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A Book Lover’s Guide to the Zodiac marries astrology and literature by connecting both writers and fictional characters to the twelve different star signs and their particular traits.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.Astrology and literature have so much in common: our star signs help us to understand ourselves, our motivations and our behaviour, whilst reading enables us to make sense of the world, our own characters and those around us. Read how the passionate and overly idealistic Madame Bovary from Flaubert’s masterpiece exhibits all the traits of a Gemini, whilst the unconventional Virginia Woolf and Lewis Carroll, with his groundbreaking stories, are typical Aquarians.With a chapter devoted to each star sign, and featuring entertaining extracts and poetry by classic writers, there’s much to learn and entertain here about books, poetry and astrology, guided by Charlie Castelletti’s witty and expert commentary running through the book.

The word gothic conjures up crumbling castles, passion and unnerving supernatural events. It's a powerful genre and a mood that has influenced writers, artists and designers ever since. This is a gorgeous anthology of extracts from extravagant and dark gothic stories and verse.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library; a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. My Gothic Heart is selected and introduced by editor and writer Charlie Castelletti.My Gothic Heart features tantalising extracts from the famous names of gothic writing such as Ann Radcliffe, Bram Stoker, the Brontë sisters and John Keats. It then travels forward to the early twentieth century, finding gothic resonance in the writing of Virginia Woolf, Oscar Wilde and Wilfred Owen. Altogether, it’s a powerful mix that cannot fail to stir the emotions.

From romance to rejection, the complex themes of love and desire have inspired some of the greatest poetry ever written. The collection of classics in Poems to Swipe Right to takes this tradition and reframes it within the bewildering experience of modern dating.Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. Charlie Castelletti guides readers through the highs (#YouandI4Eva) and the lows (#InterestLost) of love and relationships. Whether you are excited about a potential love interest, tired of trying to meet someone new, going through a break-up or convinced you’ve found ‘the one’, there is a poem for everyone in this stunning edition.Featuring some of the most famous names in poetry, including Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Christina Rossetti, Thomas Hardy and Robert Browning, this stirring collection proves that the way we navigate romance has never really changed.

One must-have reversible cover. Worn four different ways. You decide.A poetry book like no other, with beautiful endpapers and a reversible cover jacket that allows you to choose your preferred pronoun from HE, SHE, THEY and US and four different colours: yellow, blue, green and pink. The perfect gift book or statement piece for any shelf.He, She, They, Us pulls together poems from queer poets both old and new – from Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes to the likes of Jay Hulme, Dean Atta, Harry Josephine Giles, Nikita Gill, Theo Parish and Travis Alabanza. This anthology celebrates queerness in all its forms and takes us through the experiences that make us who we are today.Collected and introduced by editor, writer and anthologist Charlie Castelletti, He, She, They, Us: Queer Poems contains an inclusive array of voices, from modern and contemporary poets to those who came before.

A poetry book like no other.He, She, They, Us pulls together poems from queer poets both old and new – from Oscar Wilde, Emily Dickinson and Langston Hughes to the likes of Jay Hulme, Dean Atta, Harry Josephine Giles, Nikita Gill, Theo Parish and Travis Alabanza. This anthology celebrates queerness in all its forms and takes us through the experiences that make us who we are today.Collected and introduced by editor, writer and anthologist Charlie Castelletti, He, She, They, Us: Queer Poems contains an inclusive array of voices, from modern and contemporary poets to those who came before.

Brimming with monstrous magic, Poems to Sink Your Teeth Into features literature’s most ghoulish characters. Rediscover classic authors and savour new ones in this anthology, featuring more than eighty poems celebrating icons in the world of horror.Vampiric apparitions dreamed up by Charles Baudelaire and John Keats bewitch and shapeshift before our eyes. Demonic lovers sink ships as sirens tell tales of drowned sailors. Christina Rossetti and John Donne depict ghosts doomed to haunt their loved ones for ever. As witch-burning flames crackle, Shakespeare’s weird sisters chant spells. Edgar Allan Poe’s raven makes an appearance, joined by Percy Shelley’s Witch of Atlas. Literature’s most terrifying characters are lurking on every page. Yet Emily Dickinson believes danger comes from inside our own mind . . .Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library, a series of stunning pocket-sized classics. These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover.

Dive into your emotions with You're Never Too Much: Poems For Every Emotion, and know that it's OK to feel everything, always, all at once.A stunning gift book containing poems that'll tap into every emotion — and empowering you to feel them — from classic poetry, well loved poets and bold, new modern voices. An offering for every mood and moment, this is the perfect companion for moments of solitude or sharing, promising to move and resonate deeply with anyone who has felt too much or not enough.This poignant collection, curated by Charlie Castelletti, will help you navigate all that life throws at you. From falling in love to having your heart broken, to feeling anxious about and having hope for the world, this anthology is the perfect gift on your journey to self-discovery.