Whale Day - Billy Collins

Whale Day - Billy CollinsFunny but serious, accessible but rich in meaning, consistently surprising the world looks slightly different after reading a Billy Collins' poem. He's a one off, an American treasure Nick Laird A new collection from Billy Collins, former US Poet Laureate and 'America's favorite poet' Wall Street Journal These are poems of whimsy and imaginative acrobatics, but they are grounded in the familiar, common things of everyday experience. Collins takes us

which put her in the ranks of luminaries like John Updike and Joyce Carol Oates

most importantly

Issa and Shiki – who between them compress the gamut of human experience into the limits of seventeen syllables

though only seven of his tragedies have survived

famous sons and daughters and literally hundreds of wacky facts (plus some authentically bizarre bits of historic trivia)

Inspired by the enormously popular introductory astronomy course that Neil deGrasse Tyson

‘A thrill ride

With simple-to-read text and delightful full-colour illustrations by Mel Four

Steele is a superb guide' Telegraph 'A fascinating read with almost every page bursting with extraordinary facts

When they are stranded on a freezing

spellbinding treat

But what if there was a weapon that could destroy the dreadknights