Almost a decade since deciding to give up war reporting full-time, and at the unexpected prodding of his wife, award-winning journalist Patrick Graham travels to the heart of the Libyan Revolution and the Arab Spring. He delivers a story by turns harrowing and comic, rich in both dramatic, on-the-ground reportage and historical detail, of a nation on the brink of transformation.“If you’re a recovering journalist listening to reports of a distant war on the radio, then you know, wit...

Organic chemistry is the chemistry of compounds of carbon. The ability of carbon to link together to form long chain molecules and ring compounds as well as bonding with many other elements has led to a vast array of organic compounds. These compounds are central to life, forming the basis for organic molecules such as nucleic acids, proteins, carbohydrates, and lipids. In this Very Short Introduction Graham Patrick covers the whole range of organic compounds and their roles. Begi...

The book that readers have been waiting for.In Frisco’s Kid, Tasha Francisco was a strong-willed, independent child, thrown into the temporary care of her Navy SEAL uncle, Alan “Frisco” Francisco.Years older, but still just a kid himself, Thomas King lived nearby. Tasha took one look and declared she would marry him someday. Thomas wasn’t quite so sure about that.Now Tasha is a strong-willed, independent young woman, and Thomas is an officer and a hospital ...

The 'Winds of Change' is the first book in the ten-book fantasy series called 'The Chronicles of Nim and Aria'. Nim and Aria are teenagers who live in an isolated spirefolk community called the Dawn Spires. Their home consists of a tight cluster of tall, rocky spires surrounded by dangerous forests and mountains. The survival and prosperity of the Dawn Spires community depend crucially on trade with other spire communities beyond the mountains by means of technologically advanced hot-air b...

The publication of Martin Luther's Ninety-Five Theses in 1517 immediately elicited responses from dozens of Roman Catholics in Germany and beyond. While Luther's works and those of his leading supporters have been available in English translation for many years, those of most of his Catholic opponents have not. In order to address this imbalance, win a fairer hearing for the Catholic opposition, and make it possible for students to understand both sides of the sixteenth-century religious d...

“A Digger must not refuse a request from the Dead." —Rule Five of the Gravedigger’s CodeIan Fossor is last in a long line of Gravediggers. It’s his family’s job to bury the dead and then, when Called by the dearly departed, to help settle the worries that linger beyond the grave so spirits can find peace in the Beyond.But Ian doesn’t want to help the dead—he wants to be a Healer and help the living. Such a wish is, of course, selfish and impossible...

The Enchanted Glen is a fantasy adventure based on Scottish myths and legends handed down from generation to generation in the Scottish Highlands.Two teenagers, Rory and Kenny, travel to a remote part of the Highlands on a 'Munro-Bagging' expedition, aiming to climb mountains over 3,000 feet in height. While chatting with a local farmer, they hear of a legendary Enchanted Glen that has been sealed off from the outside world for over 200 years. It is reputed to contain spectacular p...

The Ritual is a fictional story that focuses on the relationships between three teenagers living in an isolated community on the rugged west coast of the Scottish Highlands. David is the fifteen-year-old son of the local doctor. He is innovative, adventurous, and keen on sports (especially shinty). He also leads the 'Crew'- an unusual village youth group organised by the youngsters themselves without adult supervision. David's latest passion is sea kayaking, and he has started up ...

With the aid of a brooch that allows him to see into the past, fourteen-year-old David sets out on a quest to find the long-lost Loch Arkaig treasure hidden in the Scottish Highlands. However, his adventure goes seriously wrong when he is accidentally transported back to the 18th century. Now trapped in this era, he joins a group of refugees hiding in the mountains from Redcoat soldiers. Gradually, David's memories of his own identity fade as he becomes integrated into the past. Will he fi...

'Troutfishing' comically charts Steve's hapless decline from aspirational Mondeo Man to washed-up Baby Boomer, mirroring the decline of British industry at the hands of callous, southern-based politicians of all stripes.

‘It really is one of the best books around.’‘Hooked! I’ve re-read these books again and again!’Can a teenage time traveller be the saviour Victorian London needs and save himself? Step back in time to the heyday of the Crystal Palace, the world’s first theme park.Joe’s world is turned upside down when he discovers a shattered compass among the brambles where the Crystal Palace once stood and time travels to 1888.With help f...

THE REMARKABLE NEW WORK OF FICTION FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING AUTHOR OF LAST ORDERS, WATERLAND, HERE WE ARE and MOTHERING SUNDAYIn the aftermath of the Second World War Private Joseph Caan, a young Jewish soldier stationed in Germany, seeks the truth about lost family members; in the 1960s a father focuses on his daughter’s wedding even as the Cuban Missile Crisis brings the world to the brink of disaster; in 2001, while planes fly into the Twin Towers, a maid w...