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In Inside the World of Bridgerton, author and Regency period expert Catherine Curzon explores the historical inspirations behind the hit series, and illuminates the fascinating details of real life in Regency high society. Examining a range of key topics, this revealing guide covers everything...

New York, 2007. Demetrio, a twenty-four-year-old, works as a pastry chef at the French restaurant Le Bourrelet. This would be his seventh year as a pâtissier, but the stern but fatherly chef-owner feels the young man should continue to advance his career. When Demetrio...

1957: Jean Swinney is a feature writer on a local paper in the southeast suburbs of London. Clever but with limited career opportunities and on the brink of forty, Jean lives a dreary existence that includes caring for her demanding widowed mother, who rarely...

A ten-year-old boy is orphaned in the unedifying America of the 1920s and is placed under the control of an eccentric lady, obsessed with being à la page, vital, capricious, seductive and adorable. Together with her, he will spend the next thirty years in...

This is a diary about sad days and happy days − "Euphoria and absolute happiness are a millimeter away from a panic attack." Written following this premise: One writes only in the face of danger, there is no other honest way to do it,...

When Emile Maugin, a famous veteran actor, discovers that a heart problem seriously threatens his health, he decides to reflect on his life. Arrogant, brusque, and cynical, yet at heart generous, he reigns as a tyrant over the small group of devoted subjects who...

The Eyes of the Eternal Brother is a rarity within Stefan Zweig’s work, a jewel different from the rest of the famous author’s writings that will undoubtedly delight readers with his brilliant style. It is a novel, set in India in the times before...

Delaney Meyers-Petrov is tired of being seen as fragile just because she's deaf. So when she's accepted into a prestigious program at Godbole University that trains students to slip between parallel worlds, she's excited for the chance to prove herself. But her semester gets...

Japan, the late 1960s. Nagisa, a shy young woman from Tokyo, lands on Hegura, a tiny island lost in the Sea of Japan. What is she going to do there? Nobody knows. But if she wants to stay, she will have to find her...

Marko is a young Russian who was suddenly teleported to the Bureau of End Management, an organization responsible for keeping space operating smoothly. Frustrated by being forcibly selected as staff, Marko attempts to escape back to Earth where his partner awaits but fails spectacularly....

An exciting love story between two innocent but clumsy peopleMy name is Tomoko and I am thirty years old, I have never been able to reject the sexual attention from my boss or the flirty comments from my co-workers, Takahashi-san works at a bike...

After dreaming of it for so long, Tanaka and Irie are finally a couple. Even as she relishes her modest happiness, Tanaka can't help but worry that Irie seems to enjoy talking with other people more than he does with her. A small new...

The masochist, the indolent perfectionist terrified of completeness. Franz the metamorphic and his doubles of him, misaligned and isolated, passive and parasitic. Franz, eternal and sadistic boyfriend. Franz: the angel and the vampire who, within four walls, searches for the Indestructible at night. Kafka....

Princess Petal is NOT what you would expect the ‘perfect’ princess to be. In fact, she is quite the opposite. Her princess dresses are torn and scruffy, she wears an old woolly hat instead of a golden crown and she is very (very) loud....

Touch here. What's my name? How does the owl feel? And what does a hedgehog's belly look like?A first dictionary with large, soft, tactile elements to make learning fun!

Touch here. What's my name?What does a ship's sail feel like?And what does the shovel of a bulldozer look like?A first dictionary with big, exciting tactile elements to make learning fun!

Sir Wayne and his dragon are BACK and this time they’re out to rescue a princess held captive by a Big Bad Beast. But WHO exactly will save her? Sir Wayne: who can climb every wall - no moat is too deep, no tower...

The most important thing to do when going on vacation is to pack your suitcase well - you can't leave out the accessories! Whether you're going to the mountains, to a tropical island, or to see the northern lights, your looks should always be...

Design dreamy styles and give the mermaids a magical look. Whether in the underwater castle or on the rocky beach, with the numerous stickers for dresses, fish tails and accessories, you can make the mermaids the center of attention and help them make a...

At night, some count sheep and others read mystery novels. I lie on the bed and start thinking about food.» Weaving reflections and memories of several decades between stoves and books along with her most infallible recipes, the novelist Laurie Colwin invites us to...