Roland)(Paperback / softback)

Nansen - The Explorer as Hero (Huntford Roland)(Paperback / softback)

Behind the great polar explorers of the early twentieth century - Amundsen, Shackleton, Scott in the South and Peary in the North - looms the spirit of Fridtjof Nansen (1861-1930), the mentor of them all. He was the father of modern polar exploration, the last act of territorial discovery before

Shackleton (Huntford Roland)(Paperback / softback)

The classic, award-winning adventure story of Ernest Shackleton - now the subject of a major new Wolfgang (Das Boot) Peterson

Roland Barthes Reader (Barthes Roland)(Paperback / softback)

An introduction to the thinking of the French intellectual, Roland Barthes, as applied to such diverse topics as Gide, Garbo, striptease, photography and the Eiffel Tower. The pieces in this collection were written over a period of three

Race for the South Pole (Huntford Roland)(Paperback)

In 1910 Robert Falcon Scott and Roald Amundsen set sail for Antarctica, each from his own starting point, and the epic race for the South Pole was on. For the first time Scott's unedited diaries run alongside those of both Amundsen and Olav Bjaaland, never before translated into English. Cutting

Roland Barthes by Roland Barthes (Barthes Roland)(Paperback / softback)

The only autobiography by the great Roland Barthes, philosopher, literary theorist and semiotician. This is the autobiography of one of the greatest minds of the twentieth

Yasmin the Explorer (Faruqi Saadia)(Paperback / softback)

Every explorer needs a map! Baba encourages Yasmin to make one of her own. But when Yasmin loses sight of Mama at the farmer's market, can her map bring them back

Explorer (Rundell Katherine)(Paperback / softback)

Winner of the Costa Children's Book Award 2017.From his seat in the tiny aeroplane, Fred watches as the mysteries of the Amazon jungle pass by below him. He has always dreamed of becoming an explorer, of making history and of reading his name amongst the lists of great discoveries. If only he could

Valleys of the Assassins - A John Murray Journey (Stark Freya)(Paperback / softback)

The travel classic by intrepid explorer Freya Stark, relating her journeys through the infamous 'Valleys of the Assassins' alone in the 1930s. A John Murray

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

White Oleander (Fitch Janet)(Paperback / softback)

* A novel that is as beautiful and as dangerous as the Oleander * Chosen by Oprah Winfrey for her bookclub * Over a million copies in

Cover Her Face (James P. D.)(Paperback / softback)

As if organising stalls, as well as presiding over luncheon, the bishop and the tea tent, were not enough for Mrs Maxie on that mellow July afternoon, she also has to contend with the news of her son's sudden engagement to her new parlour maid, Sally

Soundless (Mead Richelle)(Paperback / softback)

For as long as Fei can remember, there has been no sound in her village. Her people are at the mercy of a mysterious faraway kingdom, which delivers food in return for precious metals mined from the treacherous cliffs surrounding them. When villagers begin to lose their sight, their rations shrink

Spy Named Orphan - The Enigma of Donald Maclean (Philipps Roland)(Paperback / softback)

Ugly Sister (Fallon Jane)(Paperback / softback)

As Abi would the first to know. She has spent her life in the shadow of her stunningly beautiful, glamorous older sister Cleo. Headhunted as model when she was sixteen. Could having beauty, wealth and fame lead to more unhappiness than not having them? Who in the family really is the ugly

Book of the Bothy (Smith Phoebe)(Paperback / softback)

A celebration of 26 of the author's favourite bothies, as she shares her memories of her favourite 'stone tents' all over the UK in remote and wild locations. Packed with expert advice on how to make use of these 'free, old, empty houses', from packing lists to bothy etiquette and the best walks

Janis - Her Life and Music (George-Warren Holly)(Paperback / softback)

The first biography of Janis Joplin to establish her as the rule-breaking trailblazer and complicated, gender-bending rebel she was - based on unprecedented access to her family, friends, forgotten archives, and long-lost

Lady in the Lake (Lippman Laura)(Paperback / softback)

Maddie Schwartz - recently separated from her husband, working her first job as an assistant at the Baltimore Sun - wants one thing: a byline. When she hears about an unidentified body that's been pulled out of the fountain in Druid Hill Park, Maddie thinks she is about to uncover a story that will

Risk (Francis Dick)(Paperback / softback)

As an amateur jockey, Roland Britten was lucky, and as an accountant he was rigorous. He knew he was on the hate list of several fraudsters, but never thought pen-pushers got kidnapped. And not from a racecourse right after beating the odds to win the Cup. Held prisoner, Britten has no idea who his

The Song of Roland (Gaunt Simon)(Paperback)

Charles the king, our emperor great, Has been a full seven years in Spain.As far as the sea he conquered this haughty land.Not a single castle remains standing in his path Charlemagne (768-814) was crowned Holy Roman Emperor in 800 and presided over a huge empire. He frequently appears in

As I Lay Dying (Faulkner William)(Paperback / softback)

The death and burial of Addie Bundren is told by members of her family, as they cart the coffin to Jefferson, Mississippi, to bury her among her

Nazis and the Occult - The Third Reich's Search for Supernatural Powers (Roland Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Guide To Handling Your Own Divorce Or Dissolution - The Easyway (Freed Roland)(Paperback / softback)

Gerrard - My Autobiography (Gerrard Steven)(Paperback / softback)

Steven Gerrard is a hero to millions, not only as the inspirational captain of Liverpool FC, but as a key member of the England

Natasha's Will (Lingard Joan)(Paperback / softback)

Sets against the background of the Russian Revolution as the author and her family flee