Shortlisted for the Irish Book Award for Popular Fiction Book of the Year USA Today bestseller Inspired by true events 'Moving and authentic' Dinah Jefferies 'Vivid, heart-rending and so, so beautiful ' Jenny Ashcroft

A soaring, symphonic epic by the Portuguese master novelist, considered to be the "heir to Conrad and Faulkner" (George Steiner). The razor-thin line between reality and madness is transgressed in this Faulknerian masterpiece, António Lobo Antunes's first novel to appear in English in five years. What Can I Do When Everything's On Fire?, set in the steamy world of Lisbon's demimonde—a nightclub milieu of scorching intensity and kaleidoscopic beauty, a baleful planet populated by drag queens, clowns, and drug addicts—is narrated by Paolo, the son of Lisbon's most legendary transvestite, who searches for his own identity as he recalls the harrowing death of his father, Carlos; the life of Carlos's lover, Rui, a heroin addict and suicide; as well as the other denizens of this hallucinatory world. Psychologically penetrating, pregnant with literary symbolism, and deeply sympathetic in its depiction of society's dregs, Lobo Antunes's novel ventriloquizes the voices of the damned in a poetic masterwork that recalls Joyce's Ulysses with a dizzying farrago of urban images few readers will forget.

Packed with original stories and visualisations, this is a must-buy resource for teachers, trainers and therapists who are looking for new approaches to group work, or are simply story-telling enthusiasts. " An essential part of our professional development library and widely consulted" Fiona Balloch, Principal, Oxford House College, London

“The Joy Luck Club is one of my favorite books. From the moment I first started reading it, I knew it was going to be incredible. For me, it was one of those once-in-a-lifetime reading experiences that you cherish forever. It inspired me as a writer and still remains hugely inspirational.” —Kevin Kwan, author of Crazy Rich Asians Amy Tan’s beloved, New York Times bestselling tale of mothers and daughters, now the focus of a new documentary Amy Tan: Unintended Memoir on Netflix Four mothers, four daughters, four families whose histories shift with the four winds depending on who's "saying" the stories. In 1949 four Chinese women, recent immigrants to San Francisco, begin meeting to eat dim sum, play mahjong, and talk. United in shared unspeakable loss and hope, they call themselves the Joy Luck Club. Rather than sink into tragedy, they choose to gather to raise their spirits and money. "To despair was to wish back for something already lost. Or to prolong what was already unbearable." Forty years later the stories and history continue. With wit and sensitivity, Amy Tan examines the sometimes painful, often tender, and always deep connection between mothers and daughters. As each woman reveals her secrets, trying to unravel the truth about her life, the strings become more tangled, more entwined. Mothers boast or despair over daughters, and daughters roll their eyes even as they feel the inextricable tightening of their matriarchal ties. Tan is an astute storyteller, enticing readers to immerse themselves into these lives of complexity and mystery.

Song of the Great Soul provides a glimpse into the fascinating world of Bengal's Baul tradition, an ancient synthesis of music, poetry, yoga, social commentary and mystical teaching. Author Parvathy Baul, world-renowned for her spellbinding performances, uses stories from her life along with drawings, woodcut prints, paintings, and translations of Baul poetry to introduce this vibrant tradition to contemporary readers. Wandering Baul singers are beloved throughout India for the haunting sweetness of their songs, the esoteric wisdom embedded in their poems, and their stirring call to abandon discrimination based on caste and religion. In Song of the Great Soul, one of the world's leading teachers of the Baul tradition offers a first look at this unique path, declared by UNESCO to be "a masterpiece of the oral and intangible heritage of humanity."

When seventeen-year-old Suili is abducted by a notorious pirate and held for an unnamed ransom, she's determined to escape. She finds captive life on a pirate ship frightening and unsettling, yet her curiosity leads her into reluctant games with her captor. Most times losing, sometimes winning, she's forced to learn dangerous secrets about her affianced husband. Despite her protests, Suili's future takes an unexpected turn as she discovers more about herself, her pirate captor, and the man she's destined to marry. Note: This is the OpenDyslexic Mono version of The Pirate and the Amber Cat. The content is the same, but in a font more easily readable to readers with dyslexia. The book is only available in .epub downloads now, as the font will not display correctly in most online readers. If you want to see the free sample of this book, please visit the standard version page on this site or other outlets. ~ Chancel & Becca

When their boat is burned and they are cast adrift in the South China Sea, Titty, Roger, Peggy, John, Nancy, Susan, and Captain Flint make their way to land only to find themselves the captives of the redoubtable Missee Lee, one of the last pirates operating off the China coast.