Angels and Ages'Adam Gopnik has taken a coincidence and turned it into a theory of everything, or at least of everything important Outstanding' Andrew Marr On February 12th, 1809, two men were born an ocean apart: Abraham Lincoln in a one room Kentucky log cabin; Charles Darwin on an English country estate. Each would see his life's work transform mankind's understanding of itself. In this bicentennial twin portrait, Adam Gopnik shows how these two giants, who never

join the 8am club

eventually sinking

"Olia Hercules is a storyteller-foodwriter

Give Me Puddings Not Hugs:

Marian takes you on a journey through her incredible twenty-year-career

And then her father goes missing

Halves and quarters

all-dancing self-styled 'greatest show on Earth'

Situation critical

With fascinating insights into Maya Angelou's life and creativity and a shrewd examination of her techniques and recurring themes Dolly McPherson provides us with a picture of this extraordinary woman's life and a reading of these rich autobiographical writings

Includes such puzzling conundrums as:

From the bestselling authors of The Hell with Love a fierce funny touching collection that takes the sting out of "aging while female