`A brilliant & gripping account of the almost unimaginable horrors of surgery & post-operative infection before Joseph Lister transformed it all` Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm The story of a visionary British surgeon whose quest to unite science & medicine delivered us into the modern world
- the safest time to be alive in human history In The Butchering Art, historian Lindsey Fitzharris recreates a critical turning point in the history of medicine, when Joseph Lister transformed surgery from a brutal, harrowing practice to the safe, vaunted profession we know today. Victorian operating theatres were known as `gateways of death`, Fitzharris reminds us, since half of those who underwent surgery didn`t survive the experience. This was an era when a broken leg could lead to amputation, when surgeons often lacked university degrees, & were still known to ransack cemeteries to find cadavers. While the discovery of anaesthesia somewhat lessened the misery for patients, ironically it led to more deaths, as surgeons took greater risks. In squalid, overcrowded hospitals, doctors remained baffled by the persistent infections that kept mortality rates stubbornly high. At a time when surgery couldn`t have been more dangerous, an unlikely figure stepped forward: Joseph Lister, a young, melancholy Quaker surgeon. By making the audacious claim that germs were the source of all infection
- & could be treated with antiseptics
- he changed the history of medicine forever. With a novelist`s eye for detail, Fitzharris brilliantly conjures up the grisly world of Victorian surgery, revealing how one of Britain`s greatest medical minds finally brought centuries of savagery, sawing & gangrene to an end.


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`A HIGH-FINISH PERFORMANCE` Observer (New Faces of Fiction) `DARK WEIRD & GLORIOUSLY FEMINIST` Elle UK (Best New Books For 2016) `A TOP-CLASS DEBUT` Fanny Blake, Woman & Home `A DOOZY` Glamour `A CRACKING READ` Cathy Rentzenbrink, Prima `ONE OF THE MOST HOTLY-TIPPED DEBUTS OF 2016` Daily Express `A SPIRITED, DARK DEBUT` Woman & Home `COMPELLING...MAGNETIC` Sainsbury`s Magazine `FUN, GRIMY & ROMANTIC` Debrief `TERRIFIC` Bookseller `STRANGE, DARK & UTTERLY MESMERIC` Hannah Kent, author of Burial Rites `A MASTERFUL STORYTELLER` Clare Mackintosh, author of I Let You Go `BEWITCHING` Antonia Hodgson, bestselling author of The Devil in the Marshalsea `A TRIUMPH` Erin Kelly, author of The Poison Tree Georgian London, in the summer of 1763. At nineteen, Anne Jaccob is awakened to the possibility of joy when she meets Fub, the butcher`s apprentice, & begins to imagine a life of passion with him. The only daughter of well-to-do parents, Anne lives a sheltered life. Her home is a miserable place. Though her family want for nothing, her father is uncaring, her mother is ailing, & the baby brother who taught her to love is dead. Unfortunately her parents have already chosen a more suitable husband for her than Fub. But Anne is a determined young woman, with an idiosyncratic moral compass. In the matter of pursuing her own happiness, she shows no fear or hesitation. Even if it means getting a little blood on her hands. A vivid & surprising tale, The Butcher`s Hook brims with the colour & atmosphere of Georgian London, as seen through the eyes of a strange & memorable young woman. -~-~-~-~-~- ` Do you know what this is?` He holds a short twist of thick metal, in the shape of the letter `S`, sharpened at both ends. I shake my head. `A butcher`s hook, ` he says, testing the tip of his finger against each point. `A perfect design. Whichever way up you use it, it`s always ready. One end to hook, the other to hang. It has only one simple purpose.` He stands on a stool & fixes it over the bar above him. It waits there, empty. He climbs down. ` Pleasing, isn`t it?` ...

Written with a thrilling narrative pull, The Butcher`s Trail chronicles the pursuit & capture of the Balkan war criminals indicted by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia in The Hague. Borger recounts how Ratko Mladic
- now on trial in The Hague
- & recently convicted Radovan Karadzic were finally tracked down, & describes the intrigue behind the arrest of Slobodan Milosevic, the Yugoslav president who became the first head of state to stand before an international tribunal for crimes perpetrated in a time of war. Based on interviews with former special forces soldiers, intelligence officials, & investigators from a dozen countries
- most speaking about their involvement for the first time
- this book reconstructs a fourteen-year manhunt carried out almost entirely in secret. Indicting the worst war criminals that Europe had known since the Nazi era, the ICTY ultimately accounted for all 161 suspects on its wanted list, a feat never before achieved in political & military history.



