The Red And The Black has been hailed as the first great ‘realist’ novel of the nineteenth century, offering a lively and detailed picture of social and political life in the provinces and in Paris towards the end of the 1820s, the close of the stifling reactionary period of the Bourbon Restoration. Stendhal himself claimed that no-one before him had ventured to portray with such verisimili…
Want to know the secret to tackling tantrums and tears, stopping squabbles in seconds AND lay the foundations for your child’s good mental health in the process? In There's No Such Thing As 'Naughty', mum to two young children, journalist and children’s mental health advocate Kate Silverton shares her groundbreaking new approach to parenting under-fives that helps to make family life so …
Bracket Wood School Notices Bracket Wood is about to be visited by the school inspectors. And there’s one BIG PROBLEM: Ryan Ward. The naughtiest kid in school. But when Ryan finally goes too far the head teacher just … walk out. And then the the new head teacher, Mr Carter, arrives. A man so strict even the teachers are afraid of him. So imagine his surprise when they swap bodies. N…
A boy’s heart pound in terror as he awaits his ritual circumcision to become a true Muslim. An idealistic young soldier witnesses the barbaric beating of a man accused of being a spy. An eight-year-old girl, soon to be married off by her parents for money, brags to a playmate about the pretty clothes she will acquired. With All That Is Gone, Pramoedya Ananta Toer, author of The Buru Quart…
This spellbinding story, like its predecessor, This Earth of Mankind, has its origins in a series of tales related orally by Pramoedya Ananta Toer to his fellow prisoners in an Indonesian prison. Child Of All Nations follows the political awakening of its hero, the extraordinary Minke, a Dutch-educated Javanese writer. Coming to grips with the oppression and injustice of the European regime in …
Learn to make every moment a once-in-a-lifetime experience with this definitive guide to the Japanese art of ichigo ichie Each moment in our life happens only once, and if we let it slip away, we lose it forever—an idea captured by the Japanese phrase ichigi ichie (pronounced itchy-Go itchy-A). Often spoken in Japan when greeting someone or saying goodbye, to convey that the encounter is uni…
With more than a million copies sold worldwide, Surrounded by Idiots shares a simple, revolutionary method of understanding the people around you that will change how you interact with everyone from your cowokers to your spouse. Author Thomas Erikson explains that there are four key behaviour types that define how we interact with and perceive the people around us. Understanding someone’s …
Is there a psychopath working alongside you or living in your home? Charming and charismatic? Or manipulative and cunning? Psychopaths are both and that’s exactly what make them dangerous. Bestselling author of the international phenomenon Surrounded by Idiots, Thomas Erikson reveals how to identify the psychopaths in your life and combat their efforts to control and manipulate. Surrounde…
Are the narcissist in your life making you miserable? Are you worn out by their constant demands for attention, their absolute conviction that they are right (even when they’re clearly wrong), their determination to do whatever they want regardless of the impact, and their baffling need to control everyone and everything around them? In this thought-provoking, sanity-saving book, Thomas Er…
They have begun their invasion. They will take your planet by force. They believe they are unstoppable. We can defeat them. We have unleashed an ancient power. We have turned the tide because. We are no longer alone in this fight. This the beginning of the end.