We Recommend
- The little stranger /
- Waters, Sarah, 1966-
- The Little Stranger is set in rural England shortly after World War II. Dr. Farday is called to check on an ill young servant at Hundreds Hall, an estate where his mother worked as a domestic several decades ago. When... View Details »
- The age of wonder : how the romantic generation discovered the beauty and terror of science /
- Holmes, Richard, 1945-
- Age of Wonder by Richard Holmes is an accessible and fascinating account of some of the best minds of the Romantic generation, in particular scientists. There are portraits of botanist Joseph Banks, astronomer William Herschel, and chemist Humphrey Davies, among... View Details »