THE WOLVES OF WAR ARE BARING THEIR FANGSInternational bestseller John Gwynne delivers a blockbuster epic fantasy inspired by Slavic mythology and packed with ancient magic, heroic sacrifice and thrilling adventure.'A heartfelt tour de force by one of fantasy's greatest writers' Jay Kristoff, New York Times bestselling author of Empire of the VampireThe Clans once lived freely, honouring th...

A minute-by-minute analysis of Richard Linklater's 1993 film, Dazed and Confused.Blending film criticism with creative nonfiction, each book in the Timecodes series focuses on one film, exploring it minute by minute beginning with minute one, and ending with the final minute before the closing credits.This book uses a close study of Dazed and Confused to tell three interrelated stories of adolescent development: the filmma...

Two years after solving The Murder at the Manor, Detective Chief Inspector Chloe Taylor has another murder on her hands. A member of a local book club has been poisoned, but the motive for her murder is unclear.Taylor’s initial investigation is hampered by the fact that one of the book club members, Rosemary Channing-Brearley, is a personal friend of the Chief Constable and a member of the Police Commissioner’s crime panel. The worst type of social climber, she lords her s...

“What’s that noise Grandad?”“That’s Erik, the monkey in the loft.”Gabriel hears a noise in the loft and then discovers that it was made by Erik, a magical monkey who lives there.Grandad tells Gabriel all about Erik's year-round hard work making beautiful Christmas trees and decorations and giving people a wonderful surprise when he delivers them to their houses.Gabriel hears all about Erik's animal friends who help make and deliver the tree...

A forgotten soldier. A bullet-pierced diary. A 22-year quest to uncover the truth.When museum curator Colin Reid is handed a bullet-pierced diary for a Great War exhibition, it sets him on a 22-year search to uncover the fate of its owner, Corporal Claude Nuttall MM.Written in the trenches of France, the diary offers a rare and deeply personal glimpse into the life of an ordinary Australian soldier — his endurance, his faith, and the quiet courage required to survive the ho...

A groundbreaking binaural audio production of Will Eno’s original radio drama starring Toby Jones, plus his acclaimed one-act play Tragedy: a TragedyDescribed by the New York Times as ‘a Samuel Beckett for the Jon Stewart generation’, Will Eno is one of America’s most exciting playwrights. His witty, absurdist plays have garnered a wealth of awards including the PEN/Laura Pels Theater Award and several Obie Awards...

A new poetry pamphlet from Little Betty

One Thousand years ago Norse explorers reached North America during the Viking Age.What if they had stayed?Join the adventure as we rewrite history!***Markland Aflame concludes the Markland Settlement Saga first begun in The Landing as rival colonies and Norse bloodlines go head to head.Separate saga series set in the United States of Vinland setting will continue our exploration of this alt...

**A collection of Algren’s lost and unfinished writings, including his last novel and several stories considered to be among his masterpieces, with a new introduction by Algren's biographer Colin Asher."You should not read [Algren] if you can’t take a punch. Mr. Algren can hit with both hands and move around and he will kill you if you are not awfully careful." —Ernest Hemingway**Nelson Algren sought humanity in the urban wilderness of postwar America, where his powerful vo...

It’s Late approaches the world with openness and affection, prioritizing wonder about plants, animals, and other people, as well as individual and communal pasts, presents, and futures as a guiding force. The voices behind these poems dwell in a state of perpetual curiosity. Colin Drohan’s writing is full of awe but he also asks difficult questions about the world we inhabit and its present ecological crises, often discovering humor as a mechanism for real hope. It's Late...

Originally published in 1994, Collaborative Learning in Staffrooms and Classrooms seeks to widen definitions of collaborative learning beyond formal groupwork in classrooms and organised teamwork in staffrooms. This is done through examining a rich variety of actual experiences of working together. Evidence from classrooms and staffrooms is used to reconceptualise collaborative learning, in order to reduce the inertia, indifference and doubt which limit its use; and to overcome th...

Originally published in 1991, the material in this book was carefully organized to enhance the understanding of the role and work of the increasing number of advisory or support teachers in the United Kingdom at the time. Drawing on first-hand experience, it includes personal accounts from two semi-detached teachers who have taken the risk of doing their jobs in other people’s schools and classrooms. The book goes on to look at the implicit models of professional development which...