Bloomsbury

Gerald Bullet was a British man of letters (1893-1958). He was known as a novelist, essayist, short story writer, critic and poet, who wrote both supernatural fiction and some children’s literature. Bullett was born in London and educated at Jesus College, Cambridge. After Cambridge Bullett began reviewing for The Times Literary Supplement and...

In the winter of 1956, Phillip Hoose was a gawky, uncoordinated 9-year-old boy just moved to a new town-Speedway, Indiana-and trying to fit into a new school and circle of friends. Baseball was his passion, even though he was terrible at it and constantly shamed by his lack of ability. But he had one thing going for him that his classmates could...

During the Nazi occupation of Ukraine, a match was set up betweenDynamo Kiev’s players, playing as FC Start, and a German side. Kievwon. And when the Germans fielded a better side, Kiev beat them too.And again, and again. Until the half-starved FC Start players faced aninternational-calibre German side, under the threat of execution ifthey...

Tip and Teddy are becoming men under the very eyes of their adoptive father, Bernard Doyle. A student at Harvard, Tip is happiest in a lab, whilst Teddy thinks he has found his calling in the Church, and both are increasingly strained by their father's protective plans for them. But when they are involved in an accident on an icy road, the...

Winner of the 2011 National Book AwardA hurricane is building over the Gulf of Mexico, threatening the coastal town of Bois Sauvage, Mississippi, and Eschs father is growing concerned. A hard drinker, largely absent, he doesnt show concern for much else. Esch and her three brothers are stocking food, but there isnt much to save. Lately, Esch cant...

Why did the flushing toilet take two centuries to catch on? Why did Samuel Pepys never give his mistresses an orgasm? Why did medieval people sleep sitting up? When were the two "dirty centuries"? Why did gas lighting cause Victorian ladies to faint? Why, for centuries, did people fear fruit? All these questions will be answered in this juicy,...