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My Hero Academia, Vol. 42 - Kóhei Horikoši

Midoriya inherits the superpower of the world’s greatest hero, but greatness won’t come easy.For a time, the fate of the world was balanced on a knife’s edge between salvation and…

Amphibious Realities - Gail Day, Steve Edwards

This acute and overarching analysis of Allan Sekula’s documentary poetics illuminates his critique of neoliberal capitalism through photography, film and prose. The authors trace…

A Tale of Two Cities - Charles Dickens

''It was the best of times, it was the worst of times...''Lucie Manette has been separated from her father for eighteen years while he languished in Paris''s most feared prison,…

Vampires in the Lemon Grove - Karen Russell

An awkward teen with a terrible haircut has a reversal of fortune when he finds artefacts from the future lining a seagulls’ nest. In a godforsaken barn, Presidents Eisenhower,…

Peppa Pig: Peppa's Zoo Adventure - Peppa Pig

"Bing, Bong, Boo! We''re all going to the zoo!"Peppa and her friends are going on an adventure! They''re off to the ZOO. *SNORT*Join Peppa and pals as they spot all the different…

People Who Knock on the Door - Patricia Highsmithová

BY THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE TALENTED MR RIPLEY, CAROL AND STRANGERS ON A TRAIN ''Venomously accurate'' SUNDAY TIMES ''A border zone of the macabre, the disturbing, the not…

England, Arise - Juliet Barker

The dramatic and shocking events of the Peasants'' Revolt of 1381 are to be the backdrop to Juliet Barker''s latest book: a snapshot of what everyday life was like for ordinary…

At the Table - Claire Powell

A 2022 BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR for THE TIMES, SUNDAY TIMES, DAILY TELEGRAPH, RED, GOOD HOUSEKEEPING AND CRITIC''The kind of rare story you want to nosedive into on a hot hungover…

Floating Coast - Bathsheba Demuth

“Extraordinary... seamless... astonishingly rich” (Sverker Sörlin, Nature)—an eye-opening environmental history of the Far North.

Anti-Intellectualism in American Life - Richard Hofstadter

Winner of the 1964 Pulitzer Prize in NonfictionAnti-Intellectualism in American Life is a book which throws light on many features of the American character. Its concern is not…

The Healing Magic of Forest Bathing - Julia Plevin

A writer and practitioner offers a guided tour through the forest to demonstrate how the Japanese practice of luxuriating in nature to quietly reflect, recharge and spark…

A World in Disarray - Richard Haass

A World in Disarray examines the current world, how we got here, what will happen next, and what it will mean for us all. Great powers are losing sway to other entities and forces…

Franklin Steak - Aaron Franklin, Jordan Mackay

The be-all, end-all guide to cooking the perfect steak—from buying top-notch beef, seasoning to perfection, and finding or building the ideal cooking vessel—from the James Beard…

In Other Worlds - Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak

In this classic work, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, one of the leading and most influential cultural theorists working today, analyzes the relationship between language, women and…

The Principles of Scientific Management - Frederick Winslow Taylor

The basis of modern organization and decision theory, this influential essay has motivated administrators and students of managerial technique for more than 80 years. The author…