All Books

Mexico on Film National Identity & International Relations Dr Armida de la Garza Purchase: About: Given its features as a modern mass medium and thus closely related to the nation, cinema has rightly been regarded as a privileged site for putting forward and contesting representations of national identity, or in short, as a main arena […]

The Curse of the Great Train Robbery Jon Fordham Purchase: About: In the early hours of 8 August 1963, a crime took place which simultaneously captured the imagination of the general public, and shook the British Establishment to the core, in a way that no criminal event had ever done before. The Great Train Robbery,

Singapore and the Thailand Burma Railway Alfred E. Knights Purchase: About: This book presents one of the most vivid descriptions of day-to-day life in a Japanese POW labour camp to have appeared so far. The story follows the experiences of the Norfolk Territorial Regiment from 1942 to 1945, under the command of Lt. Col. Knights,

A Childhood in Bohemia And the Flight to the West Erika Storey Purchase: About: Erika Schroll, a small girl, growing up in the picturesque town of Saaz, discovers the way of the world and her own nature amidst the turmoil of a World War and its devastating consequences. Always accompanied by her mother, Josefine, she

The Chill from Siberia Danuta Gray Purchase: About: This is a moving tale about mid-19th century Poland, based on the experiences of the author’s forebears, during the time when her country was under the yoke of Tsarist oppression. The story is about a young noblewoman, Kamila, in the struggle to retain her inheritance, following the

The Britain Potential Jim Cowan Purchase: About: Reading this is going to change how you see Britain, especially its politics. The way we are used to hearing about Britain’s politics is through the filter of our media. This book, however, delves below the surface to the underlying realities and from there a very different politics

‘An Animated Son of Liberty’ A Life of John Witherspoon J. Walter McGinty Purchase: About: This is an account of a leading 18th century Scottish churchman, the Reverend John Witherspoon. His already colourful and eventful life took an unusual turn when in 1768, as a Minister of the Church of Scotland in a Paisley parish,

Chewing the Cud Alcibiades and Socrates talk life, love andNietzsche John Taylor Purchase: About: Horace, the Roman poet, once declared that his aim was to say something serious through the medium of comedy. The aim here is to do likewise; to say something serious about Nietzsche’s continuing relevance through a fractious and both good and

Shattered Illusions Tony Veltheim Purchase: About: About The AuthorThe family of Olavi Veltheim, the author of this book, was torn apart by the vicious civil war in Finland following her independence from post-Tsarist Russia in the revolutionary turmoil following the First World War. Whilst Olavi’s young brother, who fought for the Whites, was killed by

Life: The Complete Handbook Stuart Rose Purchase: About: LIFE The complete Handbook answers those big questions that many of us seek answers for, such as what is “existence”, what is “God” and what is the role of “love” or “right and wrong” in our lives. It takes a look at what makes life meaningful –