Geographic: Great Britain

From the United Nations in New York to the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, from the Himalayas to Somalia, John Tidmarsh's career as a BBC journalist and broadcaster has taken him all over the globe and involved him in numerous exciting and dangerous adventures. This book tells his story.

In March 1818, Captain Adam Bolitho takes command of the frigate Onward. With his stalwart coxswain Jago and the midshipman David Napier, Adam must accept both the challenge of commanding His Britannic Majesty's Ship onward, confronting old enemies and rivals to forge an alliance against corsairs...

Illustrated throughout, this handbook of birds covers the most common British and European birds in detail.

Liz Smith is one of Britain's much loved character actresses. This is her life story - from her cosseted yet lonely childhood with her beloved grandparents, through the war, marriage and children, divorce and poverty, long years working in dead-end jobs to her big break at the age of fifty.

Jason Taylor is 13, doomed to be growing up in the most boring family in the deadest village in the dullest county in the most tedious nation on earth. This book follows 13 months in his life as he negotiates the pitfalls of school and home and contends with bullies, girls and politics.

1901. Eleanor Paton has ambitions to become a journalist, so she is devastated when her father appoints Stephen Walsh as the new editor of his newspaper. Stephen refuses to print her articles. However, as her talent begins to flourish under Stephen's guidance, a family crisis threatens to part th...

'Statues Without Shadows' is a haunting, poignant memoir of the author's quest to discover the shocking truth about her past, spanning three generations of a fascinating but flawed family.

Hannah Pool's search for her 'real' family is a journey which takes her far beyond her comfort zone and face to face with the harsh realities of a life that could so easily have been her own. Frank, funny and sometimes all too real, this is the story of one life, two families and two very difficu...

A comprehensive study of animal life in the British Isles, this text includes over 3000 entries from the common snails and earthworms to deer and the golden eagle. It includes information on history, folklore, habitat and characteristics.

Written with the help of an experienced educational adviser, this book concentrates on the Queen herself - her childhood, coronation, marriage and reign. It is specifically devised to complement National Curriculum Key Stage 2 core subject.

From his post-war childhood in London through his undergraduate years at Oxford, Hawking was smart but (according to him) undistinguished. A great lover of jokes and bets, he made an art of doing as little work as possible. All that changed, however, when Hawking received a diagnosis of Lou Gehri...

Paul's life in rural Kent - which he shares with his dogs, sheep, cows, chickens and owls - is as far removed from the bright lights of celebrity as you could possibly imagine. This book offers a very personal insight into the life of a national treasure.

Written by her mother Kate, this is an emotional account of the disappearance of and subsequent search for Madeleine McCann.