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The Fly Who Flew Under the Sea
A delightful follow-up to the New York Times bestselling The Fly Who Flew to Space! Follow Flynn the fly on an unforgettable glow-in-the-dark adventure under the sea! This beautifully illustrated picture book explores the ocean’s wonders while encouraging kids to embrace their curiosity—wherever life takes them.When Flynn takes a wrong turn on the way to Cape Canaveral, frustrations fly. But what starts as a misstep soon becomes a grand voyage of discovery. Author, pilot, and philanthropist Lauren Sánchez takes young readers on an undersea adventure filled with breathtaking biodiversity and the power of self-acceptance. From coral reefs and mangrove forests to undersea mountain ranges and a giant squid—Flynn explores an array of natural wonders, brought to life with lavish illustrations by Raleigh Stewart. Flynn discovers how much there is to learn about the precious planet we live on. At the back of the book, young explorers will find even more STEM fun with a special Undersea Glossary, introducing fascinating sea creatures and key scientific concepts. And with a jacket that turns into a poster, a glow-in-the-dark page, and a super-sized fold-out spread, Flynn’s adventure is more exciting than ever—making this a must-have for curious minds and ocean lovers alike!
The Otherwhere Post
The instant New York Times and Indie bestseller.A Good Morning America YA Book Club pick.In Leyland, there is no magic more powerful than the written word. Maeve Abenthy knows this better than anyone, for it was with ink that her father destroyed the world. To avoid the stain of his crimes she lives in hiding, until the arrival of an anonymous letter changes everything. It contains four impossible words: Your father was innocent.In search of the letter's author, Maeve infiltrates the Otherwhere Post - an illustrious academy where she will master the arcane magic of scriptomancy. But one person sees through her disguise: Tristan Byrne, her brilliant yet infuriating mentor. To win his trust and uncover the secrets buried in her past, Maeve may have to risk something far worse than her mission - her heart.The Otherwhere Post contains:A rivals-to-lovers romanceAncient magicCrumbling librariesDangerous secretsHidden identities
Bloody Skies
This book details the operations of the USAAF’s overlooked XV Fighter Command that protected the bombers during the campaign against the Romanian oil fields in World War II. Formed in the fall of 1943, the Fifteenth Air Force was popularly known as the “The Forgotten Fifteenth,” as its achievements were overshadowed by more glamorous exploits of the Eighth Air Force in the air war over Germany. Nevertheless, the Fifteenth’s contribution to Allied victory was crucial, and a vital part of that was the role played by the escorting fighter groups from the XV Fighter Command who protected the B-17s and B-24s from the Luftwaffe in the skies over Romania. In this new history of the campaign, renowned aviation historian Tom Cleaver tells the story of the Fifteenth’s air war through first-person accounts of the fighter pilots of the Fifteenth Fighter Command, including such famous units as the Red Tails – the Tuskegee Airmen – the 82nd Fighter Group and the 325th’s “Checkertail Clan,” and with his ability to place wartime events in their greater context.
Foreign Policy
This ground-breaking text provides the ideal introduction to the ever-changing field of foreign policy. With a unique combination of theories, actors and cases in a single volume, the expert contributors provide students with a valuable and accessible introduction to what foreign policy is and how it is conducted.With an emphasis throughout on grounding theory in empirical examples, the textbook features a section dedicated to relevant and topical case studies where foreign policy analysis approaches and theories are applied. The expert team of contributors clearly conveys the connection between international relations theory, political science, and the development of foreign policy analysis, emphasizing the key debates in the academic community. New to this edition- New chapters on postcolonialism and gender support the growing inclusion of these topics in foreign policy teaching.- Foreign policy case study chapters in part three are fully revised with more systematic focus on Asia, and major revisions to the chapters on China, India, and Brazil to reflect contemporary discourse.- New chapter on aid diplomacy.- Available to all users of the e-book and Politics Trove, online resources have been fully updated and new multiple-choice questions for students added.Digital formats and resourcesThe fourth edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats, and is supported by online resources.- The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features, and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks- Additional online resources include self-test questions for students, PowerPoint slides for lecturers, and a timeline updated to show the latest key foreign policy events.
