Cultural and media studies

*; Analyzes the syncretic magical system of Voudon Gnosticism and the traditions from which it is sourced*; Explains the practices of Voudon Gnosticism in detail, including how to speak with the Lwas (spirits) and establish relationships with them*; Explores the history of Voudon Gnosticism and significant teachers like Martinez de Pasqually, Lucien Franois Jean-Maine, and Michael BertiauxThe Voudon Gnostic systema unique melding of Haitian Vodou with Gnosticism, Martinism, and other traditionsis one of the most creative and rich ways to explore magic.

Do you think libraries don't buy books from self-published authors?

Encouraging people to publish and share reviews of your book is a key book-marketing task, and one on which other aspects of marketing rest.

SelfPub3 is a concept and a publishing era defined by the concept: that any author (with the requisite skills) now has the means to establish a sustainable and scalable business.

**THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER**From the star of Netflix's My Unorthodox Life, a riveting, inspiring memoir.

THIS ISN'T AN EPISODE OF BLACK MIRROR.

¿Qué había más allá de las fronteras del imperio colonial español en América?

The Food Almanac II is an annual, seasonal collection of recipes and stories celebrating the joy of food - a dazzling, diverse mix of memoir, history, short stories and poems alongside recipes, cooking tips, menus and reading lists.

100 Symbols That Changed The World looks at the genesis and adoption of the world's most recognizable symbols.

Good manners are simply codified kindness, and being in possession of them enhances the quality of your everyday life and that of the people around you.

Veganism is one of the fastest growing movements across the world.

Exploring the five elements of cooking and eating: Taste, Flavour (smell), Texture (touch and sound), Temperature (touch) and Appearance, this book explains how these elements work together and how best to use them to produce simple, delicious dishes.

Goodbye 2021, Hello 2022 is an end-of-year guide that helps you to say a proper farewell to one year as it comes to an end and create a vision and a plan for the year to come.

Exquisite and sumptuous, immaculately tailored, dignified and, above all, practical.

The best self-care stars with what we eat.

Recognising one of the most-honoured performers of all time, A Celebration of Dolly Parton: The Activity Book is 2021's follow-up to A Celebration of David Attenborough: The Activity Book and The Unofficial Michelle Obama Activity Book.

The enduring appeal of Jane Austen's fiction is captured in this pocket-sized collection of quotations taken from her celebrated works.

Fresh from the award-winning Woodmansterne studio, Hysterical Heritage juxtaposes imagery inspired by the Bayeaux Tapestry with modern day expressions and dilemmas, resulting in a hilarious and unique, new humour range.

15 beautiful embroidery projects from the era of Jane Austen.

A collection of the world's most memorable, provocative, best-selling and groundbreaking posters from Johannes Gutenberg to Barack Obama.

Welcome to the 'more is more' world of decorating, or as it's more commonly know in the business, Maximalism.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE FORTNUM & MASON FOOD AND DRINK AWARDS 2021The Food Almanac is a seasonal collection of recipes and stories celebrating the joy of food - a dazzling, diverse mix of memoir, history, short stories and poems alongside recipes, cooking tips, menus and reading lists.

A modern, stylish and practical exploration of the traditional craft of block printing.

50 savvy skills for outdoor adventurers.

An amazing guide to some of the most beloved, original, inspiring, hysterical, heart-warming, compelling, rude and downright scary books that have enchanted children the world over.

The new edition of bestselling knitting classic Best in Show, combining the best of Joanna Osborne and Sally Muir's dog designs.

"e;I have never read anything that so fully and perfectly captured the personal experience and the personal aftermath of war"e; P.

"e;Sayarer is a precise and passionate writer .

Malkin is a vivid evocation of the trials of the Pendle Witches in 1612.

'Potentially.

Step into the surreal world of a Tokyo hostess club and gain an exclusive underground pass courtesy of Chelsea Haywood as she sets out to explore a vocation where 400 dinners, Harajuku shopping sprees and first-class trips to Kyoto are just part of the job.

Become the champion-pikelet-maker, an expert-afghan-baker or an award-winning-pizza-creator.

At once so personal, yet utterly universal.

A new, updated edition, with a new foreword of Andrew Keen's witty and provocative polemic against the rise of user-generated content and the anything goes standards of much online publishing, which set the blogosphere and media alight on publication.

Discover the history of witches, experience the healing properties of crystals and learn simple daily incantation that will help you to shape your destiny.

Discover the Finnish quality of sisu and how cultivating it can help you lead a life of greater purpose and happiness.

Step aside Hygge.

*THE ORIGINAL ALMANAC*'Lia Leendertz's classic almanac never fails to delight' - The Herald'It's a perfect Christmas present' - Allan Jenkins, The ObserverA perfect toolkit for connecting with the world around us and the year ahead as it unfolds - all in a compact and pocket size guide that just begs you to pick it up and browse.

Reconnect with the seasons in Britain and Ireland with this month-by-month guide to the world around us - including key dates, tide tables and garden tasks; constellations and moon phases; sunrises, folk songs, seasonal recipes plus a 'bun of the month'; and - because 2023 will be a good year for planet spotting - the solar system and the zodiac.

**THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH** THE GRIPPING TALE OF THE EARLY FRONTIER DAYS OF SILICON VALLEY FROM ACCLAIMED HISTORIAN LESLIE BERLIN.

More than ten years on from its original publication, Concepts of the Self still mesmerizes with its insight, comprehensiveness and critique of debates over the self in the social sciences and humanities.

The charming and enthralling story of an idiosyncratic English-language newspaper in Rome and the lives of its staffers as the paper fights for survival in the internet age.

Adolf Eichmann was the operational manager of the genocide that dispatched six million European Jews to the gas chambers.

Books that Changed the World tells the fascinating stories behind 50 books that, in ways great and small, have changed the course of human history.

Most of us know a bit about what passes for good manners - holding doors open, sending thank-you notes, no elbows on the table.

For 33 years Betty Purcell worked behind the scenes as an award-winning producer in RTE Radio and Television, with presenters such as Marian Finucane, John Bowman, Pat Kenny and John Kelly.

This compelling account of a turbulent period in the history of the BBC opens at a time of national decline under the Labour governments of Harold Wilson and James Callaghan, and ends during Margaret Thatcher's iconoclastic Conservative premiership.

For as long as people have been migrating to London, so has their music.

From its first publication in 1997, Altered State established itself as the definitive text on Ecstasy and dance culture.

Against the Machine is a fascinating look at how the Internet is reshaping the way we think about ourselves and the world.