Bloomsbury

In the spring of 2007, hard on the heels of the worst winter in the history of Juneau, Alaska, Lynn Schooler finds himself facing the far side of middle age and exhausted by laboring to handcraft a home as his marriage slips away. Seeking solace and escape in nature, he sets out on a solo journey into the Alaskan wilderness, traveling first by...

’The approach is zestful and exhilarating. The style engages in adialogue with the reader’ Derek Neale, Creative Writing Tutor, The OpenUniversity Understanding Novels is a lively and entertaining guide toanalysing literary form to make everyday reading more enriching,satisfying and fun. Bestselling literature author, Thomas C....

Guaranteed to make you grateful for the job you have and thankful for the one you don’t. From Saddam Hussein Double to Telemarketing Script Writer to the guy who operates the "It’s a Small World After All" ride, satirist Justin Racz has spanned the globe to find fifty jobs worse than yours, so we can all feel better about our own....

The brilliant new play from the writer of Beautiful Thing"What you don’t know, don’t hurt you"Tony’s ready to live-it-large and love again. But his efforts to step back on to the scene are hampered by a secret his friends, Monica and Kevin, should have told him a long time ago.Out in the Open is a funny and caustic exploration of...

Plymouth, 1577Tom is a cabin boy for Captain Francis Drake, on his mission to stealSouth American gold from the Spanish fleet. Can Tom survive the tripround the world, through waves three times the height of their tinyship, help Drake defeat the Spanish galleons - and come back rich?A fantastic story blending pirate legend with historical fact and...

A collection of essays and homilies from Pope Benedict, Cardinals and Bishops focusing on the relevance of Eucharistic adoration for liturgy, spirituality and mission today....