"Eye-popping" – Sunday Times "Brilliant" – Iain Dale *** An unputdownable true account of how a tenacious head teacher led one of the most challenging schools in the country to excellence. No Excuses charts an extraordinary principal's journey from the moment she took over at a failing secondary school in a deprived area, where less than a quarter of children attained five or more A*–C GCSEs, and how she set about the gruelling task of transforming its reputation using her zero-tolerance, tough-love approach. Armed only with a wicked sense of humour, fearless energy and a powerful vision, Alison Colwell put in place a stringent set of rules, including a strict uniform policy and a complete ban on mobile phones, provoking resistance and hostility from some parents, the wider community and on social media. This is the darkly funny, moving story of how, together, teachers and their – often troubled – pupils rebuilt a school and community, with an inspirational head at the helm. Charming, touching and full of brilliant leadership advice, this is the diary of the woman the Daily Mail labelled Britain's strictest head teacher.

A dance with Death. The perils of colonization. A memorable gustatory experience of cosmic proportions. Whether it's paying the price for resistance, shouldering the responsibility of ancestral power, or seeking the comfort of a secret friend, the characters in these twenty-five stories and poems take readers on an adventure that crosses traditional boundaries and challenges expectations of the many forms a fairy tale can take. Deliciously dark and sumptuous, Fractured Reveries is like a walk in an enchanted forest. Which path will you take? Claire Eliza Bartlett - A. Katherine Black - Fija Callaghan - Ellie Campbell - Gio Clairval - Alison Colwell - Chelsea Conradt - Hillary Dodge - Antonia Eliason - Christina Hira - Wailana Kalama - Haralambi Markov - Allison Pang - Helen Patrice - Rhea Rose - Katherine Heath Shaeffer - Anami Sheppard - J.M. Spronk - Roni Stinger - Nike Sulway - Daniela Tomova - KT Wagner - Dianthe West - Leslie Wibberley - Mercedes M. Yardley