A journey into the heartland of psychiatry. This book debunks myths, challenges assumptions and offers fresh insight into what it means to be mentally ill. And what it means to be human. This Book...
The only resource you need for travel to Japan This award-winning guide puts the whole country in the palm of your hand. With a large pull-out map and tips on all the best sights, travelers can be...
Batik occupies a special place in Indonesian culture. Each fabric has a rich story to tell--as a reflection of the nation's religious beliefs, sophisticated court cultures and cosmopolitan...
This is an essential study tool for students seeking to learn Japanese and dramatically improve their ability to read and write kanji and kana. Students have been reading and writing the Japanese...
"Conversations with Igor Stravinsky" is the first of the celebrated series of conversation books in which Stravinsky, prompted aby Robert Craft, reviewed his long and remarkable life. The...
In 1909, the largest department store in London's West End, designed and built from scratch, opened in Oxford Street in a glorious burst of publicity. The mastermind behind the facade was...
This is the brand new edition of Paul Harris' very popular Improve Your Sight-Reading Piano series The covers now contain US levels Now more than ever, the ability to sight-read fluently is an...
Korean in a Flash Kit Volume 2 continues the learning-tool advantage for people interested in learning Korean quickly and easily. Flash cards are a great way to practice your ability to read...
To the authorities in pursuit of him, Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber and police-killer. But to his fellow Australians, Kelly is their own Robin Hood. In a dazzling act of ventriloquism,...
My Life in the Bush of Ghosts, Amos Tutuola's second novel, was first published in 1954. It tells the tale of a small boy who wanders into the heart of a fantastical African forest, the...
Whether describing the tensions of an arranged marriage, the trauma of having an alcoholic mother, or the petty corruption of an Indian neighbourhood, Akhil Sharma's stories always expose the...
The Genius of Japanese Carpentry tells the story of the 1200-year-old Yakushiji monastery in Nara and the dedicated modern-day craftsmen who are working to restore what has been lost to the...
This unique, ambitious, and entertaining book presents twenty-nine scripts in detail and offers examples of a hundred more. Written in nontechnical prose and organized into brief but comprehensive...
From storytelling phenomenon The Moth: a collection about risk, courage, and facing the unknown, drawn from the best stories ever told on their stages. All These Wonders features voices both...
The "War of the End of the World" is one of the great modern historical novels. Inspired żeby a real episode in Brazilian history, Mario Vargas Llosa tells the story of an apocalyptic...
This is the brand new edition of Paul Harris' very popular Improve Your Sight-Reading Piano series The covers now contain US levels Now more than ever, the ability to sight-read fluently is an...
Let's Learn Vietnamese Kit is an introductory Vietnamese language learning tool especially designed to help children from preschool through early elementary level acquire basic words, phrases,...
New novel from the author of }Kitchen{, the film adaptation of which was released this spring. Here, she tells a story of memories lost and regained, forbidden romance, redemption and recovery....
Tomoko Fuse has been one of the world's premier origami artists for more than 35 years. This beautifully photographed book examines the three-dimensional geometric designs she is famous for....
Idiocy is all around us, whether it's the uncle spouting conspiracy theories, the colleagues who repeat your point but louder, or the commuters who still don't know how to use an escalator....