Best Selling Books

by J.L. Carr (Author) , Penelope Fitzgerald (Introduction By) One of the best books I've ever read' Richard Osman'Tender and elegant' Guardian'Unlike anything else in modern English literature' D.J. Taylor, SpectatorA damaged survivor of the First World War, Tom Birkin finds refuge in the...

By: Chi ZijianBinding: A long-time confidante of the rain and snow, I am ninety years old. The rain and snow have weathered me, and I too have weathered them'At the end of the twentieth century an old woman sits among the birch trees and...

By Peter Ross (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 432 pagesPublisher: Headline Publishing GroupImprint: Headline Book PublishingISBN: 9781472281951Published: 1 Feb 2024Weight: 384g Churches are all around us. Their steeples remain landmarks in our towns, villages and cities, even as their influence and authority has waned.They contain...

By: Robert MacfarlaneBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZEThe original bestseller from the beloved author of UNDERLAND, LANDMARKS and THE LOST WORDS - Robert Macfarlane travels Britain's ancient paths and discovers the secrets of our beautiful, underappreciated landscape'The Old...

By: Amy JeffsBinding: Paperback / softbackA TIMES BESTSELLER, January 2022A TIMES HISTORICAL FICTION BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARA BBC HISTORY MAG BOOK OF THE YEARA DAILY EXPRESS BOOK OF THE YEAR'Expressive, bold and quite beautiful' The Lady'[a] delight of...

By: Katherine MayBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERBBC RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK 'A beautiful, gentle exploration of the dark season of life and the light of spring that eventually follows' RAYNOR WINN'My favourite book of the last five years' CAITLIN MORANWintering...

by Hannah Ritchie (Author)Format: Hardback 352 pagesPublisher: Vintage PublishingImprint: Chatto & WindusISBN: 9781784745004Published: 11 Jan 2024Weight: 562gDimensions: 240 x 165 x 32 (mm) ‘A book for anyone who finds it difficult to believe in a better future’ The Times Feeling anxious, powerless, or confused...

Lust for Life is the classic fictional re-telling of the incredible life of Vincent Van Gogh. "Vincent is not dead. He will never die. His love, his genius, the great beauty he has created will go on forever, enriching the world. He was a...

By Benjamin Myers (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 272 pagesPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCISBN: 9781526611307Published: 5 Mar 2020Weight: 186gDimensions: 129 x 198 x 15 (mm) SOON TO BE A MAJOR FILM STARRING HELENA BONHAM-CARTER FROM THE WALTER SCOTT PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF THE GALLOWS...

By Grainne Lyons (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 248 pagesPublisher: New Island BooksImprint: New Island BooksISBN: 9781848409286Published: 9 Feb 2024Classifications: Western Continental Europe, Biography: literary, Memoirs, Natural history, Walking, hiking, trekking, Travel writingWeight: 236gDimensions: 129 x 198 x 20 (mm) At a crossroads in her life,...

By: Peter RossBinding: **WINNER OF THE SCOTTISH NON-FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2021****A FINANCIAL TIMES, I PAPER AND STYLIST BOOK OF THE YEAR**'In his absorbing book about the lost and the gone, Peter Ross takes us from Flanders Fields to Milltown to Kensal...

By: Gavin (author) PlumleyBinding: Paperback / softback'Charming - a love-letter to home, history, and nature.'LEAH BROAD, Author of Quartet'A tender and illuminating history of an overlooked world.'HORATIO CLARE'Truly a revelation on every page.'PETROC TRELAWNY'A richly textured book, replete with illuminating discoveries and observations.' COUNTRY...

By: Eleanor ParkerBinding: Now available in paperback, Winters in the World is a beautifully observed journey through the cycle of the year in Anglo-Saxon England, exploring the festivals, customs and traditions linked to the different seasons. Drawing on a wide variety of source material,...

By: Amy JeffsBinding: Paperback / softbackBy the bestselling author of Storyland. Sheer cliffs, salt spray, explosive sea spume, thunderous clouds, icy waves, whales with mountains on their backs, sleet, bitter winds, bleak, impenetrable marshes, howling wolves, forests, the unceasing cries of birds and the...

