HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics. 'It happen'd one Day about Noon going towards my Boat, I was exceedingly surpriz'd with the Print of a Man's naked Foot on the Shore.' Shipwrecked in a storm at sea, Robinson Crusoe is washed up on a remote and desolate island. As he struggles to piece together a life for himself, Crusoe's physical, moral and spiritual values are tested to the limit.

For 24 years he remains in solitude and learns to tame and ma...

The Nobel Prize-winner Doris Lessing's first novel is a taut and tragic portrayal of a crumbling marriage, set in South Africa during the years of Arpartheid. Set in Rhodesia, `The Grass is Singing' tells the story of Dick Turner, a failed white farmer and his wife, Mary, a town girl who hates the bush and viciously abuses the black South Africans who work on their farm. But after many years, trapped by poverty, sapped by the heat of their tiny house, the lonely and frightened Mary turns to M...

From the author of THE PERFECT STORM and WAR comes a book about why men miss war, why Londoners missed the Blitz, and what we can all learn from American Indian captives who refused to go home. Tribe is a look at post-traumatic stress disorder and the challenges veterans face returning to society. Using his background in anthropology, Sebastian Junger argues that the problem lies not with vets or with the trauma they've suffered, but with the society to which they are trying to return.

One of...

The phenomenon of bird migration has fascinated people from time immemorial. The arrivals and departures of different species marked the seasons, heralding spring and autumn, and providing a reliable calendar long before anything better became available. This edition is produced from an original copy by William Collins.Migration is shown by many kinds of animals, including butterflies and other insects, mammals, marine turtles and fish, but in none is it as extensively developed as in birds.

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A thrilling investigation into whale science and animal communication, and a poignant look at how science may change our relationship with animals forever.

In 2015, wildlife filmmaker Tom Mustill was whale watching when a humpback breached onto his kayak and nearly killed him. A video clip of the event went viral, and Tom found himself inundated with theories about what happened. He became obsessed with trying to find out what the whale had been thinking. He wished he could just ask it. In th...

A trio of experts on high-tech business strategy and innovation reveal the principles that have made platform businesses the most valuable firms in the world and the first trillion-dollar companies. Managers and entrepreneurs in the digital era must learn to live in two worlds-the conventional economy and the platform economy. Platforms that operate for business purposes usually exist at the level of an industry or ecosystem, bringing together individuals and organizations so they can innovat...

Kate is een vrouw van middelbare leeftijd die orde probeert aan te brengen in haar ontspoorde leven. Wanneer ze een hond genaamd Wolfy adopteert, redt de pluizige hond haar van zichzelf. Maar als Wolfy verdwijnt, is Kate in alle staten, en ze is vastbesloten hem terug te vinden. Zal ze hem redden, zoals hij haar heeft gered – of zal ze alles verliezen?

In de zoektocht naar Wolfy omarmt Kate de hulp van bloggers, nachtelijke joggers, helderzienden en beroemdheden. Haar relatie en haar ver...

Kleur bekennen met deze bestseller van Thomas Erikson. Met behulp van het kleurenschema herken je de 'psychopaat' in jouw omgeving.

Hoe voorkom je dat je gemanipuleerd wordt? Je kent deze persoon vast: opwindend en ongelooflijk charismatisch, aardig, charmant, behulpzaam en altijd een compliment bij de hand. Hij of zij geeft je een goed gevoel. Je gelooft in wat je hoort, zelfs als het nep klinkt, juist omdat het zo goed voelt. Maar wat te mooi lijkt om waar te zijn, is het waarschijnl...

Psychologie vertaald naar het dagelijks leven, door de 'therapy queen of Instagram' met meer dan 50.000 volgers.

Wil je begrijpen hoe je jeugd je relatie met jezelf en anderen beïnvloedt? Wil je in jezelf geloven en tevreden zijn met wie je bent? Wil je weten hoe social media je emotionele welzijn bepalen? Als het antwoord op een van deze vragen ja is, dan is dit boek iets voor jou.

Sophie Mort is psycholoog en heeft het tot haar missie gemaakt om psychologie vanuit de praktijkruim...