An extraordinary novel from a Man Booker International Prize-winning author that follows one young Omani woman as she builds a life for herself in Britain... (James Wood, The New Yorker).
"An elegiac yet exuberant new memoir" (The New York Times Book Review)--Bill Walton's New York Times bestselling memoir about his recovery from debilitating physical injury and how...
Acclaimed historian Robert Merry resurrects the presidential reputation of William McKinley in a "measured, insightful biography that seeks to set the record straight...a deft character study...
Information Design provides citizens, business and government with a means of presenting and interacting with complex information. It embraces applications from wayfinding and map reading to forms...
Shlomith Rimmon-Kenan addresses key approaches to narrative fiction, from New Criticism to Phenomenology, but also offers views on and modifications to these theories.
In this volume David Bohm discusses with a group of people of various backgrounds his thoughts concerning mind, matter, meaning, the implicate order and a host of other subjects.
It was once the job of Madame Agathe-Sidonie Laborde to read books aloud to Marie-Antoinette. Now exiled in Vienna, she looks back twenty-one years to the legendary opulence of Versailles and...
The cognitive science of religion is a new discipline that looks at the roots of religious belief in the cognitive architecture of the human mind. The Roots of Religion deals with the philosophical...
I often wonder if we are living the wrong life in the wrong country. Talia is being held at a correctional facility for adolescent girls in the forested mountains of Colombia after committing an...
Mental toughness is one of the most common terms used in sport - aby athletes, coaches, spectators and the media. However, it is also one of the least understood terms. This book examines the...
First published in 1959 at the height of the Cold War, this classic resurfaces for a whole new generation of Eloise fans in this beautifully produced, full-color edition. With the freezing wind...
A small-town enemies to lovers romance and the debut novel from the bestselling author of Flawless and Wild Love. Keeping things professional with my employees has never been an issue... Until...
Drawing on the revelatory results of a landmark study, William Damon -- one of the country's leading writers on the lives of young people, whose book Greater Expectations won the Parents'...
'A triumph' The TLS 'This special and magical book has changed the way I see the world' Dan Saladino'Inspiration and delight sparkle from every page... This book [is] a...
The 1990s will be a time of political, economic, social, and financial upheaval. But even in a time of crisis, prepared individuals can prosper if they know: -- the secrets of megapolitics -- how...
This third edition of British Culture is the complete introduction to culture and thearts in Britain today. Extensively illustrated and incredibly student-friendly, this edition offers a wider...
For fans of Mieko Kawakami's Breasts and Eggs and Murata Sayaka's Earthlings, this Japanese bestseller from renowned anime director Makoto Shinkai features four inspirational and...
So, I've written a book. Having entertained the idea for years, and even offered a few questionable opportunities ('It's a piece of cake! Just do four hours of interviews, find someone...