Miscellaneous

In this controversial new book, Stuart Blume argues that the processes of globalization and unsatisfied healthcare needs are eroding faith in the institutions producing and providing vaccines.

The language of genes has become common parlance. We know they make your eyes blue, your hair curly or your nose straight. The media tells us that our genes control the risk of cancer, heart disease, alcoholism or Alzheimer's. The cost of DNA sequencing has plummeted from billions of pounds to a few ...

A new colleague and a mysterious admirer make life infinitely more interesting for House of Commons secretary Grace, but is everything really as it seems?

Beautiful, intricate mandala outlines and gentle guided meditations to help you find inner peace and stillness through colouring and contemplation.

New recruit to the Botswana Criminal Investigation Department, Samantha Khama, calls upon Detective Kubu when the hunt for two missing girls hits a dead end ... and it becomes clear that there is a serial killer on the loose, and his motive is terrifying...

Britain's leading personalities reminisce about their school and college days in this heartwarming, hilarious collection.

One of the most well-known and provocative ministers in America, who has spent more than 50 years leading San Francisco's Memorial Glide Church towards profound social change, shares the lessons he learned to help readers embrace themselves and those around them. 40,000 first printing.

An experimental biography of Sir Thomas Browne, the 17th century physician, philospher and writer

'A new account of this critical time in medical history that is ... beautifully documented, highly informative ... [A] pleasure to read' Times Literary Supplement

Moving between the 1750s and the present, this work explores the powerful role of landscape in the formation of historical class relations and national identity. The author shows how the politics of access to open spaces has implications beyond the immediate geographical areas considered.

In 1979, a journalist met a murderer, MacDonald, and decided to write the story of his crime, claiming that it would work in his defence. However, the resulting story was an indictment of the crime and the mind of its perpatrator. This book tells of the lawsuit which followed in 1984.

Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit?

All these questions - and more - are answered in this juicy, truly intimate history of the home.

Through the bedroom, bathroom, living room and kitchen, Lucy Worsley explores what people actually did in bed, in the bath, at the table, and at the stove.

Features reality animations that bring to life the magic of Santa's world. This title features illustrations that show how Santa prepares for the big day - how his elves make presents in the toyshop, reindeers pull Santa's sleigh, and fairies sprinkle fairy.

A startlingly assured and luminous first novel which imagines Leonardo da Vinci's life, shedding light on the many enigmas surrounding him, in particular the painting of the Mona Lisa.

He went to college, found love, got married, fathered two children, and made a new start - and then watched in almost-silent awe as the vengeful past caught up with him, right at his own front door.As, one by one, the homes of other famous New England writers are torched, Sam knows that this time he is most certainly not guilty.

A true story of money, sex, glamour and gambling. It gives a glimpse into a high stakes underworld where the difference between winning big and losing everything you have comes down to how smart you play.

Another Point of View is a collection of twenty-two of the hugely popular and critically-acclaimed talks from the programme, on subjects as wide-ranging and topical as commuting, national identity, Christmas, Latin, knife crime, the mortgage crisis and the credit crunch.The book contains drawings by Nick Wadley.

Whether as a concept or a physical place, home represents a key site of personal development. This journal focuses on the understanding of the domestic sphere across timeframes and cultures. It addresses a range of topics, including: the relationship between body and building; consumption, material culture and the meaning of home; and more.

His second book of criticism, with a new introduction by the author

One of the greatest mountaineers alive unravels one of the world's greatest enigmas