Rogues, Widows and Orphans : Mischief and Misadventures in the World of Books, Rebecca Lee

Rogues, Widows and Orphans : Mischief and Misadventures in the World of Books, Rebecca LeeNew Hardback It's a long journey from a writer's mind to a finished book and a lot needs to go right along the way. But isn't it more interesting when things go wrong? With an expert Penguin editor as your guide, dive into the dark side of the book world: a secret history fizzing with scandals, rivalries, cock ups and con jobs. We'll discover how the tiniest of typos can have oversized consequences, unearth horrifying examples of bad taste and worse

Widely regarded as a critique of European colonial rule in Africa

broadcaster and documentary-maker Jenny Kleeman takes us on an adventure to meet some of the people who decide what we're worth

looked around for a while and said "Daddy

three-quarters of mothers are in employment and paid work is an unremarkable feature of women’s lives after childbirth

Twilight profoundly affects human life too – but in our age of electric light and closed doors

Kant marched through his hometown every day

engineering and mathematics to evolution

From the icy Danish observatory of Tycho Brahe

Leading Plath scholars Peter K

When Winnie-the-Pooh first appeared in print on Christmas Eve 1925

memoir and author interviews

and a devoted father to their three children