Shutting Out the Sky: Life in the Tenements of New York, 1880-1924 (Scholastic Focus)In a stunning nonfiction debut, award winning author Deborah Hopkinson focuses on five immigrants' stories to reveal the triumphs and hardships of early 1900s immigrant life in New York. Acclaimed author Hopkinson recounts the lives of five immigrants to New York's Lower East Side through oral histories and engaging narrative. We hear Romanian born Marcus Ravage's disappointment when his aunt pushes him outside to peddle chocolates on the street. And

The Truth and Other Lies introduces an anti-hero to rival Patricia Highsmith's Tom Ripley

Blackly funny

and then returns

How To Perform And Practise Leading Asanas (Postures) And How To Regulate Breathing Through Pranayama And Scientifically

real magic and real love

From their Auckland apartment

" - George Monbiot

Shannon Clute and Richard Edwards

The entire Shang-Young clan has convened from all corners of the globe to stake claim on their matriarch’s massive fortune

Margot responded to a job advertisement in 1987

America’s role in war

plus some spirited stories from Graham’s own experiences in the region