Ancestors in the Attic

Michael Holroyd, perhaps the most distinguished of contemporary biographers, has in recent years turned his attention to the stories hidden within his own fascinating (not to say eccentric) family. In...

Start Your Engines

Briefwechsel Und Lebenszeugnisse

Martin Opitz (1597 1639) is regarded as one of the moving forces behind the rise of German literature in the 17th century. Most of his correspondence, however, was written in Latin. Now in this three-...

Graphic Dickens

London in the 1830s - dirty dangerous and no place for a young orphan. Oliver Twist must use all his wits to stay out of the clutches of a gang of pickpockets thieves and murderers. Will he stay safe...

Picture Perfect

Follow 7-year-old Sofia Martinez as she deals with her family and daily adventures.

Sinclair ZX Spectrum

Invented by Sir Clive Sinclair, the ZX Spectrum, successor to the ZX80 and ZX81 home computers, would come to define an age of video gaming, with a range of games as quirky and eccentric as the comput...

Intermediality and Storytelling

Extending narratological analysis to media as varied as graphic novels, photography, television, musicals, computer games and advertising, the essays gathered in this volume address some of the most f...

Gabby

Bruce Boudreau is living a hockey Cinderella story. After more than three decades in the minor leagues as a player and coach, he was promoted to head coach of the Washington Capitals in 2007. Boudreau...

Operation Overflight

In this new edition of his classic 1970 memoir about the notorious U-2 incident, pilot Francis Gary Powers reveals the full story of what actually happened in the most sensational espionage case in Co...

The Amazing Adventures of the DC Super-Pets- Crime-Fighting Cat

Midvale is under attack, and who better to protect the city than Supergirl and Streaky? Will the super-pair be able to out-think a magical imp from the Fifth Dimension?

A Headache in the Pelvis

'A Headache in the Pelvis is a lamp in the dark human suffering of chronic pelvic pain. This book is a precious document that will help many people.' Psychologist David Wise lived for 22 years with ag...