Sarah Hall: 35 books

Zinnelijk, beeldend en adembenemend proza over verlies en overleven voor de literaire fijnproever Van de schitterende uitgestrekte heidevelden in Cumbria, de dynamiek en hitte van een zomers Londen, tot een mysterieus meer in een Fins natuurgebied. Sarah Hall weet met buitengewone precisie en charme...

The financial crisis of 2007–8 and its aftermath have resulted in the role of money and finance within the global economy becoming the subject of considerable debate in public, policy and media circles.   **Global Finance **is a timely look at the contemporary international financial...

Italië in de vroege jaren zestig. Een schilder die aan het einde van zijn leven is gekomen, denkt aan de opofferingen en verliezen die hem tot de ontoegankelijke en mysterieuze man hebben gemaakt die hij voor de buitenwereld is. Hij schildert de objecten die hem gedurende zijn hele actieve carrière...

Cy Parks is the Electric Michelangelo, an artist of extraordinary gifts whose medium happens to be the pliant, shifting canvas of the human body. Fleeing his mother's legacy -- a consumptives' hotel in a fading English seaside resort -- Cy reinvents himself in the incandescent honky-tonk of Coney...

From the award-winning author of The Electric Michelangelo, one of the most decorated young British writers working today, comes a literary masterpiece: a breathtaking work that beautifully and provocatively surveys the frontiers of the human spirit and our animal drives. For almost a decade,...

Hung-over and grief-stricken, a man contemplated suicide at the edge of a cliff, until he is unexpectedly distracted by the sight of a woman emerging from the water below... A group of art students protesting the demolition of a housing block decide to turn its destruction into a creative act... Waiting...

De wereld is veranderd. Het is oorlog en Groot-Brittannië, wat voedsel en energie betreft geheel afhankelijk geworden van de VS wordt geregeerd door een totalitair bewind dat kortweg het Gezag wordt genoemd. Waardevolle goederen en wapens zijn in beslag genomen, burgers worden nauwgezet in de gaten...

Per festeggiare i 200 anni della nascita di Charlotte Brontë, Tracy Chevalier ha chiesto alle migliori autrici in lingua inglese di scrivere una storia ispirata alla celebre battuta di Jane Eyre: «L’ho sposato, lettore mio». Questo racconto fa parte della raccolta dedicata a Charlotte Brontë: L’ho sposato, lettore mio a cura di TRACY CHEVALIER

«Un romanzo di straordinaria fantasia e complessità emotiva, Le figlie del Nord ha l’intensità visionaria e la qualità delle grandi distopie.» THE TIMES «Sapevo che da qualche parte esisteva qualcosa di meglio, e sapevo anche dove trovarlo. Avevo memorizzato la cartina prima di partire e il...

A set of sweet and smoldering stories by some of Inkspell Publishing’s authors. These award winning and best-selling authors created an anthology you won’t soon forget! Lola Flannigan by Abigail Drake Seven is not lucky for Lola Flannigan. Although it’s the number of years she’s...

“Who better to raise teens’ awareness of mental illness and health than the YA authors they admire?” —Booklist (starred review) “[A] much-needed, enlightening book.” —School Library Journal (starred review) Your favorite YA authors including Ellen Hopkins, Maureen Johnson,...

Ploughshares is an award-winning journal of new writing. Since 1971, Ploughshares has discovered and cultivated the freshest voices in contemporary American literature, and remains prescient in the digital age by providing readers with thoughtful and entertaining literature in a variety of formats....

A practical, easy-to-read guide that aims to help undergraduate students cope with the demands of English and Creative Writing degrees. Written by lecturers and industry professionals with decades of experience in writing and higher education, this book also includes hints and tips from previous...

This volume culls scholarship on both what high literacy is and how it is developed. It embraces the call put forth by Langer and Applebee (2016) that high literacy must continue to be our aim and to see more research analyzing and identifying how teachers might promote literacy practices that promote...