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52 Ways Of Looking At A Poem: or How Reading Modern Poetry Can Change Your Life
Modern poetry is often represented as difficult or remote from most people's experience. This is a passionate attempt to introduce and examine all aspects of contemporary poetry and make it a familiar part of our lives. First published 2002....
The Jolly Postman or Other People's Letters
This nostalgic classic, including real letters, is a must-have for every child. This gorgeously illustrated, full-color classic celebrates a time before email by depicting amusing correspondence between fairy tale and Mother Goose characters. What could possibly be in a letter from Goldilocks to the T...
The Worst Thing About my Sister
Being a sister isn't always easy...but what's the very worst thing about your sister? Marty and her sister Melissa couldn't be more different. Marty loves her Converse trainers, playing football, hiding in her secret den and helping her dad with his DIY. But Melissa loves Justin Bieber and all things p...
Macbeth
Referred to by superstitious actors as 'the Scottish play', William Shakespeare's Macbeth is a tragedy in which appalling earthly crimes have lasting supernatural repercussions. This Penguin Shakespeare edition is edited by George Hunter with an introduction by Carol Rutter. 'By the pricking of my thumb...
Germany: Memories of a Nation
From Neil MacGregor, the author of A History of the World in 100 Objects, this is a view of Germany like no other. For the past 140 years, Germany has been the central power in continental Europe. Twenty-five years ago a new German state came into being. How much do we really understand this new Germany...
The Extraordinary Life and Momentous Times of J.M.W. Turner
The extraordinary life of J. M. W Turner, one of Britain's most admired, misunderstood and celebrated artists J. M. W. Turner is Britain's most famous landscape painter. Yet beyond his artistic achievements, little is known of the man himself and the events of his life: the tragic committal of his mothe...
What Are We Doing Here?
New essays on theological, political, and contemporary themes, by the Pulitzer Prize winnerMarilynne Robinson has plumbed the human spirit in her renowned novels, including Lila, winner of the National Book Critics Circle Award, and Gilead, winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Critics Circ...
North Korea Journal
A glimpse of life inside the world's most secretive country, as told by Britain's best-loved travel writer. In May 2018, former Monty Python stalwart and intrepid globetrotter Michael Palin spent two weeks in the notoriously secretive Democratic People's Republic of Korea, a cut-off land without interne...
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle
**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK** 'An astonishing feat' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times 'An inspiring and moving sideways look at history' Eithne Farry, Sunday Express An eloquent blend of history and memoir, Threads of Life is an evocative and moving book about the need we all ...
Seahorses Are Sold Out (HB)
Constanze Spengler & Katja Gehrmann
Mika's father works from home and he's very busy He can never find time for the swimming trip he promised. So Dad allows Mika to choose a pet from the store while he finishes the project--something quiet like a mouse. And so begins a wonderfully turbulent story in which Mika brings home one animal after...
How Spies Think - Ten Lessons in Intelligence
LONGLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2021'One of the best books ever written about intelligence analysis and its long-term lessons. Brilliant, lucid and thought-provoking' Christopher Andrew, author of The Defence of the Realm: The Authorized History of MI5 'An invaluable guide to avo...
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