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Allan Ahlberg was adopted as a baby. In 1938 he was picked up in London by his new mother and taken back to Oldbury in the Black Country. Now he is one of the most successful children's book writers in the world. In 'The Bucket' he describes an oddly enchanted childhood lived out in an industrial...

Having settled in a Mallorcan mountain idyll, Anna Nicholas, her husband and son want to become as self-sufficient as possible, so they team up with organic farmers to learn how to tend sheep, make cheese and honey and grind flour, while finding time to create a media storm for a new Spanish leat...

With her father in prison and her family under surveillance in their beloved village home, surrounded by microphones and informed on by the neighbours, Carmen was abruptly forced to leave her childhood behind. Six years later, under threat of death, the family was expelled from Romania. She didn'...

Butterflies animate our summers but the 59 butterfly species of the British Isles can be surprisingly elusive. Some bask unseen at the top of trees in London parks; others lurk at the bottom of damp bogs in Scotland. Several are virtually extinct. This book charts the author's quest to find all 5...

In 'A Buzz in the Meadow' Goulson tells the story of how he bought a derelict farm in the heart of rural France, together with 33 acres of surrounding meadow and how, over a decade, he has created a place for his beloved bumblebees to thrive. But other creatures live there too, a myriad insects o...

For more than half a century, C.S. Lewis's Narnia series has captured the imagination of millions. In this book, Alister McGrath recounts the unlikely legacy of this Oxford don, who spent his days teaching medieval English Literature and his nights writing a bestselling fantasy series for children.

In 1970, newly qualified vet Bruce Fogle arrived in London from Canada assuming that because he spoke English he would understand the English. He also thought that because he'd graduated from the world's best veterinary school he would understand how to be a decent vet. He quickly learned that bo...

Grenville J. Davies was taken prisoner at the beginning of WWII. Held in Stalag XXA and XXB POW Forced Labour Camps in Poland and Germany, he was able to keep a diary on scraps of paper obtained whilst in camp. He tells how prisoners did their best to live off their wits and impede the German war...

A young man has stopped breathing in a supermarket toilet. A pedestrian with a nasty head injury won't let the crew near him on a busy road. A newborn baby is worryingly silent. An addict urinates on the ambulance floor when denied a fix. This is the life of an ambulance paramedic. Jake Jones has...

At fourteen and a half, Laura has grown up and decided to take a job at the Post Office in Candleford Green. Laura soon begins to enjoy herself. There is much to learn, new friendships to make and old ones to continue.