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The Origins of the Scottish Railway System
By comparison with their English counterparts, Scottish nineteenth-century railways have suffered from a degree of neglect by economic historians. Most of the existing literature is written for the railway enthusiast, concentrating mainly on topography, mechanical developments and entertaining episodes. Few of these books cover the whole of Scotland and most are treatments of single companies or of particular dramatic events. This study covers the earliest period of Scottish railway history, from the years of the first waggonway developments in the eighteenth century to the advent of the railway mania of the 1840s. It concentrates on the planning and formation of the various railways, the problems and achievements associated with their construction, and the financial records of the companies up to 1844. The first two chapters cover the horse-drawn waggonways of the eighteenth century and the coal railways of the early nineteenth century, while Chapters 3–5 cover the railways of the 1830s and 1840s.
Think Like a Forest
‘Beautiful and thought-provoking’ Cal FlynHow do we raise children in a climate emergenc? hat should we teach them - and what kind of future are we preparing them fo? en Rawlence began writing to his eldest daughter before she was born, trying to understand what it means to bring a child into a world facing ecological breakdown. Over the next twelve years, these letters – written to his two daughters as they grow – chart one father’s attempt to live with the central contradiction of our age: raising children within a system that threatens all life, including our own. By turns moving and funny, and always bracingly honest, Think Like a Forest explores love, fear and responsibility in perilous times. Rawlence finds the answers might lie in learning to see the world again through the eyes of a child so that we may embrace interdependence and regain our place in nature. To think like a forest, he shows us, may be the key to how we parent, how we live, and even whether we have a future on our planet at all. 'A gift, not just for the author’s daughters, but for all of us who want to replace ecocide anxiety with the glimmerings of a better future’ Sophy Roberts‘A thoughtful, tender way to make a map of new and frightening territory’ Jay Griffiths
Počítanka: Matematické úlohy určené pre prvákov od 2. školského polroka
Počítanka je pokračovaním série pracovných zošitov pre prvákov, ktorý je zameraný na matematické a logické operácie. Ponúka ucelený súbor úloh pre rozvoj počiatočnej matematickej gramotnosti nielen pre rodičov, ale aj pre učiteľov. Deti sa naučia pracovať s číslami a porozumieť súvislostiam a vzťahom pri spracovávaní rôznych údajov. Pomocou zábavných úloh sa deti naučia používať praktické zručnosti a schopnosti potrebné na riešenie rôznych matematických problémov v bežnom živote. V časti o geometrii sa venujú skúmaniu rovinných a priestorových útvarov, natrénujú si odhad a mierku.
Pre deti od 7 rokov
Pre žiakov 2. ročníka (1. cyklu)
The Vanity Fair Diaries
'Hang on - it's a wild ride' Meryl Streep'Brilliant, concretely realised social history as much as a fabulous odyssey, and I read it in a mad frenzy' Stephen Fry'Indiscreet, brilliantly observed, frequently hilarious' Evening Standard'As delightful as eating a whole box of chocolates, without a trace of weight gain' Telegraph'Heaven' India Knight, Sunday Times***It's 1983. A young Englishwoman arrives in Manhattan on a mission. Summoned in the hope that she can save Condé Nast's troubled new flagship Vanity Fair, Tina Brown is plunged into the maelstrom of competitive New York media. She survives the politics and the intrigue by a simple stratagem: succeeding. Here are the inside stories of the scoops and covers that sold millions: the Reagan kiss, the meltdown of Princess Diana's marriage to Prince Charles, the sensational Annie Leibovitz cover of a gloriously pregnant, naked Demi Moore. Written with dash and verve, the diary is also a sharply observed account of New York and London society. In its cinematic pages the drama, comedy and struggle of raising a family and running an 'it' magazine come to life.
Novel Crime Scenes
How did a beautiful Georgian house inspire Agatha Christie’s Dead Man’s Folly? Or a stretch of the East Anglian coast become the place in which a murder victim is discovered in P.D. James’s Devices and Desire? ovel Crime Scenes explores the landscapes of twenty crime novels in forensic detail. Beginning with the Devon moorland of The Hound of the Baskervilles (1899) and ending with London’s Brick Lane as described in Ajay Chowdhury’s The Waiter (2021), it ranges from John Buchan’s Galloway Hills and Gwen Moffat’s Cape Wrath to Ellis Peters’s Shropshire, Margery Allingham’s Essex, Colin Dexter’s Oxford and Sam Llewellyn’s Isles of Scilly. Each chapter also delves into the author’s background and discovers what the setting of the book meant to them, often by following in the footsteps of Britain’s best-known crime writers. Whether you are an armchair detective or an intrepid investigator, this book will inspire you to appreciate old favourites with deeper insights and discover thrilling new literary destinations.
