All His SpiesRobert Cecil, statesman and spymaster, lived through an astonishingly threatening period in English history. Queen Elizabeth had no clear successor and enemies both external and internal threatened to destroy England as a Protestant state, most spectacularly with the Spanish Armada and the Gunpowder Plot. Cecil stood at the heart of the Tudor and then Stuart state, a vital figure in managing the succession from Elizabeth I to James I & VI, warding off

built around personal diary entries

'Undercurrent' is part-memoir

Orville Wright

madness and grief

All Detective Constable Edward Reekie had to do was pick up a dying prisoner from HMP Grampian and deliver him somewhere to live out his last few months in peace

Kids and parents alike can delight in recognizing familiar breeds and learning new ones in Seungyoun Kim's gorgeous illustration

Because you might be interested in Jimmy's life but he's damn sure you're a lot more interested in your own

In vivid and trenchant language

There's Bill - her stepdad - who moved in after Lila's mum died

Her belongings are taken away on arrival

'The Modern Gardener' isn't just about creating a space that simply looks visually stunning

Through eye-popping colors and simple forms