Non-Fiction

Handbook of Clay Science

de F. Bergaya & G. Lagaly

The first edition of the Handbook of Clay Science published in 2006 assembled the scattered literature on the varied and diverse aspects that make up the discipline of clay science. The topics covered range...

A Series of Unrelated Events

de Richard Bacon

Have you ever been stitched up to the national press by your best mate?

Or unintentionally upset a band with a slip of the tongue on a live TV show?

Or ruined a dinner party by transforming everything alcoholic...

Dirty Great Love Story

de Richard Marsh

Two hopeful, hapless romantics get drunk, get it on, and then get the hell away from each other. In her eyes, he's a mistake. A mistake who keeps turning up at parties. In his eyes, she's perfect. He's short-sighted....

Refugee Boy

de Lemn Sissay

An eye for an eye. It's very simple. You choose your homeland like a hyena picking and choosing where he steals his next meal from. Scavenger. Yes you grovel to the feet of Mengistu and when his people spit...

Heather Gardner

de Robin French

All the rooms reek of lavender and rose petals. There's something dead about it. Like flowers the day after a ball.

Returning to her home town in the house of her dreams, her husband with a new job on the horizon,...

Paper Dolls

de Philip Himberg

"You know, Yossi, we couldn't dress like this in the Philippines... wear earrings, dye our hair, put on make up, lipstick. It's forbidden."

In Tel Aviv, Israel, a group of Filipino immigrants work as live-in...

Extreme Fishing

de Robson Green

Actor and passionate fisherman Robson Green is on a mission to discover the weird, the wonderful and the way-off-limits that the angling world has to offer.

Working alongside some of the finest in their field,...

Bulgarian Bruises, Bloodgate and Other Stories: The Changing World of Rugby

de Will Greenwood

In his almost 20 years in the sport, Will Greenwood has achieved just about everything a professional rugby player could ever aspire to, playing an integral role in the World Cup-winning campaign of 2003, and...

An Appetite for Poetry

de Frank Kermode

Frank Kermode is one of the pre-eminent practitioners of the art of criticism in the English speaking world. It has been his distinction to make a virtue - as all the best critics have done - of the necessarily...

The Revised EYFS in practice

de Ann Langston

With the new EYFS in its infancy, this practical professional development title will take practitioners through the new policies and provide vital information and practical advice on how to implement it effectively....

More Grandmothers Are Like Snowflakes...No Two Are Alike: A Treasury of Wit, Wisdom, and Heartwarming Observations

de Janet Lanese

No one gives comfort, love, and laughter like a grandma can!

“Your grandma and your dog will always love you no matter what you do,” says Matthew, age ten.

From the mouths of babes and grandmas comes this...

Mothers in Academia

de Maria Castaneda & Kirsten Isgro

While more mothers are increasingly occupying institutions of higher learning, they still struggle to make headway in a world that privileges a commitment to countless hours of scholarly research and study....

Cool War: The Future of Global Competition

de Noah Feldman

A bold and thought-provoking look at the future of U.S.-China relations, and how their coming power struggle will reshape the competitive playing field for nations around the world

The Cold War seemingly...

The World of the Shining Prince: Court Life in Ancient Japan

de Ivan Morris

Ivan Morris’s definitive and widely acclaimed portrait of the ceremonious and melancholy world of ancient Japan.

Using The Tale of Genji and other major literary works from Japan’s Heian period as a frame...

Noel Coward: A Biography of Noel Coward

de Philip Hoare

A Simon & Schuster eBook. Simon & Schuster has a great book for every reader.

Capone: The Man and the Era

de Laurence Bergreen

In this brilliant history of Prohibition and its most notorious gangster, acclaimed biographer Laurence Bergreen takes us to the gritty streets of Chicago where Al Capone forged his sinister empire. Bergreen...

The Moonlight Sonata at the Mayo Clinic

de Nora Gallagher

This taut yet lyrical memoir tells of the author’s experience with a baffling illness poised to take her sight, and gives a deeply felt meditation on vulnerability and on what it means to lose the faith you...

Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Writers: 101 Motivational Stories for Writers - Budding or Bestselling - from Books to Blogs

de Jack Canfield, Mark Victor Hansen & Amy Newmark

With 101 stories from published writers who stuck with it and succeeded, you will be inspired and encouraged, whether you’re an aspiring author, a blogger, or a bestselling writer.

No matter the genre, no matter...

Citizen McCain

de Elizabeth Drew

The most original, the most sought-after politician in America today, Senator John McCain is at the front of a large movement -- people who are dissatisfied with the way politics is conducted in this country....

The Ancestral Continuum: Unlock the Secrets of Who You Really Are

de Natalia O'Sullivan & Nicola Graydon

The Ancestral Continuum is an extraordinary investigation into the spiritual and emotional legacies we inherit at our birth from our ancestors, and a powerful and revolutionary blueprint for transforming how...