The two titles included in this set are: My Animal Book (Read more...) My Head-to-Toe Body Book (Read more...)

Former teacher Anne Bennett discovered her talent for writing following an accident that left her unable to walk. Irish by birth, she grew up in Birmingham and uses both locations as settings in her gripping, historically accurate sagas, all of which depict ordinary people facing challenging situations. The three titles included in this set are: A Girl can Dream (Read more...) Another Man's Child (Read more...) Child on the Doorstep (Read more...)

The food writer and journalist Diana Henry is a columnist with The Sunday Telegraph and a regular contributor on BBC Radio 4’s Woman’s Hour. Her recipes draw on a range of world cuisines and are aimed at home cooks, reflecting her ‘do-able’ approach to food. The two titles included in this set are: Food from Plenty (Read more...) A Change of Appetite (Read more...)

Often focusing on the bonds of family and featuring strong female characters, Martina Cole's bestselling novels are mostly set in London, among the underworld gangs and organized crime families of the East End and the author's home county of Essex. The four titles included in this set are: The Faithless (Read more...) Faces (Read more...) The Life (Read more...) The Family (Read more...)

Inspired by Kenneth Clark’s Civilisation television series of the 1960s, the 2018 BBC series explored the role of art and the creative imagination in the formation and development of civilizations. These two illustrated studies accompanied four programmes in the series, offering deeper explorations of their themes. The two titles included in this set are: How do we Look, The Eye of Faith (Read more...) First Contact, Cult of Progress (Read more...)

Aimed at adults, these hardback gift titles showcase the wit and wisdom of AA Milne through the observations of his best-loved creations, complemented by EH Shepherd’s original illustrations. Each book offers carefully selected quotations that highlight the most distinctive traits of the inhabitants of the Hundred Acre Wood – from Pooh’s endearing greed to Eeyore’s stoic misery. The four titles included in this set are: Deep Thoughts and Ponderings for the Wise (Read more...)Little Somethings and Smackerels for Food Lovers (Read more...)Doubt and Disquiet for Worriers (Read more...)Gloom and Doom for Pessimists (Read more...)

Letters written as editor of the school magazine, love letters, begging letters, letters to literary editors, fellow poets and friends: the collected letters of Dylan Thomas trace his life from the age of 16 to shortly before his death in New York in 1953, at the age of 39. Outspoken, and often indiscreet, they form the poet’s own narrative, telling of his love of Caitlin, his opinions on poets and poetry, and a life famously marred by drink and debt. Second edition. The two titles included in this set are: Dylan Thomas The Collected Letters Volume I: 1931–1939 (Read more...)Dylan Thomas The Collected Letters Volumes II: 1939–1953 (Read more...)

Herself a voracious reader of romance novels, Annie Darling infuses the titles in this series with a warm-hearted charm. Each one features a quaint old bookshop setting, a bookworm protagonist and a plethora of clever literary references. The three titles included in this set are: The Little Bookshop of Lonely Hearts (Read more...) Crazy in Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop (Read more...) True Love at the Lonely Hearts Bookshop (Read more...)

The two titles included in this set are: Mr Wolf and the Three Bears (Read more...) Mr Wolf and the Enormous Turnip (Read more...)

In these two books, Murray Naylor acts as our guide to a selection of cathedrals and churches, all of which are within easy reach of a railway station. He offers an introduction and personal appreciation of the ecclesiastical builders and their contribution to Christian culture, and observations on the railway, past and present, and its engineers. Both books include details and maps of rail routes and around 200 photographs. The two titles included in this set are: England's Cathedrals by Train (Read more...) England's Historic Churches by Train (Read more...)

The two titles included in this set are: My First Animals (Read more...) My First Words (Read more...)

Continuing the tradition begun by Ian Allan in the 1940s, the ABC Rail Guides are the long-trusted source of information on all the locomotives, multiple units and rolling stock used on the railways of Britain and Ireland. Listed in operator order, entries include route maps and photographs, and stock numbers are also separately listed and cross referenced. The two titles included in this set are: Main Line Systems (Read more...) Light Rail and Heritage Railways (Read more...)

Dinah Jefferies was born in Malaysia in 1948, and although she moved to England in 1956, her first three novels recall the East, evoking the heat, scent and the unease of life in colonial Malaysia, Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and Indochina (now Vietnam). The three titles included in this set are: The Silk Merchant's Daughter (Read more...) The Separation (Read more...) The Tea Planter's Wife (Read more...)

