*A New York Times Notable Book*

*A New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice*

*A Publishers Weekly Top Ten Book of the Year*

Binyavanga Wainaina tumbled through his middle-class Kenyan childhood out of kilter with the world around him. This world came to him as a chaos of loud and colorful sounds: the hair dryers at his mother's beauty parlor, black mamba bicycle bells, mechanics in Nairobi, the music of Michael Jackson-all punctuated by the infectious laughter of his brother and sister, Jim...

From cozy cabins and cottages to seaside shacks-within or with direct views onto the stunning natural landscapes of North America's national parks, forests, and coastlines-we look at a variety of inspirational 'parkitecture' to appeal to dreams of a life off-grid.

One of the philosophers of the nineteenth century, believed that human action is determined not by reason but by 'will' - the blind and irrational desire for physical existence. This title includes his writings on religion, ethics, politics, women, suicide, books and many other themes.

In Diggelen:

In Diggelen is een bundel ultrakorte verhalen, microficties. Een rijke verzameling observaties, gedachten en beelden. Een mozaïek van scherpzinnigheid, melancholie, absurditeit, poëzie en maatschappijkritiek. De toon doet denken aan schrijvers als Remco Campert, Jules Deelder, en soms ook Willem Frederik Hermans – bij vlagen vilein, dan weer ontwapenend eerlijk of teder absurdistisch. Van Wely schrijft met vertelstem vol zelfspot, maar ook met een scherp oog voor detail ...

The Eighth Edition of Kirk's Fire Investigation is included in required and supplemental fire investigation professional training and certification programs by the National Fire Academy, the International Association of Arson Investigators (IAAI), and the National Association of Fire Investigators (NAFI). This text blends both academic information for the student and real-world applications for the practicing fire safety professional to become the best in their field. The leading Fire Investi...

Inside every girl is a diamond core of strength that helps them achieve anything they put their mind to. Tap into your magic with this beautiful collection of inspirational quotations and life-affirming statements.

Shunmyo Masuno (Author)

Shunmyo Masuno is the head priest of a 450-year-old Zen Buddhist temple in Japan, an award-winning Zen garden designer for clients all over the world and a professor of environmental design at one of Japan's leading art schools. He has lectured widely around the world.Harry and Zanna Goldhawk (Illustrator)

Harry and Zanna Goldhawk create their beautiful illustrations from their seaside cottage in Cornwall. They're hugely inspired by nature and colour, and l...

Steeped in honey, Juventius,

your golden eyes, and as sweet too

when I press my lips to them -

three hundred thousand kisses

is not close to enough

For centuries, evidence of queer love in the ancient world was ignored or suppressed. Even today, only a few, famous narratives are widely known - yet there's a rich literary tradition of Greek and Roman love that extends far beyond this handful of stories. Here, the poet Seán Hewitt and painter Luke Edward Hall collect together, for the first ti...