Theft
From the winner of the 2021 Nobel Prize in Literature - 'a maestro' (Guardian). A captivating story of the intertwined lives of three young people coming-of-age in postcolonial East Africa **Selected as a book to look out for in 2025 by the Guardian, Observer, Irish Times and BBC****A Time Book of the Year 2025**‘A poignant portrait of love, friendship and betrayal’ Guardian‘Storytelling mastery’ Observer_________________________________________________________Badar’s story truly begins on the day when, aged fifteen, he is brought to Mistress’s great house in Dar es Salaam – where he proves a quick learner, and gains the friendship of Karim, the young man of the house. But then a false accusation sees Badar banished from the place he has come to call home. Exiled, to a run-down hotel on the coast of Zanzibar, Badar must build a new life for himself. And when Karim comes to see his old friend in his new life, he is captivated by temptations that will test the two young men’s friendship to a breaking point. **Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Awards 2026: Fiction With A Sense of Place**
Coven Oracle
Fortify your coven with this 36-card oracle deck by bestselling author and renowned witch Fiona Horne. Infused with witchcraft, the Coven Oracle offers you guidance, wisdom and clarity on your magickal journey. This opulent deck will assist you in pursuing a path of harmony and respect, strengthening the bonds within your coven and steering you towards a powerful and unified magickal practice. Discover how to harness your coven's collective power with these insights and ideas.
Three Weeks In September
A nation in turmoil. A shadow organization. 21 days to save the UK."Three Weeks In September," the tenth installment in Tayler''s electrifying thriller series, follows the enigmatic operative known as The Phoenix as he navigates a treacherous landscape of passion, betrayal, and heartache.In a nation teetering on the edge of anarchy, a clandestine organization known as Olympus rises to combat the onslaught of organized crime and religious extremism. As the United Kingdom grapples with the iron grip of a new leadership and the relentless surge of lawlessness, the enigmatic operatives of Olympus must plot a course through passion, treachery, and sorrow, all compressed into a three-week period.Author Ted Tayler delivers a pulse-pounding addition to his chiller series with "Three Weeks In September," the tenth installment featuring the unforgettable Phoenix.This noir crime thriller, infused with elements of terrorism, is perfect for fans of Jack Reacher, Rex Dalton, and Jack Noble_____________________________________________________________________________Praise for The Phoenix Thriller Series:? A Crime Organization, Terrorists, Tragedy - Action Galore? The Grip Of Evilness!? Vigilante justice at its finest? Good Book, excellent characters.? Exciting, Captivating, Action? Thoroughly good read!
The Anti-Boredom Travel Colouring Book
<p><b>Whether travelling by a car, train, boat or plane, long journeys will pass by in a flash with this fun-packed colouring book.</b><br><br>Featuring over 60 awesome travel pictures to fill in, this brilliant colouring book is packed with hilarious and exciting images – perfect for children who are bored with the ordinary and want something a bit different. It’s ideal for slipping into hand luggage and completing on-the-go. <br><br>Illustrated in a quirky style by illustrator Chris Dickason and part of the bestselling ‘Anti-Boredom’ series.<br><br><b>Also available in this series:</b><br>9781780551661 <i>The Anti-Boredom Colouring Book</i><br>9781780554396 <i>The Amazing Anti-Boredom Colouring Book</i></p>
Her Name Is Alice
'Thoughtful, beautiful, incredibly necessary. People need to read this book, especially if they feel a resistance to. I wish everyone would.' Sofie Hagen ‘Uncompromising, anguished, combative: culture wars have victims, and this is an agonising story told with honesty and passion.’ Richard Beard 'An intimate, beautifully told memoir' Elinor Cleghorn When my third child was born, I was told I had a boy. The baby was given a boy’s name and raised in that gender. But when she died, twenty years later, she died as my daughter, and will forever be remembered that way. Alice Litman died by suicide in May 2022, aged just twenty years old, having already waited almost three years for her first appointment at a gender identity clinic. In stunningly beautiful prose, Caroline Litman captures the realities of an often-messy journey navigating both her daughter’s transition and the days, weeks and months after Alice’s death. Searing, urgent and utterly unique, Her Name is Alice is the raw, human story of a mother’s love and grief for her child – and of a young trans woman who is impossible to forget and who must be remembered.
