Non-Fiction
Night Waves: Melnikov House, Anat Admati, The Hot House, The Rest Is Noise
Anne McElvoy talks to Simon Russell Beale and John Simm about Pinter's The Hothouse.
Abroad in a gardener
Since Monty Don returned to Gardeners’ World in 2011, it’s been the only television programme all sensible people take care, in season, never to miss.
Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control - Medea Benjamin
Medea Benjamin provides the first comprehensive guide to one of the fastest growing fronts in global war: robot warfare. Benjamin examines who is producing the drones, where they are used, who is piloting these unmanned planes what the moral implicati
Still: American Silent Motion Picture Photography - David Shields
American silent films played a significant part in art forms of the modern era, but sadly it is now an era that is lost to the modern generation. For this book David Shields captures the development of silent films through the use of photography. With
Drone Warfare: Killing by Remote Control by Medea Benjamin – review
Throughout history, some forms of war and weaponry have been viewed with greater horror than others.
Christians, Muslims and Jesus - Mona Siddiqui
Prophet or messiah, the figure of Jesus serves as both the bridge and the barrier between Christianity and Islam. In this accessible and revelatory book, Muslim scholar and popular commentator Mona Siddiqui explores the theological links between the two r
Here and Now - Paul Auster, JM Coetzee
Although Paul Auster and J.M. Coetzee had been reading each other's books for years, the two writers did not meet until February 2008. Not long after, Auster received a letter from Coetzee, suggesting they begin exchanging letters on a regular basis and,
The Conquest Of The Ocean - Brian Lavery
This is a captivating read spanning 5,000 years of the oceans history. "Conquest of the Ocean" tells the 5,000 year history of the remarkable individuals who sailed seas, for trade, to conquer new lands, to explore the unknown. From the early Polynesians
Red Nile: The Biography of the World's Greatest River - Robert Twigger
'Not long ago, in a small rubber boat more suited to a beach than the Nile, I floated downstream for ten kilometres, from my suburb to the city centre. I passed an island where, according to legend, Moses was left in his basket; a few kilometres farther d