Growing Up X

'Alluring, shocking, welcome and wonderful' Lisa Taddeo, author of Three Women From the author of Your Voice in My Head and Royals comes a beautifu...

Life in the 1950s Midlands town still reflects the austerity of the immediate post-war period. But amid the greyness there's the promise of better ...

A Russian cult hit by rising filmmaker and author Nataliya Meshchaninova, Stories of a Life is a fierce and tender memoir-novel of one young woman'...

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of ...

A REESE'S BOOK CLUB X HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK PICK * THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER * From a leading voice on racial justice, an eye-opening account of ...

Ryan Hennessy started writing poems as a young boy. As lead singer of Picture This, Ryan's songwriting reveals the unguarded spirit of a young man ...

Was the 1960s really that great time of liberation, joyful experimentation and celebration of youth? For this wide-ranging and eye-opening survey o...

Discover a wonderful world of celebrations from around the world. Featuring the world's main religions as well as some little-known ceremonies and ...

Daniel Abercrombie, aged eleven, is growing up in the difficult years following the Second World War. Orphaned at an early age, he is cared for by ...

Mrs Kay's 'Progress Class' are unleashed for a day's coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales - in an exuberant celebration of the joys and agonies of ...

Reducere. JoJo is a young pony who is growing up quickly in the sunny countryside. The time has now come for her to put her best hoof forward and try her fir...

Through Buddhist Eyes continues Sangharakshita's five volumes of memoirs. Covering journeys across five continents and two decades, this volume is ...

In this essential guide, Rosemary Richings shares her tips, advice and insights on growing up and thriving with dyspraxia. She describes being diag...

Girl in the Mirror chronicles the life of Muriel: A giddy kipper of a girl who craves the spotlight of a movie star, an ordinary girl with extraord...

Two leading experts on digital childhoods explore the realities of growing up online in the 21st century. They provide an informative and accessibl...

This book combines the Janssen's two earlier works into one volume. Both make extensive use of literary sources and artefacts, particularly those w...

The Prepared Graduate speaks to Generation Z and Millennials, addressing many of the concerns students (and parents) have leading up to graduation....

Takes up the story of the author when, after war service in the United States, he returns to life as an Oxford don. This title charts years of acad...

Going from the jungles of the wartime Philippines to the schoolyards of northwestern Oklahoma is no easy transition. For one twelve-year-old girl, ...

And all featuring a rip across the stomach, smeared in blood. As the investigation continues and the body count rises, Hobbes must also deal with t...

What is pretentiousness? Why are we afraid of it? And more controversially: why is it vital to a thriving culture? Drawing on the author's own expe...

From the author of The Arab Predicament and Dream Palace of the Arabs comes a beautiful and haunting memoir of growing up in Lebanon in the '50s an...

Travel back in time and join four young Dino friends on their ROARsome adventures growing up in the cretaceous period. Packed full of playful puzzl...

A sharp and authentic love story about 16-year-old Cynthia, who finds herself caught between two brothers: one who is Black and the other who is wh...

Drawn from the author's experiences growing up in a Paris banlieue, this is a portrait of a young woman finding herself in a modern world full of c...

A powerful and gripping novel about love, loyalty and obsession set during WWI and the Irish War of Independence. Annie, Francie and Archie were in...

The baby boomers and postwar suburbia remain a touchstone. For many, there is a belief that it has never been as good for youngsters and their fami...

The tween years are a time of change and possibility. They are also a time when kids may begin to feel confused, unsure, and even different. Have y...

The daughter at the center of the international bestseller and film Not Without My Daughter finishes the story that captivated the world: held host...

In 1754, renowned maker of clocks and automata Abel Cloudesley must raise his new-born son Zachary when his wife dies in childbirth. Growing up amo...

This book is an oral history of punk in Belfast from the mid-70s to the mid-80s. It reads a small number of interviews in close detail to place the...

Sharon shares her incredible story of growing up in Guyana in the fifties before going off to a boarding school in England where she was the only d...

It's 1914 when everything changes for a group of boys growing up and playing football in the Suffolk countryside. Far away, in a place called Saraj...

This forgotten novel by the Pulitzer-winning poet is a miniature wonder, chronicling one woman's coming-of-age in 1940s Chicago. What, what, am I t...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Anais GranofskyNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 154 x 228 x 24Cover type: PaperbackRedescop...

This book recounts a little-known history of an estimated 2, 000 children born to black GIs and white British women in World War II. Stories from o...

Publisher: Pegasus Elliot Mackenzie PublishersAuthor(s): Angela BrigenshawNumber of pages: 36Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 156 x 235 x 7Cover t...

