At the outbreak of WWII, in the Italian colony of Eritrea, Sellas will need to survive with her two mix-raced children when her partner Carlo abandons them.
A collection of short stories flirting with the surreal and Kafkaesque. Yuri's world is permeated with humour, emotions, and style, giving us a refreshing perspective into the complexities of human nature and contemporary Korean society.
In 19th-century Sweden, Caesaria is kept in a doctor's mansion as a trophy: she is the first baby to be born alive from one of his c-sections. In a Gothic ambiance, Caesaria narrates in first person her experiences in the mansion and her encounters with its mysterious inhabitants and visitors.
Rooted in the oral tradition of storytelling, Industrial Roots is an exceptional collection of interwoven domestic vignettes narrated by different female characters. The stories in this book concern mainly the daily experiences of blue-collar life amongst the members of a working class family.
Queenless explores a daughter's mixed love for a mother she is losing. Playing with form and content, this is a fierceless story about the desire to live; about great, crazy and greedy love between a mother and a daughter.
Satisfaction is an intense, introspective novel that explores the intimate thoughts, feelings and impressions of Mme Akli, a French woman living in Algeria in the late 1970s.
The Memory of the Air is a sophisticated and introspective narrative about gaslighting. As the narrator shares with us her memories about a past relationship, we discover the small details hidden behind psychological abuse until landing into a major event in the narrator's life.
From Monday to Saturday, Mary is a young and talented artist who frequents the bohemian and fringe circles of Havana. But on Sundays, she becomes the sex toy of a high official of the Castro regime. This novel raises vitally important questions which a whole new generation of Cubans is finding increasingly difficult to ignore.
In a ghostly, almost dream-like, atmosphere, a captain agrees to break one of her rules, letting the crew take a dip in the middle of the ocean. Something changes during that unprecedented swim; an uncertain atmosphere takes over their journey and the ship. A simple business trip turned into a true adventure.
What Concerns Us is a punchy contemporary read that scrutinises gender roles within our society, examining what it means to be a mother and the nature of femininity, as well as how to remain independent in a variety of different types of relationship.
Dimitar becomes wealthy by running Staro Selo in terror. But old Elena, a witch-like character with a gift for healing will not shy away from the injustices her neighbors are forced to endure.
A brilliant, funny, marvelous short story collection by London author Anna Maconochie. Feeling the city vibes, an immersing reading in the lives of London creatives, with their romantic fiascos and frustrated aspirations.
A beautiful, luxurious Flame Tree Notebook. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the crafted covers are printed on foil, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmark ribbons and a magnetic side flap. Art by Bodleian Libraries.
A beautiful, luxurious Flame Tree Notebook. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the crafted covers are printed on foil, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmark ribbons and a magnetic side flap. [Art - Frida Kahlo Purple]
A beautiful, luxurious Flame Tree Notebook. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the crafted covers are printed on foil, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmark ribbons and a magnetic side flap. [Art by Angela Harding]
Part of a series of exciting and luxurious Flame Tree Notebooks. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed, then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap.
Enter the epic fantasy world of HBO's Game of Thrones and join the ranks of the assassin group known as the Faceless Men with this beautifully crafted Valar Morghulis journal.
This handy journal showcases rarely seen concept art from Spirited Away, Studio Ghibli's award-winning fantasy adventure about a young girl's journey through a strange new world full of fantastic spirits.
Everyone loves Totoro! Continuing our partnership with animation giant Studio Ghibli, this journal features concept art from the Studio's beloved film. This is exciting because the Studio doesn't usually allow licensees to use concept art!
A lush graphic novel about family adrift and the magical adventure that brings them together. Based on the award-winning film, this gorgeous adaptation includes a bonus story from the film's creator.
Based on the award-winning film, The Secret of Kells follows a brave boy and his mystical new friend work together to prove that imagination and enlightenment are the strongest defenses against even the darkest of forces.
A nerd must fight powerful spirits and aliens all vying for the secret power of his "family jewel," so who better to fight alongside him than his high school crush and a spirit granny?!
A colorful and eclectic comics anthology exploring a wide range of autistic experiences-from diagnosis journeys to finding community-from autistic contributors.
