The Poem of the Cid (Simpson Lesley Byrd)(Paperback)

The Poem of the Cid (Simpson Lesley Byrd)(Paperback)

One of the greatest works of Spanish literature, this eight-hundred-year-old saga narrates the legendary exploits of the soldier-adventurer Ruy D az of Bivar, known as El Cid--'the Lord'--and his part in the long struggle between Christianity and Islam. The poem recounts the adventures of a broad

The Quest for El Cid (Fletcher Richard)(Paperback)

Rodrigo Diaz, the legendary warrior-knight of eleventh-century Castile known as El Cid, is remembered today as the Christian hero of the Spanish crusade who waged wars of re-conquest for the triumph of the Cross over the Crescent. He is still honored in Spain as a national hero for liberating the

Monk in the Marketplace: ... and the Simpsons (Simpson Ray)(Paperback)

Monk in the Marketplace is the autobiography of Ray Simpson, founding guardian of the Community of Aidan and Hilda, much-loved author of books on Celtic spirituality, and a major influence on the new monastic movement across the world. Ray's memoir charts human pain and God incidents in his

Modern Christian Theology (Simpson Christopher Ben)(Paperback)

Christopher Ben Simpson tells the story of modern Christian theology against the backdrop of the history of modernity itself. The book tells the many ways that theology became modern while seeing how modernity arose in no small part from theology. These intertwined stories progress through four

Where The River Takes Us - Lesley Parr

From the author of The Valley of Lost Secrets comes a thrilling adventure about the power of friendship, set in a Welsh valley in the 1970s, perfect for readers aged 9+ Jason lives with his big brother, Richie, trying their best to make ends meet so they can stay together. They've got supportive

A Kind of Vanishing (Thomson Lesley)(Paperback)

A spellbinding mystery of obsession and guilt by Lesley Thomson, this is also the poignant story of what happens to those left behind when a child vanishes without a trace. It is the summer of 1968, the day Senator Robert Kennedy is shot. Two nine-year-old girls are playing hide-and-seek in the

Who Did You Tell? - From the bestselling author of The Rumour (Kara Lesley)(Paperback / softback)

The Run of His Life: The People V. O. J. Simpson (Toobin Jeffrey)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - The inspiration for American Crime Story: The People v. O. J. Simpson on FX, starring Cuba Gooding, Jr., John Travolta, David Schwimmer, and Connie Britton The definitive account of the O. J. Simpson trial, The Run of His Life is a prodigious feat of reporting that

Beginner's Guide to Blackwork (Wilkins Lesley)(Paperback)

Inspired by the past, Lesley Wilkins illustrates her techniques with a whole host of wonderful designs - flowers, plants, birds, animals and figures. She covers everything - from what materials to use and working with a chart, to getting started and how to stitch. Patterns are created by small

We Chose to Speak of War and Strife - The World of the Foreign Correspondent (Simpson John)(Paperback / softback)

Freedom Through Football - The Story of the Easton Cowboys and Cowgirls (Simpson Will)(Paperback / softback)

Crime in Progress - The Secret History of the Trump-Russia Investigation (Simpson Glenn)(Paperback / softback)

Suspects (Pearse Lesley)(Paperback)

Pre-order now to be the first to read one of the nation's favourite storytellers' gripping new novel. Welcome to Willow Close, where everyone is a suspect . . . On the day Nina and Conrad Best move into their new home in picture-perfect Willow Close a body is discovered. Hurrying inside with their

Meet the Artist: Sophie Taeuber-Arp (Barnes Lesley)(Paperback)

A creative introduction to the works of Sophie Tauber-Arp, one of the founders of the Dada art movement Born in 1889, Sophie Taeuber-Arp was an artist, dancer, designer, puppet maker, architect, and editor. Enter into the radical and radiant world of Taeuber-Arp and create your own abstract modern

The Nature of Things (Lucretius)(Paperback)

The acclaimed new translation of the classic poem at the heart of Stephen Greenblatt's The Swerve Lucretius' poem On the Nature of Things combines a scientific and philosophical treatise with some of the greatest poetry ever written. With intense moral fervour he demonstrates to humanity that in

Pom Pom the Champion (Henn Sophy)(Paperback / softback)

The return of the brilliant Pom Pom from exciting new author and illustrator talent, Sophy Henn, creator of the Waterstones Children's Book Prize Shortlisted, Where Bear?When Pom Pom Panda doesn't know what to do with himself, his mum suggests a game and Pom discovers just how much he likes to WIN!

October Mourning: A Song for Matthew Shepard (Newman Leslea)(Paperback)

A masterful poetic exploration of the impact of Matthew Shepard's murder on the world. On the night of October 6, 1998, a gay twenty-one-year-old college student named Matthew Shepard was kidnapped from a Wyoming bar by two young men, savagely beaten, tied to a remote fence, and left to die. Gay

House Across the Street (Pearse Lesley)(Paperback)

Keys of Egypt - The Race to Read the Hieroglyphs (Adkins Lesley)(Paperback / softback)

A vivid and superbly written account of the unravelling of one of the great intellectual puzzles, set against the backdop of Europe in the Napoleonic

First Muslim - The Story of Muhammad (Hazleton Lesley)(Paperback / softback)

The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam, and the world he inhabited - and

Georgics (Virgil)(Paperback)

Virgil's affectionate poem of the land brings us the disappointments as well as the rewards of the countryman's year-round devotion to his crops, his vines and olives, livestock great and small, and the complex society of his bees. Part agricultural manual, part political poem and allegory, The

The Transit of Empire: Indigenous Critiques of Colonialism (Byrd Jodi A.)(Paperback)

In 1761 and again in 1768, European scientists raced around the world to observe the transit of Venus, a rare astronomical event in which the planet Venus passes in front of the sun. In The Transit of Empire, Jodi A. Byrd explores how indigeneity functions as transit, a trajectory of movement that

People V. O.J. Simpson (Toobin Jeffrey)(Paperback / softback)

Explores the dealings and manoeuvring on both sides of the case, and how a combination of the prosecution's over-confidence, the defence's shrewdness, and the Los Angeles Police Department's incendiary history with the city's African-American community, gave a jury what it needed: reasonable doubt

That Woman - The Life of Wallis Simpson, Duchess of Windsor (Sebba Anne)(Paperback / softback)

Bestselling biography of the enduringly fascinating Wallis