From the streets of Lambeth to the glamour of LA this is a compelling true story of rags to riches & sharing those riches with others From persuading Disney to license their characters for the first time outside the US to convincing film stars to perform in low budget movies Laurie Marsh has carved success from his confident entrepreneurial & collaborative approach to life His philanthropic work reaches the levels of far more public "givers" such as Bill Gates Now in his eighties Laurie still works every day using his wealth & influence to help as many good causes & charitable organizations as he can from building community centers to advising the British government on how to make the National Health Service self-sufficient His is an inspirational & fascinating story ...

This collection gathers three of Philip Jeyaretnam's best-known works First Loves Raffles Place Ragtime & Abraham's Promise Together they showcase Jeyaretnam's technique & accomplishments across a range of forms subject matter & emotional landscapes Set in Singapore in the 1960s through the 1980s the short stories & novels explore themes of identity materialism interracial relationships power & betrayal; foreground the thinkers dreamers & doers of post-colonial Singapore; & expose the young nation's frailties cracks & contradictions ...

This fascinating book charts the relationship between Mark Rowlands a rootless philosopher & Brenin his extraordinarily well-travelled wolf More than just an exotic pet Brenin exerted an immense influence on Rowlands as both a person & strangely enough as a philosopher leading him to re-evaluate his attitude to love happiness nature & death By turns funny (what do you do when your wolf eats your air-conditioning unit?) & poignant this life-affirming classic of popular philosophy will make you reappraise what it means to be human ...

355AD In a late-Roman world of ambitious bureaucrats & power-hungry courtiers two young friends of the British nobility Drusus & Marcellus have fallen foul of the prevailing authority There is no place to hide no turning back They must face the irresistible might of the Roman state It seems a fight they cannot win For Drusus & Marcellus their only ally is the young imperial prince Julian But Julian has troubles of his own his very success has made him hated by his uncle the emperor With spies & adversaries all about them they link their fate with Julian's in a life-or-death struggle that takes them from one end of the empire to the other & set themselves against the forces determined to crush them A novel of hope The Philosopher Prince is a story of human values pitted against the cold & calculating machine of an all-powerful tyranny & at its heart a victim of the very forces he controls lies the emperor himself ...

For most of us having a baby is the most profound intense & fascinating experience of our lives Now scientists & philosophers are starting to appreciate babies too The last decade has witnessed a revolution in our understanding of infants & young children Scientists used to believe that babies were irrational & that their thinking & experience were limited Recently they have discovered that babies learn more create more care more & experience more than we could ever have imagined & there is good reason to believe that babies are actually cleverer more thoughtful & even more conscious than adults This new science holds answers to some of the deepest & oldest questions about what it means to be human A new baby's captivated gaze at her mother's face lays the foundations for love & morality A toddler's unstoppable explorations of his playpen hold the key to scientific discovery A three-year-old's wild make-believe explains how we can imagine the future write novels & invent new technologies Alison Gopnik
- a leading psychologist & philosopher as well as a mother
- explains the groundbreaking new psychological neuroscientific & philosophical developments in our understanding of very young children transforming our understanding of how babies see the world & in turn promoting a deeper appreciation for the role of parents

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The autobiography of an American icon Andy Warhol's The Philosophy of Andy Warhol is published in Penguin Modern Classics'I never think that people die They just go to department stores' Andy Warhol
- American painter filmmaker publisher actor & major figure in the Pop Art movement
- was in many ways a reluctant celebrity Here in his autobiography he spills his secrets & muses about love sex food beauty fame work money success New York & America & its place in the world But it is his reflections on himself his childhood in Mc Keesport Pennsylvania the explosion of his career in the Sixties & his life among celebrities
- from working with Elizabeth Taylor to partying with the Rolling Stones
- that give a true insight into the mind of one of the most iconic figures in twentieth-century culture Andy Warhol (1928-1987) was an American painter filmmaker publisher actor & a major figure in the Pop Art movement He also produced a significant body of film work including the famous Chelsea Girls; characterised the epoch with the now-famous expression 'fifteen minutes of fame'; produced the first album by The Velvet Underground; & was nearly killed just two days before the assassination of JFK If you enjoyed The Philosophy of Andy Warhol you might like 100 Artists' Manifestos also available in Penguin Modern Classics' Acute Accurate Mr Warhol's usual amazing candor A constant entertainment & enlightenment' Truman Capote



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' The absence of Beard is usually a sign of physical & moral weakness' ' Take two drawings of the head of a lion one with & the other without the mane You will see how much of the majesty of the king of the woods as well as that of the lord of the earth dwells in this free-flowing appendage' ' There is scarcely a more naturally disgusting object than a beardless old man The Beard keeps gradually covering varying & beautifying & imparts new graces even to decay by heightening all that is still pleasing veiling all that is repulsive' This eccentric Victorian book argues a strong case for the universal wearing of a beard
- that essential symbol of manly distinction since ancient times Thomas S Gowing contrasts the vigour & daring of bearded men through history with the undeniable effeminacy of the clean-shaven He reminds the modern man that 'ladies by their very nature like everything manly' & cannot fail to be charmed by a 'fine flow of curling comeliness' Gowing's book is now republished for the first time since 1850 accompanied by illustrations of impressive beards from history
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This is a short entertaining & illuminating introduction to the history & culture of coffee from the humble origins of the bean in northeast Africa over a millennium ago to what it is today a global phenomenon that is enjoyed around the world It is the perfect gift for coffee lovers including chapters on the rise of the coffeehouse legal bans on coffee Brazil's domination of the world coffee trade & the birth of the espresso ...

'I love her books
- particularly the Five Children & It sequence'
- Neil Gaiman THIS IS THE SECOND BOOK IN THE PSAMMEAD TRILOGY

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The Phoenix & the Carpet is E Nesbit's second fantasy novel & is the sequel to Five Children & It From Robert Anthea Jane & Cyril's new nursery carpet there falls a mysterious egg which is hatched in the fire to reveal a benevolent resourceful & ingenious Phoenix who explains that the carpet is possessed of magic qualities & so begins a series of fantastic & bizarre adventures as the carpet transports the children & the Phoenix to places as diverse as a chilling French castle a desert island & even the Phoenix Fire Insurance Company's offices which the Phoenix believes to be a shrine for his followers ...