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The Sweetness of Water

by Nathan Harris

"In the waning days of the Civil War, brothers Prentiss and Landry, freed by the Emancipation Proclamation, seek refuge on the homestead of George Walker and his wife, Isabelle. The Walkers, wracked ... Read More

Meditations: A New Translation

by Marcus Aurelius

In Hays's new translation of this series of philosophical investigations, Aurelius becomes wholly accessible to the modern reader for the first time.

The Going to Bed Book

by Sandra Boynton (Illustrator)

No child likes going to bed and as every parent knows, their little treasures will try and delay it for as long as possible! Discover all the antics children get up to before going to bed, in this ... Read More

Trading Places (1983)

directed by John Landis
featuring Eddie Murphy, Dan Aykroyd, Ralph Bellamy, Don Ameche, Denholm Elliott, Jamie Lee Curtis

The "nature-nurture" theory that motivated so many Three Stooges comedies is the basis of John Landis's hit comedy. The fabulously wealthy but morally bankrupt Duke brothers (Ralph Bellamy and Don ... Read More

Tenet (2020)

directed by Christopher Nolan
featuring John David Washington, Robert Pattinson, Elizabeth Debicki, Michael Caine, Kenneth Branagh

In the not-so-distant future, innovative technologies reign supreme. As rival nations vie for global supremacy, the threat of a third World War is too great to ignore as tensions escalate. A special ... Read More