Robert Winder: Half-Time [2015] hardback Condition:New David Richeson follows the trail

David Richeson follows the trail of these problems to show that ultimately their proofs-which demonstrated the impossibility of solving them using only a compass and straightedge-depended on and resulted in the growth of mathematics

Letters to Gil is Malik Al Nasir's profound coming of age memoir - the story of surviving physical and racial abuse and discovering a new sense of self-worth under the wing of the great artist

this is an ideal book for university students

powerful and persuasive way of understanding wealth and poverty

and no one expects the dragon keepers to return

Robert Winder: Half-Time [2015] hardback Condition:New David Richeson follows the trailSet against the backdrop of depression era politics, 1934 was an annus mirabilis for English sport. Within just a few days of each other, Hedley Verity, Henry Cotton and Fred Perry all triumphed in their field. To a sporting audience still groaning through the quagmire left by the Great Depression, greedy for inspiring distractions, these heroic efforts made for a heady spectacle. England's Ashes Test victory at Lord's (later known as Verity's match)