In this colourful history of the wild world of crime reporting since 1700, Duncan Campbell reveals what it’s really like to deal with murderers, gangsters, robbers, cat burglars, victims, informers and detectives, looking at the ‘hacks in the macs’ and the ‘Murder Gang’ who would go to any lengths to get a story – and serve it up to an ever-eager reading public.

How did we develop from simple animals inhabiting small pockets of forest in Africa to the dominant species on Earth? Traveling back almost eight million years to our earliest primate relatives, Evolution: The Human Story charts the development of our species from tree-dwelling primates to modern humans.
Investigating each of our ancestors in detail and in context, from the anatomy of their bones to the environment they lived in, Evolution: The Human Story profiles every human relative and ancestor discovered to date, and illustrates them in lifelike form.

English Short Stories: Including 'The Boy That Runs' (CEFR Level B1+)

Not just a boring grammar book: Learn English with four fast-paced short stories written for English language learners. In this book, we go from the stormy seas of Scotland to the snowy streets of St. Petersburg; while learning morals of friendship, courage and appreciation along the way. Each story contains various exercises on comprehension, grammar, vocabulary and even creative writing. Each time you re-read a story you'll gain a deeper meaning, and pick-up vocabulary and grammar structures you weren't aware of before. This is a book written for both pleasure and education. Graded at CEFR Level B1+, this book is most suitable for intermediate or advanced level speakers of all ages.

Writing research - Why do we write?

Why do we write?
People write for a variety of reasons. For some, it is a career; for others, a hobby. Some write because it helps them to sort out their feelings. Some have a story to tell. And some write because nothing in the world makes them happier.

In this essential new work, Eleanor Fitzsimons reframes Wilde's story and his legacy through the women in his life, including such scintillating figures as Florence Balcombe; actress Lillie Langtry; and his tragic and witty niece, Dolly, who, like Wilde, loved fast cars, cocaine, and foreign women. Fresh revealing, and entertaining, full of fascinating detail and anecdotes, Wilde's Women relates the untold story of how a beloved writer and libertine played a vitally sympathetic role on behalf of many women, and how they supported him in the midst of a Victorian society in the process of changing forever.