Quercus Publishing: 627 books
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities
A Book of the Sea
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2012
Breverton's Nautical Curiosities is about ships, people and the sea. However, unlike many other nautical compendiums, the focus of this book is on the unusual, the overlooked or the downright extraordinary. Thus, someone most of us do not know, Admiral William Brown, is given equal coverage to Admiral...
Highland Furies
The Black Watch 1739-1899
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2012
As the oldest of the Highland Regiments, The Black Watch has an enviable roster of Battle Honours and a mystique born of repeated service on behalf of King, Queen and country.
On the strength of her acclaimed biography of Field Marshal Earl Wavell, the regimental trustees commissioned Victoria...
Shipwreck
A History of Disasters at Sea
Language: English
Release Date: December 5, 2013
Shipwrecks have captured our imagination for centuries. Here acclaimed historian Sam Willis traces the astonishing tales of ships that have met with disastrous ends, along with the ensuing acts of courage, moments of sacrifice and episodes of villainy that inevitably occurred in the extreme conditions....
by Hilary Boyd
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 4, 2016
Emotional, page-turning women's fiction from the author of #1 EBOOK BESTSELLER, THURSDAYS IN THE PARK.
'Boyd is as canny as Joanna Trollope at observing family life - and better than Trollope at jokes' Daily Mail
Nancy de Freitas is the glue that holds her family together. Caught between...
by Robin Cross
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 21, 2012
Human history - from the empires of the ancient world to the superpowers of the 21st century - has been inextricably shaped by conflict and the weapons that have been used to wage it. The technologies that have produced advanced civilizations have also been harnessed to the grim business of warfare....
Start Your Day With Katie
365 Affirmations for a Year of Positive Thinking
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2012
'Positive affirmations helped me in my darkest times to focus on my health and happiness, and to remember I was not alone. I know how well they worked for me in regaining my life, and now I want to share them with you.' Katie Piper.
Start your Day with Katie is a page-a-day book of Katie Piper's...
Film in Five Seconds
Over 150 Great Movie Moments - in Moments!
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2013
In today's jet-fuelled, caffeine-charged, celebrity-a-minute world, who actually has the time to watch a film from start to finish? Let's face it, life's too short. Now, Film in Five Seconds lets you fast-forward to the best bits so you can enjoy all your favourite movie moments in - literally - moments.
Design...
Hash
The Chilling Inside Story of the Secret Underworld Behind the World's Most Lucrative Drug
Language: English
Release Date: June 6, 2013
For millions of people across the world, lighting up a joint is no more controversial than having a cup of tea. But in Hash Wensley Clarkson explores the dark and sinister side of this multi-billion pound business: one fuelled by a brutal underworld network of dealers, drug barons, bent cops and even...
Legal Highs
Inside Secrets of the World's Newest and Deadliest Drugs
Language: English
Release Date: April 9, 2015
Legal Highs are without doubt the biggest drug scourge to blight the world since recreational drugs first hit the streets more than 100 years ago. Their growing menace opens up a new front in the drug war, shifting the battle line from the Colombian jungles, Moroccan valleys, Afghan hills and the...
Big Ideas in Brief
200 World-Changing Concepts Explained In An Instant
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Big Ideas in Brief provides an accessible and easily understood tour of 200 key concepts that really matter. The ideas covered come from a wide range of subjects - Philosophy, Religion, Science, Politics, Economics, Sociology, Anthropology, Psychology and the Arts. A series of short and lively articles...
The Great British Year
Wildlife through the Seasons
Language: English
Release Date: October 3, 2013
Britain is a place of remarkable beauty and extraordinary extremes, boasting immense natural diversity in a comparatively small area. Here, life is run by the seasons: each month brings enormous transformations to our island and its inhabitants, from the largest native mammal to the smallest migrant...
War Gardens
A Journey Through Conflict in Search of Calm
Language: English
Release Date: September 6, 2018
'A remarkable book . . . It's a powerful testament to the healing balm of gardening and the resilience of the human spirit in the direst of circumstances.' Financial Times
'Not a happy book and yet it's magically heartening. It makes a gardener question his or her values.' The Times
'This...
A Short History of Truth
Consolations for a Post-Truth World
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
How did we find ourselves in a "post-truth" world of "alternative facts"? And can we get out of it? A Short History of Truth sets out to answer these questions by looking at the complex history of truth and falsehood. It identifies ten types of supposed truth and explains how easily...
by Tom Jackson
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2016
Genetics in Minutes is your compact and accessible guide to the central concepts of the science of genetics, revealing how our genes shape our bodies and our lives, and how in turn we are beginning to shape them. Covering the basics of DNA, inheritance and evolution in animals, plants and humans alike...