DeDaumier-Smith\'s Blue Period,\" \"Teddy,\" and \"A Perfect Day for Bananafish\" are among the nine works in a collection of Salinger\'s perceptive and realistic short stories.\"

\'Junk is not, like alcohol or weed, a means to increased enjoyment of life. Junk is not a kick. It is a way of life\' William Burroughs, legendary drug addict, founder member of the Beats and author of \"Naked Lunch\", relates with unflinching realism the addict\'s life: from initial heroin bliss to an unabated hunger for the needle, and the horrors of cold turkey and back again.

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton and Jeremy Irons. Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is sucked into the heart of Putin\'s Russia, the country she loved, as the twists and turns of a betrayal and counter-betrayal unravel. American Nate Nash, idealistic and ambitious, handles the double agent, codenamed MARBLE, considered one of CIA\'s biggest assets.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2017 MAN BOOKER PRIZE\'One of the most poetic novels of the year\' NEW STATESMANHow far would you go to belong? Fourteen-year-old Linda lives with her parents in an ex-commune beside a lake in the beautiful, austere backwoods of northern Minnesota. The other girls at school call Linda \'Freak\', or \'Commie\'. Her parents mostly leave her to her own devices, whilst the other inhabitants

The classic Photofile series brings together the best work of the world\'s greatest photographers in an attractive format and at a reasonable price.Handsome and collectible, the books each contain reproductions in duotone and/or color, plus a critical introduction and a bibliography. With his focus on the \"disagreeable beauty\" of the anomalous and the transgressive, Joel-Peter Witkin\'s images are

Robert Plant is one of the few genuine living rock legends. Frontman of Led Zeppelin, musical innovator and seller of millions of records, Plant has had a profound influence on music for over four decades. But the full account of his life has barely been told ...until now. Robert Plant: A Life is the first complete and comprehensive telling of Plant\'s story. From his earliest performances in folk

1:20,000 3.17 inches to 1 mile. 6.4 inches to 1 mile for central area (1:10,000). This handy little atlas features high quality Collins mapping. A huge amount of detail is contained within the mapping without compromising the clarity. Central London is mapped at a larger scale. MAIN FEATURES / Extremely clear, attractive, full colour mapping with enlarged central area / Full index to place and street

First in a two volume collection of short stories by the acclaimed author of \'Empire of the Sun\', \'Crash\' and \'Super-Cannes\'. The new edition is introduced by Adam Thirwell. With eighteen novels over four decades - from \'The Drowned World\' in 1962 to his final novel \'Kingdom Come\' in 2006 - J.G. Ballard is known as one of Britain\'s most celebrated and original novelists. However, during

Detective Renée Ballard, once one of the department\'s young hotshots, now works \'The Late Show\', the graveyard shift at the LAPD. It\'s a thankless job keeping strange hours, handing over her investigations as the sun rises, never getting closure. Some nights are worse than others. And tonight is the worst yet. Two cases: a brutal assault, and a multiple murder with no suspect.

It is midnight, October 31st 1758 and Giacomo Casanova has escaped from a Venetian prison after sixteen months consigned to darkness and the underworld. Shaking off the enforced solitude, Casanova makes his way to Bolzano - the small village where he was dealt a cruel hand. A place full of memories, Bolzano was the scene of a moonlit duel fought with the Duke of Parma when Casanova and he were both

The thrilling, shocking and romantic sequel to the bestselling YA debut FLAWED is finally here. When we embrace all our flaws, that\'s when we can finally become PERFECT... Celestine North lives in a society that demands perfection. After she was branded Flawed by a morality court, Celestine\'s life has completely fractured - all her freedoms gone. Since Judge Crevan has declared her the number one

By the author of the Sunday Times no. 1 bestseller The EtymologiconAlmost every culture on earth has drink, and where there\'s drink there\'s drunkenness. But in every age and in every place drunkenness is a little bit different. It can be religious, it can be sexual, it can be the duty of kings or the relief of peasants. It can be an offering to the ancestors, or a way of marking the end of a day\'s

Becky Brandon (nee Bloomwood) is in Hollywood ! It\'s as if all her life has been leading to this moment. She\'s hanging out with the stars. Or at least she will be, when she finally gets to meet movie superstar Sage Seymour, whom husband Luke is now managing. There\'s so much to see and do! And getting Minnie through the hurdles for her A-list Hollywood pre-school will require some her help. Becky

It was just over 60 years ago that Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini, two of the world\'s most powerfully imposing leaders, died and their regimes crumbled. One of the most illuminating facts about this dark era of history is the way in which these tyrants, and others like them, used graphic design as an instrument of power. But how did these regimes succeed in influencing the minds of millions? It

Amazing things for you to make with activity expert Jane Bull- and then decorate them with over 100 Christmas stickers! Whether you want to create your own special Christmas stocking or serve up treats from Santa\'s Sweet Factory, this activity book packed with stickers will show you all you need to know about making Christmas gifts and decorations. The hardest part is choosing which of the fun activities

At the turn of the century, the American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868–1952) started on his thirty-year project to produce a monumental study of North American Indians. Using an approach that was both artistically and scientifically ambitious he recorded, in words and pictures, the traces of the traditional Indian way of life that was already beginning to die out.With tireless personal commitment

La Russie est en danger et le tsar charge Michel Strogoff d\'une mission secrte : porter une lettre son frre, le grand-duc, qui se trouve dans la lointaine Sibérie. Pour aller de Moscou Irkoutsk, Michel Strogoff change de nom et devient le marchand Nicolas Korpanoff, car personne ne doit savoir qui il est réellement : ni Nadia, une jeune fille qu\'il rencontre au début de son voyage et qui ne le quittera

Wind/Pinball includes Haruki Murakami\'s first two novels, published back-to-back, available for the first time in English outside Japan. With a new introduction by the author. Published as a reversible hardback \'If you\'re the sort of guy who raids the refrigerators of silent kitchens at three o\'clock in the morning, you can only write accordingly. That\'s who I am.\' Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball,

Planning a trip around the world? Let First-Time Around the World get you started. Loaded with the very latest travel information, including all you need to know about round-the-world tickets to teaching and working overseas, this pre-departure guide will