"John E. Woods is revising our impression of Thomas Mann, masterpiece by masterpiece." -The New Yorker"Doctor Faustus is Mann's deepest artistic gesture. . . . Finely translated by John E. Woods." -The New RepublicThomas Mann's last great novel, first published in 1947 and now newly rendered into English by acclaimed translator John E. Woods, is a modern reworking of the Faust legend, in which Germany sells its soul to the Devil. Mann's protagonis...

From hot girlfriend to hotter wife...Carly is the new girl in town looking for a man who can handle a real woman's desires.Hank is the senior football player looking for an easy lay.Neither of them know how much their lives are about to change-- especially after she invites his two best friends from the team to join the party.A party that has only just begun.This super-sized 350-page novel explores one couple's journey into the extre...

John Woods presents a theoretical approach and practical suggestions for mental health practitioners working therapeutically with young people who have abused. Drawing on his long-standing experience, he has developed an integrated theory that bridges the gap between existing cognitive behavioural and psychoanalytic approaches. He shows how this individual treatment model can be applied in a range of contexts including residential settings, group and family work, as well as in individual w...

The Virtual Embodied is intended to inform, provoke and delight. It explores the ideas of embodiment, knowledge, space, virtue and virtuality to address fundamental questions about technology and human presence. It juxtaposes cutting-edge theories, polemics, and creative practices to uncover ethical, aesthetic and ecological implications of why, how and in particular where, human actions, observations and insights take place.In The Virtual Embodied, many of the aut...

From one of Germany’s finest writers comes a wonderfully light and humorous novel set during the tumultuous events of 1989. A wobbling Hungary has just opened its borders to Austria enabling a flood of refugees to escape, the Berlin Wall is on the cusp of falling, and, yet, seemingly sheltered from this onrushing new world in their idyllic East German home are Adam, a tailor and dressmaker who enjoys a life of dressing (and undressing) his appreciative clientele, and Evelyn, Adam’s restles...

Everyone is already painfully aware of our predicament - ecological extinctions, dwindling fossil fuel reserves and economic chaos. The solutions are less obvious, despite the many opportunities that surround us. We have never had more access to resources, knowledge and technology but this is not the problem. What we lack most is creative thinking, fuelled by collective optimism. In a pragmatic world run by careerist experts this is hardly surprising. As voters and consumers we are trained...

Through Time and Conflict: The Max ChroniclesUncover the extraordinary adventures of Max, a whippet whose lineage is entwined with some of the most defining moments in history. Through Time and Conflict takes readers on a journey across decades, from the trenches of World War I to the Cold War intrigue of 1960s Cuba, blending historical drama with tales of loyalty, courage, and the unbreakable bond between humans and their canine companions.

When journalist David Ashcroft meets a mysterious woman in New York, she claims to have been part of the conspiracy that killed President John F. Kennedy. Her name is Alejandra Cortez — an artist's daughter turned CIA asset — and her story challenges everything Ashcroft thought he knew about Dallas 1963.Drawn into a web of secrets, betrayals, and half-truths, Ashcroft follows her trail from New York to Texas, uncovering evidence of a cover-up that reaches the highest levels of powe...

In some of the most critically acclaimed video games of the modern era, you are entirely alone, yet surrounded by the echoes of thousands of others. You find warnings scrawled on dungeon floors, bloodstains revealing how previous travelers died, and ladders built by players you will never meet. This is the brilliant, subtle architecture of asynchronous multiplayer. By stripping away the toxicity of voice chat and the pressure of real-time cooperation, game designers have engineered a radic...

Good preaching is not simply a matter of communicating the gospel message. Rather, it is an invitation to encounter the living God who dwells within that message. Distilling forty years of preaching experience into a single book, God Is in the House is a highly practical tool for all those seeking to strengthen their preaching ministry. It draws on Scripture’s many images of God as architect and builder to guide its readers through the process of shaping effective sermons. Both manifesto a...

This book is about the practice of peace in daily life. Although most of us want peace, we often struggle to live it. Someone annoys us and we find ourselves in a vortex of conflict. When we care deeply about something it can be easy to burn relationships if we encounter people whose values differ from ours. We may ask ourselves, “How can we make a positive difference in the world without diminishing others or ourselves?” Michael Wood explores the practice of peace through the lenses of th...

‘Your job is to go out there, grab the audience by the balls, and drag them up on stage with you!’ I was flabbergasted. This I understood. A language that I spoke – had spoken most of my life. It was the best acting note I ever got.John Wood grew up in working-class Melbourne; when he failed out of high school, an employment officer told him, ‘You have the mind of an artist and the body of a labourer.’ And so John continued to pursue his acting dreams in amateur theatre, s...