Bloomsbury

Banking and FinanceNow in its 145th edition Whitaker&'s Almanack is the definitive reference guide containing a comprehensive overview of every aspect of UK infrastructure and an excellent introduction to world politics.Available only as ebooks, Whitaker&'s Shorts are selected themed sections from Whitaker&'s Almanack 2013: portable and perfect for...

Bryony is constantly eclipsed by her all-singing, all dancing mum and talented sisters: otherwise known as The Singing Bells (who have to be the stars of the show the whole time). All Bryony wants is to find her own niche - maybe it's being a top-notch skater. However, before she's begun to enjoy them, she has to send back her new,...

First published in 1964, Anthony Masters' early collection of short stories , A Pocketful of Rye, is preoccupied with problems of social marginalisation and inequality. With his typical sensitivity, Masters observes universal human struggles caused by aging, impoverishment, alienation and disability. These short stories are touching and...

Frank Kermode is one of the pre-eminent practitioners of the art of criticism in the English speaking world. It has been his distinction to make a virtue - as all the best critics have done - of the necessarily occasional nature of his profession. That virtue is evident on every page of this collection of essays.   In one group of essays he asks...

When Sylvia Jorrin first moved to upstate New York, she had no intention of becoming a farmer. But after a neighboring dairy farmer suggested they use her acreage to start a farm together, they applied and received a grant of nine sheep. They soon bought ten more. Then her partner quit. Faced with eighteen pregnant ewes, a violent ram, and the...

No Laughing Matter is a wide-ranging collection of new studies of the comic theatre of Athens, from its origins until the 340s BCE. Fifteen international scholars employ an array of approaches and methodologies that will appeal to Classics and Theatre scholars while still remaining accessible to students. By including discussions of fragmentary...