Books published by Bloomsbury Publishing PLC

This is a troubleshooting book filled with tips and handy advice for the beginner and intermediate potter.

For anyone with a tiny galley kitchen, there's good news: no more bland leftovers aboard. These delicious and easy recipes, all made with minimum fuss and maximum flavour, will allow you to spoil yourself in harbour and keep things simple at sea - not to mention rustle up a mean rum punch.

A comprehensive, practical guide to developing, testing, applying and firing your own glazes.

An expertly annotated edition of the classic American text A Raisin in the Sun: exploring the politics, context and themes of this important dramatic work.

Fashion and Cultural Studies addresses the growing interaction between the two fields. Bridging theory and practice, it draws on cultural diversity in fashion, dress and style in the context of globalization and its varied cultural-historical underpinnings.

This book looks at the contemporary use of slip as a decoration, such as sponging, marbling, brushing on, using stencils, trailing, sgraffito and inlay amongst others. It looks at a wide selection of contemporary potters in order to both illustrate methods and inspire the reader.

An accessible overview of the inspirational work of the big three Japanese fashion designers and their enormous influence on fashion today.

This text on aesthetics includes major sections on: Art, Society, Aesthetics; the Categories of the Ugly, the Beautiful, the Technics; Natural Beauty; Coherence and Subject-Object; and Towards a Theory of the Artwork.

A play which looks at the political costs of women rising to the top. This volume is published in the Student Edition series and as well as the text of the play there is a chronology of the playwright's life and work, an introduction giving the theatrical and social content of the play and questions for study.

A novel for young adults about the complex issue of refugees.

A small practical handbook on choosing and mixing colours successfully. It shows how to create the maximum colour range from the minimum number of paints. The authors address watercolours, acrylics and oils, showing how to mix, blend and dilute in order to achieve a range of effects.

The breakthrough book from the highly acclaimed author of By the Sea

Sheila Hancock's moving and utterly compelling account of her marriage to John Thaw

A single-volume re-issue of the well-known play Educating Rita. The story centres on a working-class Liverpudlian woman's hunger for education.

Using step-by-step sketches and instructions, this book guides the reader through the techniques used to produce illustrations for children's books. Tackling various styles, such as fantasy, fairy tales, realism and nature, the author explains how to create effective illustrations to match any children's story.

The Merchant of Venice is one of Shakespeare's most problematic plays, largely because of what is seen as its inherent anti-semitism. At the centre of the play is one of the most famous anti-heroes in Shakespeare: Shylock 'the Jew'. How to interpret Shylock baffles critics as they divide on whether Shakespeare is prejudiced or sympathetic.

A beautiful board book version of the classic, heartwarming tale, studded with sparkly stars!

Beautiful, flaxen-haired Buttercup has fallen for Westley, the farm boy, and when he departs to make his fortune, she vows never to love another. So when she hears that his ship has been captured by the Dread Pirate Roberts - who never leaves survivors - her heart is broken.

The Secret Lives of Baba Segi's Wives is a scandalous, engrossing tale of sexual politics and family strife in modern-day Nigeria. Lola Shoneyin's bestselling novel bursts on to the stage in a vivid adaptation by Caine Award-winning playwright Rotimi Babatunde.

The latest heart-warming book in the Guinea Pig Classics series.''''Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house,Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse''But sit down by the fire with some chocolates to hand, And you''ll be welcomed into a magical land.There is snow and some moonlight; St Nick in his sleigh; There are reindeer and elves, and guinea pigs! Hooray!This classic Christmas poem, now told by guinea pigs,Will surely delight all with their costumes and wigs.For nothing''s more charming than a pig in a hat,Especially a Christmas one, that''s just a fact.

Launched in 1906, HMS Dreadnought was the first ''all-big-gun'' battleship and as such revolutionised battleship design for more than a generation. She was built at Portsmouth in 14 months, a record which has never been equalled, and when she was launched she was superior in both firepower and speed to anything then afloat. Perhaps even more radical than her design was the proposal to adopt Parsons turbines, which at the time had been hardly tested. Though she saw little action during her career, her influence was profound and she gave her name to a class of ship that dominated the high seas for more than a generation. As part of the renowned Anatomy of the Ship series, this book provides the finest documentation of the Bellona, with a complete set of superb line drawings, supported by technical details and a record of the ship''s service history.

Ever feel like you''re so busy and stressed that you forget to breathe? This book is for all of us struggling on with the multiple demands of jobs that never seem to end and the complexities of home lives. All of which can lead to exhaustion, unhappiness, burn-out or depression--this book offers a road map of practical, effective solutions.This book is for people who are struggling with the multiple demands of jobs that never seem to end and the complexities of their home lives. Struggling on without thinking through how to make it work can lead to exhaustion, unhappiness, burn-out or depression. No Time To Breathe presents practical ideas that come out of Dr Bill Mitchell''s clinical experience in getting people back to a zone of better energy, balance, fulfillment and more balanced ways of thinking about themselves. Through case studies of the everyday lives of people in many walks of professional life, we see how many of us can accidentally set off down a pathway that takes us away from our previously healthy robust selves--often without recognizing it. When we can no longer stabilize our emotions and protect our energy we become overwhelmed, and rather than confident become self-doubting, guilty and anxious. This book describes three key building blocks of a balancing system to keep us within the energized healthy zone, in spite of the pressures we are under at work and at home. These are: self-awareness, an understanding of the physiology of energy, and a willingness to lead a more decisions-based life for better balance and effective working. Together, these form an overarching empowered mindset, freeing us from the mental habits that lead us to de-prioritize time for ourselves. And leading to far happier outcomes than feeling trapped and helpless, or walking away from career paths into which we have invested years of our lives.