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‘Full of gems … Angela Kelly is a jewel in the crown’ Daily Telegraph ‘Entertaining and beautifully illustrated’ The Sunday Times ‘For real intel, [The Crown] can’t come close to The Other Side of the Coin by Angela Kelly’ The New York Times ‘Fascinating book’ HELLO! ‘The...

“I LOVE this book. Not just Christmas horror fun, but some honestly original stories.”—Brett O’Reilly, author of Aftertaste Unwrap terror in Charlotte O’Farrell’s chilling collection of festive frights. In this wintery world, stockings are stuffed with something more dreadful than...

Welcome to The Magnificent Others, the podcast where host Billy Corgan engages in profound conversations with extraordinary individuals who have reached the pinnacle of success in their respective fields. In each episode, Billy delves into the stories and insights of high achievers, exploring the multifaceted journey that leads to greatness.

We are now living in a world with over 100 brands of bottled water. The United States alone is home to over 45,000 shopping malls. And there are more than 19 million customized beverage choices a barista can whip up at your local Starbucks. Whether it’s good or bad, the real question is why we behave this way in the first place. Why do we telegraph our affiliations or our beliefs with symbols, signs, and codes? Brand Thinking and Other Noble Pursuits contains 20 interviews with the world’s leading designers and thinkers in branding.

'The Waste Land' is a landmark in 20th-century poetry. Here it is read by the late Poet Laureate Ted Hughes. Published in 1922, it is a brilliant exploration of a faithless, immoral society trying to rebuild itself after the devastation of the Great War. Rich in literary references and steeped in allusive and evocative imagery, 'The Waste Land' is widely considered to be the pinnacle of modernist poetry.

Weaving in and out of these myriad lives, sharing her own memories of otherworldly experiences, Jennifer Higgie discusses the solace of ritual, the gender exclusions of art history, the contemporary relevance of myth, the boom in alternative ways of understanding the world and the impact of spiritualism on feminism and contemporary art. A radical reappraisal of a marginalised group of artists, The Other Side is an intoxicating blend of memoir, biography and art history.

'She has written about her clothes, and given us some scintillating reading. [...] hugely engaging memoir.' - Emily Bearn, The Spectator 'I really loved this book - it's warm, thought-provoking and honest. In the end, I had to ration myself because I didn't want to finish. In these frankly...

In "A Curious Dream," Mark Twain reveals the bizarre and humorous twists of his imagination that challenge reality and provoke thought. This collection of sketches showcases Twain's unparalleled wit as he navigates through the absurdities of life, politics, and human nature. From the outrageous escapades of a hapless senator to whimsical reflections on society, each story invites listeners to laugh and ponder in equal measure. Twain's sharp observations cut through the mundane, uncovering the intricacies of everyday life with a satirical lens. With tales like "My Late Senatorial Secretaryship...

Tom Muir is an Orkney Islands native storyteller, author and historian. Rhonda is an American expat and a writer living in Orkney with her husband. Together we're creating an Orkney Islands online social archive, press and travel guide, Orkneyology.com. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

FEATURING AN EXCLUSIVE NEW INTERVIEW WITH SIR PAUL McCARTNEY 'An astonishing amount of research' NEW YORK TIMES 'An easy and addictive read' MOJO ★★★★★ THE TELEGRAPH 'Meticulously [and] lovingly told in this delightful history' JANN WENNER Persuasive, captivating and bursting with...

White Nights and Other Stories by Fyodor Dostoyevsky is a compilation published in 1918 by The MacMillan Company, NY (USA) and Heinemann (UK). It contains these 7 works:- White Nights- Notes from the Underground- A Faint Heart- A Christmas Tree and a Wedding- Polzunkov- A Little Hero- Mr. Prohartchin

'It is Hustvedt's gift to write with exemplary clarity of what is by necessity unclear.' Hilary Mantel, Guardian Feminist philosophy meets family memoir in a fresh essay collection by the award-winning essayist and novelist Siri Hustvedt, author of the bestselling What I Loved and Booker...

I’m gonna tell you how it’s gonna be: a rip-roaring, kaleidoscopic deep dive into the mythos and songs of the Grateful Dead, with over one hundred vibrant, original paintings. “A wildly original, audaciously funny tour of the Grateful Dead and the mythical world they built . . . Alexander...

Julian Rhind-Tutt takes on the role of Rumpole in this fifth collection of cracking court cases. Starring Julian Rhind-Tutt as Rumpole, Jasmine Hyde as Hilda and Nigel Anthony as Claude Erskine-Brown. A Catherine Bailey production for BBC Radio 4.

Poetry Pea is a poetry podcast from www.poetrypea.com. It features haiku and senryu and other Japanese short form poetry. There are lots of free writing resources, workshops from experts, readings of original poetry, haiku and senryu, as well as prompts and writing exercises. You can submit your haiku or senryu to Patricia and be featured on the podcast and in the Poetry Pea Journal. Let’s write together.

An exploration of the creative life, lived in the in-between.A sanctuary for the creative spirit in a results-obsessed world.Moving beyond the highlight reel, hosts and working musicians Aaron Shafer-Haiss and Michaela Anne facilitate intimate, artist-to-artist conversations with renowned musicians, authors, visual artists and actors about the grit required to sustain a life in the arts. From navigating doubt to finding stillness, this is the reality of the work. Unfiltered.

Immerse yourself in the eerie and enchanting world of Mary E. Wilkins Freemans short stories. This captivating collection delves into a variety of supernatural themes, featuring mysterious deaths, haunted houses, restless ghosts, and moving shadows‚everything that makes for a spine-tingling ghost story. Join narrator Carolin as she brings these chilling tales to life.

*Through Magic Glasses and Other Lectures* by Arabella B. Buckley invites listeners to explore the wonders of science through instruments that reveal worlds beyond ordinary sight. Telescopes, microscopes, magnifying glasses, cameras, and spectroscopes become “magic glasses,” helping young learners understand both the vastness of the heavens and the smallest forms of life.Presented as a series of imaginative and accessible lectures, the book travels from the moon, the sun, and distant stars to fairy rings, lichens, mosses, volcanic lava, and microscopic creatures living in a drop of ...

Love and Freindship, and Other Early Works by Jane Austen. This book draws together some of Jane Austen's earliest literary efforts. It includes "Love & Freindship" and "Lesley Castle" both told through the medium of letters written by the characters. It also contains her wonderful "History of England" and a "Collection of Letters" and lastly a chapter containing "Scraps". In these offerings, we may see the beginnings of Miss Austen's literary style. We may also discern traces of characters that we encounter in her later works. G. K. Chesterton in his preface, for example, says of a ...

The rose is bursting with meaning: Over the centuries, it has come to represent love and sensuality, deceit, death, and the mystical unknown. Today the rose enjoys unrivalled popularity across the globe, ever present at life's seminal moments.