International Education Week: Nov 18-22

Master verbs of the German language with this ultimate reference tool and study guide.

Immobilized by grief, travel-writer Macon Leary is becoming increasingly prickly and alone, anchored by his solitude and an unwillingness to compromise his creature comforts. Then he meets Muriel, an eccentric dog trainer too optimistic to let Macon disappear into himself.

When Phileas Fogg, a wealthy British gentleman who lives his life "with mathematical predictability," bets the fellow members of his club £20,000 that he can circle the earth in just eighty days, he and his new valet, Passepartout, set out on a whirlwind tour of the globe that will challenge their luck, wits, and wallets.

In The Art of Travel, Alain de Botton, author of How Proust Can Change Your Life, explores what the point of travel might be and modestly suggests how we can learn to be a little happier in our travels.

The essays in this volume are as diverse as the destinations, exploring themes of kindness, transformation, nature, friendship, family, strength, and resilience.

Claire Brownsworth, rockclimber and extreme sports addict, takes us on the wild ride that is her life.

Through personal journeys both interior and across the globe, Alden Jones investigates what motivates us to travel abroad in search of the unfamiliar.

Written by Jonathan Swift in 1726, it immediately became a best seller and has remained so to this day. Alternately, stream it in our Kanopy Database.

Beauty in imperfection! Learn the ancient Japanese art of kintsugi and understand why, in the way of kintsugi artists, broken is better than new.

This absorbing narrative follows the craft community of French chocolatiers as they struggle to ensure the survival of their businesses.

This cookbook charts the contribution of indigenous Jamaicans, the Taino, follows the impact of colonisation on the nation's gastronomy, and recounts how enslaved people from West and Central Africa brought inspiration from home. The contribution of Indian and Chinese indentured workers is also examined.

No other land enjoys such a profusion of creative energies for the production of textiles as India. From the Rann of Kutch to the Coromandel coast, from city and village, handloom weavers, block printers, painters, dyers and embroiderers continue its flourishing textile traditions.

Celebrating the culture of South Africa's indigenous Zulu population, this craft book showcases 25 stunning projects using dozens of previously unpublished beadwork techniques.