Seize the Day

Saul Bellow

Fading charmer, Tommy Wilhelm has reached his day of reckoning and is scared. In his forties, he still retains a boyish impetuousness that has brought him to the brink of chaos: he is separated from his wife and children, at odds with his vain, successful father, failed in his acting career (a Hollywood...

Blow-up and Other Stories

Julio Cortazar

In the stories here— including "Blow Up," on which Antonioni based his film— Cortá zar explores the boundary where the everyday meets the mysterious....

The Cat (Ladybird Book How It Works)

Jason Hazeley; Joel Morris

THE PERFECT GIFT for those who value elegance, affection, cold hearted killing and expensive, clawed to death furniture. __________________________________ 'A pet can be great fun. Cats are warm and fluffy, like cuddly toys, and their owners give them lots of time and affection. And, just like cuddly to...

Yinka, Where is Your Huzband?

Lizzie Damilola Blackburn

Riotously funny and full of love, friendship and family, Yinka is the heroine we've all been waiting for... Yinka wants to find love. Her mum wants to find it for her. She also has too many aunties who frequently pray for her delivery from singledom, a preference for chicken and chips over traditional N...