The Long Road Home
THE TWENTYSECOND CLIFFEHAVEN NOVEL BY SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR ELLIE DEAN___________________________Cliffehaven, 1947In the wake of heartbreaking loss, Roisin Reilly makes a promise to her granddaughter Bella that they will cross the Wye Valley and travel to Cliffehaven to find the family she left with no warning nearly fifty years ago.As the pair embark upon their journey, there’s no telling who they will find – and whether they will be welcomed with open arms – when they get there.Meanwhile Roisin’s estranged brother Ron has been drawn back into his own memories of the past – even in spite of his daughter-in-law Pauline going missing and his son Jim suffering as years spent fighting in Burma catch up with him.The war may be over, but there are plenty of storms still to weather.Will love be enough to hold the Reilly family together?
Revenge Comes In Many Colours
When an assassin strikes, The Phoenix must soar above the darkness.In this gripping 9th installment of Ted Tayler''s Phoenix series, justice and vengeance intertwine as a senior Grid members'' meeting culminates in a deadly showdown. Colleen O''Riordan, shrouded in mystery, consolidates her power with the aid of a clandestine assassin, while her adversary, Hugo Hanigan, finds himself on the brink of disaster.As the Olympus organization strives to dismantle organized crime in all its forms, readers are taken on a heart-stopping journey through the underbelly of the city.Prepare yourself for an unrelenting cascade of excitement as The Phoenix navigates a treacherous landscape where the lines between good and evil blur, and the price of justice is often paid in blood. In a world where criminals seem to hold all the cards, can The Phoenix turn the tables and emerge victoriou? ith authentic, unforgettable characters and a plot that keeps you guessing until the very end, this noir crime thriller is perfect for fans of Jack Reacher, Rex Dalton, and Jack Noble._____________________________________________________________________________Praise for The Phoenix Noir Crime Thriller Series:? Rule Breaking: What Phoenix Does Best!? Revenge To Die For!? The action continues at a fast pace.? Good Fast Paced Read? Vigilante justice at its finest? Thoroughly good read!
101 Ways to Eat Your Veg
Hard veg, soft veg, green veg, sour veg, crunchy and chewy veg. Vegetables come in all shapes and sizes, and it''s important to eat them so you can grow happy and strong. You can fry veg, roast it, pickle it and steam it. You can eat it stacked in a sandwich or topping a pizza. You can eat it with a spoon, fork, your hands or even NO hands.There are 101 ways to eat your veg packed into the pages of this funny and totally ridiculous but REALLY helpful book. With tips on why eating veg is so important and fun facts about animals'' real foodie habits throughout, this book will help little readers learn to love veg.
Norse-Gaelic Paganism
Discover the roots of Norse and Irish Pagan spirituality• Explores the syncretism of Gaelic and Norse cultures and the spirituality that flourished while the Vikings were settled in Ireland• Examines the roots of Norse and Irish heathenism, including ancestor veneration and a relationship with household and nature spirits• Reveals the Gaelic involvement in Iceland’s settlement, including Irish incantations in Icelandic grimoires and Norse-Gaelic ghosts that appear in Icelandic literatureDyflin, now modern Dublin, was founded by the Vikings in the 9th century. Through archaeological and historical research, scholar and Pagan practitioner Annie Humphrey explores connections between Celtic/Gaelic and Norse spiritualities of the time and reveals how this cultural relationship still informs Paganism today. Humphrey shows that Norse and Irish heathen beliefs were uncorrupted by Roman influence and ultimately syncretized to form a set of deeply spiritual practices and a regional worldview that involved veneration of ancestors and the dead and a transactional relationship with household and nature spirits. This book follows the spread of this unique Paganism through Northern Europe and the North Atlantic, identifying Norse settlements in areas that popular history has misidentified as purely Gaelic or Anglo-Saxon. Humphrey reveals Gaelic influence in the settling of Iceland and also looks at Irish incantations from Icelandic grimoires, showing how Norse influences reshaped Irish writing. The author also explores Manx folklore and magical traditions of the Isle of Man and remote areas like the Orkneys. Combining scholarly discipline with personal gnosis, Humphrey reveals the presence of this Pagan synthesis in modern folkways and practices that have gone largely unnoticed by mainstream scholarship, bringing ancient traditions and wisdom to the contemporary practitioner.
