Romantic Sustainability is a collection of sixteen essays that examine the British Romantic era in ecocritical terms. Written by scholars from five continents, this international collection addresses the works of traditional Romantic writers such as John Keats, Percy Shelley, William Wordsworth, Lord Byron, and Samuel Coleridge but also delves into ecocritical topics related to authors added to the canon more recently, such as Elizabeth Inchbald and John Clare. The essays examine geologica...

Captain Murphy and his loyal crew set out on a swashbuckling adventure to save their ship. In search of the legendary Treasure of the Fifolet, they will fight their way through bounty hunters and crocodiles. Can Captain Murphy find the treasure and save his crew? Will they survive their encounter with the ghostly Fifolet that guards their prize?

The stunning new emotional drama from ebook phenomenon Dani Atkins, author of Fractured - perfect for fans of Jojo Moyes and Dorothy Koomson.This is the story of Ally and Charlotte, whose paths have intersected over the years though they've never really been close friends. Charlotte married Ally's ex and first true love, David. Fate is about to bring them together one last, dramatic time and change their lives forever.Full of Dani's signature warmth and emotion, this is a g...

Brought to you by Penguin.United States of America, 2051 A.D.It has been twenty years since Eustace Fargo's justice bill was passed. There are new weapons on the streets and vast city blocks rising to the sky, as the first human being sets out to visit another star system. New York, California and Texas cry out for autonomy, chafing against a federal government they feel has lost control. Reeling from news of Chief Justice Fargo's death in ...

Anna Buchan's 'The Collected Novels' is a compilation of her literary works that showcase her unique storytelling abilities and attention to detail. Set in the early 20th century, her novels paint vivid pictures of life in rural Scotland, exploring themes of love, duty, and personal growth. Buchan's writing style is characterized by its lyrical prose and deep character development, making her novels a captivating read for those interested in Scottish literature of the time. Her works provi...

Anna Letitia Barbauld: New Perspectives is the first collection of essays on poet and public intellectual Anna Letitia Barbauld (1743–1825). By international scholars of eighteenth-century and Romantic British literature, these new essays survey Barbauld’s writing from early to late: her versatility as a stylist, her poetry, her books for children, her political writing, her performance as editor and reviewer. They explore themes of sociability, materiality, and affect in Barbauld’s writin...

The incredible eight-part full-cast audio drama written and created by Sebastian Baczkiewicz and directed by Jessica Dromgoole.It’s just a message, right?Daubed on walls, trending on socials, appearing in every language in every country all over the world and always reading the same. Nobody knows where it originated only that it can’t be ignored. And then – in the blink of an eye - everything changes. Activated alien DNA, long buried within each and every one of us, transfo...

Glamorous murder mystery from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Chalet and The Cruise'The Penthouse is a twisting, unpredictable, glamorous whirlwind of a thriller' Amy McCulloch‘Intense and claustrophobic’ HEAT‘Agatha Christie with glamour’ SUNDAY TIMESBeneath the glamour dark secrets lurk.World famous singer Enola had it all – f...

Discipline,the second novel by the Scottish writer Mary Brunton (1778-1818), was published in 1814. While less well known than its predecessor Self-Control (1811), it is nonetheless equally deserving of a central place in the canon of Romantic-era fiction. A wide-ranging novel, it shares many themes with contemporary fiction such as women’s difficulties in earning money and the horror of being falsely imprisoned in an insane asylum. However, it is Discipline’s in...

Sarah ist an "besondere" Kundschaft in ihrem Dessous-Laden gewöhnt. Doch niemand weckt ihr Interesse mehr als Jared Gaines, der reiche, gutaussehende Geschäftsmann, der bei ihr Geschenke für seine wechselnden Freundinnen kauft. Als Jared dann jedoch unvermittelt beginnt, ihr Präsente zu schicken, stellt Sarah ihn zur Rede. Zögernd rückt Jared mit der Wahrheit heraus: Für die Verlobungsfeier seines Bruders braucht er dringend eine Freundin. Zu seiner großen Erleichterung stimmt Sarah seinem...

For a long time now, readers and scholars have strained against the limits of traditional literary criticism, whose precepts—above all, "objectivity"—seem to have so little to do with the highly personal and deeply felt experience of literature. The Intimate Critique marks a movement away from this tradition. With their rich spectrum of personal and passionate voices, these essays challenge and ultimately breach the boundaries between criticism and narrative, experience and expres...

Bloomsbury presents The Bedtime Book of EVEN MORE Impossible Questions by Isabel Thomas, read by Olivia Forrest and Riley-Ann Nicholls Murphy'The perfect present for any inquisitive child.' The Sunday Times'Top-notch non-fiction from a profoundly accomplished author, it's the sort of book that could ignite lifelong scientific curiosity' The Guardian praise for The Bedtime Book of Impossible Questions –