Subtitles: When One Title Just Isn't Enough
Deborah Friedell on subtitles, surprisingly
Recently published (and possibly available from the London Review Bookshop):
Fire: The Spark that Ignited Human Evolution
Potato: A History of the Propitious Esculent
The Secret Lives of Boys: Inside the Raw Emotional World of Male Teens
William Golding: The Man Who Wrote 'Lord of the Flies'
We Two: Victoria and Albert: Rulers, Partners, Rivals
The Eiger Obsession: Facing the Mountain that Killed My Father
Flotsametrics and the Floating World: How One Man's Obsession with Runaway Sneakers and Rubber Ducks Revolutionised Ocean Science
The Atmosphere of Heaven: The Unnatural Experiments of Dr Beddoes and his Sons of Genius
The Making of Miranda: From Gentleman to Gentlewoman in One Lifetime
Bad Mother: A Chronicle of Maternal Crimes, Minor Calamities and Occasional Moments of Grace
Mr America: How Muscular Millionaire Bernarr Macfadden Transformed the Nation through Sex, Salad and the Ultimate Starvation Diet
The Whole Five Feet: What the Great Books Taught Me about Life, Death and Pretty Much Everything Else