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Escape from Red China
The experiences and attitudes of a man who lived under Chinese Communism, rising to a position of importance before his decision to flee to the West, whose story describes much of life and society under Maoism. Robert Loh is the first educated Chinese to give a view from the inside of life in Red China. Son of a well-to-do family who was sent to study political science in the United States during the period when the authority of the Nationalist Government was disintegrating, Loh chose to return to Shanghai to contribute what he could toward reshaping China into a major world power. Robert Loh is at pains to make clear that he could not have survived, and indeed lived a relatively privileged life in communist China without giving in to much that he hated and despised.
My History
The childhood and early life memoir of Antonia Fraser, one of our finest narrative historians. Antonia Fraser's magical memoir describes growing up in the 1930s and '40s, but its real concern is with her growing love of history. A fascination that began with reading Our Island Story and her evacuation to an Elizabethan manor house at the beginning of the Second World War soon developed into an enduring passion, becoming, in her own words, 'an essential part of the enjoyment of life'. My History follows Antonia's relationship with her family: she was the eldest of eight children. Her parents Frank and Elizabeth Pakenham, later Lord and Lady Longford, were both Labour politicians. Then there are her adventures as a self-made debutante before Oxford University and a fortunate coincidence that leads to her working in publishing. It closes with the publication of her first major historical work, Mary Queen of Scots - a book that became a worldwide bestseller. Told with inimitable humour and style, this is an unforgettable account of one person's journey towards becoming a writer - and a historian.
Ten Little Astronauts
The U.N. Owen is adrift in interstellar space. With no lights, no life support, no help for ten trillion miles, it seems as though things can't get any worse. Then, they find a body. Ten astronauts are woken from suspended animation to deal with a crisis on board their ship. Selected from a crew of thousands, none of them knows any of the others: all they know is that one of their number is a murderer. And until they work out who it is, none of them can go back to sleep.
Jack and Friends
This new book explores the complex character of Jack Hargreaves, TV presenter and most unlikely of cult figures. Jack's presence in front of the camera exuded an old fashioned warmth, a grandfather passing down to the next generation country wisdom and lore. Jack presented a way of life that was rapidly disappearing and his television series, Out of Town, punctuated tea time for millions of families with thirty minutes of tranquillity every week. This is an affectionate but honest account of Jack, his loves, his children and the important influences that made him not only the 'patron Saint of Sheds' and several times winner of 'Pipe Smoker of the Year,' but everyone's window into a country world that had all but vanished.
An Elephant Kissed My Window: and Other Stories from the Tea Plantations of South India
Far away, high up on top of these gentle blue hills, tea is grown. It is a beautiful, surreal world and the people who live here lead isolated lives under brilliant skies, immersed in pure air and surrounded by jungles in which animals roam. Some of their stories will make you laugh, some will fascinate you. And by the time you have finished enjoying them, you will find that you have become knowledgeable not just about how tea is made, but also the history of how tea became the most popular drink in the world! If you love tea - this book is for you.
Friday Night's Dream: Wyckerton
Wyckerton, like many cities, is a wonderful place to live, but if you are a resident you will also be magic. Blissfully unaware non-magics come and go during the day hours, but an ancient charm on the city ensures that only witches and wizards are able to stay after six o’clock. After Alfie – a young, wiry boy with an eye for detail – discovers he is magic and moves into his friend’s bed and breakfast within the city, he gets whisked up into normal days and magic nights and soon prefers spells to spelling, travelling via broom to geographical maps and wizard history to world history. Yet the art of potion making certainly comes in handy for chemistry. To develop his skills, he helps ...
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