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` The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland` provides comprehensive coverage of all our resident & migratory butterflies, including the latest information on newly discovered species such as Cryptic Wood & the Geranium Bronze. ` The Butterflies of Britain & Ireland` is widely considered not only the best butterfly book ever published but also one of the classic nature books. When first published in 1991 it won the Natural World Book of the Year Award & won plaudits from all quarters. Fully revised, considerably expanded & reset in 2010, it was judged that year`s ` Guardian` Nature Book of the Year. Now revised again to reflect the latest research findings, & with up-to-date distribution maps, this remarkable book is the guide to the appearance, behaviour, life cycle & ecology of the butterflies of Britain & Irel&. ...

Jack, Lizzy & their naughty cat, Cat, are off to spend the afternoon with their grandmother. But Georgina Fiona-May Orbis is no ordinary grandmother: she lives in a house full of butterflies! Georgina also has a secret
- she knows how to turn into a butterfly
- The Butterfly House is a charming story of friendship between children & their grandparents from one of the youngest talents in British illustration, Sarah Smith. The book`s richly textured illustrations & delightful details will capture the imaginations of young & old alike.

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This striking book displays & describes a kaleidoscope of butterflies. Exquisite illustrations accompany a lyrical text by nature writer & expert James Lowen. Press-out sections enable you to reveal the outlines of the butterflies & transform your book into a work of art. ...

A devastating story of love, betrayal & revenge, The Butterfly Tattoo is a gripping early novel from Carnegie Medal-winning author, Philip Pullman. Chris falls in love with Jenny the moment he sets eyes on her at an Oxford ball. She`s beautiful but secretive & he can`t help but want to be with her. But fate is cruel &, as their relationship blossoms, tragedy & violence wait in the wings. Chris`s boss has a shady past that won`t stay hidden. & his ruthless enemies will use two innocent teenagers to exact their revenge on him.. .* The Butterfly Tattoo was originally published as The White Mercedes. ...

A footprint map-guide to the 138 mile Sea to Sea Cycle Route between Whitehaven & Workington & Tynemouth & Sunderl&.- Britains most popular loing distance route.
- New clear mapping, based on OS data, ata a scale of 1:90 000
- Waterproof paper & compact size
- Excellent value for your money
- the ideal map for sea to sea adventure.



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Packed with colourful photography as well as over 80 recipes, this book offers a slice of modern Brasilian life with stories about the origins of each recipe & anecdotes ranging from how to dance the samba to how to mix the perfect, authentic Caipirinha. With its launch timed to coincide with the World Cup, Brasilian Barbecue & Beyond presents a brand new flavour of Brasil. Zingy, vibrant & full of life, there`s so much more to Brasilian food than grilled meat & stews. Brasilian Barbecue & Beyond

Includes:: delicious, fruit-packed breakfasts like the Acai Berry Bowl; tasty street food like the fluffy Cheese Breads (pao de queijo) or Sweet Potato Crab Cakes; colourful side dishes like the Avocado & Palm Heart Salad; simple-but-tasty barbecue dishes with spicy marinades like Cabana`s signature Malagueta Chicken; decadent desserts like Doce de Leite Caramel; & refreshing fruit-based drinks & cocktails like the Limonada Suissa
- not forgetting, of course, the Classic Caipirinha.


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In Richard Mabey`s characteristically lyrical & informative tone, The Cabaret of Plants explores plant species which have challenged our imaginations, awoken that cliched but real human emotion of wonder, & upturned our ideas about history, science, beauty & belief. Picked from every walk of life, they encompass crops, weeds, medicines, religious gathering-places & a water lily named after a queen. Beginning with pagan cults & creation myths, the cultural significance of plants has burst upwards, sprouting into forms as diverse as the panacea (the cure-all plant ginseng, a single root of which can cost up to $10, 000), Newton`s apple, the African `vegetable elephant` or boabab, whose swollen trunks store thousands of litres of water
- & the mystical, night-flowering Amazonian cactus, the moonflower. From Ice Age artists, to the Romantic poets, via colonialism & the nineteenth century botanical mania of empire, Mabey concludes his magnum opus with the latest revelations of possible `plant intelligence` in this extraordinary collection of encounters between plants & people.
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