Holy Ground: Poems at Christmas and Other Times

Literature & Fiction

Sabbagh, Sue

Poetry

Skyscraper Publications

Good for Nothing

Graham, Brandon

Literary

<p>History of the Future in 100 Objects</p>

A History of the Future in 100 Objects

Adrian Hon

The truth about what happened to the beautiful Lady Jane Douglas in Paris in 1748 has never been established.  Did she give birth to twin boys in a bug-infested boarding house, or did she buy her two sons from poor French peasants to ensure that the distinguished line of Douglas survived in Scotland?  The exploration of this 18th century mystery took place in public over twenty years, culminating in a dramatic session in the House of Lords.  Combining, as it did, issues of sex, power, money, politics, and aristocracy, 'the Douglas Cause' was a fertile source of gossip and tittle-tattle.  Karl Sabbagh gets as near as anyone ever will to the truth, in a definitive account of a case which divided the chattering classes at every level from the burgers of Edinburgh to the English Royal Family.

The Trials of Lady Jane Douglas: The Scandal That Divided 18th Century Britain

The Putin Mystique

Arutunyan, Anna

We Were Not Armed: The True Story of a Family Whose Lives Were Stolen by a Conman

De Vedrines, Christine

A series of recent landmark cases have highlighted the issues surrounding assisted suicide and may be shifting public opinion in the direction of greater freedom. These essays cover every aspect of the topic from the legal and religious issues to the deeply personal experiences of patients and carers.  They present a reasoned libertarian argument for people with terminal conditions, or poor quality of life due to illness or treatment, to be allowed to be helped to kill themselves. The authors include Will Self, Stuart Lee, Lord Avebury, Peter Tatchell, Mary Warnock, and Anthony Grayling.

I'll See Myself Out, Thank You

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Psychology & Counseling

<p>Every American schoolchild knows of the crimes of Alger Hiss, a man whose very name rings with villainy. Communist, spy, perjurer - all of these accusations were bandied around in public and led to Hiss's downfall. Outside the US, Alger Hiss is less well-known, but the man who caused Hiss's downfall, Richard Nixon, became notorious because of his own crimes in government. Now, prize-winning thriller-writer Joan Brady has written a powerful book which demolishes the evidence against Hiss and shows how Nixon manipulated the press and public by forging evidence and riding roughshod over Hiss's rights. Research for her book followed a long friendship with Hiss after his release from prison, and her curiosity turned to outrage when she discovered how he had been treated. But why would Nixon rig such a case? Brady explains that he needed to establish anti-communist credentials at a time of Red-hunting hysteria in the US at the time he was standing as a right-wing candidate, and Hiss was his scapegoat, just as Alfred Dreyfus in France in 1894 was convicted of espionage on a wave of anti-semitism. Dreyfus was eventually cleared of his crimes; Alger Hiss never has been. Brady draws strong parallels with today, with the war on terrorism sometimes being used to silence or threaten critics of government policies in the US and the UK. Written in a vivid and personal style, America's Dreyfus reads like a one of Brady's thrillers, although every word is true.</p>

America's Dreyfus: The Case Nixon Rigged

History

BRADY, JOAN

Americas

Vladimir Putin, seen through Western eyes, is strong-willed, unpredictable, venal, and vain. The Ukraine/Crimea crisis has shown dramatically Putin's determination to put Russia first, whatever the rest of the world might think. And his hand is seen behind crimes like the prosection and assassination of his political opponents. But how does he appear to his people? Anna Arutunyan, a Russian-American journalist, has observed Putin in action over the last ten years and in this readable book she shows how it is almost inevitable that every ruler of Russia plays the role of a tsar, whether or not he is crowned. There is a deep need for autocracy which generates autocrats. With lively reportage of such topics as the Pussy Riot Affair, oligarchs like Khodorkovsky and Berezovsky, and the vital role bribery and corruption play in Russian society, she shows how such headlines often echo events across hundreds of years of Russian history.

The Putin Mystique: Inside Russia's Power Cult

Night in Gaza

Mads Gilbert

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