23 May
Henrik Ibsen died in 1906. Ibsen was a major 19th-century Norwegian playwright, theatre director, and poet. He is often referred to as "the god father" of modern drama and is one of the founders of Modernism in the theatre. Read more Ibsen plays
Read the opening extract of the brand new Philippa Gregory book before its publication on 24/05/2012
Jo Marchant
Jo Marchant is Opinion Editor at New Scientist magazine. She has a PhD in medical microbiology and has been a science journalist for nine years. She spent three years of that as an editor at the journal Nature, and her articles have also appeared in the Guardian and The Economist. She lives with her boyfriend in Brixton, London.
Featured Books, with extracts, by Jo Marchant
Decoding the Heavens : Solving the Mystery of the World's First Computer Jo Marchant
Shortlisted for the 2009 Royal Society Prize for Science Books.
Found in a shipwreck on the rocky coast of Greece, a corroded lump of bronze has intrigued and obsessed archaeologists and scientists for over 100 years. Now the whole truth about... Format: Paperback - Released: 06/08/2009