A memoir from the former Editor of British Vogue, her trademark white stilettos at the ready. Shulman has been the most significant mind in British fashion for a generation.
Exuberant, foul, clever novel in which 'Villalobos' is kidnapped by a thug who wants him to persuade the daughter of a corrupt politician to fall in love with him.
The author's ancestors made their fortunes through slaves and sugar. The fortune was lost but the letters were preserved: this is a powerful investigation of an Imperial past which is widely... read more
Combining neuroscience and psychoanalysis, the psychotherapist author is further qualified to write this book being married to Tom Stuart-Smith, the garden designer and winner of umpteen awa... read more
The author of 'East West Street' examines the life of Otto von Wachter, the SS Governor of Galicia, who was indicted for mass murder in 1945 and went to ground in the Austrian Alps.
A cultural history of twelve flowers - but this is not a flimsy loveliness but full of fascination and bite. Radioactivity, the slave trade, global warming, that old charmer Henry VIII, all ... read more
A glorious combination of photography and cutting-edge technology - yet even while we can map migratory routes with geolocators, there is much still unknown. Large format.
A fine book on the first woman artist of European standing, with special emphasis on her impact in England where she was the first female member of the Royal Academy of Arts.
The thirteenth Alex Rider book - who, unlike Harry Potter, does not age, but remains in a Peter-Pan-like teen-age limbo, forever blowing up bridges and saving the world. Ages 8-12.
From the author of 'Ma'am Darling' and other hoots, a ragbag of tales and thoughts about the Beatles and their circle which somehow adds up to a wonderful account of their charisma and influ... read more