The Glassmaker'Spellbinding' ELIF SHAFAK 'Ingenious' THE TIMES, Book of the Year 'Sparkling'OBSERVER 'A triumph' PHILIP PULLMAN 'As finely wrought as a dazzling Murano bead' INDEPENDENT 'Meticulously researched and evoking the beauty of the Venice lagoon PHILIPPA GREGORY A spectacular feat, crafted by a maestra at the top of her game SPECTATOR FROM THE GLOBALLY ACCLAIMED AUTHOR OF GIRL WITH A PEARL EARRING Venice, 1486. Across the lagoon lies Murano. Time flows

'A widescreen

These rookies are clearly in way over their heads—but luckily for them

Surrounded by Idiots

" - Lydia Pyne for Hyperallergic

* The Fourth Trimester: And other euphemisms you will come to hate

we derive many of our laws and institutions from England

But we also have a longing to turn inward

Determined to take down the Machinehood

The book breaks down the dynamics of teamwork into stages to illustrate the stepwise progress it makes in its transformation from a entity with distinct and sometimes conflicting members to a cohesive unit which finds consensus in aim

Squat on a squid

he speaks with the authority that comes from a lifetime of experience

others have a one-night stand