Published to celebrate the first ever 'letter from Father Christmas' in 1920, this beautiful oversized edition of Tolkien's famous illustrated letters from 'Father Christmas', includes a wealth of charming letters, pictures and decorated envelopes, and promises to be a festive feast for Tolkien fans of all ages.

Tove Jansson's penultimate collection of short stories, translated into English for the first time.

The first ever translation into English of Lampedusa's correspondence. It Includes recently discovered, previously unpublished letters and unreleased photographs of London by Lampedusa himself. This edition is enriched by new unpublished material not available in the previous hardback edition.

Graffigny's bold and original novel tells the story of Zilia, an Inca Virgin, rescued from the Spanish and brought to France. Separated from her lover and her culture, she recounts her experiences and personal growth. To this fine new translation are appended extracts from Graffigny's chief source and other writers' fictional responses.

Has there ever been a point in your life when you have wondered, ‘What does it feel like to be my shoe?’, ‘How is my toaster feeling today?’ or ‘What is my sponge thinking about?’ Probably not, which means you are more than likely sane. However, what if your household objects had these thoughts and feelings and decided to let you know about them? This collection of letters and their responses, written from the perspective of everyday objects around the house and the individuals they are addressed to, gives a brief glimpse into their lives and how they perceive the world around them. And don’t worry, your teapot isn’t watching you…

Teaches us to know and understand the world we live in and its rules, and how to behave in it. In this book the author answers his granddaughter's questions about how the world works, how it got to be as it is, what it could be, and where she fits in.

No marriage of a major twentieth-century writer lasted longer than Vladimir Nabokov's. From their meeting in 1921, Vladimir's letters to his beloved Vera form a narrative arc that tells a forty-six year-long love story. This book features these letters that tell us much about the man and the writer.

Letters written during a short residence in Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (1796) is both an arresting travel book and a personal memoir. In it Wollstonecraft describes the sublime landscape and the events and people she encounters. This edition includes reviews, additional letters, and documents on the background to the journey.

One of a series of literature guides using graphics, active learning techniques and self-test questions to encourage an explorative reading of and response to the text, develop the skills and techniques required by English literature coursework and complement the teaching approach used in schools.

Letty Fox talks us through her search for marital bliss in 1930s New York and London.

A novel about a young boy whose first encounter with love both bruises and enlarges his vision of the world

Gives us Nadar, the pioneer balloonist and aerial photographer; gives us Colonel Fred Burnaby, reluctant adorer of the extravagant Sarah Bernhardt; then, finally, it gives us the story of author's own grief, unflinchingly observed.

The explosion at the start of this book ends the life of its hero, Benjamin Sachs, and brings two FBI agents to the home of one of Sachs's oldest friends, the writer Peter Aaron. What follows is Aaron's story, an investigation of another man's life. By the author of "Moon Palace".

The final novel in James S. A. Corey's New York Times bestselling science fiction series, the Expanse, now a major TV series

The story of a man's obsession with whales, which takes him on a personal, historical and biographical journey - from his childhood to his fascination with Moby-Dick and his excursions whale-watching.

Leviathan Wakes is the first book in the New York Times bestselling Expanse series, now a Prime Original series

An unsettling novel about the secrets, lies and omissions of a small rural community by bestselling novelist Suzannah Dunn.

"Don't trust the Liar. Don't go in the River. Do not cross the King." In Red Valley, California, you follow the rules if you want to stay alive. But even that isn't enough to protect Sadie now that she's unexpectedly become the Liar: the keeper and maker of Red Valley's many secrets.

The international bestseller from a prize-winning poet and critic

In 1822 William Hazlitt, forty-four years old and married, was both tormented and enchanted by Sarah Walker, his landlady's nineteen-year-old daughter. This work is the chronicle of that obsession.