Publisher: Cambridge Media GroupAuthor(s): Harry TurnerIllustration(s): Illustrations, ports.Number of pages: 245Publication date: 2004Dimensions: ...

Publisher: HarperCollinsAuthor(s): Anais GranofskyNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 153 x 228 x 18Cover type: PaperbackRedescop...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Brenna HassettNumber of pages: 384Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 147 x 223 x 37Cover type: Hardba...

Publisher: Walker Books LtdAuthor(s): Derek OwusuNumber of pages: 160Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 504 x 215 x 15Cover type: Paperback / softba...

The true story of Black activist Opal Lee and her vision of Juneteenth as a holiday for everyone will inspire children to be brave and make a diffe...

Publisher: Penguin USAAuthor(s): Margarita LongoriaNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 140 x 210 x 20Cover type: Paperback / soft...

Reducere. For far too long, horror has been considered a male genre, made by men, marketed to men, and enjoyed by men. But in the last decade, we have seen a...

Reducere. For far too long, horror has been considered a male genre, made by men, marketed to men, and enjoyed by men. But in the last decade, we have seen a...

Publisher: Algonquin Books (division of Workman)Author(s): Jerad W. AlexanderNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 239 x 161 x 34Co...

Publisher: SportsBooks LtdAuthor(s): Mark AdolphIllustration(s): 16Number of pages: 224Publication date: 2006Dimensions: 197 x 130 x 18Cover type: ...

Publisher: St Martin's PressAuthor(s): Valerie Biden OwensIllustration(s): Plus two 8-page color photo insertsNumber of pages: 288Publication date:...

Publisher: Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncAuthor(s): Marisabina RussoIllustration(s): Full color throughoutNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2021Di...

Tim Quelch's nostalgic account of growing up with Sussex football and cricket in the 1960s is a rollercoaster ride of triumphs and woes, bringing t...

Publisher: Phoenix International Publications, IncorporatedAuthor(s): PI KidsNumber of pages: 12Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 195 x 197 x 13Cov...

Publisher: Random House USA IncAuthor(s): Pacifique IrankundaNumber of pages: 224Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 133 x 200 x 28Cover type: Hardba...

Publisher: Little, Brown Book GroupAuthor(s): Selma BlairIllustration(s): 30-40 black and white photographsNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 20...

Publisher: Olympia PublishersAuthor(s): Marek NowinaNumber of pages: 156Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 139 x 204 x 15Cover type: Paperback / sof...

Publisher: Y LolfaAuthor(s): Jos SimonNumber of pages: 240Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 141 x 214 x 21Cover type: Paperback / softbackRedescope...

Publisher: Phoenix International Publications, IncorporatedAuthor(s): Pi KidsNumber of pages: 12Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 178 x 197 x 14Cov...

While Big Steel has been shrinking, minimills have been growing, and they now turn out about one-fifth of the raw steel produced in the United Stat...

Publisher: New York University PressAuthor(s): Jesica Siham FernandezIllustration(s): 2 b/w illustrationsNumber of pages: 264Collection: Critical P...

Publisher: Austin Macauley PublishersAuthor(s): Celia Louise ParisIllustration(s): 0Number of pages: 88Publication date: 2022Dimensions: 163 x 233 ...

Reducere. A novel-in-verse about a young girl coming-of-age and stepping out of the shadow of her former best friend. Perfect for readers of Elizabeth Aceved...

Reducere. Wanted: One young woman to take care of four-year-old boy. Must be cheerful, enthusiastic and selfless--bordering on masochistic. Must relish sixte...

Imagine being nineyears old and walking to the market with your mother while tripping over the debris from WWII bombing. And then suddenly seeing a...

Our paramount task as parents or loved ones is to teach our children about our Heavenly Father. What better way to do this than to encourage our ch...

Our paramount task as parents or loved ones is to teach our children about our Heavenly Father. What better way to do this than to encourage our ch...

Reducere. *This superb anthology of short stories, comics, and poems is fresh, funny, and full of authentic YA voices revealing what it means to be Mexican A...

Reducere. For years Southern minister Francis X. Walter was silent about the injustices of Jim Crow, blinded by the status quo, until the violent killing of ...

Reducere. A milestone book of poetry at the intersection of Appalachian and African American literature.In this pathbreaking debut collection, poet Frank X W...

Publisher: Taylor & Francis LtdIllustration(s): 8 Line drawings, black and white; 6 Tables, black and white; 8 Illustrations, black and white; 8 Li...

Reducere. "The US is in a hell of a mess in every direction."- Paul Volcker, Former Federal Chairman, October 2018The United States is in a financial crisis,...

Reducere. Do You Love Being A Professional Ink & Makeup Artist?This tatoo sketchbook and make-up face chart book is for you if you are really into these type...