The Story of Ruby Bridges (Coles Robert)(Paperback)

The Story of Ruby Bridges (Coles Robert)(Paperback)

The inspirational true story of Ruby Bridges.The year is 1960, and six-year-old Ruby Bridges and her family have recently moved from Mississippi to New Orleans in search of a better life. When a judge orders Ruby to attend first grade at William Frantz Elementary, an all-white school, Ruby must

The Great Bridge (McCullough David)(Paperback)

The dramatic and enthralling story of the building of the Brooklyn Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge at the time, a tale of greed, corruption, and obstruction but also of optimism, heroism, and determination, told by master historian David McCullough. This monumental book is the

Bridge On The River Kwai (Boulle Pierre)(Paperback / softback)

The Bridge on the River Kwai tells the story of three POWs who endure the hell of the Japanese camps on the Burma-Siam railway - Colonel Nicholson, a man prepared to sacrifice his life but not his

Story of English (McCrum Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The Story of English is the extraordinary tale of the origins and development of the English language. Two thousand years ago English was confined to a handful of savage tribes on the shores of north-west Europe; More widely scattered, written and spoken than any other language in history,

An Unconditional Freedom: An Epic Love Story of the Civil War (Cole Alyssa)(Paperback)

The Story of Scotland (Brassey Richard)(Paperback)

The story of Scotland from the Ice Age to the Vikings, the Picts and the Romans, to Robert the Bruce, Mary Queen of Scots, Bonnie Prince Charlie, Flora Macdonald, Sir Walter Scott, Logie Baird, Keir Hardie and many more famous Scots up to the present day. Each page is packed with colourful pictures

A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest (Ruby Robert H.)(Paperback)

The Native peoples of the Pacific Northwest inhabit a vast region extending from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean, and from California to British Columbia. For more than two decades, A Guide to the Indian Tribes of the Pacific Northwest has served as a standard reference on these diverse

The Body Electric: Electromagnetism and the Foundation of Life (Becker Robert)(Paperback)

The Body Electric tells the fascinating story of our bioelectric selves. Robert O. Becker, a pioneer in the filed of regeneration and its relationship to electrical currents in living things, challenges the established mechanistic understanding of the body. He found clues to the healing process in

Stalking The Angel (Crais Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The second blistering Elvis Cole novel from the bestselling author of THE WANTED'A major US crime series that can no longer be overlooked' Time

Boone: A Biography (Morgan Robert)(Paperback)

The story of Daniel Boone is the story of America--its ideals, its promise, its romance, and its destiny. Bestselling, critically acclaimed author Robert Morgan reveals the complex character of a frontiersman whose heroic life was far stranger and more fascinating than the myths that surround him

Schemer (Chambers Kimberley)(Paperback / softback)

The heir to Martina Cole's crown with a story of murder, the underworld, violence and

Bridges Of Madison County (Waller Robert James)(Paperback / softback)

A man. A woman. The heat of an Iowa summer. And the brief encounter whose passion will last a

Death at the Bridge Table - A Brogdale Murders Mystery (Whiting Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Defiant: The Untold Story of the Battle of Britain (Verkaik Robert)(Paperback)

'Robert Verkaik makes a revisionist case for an unsung aircraft, the Boulton Paul Defiant. This two-seat gun-turret fighter is, argues Verkaik, the forgotten fighter of Dunkirk and the Battle of Britain; the effectiveness as well as the courage of its crews is overlooked in standard accounts. To

Ravi's Roar (Percival Tom)(Paperback)

From the creator of Ruby Finds a Worry, a clever take on temper tantrums in a story about controlling big angry feelings. Ravi never minded being the smallest in his family. Until one day, his short arms can't reach the monkey bars, he can't find anyone during hide-and-seek, AND he's too little to

Battle of Brothers - William, Harry and the Inside Story of a Family in Tumult (Lacey Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth's Spymaster (Hutchinson Robert)(Paperback)

The incredible real life story of the world's first super spy'Full of stimulating detail... vivid glimpses of the world of Elizabethan espionage' GUARDIAN 'Walsingham emerges from these pages as a hero of epic stature' DAILY TELEGRAPH Francis Walsingham was the first 'spymaster' in the modern

The Horse Indians (Bolen Robert D.)(Paperback)

The Horse Indians is the story of the history of the Wind River Wyoning Eastern Shoshoni Indians that left that region in 1500 and traveled into northern Texas and New Mexico. They subsequently came to be called the comanche Indians and the 'LOrds of the Southern

The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell (Dugoni Robert)(Paperback)

Wall Street Journal and New York Times bestselling author Robert Dugoni's coming-of-age story is, according to Booklist, 'a novel that, if it doesn't cross entirely over into John Irving territory, certainly nestles in close to the border.'Sam Hill always saw the world through different eyes. Born

Agent Jack: The True Story of MI5's Secret Nazi Hunter (Hutton Robert)(Paperback / softback)

June 1940. Britain is Europe's final bastion of freedom - and Hitler's next target. But not everyone fears a Nazi invasion. In factories, offices and suburban homes are men and women determined to do all they can to hasten it.Throughout the Second World War, Britain's defence against the enemy

The IBM Poster Program: Visual Memoranda (Finkel Robert)(Paperback)

Featuring 111 award-winning poster designs, the book tells the story of the development of the visual language of one of the 20th century's most important

The Adventures of Team Pom: Squid Happens: Book 1 (Roxas Isabel)(Paperback)

When oddballs Agnes, Roberta and Ruby discover a shared passion for synchronized swimming, the trio become Team Pom. But between snack time, their favorite TV show, and raising pigeons, it can be hard to find time to practice. 'Good book alert! Drew and her daughters love biting into a good book

The Green Bridge: Stories from Wales (Davies John)(Paperback)

The short story is popular in Wales with both readers and writers, attracting the talents of the country's foremost authors. Here, twenty-five English-language writers provide a story each to produce an entertaining and varied anthology. Horror, satire, humour, war, tales of the aristocracy, of

Exposure (Bilott Robert)(Paperback / softback)

The remarkable David-against-Goliath story of the lawyer who took on industrial conglomerate DuPont in a huge class action - and won. Soon to be a major motion