It is 1757. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. Their conflict, however, overlays older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same lands and between the native peoples and white colonisers. Through these layers of conflict ...
Perhaps the greatest short story collection in the English language, James Joyce\''s Dubliners is both a vivid and unflinching portrait of "dear dirty Dublin" at the turn of the twentieth century and a moral history of a nation and a people whose "golden age" has passed. His richly drawn characters-at ...
"Everyone who cares about freedom and justice for women should read The Second Sex". (Guardian). Simone de Beauvoir famously wrote, ''One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman''. In this seminal work of feminism she examines the limits of female freedom and explodes our deeply ingrained beliefs about ...
Wunderschöne Geschichten und Reime für die Zeit vor dem Schlafengehen verzaubern in dieser Jubiläumsausgabe alle kleinen Schlafmützen.
Malcolm Gladwell is the master of playful yet profound insight. His ability to see underneath the surface of the seemingly mundane taps into a fundamental human impulse: curiosity. From criminology to ketchup, job interviews to dog training, Malcolm Gladwell takes everyday subjects and shows us surprising ...
This groundbreaking new translation of The Interpretation of Dreams is the first to be based on the original text published in November 1899. It restores Freud''s original argument, unmodified by revisions he made following the book''s critical reception which included, under the influence of his associate ...
Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett''s "The Spirit Level: Why Equality is Better for Everyone" is the most influential and talked-about book on society in the last decade - now updated with a new chapter on the controversy the book has ignited. Why do we mistrust people more in the UK than in Japan? Why ...
James Gleick, the author of the bestsellers Chaos and Genius, brings us his crowning work: a revelatory chronicle that shows how information has become the modern era''''s defining quality--the blood, the fuel, the vital principle of our world. We live in the information age. But every era of history ...
Delight your little one with the sounds and sights of a mysterious night in Sherlock Holmes in the Hound of Baskervilles: A BabyLit Sounds Primer. Alison Oliver\''s bold illustrations correspond with Jennifer Adams\'' clever, simple text to create pairings little bibliophiles will love to have read to ...
HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. ''''Yet I am not more sure that my soul lives, than I am that perverseness is one of the primitive impulses of the human heart - one of the indivisible primary faculties, or sentiments, which gives direction to the character ...
Wie funktioniert man die Bürotoilette zu einem geeigneten Platz für den Mittagsschlaf um? Und muss man sich schuldig fühlen, wenn man sich mittags ein Bad gönnt statt zu arbeiten? Tom Hodgkinson, der Hohepriester des Nichtstuns, kämpft in seinem unterhaltsamen Plädoyer für die kreative Faulheit und klagt ...
Twelve-year-old Karana escapes death at the hands of treacherous hunters, only to find herself totally alone on a harsh desolate island. How she survives in the face of all sorts of dangers makes gripping and inspiring reading. Based on a true story.
"T-Rex Trying: The Unfortunate Trials of the Tyrant Lizard King" - the hilarious internet phenomenon, now a wickedly funny book. Perfect for fans of "Simon''s Cat" and "The Book of Bunny Suicides", the collected struggles of Hugh Murphy''s ill-adapted predator is the perfect stocking filler or gift for ...
Find out all about what to expect when starting playgroup as Peppa, Madame Gazelle and the rest of the class show George around on his first day. These simple sticker scenes are perfect for introducing your child to these fun new experiences. Based on the hit preschool animation Peppa Pig, shown daily ...
In the 1920s and ''''30s, H P Lovecraft pioneered a new type of fiction that fused elements of supernatural horror with the concepts of visionary science fiction. Lovecraft''''s tales of cosmic horror revolutionised modern horror fiction. This title collects Lovecraft''''s fictions. H.P. Lovecraft fused ...
