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A radical blend of history, memoir and biography that looks beyond the jingoistic myths of heroes and villains and 'plucky Britain' surviving on 'Blitz spirit' alone to reveal a much more nuanced portrait of the multitude of men who served in the Second World War

As a child, Luke Turner was obsessed with the Second World War. He spent hours painstakingly constructing models of his favourite aircraft, watching Sunday afternoon war films, pouring over stories of derring-do and relishing in birthday trips to air museums. Lying in bed beneath Airfix bombers and fighter planes suspended from his bedroom ceiling, he would often think about the men that might sit in their cockpits, and whether he could ever b...

Out of the Woods is a brave and beautiful book, electrifying on sex and nature, religion and love. No one is writing quite like this." - Olivia Lang, author of The Lonely CityA dazzling, devastating memoir about the irresistible yet dangerous potency of the forest.In this highly original work of nature writing, a young man explores his shifting sexual identity and troubled family history against the backdrop of a sprawling urban forest.In the ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2019 WAINWRIGHT BOOK PRIZELONGLISTED FOR THE 2019 POLARI FIRST BOOK AWARDAt a crossroads in his life, the demons Luke Turner has been battling since childhood are quick to return - depression and guilt surrounding his identity as a bisexual man, experiences of sexual abuse, and the religious upbringing that was the cause of so much confusion. It is among the trees of London's Epping Forest where he seeks refuge. Away from a...

A handy reference for practising chemists wishing to embed biocatalysis into their synthetic toolbox.