By: John WrightBinding: Paperback / softbackIt is difficult to think of a more quintessential symbol of the British countryside than the British Hedgerow, bursting with blackberries, hazelnuts and sloes, and home to oak and ash, field mice and butterflies. But as much as we...

By: Eamon DuffyBinding: Paperback / softbackThis prize-winning account of the pre-Reformation church recreates lay people's experience of religion, showing that late-medieval Catholicism was neither decadent nor decayed, but a strong and vigorous tradition. For this edition, Duffy has written a new introduction reflecting on...

By: Cal FlynBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE SUNDAY TIMES' BESTSELLER AND SCIENCE AND ENVIRONMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR WINNER OF THE SUNDAY TIMES YOUNG WRITER OF THE YEAR AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT CONSERVATION AWARD SHORTLISTED FOR THE BRITISH...

By: Janina RamirezBinding: Paperback / softbackTHE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERLONGLISTED FOR THE CUNDILL HISTORY PRIZE'Revelatory' GUARDIAN'A firecracker somehow captured between two covers' LUCY WORSLEYAn instant bestseller and one of the most celebrated history books of the year, Femina reveals the power and influence of...

By: Chris GosdenBinding: Paperback / softbackA Telegraph Book of the Year A remarkable, unprecedented account of the role of magic in cultures both ancient and modern -- from the first known horoscope to the power of tattoos. 'Fascinating, original, excellent' Simon Sebag Montefiore______________________Three great...

By: Jane McMorland HunterBinding: HardbackEnjoy a whole year of the very finest nature writing, with one carefully selected piece to savour every day. This beautifully illustrated daily anthology brings you the very best of nature writing from around the world and through the centuries,...

By: Nicholas OrmeBinding: Paperback / softbackAn engaging, richly illustrated account of parish churches and churchgoers in England, from the Anglo-Saxons to the mid-sixteenth century Parish churches were at the heart of English religious and social life in the Middle Ages and the sixteenth century....

Format :Paperback / softback 448 pages, 3x8pp colPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCImprint: ApolloISBN:9781789545067Published: 9 Nov 2023Weight:336gDimensions:215 x 356 x 35 (mm) Everything about Venice, observed Lord Byron, is, or was, extraordinary. Her aspect is like a dream, and her history is like a romance. Dream and...

By: Dee Dee ChaineyBinding: HardbackAn entertaining and engrossing collection of British customs, superstitions and legends from past and present. Did you know, in Cumbria it was believed a person lying on a pillow stuffed with pigeon's feathers could not die? Or that green is...

By: Raynor WinnBinding: Paperback / softbackBring nature into your home with the inspiring true story of hope and the healing powers of the natural world, in one of the most talked about books of the decadeFROM THE MILLION-COPY BESTSELLING AUTHOR'This is what you need...

By Helena Attlee (Author)Format: Paperback / softback 272 pagesPublisher: Penguin Books LtdImprint: Penguin Books LtdISBN: 9780241952573Weight:240gDimensions:196 x 132 x 21 (mm) Image for The Land Where Lemons Grow : The Story of Italy and its Citrus FruitClick to enlargeThe Land Where Lemons Grow :...

By: Peter HillBinding: Paperback / softbackWhen Peter Hill, a student at Dundee College of Art, answered an advert in The Scotsman seeking lighthouse keepers, little did he imagine that within a month he would be living with three men he didn't know in a...

By: Christopher HadleyBinding: Paperback / softback'Impossible to summarise and delightfully absorbing, Hadley's book is comfortably the most unexpected history book of the year' Sunday Times A luminous journey through a thousand years of folklore and English history. Once upon a time in a Hertfordshire...

By: Simon JenkinsBinding: HardbackSimon Jenkins has travelled the length and breadth of England to select his thousand best churches. Organised by county, each church is described - often with delightful asides - and given a star-rating from one to five. All of the county...

By: Weird WalkBinding: In this book is a radical idea. By walking the ancient landscape of Britain and following the wheel of the year, we can reconnect to our shared folklore, to the seasons and to nature. Let this hauntological gazetteer guide you through...

By: Charlotte RuncieBinding: Paperback / softback'An ode to the ocean, and the generations of women drawn to the waves or left waiting on the shore' Guardian In Salt On Your Tongue, Charlotte Runcie explores what the sea means to us, and particularly what it...