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Cute babies, naughty antics and a gentle exercise in counting combine to create a delightful read-aloud picture book for toddlers. A wonderful introduction to numbers as each page reveals babies involved in various crazy antics, until ten little babies lie fast asleep in their beds.

Brilliant new stand-alone novel with original and pacy plot, lashings of humour and strong characters, from the author of "The Thornthwaite Inheritance. Ages: 9+

Trade paperback. A gripping portrait of Mao's China during the Great Leap Forward, and the Great Famine that followed, seen through the story of a mother's search for her missing daughter. A powerful, shocking and heart-rending story of power, oppression and the unbreakable bonds of family from the author of "Shanghai Girls".

After centuries of vilification and neglect by both scholars and actors, Titus Andronicus has at last come to be recognized as one of Shakespeare

By far the best edition of King Lear - in respect of both textual and other matters - that we now have.' John Lyon, English Language Notes 'This volume is a treasure-trove of precise information and stimulating comments on practically every aspect of the Lear-universe. I know of no other edition which I would recommend with such confidence: to students, professional colleagues and also the 'educated public'.' Dieter Mehl, Shakespeare Jahrbuch,...

John Wilders - literary advisor to the BBC TV Shakespeare series - brings thorough scholarship and a practical understanding of performance needs to this new edition. Clarity, accessibility and rigour are the hallmarks of an edition which will provide invaluable guidance for all its readers. "This edition has a very helpful introduction and good clear text, as well as the exceptionally excellent and detailed notes." Dr Michael Herbert, St Andr...

One of Shakespeare's later plays, best described as a tragi-comedy. A piece often studied at A level and undergraduate level with other 'late' plays. A lucid introduction gives students a huge amount of insight and information.

This richly annotated edition takes a fresh look at the first part of Shakespeare's second tetralogy of history plays, showing how it relates to the other plays in the sequence. Forker places the play in its political context, discussing its relation to competing theories of monarchy, looking at how it faced censorship because of possible comparisons between Richard II and Elizabeth I, and how Bolingbroke's rebellion could be compared to the E...

This edition of one of Shakespeare 's best known and most frequently performed plays argues for Julius Caesar as a new kind of political play, a radical departure from contemporary practice, combining fast action and immediacy with compelling rhetorical language, and finding a clear context for its study of tyranny in the last decade of the reign of Elizabeth 1. The richly experimental verse and the complex structure of the play are analysed i...

When a man who claims to be from outer space is brought into Manhattan Institute, the mental ward seems to be just the place for him. Calling himself 'prot', he says that he is an inhabitant of the planet K-PAX. Setting a departure date - August 17th at 3.31am - on which he plans to return home on a beam of light. Is he really extraterrestrial?

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A heart-wrenching, powerfully written novel that does for Palestine what "The Kite Runner" did for Afghanistan, from a Palestinian author. First published in 2006 under the title "The Scar Of David". Spans 5 countries and 4 generations to explain one of the most intractable conflicts of our lifetime. 'One of the most thought-provoking books I've read... written with passion and honesty, and poetry' "Daily Mail

A gripping gothic novel by master storyteller Chris Priestley. Billy is a street urchin, pickpocket and petty thief. MR CREECHER is a monstrous giant of a man who terrifies all he meets. Their relationship begins as pure convenience. But a bond swiftly develops between these two misfits as their bloody journey takes them ever northwards on the trail of their target ... Victor Frankenstein. Friendship, trust and betrayal form a dangerous liaiso...

A truly original romance, coming of age and mystery novel by the bestselling, award-winning author Louis Sachar, author of Holes. When Alton's blind uncle asks him to attend bridge games with him, he agrees as Alton's mother thinks it might secure their way to a good inheritance sometime in the future. But this choice soon turns out to be a lot more complex than Alton could ever have imagined. As his relationship with his uncle develops, and h...

A fun lift-the-flap picture book about being quite little, featuring the irrepressible Lulu. Packed full of familiar activities and objects, this is an identification book with a story. It is a bright and bold book with sturdy binding and strong flaps to withstand toddler enthusiasm.

The 5th title in the "Lulu" novelty series, this explores the ever topical, popular issue of food. Join Lulu on her culinary journey as she discovers sticky honey, a banana to peel, a picnic box to unpack and a plate full of spaghetti. Perfect for all toddlers, picky eaters or not. Ages: 0+

Edgy Taylor sees demons when nobody else can. The only thing Edgy is good at is setting and solving riddles, and evading his brutal and abusive master. One night, when his master seems genuinely intent on killing Edgy, Professor Envry Janus intervenes. Envry takes him to the Royal Society of Daemonologie and it is here that Edgy discovers that holds the key to a deadly demon prophecy. The follow up to the brilliant Mortlock, think Jonathan Str...

Crime and Punishment meets The Lives of Others via Rear Window on the eve of World War Two. Vienna, 1939. Professor Speckstein's dog has been brutally killed and he wants to know why. But these are uncharitable times and one must be careful where one probes...from the author of Pavel & I comes a tale of political paranoia, dangerous liaisons and defiant compassion, THE QUIET TWIN is an unforgettable journey into a cityscape of totalitarian dre...

On a frozen New Year's Day a half-circle of dead bodies lies on freshly fallen snow in the French Jura. A nearby chalet contains the debris of a seemingly ordinary Christmas: champagne, presents for the dead children, and a strange leather-bound book, written in mysterious code, containing maps of the stars. The Judge sent to investigate is lead to a Composer who is connected to every one of the dead. As she is drawn into a world of complex fa...

Anthony Bourdain's long-awaited sequel to Kitchen Confidential, the worldwide bestseller. A lot has changed since Kitchen Confidential - for the subculture of chefs and cooks, for the restaurant business-and for Anthony Bourdain. MEDIUM RAW explores these changes, moving back and forth from the author's bad old days to the present. Tracking his own strange and unexpected voyage from journeyman cook to globe-travelling professional eater and dr...