Simon Heffer's new book forms an ambitious exploration of the making of the Victorian age and the Victorian mind.Britain in the 1840s was a country wracked by poverty, unrest and uncertainty, where there were attempts to assassinate the Queen and her prime minister, and the ruling class lived in fear of riot and revolution. By the 1880s it was a confident nation of progress and prosperity, transformed not just by industrialisation but by new attitudes to politics, education, women ...

In making his way through life, a man will find it useful to be ready and able to do two things: to look ahead and to overlook: the one will protect him from loss and injury, the other from disputes and squabbles.No one who has to live amongst men should absolutely discard any person who has his due place in the order of nature, even though he is very wicked or contemptible or ridiculous. He must accept him as an unalterable fact—unalterable, because the necessary outcome of an eter...

***WINNER OF THE IAFA CRAWFORD AWARD******WINNER OF THE BRITISH FANTASY AWARD******SHORTLISTED FOR THE URSULA K. LE GUIN AWARD********SHORTLISTED FOR THE IGNYTE AWARD******ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Oprah Daily, Vulture, Polygon, She Reads, Gizmodo, Kirkus Reviews, The Quill to Live*****'The Spear Cuts Through Water is remarkably rich... This novel is an astonishing feat, one that lovers...

The bestselling author of Postcards from the Edge comes clean (well, sort of) in her first-ever memoir, adapted from her one-woman Broadway hit show. Fisher reveals what it was really like to grow up a product of “Hollywood in-breeding,” come of age on the set of a little movie called Star Wars, and become a cultural icon and bestselling action figure at the age of nineteen.Intimate, hilarious, and sobering, Wishful Drinking is Fisher, lo...

What causes a child to grow up gay or straight? Neuroscientist Simon LeVay summarizes a wealth of scientific evidence that points to one inescapable conclusion: Sexual orientation results primarily from an interaction between genes, sex hormones, and the cells of the developing body and brain. LeVay takes the reader on a whirlwind tour of laboratories that specialize in genetics, endocrinology, neuroscience, cognitive psychology, evolutionary psychology, and family demographics. He describ...

• 2024 Coalition of Visionary Resources Gold Award• Shares 64 healing visualizations to transform fear, resolve debt, and become receptive to the infinite bounty of the Universe• Learn how to tap in to the singing colors of the Central Sun that are mirrored in your chakras and raise your vibration to attract wealth—not only financial wealth, but anything you need to receive from Source to feel safe, happy, healthy, and free• Offers nighttime practices to support you...

Garden City, Kansas, 1888.A small Western town receives an early Christmas present: a new pastor for the church. He is young, handsome, and single.To church organist Kristina Heitschmidt, Reverend Cody Williams is nothing but trouble, especially as his first move is trying to take control of the music away from her.But Kristina is not about to give up her life's work. With Christmas fast approaching, it appears the two are at a stalemate - until a s...

Potent and vividly emotional, Simone de Beauvoir’s captivating novel questions freedom and individual responsibility in the face of brutality‘These carefree faces, on which we allowed our smiles to spread, were for others the mask of tragedy.’Jean Blomart, patriot leader against the German forces of occupation, waits throughout an endless night for his wounded lover, Hélène, to die. Told through memories of his and her life, The Blood of Others pai...

FULLY ILLUSTRATED WITH COMIC-STYLE CARTOONS, this action-packed Football Superstars story is perfect for young readers aged five and up.Is Jude Bellingham your ultimate football hero? A powerful, skilful midfielder with maturity beyond his years, Bellingham first caught the world's attention in Germany's Bundesliga before making his England debut as a teenager.Now starring for Real Madrid, one of the most f...

OVER 5 MILLION COPIES SOLD WORLDWIDE. THE SIZZLING FINALE TO THE NO 1 BESTSELLING ROMANTASY TRILOGY PHENOMENON!Paedyn Gray and Kai Azer return to the Kingdom of Ilya...And Paedyn has a life-altering choice to make. Whatever she decides will determine her fate – and the fate of those around her – forever.In the ultimate battle of love and loyalty, who wins?Be swept away by the conclusion to the smash hit, romantasy tr...

The era of Big Data as arrived, and most organizations are woefully unprepared. Slowly, many are discovering that stalwarts like Excel spreadsheets, KPIs, standard reports, and even traditional business intelligence tools aren't sufficient. These old standbys can't begin to handle today's increasing streams, volumes, and types of data.Amidst all of the chaos, though, a new type of organization is emerging.In The Visual Organization, award-winning author and technol...

The original Harvard Classics Collection contains 51 volumes of the essential works of world literature, showing the progress of man from antics to modern age. In this edition, the original collection is supplemented with the 20 volume Harvard Shelf of Fiction, a selection of the greatest works of fiction.Content:The Harvard Classics:V. 1: Franklin, Woolman & PennV. 2: Plato, Epictetus & Marcus AureliusV. 3: Bacon, Milton, BrowneV. 4: John Milton