The Eve of November 7
This dichotomy lies at the heart of the novel, The Eve of November 7, in which two realities clash: the utterly false, morally hollow, grotesquely ugly Soviet reality and the world of the protagonist, fighting for his spiritual survival. In this collision, the dramatic events that the author himself experienced are bizarrely refracted. The novel’s action takes place in the course of one night and unwinds like a powerful spring, continuously impelling one to follow the story’s plot. Love, betrayal, changes of masks, flip-flop images, ghostly guests who care about the future, surreal characters and scenes as well as Kafkaesque psychology–all are imbued with the author’s erudite, insightful and lively prose.
Glitchwork
Glitchwork tracks the uneven lineages of Central India, building on modernist legacies and reckoning with the spectres of the 1984 Bhopal disaster. Mantra Mukim’s debut poetry collection is situated in a timeless, forested grid, poised on the verge of industrial erasure. This grid, a restless site of extraction and production, also brims with potential for lushness, fey ambience, and petite clearings. Its three long poems consist of fragments on a mysterious Cold War ‘plant’, remixes of Surdas (the medieval-Braj poet), notes on palaeolithic hands, philology of the line, anomalies in a lunar-roving vehicle, and the origin myths of Raipur.
The Luck of the Town
"Much more than a ghost story... One might say that Fox is haunted by the spirit of the place and time of which she writes, and she is able to reproduce in a remarkable way that sense of foreboding and mystery that all of us have experienced." The ArgusWhere once a Romano-British settlement sprawled across the hills in the north of England, there lies a modern town. Caught in a tense struggle between the growth of the university and industrial expansion, its fate veers towards the uncanny when a discovery is made beneath the old town hall. Into the possession of the university comes the skeleton of a woman, found buried along with a mysterious tablet bearing a cryptic message, and as the ratcheting tension between the townspeople is compounded by an unseasonal heat and sightings of a shadowlike figure haunting the streets, the vengeful grip of a long-buried curse pushes the town towards a night of flames and carnage.
Come Back, Gosling
NOMINATED FOR A CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR ILLUSTRATION 2026. From the creative duo behind A Shelter for Sadness and The Boy, the Troll and the Chalk comes a heartwarming picture book about friendship, flying and the joy of sharing books. Once upon a time, there was a little girl and a gosling who loved each other very much - and loved reading books together even more. But one day, there is a book the girl will not share. Before Gosling can peek inside, she slams the book shut and says: "I don't like this book. Let's play something else." When their new book mysteriously disappears, the girl and the gosling's friendship is put to the test. Then one night, Gosling finds the missing book and leaves. Will the girl be able to put things right before it's too lat? his reassuring story teaches children that honesty and trust are what help friendships fly and is effortlessly brought to life by David Litchfield's atmospheric scenes and Anne Booth's warm and rich storytelling. The perfect bookshelf companion to The Duck Who Didn't Like Water, I'm Sticking With You and Pip & Egg.
Let the Quiet Ones Rise
A collection of instinctual poetry from the deepest part of a neurodivergent heart, considering the sadness of being alone, but also the happiness of finding people who empower you.
The Colorful World of Reptiles
A beautifully illustrated introduction to reptiles with colorful watercolor art and descriptions full of fun facts. From the creator of the bestselling The Colorful World of Dinosaurs, this follow-up volume introduces fifty amazing reptiles with striking watercolor art and fun facts on each. Beloved author-illustrator Matt Sewell delves into the fascinating, mysterious, and sometimes downright bizarre lives of reptiles, including spectacular snakes, lizards, crocodiles, bearded dragons, turtles, and tortoises. Did you know . . . The oldest known reptilian fossil is 315 million years old!That dinosaurs were also reptiles—though not, as some people think, giant lizards. The green basilisk can walk on water. The Galápagos tortoise can comfortably live for more than one hundred years. The saltwater crocodile is the world’s biggest living reptile (with an average one weighing around one thousand pounds!). The Colorful World of Reptiles explores all these creatures and more—bright, horned, camouflaged, and striped—through gorgeous watercolor illustrations paired with surprising, little-known, and fun-to-tell facts about reptile behavior, habits, and appearance. This fascinating book will delight young readers and beguile reptile fans of all ages.
Is God for Revolution?
Based on interviews with upper-middle-class Egyptian Muslims, Is God for Revolution? explores the ways in which political participation in the 2011 Egyptian revolution--and the emotions that came with it--changed the landscape of religious discourse and practice. Before the revolution, the interviewees found themselves in structures of culturally agreed-upon forms of religiosity. They were raised during what scholars call the "Islamic Awakening" of the late twentieth century and heeded the advice of religious figures that circulated freely in mass media. Visible markers of piety, such as the veil for women and beards for men, became commonplace. This all changed in one charged moment. In the wake of the uprising, Nareman Amin shows, revolutionary feelings--notably hope, disappointment, doubt, shock and anger-transformed their understandings of what it means to identify as pious Muslims. Is God for Revolution? is a book about social change in a time of political upheaval and uncertainty, specifically the relationship between affect, politics and Islam. It is a story about postrevolutionary agency, the emotional toll that this democratic experiment had on those who believed in the revolution and its ideals, and the transformative power of autonomy and emotion on young revolutionaries'' attitudes toward religious authorities and religious beliefs and practices.
