A scientific study on people's heights, and how much stress (wuthering) is involved in being unusually tall.

Murder at the Mill

A mystery story set at a mill in the English countryside during the 17th century.

When Books Went to War

An account of a support team who sent boxes of secondhand books to soldiers on the front in WW1, to help keep their spirits up.

The Romance of the English Theatre.

A biographical reference book listing all the most famous playwrights over the centuries, including Aristophanes, Aeschylus & Sophocles, as well as Shakespeare, Goldsmith & Molière, right down to the present. 

Zero hour

The official report into 'zero hour contracts' in which an employee is not guaranteed a set number of hours of work, not even one hour. [Sadly, this is a true situation, although I don't know if there's a report]

The Quilter's Apprentice 

(apologies if I've used this before; I'm finally reading it)

A story of how a craft that was a working-class woman's best way of seeing that her children had warm blankets to sleep under, using rags & other valued scraps of material, became firstly a boon to the family, community, then commercialized, with apprentices trained to learn various personalised techniques as well as developing interesting designs in patchwork.

Game of crowns

Four siblings evacuated to a country house in WW2 explore the games room, and enjoy an old-fashioned game of Draughts that one maid calls Crowns. They wonder what it would be like to all be wearing crowns. On another wet day they play hide and seek... 😉

Pippi in the South Seas

Pippi, who comes from Europe, has a real adventure, exploring South Seas countries, such as Tahiti, Samoa, Fiji & Tonga, not to mention Australia, New Zealand, & other South Pacific nations, including Chile & Peru. 

Anna and the King of Siam

Anna welcomes new neighbours, and another child to play with at last - even if he insists they play that he is the king of Siam, and she is his servant.  They create many adventures over the summer.

Goodnight Mr Tom

A children's book about a small boy who keeps getting out of bed to say good night to various things, always ending with a good night to his teddy bear, Mr. Tom.

Aunts Aren't Gentlemen

A teenage girl dislikes having to practise ballroom dancing with her aunt as the man, only to find on the night of the school ball that dancing with boys is far worse!

Moominvalley in November

The Moomin family tell of their experiences, when they lived in a remote area of the world on a heart-shaped island that looks suspiciously like Tasmania, where the climate can be quite hot in November. 

The Sound of Music

A scientific look at vibrations and sound waves with respect to music.

Fierce Wars & Faithful Loves

A true family history based on the memories of an elderly woman whose father, husband, and son were all soldiers in the 20th century.

Tales from the Secret Annex

Tales abound about an old house in the country, with a mysterious extension, accessed through wardrobe-like doors, through which visiting children have found themselves transported into adventures, as if in a time machine. (Now where have I heard that before?)

The Secret Garden