Are you sitting comfortably? From the founders of the iconic Crab Museum comes A Natural History of Bums - a funny, fascinating, and educational dive into the timeless appeal of evolution, the animal kingdom, and, naturally, bums! This cheeky book is perfect for curious minds and lovers of science.
The No-Brainer BrainExplainer is a crash-course in every kind of intelligence to be found in living things, from the brain sloshing around in your noggin to the weirdest thinkers in the animal kingdom - all told with trademark humour and illustrated in eye-popping detail.
George is a full-time security worker at a university, on the frontlines of the cost-of-living crisis. WHAT THE BOUNCER SAW is his engaging, relatable, and grounded response to the financial catastrophe many in the service industry are facing.
The complete self-management and organisational tool for university. The Bloomsbury Student Planner 2026-2027 contains everything students need to organise their information and time effectively.
Now in its 13th edition, this essential resource is the go-to text for students and authors who want to accurately reference sources and avoid plagiarism in their work.
This fun, comic-style guide reveals the secrets to ethical and effective AI use in school, college, and university. Use it to transform study habits and rediscover the joy of learning.
Published to accompany an exhibition at the Royal Academy, London, from July 25th to October 25th, 2026, this book brings together more than 60 works that track Richard Dadd's life and career.
Drawn from the renowned reference Clark's Positioning in Radiography, this third edition pocket handbook provides clear and practical advice to help radiographers in their day-to-day work.
The bestselling colouring book for student nurses. Label then colour illustrations, and complete practical activities to learn and revise anatomy and physiology in a relaxing, stress-free way.
Featuring essays from: Jenn Ashworth, Marie Crook, Dan Dixon, Kit de Waal, Kristie De Garis, Adam Farrer, Tracy King, Tom Lee, Kirsty Logan, Noreen Masud, Gareth E Rees, Adam Scovell and Nikesh Shukla.
A collection of famous and lesser-known tales from classic Japanese folklore, including 'The Bamboo Cutter and the Moon Child', inspiration for Studio Ghibli's Princess Kaguya.
This essential text supports occupational therapy students and educators as they navigate the opportunities and challenges of placement learning. Introducing contemporary and innovative occupation-centred practice, it sets out a step-by-step guide to using this knowledge across a range of contexts, including role-emerging settings.
Lifelong socialist and comedy legend Alexei Sayle reflects on his life on the Left through a history of key marches over the past seven decades, and asks what we can learn from protest and standing up to power
Ghost Stories is Siri Hustvedt's tender memoir of the forty-three years she spent with her husband, writer, poet and filmmaker Paul Auster: from their first encounter in 1980s New York, to his death in 2024. Featuring Paul Auster's last ever piece of writing.
Lifelong socialist and comedy legend Alexei Sayle reflects on his life on the Left through a history of key marches over the past seven decades, and asks what we can learn from protest and standing up to power
The master of uncanny fiction returns with an epic saga of the blood-soaked twentieth century, filled with secrets, conspiracies, grief and infinite mystery . . .
Nautical Wisdom is a diverse and entertaining collection of maritime facts and folklore, ranging from how to read the weather and understand the tides to legendary ships, sailors, real and imaginary sea creatures and much more.
Introductory textbook that takes a sociological approach, looking at the knowledge base of social work and equipping students with the tools to develop their social work identity.
The business case for recognizing and understanding the importance of kindness at work, and the need to use these skills to enhance performance and develop a healthy and sustainable working culture.
While fulfilling his dead father's dream of creating a prosperous farm in California, Joseph Wayne comes to believe that a magnificent tree on the farm embodies his father's spirit. His brothers and their families share in Joseph's prosperity and the farm flourishes - until one brother kills the tree.
Explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Dealing with the motivations and emotions of the enemy, this title uncovers profound and often unsettling truths both about war and human nature.
Features Jim Nolan, disenfranchised and alone, his family destroyed by the system. Desperate to find his place in the world, Jim joins the Communist Party and becomes entangled in a strike of migrant workers which spirals out of control, unflinchingly detailing the apocalyptic violence that breaks out when the masses become the mob.
