Poland, 1980. Shy, anxious Ludwik has been sent along with the rest of his university class to an agricultural camp. Here he meets Janusz – and together they spend a dreamlike summer falling ...
From the author of international bestseller The Eight Mountains comes a story of love and community in the wild beauty of the Italian Alps The remote alpine village of Fontana Fredda lives by the s...
The novella that first propelled Dazai into the literary elite of post-war Japan. Essentially the start of Dazai's career, Schoolgirl gained notoriety for its ironic and inventive use of language. ...
Discover how the story ends – and how it all began.Maia, Ally, Star, CeCe, Tiggy, Electra and their long-lost missing sister are gathered together for the first time, on board the...
A tender masterpiece of love, memory and loss from one of the world’s great writers.The life of Sy Baumgartner – noted author, and soon-to-be retired philosophy professor &n...
In the modern information age, our brain’s coping mechanisms have been overloaded, and our irrationality turned up to eleven. Amanda Montell blends cultural criticism and personal...
She turns to the future in a world that’s falling apart.The No. 1 New York Times bestseller DIVERGENT – also a major motion picture.For sixteen-year-old Tris, th...
England, 1645.After his half-brother dies, aspiring playwright Nicholas Pearce is apprenticed to Judge William Percival, an infamous former witch-hunter who is under pressure to resume ...
The Short End of the Sonnenallee, is a satire set, literally, on the Sonnenallee, the famed "boulevard of the sun" in East Berlin.Within this boulevard lives Michael, an adole...
Eileen Merriweather loves a good love story. The fictional kind, anyway. After all, imaginary men don’t break your heart.That’s why she’s so excited for her annual boo...
Take flight on this beautifully-written, epic and soaring new adventure, perfect for fans of Abi Elphinstone, Aisling Fowler, A. F. Steadman and Pari Thompson.Astrid has liv...
rom the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergarten classes—here is award-winning writer Simon Winchester’s brilliant and all-encompassi...
One of the government’s former behavioural scientists reveals how you can do what you want, whilst everybody tries to influence you into doing what they want.Influence makes you t...
From the internationally bestselling author of The Hidden Life of TreesAn illuminating manifesto on ancient forests: how they adapt to climate change by passing their wisdom...
She’s no damsel in distress, and he’s certainly not wearing shining armour. But one knight can change everything…Daisy Hastings has always thought she was born in th...
Divergent:Sixteen-year-old Tris has been forced to make a terrible choice. In a divided society where everyone must conform, Tris does not fit.So she ventures out, alone, determined to ...
A back-up plan between friendsBut what do you do when you’ve fallen for your fallback?!A brilliant new friends to lovers, opposites attract, romcom for fans of Mhairi ...
Discover the romantic, addictive and thrilling world of Tahereh Mafi’s fantasy Shatter Me series. This stunning hardback collector’s edition with its exclusive design and gold reading r...
A masterful synthesis of relational and attachment theory, neurobiology, and contemporary psychoanalysis, Understanding and Treating Chronic Shame has been internationally recognized as an essentia...
Case Studies on Diversity and Social Justice Education offers pre- and in-service educators the opportunity to analyze and reflect upon a variety of real-life scenarios related to educational equit...