Michael O Mara: 334 books
New Words for Old
Recycling Our Language for the Modern World
Language: English
Release Date: November 5, 2015
The English language is a versatile and agile thing, and as our world changes, so too does the way we use it. Sometimes we coin new words for new creations, but very often we adopt and adapt existing words to suit new purposes, or simply put two together to form a third. New Words for Old looks at the...
Why We Think the Things We Think
Philosophy in a Nutshell
Language: English
Release Date: October 8, 2015
Have you ever found yourself alone with your thoughts? Have you ever been asked if the glass is half full or half empty? Do you wonder what true happiness is or how to attain it? Or maybe nothing really matters if everything is just an illusion or a dream? These ideas are some of the central questions...
Fairies
Real Encounters with Little People
Language: English
Release Date: January 13, 2014
Tales of fairies at the bottom of the garden are usually dismissed as fantasy, but many ordinary people claim to have encountered them. Fairy lore has a long history, deeply ingrained in the folk memory of many different peoples and cultures. Janet Bord's fascinating investigation of this unexplored...
How to Be a Dog
Maxwell Woofington's Guide to Living with Humans and Getting the Upper Paw
Language: English
Release Date: September 24, 2015
Written by a dog, and with helpful additions by other dogs, How to Be a Dog is essential reading not only for all canines but also for their owners and dog lovers, providing an insight into their pet's sometimes curious behaviour. As you'd expect from a book written by a dog about humans, it's irreverent,...
Mistresses
True Stories of Seduction, Power and Ambition
Language: English
Release Date: April 5, 2013
Mistresses is a collection of highly entertaining mini-biographies of eight women from the last 300 years who have used their sexuality to procure power and, in some cases, great wealth. From Charles II's favourite mistress, Barbara Villiers, to the fabulous La Belle Otero, and including, amongst others,...
by Geoff Tibballs
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2018
The Wicked Wit of England is celebration of British humour, featuring a collection of stories, anecdotes, quips and quotes that capture the various idiosyncrasies of the English character. If there is one thing that first-time visitors to England find mystifying – along with our fondness for eating...
No-Balls and Googlies
A Cricket Companion
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
Cricket is undoubtedly the elegant game, occupying a long-established and distinguished position in the annals of sporting history. Played by gentlemen the world over, the word cricket may derive from the Anglo-Saxon word cricc, meaning a staff or crutch - giving us a game played with a long wooden implement...
Jessi-cat
The cat that unlocked a boy's heart
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2013
Lorcan Dillon was seven years old when his mother, Jayne, first heard him say 'I love you.' The words were not directed at her, but at Jessi-cat, the family pet. Lorcan suffers from autism and selective mutism, a condition that renders him unable to speak in certain situations, unable to express emotions...
A Real Boy
How Autism Shattered Our Lives - and Made a Family from the Pieces
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2011
With raw honesty, Christopher and Nicola Stevens lay bare their experiences, which are by turns harrowing, hilarious, and inspirational.Autism is often depicted as a lonely affliction but, as David's story unfolds, his parents reveal how the condition has given them an unbreakable togetherness; an...
Robin the Hoodie
An ASBO History of Britain
Language: English
Release Date: November 2, 2011
Hans Christian Asbosen is back with more wickedly witty tales of ASBO (Anti-Social Behavior Order) England.
When the Earth Was Flat
All the Bits of Science We Got Wrong
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2012
Perfect for anyone with an interest in our scientific history, When the Earth Was Flat exposes the scientific theories that were once widely believed to be true but have since been disproved. Featuring ideas that now seem more crazy than credible, from the human body being made up of only four humours...
The Masters of Sitcom
From Hancock to Steptoe
Language: English
Release Date: September 30, 2011
Ray Galton and Alan Simpson are two of the most influential and celebrated television scriptwriters of our time. Praised for inventing the sitcom, their own seminal creations are still standing the test of time with modern audiences - Hancock's Half Hour and Steptoe and Son are two of the most successful...
by Karen Dolby
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
With each new generation we all tend to think of our predecessors as 'old-fashioned', 'conservative', 'prim', 'proper' - and downright dull. The sexual revolution happened in the 1960s, right? Wrong. History's Naughty Bits is full of incredible stories that would curl the hair of the most liberal-minded...
Auld Lang Syne
Words to Songs You Used to Know
Language: English
Release Date: September 17, 2015
Celebrating the wonderful variety of songs, shanties, ballads, ditties and anthems that wind through our lives and bring us together, Auld Lang Syne is a timeless collection for all to cherish. Our memories are bursting with half-remembered songs. They stick with us in a way that no other words do. Just...