Sons of Thunder - Writing from the Fast Lane - A Motorcycling Anthology

Neil Bradford (ed.)

Robert Pirsig, in his groundbreaking "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance", wrote about the relationship of rider and machine, the fact of 'seeing deeply into the nature of things by direct experience'. T.E. Lawrence described 'the lustfulness of moving swiftly', the sensation of feeling 'the eart...

The Great God Pan

Arthur Machen

'I will not read it; I should never sleep again' A doctor performs an experiment on a young woman that goes horribly wrong, and a series of increasingly strange events follow: sinister woodland rituals, disappearances, suicides... Viewed as immoral and decadent on first publication in 1894, Machen's wei...

Pocket Eyewitness Ancient Rome

Dorling Kindersley Publishing Staff

The series that packs a world of knowledge into your pocketGet fast facts at your fingertips with DK Pocket Eyewitness Ancient Rome, packed with bite-sized chunks of information that make learning about the Roman Empire even more fun. Find out what Romans ate at their banquets and what bloody spectacles...

Stuff - Extraordinary Stories of Ordinary Things

Maddie Moate; Paul Boston (Illustrator)

The first children's book from CBBC presenter Maddie Moate, this is a collection of incredible stories about everyday things and how they are made, used and re-used This is the first children's book from CBBC presenter Maddie Moate- a collection of incredible stories about STUFF. Discover mind-boggling...