`I was looking for a quiet place to die. Someone recommended Brooklyn, & so the next morning I travelled down there from Westchester to scope out the terrain.. .` So begins Paul Auster`s remarkable novel, ” The Brooklyn Follies”. Set against the backdrop of the contested US election of 2000, it tells the story of Nathan & Tom, an uncle & nephew double-act. One in remission from lung cancer, divorced, & estranged from his only daughter, the other hiding away from his once-promising academic career, &, indeed, from life in general. Having accidentally ended up in the same Brooklyn neighbourhood, they discover a community teeming with life & passion. When Lucy, a little girl who refuses to speak, comes into their lives, there is suddenly a bridge from their pasts that offers them the possibility of redemption. ...

Bill Helmreich walked every block of New York City--6, 000 miles in all--to write the award-winning The New York Nobody Knows. Now he has re-walked Brooklyn--some 816 miles--to write this one-of-a-kind walking guide to the city`s hottest borough. Drawing on hundreds of conversations he had with residents during his block-by-block journeys, The Brooklyn Nobody Knows captures the heart & soul of a diverse, booming, & constantly changing borough that defines cool around the world. The guide covers every one of Brooklyn`s forty-four neighborhoods, from Greenpoint to Coney Isl&, providing a colorful portrait of each section`s most interesting, unusual, & unknown people, places, & things. Along the way you will learn about a Greenpoint park devoted to plants & trees that produce materials used in industry; a hornsmith who practices his craft in Prospect-Lefferts Gardens; a collection of 1, 140 stuffed animals hanging from a tree in Bergen Beach; a five-story Brownsville mural that depicts Zionist leader Theodor Herzl--and that was the brainchild of black teenagers; Brooklyn`s most private--yet public--beach in Manhattan Beach; & much, much more. An unforgettably vivid chronicle of today`s Brooklyn, the book can also be enjoyed without ever leaving home--but it`s almost guaranteed to inspire you to get out & explore one the most fascinating urban areas anywhere. * Covers every one of Brooklyn`s 44 neighborhoods, providing a colorful portrait of their most interesting, unusual, & unknown people, places, & things* Each neighborhood section features a brief overview & history; a detailed, user-friendly map keyed to the text; & a lively guided walking tour* Draws on the author`s 816-mile walk through every Brooklyn neighborhood*

Includes:: insights from conversations with hundreds of residents

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Saddle manufacturer Brooks England have been a British household name & an international cycling icon for 150 years. What continues to motivate & inspire this classic marque? With the help of a variety of writers, artists, journalists, designers, photographers & illustrators, this eclectic compendium of cycling`s joys depicts Brooks`s unique & idiosyncratic view of the wide-ranging impact of the bicycle & its place in the world, alongside their dedication to function, quality & style. While Brooks is, at its heart, a British company, the team explore the bicycle as a worldwide phenomenon that has connected people
- the Tour de France luring professional cyclists of all nationalities to the continental countryside
- & continues to provide lone travellers with a gateway to all corners of the earth, celebrating journeys undertaken in some of the planet`s most extreme environments, from South America`s Atrato Swamp to Siberia. Alongside these ambitious projects, the simple joy of cycling to work, the sense of freedom & adventure afforded to all those who cycle for leisure, & the satisfaction gleaned from crafting the bicycle itself are exalted. The result isn`t a book about a saddle maker, but a collection of fascinating contributions from leading creatives from a broad cultural spectrum who are as passionate about their work as they are about their cycling.

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The much-acclaimed The Broons Days Oot! is a cracking guide to Scotl&. Now expanded with new information throughout, the new book

Includes:: new sections on the Scottish islands, Scotland's whisky trails, cycling in Scotl&, walking, arts & other festivals, & gala days. Ideal for the glovebox, the backpack, & the holiday cottage, this book is a comprehensive guide to Scotl&, with highlights on free places to go & things to do. Castles & gardens, country parks, museums, galleries, botanic gardens, hill walks, cycling, picnics, cities, beaches & cracking events all over Scotland are featured in this book
- so you are encouraged to get out & about, just like the Broons! One thing's for sure
- they are all happy days! The book also features free stuff like vouchers for Historic Scotland & National Trust for Scotl&. Written by the Broon family, in response to helping Horace with his homework project, this guide is full of wee stories, postcards home, notes, collector's cards, leaflets & clippings about the Broons' favourite places, all stuck in by Horace in scrapbook style. Horace has delved into Maw's memory box for bits & pieces, & added up-todate fact boxes that list current phone & website information for key places to visit. The Broons comic strip is hugely popular, with The Sunday Post having over 1, 000, 000 readers every week. The book

Includes:: strips from years gone by that will make you smile, as the Broons enjoy their days oot, rain or shine! For a complete list of contents





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Smart, gripping & urgent, the new blockbuster from the bestselling author of The Swimmer. Growing up poor, Yasmine vowed she would always protect her little brother from harm. She broke her promise on the day she left home, abandoning Fadi to his life in the Stockholm slums. Now, five years later, Yasmine still carries the guilt of leaving him behind. Then she hears a rumour that he is dead, killed by a US drone in Syria. What happened to turn her sweet-natured brother into one of the CIA`s most wanted men? The answer will shock her. It will shock you too. * Now a top-ten bestseller in Germany* ...

