HMS Victory (Icon)
When she was launched in 1765, HMS Victory was the ultimate warship of the Georgian era. As Admiral Lord Nelson's flagship at the Battle of Trafalgar in 1805, she has since become inextricably linked to the memory of Britain's greatest n...
Nelson's Arctic Voyage
In the summer of 1773 the 14-year old Horatio Nelson took part in an expedition to the Arctic, which came close to ending his naval career before it had begun. The expedition was to find a navigable northern passage between the Atlantic and Pacifi...
HMS Victory Pocket Manual 1805
A history of life on board HMS Victory, the world's most famous warship. This addition to the best-selling Conway pocket-book range explores Admiral Nelson's fully preserved flagship HMS Victory, the most tangible symbol of the Royal Navy's greate...
First Book Of Trombone Solos
First Book Of Trombone Solos¿is designed to introduce the young trombonist to the experience of working with an accompanist at an early stage. The material in this book, which covers a wide range of composers, periods and styles, is arranged in in...
Colloids and Interfaces with Surfactants and Polymers
From blood to milk, pumice to gelatine, most scientists interact with colloids on a daily basis without any real knowledge of their nature. Building on the success of the first edition, Colloids and Interfaces with Surfactants and Polymers Second ...
Black Markets
In America, in direct response to indefinite delays on the national transplantation waitlists and an inadequate supply of organs, a growing number of terminally ill Americans are turning to international underground markets and coordinators or bro...
Cyborg Seduction
There is nowhere to hide from a Hunter determined to find his mate. Lindsey Walters is a blogger who takes the craziest assignment of her life--sneak aboard a freighter bound for the terrifying alien prison planet known as The Colony and find out the truth about what's happening to Earth's brave soldiers. A Hunter from Everis banished to the Colony, Kiel's focus is to search for hidden enemies on his new home planet, not love. But when his mark awakens and he shares dreams with an unknown woman, everything changes. When he finds her offered as the prize in the Colony's brutal fighting pits, he must fight for her with every ounce of strength he possesses, or risk losing her to another.
Hidden Life of Girls
Winner of the Best Book of¿2008 from The International Gender and Language Association In this ground-breaking ethnography of girls on a playground, Goodwin offers a window into their complex social worlds. Combats stereotypes that have dominated ...
Using Political Ideas
Using Political Ideas is a unique blend of political philosophy, political theory and history of political thought. It combines a critique of the major ideologies of recent and contemporary society with an analysis of the ideas that form the very ...
Changing Relations
In a fast-changing world, what impact does social change have on our everyday relationships? How do modernisation processes influence our broader values, and how might these then affect our desires to marry, have a family and develop our social ne...
Apache Diaries
In 1930, four decades after the surrender of Geronimo, anthropologist Grenville Goodwin headed south in search of a rumored band of "wild" Apaches in the Sierra Madre. Goodwin's journals chronicling his epic search have been edited and a...
Supercharge Your Brain
'Some people improve mentally with age - here's how you can be one of them.' Mail on Sunday 'More than a game-changer, this book's a no-brainer for anyone who wants to optimise their brain.' Piers Morgan With a new chapter on Covid and the Brain, ...
Hot Mess
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Something Doesn't Add Up
Some people fear and mistrust numbers. Others want to use them for everything. After a long career as a statistician, Paul Goodwin has learned the hard way that the ones who want to use them for everything are a very good reason for the rest of us...
Skönheten och Odjuret
Skönheten och Odjuret
Second Mark
It was billed as the greatest event in the history of pair skating: three of the best teams of all time battling for Olympic gold on one night in Salt Lake City. Technical ability was approximately equal. It was the artistic merit score that would...
Stranded
'IT WAS SO GOOD' NetGalley review ????? 'Absolutely breath-taking' NetGalley review ????? 'Talk about a page-turner!' NetGalley review ????? 'You. DO. NOT want to miss!!!' NetGalley review ????? You'll want to stay. Until you can't leave? A group ...
Her Cyborg Beast
Caroline Jane (CJ) Ellison has a gift for analysis. When a Wall Street deal goes bad, the choice between prison or the Interstellar Brides Program is a no-brainer. She'll go. She'll leave Earth, her past, and her mistakes behind. The decision is logical, not emotional. Until she wakes up on another world with a huge Atlan Warlord, her matched mate, refusing to claim her. Warlord Rezzer is contaminated. Weak. The Hive captured him and stole his soul, his very beast. A mate is out of the question when he can't become what he was born to be, a beast, her mate, her protector. Forced into the Brides Program testing against his will, Rezzer has no intention of claiming the beautiful, sassy female who arrives on the Colony. The Hive stole his beast, but not his honor. He vows to give her to another, a worthy male, a beast who is whole -- one not hunted by the Hive as part of a dangerous new experiment to win the war. CJ takes one look at the wounded warrior before her and knows she will
Day Walks in the Lake District
Day Walks in the Lake District features 20 circular routes between 5 and 13 miles (8 and 21 kilometres) in length, suitable for hillwalkers of all abilities.¿ The routes are split into four geographical areas - north, east, south and west - and in...
Daughter's Destiny
The new tale from Sunday Times bestselling saga author, Rosie Goodwin. Torn apart by destiny, the sisters must learn to survive against the odds in an unforgiving city. 1875. Emerald Winter has lived a privileged life with her parents and her youn...
Lost Girl
1875 With their father missing and their mother suddenly passing, Esme and Gabriel are forced to track down their estranged grandfather in Lincolnshire. Cold and unwelcoming, he is reluctant to take them in, but aware of his standing as the villag...
The Mill Girl
A young girl's courage and strength in the face of hardship and heartache. The new novel from much-loved author Rosie Goodwin.
Little Angel
From the bestselling author of Mothering Sunday; perfect for fans of Dilly Court and Katie Flynn. 'An absorbing story in the grand tradition of the best saga authors' Margaret Dickinson 'Rosie writes such heart-warming sagas' Lyn Andrews 'The new ...
Time to Say Goodbye
Time to Say Goodbye
A Guinea Pig Nutcracker
The Nutcracker ballet, danced by guinea pigs As the curtain rises, Clara is opening her presents under the Christmas tree. She falls in love with a present from her godfather Drosselmeyer: a wooden Nutcracker. When Clara falls asleep that night, she is swept up in a battle between the Nutcracker (who has become a handsome prince) and the terrible Mouse King. This leads to a magical trip into the realms of fantasy, a sweet-filled wonderland where the beautiful Sugarplum Fairy dances... This is the world famous ballet, as you’ve never seen it before.
Our Sweet Violet
Our Sweet Violet
Maid's Courage
A heartwrenching and uplifting read from Sunday Times bestselling author Rosie Goodwin Ginny is devastated by the death of her mother, her two little brothers and her sister - but her father is destroyed by the loss. After a series of drunken mist...
A Mother's Shame
From the corridors of a revered mental asylum, to the plains of rural Australia, via a perilous sea voyage. For the sake of two unborn babies ...
Bellini Card
Charged by the Sultan to find a stolen painting by Bellini, Yashim the detective enlists the help of his friend Palewski, the Polish Ambassador, and goes undercover. Venice in 1840 is a city of empty palazzos and silent canals, and Palewski starts...