In Ghostlight, a long-awaited second collection of original poems by Ryan Wilson, considers the haunting of the contemporary mind. With virtuosic formal variety and masterful craft, these poems range from rural America to Italy to the Holy Land, as they chronicle the dynamism of a spiritual odyssey toward the eternal through both past and present. Wilson employs sonnets, Pindaric and ballad stanzas, alliterative hemistichs in imitation of the Anglo-Saxon, and other ancient forms t...

'A frank, funny and long overdue ode to teachers and teaching' ADAM KAYThe malodorous horrors of Sports Day.Bracing yourself for Parents' Evening.Refereeing teenage relationship dramas...From the age of eight, Ryan Wilson dreamed of being a teacher. This is the inside story of his time at the chalkface, from fresh-faced trainee with grand ideals to exhausted assistant head battling ever-changi...

Today's leaders face a messy reality. Constant disruption, competing priorities across business and society and complex human pressures, mean their ability to inspire their teams and deliver outstanding results is becoming ever more difficult.Mastering MESSY Leadership reveals a breakthrough approach for leading in today's unpredictable and demanding world. Based on insights from more than 10,000 coaching conversations with talent leaders around the world, it demonstrates ...

The greatest stunt of all is pretending not to care...Trading a nursing career in London for Sydney, Hannah is finally done with being an anxious side character in her own life. She's living the dream – until reality hits. Her flatmates are terrible, and she desperately needs a job.Fate intervenes when she runs into her former crush, Caleb, now a famous stuntman. When Caleb proposes a friends-with-benefits arrangement, Hannah sees the perfect chance to fina...

Minimalist Music looks critically into the music’s past, shows how the genre thrives across styles, and points the way toward minimalism’s ongoing future.Minimalism as a genre is best defined not by any style or flavor but by its means. Certain rhythms and chords in other music may identify things like jazz or bossa nova or reggae; take those same elements and put them through the processes of minimalism and you have minimalism with the hues of other music...

Not all cages have keys . . .Izzy Blake hasn't seen sunlight in almost a year. Or at least that's how long she thinks she's been down here. She only eats when she's been good. She only gets to wash when he says so. Every day is the same. The darkness. The waiting. The fear when she hears the key turn in the lock and she knows he's back.Until... One day the door opens and there's a woman coming down the steps. I'm finally free. But ...

Brought to you by Penguin.The malodorous horrors of Sports Day.Bracing yourself for Parents' Evening.Refereeing teenage relationship dramas.This is not what you see in the adverts.From the age of eight, Ryan Wilson dreamt of being a teacher. This is the inside story of his time at the chalkface, from fresh-faced trainee with grand ideals to exhausted assistant head battling ever-changi...

Bloomsbury presents The Shadow Road by K. D. Kirchmeier, read by Erin Walther and Ryan WilsonFor fans of Rick Yancey and Neal Shusterman, comes a thrilling tale of survival as dragon-like monsters invade, and two unlikely heroes must save humanity from annihilation.When the monsters came, the power went out. Towns and cities became darkened ruins, and terrified survivors fled west, trailed by the blitz, dragon-like creatures screeching down from th...