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
Walking Home Simon Armitage
May 2013 Travel Book of the Month.
A uniquely charming, droll, moving, British narrative from writer and poet Simon Armitage as he recounts his 256 mile (North to South) walk along the Pennine... Format: Paperback - Released: 04/04/2013
Other Featured Books this Month
The Son Michel Rostain
Winner of the Prix Goncourt for Debut Fiction in 2011.
An award-winning bestseller first published in France with a truly unique perspective. Follow a grief-stricken father, after the sudden death of his son - through the son's eyes. This witty, wisdom-laden... Format: Hardback - Released: 23/05/2013
More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops Jen Campbell
Having mined her own memories and those of her colleagues, Jen Campbell opens her challenge for Weird things Customers say to fellow Booksellers worldwide. As a Bookseller of long standing, weird customer sayings and queries were like beacons in the... Format: Hardback - Released: 18/04/2013
Solo A Thousand Miles from Anywhere Dave Clarke
An epic and inspiring story of an ordinary bloke with a passion for adventure who attempts to row 3,235 miles across the Atlantic. Achieving this would make him the only person to sail and row the Atlantic solo. With candid... Format: Paperback - Released: 12/09/2012
The Devonshires The Story of a Family and a Nation Lord Roy Hattersley
The story of the Cavendish family and the first eight Dukes of Devonshire is the story of England. From 1381 - when Sir John Cavendish, Lord Chief Justice of England, was killed during the Peasant's Revolt - to 1906, when... Format: Hardback - Released: 09/05/2013
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An African Love Story: Love, Life and Elephants Dame Daphne Sheldrick
A typical day for Daphne involves rescuing baby elephants from poachers, finding homes for orphan elephants, all the while campaigning against the possibility that the ivory trade might be re-opened....
My Animals and Other Family Clare Balding
Shortlisted for the Horse Racing Book of the Year at the British Sports Book Awards 2013.
Winner of the Specsavers National Book Awards 'Biography/Autobiography of the Year' 2012.
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Mick Jagger Philip Norman
He is a testament to British glamour, the ultimate architect and demi-god of rock. Bestselling biographer Philip Norman offers an unparalleled account of the life of a living legend, Mick...
The Month Before's Featured Books
The Diaries of a Fleet Street Fox Lilly Miles
Anonymity has allowed this senior Fleet Street journalist to tell the truest tabloid tale you’ll ever read. Delving deep into the dark corners of that most guilty of pleasures, the...
Lichtenstein Nathan Dunne
A contemporary of Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, Roy Lichtenstein is one of the best-known and accessible artists of the Pop generation of the 1960s. Taking much of his subject...
Roy Lichtenstein A Retrospective James Rondeau
The most iconic works of Roy Lichtenstein (1923-1997) are widely known, reproduced, copied, and even parodied. Presenting over 130 paintings and sculptures, this book examines all periods in Lichtenstein's career,...
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