Knowledge Of Angels : Man Booker prize shortlist by Jill Paton Walsh

Knowledge Of Angels : Man Booker prize shortlist by Jill Paton WalshIt is, perhaps, the fifteenth century and the ordered tranquillity of a Mediterranean island is about to be shattered by the appearance of two outsiders: one, a castaway, plucked from the sea by fishermen, whose beliefs represent a challenge to the established order; the other, a child abandoned by her mother and suckled by wolves, who knows nothing of the precarious relationship between Church and State but whose innocence will become the subject of

Giroloma's secret recipes are the women's most precious possessions - and their husbands' most feared

the plot of Adam Bede has the quality of an English folk song

improvised the world's first air-dropped chemical weapons

Far from Rome in cold

Bluestockings: the unexpected and inspiring stories of the forgotten heroines of Britain's very first women's movement

Insightful case studies including Winston Churchill’s Map Room and John Snow’s groundbreaking 1854 cholera map will fascinate readers and aid learning

so did Johnny Town-Mouse and Timmy Willie

each one steps from her counterpart's shadow to tell her side of the story in this irresistible collection of feminist poems

wasn't she

Determined to 'save' the monarchy

and shopping

started the Eastern & Oriental Express running between Singapore and Bangkok- crossing over the Bridge on the River Kwai- opened up tourism in Myanmar with the first cruise ship to operate on the Irrawaddy