Society and culture

"Sing in the Spirit" - these are George Fox's words from his Journal and are quoted in the "Quaker Song Book", the first collection of songs made by British Quakers in 1981.

The long-awaited, inspirational guide to life for a generation of black British women inspired to make lemonade out of lemons, and find success in every area.

SOME KIND OF FAIRY TALE is a very English story. A story of woods and clearings, a story of folk tales and family histories. It is as if Neil Gaiman and Joanne Harris had written a fairy tale together.

Musicians have often wanted to change the world. From underground grime artists to pop icons, many have believed in the political power of music. Rulers recognise it too. Music has been used to unsettle the most fundamental political and social conve

Francis of Assisi came into the world in 1182. Francis' life, vision and example have been so powerful that they still speak strongly, and disconcertingly, to us in the 21st century.

'To the utterly at-one with Sivathere's no dawn.'Meditative, deeply personal poems to the god Siva, from four major Hindu saints.

Stardust is an enchanting and enthralling novel from Sunday Times bestseller and master storyteller Neil Gaiman. 'Charming in every sense of the word, and deeply satisfying' (Time Out), it will delight fans of Terry Pratchett and J.R.R. Tolkien's The

YA. TEENAGE ROMANCE. The series centres on a group of three friends who enter a film-making competition, with each book focusing on a different girl's life, including first relationships, family life and friends.