Christopher Fowler's foray into the back catalogues and backstories of 99 authors who, once hugely popular, have all but disappeared from our shelves. Whether male or female, domestic or international, flash-in-the-pan or prolific, mega-seller or prize-winner - no author, it seem...
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Every 3-11 P.M. third watch shift brings a rush of risk and fear into the lives of the brave and dedicated people who serve as police, fire fighters and paramedics. For them, keeping the New York City streets safe and answering cries for help are all in a day's work.
"Posters have always been used to seek an immediate response-designed to provoke a reaction, whether a public appeal, a legal threat, a call to arms, the offer of thrills, or to sell a product. Organized chronologically, 100 posters that changed the world charts the evolution of ...
The eventful history of British coronations from 1066 to the present day. From the crowning of Charles III, thirty-nine coronations have been held in Westminster Abbey since the Norman Conquest. Only two monarchs--Edward V and Edward VIII--were uncrowned, and a further twenty or ...
Darby O'Gill and the little people: Darby is an Irish storyteller who matches his wits against the King of the Leprechauns. The gnome-mobile: When an eccentric millionaire tries to help a group of gnomes find the rest of their tribe, he is suspected of being crazy. The one and ...
The fascinating hidden history of the British royal family's nearly men - those who had been destined for the throne, but never made it. Mantle explores the story behind these would-be-kings, showing how the question of succession has not always been a straightforward one. Throug...
In the tradition of Desert Solitaire and Shop Class as Soulcraft, this is a remarkable debut from a major new voice in American nonfiction-a meditation on nature and life, witnessed from the heights of one of the last fire-lookout towers in America. For nearly a decade, Philip Co...