In the face of financial ruin, the artist has just three days to produce one hundred artworks before he and his mother are turned out onto the street. Forced to face his demons, the artist struggles to stay on course, and soon finds he has to consider the very nature of art and capitalism if he is to succeed in his task.

The Alchemy is a robust, frank and loving guide to an often opaque industry. As well as offering tips on working in gentle increments and re-imagining what productivity and the work of writing looks like, there is advice on sending out work and navigating the industry, looking after your mental health as you go. Let's do this together.

Based on a lecture given at the Manchester Royal Institution in 1883, Art, Wealth and Riches is a thought-provoking essay that considers art as having educative and aesthetic value that should be shared with the many, rather than financial value that should be hoarded by the few.

The fifth collection from an award-winning poet, As if it Meant Something is a wide-ranging selection that lays the tapestry of life beautifully bare, and in which everyday experiences sit alongside the devastating decay caused by domestic violence and terminal illness, the soaring beauty of the Irish coastline and love, art, thought.

Bars Fight, a ballad describing an ambush by Native Americans on two families in 1746 in Massachusetts, is the oldest known work by an African-American author. Passed on orally until it was recorded in History of Western Massachusetts in 1855, the ballad is a landmark in the history of literature that should be on every book lover's shelves.

Set between the Black Hills of South Dakota in 1973 and East Coast suburbia in 1968, Black Hills picks out a stark portrait of intricate familial relationships, and how dark events in the past must be addressed before they take root. Black Hills is a thought-provoking tour of one family's past that leaves a lasting impression.

First published in 1896, The Burglar's Christmas is a short story by the great American writer Willa Cather. Set in Chicago on a cold Christmas Eve, the down-and-out Crawford learns the value of forgiveness. 25% of the RRP goes to Three Peas, a refugee charity.

First published in 1820, The Christmas Dinner is a charming tale that paints the scene of a Christmas dinner spent at the table of Bracebridge Hall, a countryside manor; the merry songs and stories of the dinner table echo with jollity of Christmases long past. 25% of the RRP goes to Three Peas, a refugee charity.