The Fountainhead

Ayn Rand

One of the century's most challenging novels of ideas, The Fountainhead champions the cause of individualism through the story of a gifted young architect who defies the tyranny of conventional public opinion. The struggle for personal integrity in a world that values conformity above creativity is powe...

The Bell: Vintage Classics Murdoch Series

Iris Murdoch; A. S. Byatt (Introduction by)

VINTAGE CLASSICS MURDOCH: Funny, subversive, fearless and fiercely intelligent, Iris Murdoch was one of the great writers of the twentieth century. To celebrate her centenary Vintage Classics presents special editions of her greatest and most timeless novels. WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY SARAH PERRY 'In th...

Home Fires and Spitfires

Styles, Daisy

It is June 1940, and as the bombs fall the women at home must dig deep . . .Tucked on the edge of the Lake District lies Mary Vale, a Mother and Baby Home open to unmarried women and their children. But tensions arise when three very different women walk through the doors.First there is plucky shipyard ...

Lost in the Clouds

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Children find grief difficult and understanding where a loved one has gone, can be a tricky topic to explain... Billy misses his mummy very much. She lives in the clouds. Some days the sun is shining and Mummy's clouds are nowhere to be seen. Those are Billy's favourite days. He and Daddy would play in ...

Barcelona Like a Local: By the People Who Call It Home

DK

Experience Barcelona the local way with this insider's guide   Barcelona is a cultural colossus: ancient streets, top-notch museums and Modernista masterpieces. But what's beyond the well-trodden sights? Old pharmacies hosting jazz nights, family-run bodegas offering wine-tasting sessions, art studios...