Discover the inspirational lives of fifty women from across South Asia - the perfect present for all supergirls in the making!Through the fascinating, empowering stories of 50 famous and under-celebrated women from Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, Nepal and Sri Lanka, South Asian girls will...

Discover the inspiring story of Queen Elizabeth II, the longest-reigning monarch in British history, in this fascinating kids' biography.At just 25 years of age, Princess Elizabeth succeeded King George VI to the British throne. This compelling book looks at Elizabeth's life as both a...

Discover the life and work of Frida Kahlo in this introduction to the iconic Mexican artist. Although her body of work is relatively small, Frida Kahlo has inspired adoration and admiration that few other artists have attained. This accessible and elegant book offers full...

Discover the motifs, masterpieces, and driving forces behind the artist Pablo Picasso. Picasso was arguably the most influential artist of the 20th century. Over the course of a career that spanned seven decades--and included thousands of paintings, sculptures, ceramics, drawings, prints, and tapestries--his work...

Discover the stories of 20 amazing activists who are caring for our planet and its people.Fascinating facts about each activist's life and times are accompanied by bright and accessible illustrations, making this book ideal for young children wanting to learn about incredible people who...

Discover this profound account of Huxley's famous experimentation with mescalin that has influenced writers and artists for decades. Concise, evocative, wise and, above all, humane,and The Doors of Perceptionand is a masterpiece'and Sunday TimesIn 1953, in the presence of an investigator, Aldous Huxley took...

Disdainful of America's booming commercialism and industrialism, Henry David Thoreau left Concord, Massachusetts, in 1845 to live in solitude in the woods near Walden Pond.and Walden, the account of his stay, conveys at once a naturalist's wonder at the commonplace and a Transcendentalist's yearning...

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DIVINE FLASHES(Lama at by Fakhruddin Iraq W. C. Chittick / Peter Lamborn Wilson Fakhrud din `Iraqi(1213-1289) was one of the foremost expositors of Sufi teachings and one of the greatest of Persian poets. He lived during the revival of Islamic spirituality that was shaped...

Diving Doctor on the Thai Cave Rescue (now a Netflix series) and former joint Australian of the Year explores the stories of other people who regularly risk their lives and what we can learn from their expertise. Harry' Harris - Thai Cave Rescuer, joint...

Do you think you know who first thought of the theory of evolution?Have you ever wondered who created the oldest university in the world?Is Joan of Arc is the only rebel girl who led an army that you've heard of?Then you need this stunningly...

Do you want to get to know the woman we first came to love on Comedy Central's Upright Citizens Brigade? Do you want to spend some time with the lady who made you howl with laughter on Saturday Night Live, and in movies like...

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Does your child appear to worry a lot?Perhaps they have frequent tummy upsets, or are irritable, tearful, angry or withdrawn?and Do they have problems concentrating or show a loss of enthusiasm for their usual interests?These could all be signs that your child is struggling...

Don't be into trends. Don't make fashion own you, but you decide what you are, what you want to express by the way you dress...' - Gianni VersaceFrom Elizabeth Hurley's safety pin dress to Jennifer Lopez's plunging green gown, Versace has always been a...

Don't let the normies get you downWednesday's withering stare, unflinching drive and macabre interests mark her as a true symbol of rebellion. Much like the rest of her iconic family, she celebrates what makes her different and she isand alwaysand the master of her...

Don't miss the extraordinary new novel from Sue Monk Kidd,and The Book of Longingsand - published on 21st April 2020, and available to pre-order nowThe Mermaid Chair:and The No. 1and New York Timesand bestseller and award-winning novel, from the celebrated author ofand The Secret...

Douglas Stewart Prize for Non-FictionIndigenous Writers' PrizeUTS Glenda Adams Award for New WritingLonglisted for the 2023 Stella PrizePrime Minister's Summer Reading List 2022, Grattan InstituteWe Come with This Placeand is a remarkable book, as rich, varied and surprising as the vast landscape in which...

dream big . . . but then, there are those rare moments when one of these ill-fated lives manages to rise from mediocrity like a phoenix from the ashes'and His formative years were nothing if not full of turbulence. From leaving his school to...

