Castles - Worldwise Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (1996) Jessie Burton's magnificent debut novel

Jessie Burton's magnificent debut novel The Miniaturist is a story of love and obsession

Kant's Critique of Pure Reason is arguably the single most important work in western philosophy

A lonely boy's yearing for belonging and his gradual acceptance of his homosexuality mirrors Japan's desire to be equals with other world powers while remaining true to its unique spirit

adulterous affairs and a secret inheritance

etc • an informative section that addresses recent research linking early childhood "scribbling" to later language development and the importance of parental encouragement of this activity • and new reproductions of master drawings throughout

Castles - Worldwise Orange Prize Nominee for Fiction Longlist (1996) Jessie Burton's magnificent debut novelA series aimed at broadening children's understanding and appreciation of the world about them. The book will ask and answer the how, what, why questions that each topic raises, each title opens with a fold out page and two acetate pages to show something before and after.