Behind the Tape
Lance BurdettRRP: £14.99
Lance Burdett was in the police force for twenty-two years, in a variety of high-level roles: head of negotiation team; running 111 centre; intelligence management; protection squad and emergency resp …
Genre: Biography & Memoir
The Ambitions of Jane Franklin
Alison AlexanderRRP: £9.99
In a period when most ladies sat at home with their embroidery, Jane Franklin achieved fame throughout the western world.Alison Alexander traces the life of this inimitable woman, from her birth in la …
The First Six Weeks
Midwife CathRRP: £14.99
Highly experienced midwife Cathryn Curtin has delivered and looked after babies for forty years. Over those four decades she’s come to understand how the first six weeks after birth are vital in setti …
Band-Aid for a Broken Leg
Damien BrownRRP: £9.99
Damien Brown thinks he’s ready when he arrives for his first posting with Medecins Sans Frontieres in Africa. But the town he’s sent to is an isolated outpost of mud huts, surrounded by landmines; the …
Buddhism for Couples
Sarah NapthaliRRP: £8.99
Every now and then – not very often – we meet a woman who has mastered the art of being in a couple, who has managed to keep the flame alive long after the honeymoon period and well into the trials of …
Buddhism for Mothers
Sarah NapthaliRRP: £10.99
Parenthood can be a time of great inner turmoil for a woman, yet parenting books invariably focus on nurturing children rather than the mothers who struggle to raise them. This book is different. It i …
Buddhism for Mothers of Schoolchildren
Sarah NapthaliRRP: £9.99
With her children at school, a mother is on to a new stage of her life, playing a new role. The daily challenges she confronts have changed, yet for each one Buddhist teachings of mindfulness, compass …
Buddhism for Parents On the Go
Sarah NapthaliRRP: £8.99
Within these warm and often funny pages, Buddhist teachings are at their most accessible. Even if exploring Buddhism is not where you thought you’d be right now, read any page of Buddhism for Parents …
Growing Old Outrageously
Elisabeth DaviesRRP: £8.99
Two old school friends reconnect unexpectedly after thirty-five years and discover that they both love travelling – and the more exotic and far-flung the location, the better! Not having a clue whethe …
Me, Myself and Prague
Rachael WeissRRP: £8.99
Funny, flippant and fabulous travel writing, this is the story of Rachael’s year in Prague. Armed only with a romantic soul, a need to get away from her overbearing family and a 1973 guide to communis …
Mrs D is Going Without
Lotta DannRRP: £12.99
Lotta Dann was in trouble – her fun drinking habit had slowly morphed into an obsessive hunger for wine. One bottle a night was never quite enough. When she tried to cut down, she found it nearly impo …
Rod Laver
Rod LaverRRP: £14.99
‘From my earliest tennis memories, Rod Laver stood above all others as the greatest champion our sport has known.’ Roger FedererRod Laver’s autobiography tells the inspiring story of how a diminutive, …
Run!
Dean KarnazesRRP: £12.99
‘Running with Karnazes is like setting up one’s easel next to Monet or Picasso.’ The New York TimesIn his follow-up to the bestselling Ultramarathon Man, Dean Karnazes is back with more mind-blowing t …
Sheila
Robert WainwrightRRP: £14.99
Vivacious, confident and striking, young Australian Sheila Chisholm met her first husband, Lord Loughborough, in Egypt during the First World War. Arriving in London as a young married woman, she quic …
The Auctioneer
Simon de PuryRRP: £12.99
In the glamorous and secretive world of art, Simon de Pury is the ultimate insider. Having elevated the auction into performance art, he is the most famous of all auctioneers. He has been chairman of …
The Emperor's Shadow
Anne WhiteheadRRP: £9.99
After Napoleon was defeated at the Battle of Waterloo, he was sent into exile on St Helena, arriving in October 1815. For the six years until his death, he was an ‘eagle in a cage’, reduced from the m …
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