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A beautifully-designed gift package showcasing the most comprehensive Scrabble resource ever, the perfect reference work for all players. Now fully updated with all official words, it includes an exhaustive list...

Don't miss the new book from Sunday Times bestselling author, Josephine Cox! The pretty Arnold sisters have grown up on their father's farm and yearn for something more out of...

Shakespeare Survey is a yearbook of Shakespeare studies and production. Since 1948, Survey has published the best international scholarship in English and many of its essays have become classics of...

These retellings of the Shakespeare plays children are most likely to encounter capture the atmosphere, drama and humour of the originals while at the same time making them accessible and...

A compact up-to-date guide to 530 species of bird found in Britain and Europe, with clear design, user-friendly factfiles and distribution maps. Special comparison spreads aim to aid the identification...

Mad Madge designed her own clothes and her coach was black with silver decoration. As John Evelyn wrote, gentlemen visitors were 'much pleased by the extraordinary fanciful habit, garb and...

The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.This...

The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden guides you a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays.This...

This is the true story of a boy who wanted to grow up with the Brady Bunch, but ended up living with the Addams Family...

The Rough Guide to Shakespeare provides the perfect introduction across all media from the Elizabethan theatre to the modern multiplex. Designed to work equally well as a quick reference and...

A charming retelling of this magical tale of power and justice. With Notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Power in the Tempest.

Twins cause trouble in this classic Shakespeare comedy! With notes on Shakespeare and the Globe Theatre and Appearance in Twefth Night.

WINNER OF THE ANTHONY, BARRY, THRILLER, LEFTY AND MACAVITY AWARDS FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL 'Harrowing and heartfelt, assured and highly accomplished. One of the standout thrillers of the year' CHRIS...

THE TOP FIVE KINDLE BESTSELLER 'AMAZING. I read it in one go. I was totally hooked.' MARIAN KEYES 'Utterly addictive. Compulsive, twisty, tense.' CLAIRE DOUGLAS, author of Local Girl Missing...

Finally, the definitive - and only - book for anyone interested in learning more about the alarmingly elusive author. Here is a collection of evidence - writings, annotated photographs, mysterious...

The world's leading French to English and English to French bilingual dictionary. A joint collaboration between Collins and Le Robert, revised and updated to cover all the latest vocabulary in...

This is the first title in a new series from Insight for the education market - English and Drama students/teachers Year Levels 9-11. Insight Shakespeare Series: Romeo & Juliet is...

The Rough 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...

Autobiographical and idiosyncratic, this is a collection of Alan Bennett's prose writings, assembled by Bennett himself from 25 years of diaries, reminiscences, broadcasting and reviews. It includes his address at...

A TIMES HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A diligent historian and a superb writer' THE TIMES A gripping new history of the making of England as a nation. In December...

'You never knew what you were going to be confronted with when you went on Later... ' Nick Cave' Later... is a voyage of discovery for us as well as...

The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for everyday language use. The perfect word reference for daily use with 300,000 synonyms and antonyms. Contains practical usage notes, and a...

The perfect heartwarming romance for Christmas, rich in historical detail. She turned the picture of the Christmas card over with her frozen hands, a pretty picture of a family gathering...

Gathered into eight chapters, the works of many different poets of different ages and different walks of life present and explore what it means to be African-American. Langston-Hughes, James Weldon...

A collection of twenty-five children's stories from around the world, published in aid of Oxfam. The best stories know no boundaries and the 25 tales in this anthology are designed...

"Kids, young and old, fall in love with math when they see how real-life and effortless it becomes thanks to these books." --Kimberly D. Mueller, Ed.D., First Grade Teacher, Ashbrook...

This comprehensive reference features the birth dates of more than 50,000 words -- from Old English to modern-day slang. Readers can avoid anachronisms and add accuracy to their writing.

This book describes in detail the main concepts of theoretical spectroscopy of transition metal and rare-earth ions. It shows how the energy levels of different electron configurations are formed and...

A gorgeous new edition of this hilarious classic anthology of moral instruction! This omnibus of Belloc's stories is a feast of delightful tales told in rhyme - all with a...

Never stress over a comma, colon, or dash again! The Only Grammar Book You'll Ever Need is the ideal resource for everyone who wants to produce writing that is clear,...

The first book in an exciting, magical unicorn adventure series , with beautiful illustrations on every page. Zoe is staying with her great-aunt when she discovers a magical world full...

It's snowing on Apple Tree Farm and Woolly the Sheep is missing! Will Poppy and Sam be able to find him? Beginner readers will love this lively story from the...

Collectively the people in this book have 226+ years of public speaking experience, delivered over 75,000 presentations and personally spoken to more than 5 million people. Now you can discover...

The US is the source of just about all the technologies that define modern life: personal computers, operating systems, smartphones, e-commerce, web browsers, email, search engines, social networks, electric cars...

The echoes of war live long in the mind... Wales, 1947 Injured and terrified after an attempted abduction, desperation drives artist Kate Ward to the idyllic scene of her ex-husband's...

Now in Colour, "Collins Discovery A-Z Thesaurus" is the perfect reference for everyday use. With practical usage notes, and a Word in Action supplement with internet links, this is the...

Daniel Defoe's life (1660-1731) was packed with incident and drama. Born in the year of the Restoration of the Monarchy after the English Civil War, he remained a Nonconformist throughout...

In this reference text, Linda and Roger Flavell trace the origins and histories of over 400 proverbs, detailing the changes of meaning and usage that have occurred throughout each proverb's...

Newspaper articles written between 1911 and 1925 describe the author's life in the years following those covered in her children's books.

This is the story of John McGahern's childhood; of his mother's death, his father's anger and bafflement, and his own discovery of literature. A classic family story, told with exceptional...

The home of trusted English dictionaries and thesauruses for school use. Help children age 7+ (KS2) develop their writing skills at home and in the classroom with this colourful, easy-to-use...

The Pocket Scots Dictionary , based on the Concise Scots Dictionary, provides information on Scots language for the general public and for schools in a compact and user-friendly form.* Scots...

Perfect for the general reader of poetry, students and teachers of literature, and aspiring poets, All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing is a lively and comprehensive study...