Anna Wilson is Assistant Professor of English at Harvard University.

This book examines the dominance of social construction within sociology while shedding light on what social construction looks like in practice beyond the realm of sociological thought.The idea that reality is socially constructed has dominated sociological thinking since Berger and Luckmann’s seminal work in the 1960s, but it has also been widely accepted across society and the media as the explanation of a wide range of phenomena, including conceptions of beauty, the value of mo...

New for 2024, the unmissable, official novelisation of the third Paddington movie!In his third big screen outing from Studiocanal, the creators of Wonka and the Harry Potter movies, Paddington and the Browns leave Windsor Gardens to embark on an epic adventure to visit Aunt Lucy at The Home for Retired Bears. There, they find a mystery that sends them on a hilarious and thrilling journey along the Amazon, through the jungle and up to the mountain peaks of Peru.This...

‘Painful, raw and with an honesty that rings clear as a bell’ Catherine Simpson, author of When I Had a Little SisterA searing account of a mother’s late-diagnosis of autism – and its reaching effects on a whole family.‘[A] vividly told and profoundly affecting memoir’ The Bookseller‘A brilliant, searing account and I defy anyone not to be gripped by it.’ Sally MagnussonAnna grew up...

This book has two interlocking ambitions. The first is to steer what we purposefully call the idioms of critical philosophy towards a more ecologically informed paradigm. The second is to recognise that what has rightly come to be called The Anthropocene extinction is not and cannot be treated as simply a scientific fact but rather a socio-political and ecological dispute of immense complexity.We start with an exploration of the consequences of a critical tradition which, under the...

A heartwarming story of winter magic from the bestselling author of The Girl and the Dinosaur.Here's a city hard at work,with a billion bustling feet –its spires and domes all stretching upfrom cobbled knobbled streets . . .In the heart of a great city lives a little boy without a home.But when Quinn finds a magical snow globe, everything begins to change . . . For when snow begins to ...

Skye Green's mum is driving her insane! When she's not posting EMBARRASSING pictures of Skye online or experimenting with BIZARRE clothing, she's forever taking up new hobbies - and her latest obsession is ballroom dancing! It's only a matter of time until she waltzes down the street in spandex and sequins - and to make matters worse, Skye's younger brother is wildly (and irritatingly) enthusiastic about Mum's new hobby, and about wearing Mum's sparkly new outfits!As if th...

Get ready for an epic journey of friendship and discovery from the bestselling author of The Girl and the Dinosaur.There's a shape up in the hills,where a giant's said to sleep,beneath a grassy blanket,on a bed of moss and peat . . .Then, one day, the sleeping giant wakes – and a small boy called Tom is plunged into an unforgettable adventure. Along the way, he'll discover what it means to be...

A comprehensive and easy-to-understand guide with everything you need to know to successfully navigate through the process of securing the mortgage you need for your dream home.Being a homeowner is a major dream for many but mainly parents who seek a place to raise their families, a place they can call their own. The only thing that stands between the desire to be a homeowner and the home of their dreams is securing mortgage loan approval! It's a tough process gett...

A magical treasury of festive animal tales, starring a little donkey, a naughty kitten, a special reindeer and even a talking turkey. Featuring stories from celebrated authors Adele Geras, Michael Broad, Vivian French, Maeve Friel, Anna Wilson, Penny Dolan, Holly Webb, and Alan Durant.

Vlad is the youngest member of the Impaler family, the bravest vampires that ever lived. But Vlad isn't very brave at all. He's even a little bit scared of the dark!All Vlad wants is some friends and he thinks he knows just where to find them… Human school!So off Vlad goes, along with his pet bat Flit.But how will Vlad keep his true identity secret from his new friends? Not to mention keeping them hidden from his family!Life just got a lot more complicated...

Frances and her puppy encounter some of the plants and creatures that can be found in a Cape Town garden. Cape Town, South Africa, is in the Western Cape - home of the Cape Floristic Region, which is a World Heritage Site, and the smallest of the six recognised floral kingdoms of the world.