In recent years, the once familiar landscape of British politics has fundamentally changed. The Conservative Party in particular has undergone a profound transformation. Centre-right values that steered British politics for decades – internationalism, respect for the rule of law, fiscal responsibility, belief in our institutions – were cast aside in the wake of the Brexit referendum to the detriment of UK prosperity, electoral trust and the long-term fortunes of the Conservative Party....

The Spring 2025 Issue. Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and now provides readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats. Find out why the New York Times named Ploughshares “the Triton among minnows.”The Spring 2025 Issue, edited by Peggy Schumaker, features poetry and prose by Naomi Shihab Nye, Felicia Zamora, Tim Seibl...

All the highlights of English history come to life in this book for young readers. From ancient times up to our century. Written in the style of a tenyear old boy, named Tim. Even adults have declared that they learned a lot in a very short time. Indispensable for young people who want to know about their history.

What if every heartbeat brought you closer to an invisible, inevitable doom?In one of the most harrowing tales of gothic horror ever written, Edgar Allan Poe plunges readers into a waking nightmare-an unnamed prisoner of the Spanish Inquisition finds himself trapped in a dungeon where time is a weapon and death is not swift, but slow, deliberate, and cruel.As he gropes through the darkness, the prisoner discovers a yawning pit meant to devour him whole. But this ...

What if your only hope for survival was to outwit death itself?In The Pit and the Pendulum, Edgar Allan Poe plunges readers into the claustrophobic nightmare of a man sentenced to death by the Spanish Inquisition. Stripped of identity and sight, he awakens in pitch-black confinement. A yawning pit lies in wait. A razor-sharp pendulum swings ever closer. The walls move. Time dissolves. Terror reigns.This powerful modern translation reimagines Poe'...

All the highlights of English history come to life in this book for young readers. From ancient times up to our century. Written in the style of a tenyear old boy, named Tim. Even adults have declared that they learned a lot in a very short time. Indispensable for young people who want to know about their history.