Is the Greek alphabet all Greek to you? Is geometry your Achilles heel and does your knowledge of Homer have more to do with The Simpsons than the Sirens? From engineering and architecture to drama and democracy, the world around us is founded on the principles and discoveries of the Ancient World, yet our understanding of it is episodic at best. S...

Leadership is not about titles, status and power over people. Leaders are people who hold themselves accountable for recognising the potential in people and ideas, and developing that potential. This is a book for everyone who is ready to choose courage over comfort, make a difference and lead. When we dare to lead, we don't pretend to have the rig...

Discover the easy way to get started with crochet! Whether you are interested in learning the basics that you need for starting crochet, relieve stress, or for the sheer enjoyment of crocheting this book can help you. Here is a preview of what you'll learn... The Basics That You Need for Starting Crochet Learning Some of the Basic Stitches Decreasi...

Sarah Waters is the bestselling and award winning author of titles such as Tipping the Velvet and Fingersmith.

YOU HOLD IN YOUR HANDS A GREAT SECRET. It has been passed down through the ages, highly coveted, hidden, lost, stolen, and bought for vast sums of money. Fragments of this Great Secret have been found in the oral traditions, in literature, in religions and philosophies throughout the centuries. It has been understood by some of the most prominent p...

Bacon. McDonalds. Cinnabon. Hot Pockets. Kale. Stand-up comedian and author Jim Gaffigan has made his career rhapsodizing over the most treasured dishes of the American diet ("choking on bacon is like getting murdered by your lover") and decrying the worst offenders ("kale is the early morning of foods"). Fans flocked to his New York Times bestsell...

Jacqueline Wilson's novels often deal with many challenging themes and remain some of the most popular titles chosen in our library. The Story of Tracy Beaker is available to download or on MP3 CD, number 08662CD. Image c Jacqueline Wilson

Anniversary edition of the financial bestseller of all time! Rich Dad, Poor Dad was published 20 years ago for the first time and at once achieved wide readership. By the anniversary of the financial bestseller, Robert Kiyosaki has prepared the new edition with updates for the present-day world and today's market conditions including nine additiona...

What makes the English English? Is it their eccentricity, their passionate love (or, indeed, hatred) of Marmite - or is it something less easily defined? Beginning at the top of a muddy Gloucestershire slope at the Coopers Hill cheese-rolling contest and traversing a landscape of lawns and queues, coastlines and sporting arenas, Ben Fogle takes us...

Most of us grow up having always known to touch wood or cross our fingers, and what happens when a princess kisses a frog or a boy pulls a sword from a stone, yet sadly some of these things are now beginning to be forgotten. Legends, myths, fairytales: our world is made up of the stories we told ourselves about where we came from and how we got the...

Eleanor Updale is the author of the Montmorency series among other children's titles. The series can be found in the library, read by our Patron, Stephen Fry.

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of Have You Eaten Grandma? written and read by Gyles Brandreth. 'Best thing ever, laugh-a-lot, spanning everything. Great book, I'm loving this' Chris Evans, BBC Radio 2 It can be much harder than it seems; commas, colons, semi-colons and even apostrophes can drive us all mad at times, but it riles no one more...

Caroline Lawrence is famed for her historical children's series The Roman Mysteries. The first title in the series, The Thieves of Ostia is available on MP3 CD, number 09843CD.

How can we protect ourselves from nuclear war, ecological cataclysms and technological disruptions? What can we do about the epidemic of fake news or the threat of terrorism? What should we teach our children? Yuval Noah Harari takes us on a thrilling journey through today's most urgent issues. The golden thread running through his exhilarating new...

Everything needed to brew beer right the first time. Presented in a light-hearted style without frivolous interruptions, this authoritative text introduces brewing in a easy step-by-step review. Beer is one of the most widely consumed beverages in the world. It is available nearly everywhere, from gas stations to specialty liquor stores. A new brew...

On 11 September 2001, our world changed. The West's response to 9/11 has morphed into a period of exception. Governments have decided that the rule of law and human rights are often too costly. In On Liberty, Shami Chakrabarti-who joined Liberty, the UK's leading civil rights organization, on 10 September 2001-explores why our fundamental rights an...

Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable audiobook edition of Concussion by Jeanne Marie Laskas, read by Hillary Huber. This is the story of one man's fight against a multibillion dollar colossus. A man who stood up for what was right, whatever the cost. The brilliant young forensic pathologist had no idea that the body on the slab in front of...

HAVE YOU EVER TRIED TO DEFINE the word "is"? Do you have strong feelings about the word "irregardless"? Brimming with intelligence and personality, this vastly entertaining account of how dictionaries are made is a must-read for word mavens. Many of us take dictionaries for granted, and few may realize that the process of writing dictionaries is, i...

Learn with rhythm; learn with tunes, Italian, English words you'll use! This bilingual vocabulary builder for Italian or English coveres 500 words and expressions, plus conversation set to an original music score that energizes the listener, engaging both left and right brain for optimal learning.

In the bestselling tradition of Sloan Crosley's I Was Told There'd Be Cake and Mindy Kaling's Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?, a collection of humorous essays on what it's like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits, and black as cool. My name is "J" and I'm awkward-and black. Someone once told me those...

After the sudden death of her husband, Sheryl Sandberg felt certain that she and her children would never feel pure joy again. "I was in 'the void,'" she writes, "a vast emptiness that fills your heart and lungs and restricts your ability to think or even breathe." Her friend Adam Grant, a psychologist at Wharton, told her there are concrete steps...