One Girl Began - Kate Murray-Browne (2001)

East London, 1909. When her family fall on hard times, Ellen finds work in a box factory and is drawn into a tight knit circle of friendship, one that will transform her life and test her in unexpected ways.

The Latecomer - Jaen Hanff Korelitz (1983)

The Latecomer follows the story of the wealthy, New York Citybased Oppenheimer family, from the first meeting of parents Salo and Johanna, under tragic circumstances, to their triplets born during the early days of IVF. As children, the three siblings - Harrison, Lewyn, and Sally - feel no strong familial bond and cannot wait to go their separate ways, even as their father becomes more distanced and their mother more desperate. When the triplets leave for college, Johanna, faced with being truly alone, makes the decision to have a fourth child. What role will the “latecomer” play in this fractured family?

Lennie the Shag - Sue Saunders (1978)

Audiobook - written and narrated by Sue Saunders

Lennie The Shag is a curious, innocent bird who doesn't know where he belongs or who he really is. The dozens of colourful characters he meets, good and bad, visible and invisible, lead him on an adventurous journey where he discovers what's best for him after doing his best for others.

The Future of Energy -
Richard Black (1981)

How will the world produce more, cleaner energy? Journalist and analyst Richard Black sets out a vision for the future which could benefit us all.

Total Defense: The New Deal and the Invention of National Security - Andrew Preston, Fellow

The story of how FDR and fellow New Dealers created the idea of national security, transforming the meaning of defense and vastly expanding the US government’s responsibilities.

The New Cambridge History of Russian Literature - Simon Franklin (Editor), Fellow

This is the essential new guide to Russian literature, combining authority and innovation in coverage ranging from medieval manuscripts to the internet and social media. With contributions from thirty-four world-leading scholars, it offers a fresh approach to literary history, not as one integral narrative but as multiple parallel histories.

Peter Pootletron and the Hiccuping Headache - Fiona McMahon (2004)

Peter Pootletron is famous for being able to solve the trickiest of challenges. He also loves a good pootle. When the Prime Minister asks for his help solving a curious hiccuping epidemic, will he be able to help, or will his pootling get in the way?

Dangerous Enough -
Rebecca Varley-Winter (2005)

Becky Varley- Winter’s striking debut explores themes of daring, danger and risk in poems that are packed with imagery from the natural world. Complex, hypnotic, memorable – this collection introduces a significant new voice.

The Opposite of Swedish Death Cleaning - Alison Binney (1992)

The title refers to the act of decluttering one’s own life to save loved ones the trouble, a reality far removed from the poet’s own experience of sorting and clearing the family home of a parent with Alzheimer’s. Connection, memory, loss and belonging are recurring themes in poems which explore all the messy sides of life. Writing with heart and tenderness about coming out, coming of age, teaching, nature, grief and recovery, Alison Binney’s poems sing with vitality and humour.

Horace Jones, Architect of Tower Bridge - David Lascelles (1963)

This is the first published biography of Jones and is fully illustrated with examples of his designs and finished works, including Smithfield Market.

Jeoffry: The Poet’s Cat - Oliver Soden (2008)

Jeoffry was a real cat who lived 250 years ago, confined to an asylum with Christopher Smart, one of the most visionary poets of the age. In exchange for love and companionship, Smart rewarded Jeoffry with the greatest tribute to a feline ever written. Prize-winning biographer Oliver Soden combines meticulous research with passages of dazzling invention to recount the life of the cat praised as ‘a mixture of gravity and waggery’.

From Nowhere to Somewhere: How a Small-Town Dreamer became an Oxbridge Scholar -Julian Tan (2011)

Ever dreamt of gaining admission to a prestigious university like Oxford or Cambridge? Julian Tan shares his personal journey from being a small-town dreamer in the suburbs of Malaysia to becoming a scholar at both the universities of Oxford and Cambridge.

Ramesses the Great - Toby Wilkinson, Fellow

Ramesses II ruled the Nile Valley and the wider Egyptian empire from 1279 to 1213 B.C., one of the longest reigns in pharaonic history. He was a cultural innovator, a relentless self-promoter, and an astute diplomat—the peace treaty signed after the Battle of Kadesh was the first in recorded history. This biography uncovers the methods and motivations of a meglomanic ruler, with lessons for our own time.