The protagonist of this humorous ‘cosy’ mystery series is the eccentric retired art teacher (and crime magnet) Miss Seeton, who possesses an uncanny ability to sketch vital clues into her drawings – a skill that quickly becomes invaluable to Scotland Yard. The three titles included in this set are: Picture Miss Seeton (Read more...) Miss Seeton Draws the Line (Read more...) Witch Miss Seeton (Read more...)

Nicholas Bracewell is the book-holder – the stage manager and mainstay – of Lord Westfield’s Men, a theatre troupe in Elizabethan London, whose actors and performances are bedevilled by tricksters, murderers, political intrigue, fire and the plague, all of which require Nicholas’s constant vigilance and investigations. The seven titles included in this set are: The Vagabond Clown (Read more...) The Roaring Boy (Read more...) The Princess of Denmark (Read more...) The Nine Giants (Read more...) The Mad Courtesan (Read more...) The Fair Maid of Bohemia (Read more...) The Devil's Apprentice (Read more...)

This set comprises ten novels by Sunday Times bestselling author Dilly Court. Each story paints an evocative picture of London life in the early 20th century, and features a strong female protagonist, well-researched period detail and adventurous, fast-moving plots. The ten titles included in this set are: A Mother's Trust (Read more...) The Beggar Maid (Read more...) Cinderella Sister (Read more...) A Loving Family (Read more...) The Workhouse Girl (Read more...) The Ragged Heiress (Read more...) The Best of Daughters (Read more...) A Place Called Home (Read more...) The Orphan's Dream (Read more...) The Lady's Maid (Read more...)

In Lily Baxter’s novels we meet girls and young women in wartime, living through hardship and bereavement, but also discovering the call of duty and finding love, however precarious. The five titles included in this set are: In Love and War (Read more...) Spitfire Girl (Read more...) The Shopkeeper's Daughter (Read more...) The Girls in Blue (Read more...) Poppy's War (Read more...)

BAFTA-winning actress and comedian Dawn French is probably best known for her comedy collaborations with Jennifer Saunders and her role in The Vicar of Dibley. She is also a bestselling author of several humorous novels that encompass themes such as love, death, grief, childhood and motherhood. The three titles included in this set are:A Tiny Bit Marvellous (Read more...) Oh Dear Silvia (Read more...) According To Yes (Read more...)

Working for the Boston Homicide Unit, Jane Rizzoli is the featured detective in these crime novels and as the series develops, medical examiner Maura Isles joins her as a key protagonist. The success of the books led to the American TV series, Rizzoli and Isles. The five titles included in this set are: Vanish (Read more...) The Sinner (Read more...) The Apprentice (Read more...) The Surgeon (Read more...) The Mephisto Club (Read more...)

The three titles included in this set are: Die of Shame (Read more...) Love Like Blood (Read more...) The Killing Habit (Read more...)

Tess Gerritsen (b.1953) has a degree in anthropology, trained as a doctor and, since 1986, has been a best-selling author. Written with first-hand knowledge of trauma and autopsy, her books featuring the detective Jane Rizzoli and forensic pathologist Dr Maura Isles are tense, chilling and gory thrillers. The four titles included in this set are: I Know a Secret (Read more...) Last to Die (Read more...) The Killing Place (Read more...) Keeping the Dead (Read more...)

In these lively accounts of journeys with her more reluctant husband, agnostic Jill Dudley seeks ‘answers to impossibly difficult questions’ through encounters with the sites, people, festivals and beliefs associated with different religious traditions, both ancient and modern. The four titles included in this set are: Lap of the Gods (Read more...) Holy Smoke! (Read more...) Gods in Britain (Read more...) Ye Gods! (Read more...)

Science fiction and fantasy have given programmes such as Star Trek and Doctor Who the freedom to explore controversial social issues and, on a personal level, questions of emotion, identity, memory and the perception of reality. In these books, each comprising 19 or 20 essays, the contributors analyse psychological problems raised by the adventures of the space and time explorers. The three titles included in this set are: Star Wars Psychology (Read more...) Doctor Who Psychology (Read more...) Star Trek Psychology (Read more...)

Each of the titles in Pen and Sword's Fact File series gives an overview of a class of military equipment. Every model or variation is given a separate entry containing a brief history, technical data table, illustrations and photographs of the material in use. The four titles included in this set are: German Half-Tracks and Wheeled Vehicles (Read more...) German Artillery (Read more...) Panzers of the Wehrmacht (Read more...) German Heavy Artillery Guns (Read more...)