Britain AD: A Quest for Arthur, England and the Anglo-Saxons

Leading archaeologist Francis Pryor retells the story of King Arthur, legendary king of the Britons, tracing it back to its Bronze Age origins.

Can You Play Cricket on Mars? And Other Scientific Questions Answered

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia: A Novel

How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is a striking slice of contemporary life at a time of crushing upheaval. Romantic without being sentimental, political without being didactic, and spiritual without being religious, it brings an unflinching gaze to the violence and hope it depicts. And it creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change.

The Northland Chronicles: A Stranger North

Nine years ago, the Desolation decimated Earth’s human population. Now the survivors struggle on, living in tiny pockets of civilization scattered across the globe.

Frontier View is one such community, isolated in northern Minnesota where the winters are harsh and wild predators lurk among the shadows. Life isn’t easy, but the people eke out a peaceful existence as hunters and farmers.

While most Austen biographers have accepted the assertion of Jane's brother Henry that "My dear Sister's life was not a life of events," Tomalin shows that, on the contrary, Austen's brief life was fraught with upheaval. Tomalin provides detailed and absorbing accounts of Austen's ill-fated love for a young Irishman, her frequent travels and extended visits to London, her close friendship with a worldly cousin whose French husband met his death on the guillotine, her brothers' naval service in the Napoleonic wars and in the colonies, and thus shatters the myth of Jane Austen as a sheltered and homebound spinster whose knowledge of the world was limited to the view from a Hampshire village.