DREAM HOLIDAY READING....I ENJOYED LEAMER'S BOOK A LOT.'and SUNDAY TIMES'ABSOLUTELY PERFECT POOLSIDE READING AND I CANNOT WAIT FOR THE MINI-SERIES.'and THE TIMES'BARRELING AND WELL-RESEARCHED.'and MAIL ON SUNDAY'Aand JUICY, ENGAGING READ.'and SUNDAY INDEPENDENT'There are certain women,' Truman Capote wrote, 'who, though perhaps not born rich,...

Drew Magary, consistently popular journalist and blogger, and sometimes popular father to three small children, has been through it all in the parenting stakes. He's seen his wife put in Academy-Award winning performances in fake sleep to win a game of 'baby monitor chicken'....

DROPOUT.and PACIFIST.and PHYSICIST.and CASANOVA.and REFUGEE.and REBEL.and GENIUS.THINK YOU KNOW EINSTEIN? THINK AGAINHis face is instantly recognisable. His name is shorthand for genius. Today, he's a figurehead as much as a man, symbolic of things larger than himself: of scientific progress, of the human mind,...

Dubbed an 'agent of British imperialism' by Joseph Stalin, Reginald Teague-Jones (1889- 1988) was the quintessential English spy whose exceptional story is recounted in this new biography. He studied in St Petersburg, participated in the 1905 Revolution and spent the rest of his life...

'During certain hours, at certain years in our lives, we see ourselves as remnants from the earlier generations that were destroyed... I think all of our lives have been terribly shaped by what went on before us.'Twenty-five years after leaving his native Sri Lanka...

During downtime on the pottery throwdown Keith made my hair curl with some of his tales - he's a great raconteur and recounts his story in this book as he does in real life - with joy, charm andamp; mischief.' -and Sara Cox'Fans ofand...

During her six years of marriage, Sehra Waheed was verbally abused, kicked, punched, stabbed and raped. She naively entered into marriage as an innocent Pakistani woman, happily looking forward to a fulfilling life with the man she loved. However, soon after her marriage, her...

We're Offering A High Discount On This Book As It Is Slightly DamagedA longtime Washington insider argues that former FBI Director James Comey's letter to Congress, sent just before the presidential election in 2016 was a key determining factor in Trump's win: “Compelling criticism…lapsed...

During the years of the Great Game a political struggle between Britain and Russia Younghusband set out on a series of explorations into the heart of Central Asia. From the mountains of Manchuria to the inhospitable tracts of Tibet and Turkestan, Younghusband charted courses,...

Duty or honour. Which would you betray? It's 1966. London is swinging, and the Cold War is spiralling. Clear cut lines have faded to grey areas. Whispers of conspiracies are everywhere. Spies on both sides of the iron curtain are running in circles, chasing...

Dyson has become a byword for high performing products, technology, design and invention. Now, James Dyson, the inventor and entrepreneur who made it all happen, tells his remarkable and inspirational story inand Invention: A Life.and Famously, over a four-year period, James Dyson madeand 5,127...

e died on 22 November 1963, a day before the first-ever episode of Dr Who, a TV series with many links to his Narnia stories was shown. Although this Brief Guide ranges well beyond the world of Narnia to explore other aspects of Lewis's...

Each day during his presidency, Jimmy Carter made several entries in a private diary. He provided unvarnished assessments of cabinet members, congressmen, and foreign leaders, recording his thoughts, impressions, delights, and frustrations. But this extraordinary document has never been made public - until now....

Edward Said experienced both British and American imperialism as the old Arab order crumbled in the late 1940s and early 1950s. This account of his early life reveals how it influenced his books Orientalism and Culture and Imperialism. Edward Said was born in Jerusalem...

'Edward was a man of considerable charm, who perhaps relied too much upon that charm to keep tensions within his entourage at bay'In 1461 Edward earl of March, a handsome, charismatic eighteen-year old, usurped the English throne during the first and most fierce of...

