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The updated edition of this acclaimed book offers a critical overview of the law of foreign investment, incorporating a thorough analysis of the principles and standards of treatment available to foreign investors in international law. It is authoritative and multi-layered, offering an analysis of the key issues and an insightful assessment of recent trends in the case law, from both developed and developing country perspectives. A major feat...

A thrilling original fairytale from Megan Hess about the daughter of alocksmith, an evil queen and her secret cage of crows.âEUR<

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This book will introduce the little-known story of one of London's smallest clubs to fans of the Premier League. In 2021, Brentford entered the world's most-watched sports league broadcast to 800 million homes creating unprecedented exposure. Almost immediately, the demographic of the club's fanbase has become younger and more affluent, with thousands of new fans ABC1-category fans buying season tickets in a new 17, 000-seat stadium.  Drawing ...

Tea lovers, rejoice! Tea Lover's Box Set celebrates all things tea and is the perfect companion for casual or passionate tea drinkers alike. With three mini books dedicated to the history of tea, along with more than 200 flavour profiles, there's something here for every tea taste. Pour yourself a cup in your favourite mug (we all have one!), settle in, and get ready to learn all about your favourite beverage.- 3 Mini Hardcover Books: Includes...

From tiny meteors to giant galaxies, this temporary tattoo collection features planets, all the phases of the Moon, a solar eclipse, a rocket, an astronaut, comets, meteor, constellations (Draco, Pegasus, and more), and dozens of shining stars. Kids ages 4 and up just peel, press, wear, and learn all about stars and planets: It's a fun science lesson with an activity mixed in. After reading up on space facts, kids can share the tattoos with fr...

Kids aged 8 and up are invited to take a deep dive into the wonders of the ocean with Julia Rothman's Ocean Anatomy Activity Book. Based on Rothman's popular book Ocean Anatomy (with 102, 000 copies in print), this interactive format features on-the-page word puzzles, mazes, drawing activities, craft projects, and much more. The book features Rothman's delightful illustrations throughout with activities such as identifying the parts of a crab,...

There's no book I know of that will have such a profound effect on your body' Farrah Storr, Head Of Writer Partnerships, Substack UK and Europe, Former Editor of Elle UK and Cosmopolitan 'A calm, non-woo-woo, essential read for anyone who is simply juggling too many of life's balls' Marianne Jones, Writer and Podcaster, Former Editor of Telegraph Magazine, Stella & Grazia'A charming, jargon-free guide to understanding your body and finding a c...

Massimo Marraffa and Cristina Meini re-connect the psychology of identity with its philosophical roots in this study. They trace the contemporary problem of the self to John Locke and William James' foundational theories on personal identity. By integrating the philosophy of identity with empirical and neuropsychological research, Marraffa and Meini provide an original synthesis of multidisciplinary conceptions of the self. The Construction o...

A masterpiece' SUNDAY TELEGRAPH 'Ambitious, demanding and profoundly melancholy' GUARDIANDr. Robert Hendricks has just received a mysterious invitation. Psychiatrist Alexander Pereira has asked him to stay at his villa on a French island. But what starts out as an intellectual exchange soon becomes a cat and mouse game that brings to the surface a history of war and a lost love that Hendricks had thought buried.A gripping exploration of the my...

Evocative and beautifully written, it's a deeply immersive read' Observer'Charles Foster is the most original voice in nature writing today - funny, urgent, poetic, philosophical and deeply moving' Patrick Barkham'Utterly exhilarating... This book demands we change our ways' Lee Schofield'There aren't many writers like Charles around... a deeply thought-provoking book' James Aldred'Reading this book feels like being made suddenly omniscient. I...

Powerful' LIT HUB'Absorbing' KIRKUS'Poignant, arresting and ultimately affirming' BOOKLISTLucy Sante has often felt like an outsider. Born in Belgium to conservative Catholic working-class parents, she was transplanted to the United States without ever entirely settling here. But a feeling of home finally arrived when she moved to New York City in the early 1970s amidst her fellow bohemians. Through those electric years, some of her friends wo...

The Sunday Times bestselling edition of Chips Channon's remarkable diaries.'The greatest British diarist of the 20th century. An astonishing achievement. By turns frivolous and profound.' Ben Macintyre, The Times'Wickedly entertaining. Genuinely shocking, and still revelatory.' Andrew Marr, New Statesman'An irresistible, saucy read . . . One of the most impressive editions of our time.' The Telegraph'They're among the most glittering and enjoy...

From an unmissable new voice comes the powerful and epic story of mythology's darkest heroineShunned. Persecuted. Tormented. Medea longs for a different life. Since childhood, she has been separated from her sister, shunned by her mother, and persecuted and tormented by her brother and father. All because of a unique and dangerous talent: witchcraft.Fierce. Powerful. Sorceress. But when a dashing young hero, Jason, arrives to claim the famed G...

Superb' OBSERVER'Cunningly crafted' FINANCIAL TIMES'Faulks is doing what he does best' SUNDAY TIMESIn the depths of the archive, Hannah dances with the ghosts of Vichy France, lost in testimony and a desire to hear the voices of the past. Back in her apartment, Moroccan teenager Tariq crashes on her sofa, consumed by his search for the mother he barely knew. Their excavations will unearth rich histories that will teach them both just how much ...

A delight' Hugh Warwick, ecologist and author of A Prickly Affair'Hilarious and heartbreaking' Lee Schofield, author of Wild Fell'A triumph' Charles Foster, author of Cry of the Wild, Being a Human and A Little Brown Sea'A necessary nature book, with prose as sharp as prickles.' John Lewis-StempelA body lies motionless on the ground. Small, with a snouty head and covered with spines, it is unquestionably dead before its time. And all of those ...

BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 ACCORDING TO GUARDIAN AND THE SPECTATOR The final novel from one of the greatest writers of the past half century'No-one nowadays writes prose like Javier Marías . . . If you're already a fan, you'll know what to expect and rejoice. If you're not, what a treat you have in store' The HeraldTomás Nevinson, a retired MI6 agent, is working for the British Embassy in Madrid when his former handler, the sinister Bertram Tupra, ...

Profound . . . Faulks evokes a deep compassion' OBSERVER'Does what a good novel should - it unsettles, it moves, and it forces us to question who we are' SUNDAY TIMES'A delight . . . moving and exciting' DAILY TELEGRAPH Five lives overlap across two centuries. School teacher Geoffrey's war takes him to the brink of sanity, Billy's fortitude lifts him from the Victorian slums in London, Elena and Jeanne interrogate the notion of the soul, from ...

From trailblazing political activist Angela Y. Davis, a major new collection of essays and interviews that argue for a radical rethinking of our prison systemsAn icon of revolutionary politics, Angela Y. Davis has been at the forefront of collective movements for prison abolition for over fifty years. Abolition: Politics, Practices, Promises, the first of two important new volumes, brings together an essential collection of Davis's essays, con...

Absolutely fascinating . . . A must-read for anyone enthralled by the value and integrity of books' Janice Hallett, author of The Alperton AngelsA true detective story from the age of Agatha Christie and Dorothy L. Sayers: the literary crime that fooled the world - and the daring young booksellers who uncovered itLondon, 1932. Thomas James Wise is the toast of the literary establishment. A prominent collector and businessman, he is renowned on...