This is the first comprehensive and fully documented study of Philadelphia's architecture (originally published in hardcover in 1974), covering all sections of the city and covering buildings from all
The White Castle, Orhan Pamuk's celebrated first novel, is the tale of a young Italian scholar captured by pirates and put up for auction at the Istanbul slave market. Acquired by a brilliant Turkish
George Bassett's family are delighted when they hear that they have inherited a lot of money. But then, out of the blue, comes a letter from long-lost relatives. For centuries, the eldest sons of the
Apart from Amaryllis, the Flowerdew family is seriously uncool. Things even manage to go from bad to worse. Her Dad wins a major competition with a painting of a naked lady who resembles Amaryllis's m
A strange beast has been spotted in the night, a peculiar print found in the mud near Crowsfoot Cottage. Then Sophie and her stepfather go missing from their cottage. The army is called in to capture
Meadowbrook Middle School is an ordinary school with ordinary students - queen bees, jocks, nerds, brains, all the usual suspects. With nine exceptions. These students look like the others, but each o
One morning, the Matheson family come downstairs to find that their living room is unnaturally tidy. Obsessively tidy thieves, perhaps? But the blame is put on Hairy Bill, the family's very own house
When the Matheson family come downstairs to find that their living room is unnaturally - indeed frighteningly - tidy, they assume it's a break-in. But it turns out to be their own house spirit, Hairy
Focuses on concepts which have changed the world, from money to religion, from votes for women to reading your stars. This book is filled with facts, figures and fantastic photos from the Science Muse
Meadowbrook Middle School is an ordinary school with ordinary students -- queen bees, jocks, nerds, brains, all the usual suspects. With nine exceptions. These students look like the others, but they'
Meadowbrook Middle School is an ordinary school with ordinary students -- queen bees, jocks, nerds, brains, all the usual suspects. With nine exceptions.
The revealing and inspiring pieces here span a lifetime of enthusiasm for discovering what makes the world tick - including uproarious tales of early student experiments; safecracking and outwitting U
Considered by many to the greatest novel ever written, Tolstoy's masterpiece is a story of family life set against the backdrop of war. The novel begins in 1805 in the crowded and gossip-filled rooms
Roget's Thesaurus is the world's most famous and trusted word-finder. First published in 1852 it has now sold over 32 million copies worldwide and has become the indispensable desk companion for gener
The mid-seventies - and satin baggies and chunky platforms reigned supreme. Jethro Tull did battle with glam-rock for the airwaves. At an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne Timothy Conigrave fell w
What if the Allies had lost the Second World War ...? The Nazis have taken over New York - the Japanese control California. In a neutral buffer zone existing between the two states an underground auth
Drawing directly on original manuscripts, this collection comprises the major short stories published after Kafka’s death. It includes The Great Wall of China, Blumfeld, An Elderly Bachelor, Investiga
A culturally-influential and celebrated author, Kafka is generally considered to be one of the most accomplished writers of the twentieth century. The term 'Kafkaesque' takes its place in the English
A brand new series of five of Woolf's major works, in beautifully designed hardback editions. Tracing the lives of a group of friends, this novel follows their development from childhood to middle age
A brand new series of five of Woolf's major works, in beautifully designed hardback editions. A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist po
Why are we so often unwilling to accept that life is unpredictable? In this book, the author distils his idiosyncratic wisdom to demolish our illusions, contrasting the classical values of courage, el
Presents the history of the Blitz and bombing in the Second World War. This book examines not just the most well-known parts of the campaign, but the significance of bombing on many other fronts - the
Italo Calvino was due to deliver the Charles Eliot Norton lectures at Harvard in 1985-86, but they were left unfinished at his death. The surviving drafts explore of the concepts of lightness, quickne
Our world is changing. Globalization is not working. It is hurting those it was meant to help. This title exposes of the all-powerful organizations that control our lives. Our world is changing.
In 1955 eight crew members of Caldas, a Colombian destroyer, were swept overboard. Velasco alone survived, drifting on a raft for ten days without food or water. In this book, the author retells the s
Erendira was bathing her grandmother when the wind of misfortune began to blow. While her grotesque and demanding grandmother retires to bed, Erendira still has floors to wash, sheets to iron, and a p
One of three new additions to the popular non-fiction series. There are four books on the theme of food - all created to make information accessible to young readers. Large photographs draw readers in
This series consists of four full-colour information books on the theme of "Plants". These books are ideal for school libraries and for topic work. Ages 7-9, School Years 3-4.
Providing for different reading abilities, these books incorporate all the features of non-fiction texts that pupils are now required to study in their literacy lessons: a contents list, diagrams, cha
Providing for different reading abilities, these books incorporate all the features of non-fiction texts that pupils are now required to study in their literacy lessons: a contents list, diagrams, cha
Inncorporating all the features of non-fiction texts that pupils are required to study in their literacy lessons: a contents list, diagrams, charts, captions, informational text, a glossary, an index,
Inncorporating all the features of non-fiction texts that pupils are required to study in their literacy lessons: a contents list, diagrams, charts, captions, informational text, a glossary, an index,
