The second volume of A Song of Ice and Fire, the greatest fantasy epic of the modern age. GAME OF THRONES is now a major TV series from HBO, featuring a stellar

For too long we have convinced ourselves that the only jobs worth doing involve sitting at a desk. Drawing on the work of our greatest thinkers, from Aristotle to Heidegger, from Karl Marx to Iris Murdoch, as well as on his own experiences as an electrician and motorcycle mechanic, the author intends to change the way you think about work

For fans of When You Trap a Tiger and A Place to Belong comes a gentle, \"touching\" (Booklist, starred review) middle grade novel about love and resilience, interwoven with Chinese mythology, a Little World made completely of paper, and the ever-changing, but constant moon. The night of the Mid-Autumn Festival, making mooncakes with Ah-Ma, was the last time Peijing Guo remembers her life being the

This highly illustrated catalogue presents new essays on Albrecht Durer, focusing on an understudied aspect of his practice: the material worlds of manufacture, design and trade. --

REACH when all is said and doneThe teenage years are such a special time, when relationships of yours and mineReflect the qualities (or not) which can dictate our future lives or

Coming close to death, Jim Stanley has a vision of his deceased grandfather which leads Jim into the world of magic and the secret brotherhood of the Templar Knights. Jim meets his garden gnome guide Togman and they soon find themselves running from an evil Waerloga. Hiding out in Gariwerd, Jim and Togman find help in the form of two Wirringan twins and the surrounding wildlife. But with a Waerloga

This shiny, special 10th birthday edition of the bestselling The Singing Mermaid by Julia Donaldson and Lydia Monks features the original story plus exciting never-before-seen bonus

In this mesmerizing book of photography, acclaimed photographer David Liittschwager reveals the unnerving beauty of three notoriously mysterious sea creatures--the jellyfish, octopus, and seahorse--and how they perceive the world. The jellyfish, the octopus, and the seahorse are among the most wondrous species on Earth--as well as some of the most difficult to document using traditional photography

An experienced wine maker and judge draws on his life\'s work and the work of commercial vintners to give his views of methods that will improve on standard winemaking

The 7th Dave Robicheaux novel from Sunday Times bestselling author James Lee

A medieval practice carried out in the 21stcentury, this is one woman\'s story of her fight against FGM in Britain

\'A brilliant, unsentimental, often darkly humorous account of America\'s nervous breakdown after 9/11.\' Publishers Weekly starred boxed review From the Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and author of the international bestselller Backlash - an unflinchingly critical and strikingly original dissection of the mind and soul of America since

Most of the major black literary and cultural movements of the twentieth century have been understood and interpreted as secular, secularizing and, at times, profane. In this book, Josef Sorett demonstrates that religion was actually a formidable force within these movements, animating and organizing African American literary visions throughout the years between the New Negro Renaissance of the 1920s

Nanna\'s Poems is a poignant collection about life. It spins a bittersweet tale of childhood, marriage, and death. For Dora, the one consistency was God. Though temptation is everywhere and the world in which we live is a harrowing one, at its heart, this collection explores the power of His love and His