Local & family history, nostalgia
Mr Atkinson’s Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance
Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021
‘Rarely has family history been so vivid’ JENNY UGLOW
‘An extraordinarily original work’ AMANDA FOREMAN
Mr Atkinson’s Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance
Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021
‘Rarely has family history been so vivid’ JENNY UGLOW
‘An extraordinarily original work’ AMANDA FOREMAN
What would you do if you found out that your ancestors were slave owners?
Mr Atkinson’s Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance
Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021
‘Rarely has family history been so vivid’ JENNY UGLOW
‘An extraordinarily original work’ AMANDA FOREMAN
Mr Atkinson’s Rum Contract: The Story of a Tangled Inheritance: Unabridged edition
Shortlisted for the RSL Christopher Bland Prize 2021
‘Rarely has family history been so vivid’ JENNY UGLOW
‘An extraordinarily original work’ AMANDA FOREMAN
Where the Past Begins: Memory and Imagination
From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory.
Where Shall We Run To?: A Memoir
A NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR
From one of our greatest living writers, comes a remarkable memoir of a forgotten England.
Plot 29: A Memoir: LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD AND WELLCOME BOOK PRIZE
‘When I am disturbed, even angry, gardening has been a therapy. When I don’t want to talk I turn to Plot 29, or to a wilder piece of land by a northern sea. There, among seeds and trees, my breathing slows; my heart rate too. My anxieties slip away.’
Where the Past Begins: A Writer’s Memoir: Unabridged edition
From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory.
Where the Past Begins: A Writer’s Memoir
From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan, a memoir on her life as a writer, her childhood and the symbiotic relationship between fiction and emotional memory.
Postcard From The Past
WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY MARK HADDON
In Postcard From The Past, Tom Jackson has gathered a collection of the funniest, weirdest and most moving real messages from the backs of old postcards.
A Small Place in Italy: Abridged edition
This book is a lush and beautiful memoir of a very special house and a superb recreation of a bygone era.
The Lost Landscape
A momentous memoir of childhood and adolescence from one of our finest and most beloved writers, as we’ve never seen her before.
Dad’s Army: The Story of a Very British Comedy
The story of the greatest British sit-com and its enduring appeal.
Dad’s Army: The Story of a Very British Comedy (Text Only)
The story of the greatest British sit-com and its enduring appeal.
The Lost Landscape
A momentous memoir of childhood and adolescence from one of our finest and most beloved writers, as we’ve never seen her before.