Finl&, 1809. Henrik & Erik are brothers who fought on opposite sides in the war between Sweden & Russia. With peace declared, they both return to their snowed-in farm. But who is the master? Sexual tensions, old grudges, family secrets: all come to a head in this dark & gripping saga. ...

” The Brothers Karamazov” is a murder mystery, a courtroom drama, & an exploration of erotic rivalry in a series of triangular love affairs involving Karamazov & his three sons
- the impulsive & sensual Dmitri; the coldly rational Ivan; & the healthy young novice Alyosha. Through the gripping events of their story, Dostoevsky portrays the social & spiritual strivings in what was both a golden age & a tragic turning point in Russian culture.
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky`s powerful meditation on faith, meaning & morality, ” The Brothers Karamazov” is translated with an introduction & notes by David Mc Duff in ” Penguin Classics”. When brutal landowner Fyodor Karamazov is murdered, the lives of his sons are changed irrevocably: Mitya, the sensualist, whose bitter rivalry with his father immediately places him under suspicion for parricide; Ivan, the intellectual, whose mental tortures drive him to breakdown; the spiritual Alyosha, who tries to heal the family`s rifts; & the shadowy figure of their bastard half-brother Smerdyakov. As the ensuing investigation & trial reveal the true identity of the murderer, Dostoyevsky`s dark masterpiece evokes a world where the lines between innocence & corruption, good & evil, blur & everyone`s faith in humanity is tested. This powerful translation of ” The Brothers Karamazov” features & introduction highlighting Dostoyevsky`s recurrent themes of guilt & salvation, with a new chronology & further reading. Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (1821-1881) was born in Moscow. From 1849-54 he lived in a convict prison, & in later years his passion for gambling led him deeply into debt. His other works available in ” Penguin Classics” include ” Crime & Punishment”, ” The Idiot” & ” Demons”. If you enjoyed ” The Brothers Karamazov” you might like Nikolai Gogol`s ” Dead Souls”, also available in ” Penguin Classics”. ” There is no writer who better demonstrates the contradictions & fluctuations of the creative mind than Dostoyevsky, & nowhere more astonishingly than in ” The Brothers Karamazov”. (Joyce Carol Oates). ” Dostoyevsky was the only psychologist from whom I had anything to learn: he belongs to the happiest windfalls of my life”. (Friedrich Nietzsche). ” The most magnificent novel ever written”. (Sigmund Freud). ...

The novel of the famous Georgian writer, poet & playwright Tamaz Chiladze focuses on moral problems/issues, arisen as a result of too great a self-assuredness of psychologists. Its main character is an up-to-now successful psychotherapist, whose wife has left him. One day she suddenly realised that her marriage is nothing more than ”fact/reality born out of habit” & her family is a branch of a hospital. For her husband she wasn`t a beloved wife but just a patient. The heroine finds an exit from the vicious circle of misunderstanding & insensitivity. ...

This is the new book from the award-winning Phil Earle, author of Heroic & Being Billy. ” Have finished Bubble-Wrap Boy. If happy tears/snot smeared across face were legal currency, @philearle would be rich. So warm, & so funny”. (Katherine Rundell, author of Rooftoppers). All my life I`ve been tiny Charlie from the Chinese Chippie, whose only friend is Sinus, the kid who stares at walls. But I believe that everyone`s good at something. I`ve just got to work out what my something is... Charlie`s found his secret talent: skateboarding. It`s his one-way ticket to popularity. All he`s got to do is practice, & nothing`s going to stop him
- not his clumsiness, not his overprotective mum, nothing. Except Charlie isn`t the only one in his family hiding a massive secret, & his next discovery will change everything. How do you stay on the board when your world is turned upside down? Phil Earle was born, raised & schooled in Hull. His first job was as a care worker in a children`s home, an experience that influenced the ideas behind Being Billy & Saving Daisy. He then trained as a drama therapist & worked in a therapeutic community in south London, caring for traumatized & abused adolescents. After a couple of years in the care sector, Phil chose the more sedate lifestyle of a bookseller, & now works in children`s publishing. Phil lives in south-east London with his wife & children, but Hull will always be home.
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