An in-depth guide to life in medieval England, including class, housing, spirituality, fashion, grooming, food, commerce, jobs, health, law, war, and more.Imagine you were transported back in time to Medieval England and had to start a new life there. Without mobile phones, ipads, internet, and social media networks, when transport means walking or, if you're fortunate, horseback, how will you know where you are or what to do? Where will you live? What is there to ...

“The most important book to be written in more than 40 years about the rise of Canadian literature… Arrival: The Story of CanLit brims and crackles, in equal measure, with information and energy.” — Winnipeg Free PressA Globe and Mail Top 100 BookNational Post 99 Best Books of the YearIn the mid-twentieth century, Canadian literature transformed from a largely ignored trickle of books into an enorm...

Six months of not looking. Three days in one hotel room. Something was bound to give.Jake Mercer is straight. He's been straight his whole life, and he has a very solid argument for that — an argument he's been quietly constructing for six months, mostly to manage the fact that he cannot stop noticing Luca Ricci.Luca is his teammate. His road-trip roommate — again. Openly bisexual, dark-eyed, and irritatingly aware of the specific way Jake has been not-look...

PACKED WITH ASTONISHING FACTS AND WONDERFUL STORIES ON WHAT MAKES THE ENGLISH TICKQ. Why are English train seats so narrow?A. It's all the Romans' fault. The first Victorian trains were built to the same width as horse-drawn wagons; and they were designed to fit the ruts left in the roads by Roman chariots.This intriguing and witty book explains how our national characteristics - our sense of humour, hobbies and favourite foods - a...

It's time to diversify your reading list.This richly illustrated and vastly inclusive collection uplifts the works of authors who are often underrepresented in the literary world. Using their keen knowledge and deep love for all things literary, coauthors Jamise Harper (founder of the Diverse Spines book community) and Jane Mount (author of Bibliophile) collaborated to create an essential volume filled with treasures for every reader:• Dozens of th...

***'Grimly funny and superbly written, with a twist on every page' – Hilary Mantel'Delightfully compulsive and unforgettably original' – Hadley Freeman'Wonderful, funny and wise' – Kate Summerscale***SHORTLISTED FOR THE DUFF COOPER PRIZE 2021A SUNDAY TIMES, TLS, SPECTATOR AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEARAunt Munca never told the truth about anything. Calling herself after the mouse in a Beatrix Pot...

A self-help guide for time-travelers navigating Anglo-Saxon England, offering advice on laws, social roles, survival, and Viking encounters.THIS BOOK COULD SAVE YOUR LIFE! If you are planning to travel back to the England of Anglo-Saxon times and begin a new life without technology, how will you manage? If you were a king, a thegn or even a slave, what rights do you have under the law? Are women treated well by their husbands, and if you become sick, what are your ...

A WATERSTONES BOOK OF THE YEARWho said that dictatorship was dead? The world today is full of Strong Men and their imitators. Caesarism is alive and well. Yet in modern times it's become a strangely neglected subject. Ferdinand Mount opens up a fascinating exploration of how and why Caesars seize power and why they fall."Fast paced and impassioned" -- Sunday Telegraph"Wonderfully wry" -- The Guardian...

Two firefighters. One burning building. The call that almost took them both — and the adrenaline that took everything else.Ryan Callahan has been a firefighter for five years. He knows the job, knows his station, knows his partner. He's been running calls beside Nate Ortega for two years and the trust between them is total — the kind that only builds when two men have run into burning buildings together often enough.He's also been noticing Nate for about ei...

He's the team captain. Cole's mentor. The most untouchable person in the program. Cole is nineteen and completely in over his head.Cole Rafferty came to Hartwell ready for the hardest hockey of his life. He was not ready for Ash Delaney.Ash is twenty-four, a fifth-year captain, the best player on the ice in any session Cole has watched on film. He's been assigned as Cole's mentor for the fall semester — film sessions, skating drills, an open door. Professio...

One captain. One co-captain he didn't ask for. Five days in a cabin with one broken pull-out couch and no more excuses.Marcus Webb runs things by the book. He's had a system for everything since the day he was named captain — binders, structure, clear chains of command. The system works. The record says so.Then Coach Reyes gives him a co-captain.Jonah Price transferred from Lakeview with opinions about everything and apparently no awareness that som...

The deliciously sharp new novel from Ferdinand Mount, author of the Sunday Times Book of the Year Kiss Myself GoodbyeFerdinand Mount's stinging satireplunges into the dubious world of London PR firms, the back rooms of Westminster and the campaign trail in Africa and America. We follow the hapless Dickie Pentecost, redundant diplomatic correspondent for a foundering national newspaper, together with his stern oncologist wife Jane, and their daught...