Steinbeck's first posthumously published work, The Acts of King Arthur and His Noble Knights is a reinterpretation of tales from Malory's Morte d'Arthur. In this highly successful attempt to render Malory into Modern English, Steinbeck recreated the rhythm and tone of the original Middle English.
Ethan Allen Hawley has lost the acquisitive spirit of his wealthy forebears, a long line of proud New England sea captains and Pilgrims. Scarred by failure, Ethan works as a grocery clerk in a store his family once owned. But his wife is restless and his teenage children troubled and hungry for the material comforts he cannot provide.
'Do you know it, do you remember it, the drives, the attitudes, the terrors and, yes, the joys?' The author introduces his collection of hard-hitting dispatches for the New York Herald Tribune when the Second World War was at its height.
Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This title deals with the two artists, who at the height of their powers, answer their needs to document human struggle.
Like the Dublin of Joyce and Jan Morris' Venice, Orhan Pamuk's bestselling Istanbul: Memories of a City is a triumphant encounter of place and sensibility, beautifully written and immensely moving. Since the publication of Istanbul, Pamuk has continued to add to his collection of photographs of Istanbul.
A collection of letters that forms a day-by-day account of the author's writing of "East of Eden". It features many subjects such as textual discussion, trial flights of workmanship, and family matters and offer an illuminating perspective of the author.
Anne Carson' s first full-length publication in Britain, Glass and God introduces an assured and challenging new voice: vivid, laconic, precise. Blending the modern and the classical, Anne Carson writes with an intensity and an integrity that is transfiguring.
The Beauty of the Husband is a work that explores these oldest of lyrical subjects - beauty, desire, love, betrayal - with freshness and devastating power. **ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**
In Normally Weird and Weirdly Normal, author and host of Radio 4's Infinite Monkey Cage Robin Ince uses his own late-stage diagnosis of ADHD to explore neurodivergence and anxiety.
Do you really think all lives are worth saving? On the empty shingle beach of Dungeness, the volunteer crew of the lifeboat await her next launch. It might come in another week. Or it might even happen in the next few seconds...
George is a full-time security worker at a university, on the frontlines of the cost-of-living crisis. WHAT THE BOUNCER SAW is his engaging, relatable, and grounded response to the financial catastrophe many in the service industry are facing.
Essential knowledge resource for students needing to implement new clinical skills, and an update for practitioners and NQNs. Follows the patient pathway from assessment to delivery of nursing care. Meets the new NMC practice and proficiency standards 2018/19, including enhanced guidance on sepsis, mental health, and palliative care.
Finding and Using Information is an accessible textbook, written by a highly experienced learning and research librarian, to help all health and social care students seeking to improve their information skills.
Unlocking the English Legal System will help you grasp the main concepts of the legal system in England and Wales with ease. The 8th edition has been fully updated throughout to reflect recent developments and changes in the law.
This book explores how language shapes learning across subjects to support inclusive teaching. It helps teachers develop the skills needed to teach inclusively and redefines multilingualism to include social and professional language and subject literacies in response to globalisation and cultural and linguistic diversity.
George is a full-time security worker at a university, on the frontlines of the cost-of-living crisis. WHAT THE BOUNCER SAW is his engaging, relatable, and grounded response to the financial catastrophe many in the service industry are facing.
Isla loves painting the everchanging big, bold Sky. But when Sky gives in to the pressure to be bright and blue and sunny all the time, the world below-and Isla's paintings-start to suffer. Can Isla convince Sky to let all her feelings and colours show?
Abandoned at a remote island school, Faye discovers she has been sent there for a wicked crime. Can she tackle the sinister mysteries of the island and discover the secrets within herself?
Time-travelling penguins Pablo and Splash must fight gladiators in Ancient Rome in this hilarious full-colour graphic novel. Fans of Bunny vs Monkey or InvestiGATORS will love it.
When generous Fox begins to resent his selfish neighbour a slightly spooky transformation takes place. The Wind in the Willows meets the Brontes in this beautiful and unusual picture book.
Bear finds that even when his wildest (cookie-related!) worries come true, things will be okay. Bear Worries is a funny and comforting story providing a unique take on the topic of excessive worrying.