'We were the usual: nine-to-fivers, investment-makers, mall-goers, office-trippers and city-slickers. We were life-going-to-seeders.' Living in a sunny barsati

Winner of the Booker Prize as best novel of the year in 1983, Heat and Dust was also made into a major motion picture starring Julie Christie, now regarded by m

The author recounts her experiences growing up in North Dakota from 1928 to 1937 the years of the Dust bowl and Depression

Catchpole tells the fascinating story behind the development of the first American manned space program and its associated infrastructure. He provides accounts