When Mum drags Ava to the supermarket, her invisible cat Squishy McFluff can't resist coming along, with hilarious, chaotic and surprising results.[...]

Can you see him? My kitten? Close your eyes tight. His fur is so soft and all silvery white Imagine him quick! Have you imagined enough? Oh, good, you can see him! It's Squishy McFluff! When Ava discovers an imaginary cat in the cabbage patch, she knows she's found a new best friend.[...]

'You cannot pretend to read a book. Your eyes will give you away. So will your breathing. A person entranced by a book simply forgets to breathe. The house can catch alight and a reader deep in a book will not look up until the wallpaper is in flames.' Bougainville. 1991. A small village on a lush t[...]

* New edition of a coherent, well-organized and thematic introduction to all the major thinkers, issues and debates in classical and contemporary social theory. * Traces the development of social theory from the classical ideas of Durkheim, Marx and Weber to the latest contemporary theoretical cont[...]

Borgerkrig raser på en øy i Stillehavet. Skolen er stengt, lærerne flyktet. Mr. Watts åpner skolen og leser Dickens' Store forventninger, ett kapittel om dagen. Matilda og vennene lever seg inn i historien om foreldreløse Pip i London. En by snart mer virkelig enn deres krigsherjede landskap. F[...]