Thirty years in New York City's public schools led John Gatto to the sad conclusion that compulsory schooling does little but teach young people to follow orders like cogs in an industrial machine. With over 100,000 copies in print since its original publication in 2002, this book is collection of essays and speeches and includes a describes the wide-spread impact of the book and Gatto's "guerrilla teaching." John Gatto was a teacher in New York City's public schools for over 30 years and ...

'Enthralling … A first-rate espionage novel' WILLIAM BOYD 1953. Stalin is dead and John Russell's days as a double agent for the USSR and the USA are behind him. Now the British journalist lives a quiet life in Los Angeles with his actress wife, Effi, and their daughter, while around them the McCarthy-era hearings are closing in on Hollywood. But someone is following Russell. Is it because of his research into American firms that collaborated with Nazi Germany? Or his earlier espionage wor...

John Rother drives away from Chalklands Farm in Sussex for a short vacation - and promptly disappears. His car turns up - with bloodstains - but there is no sign of John Rother - unless, of course, those stains are a sign of foul play. Enter Superintendent Meredith - and the sinister discovery of human bones at Chalklands. Superintendent Meredith comes to the not unreasonable conclusion that he is probably investigating a murder.

*From the creator of SLOW HORSES and soon to be a major TV series starring Emma Thompson and Ruth Wilson*'If you haven't read Zoë Boehm yet, welcome to your next fiction addiction' Val McDermid, author of Past Lying'Good characterisation, dialogue and a well-paced narrative make this confident first novel frighteningly plausible' Daily TelegraphIt's an evening like any other when an explosion rips ...

__________'Our hearts were broken in the same places. That's something like love, but maybe not quite the thing itself'Aza's life is filled with complications.Living with anxiety and OCD is enough but when Daisy, her Best and Most Fearless Friend, brings her on a mission to find a fugitive billionaire things are about to get even more complicated.To find Russell Pickett, Aza must enter the world of his geeky, but maybe kind-of-cute ...

"A world on the brink of war . . . Credible characters, suspenseful plotting and Brunner's broad vision make this humane novel a winner" ( Kirkus Reviews).The world is awash in civic decay, military coups and revolutionary governments, bands of believers ('Godheads') roaming the streets and turning plastic crosses into assault weapons. One scientist has discovered a new kind of viral drug, VC, which has the power to drastically alter the human mind. It coul...

Down River is the winner of the 2008 Edgar Award for Best Novel.Everything that shaped him happened near that river....Now its banks are filled with lies and greed, shame, and murder....John Hart's debut, The King of Lies, was compelling and lyrical, with Janet Maslin of The New York Times declaring, "There hasn't been a thriller as showily literate since Scott Turow came along." Now, in Down River,

Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany's power, Steinbeck's fable THE MOON IS DOWN explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered and the conquerors. Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside and betrayal from within the close-knit community. As he delves into the motivations and emotions of the enemy, Steinbeck uncovers profound and often unsettling truths both about war and human nature.

Discover the brave, shocking and remarkable true story of two RAF lieutenants' capture during the Gulf War'HEROISM UNDER A BLOOD RED SKY' Independent'THE MOST COMPELLING STORY OF THE GULF WAR' Daily Mail_________RAF Flight Lieutenants John Peters and John Nichol were shot down over enemy territory on their first mission of the Gulf War.Their capture in the desert, half a mile...

THE WORLD IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE. THIS IS THE STORY OF WHAT HAPPENS BEFORE IT DOES.‘Heir to Frederick Forsyth… delightfully audacious spy story’ The Times'Magnificently conceived and brilliantly executed' ANDREW TAYLOR'Compelling and suspenseful ... kept me gripped throughout' AJAY CHOWDHURY'Rich, epic ... exactly what a contemporary thriller should be' JEREMY DUNS

Thomas Blades, a 17th century curate, discovers a magical door to another world - or rather to an alternative Earth. But here, humanity is not the top of the food chain, as Blades finds when the poor, burrow-dwelling humans he stumbles over are hunted and eaten by the Null - mighty, ravening beasts whose intelligence and killing ability makes them top predator.Returning to our own world for weapons, Blades vows to become humanity's saviour on his new earth and, over the years, buil...

Some things are older than time. Older than darkness.-Levi is a monsterous man—made of scars and scary as hell, he's glutted on ghosts and evolving to carry out the dark wishes of the ancient whispers in his head. He's building a door and what's on the other side is terrifying.-Jones spent a lot of time living bottle to bottle and trying to erase things. Now he's looking for the man who killed his mother and maybe a little bit of looking or himself as well.-Keaton i...