First published in 1913, Holbrook Jackson's "The Eighteen Nineties" is without doubt the authoritative work on the raffish, scandalous and tempestuous "Yellow Nineties" of...
Norman Gash's magnificent two-volume life of Sir Robert Peel - "Mr Secretary Peel" (1961) and "Sir Robert Peel" (1972) - is the kanon work on the great statesman, and is widely...
Freedom and Death is Kazantzakis's modern Iliad. The context is Crete in the late nineteenth century, the epic struggle between Greeks and Turks, between Christianity and Islam. A new uprising...
Nelson Handwriting is a widely used handwriting scheme in schools throughout the UK. It provides a clear, practical framework for implementing and developing a whole school handwriting policy. The...
A fun spelling mystery for second grade sleuthsKids love learning through amusing games and activities--and what's more fun than learning to spell by solving a mystery? As they weave their way...
The screenplay of the award-winning picture from the director Wes Anderson, at once tender and probing, mindful of New York and its special mixture of grit and glory.
Tarkovsky's diaries were widely reviewed and considered to be a valuable addition to the Tarkovsky canon. The diaries cover his work in the Soviet Union and the increasing difficulties he...
Transports the action to contemporary London and follows the debauched protagonist's final adventures. This edition of the text incorporates revisions made for the play's revival at...
This book illustrates effective surgical techniques for treating glaucoma in a practical and easy to follow format. Within the various chapters the different steps for all surgical procedures are...
Norman Gash's magnificent two-volume life of "Sir Robert Peel - Mr Secretary Peel" (1961) and "Sir Robert Peel" (1972) - is the kanon work on the great statesman, and is widely...
Edmund Wilson wrote of Robert Lowell that he was the 'only recent American poet - if you don't count Eliot - who writes successfully in the language and cadence and rhyme of the resounding...
Set before the start of the First World War, this fable sees a young English writer set out to Crete to claim a small inheritance. But when he arrives, he meets Alexis Zorba, a middle-aged Greek...
David Byrne, co-founder of the group Talking Heads, has been riding a bicycle as his principal means of transportation since the 1980's. When he tours, Byrne travels with a folding bicycle,...
A fascinating look at one of the most groundbreaking publications in the world, this volume traces its colorful history and the important figures who have shaped it, influencing fashion--and more...
Flora, the illegitimate child of a wealthy Peruvian father and French mother, grows up in poverty, and after fleeing a brutal husband, journeys to Peru to demand her inheritance. Paul, a struggling...
Terrence Malick's debut film, Badlands, announced the arrival of a unique talent. In the 40 years since that debut, Malick has only made 5 films, but they are distinctive in their beauty. This...
A unique look inside a world of design sophistication, this volume showcases the interiors of the world's most prestigious art dealers. From New York to London, Paris to Monaco, the private...
The powerful new collection from award-winning poet, Emily Berry.Emily Berry's Dear Boy was described as a 'blazing debut', winning the Forward Prize for Best First Collection in 2013....
Following a brutal attack, Kate makes the uncharacteristically bold decision of moving from London to Boston, in an apartment swap with her cousin, Corbin Dell. But after her arrival Kate makes a...