The graphic novel chronicles the episodes, large and small, of the sisters’ progress toward adulthood: their amateur theatricals, sibling rivalries and reconciliations, friendships and romance, and the loss of loved ones.

From dawn to dusk (and then some!), a toddler's life is busy, busy, busy. "Helping" Mommy in the kitchen. Playing the time-to-get-dressed chase. Investigating a mysterious box. The adventures areendless! This celebration of a toddler's daily life will bring smiles of recognition to both toddlers and their parents.

From Peter Wohlleben, the New York Times-bestselling author of The Hidden Life of Trees, and his wife, Miriam, comes an inspired, practical memoir of creating a sustainable homestead amongst the trees.Called "a veritable tree whisperer" by the Wall Street Journal, Peter Wohlleben is known across the world for his illuminating books about forests and how to help them thrive. Now, the German forester invites readers into his home for the fi...

The Speedy Little Taxi was always the first one on the scene of any emergency. He beat the police and fire departments every time. The fire chief was particularly upset by this and finally came up with an idea. He purchases the Speedy Little Taxi and paints it red. Now he is always the first one on the scene of any emergency.

Bill Brysons kennis over Groot-Brittannië ontwikkelde zich van 'weet bijna niets', naar 'grondige vertrouwdheid', tot 'complete verbijstering: wat weet ik eigenlijk weinig'. Ineens realiseert Bryson zich namelijk dat hij in een land woont dat zich zo snel ontwikkelt dat het hem vreemd aandoet, een plek vol beroemdheden wier namen en talenten hij niet kan onderscheiden, acroniemen die hem moeten worden uitgelegd, gespreksonderwerpen die hij niet langer kan volgen. En precies op dat moment w...

The Little History of Coventry packs into its pages the colour and incident of a thousand years, telling the story of a city that has perhaps been overlooked by mainstream historians but which has often been at the heart of this country's great events.From testing ground of the saintly Godiva to fourteenth century boom town, from Second World War Blitz victim to the UK City of Culture for 2021, Coventry has always been an inventive place with an unerring a...

Sister Fidelma returns in another spellbinding story of murder and intrigue in seventh-century Ireland--when the murder of a high cleric threatens to result in a bloody war between two of Ireland's kingdoms.In A.D. 644, the Venerable Dacan, a respected scholar of the Celtic Church, is murdered while on a visit to the Abbey of Ros Ailithir in the Irish Kingdom of Muman. Dacan, unfortunately, was the close confidant of the hot-headed young king of the neighboring kingdom of Fearna, w...

A charming, richly illustrated, pocket-size exploration of the world’s treesPacked with surprising facts, this delightful and gorgeously designed book will beguile any nature lover. Expertly written and beautifully illustrated throughout with color photographs and original color artwork, The Little Book of Trees is an accessible and enjoyable mini-reference about the world’s trees, with examples drawn from across the globe. It fits an astonishing amount of...

Why does the dominant partner in any sexual relationship usually sleep on the side of the bed nearest the door? Is there a direct relationship between the length of hemlines and the state of the national economy? Are odd numbers evil? And why do drivers with hats drive 40 kilometres per hour slower than those without?These are the big questions of life, and it takes a brave man to tackle them. The Italian versus Australian theory of traffic lights; who gets the spare armrest betwee...

'The devil gave the woman a nudge: "Look at that belt full of money peeping out from under the butcher's shirt!"'Written for a local German journal and published in 1811, these fabulous, funny, jewel-like miniature tales describe con men, tricksters, disasters, murders, rascals and lovers, and include Franz Kafka's favourite story.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of...

The poems in One Little Room enter and explore confined spaces in history and personal memory. The spaces prove not to be as small as they seem from the outside: they expand and interconnect to produce new and dazzling perspectives out of the limits of concentrated meditation and formal shape alike. Poems inhabit the surroundings of a Belfast childhood, pushing these into dimensions where time and space play tricks on memory and circumstance. Boxes, lost travelling trunks, and small volume...

How did Pixar go from producing CAT scan images to winning Oscars?How did Steve Jobs turn Apple into a world-beating company?How does Amazon's culture encourage innovation?How can you find the creative solutions demanded by our ever-changing world?The answer, according to renowned business thought-leader Peter Sims, is LITTLE BETS. In these fast-moving times, it's next to impossible to predict what's around the corner, and harder still to formulate a f...