Ultimate Discovery: T. rex
A first look at the mighty dinosaur! The youngest readers will learn about the T. rex in this simple interactive book. They can slide the tabs to hatch a baby T. rex, open the T. rex’s huge jaws, and even battle another dinosaur! • Sliding tabs add to learning fun • Introduces young children to dinosaurs • Content vetted by expert • Book format is just the right size for little handsT. rex is an exciting first step for budding dinosaur fans. • Fun family read-aloud book • Books for children aged 0 to 3 • Books for babies and toddlers
Rainforest Sticker Play Reusable Activity Set
STICKER PLAY KIT – Create your own rainforest adventure with Mudpuppy's Rainforest Friends Sticker Play Reusable Activity Set! This set includes 50+ reusable stickers featuring vibrant rainforest animals, from playful monkeys to colorful parrots. Kids can position these stickers over the included storytelling scene or matching activity. The kit comes with a 3-panel fold-out scene, a 2-panel matching activity scene, and 2 reusable sticker sheets—perfect for hours of fun! BRIGHT AND BOLD ARTWORK – The Rainforest Friends Sticker Play Reusable Activity Set features an illustrated rainforest landscape, just waiting to come alive with adorable animals! As children place their reusable animal stickers, they can create their own rainforest stories and scenes, sparking creativity and imaginative play. PERFECT FOR GIFTING – The Rainforest Friends Sticker Play Reusable Activity Kit makes a perfect gift for young adventurers! With its vibrant, reusable stickers and engaging rainforest-themed backgrounds, it encourages imaginative storytelling in a fun, hands-on way. Its mess-free design and reusability make it ideal for both home and travel, ensuring hours of screen-free entertainment for kids and parents alike. SCREEN-FREE FUN – For over 25 years, Mudpuppy has created high-quality, non-digital puzzles, games, and toys for children and families that foster creativity and imaginative thinking. All Mudpuppy products adhere to CPSIA, ASTM, and CE Safety Regulations, ensuring they’re safe for little hands to enjoy. MUDPUPPY – Mudpuppy offers a wide range of environmentally friendly puzzles, games, and toys that inspire creative play for children and the young at heart. We focus on making fun, eco-conscious products that help kids unplug, explore, and engage in screen-free activities.
Death in a Shetland Family
This series is a must-read for anyone who loves the sea, or islands, or joyous, intricate story-telling' ANN CLEEVESShetland sailing sleuth Cass Lynch is definitely out of her comfort zone when she helps round up a prize-winning stallion escaped from the renowned Klaufister stud. She's even less impressed by its owner, Keith Arthurson, a returned city slicker who's already made enemies in his community. An unexpected visit to the Arthursons shows Cass the tensions simmering within the family. When Keith's found dead, can she uncover the motive for his murder without putting herself in danger?
Archer's Voice
I wanted to lose myself in the small town of Pelion, Maine. To forget everything I had left behind. The sound of rain. The blood. The coldness of a gun against my skin.
For six months, each breath has been a reminder that I survived-and my dad didn't. I'm almost safe again. But the moment I meet Archer Hale, my entire world tilts on its axis ... and never rights itself again.
Until I trespass into his strange, silent, and isolated world, Archer communicates with no one. Yet in his whiskey-colored eyes, something intangible happens between us. There's so much more to him than just his beauty, his presence, or the ways his hands communicate with me. On me.
But this town is mired in secrets and betrayals, and Archer is the explosive center of it all.
So much passion. And so much hurt. But it's only in Archer's silence that we might just find what we need to heal ... and live.
Includes an exclusive extended epilogue from Archer's POV!
Lies and Sorcery
The first unabridged English translation of the electrifying novel of secrets and delusions, from one of the greatest Italian writers of the twentieth century.
Elisa – orphaned as a child, raised by a ‘fallen woman’, fed by fairy tales – has lived in an outlandish imaginary world for years. When her guardian dies, she feels compelled to confront her family’s tortured and dramatic past, weaving the tale of her mother and grandmother through a history of intrigue, treachery, deception and desire. But as her saga of three generations of Sicilian women proceeds, it becomes something else entirely, taking in a whole legacy of oppression and injustice. By turns flamboyant and intense, raging and funny, Lies and Sorcery is a celebration of the female imagination, and the power of storytelling itself.
First published in 1948, Elsa Morante’s debut novel won the Viareggio Prize and earned her the lasting admiration of generations of writers from Italo Calvino and Natalia Ginzburg to Elena Ferrante.
A legjobb Bing-szokások
Sok minden amolyan Bing-szokás. Bing sok mindent szeret csinálni, például beöltözni Cocóval és megölelni Flopot. Gyere, most neked is megmutatja, melyek a kedvenc Bing-szokásai!
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