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A father and daughter travel to a wintry location in upstate New York to meet another daughter, who has recently undergone a crisis as part of a timeline of depression. The three contemplate the situation of some finding life harder than others. Wood is one of the world's most respected literary critics.

Sitting alone in her Dublin nursing home, Harriet Campbell reflects on a life that has become tainted by bitterness and regret. From a strictly Presbyterian community along the Irish border, at sixteen young Harriet is married off to Thomas, a respected church Elder but a cold, sober man twice her age. The birth of her son James, a bright boy destined for great things, brings joy and light to her life. But when he falls in love with a beautifu...

A timely and compelling new look at three key women in the biblical narrative Among the mostly male-dominated narratives in Scripture, the stories of women can be game-changing. In this book Debbie Blue looks closely at Hagar (mother of Islam), Esther (Jewish heroine), and Mary (Christian matriarch)--and finds in them unexpected and inviting new ways of navigating faith and life. As she sets out to explore these biblical characters who live an...

David Hallberg, the first American to join the famed Bolshoi Ballet as a principal dancer and the dazzling artist The New Yorker described as "the most exciting male dancer in the western world, " presents a look at his artistic life—up to the moment he returns to the stage after a devastating injury that almost cost him his career.Beginning with his real-life Billy Elliot childhood—an all-American story marred by intense bullying—and culminat...

An exploration of the leaders who have shaped our historical past and political present, including Genghis Khan, Eleanor Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Barack Obama.

A new picture book in the "Winnie & Wilbur" series, in which they prepare to explore the mysterious forest that surrounds their home. Who has been leaving strange footprints on their lawn?

Rebecca grew up in Bolton, and studied fashion due to a love of fashion illustration. After graduating, she worked at an assortment of jobs, including being a classroom assistant in a primary school. Once her own children had started school, Rebecca began an MA in Children's Book Illustration at the Cambridge School of Art and had her first picture books commissioned at the end of the course. Rebecca's work is inspired by her own childhood and...

Derek Harvey is a naturalist with particular interests in evolutionary biology. He studied Zoology at Liverpool University and then became a science teacher. He has been Head of Science at a sixth form college. He now concentrates on writing and consulting for science and natural history books.

Meik Wiking founded the world's first Happiness Research Institute in 2013, in Copenhagen, Denmark and is a New York Times and Sunday Times Bestselling author. Meik has been called The Indiana Jones of Smiles and probably the World's Happiest Man by The Times. Besides his work at the Happiness Research Institute, he is Research Associate for Denmark at the World Database of Happiness, and member of the policy advisory group for the Global Happ...

Mott the Hoople frontman Ian Hunter offers a no-holds-barred insight into the touring life of seventies rock, available in a newly expanded edition here with a foreword from Johnny Depp.

The retired racehorse trainer Henrietta Knight looks at the secrets to the success of thirty National Hunt trainers in England and Ireland. Each trainer's story is illustrated with evocative and interesting pictures from their personal collections.

Rise and shine London! Get the day off to a great start in the world's greatest city.Discover your new favourite places to breakfast and brunch, including local hang-outs and hidden gems from @breakfastlondon, the feed to follow if you want to find the best breakfasts in town before anyone else.Celebrate the most important meal of the day and find insider recommendations for all occasions - whether you're looking for something boozy, insta-wor...

Nora Watts is being hunted . . .With her tentative relationship with her biological daughter already strained and the imminent death, from cancer, of her friend and mentor Sebastian Crow, Nora doesn't need any more drama in her life. But when a man claiming to know her late father approaches her, she is unprepared for the memories that this encounter brings back. Her father committed suicide when Nora was a child and what happened to him has a...

Examines the potential of thinking roguishly outside the box in business and creativity, drawing attention to products and ideas that demonstrate how this can pay off. According to "Management Today" this book 'argues that now is not the time to play it safe.

Paul Morley's short biographical portrait of Michael Jackson looks at how we turned the most outrageous child star talent of the late 20th century into a monster, This is a rare piece of pop cultural alchemy that cuts through the myth in a way that only a writer as great as Paul Morley could do.

Arnold Thomas Fanning had his first experience of depression during adolescence, following the death of his mother. Some ten years later, an up-and-coming playwright, he was overcome by mania and delusions. Thus began a terrible period in which he was often suicidal, increasingly disconnected from family and friends, sometimes in trouble with the law, and homeless in London.Drawing on his own memories, the recollections of people who knew him ...

Roger Scruton's classic work on conservatism, reissued for a new political moment.

A collection of the best of British nature writing, commissioned by author of "The Running Sky" Tim Dee. Includes work by Adam Nicolson, Mark Cocker, Richard Mabey, Tony Harrison, Helen Macdonald and many others.

Alfie Fleet is off on an adventure beyond his wildest dreams. From Brains-in-Jars World to the planet of Outlandish, nowhere is too big, too small, or too bizarre to make its way into the Cosmic Atlas. But although Alfie loves to explore, he still needs to be home before his mum gets in from work, otherwise there will be BIG trouble!

The murder of the Russian Imperial Family in 1918 could have been prevented in the event that a plan to rescue the family had been more successful, with this detective story uncovering the plan after a decade of work.