Books

For someone who never kept still and who was living her dream, facing a lifetime of paralysis seemed impossible for Claire Lomas to deal with.

This month sees the 20th anniversary of the first publication in Country Life magazine of the best-selling weekly cartoon strip of Tottering-by-Gently. Annie Tempest is the 2009 winner of the Cartoon Art Trust's prestigious Pont Prize for the Portrayal of the British Character

In Heroic Measures (The Wild Rose Press, 2013), award-winning author and historian Jo-Ann Power pays homage to the brave women who served their country during World War I as members of the US Army Nurse Corps.

An incredible account of Leicester’s impact on global history by Siobhan Begley

ISBN 978-1-909717-00-8 Peridot Press £6.99www.peridot.co.uk or amazon.com Does your Mother-in-Law drive you crazy? Who is to blame? It can be difficult to tell when you are stuck on the inside. Managing MIL offers a new perspective on this infamously tricky relationship.

(£12.99 Panoma Press), by George Hardwick,And Is Available On Amazon Do you feel stifled, frustrated? Are you someone that loves to be creative? Have you dreamed of being able to support yourself using your creativity? If the answer is yes, then now is your time.

The Oxygen of Escape... "An outstanding novel" says Margaret Kaine

AD 69. Aulus Caecina Severus has thrown in his lot with the hedonistic Vitellius and prepares his legions for a gruelling march over the Alps.

A new book by local historian Dr. Sue Wheatcroft reveals that when it came to evacuating the children of Britain in wartime britain, some children were more equal than others.

The Paradoxical Object: Video Film Sculpture, an illustrated reader on the fascinating subject of video sculpture. Digital artist Joan Truckenbrod explores the idea that video sculpture creates unique time-based objects with their own behaviours, stories and sound.