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The Crucible: A Play in Four Acts
"The Crucible" is a 1952 play by the American playwright Arthur Miller. It is a dramatization of the Salem witch trials that took place in the Province of Massachusetts Bay during 1692 and 1693. Miller wrote the play as an allegory of McCarthyism, when the US government blacklisted accused communists. M...
Eric Clapton: The Autobiography
Eric Clapton is far more than a rock star. Like Dylan and McCartney he is an icon and a living legend. He has sold tens of millions of records, played sell-out concerts all over the world and been central to the significant musical developments of his era. His guitar playing has seen him hailed as 'God'...
Advice On Dying: And living well by taming the mind
Now available in paperback, this powerful book from His Holiness the Dalai Lama teaches us how investigating death also greatly benefits our perspective on lifeIn this ground- breaking book, the Dalai Lama advises us to gain familiarity with the process and practices of death so that, when we are physic...
Venice : Pure City
In this sumptuous vision of Venice, Peter Ackroyd turns his unparalleled skill at evoking place from London and the River Thames, to Italy and the city of myth, mystery and beauty, set like a jewel in its glistening lagoon. His account is at once romantic and packed with facts, conjuring up the atmosphe...
A Spy In The House Of Love: Popular Penguins
A Spy in the House of Love, whose heroine Sabina is deeply divided between her drive for artistic and sexual expression and social restrictions and self-created inhibitions, echoes Anais Nin's personal struggle with sex, love, and emotional fragmentation....
Woman in White
This is the "Penguin English Library Edition" of "The Woman in White" by Wilkie Collins. 'In one moment, every drop of blood in my body was brought to a stop ...There, as if it had that moment sprung out of the earth ...stood the figure of a solitary Woman, dressed from head to foot in white'. "The Woma...
The Actor's Secret: Techniques for Transforming Habitual Patterns and Improving Performance
Offering revolutionary new training for the actor, "The Actor's Secret" teaches actors and performers how to incorporate the fundamentals of the Alexander Technique, Somatic Experiencing(R), and Breathing Coordination in order to reduce performance anxiety and stress; improve stage presence, breathing, ...
Rising Strong
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending. Social scientist Bren Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability--the...
Bakemonogatari, Part 1 Monster Tale
High schooler Koyomi, now a vampire after his experiences during Wound Tale, hears rumors of other supernatural activity and offers to help....
Jakob Von Gunten
The Swiss writer Robert Walser is one of the quiet geniuses of twentieth-century literature. Largely self-taught and altogether indifferent to worldly success, Walser wrote a range of short stories, essays, as well as four novels, of which "Jakob von Gunten" is widely recognized as the finest. The book ...
Friend and Foe: When to Cooperate, When to Compete, and How to Succeed at Both
Is it in our best interest to compete or to cooperate? Some have argued that humans are fundamentally competitive and that pursuing our self-interest is the best way to get ahead. Others believe that we are hard-wired to cooperate and are most successful when we collaborate with others. In Friend and Fo...
Mr Nice: 21st Anniversary Edition
Howard Marks; Irvine Welsh (Introduction by)
21ST ANNIVERSARY EDITION WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY IRVINE WELSHHe was Britain's most wanted man. He spent seven years in America's toughest penitentiary. You'll like him.During the mid 1980s Howard Marks had forty three aliases, eighty nine phone lines and owned twenty five companies throughout the world....
How to Feel Awesome Every Day
Warning- Reading this book will overhaul your life and turn it totally awesome!We are all awesome in our own way but sometimes we need a little pep talk, some inspiration and a nudge in the right direction. Find out how to turn daily challenges into awesome experiences that will cure your boredom and br...
There It Is Again: Selected Non-Fiction
Historian, essayist, speechwriter, humourist, anti-cant crusader; Don Watson has a gift for luring us to the nub of a matter, or at least to a new view of it, there to grin or grind our teeth at the spectacle. Over the years Don Watson has written on politics and politicians in Australia and the USA, sp...
Fountain Tarot Journal
Jason Gruhl; Jonathan Saiz (Illustrator)
The Fountain Tarot Jounalis a daily tool for introspection, empowerment, and connection. Designed to be used with any tarot deck, it contains entries and prompts for every week of the year. By diving deeply into questions, reflections, and patterns, readers can begin to uncover the hidden workings of th...
The Art of War: Shambhala Pocket Library
In the words of Sun Tzu, "To win without fighting is best." This timeless Chinese classic captures the essence of military strategy used in ancient East Asia, with lessons on how to handle conflict confidently, efficiently, and successfully. The techniques and instructions discussed in The Art of War ap...
Twilight of Democracy: The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends
A FINANCIAL TIMES, ECONOMIST AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 'The most important non-fiction book of the year' David Hare In the years just before and after the fall of the Berlin Wall, people from across the political spectrum in Europe and America celebrated a great achievement, felt a commo...
Micro Life: Miracles of the Miniature World Revealed
This book combines graceful design and beautiful photography to provide an elegant introduction to microscopic nature. Explore the everyday miracle of the microscopic world. With spectacular macro photography and microscope images, this book reveals a hidden, living world full of intricate structures be...
Wild Grass - China's Revolution from Below
A compelling history of Chinese resistance to state oppression, told through the stories of three remarkable individuals In Wild Grass, Pulitzer Prize-winning Ian Johnson describes a China caught between the desire for change percolating up from below and the ossified political structure above. He recou...
Am I Black Enough For You?: 10 Years On
The story of an urban-based high achieving Wiradyuri woman working to break down stereotypes and build bridges between black and white Australia. I'm Aboriginal. I'm just not the Aboriginal person a lot of people want or expect me to be. What does it mean to be Aboriginal? Why is Australia so obsessed ...
The Turn of the Screw and Other Ghost Stories
In 'The Turn of the Screw', one of the most famous ghost stories of all time, a governess becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care. But are the children really in danger - and if so, from whom? The novella is accompanied here by several more of the ve...
Pretending is Lying
Dominique Goblet, Sophie Yanow
Now in paperback, a "tender, affecting" (NYTBR) memoir unlike any other, and the first book to appear in English by the acclaimed Belgian artist Dominique Goblet.In a series of dazzling fragments-skipping through time, and from raw, slashing color to delicate black-and-white-Dominique Goblet examines th...
Shaolin Cowboy: Cruel to Be Kin
Geof Darrow (Illustrator); Dave Stewart (Illustrator)
In order to keep a newborn Komodo dragon from joining the endangered species list, the Shaolin Cowboy must first make him an orphan and then adopt him into the ways of the "Intercepting fist" to keep their road trip from turning into roadkill. When social distancing isn't enough, the Cowboy has plen...
The Fifth Elephant: (Discworld Novel 24)
Sam Vimes is a man on the run.Yesterday he was a duke, a chief of police and the ambassador to the mysterious, fat-rich country of Uberwald.Now he has nothing but his native wit and the gloomy trousers of Uncle Vanya (don't ask). It's snowing. It's freezing. And if he can't make it through the forest to...
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