Local & family history, nostalgia

The Heart-Shaped Tin: Love, Loss and Kitchen Objects

Winner of the André Simon Food Book Award

Shortlisted for the Fortnum & Mason Food Book Award

‘Extraordinary’ TELEGRAPH ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

‘Delightful’ GUARDIAN

‘Bee Wilson is one of my favourite writers and this may be her best book’ CHRIS VAN TULLEKEN

Then and Now – Texas Then and Now (Then and Now)

This revised and updated edition of Texas Then and Now features the most prominent locations from around the state, pairing vintage photographs with modern shots of the same famous locations today.

Then and Now – Ottawa Then and Now (Then and Now)

Ottawa Then and Now invites you to discover the history of Canada’s capital city, showcasing over 70 locations — featuring archival images poignantly paired with photographs of the same sites today.

The Uncool

The long-awaited memoir by Cameron Crowe—one of America’s most iconic journalists and filmmakers—revealing his formative years in rock and roll and bringing to life stories that shaped a generation, in the bestselling tradition of Patti Smith’s Just Kids. If you’ve seen Almost Famous, you may think you know this story, but you don’t.

100 Diaries that Chronicled World Events

A compendium of the most celebrated, revelatory, notorious and heart-wrenching diaries from the great, the good and the downright evil. Including the historical journals of Samuel Pepys and Anne Frank; snapshots of art and culture in the diaries of Frida Kahlo and Kurt Cobain; and windows into the past from Queen Victoria and John Adams.

Powsels and Thrums

‘I salute him with the most heartfelt respect and admiration’ PHILIP PULLMAN

‘One of Britain’s greatest writers’ FINANCIAL TIMES

‘Alan Garner’s world is unbearably beautiful and dangerous’GUARDIAN

The Closet

Throughout his life, clothes have provided an outlet through which journalist Teo van den Broeke understands both himself and the world around him.

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