Ada's Algorithm: How Lord Byron's Daughter Launched the Digital Age Through the Poetry of Numbers

Biographies & Memoirs

Essinger, James

Community & Culture

Gibson Square

Farthest North

History

Fridtjof, Nansen

Arctic & Antarctica

First Crossing Of Greenland

Fairies feature in films and on TV, but through the ages there have been many actual sightings in Britain, Ireland and North America. Now, the digitisation of local newspapers and ephemera has opened another Aladdin's cave of sources. For the first time, Magical Folk traces their hidden footsteps from 500 AD to the present. In Southern England Master Dobbs, who ended up as Harry Potter character 'Dobby', often shows himself, while in Ireland fairies may be the dead, Scotland harbors the terrifying Whoopity Stoorie, and homesick North America magical folk may dunk you in the Atlantic ocean. Also included are findings from the Fairy Census, the survey of modern sightings around the world.

Magical Folk: A History of Real Fairies , 500AD to the Present

Politics & Social Sciences

YOUNG, Simon

Houlbrook, Ceri

Social Sciences

John Fleming and Hugh Honour were giants of the art world. To Susanna Johnston, however, they were simply John and Hugh, an inseparable couple and two of her closest friends. They had met in the 1950s at Gli Scafari, the opulent villa on the Italian Riviera of the blind writer Percy Lubbock - one of Henry James' inamoratos and Iris Origo's step father - when she was twenty one, on holiday and penniless. Originally part of the Anglo-Italian world orbiting Bernard Berenson's I Tatti and Harold Acton's La Pietra in Tuscany, John Fleming and Hugh Honour were bemused by being lionised themselves by the super-rich who beat a path to their Villa Marchio. This candid memoir, full of private anecdotes, illuminates these two celebrated, passionate, and very English geniuses, through a close-up of a well-seasoned friendship of over 60 years.

John Fleming and Hugh Honour: Remembered by Susanna Johnston

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

You want your problem skin GONE! Ingeborg van Lotringen, top beauty-industry watchdog and journalist for twenty five years, provides the answers. She knows the good, the bad, and what the beauty industry doesn't necessarily tell you. For more than twenty-five years, she's been testing and researching every possible skincare product and treatment. With Ingeborg, you'll soon know where you can save money and when it is worth splurging.

Great Skin: Secrets the Beauty Industry Doesn't Tell You

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Van Lotringen, Ingeborg

Beauty, Grooming, & Style

In IKEA, insider Johan Stenebo reveals for the first time in close-up, warts-and-all detail the brilliance of the flatpack giant in growing its business, as well as where it fell short of its green ideals, exposing the nepotism and murky financial dealings behind Sweden's iconic flat-pack giant. Casting an insider's eye over the practical application of the 'IKEA philosophy,' Stenebo provides an exclusive view inside this successful profit machine, and how its founder Ingvar Kamprad secretely became one of the world's richest men hiding his family's wealth behind complex tax arrangements.

Ikea: How to become the World’s Richest Man

Stenbo, Johan

Professionals & Academics

Buckingham Palace's greatest fear came true when the FBI arrested Prince Andrew's former friend Jeffrey Epstein a convicted felon with secret-service connections on charges of under-age sex trafficking.Just before the marriage of Kate and Wills, a snapshot of Andrew with his arm around the naked midriff of Epstein s most implacable and articulate victim had surfaced. Despite sending stringent defamation warnings, the palace proved powerless to contain the threat to the monarchy. This book investigates the story of the key players, allegations and counter-allegations in this unique, high-stakes royal drama. It provides a gripping and uncommon insight into the secret privileges enjoyed by billionaires, global power brokers and royalty. Transcending the life of one man, the story characterises a whole institution and its preciptious loss of trust.

Prince Andrew: Epstein, Maxwell and the Palace

CAWTHORNE, NIGEL

Historical

Buckingham Palace's greatest fear came true when the FBI arrested Prince Andrew's close friend Ghislaine Maxwell and billionaire Jeffrey Epstein-a felon with secret-service connections-on charges of under-age sex trafficking. A decade earlier, just before the royal marriage of Prince William and Kate, an unverified snapshot had surfaced of Andrew, the Queen's favourite son, with his arm around the naked midriff of Epstein's most implacable and articulate persecutor, Virginia Giuffre. Despite unequivocal denials of impropriety and stringent defamation warnings, the palace was unable to nip the threat to the monarchy in the bud and in August 2021, Giuffre sued the prince-a first in royal history.'Goes behind the headlines.' INDEPENDENT'Possibly the most shocking royal book you'll ever read.' METROFINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK'A strong book.' WASHINGTON POST'Dives deep into the workings of the royal family.' HERALD SUN - AustraliaThose accused strenuously denied all charges and Prince Andrew: Epstein, Maxwell and the Palace goes behind the headlines, TV documentaries and mini-series to investigate the back story of allegations and counter accusations. Set against the war between Prince Charles and Andrew from childhood, it recreates a unique, high-stakes palace drama and provides a startling insight into the secret privileges enjoyed by billionaires, power brokers and royalty. Transcending the life of one man, the scandal casts a stark new light on Buckingham Palace-one of the world's most iconic institutions.

Nigel, Cawthorne

Leaders & Notable People

Edward Whymper was part of the dawn of Britain's exploration of the world, joining David Livingstone, Leslie Stephen, Richard Burton and other members of the newly founded Royal Geographical Society, and Alpine Club. As Britain's reach over the far-flung parts of the world grew so did the interest in exploring the earth's remotest corners. When Whymper set out from Zermatt for the summit of the Matterhorn on 14 July 1865 on his ninth attempt, British explorers had enjoyed an uninterrupted winning streak of luck. That day would mark the end. Of the seven of his team, only Whymper and two Swiss guides would return alive. Whymper's team beat an Italian team exploring the same new approach and couldn't believe their luck that it led so easily to the summit. Once there they pelted the Italians who 'turned and fled'. Disaster struck Whymper on the way down, however and the mysterious circumstances of the death of the three Brits - a heartthrob, an aristocrat and a nineteen year old - spread like wildfire around the world. It made Whymper's and Zermatt's names world famous and Whymper's book on the ascent an instant classic.

Ascent of the Matterhorn: & the forgotten photographs

Whymper, Edward

Photography & Video

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