Orwell's Roses'Outside my work the thing I care most about is gardening' wrote George Orwell in 1940. Inspired by her encounter with the surviving roses that Orwell planted in his cottage in Hertfordshire, Rebecca Solnit explores how his involvement with plants, particularly flowers, illuminates his other commitments as a writer and antifascist, and the intertwined politics of nature and power.

written by an expert with 50 years' experience in the field and a long-standing connection with the island

They've also featured an incredible cast of supporting characters

Get carried away as you piece together the weird and wonderful world of Oz

boarding house proprietors

though it's a lesson in following your heart

Shrewsbury biscuits and Garibaldis

our genomes should be read not as instruction manuals

She helped to bring about one of the most notorious royal marriages of the 16th century

and the perpetrators of the vicious coup d'etat that ousted him as Chairman of the Residents' Association

and electrifying memoir

the son of an oil tycoon

Science fiction meets science fact in this brand new book from the UK and Ireland's best-loved comedian