Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion – Peter Heather
£35.00Fresh, engaging survey of how Christianity evolved from a fringe sect into a world religion showing how the process was never inevitable but hinged upon a series of pivotal conversions.
Fresh, engaging survey of how Christianity evolved from a fringe sect into a world religion showing how the process was never inevitable but hinged upon a series of pivotal conversions.
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Published on 28th September 2023
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Thrilling inside story of the prison camp on a hilltop in the heart of Nazi Germany and of the tensions and conflicts between the men as they endured their captivity and desperately planned their escape.
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Colditz Castle: a forbidding Gothic tower on a hill in Nazi Germany. You may have heard about the prisoners and their daring and desperate attempts to escape, but that’s only part of the real story. In Colditz: Prisoners of the Castle, bestselling historian Ben Macintyre takes us inside the walls of the most infamous prison in history to meet the real men behind the legends.
Heroes and bullies, lovers and spies, captors and prisoners living cheek-by-jowl for years in a thrilling game of cat and mouse – and all determined to escape by any means necessary. Deeply researched and full of incredible stories, this is a tale of ordinary people facing extraordinary circumstances – and will change how you think about Colditz forever.
An analysis of the concept of command as a means of asserting authority and achieving objectives in decision-making, leadership and military action.
On Wednesday 22nd of June Natasha Lunn will be talking in conversation with Julia Samuel at St Mary’s, Primrose Hill – see here for details on how to buy tickets.
After years of feeling that love was always out of reach, journalist Natasha Lunn set out to understand how relationships work and evolve over a lifetime. She turned to authors and experts to learn about their experiences, as well as drawing on her own, asking: How do we find love? How do we sustain it? And how do we survive when we lose it? In Conversations on Love she began to find the answers: Philippa Perry on falling in love slowly, Dolly Alderton on vulnerability, Stephen Grosz on accepting change, Candice Carty-Williams on friendship, Lisa Taddeo on the loneliness of loss, Diana Evans on parenthood, Emily Nagoski on the science of sex, Alain de Botton on the psychology of being alone, Esther Perel on unrealistic expectations, Roxane Gay on redefining romance, and many more…
Presented with the author’s characteristic wit and good sense, this is the eagerly awaited first cookbook from Soho’s Quo Vadis, a masterclass in well-executed dishes.
Books will be delivered to the Savile Club for collection at the event on 22nd April – select “Collect from Shop” at the checkout after entering your billing address details.
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Delightful homage to Nancy Mitford’s The Pursuit of Love in which Linda, Franny, and the Radlett family reappear with a contemporary twist in rural Norfolk. Witty, warm, and wonderfully entertaining.
Books will be delievered to the Savile Club for collection at the event on 6th May – select “Collect from Shop” at the checkout after entering your billing address details.