The fate of the world―and the Armed Detective Agency―rides on Aya’s small back as she makes her escape with Bram in tow. Meanwhile, deep within the Meursault prison, Gogol…
''How delightful it would be to be a governess!''When the young Agnes Grey takes up her first post as governess she is full of hope; she believes she only has to remember ''myself…
Winner of the Booker Prize in 1985, Keri Hulme''s The Bone People is the story of Kerewin, a despairing part-Maori artist who is convinced that her solitary life is the only way…
How a mother's wisdom and grace helped one family come to terms with her dementia. Chrisoula had long been known for frying up honeyed Greek donuts anytime a guest arrived on…
In the early spring of 1959, six musicians went into the 30th Street Studio in New York. Nine hours later, they had recorded one of the finest albums of the twentieth century.…
Guidebook to the first 1090km of Canterbury-Rome pilgrimage route the Via Francigena, covering from Canterbury to Lausanne. The route passes through England, France (Nord-Pas-de…
Meet Harry Dresden, Chicago''s first (and only) Wizard P.I. Turns out the ''everyday'' world is full of strange and magical things - and most of them don''t play well with humans.…
Pistols, rifles, revolvers, machine and submachine guns through history in 1100 clear photographs • An authoritative historical guide to the world of military, antique and law…
Team Unihorn (and Woolly) is here to save the day! The crew gets a surprise visit from a fairy that causes chaos on Burlap Beach in the third installment of this chapter book…
Kayla Miller, the New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of the Click graphic novel series and coauthor of the Besties series, returns with a new Olive story! Olive''s…
From the author of Summer Hours at the Robbers Library, a tenderhearted story of two very different women grappling with the messy emotional legacies passed down by their…
''Very funny and frank'' Independent''Reads like Scrubs: The Blog ... funny and awful in equal measure'' Observer* * * * * * *The bestselling real life story of a hapless junior…
New Selected Poems is a book of singular abundance and formal verve, featuring poems of rare vision and dramatic power by a consummate and resilient artist. Demonstrating the wide…
It''s a new year at Wayside School, and Mrs Jewls''s class on the thirtieth floor has a LOT to deal with. First of all, they must prepare to face The Ultimate Test, which involves…
How may we find happiness and peace?In this book, Rupert Spira distils the message of all the great religious and spiritual traditions into two essential truths: happiness is the…