Read With Biff, Chip and Kipper Phonics have been specially written to enable children to practise their letters and sounds. Level 6 stories practice various spellings for long vowel sounds such as 'oo' as in blue, cool, shoe, new. Each book includes tips for reading together and talking about the s[...]

'There are no unsacred places,' the poet Wendell Berry has written. 'There are only sacred places and desecrated places.' What might it mean to behold the world with such depth and feeling that it is no longer possible to imagine it as something separate from ourselves, or to live without regard fo[...]

"e;There are no unsacred places,"e; the poet Wendell Berry has written. "e;There are only sacred places and desecrated places."e; What might it mean to behold the world with such depth and feeling that it is no longer possible to imagine it as something separate from ourselves, or [...]

Miles Davis, supremely cool behind his shades. Billie Holiday, eyes closed and head tilted back in full cry. John Coltrane, one hand behind his neck and a finger held pensively to his lips. These iconic images have captivated jazz fans nearly as much as the music has. Jazz photographs are visual lan[...]

The author combs the Chicago blues scene for signs of authenticity, exploring the modes of promotion and advertising that sometimes distort the experience of the music. Reprint.[...]

He can turn himself into anything and appear to fit in anywhere, but it seems that neither the swirly snail, the green grasshopper nor the stripy sock want to be friends. Will he ever find someone to talk to? Someone just like him? With a subtle and witty interplay between words and illustrations, t[...]

Writers have represented 9/11 and its aftermath with varying degrees of success. In "Out of the Blue," Kristiaan Versluys focuses on novels that move beyond patriotic clichA(c)s and cheap sensationalism and provide new insights into the emotional and ethical impact of these traumatic events& mdash;a[...]

From John Banville, one of the world's greatest writers, comes The Blue Guitar, a story of theft and the betrayal of friendship.Adultery is always put in terms of thieving. But we were happy together, simply happy.Oliver Orme used to be a painter, well known and well rewarded, but the muse has deser[...]

The stunning first book in a new series of psychological thrillers introducing an unforgettable London psychotherapist Frieda Klein is a solitary, incisive psychotherapist who spends her sleepless nights walking along the ancient rivers that have been forced underground in modern London. She believ[...]

Behind the iconic jazz orchestras, vocalists, and stage productions of the Swing Era lay the talents of popular music's unsung heroes: the arrangers. John Wriggle takes you behind the scenes of New York City's vibrant entertainment industry of the 1930s and 1940s to uncover the lives and work of jaz[...]