ELEGRAPHand andand SPECTATORand HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEARHow the British might have handled Hitler differentlyand remains one of history's greatest what ifs'.Coffee with Hitlerand tells the astounding and poignant story, for the first time, of a handful of amateur British intelligence agents who wined,...

Emil Nolde was one of the most important exponents of Expressionism, and is consid ered one of the main precursors of modernism. His virtuoso handling of colour and the incomparable expressiveness of his paintings, watercolours, and Unpainted Pictures astound viewers again and again, and...

Emmy Award-winning international journalist Hala Gorani weaves stories from her time as a globe-trotting anchor and correspondent with her own lifelong search for identity as the daughter of Syrian immigrants.What is it like to have no clear identity in a world full of labels?...

Empty Planetand offers a radical, provocative argument that the global population will soon begin to decline, dramatically reshaping the social, political and economic landscape.For half a century, statisticians, pundits and politicians have warned that a burgeoning planetary population will soon overwhelm the earth's resources....

Endlessly digressive, boundlessly imaginative and unmatched in its absurd and timeless wit, Laurence Sterne'sand The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentlemanand is edited with an introduction by Melvin New and Joan New, and includes a critical essay by Christopher Ricks in Penguin Classics.Laurence...

Enemies Within is a new history of the influence of Moscow on Britain told through the stories of those who chose to spy for the Soviet Union. It also challenges entrenched assumptions about abused trust, corruption and Establishment cover-ups that began with the Cambridge...

Engaging and insightful.' REED HASTINGS, CEO of Netflix'Charming, fascinating and very funny. Marc Randolph demystifies the world of Silicon Valley start-ups, and makes you laugh a lot along the way.' DECCA AITKENHEAD,and The Sunday Times'Pick up the book guys. I have a funny feeling...

England? It seemed to be raining the whole time . . . Or maybe it was me'MARILYN MONROEIn July 1956, Marilyn Monroe arrived in London, on honeymoon with her husband Arthur Miller, to makeand The Sleeping Princeand (later released asand The Prince and the...

Enjoy a double dose of catnip fun from popular Instagram cat photographer and bestselling author ofand Cats on Catnip,and Andrew Marttila (@iamthecatphotographer), with this irresistible double-sided, 1,000-piece puzzle featuring two full-color photos of cats on catnip.1,000-Piece Puzzle:and This unique 1,000-piece puzzleand features two adorable...

'Enlightening, moving' SIR IAN MCKELLEN From the acclaimed and bestselling biographer Jonathan Bate, a luminous new exploration of Shakespeare and how his themes can untangle comedy and tragedy, learning and loving in our modern lives. 'The web of our life is of a mingled...

Ernest Hemingway first visited Cuba in 1928, and the experience would change the course of his entire life. He settled in Cojimar - a tiny fishing village east of Havana - in 1940, and came to think of himself as Cuban. What he discovered...

Espionage of the Century: An Untold Story by Ambassador Zahid Said

'Essential reading for players, fans and coaches' - Steven Gerrard'A cracking read' - Chris Evans'I couldn't put it down' - Joey Barton'I would recommend anybody who loves football to read it from cover to cover' - Gary NewbonLiverpool 4-0 Barcelona 2019Man United 2-1 Bayern...

Established in the wake of the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947-8 by the Australian army officer Major-General Walter Cawthorne, then Deputy Chief of Staff in the Pakistan Army, Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI) for years remained an under-developed and obscure agency. In 1979, the organisation's growing...

Eugen Dollmann was a scholar and member of the SS whose connections among Italian society led to a posting as a liaison officer attached to Mussolini during World War II. In his work as a diplomat and interpreter, he associated with Heydrich, Himmler, and...

Even before he wrote his bestselling book The Ethnic Cleansing of Palestine, historian Ilan Pappe was a controversial figure in Israel. In Out of the Frame, he gives a full account of his break with mainstream Israeli scholarship and its consequences. Growing up in...