A classic children's book from best-loved Bill's New Frock author former Children's Laureate Anne Fine Perfect for readers aged between 7 & 9 & fans of David Walliams' The Midnight Gang & Pamela Butchart's Wigglesbottom Primary series Philip has an incredible imagination & when he lets it run riot in school one day it really gets his classmates thinking violet cows brains in pots a clever & beautiful chicken What will they think of next?! Anne Fine's fun school stories have been delighting children for more than 20 years winning her awards such as the Smarties Book Award & Carnegie Medal along the way Fine has a rare genius for building a funny enriching & moving story around the nuts & bolts of school life' The Times ...

A bestseller in hardback this critically acclaimed collection of short essays & reflections on poetry is now available in paperback llustrating Maxwell's poetic philosophy with examples from canonical poets this is a beautiful accessible guide to the most ancient & sublime of the realms of literature ...

These early philosophical writings underpinned the Chinese revolutions & their clarion calls to insurrection remain some of the most stirring of all time Drawing on a dizzying array of references from contemporary culture & politics Zizek's firecracker commentary reaches unsettling conclusions about the place of Mao's thought in the revolutionary canon" ...

Hannah Arendt's penetrating observations of the modern world based on a profound knowledge of the past have been fundamental to our understanding of the political landscape On Revolution is her classic exploration of a phenomenon that has reshaped the globe From the eighteenth-century rebellions in America & France to the explosive changes of the twentieth-century Arendt traces the changing face of revolution & its relationship to war while underscoring the crucial role such events will play in the future Illuminating & prescient this timeless work will fascinate anyone who seeks to decipher the forces that shape our tumultuous age ...

Norwegian Wood meets The Tao of Pooh meets a flock of Swedish sheep in this playful profound & philosophical diary written by a literary academic turned novice shepherd 160 pages Linden Axel ...

Blending intellectual speculation with anecdote & personal reflection the Renaissance thinker & writer Montaigne pioneered the modern essay This selection contains his idiosyncratic & timeless writings on subjects as varied as the virtues of solitude the power of the imagination the pleasures of reading the importance of sleep & why we sometimes laugh & cry at the same things Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other They have inspired debate dissent war & revolution They have enlightened outraged provoked & comforted They have enriched lives
- & destroyed them Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers pioneers radicals & visionaries whose ideas shook civilization & helped make us who we are

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A compelling story about accepting someone new from Benji Davies the bestselling illustrator of The Storm Whale 32 pages Full colour Sarah Linda ...

Emile Durkheim's On Suicide (1897) was a groundbreaking book in the field of sociology Traditionally suicide was thought to be a matter of purely individual despair but Durkheim recognized that the phenomenon had a social dimension He believed that if anything can explain how individuals relate to society then it is suicide Why does it happen? What goes wrong? Why do certain social religious or racial groups have higher incidences of suicide than others? As Durkheim explored these questions he became convinced that abnormally high or low levels of social integration lead to an increased likelihood of suicide On Suicide was the result of his extensive research Divided into three parts
- individual reasons for suicide social forms of suicide & the relation of suicide to society as a whole
- Durkheim's revelations have fascinated challenged & informed readers for over a century

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Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other They have inspired
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' Man defines himself by his deeds
- & what kind of image of man do we see in the mirror of our present times?' The poet & dramatist
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