It's the 1980s and former rentboy/sleuth Tommy Wildeblood is back with another cast of real-life characters including Derek Jarman, a young Jeremy Corbyn and major figures from Margaret Thatcher's government.
Londoner Eva Verde's Lives Like Mine explores the theme of a school-run affair and the complications and joys it brings to a dual-heritage mother struggling with her intolerant in-laws' Independent 'A bitter sweet story of longing and self-discovery, of deceit and regret. Visceral, authentic and funny, Eva's prose reads like something between a conversation and a confession. An exciting new voice and a joy to read' Kit de Waal 'Eva's writing b...
From the very first book publication in 1920 to the recent film release of Death on the Nile, this investigation into Agatha Christie's Hercule Poirot celebrates a century of probably the world's favourite fictional detective.
Der letzte wilde Fluss Europas schlängelt sich durch eine geschichtsträchtige Kulturlandschaft mit pompösen Schlössern und gastfreundlichen Dörfern. An der Loire treffen Natur und Lebenskunst aufs Schönste aufeinander. Doch welcher Flussabschnitt empfiehlt sich für eine Kurzreise? Wie erschließt man sich die Loire zu Fuß, mit dem Rad oder Boot? Welche Städte lohnen einen Besuch? Und welche Königsgärten und Wasserschlösschen sollte man nicht ve...
Glorious!' CLARE POOLEY
'Compelling' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Beautiful, uplifting and deeply moving' FREYA SAMPSON
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Saving Missy
A mother.
A daughter.
A secret waiting to be discovered.
Offers a broad view of the challenges of electronic devices and circuits for IoT applications in a concise way. It presents the basic concepts and fundamentals behind new low power, high-speed efficient devices, circuits, and systems with new technology in addition to CMOS.
The whizz-kid making maths supercool. . . A brilliant book that takes everything we know (and fear) about maths out of the equation - starting with numbers' The Times'A cheerful, chatty, and charming trip through the world of mathematics. . . Everyone should read this delightful book' Ian Stewart, author of Do Dice Play God?The only numbers in this book are the page numbers.The three main branches of abstract math - topology, analysis, and alg...
Glorious!' CLARE POOLEY
'Compelling' SUNDAY EXPRESS
'Beautiful, uplifting and deeply moving' FREYA SAMPSON
From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Saving Missy
A mother.
A daughter.
A secret waiting to be discovered.
Your ideal companion for navigating around Scotland. It has extremely clear, route planning maps of Scotland, detailed city plans of the major cities and towns and fits neatly into your glovebox, briefcase or bag.
For reasons that will eventually become clear, Paul Hansen is in prison. He's been in prison for a couple of years now, sharing his cell with a fearsome Hells Angel murderer, who often reminds Paul that he could kill him at any moment.But life wasn't always like this for Paul Hansen. Before prison, there were his parents: Danish pastor Johannes and free-spirited Anna, the proprietor of a controversial art house cinema. There were his friends i...
An eye-opening, thought-provoking and mind-blowing account from a genuine prison governor (warden) of what it's really like behind bars. How do you bring order to the lawless? The Secret Prison Governor has spent decades surrounded by every type of prisoner known to man, from petty thiefs and common drug dealers to crime bosses and dangerous serial killers. Since starting as a rookie, he has experienced the reality of the UK's harsh prison sys...
Introduces India's environment laws to readers interested in law, contemporary politics, development studies, sociology, anthropology, political economy, ecological studies and administration. It is a handy volume for students, practitioners and a wide range of professionals dealing with and interested in environmental issues in India.
Introduces India's environment laws to readers interested in law, contemporary politics, development studies, sociology, anthropology, political economy, ecological studies and administration. It is a handy volume for students, practitioners and a wide range of professionals dealing with and interested in environmental issues in India.
An entertaining, bittersweet memoir for readers of So Sad Today, Future Sex, and Everything I Know About Love.
Explores how the sharp increase in the number of single people worldwide is changing society and looks at how trends such as dating apps and polyamory are remaking modern love.
Studies how games provide a unique space to study economic behavior. It combines theory with gaming practice to look at the economics of virtual worlds and the game industry. Long-established ideas about the benefits of the division of labor and trade and new work on the evolution of social institutions and governance are explored.
In this charming and poignant debut graphic novel, a young girl struggles to understand, accept, and support her remarkable little brother as he adapts to life with ADHD. Based on the author's own childhood and told through funny, beautifully illustrated vignettes, this story of two siblings celebrates empathy and embraces how difference makes every family unique.
