Dragonsinger - Harper of Pern

Anne McCaffrey

When Menolly, daughter of Yanus Sea Holder, arrived at the Harper Craft Hall, she came in style, aboard a huge bronze dragon, followed by her nine fire lizards. The Masterharper of Pern, aware of her unique skills, had chosen her as his only girl apprentice. But the holdless girl had first to overcome m...

Great Britain's Great War

Jeremy Paxman

Jeremy Paxman's magnificent history of the First World War tells the entire story of the war in one gripping narrative from the point of view of the British people. "He writes so well and sympathetically, and chooses his detail so deftly, that if there is one new history of the war that you might actual...