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The marriage was that between the two writers, Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson and the portrait is drawn partly by Vita herself in an autobiography which she left behind at...

Set during Carnival in Haiti 1938, a young and beautiful woman named Hadriana drinks a mysterious potion on her wedding day and collapses at the altar. She is buried and...

The Globe Guide to Shakespeare is the ultimate guide to the life and work of the world's greatest playwright: William Shakespeare.With full coverage of the 39 Shakespearian plays, including a...

In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the...

Hemingway's world was close and uncomfortable and itchy and sweaty and frequently exhausting... This stuff was too good to be wasted on school exams. I must be bold and fearless...

Renaissance plays and poetry in England were saturated with the formal rhetorical twists that Latin education made familiar to audiences and readers. Yet a formally educated man like Ben Jonson...

"Western writers," says Thomas J. Lyon in his epilogue to Updating the Literary West, "have grown up with the frontier myth but now find themselves in the early stages of...

What does 'custard and jelly' mean in cockney rhyming slang?Which biscuit has half of its name on top of the cooker and the other half on the door?And 25 million...

This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute...

An absolutely joyous, gasp-out-loud achievement. - Stephen FryA cathedral of consciousness - Shakespeare's uncanny insight into human nature finds us, unearthed here. - LionHeart, artist, poet, and BBC Radio London...

Edward Thomas 1878-1917, published author, critic, and essayist, died at 39, a casualty of World War I. At the suggestion of his friend Robert Frost, Thomas began to write poetry...

The life and times of Sir Thomas Malory, author of the Morte d'Arthur. Sir Thomas Malory's Morte d'Arthur (1469) is one of the best-known books in the world. Virtually all...

This fabulous compilation of four of Dr. Seuss's most wacky tales, packed with colourful zany pictures, rollicking rhyme and off-the-wall humour, is guaranteed to make reading fun! 'Hop on Pop'...

The home of trusted full-colour visual dictionaries for everyday use.A photographic guide to the key words and phrases in German. This attractive pocket-sized book is a perfect travel companion and...

Bag the perfect KS2 Spanish dictionary this Back to School.A fun, colourful Spanish to English and English to Spanish dictionary, designed to meet the needs of children aged 7-11 learning...

'A gripping new collection from Max Hastings that puts you at the heart of the battle ... Compelling' Daily Mail'An unmissable read' Sunday Times Soldiers is a very personal gathering...

The humorous and lively rhyming story of Pirate Pat who searches for a treasure under Granny's house. The first title in the new Usborne Very First Reading series, designed for...

The series of books for children who want to feel like readers - and who soon will be readers.Based on what experts know about how children learn to read, Brand...

The must-have Back to School German dictionary for Year 7.A pocket-sized German to English and English to German reference for secondary school students looking for a dictionary that is modern,...

Master essential grammar, boost your vocabulary, and improve your TOEFL score! Fully updated to match the new test from July 2023, Collins Vocabulary and Grammar for the TOEFL iBT (R)...

Finding Stevie is a dark and poignant true story that highlights the dangers lurking online. When Stevie's social worker tells Cathy, an experienced foster carer, that Stevie, 14, is gender...

Bag the perfect KS1 Spanish dictionary this Back to School.An ideal first Spanish dictionary for kids aged 5+ and above, designed to introduce Spanish vocabulary to children in a fun,...

'Utterly addictive. Compulsive, twisty, tense.' CLAIRE DOUGLAS, author of Local Girl MissingJust how far is a mother willing to go? When a mysterious note arrives for seven months pregnant nurse...

Hundreds of word lists, arranged thematically, to help with solving cryptic and quick crossword clues. The lists are sorted alphabetically and by length, and provide an invaluable reference for all...

A selectively comprehensive bibliography of the vast literature about Samuel Beckett's dramatic works, arranged for the efficient and convenient use of scholars on all levels.Charles A. Carpenter is Professor Emeritus...

From the Jazz Age through the Kennedy administration, Edmund Wilson (1895-1972) stood at the center of the American cultural scene. A champion of the young Ernest Hemingway, a loyal friend...

Noah's Flood is one of the Bible's most popular stories, and flood myths survive in many cultures today. This book presents the first comprehensive examination of the incorporation of the...

In the mid-1880s, Henry Adams committed himself to a posture that has since been associated with his name: neglected patrician, doomsayer, literary man whose bereavement at his wife's suicide confirmed...

New essays demonstrate Gower's mastery of the three languages of medieval England, and provide a thorough exploration of the voices he used and the discourses in which he participated. John...

The poetry of Spenser, Sidney, and their contemporaries viewed as rhetorical discourse. ""A Ciceronian Sunburn"" reconsiders the complexion of Tudor poetics by demonstrating the ways in which poets and pedagogues...

For a time, Nelson Algren was America's most famous author, lauded by the likes of Richard Wright and Ernest Hemingway. Millions bought his books. Algren's third novel, The Man with...

In Whores of Babylon, Frances E. Dolan offers a perceptive study of the central role that Catholics and Catholicism played in early modern English law, literature, and politics. She contends...

Joseph Rudyard Kipling was the greatest writer in a Britain that ruled the largest empire the world has known, yet he was always a controversial figure, as deeply hated as...

From bestselling and prize-winning author Paddy Ashdown, a revelatory new history of German opposition to Hitler.'Ashdown has a great gift for narrative history. He unearths little known stories and places...

This action-packed LEGO (R) Star Wars (TM) book for children learning to read uses LEGO Star Wars sets and minifigures to retell the amazing story of the latest Star Wars...

Explore our amazing planet in this engaging non-fiction reader that will help make learning to read fun and interesting. Read and discover fascinating facts about how the oceans control climate,...

Mr Potato Head is the best juggler in the toy box. Rex wants to learn to juggle too. How will he learn this new trick? Disney Adventures in Reading, Level...

Learn to spell with Finding Dory and Disney Learning! Taking place a year after Finding Nemo, Finding Dory follows the friendly but forgetful blue tang fish as she reunites with...

5+ English will help strengthen knowledge of phonics and handwriting.

Alfie's Great Escape

A graded reading series for English Language Teaching (ELT) markets, designed for children learning English as a foreign or second language. Recommended for children aged 3-11, the eight levels of...

This is a pencil-sharp book about English for anyone who ever needs to write. In an easy-to-read style, it offers accessible and constructive advice to help you improve your English...

A 'delightfully eccentric' (Daily Mail) day in the life of unusual, beautiful and forgotten English words.The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you the most extraordinary words in the English...

What does 'custard and jelly' mean in cockney rhyming slang?Which biscuit has half of its name on top of the cooker and the other half on the door?And 25 million...

Rockfist Slim's enemies have just plunged him into yet another desperate situation when Kevin has to close his detective book and go to sleep. But his own adventure is only...

'I WILL BE COMPLETE is the best memoir I've read in years. It's likely the best memoir published in years.' Darin Strauss, author of HALF A LIFE and CHANG AND...

The palm trees give the street a holiday atmosphere. There must be something in the soil they like. They have straight leaves that get a bit ragged, with split ends....

This book commemorates the 400th anniversary of William Shakespeare's death on 23 April 1616.Everyone knows that the only book we buy more often than a work of Shakespeare is the...