Already a bestseller, this is a wonderfully entertaining collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings. as part of the 1960s revue 'Beyond the Fringe' Bennett helped to kick-start the English satire rev
Nick, Molly and Karl have nowhere to turn but to each other, and they'll need every ounce of wit, resourcefulness and help they can get in order to rise above their biggest challenge yet.
It is 1985, and Greta Wells wishes she lived in any time but this one: she has lost her brother to AIDS, her lover Nathan to another woman, and can not seem to go on alone.
Originally the medieval bestiary or book of animals set out to establish safe distinctions - between them and us - but Hughes's poetry works always in a contrary direction: showing what man and bea
Explains the grammar that people really need to know, such as the fact that an apostrophe is the difference between a company that knows its s*** and a company that knows it's s***, or the importance
In What a Wonderful World, Marcus Chown, physicist, broadcaster and consultant for New Scientist, applies his deep understanding of complex things to simple questions about the workings of our everyda
Beautiful bold illustrations fill your kitchen with the colors of the world, while the vegetarian recipes will inspire any cook to produce the delicious aromas and tastes of Africa, Asia, the Middle E
The One World Family Calendar is full of colorful images from around the world and is designed to keep the family updated on the activities of the months to come. With space for entries by up to five
Money is our global language. Yet so few of us can speak it. The language of the economic elites can be complex, jargon-filled and completely baffling. And we need to understand it because if we can't
The One World Calendar portrays positive and inspiring images of people around the world. The theme of the 2015 edition is Borders & Boundaries; most of the photographers featured are from countri
On the side of a mountain, in eighteenth century Japan, sits a man in perfect stillness as the summit erupts, spitting fire and molten rock onto the land around him. The man is Hakuin. He will become
Deirdre has lived in the castle all her short life. Apprentice to her mother, she embroiders the robes for one of Scotland's finest families. She can capture, with just a few delicate stitches, the ri
Eddie Cameron is a salesman for Rocklight Ltd., an electrical equipment firm in Glasgow, where he has been fiddling the firm's expenses. Eddie's life is in tatters - his wife hates him, and his violen
McIlvanney's first novel, winner of the Geoffrey Faber Memorial PrizeCharlie Grant, an intense young student at Glasgow University, watches his father die. Overwhelmed by the memory of this humble yet
Old King Lear has decided to retire from his royal duties. He calls his three daughters to him, and asks each to tell him how much they love him. The eldest two, Goneril and Regan, flatter him with th
Dorothy Martin's husband, Alan Nesbitt, is heavily involved in the complex and lengthy process of choosing a new bishop for Sherebury Cathedral when one of the candidates is found murdered in his own
Landing a minor role in a theater production, Charles Paris is assigned to help the show's famous American star navigate cultural differences in England, an effort that tangles him up in the actor's c
When a man is murdered in her friend's life care community centre, Hannah finds herself uncovering old crimes and reigniting ancient quarrels that know no boundaries of place or time.