Inconceivable
A beautiful and timeless memoir about family in all its forms, from television documentary director, Rebecca Coxon. 'Moving, courageous, enlightening' ELIZABETH DAY 'Immaculately sculpted. I loved it and could not put it down’ SARA COLLINS 'An extraordinary story' TIMES MAGAZINE ‘My family tree is not simple; my lineage is not linear. There are the branches we see and the roots we do not. Not all bloodlines flow with blood.’ When Rebecca Coxon uploaded her genetic data to an ancestry website, she had no idea that it would start a chain reaction. The secrets revealed by her genes would alter Rebecca's understanding of identity and family forever … beginning with the shocking discovery that her father was not biologically related to her. In this deeply honest and intimate memoir, Rebecca – a donor-conceived IVF triplet who has donated her eggs and undergone fertility treatment herself – shares her remarkable story. It’s one of family secrets, shame, resilience and warmth, offering a profound glimpse into the consequences of how we choose to create new life. Written with nuance and tenderness, Inconceivable is both a beautiful meditation on our place within history and the wider universe, and a love letter to family in all its forms.
Butterflies
Butterflies come in every colour of the rainbow. Red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple, brown, black and white. But their vibrant wings aren''t just beautiful, they give each butterfly a special power too.Over the years, butterflies'' wings have brightened, dulled and transformed as they adapt to their ever-changing environments, helping them survive and thrive through everything from the industrial revolution to the climate crisis.Colours help butterflies camouflage and stay safe in their surroundings, making them disappear amongst vibrant flower petals and invisible against bronze tree trunks. Intricate patterns on their wings confuse and scare away predators, but they can attract the perfect mate too. And then there are some butterflies who are not in fact the colour the appear to be at all - instead they are iridescent and simply reflecting the light.In this beautifully illustrated book, you''ll discover hundreds of different coloured and patterned butterflies from around the world and what makes them so special. You''ll also learn about butterfly life cycles, their sense of smell, taste and sight, flight and migration, as well as what butterflies mean to us and why they''re important players in our ecosystem.
The Revelation Space Collection Volume 2
This is volume 2 of the complete collection of tales set in the Revelation Space universe, by British Science Fiction Award-winner Alastair Reynolds.
The 'mastersinger of Space Opera' (The Times) created the astonishing Revelation Space universe - one of the most vivid and original SF universes ever written. Alongside the award-winning novels is a galaxy of superb short fiction, collected and published here, in two volumes, in chronological order.
This volume includes:
Turquoise Days
Weather
Grafenwalder's Bestiary
Nightingale
Monkey Suit
The Last Log of the Lachrimosa
Night Passage
Open and Shut
Plague Music
Free
'Thoughtful and well-informed' London Review of Books 'A fluent writer with a flair for vivid and entertaining prose' Guardian'Free is not just a literary retelling of a life. It's an easy and enjoyable read' The Times'An account of extraordinary grace. Despite the trauma of the trials, imprisonment, of a life hounded by the press, Knox finds purpose in writing and in connecting with other exonerees and women whose lives have been derailed by the court of public opinion' London Standard'Free is an achievement that moves beyond questions of innocence or guilt - an accomplished book by a woman who has been shaped by events but not destroyed by them' Sunday Independent Amanda Knox reflects on her world famous confinement in an Italian prison - and her return to an 'ordinary' life - to reveal hard won truths about purpose and fulfilment that will resonate with anyone who has felt trapped in their own circumstances. Amanda Knox spent nearly four years in prison and eight years on trial for a murder she didn't commit - and became a notorious tabloid story in the process. Though she was exonerated, it's taken more than a decade for her to reclaim her identity and truly feel free. Free recounts how Amanda survived prison, the mistakes she made and misadventures she had reintegrating into society, culminating in the untold story of her return to Italy and the extraordinary relationship she's built with the man who sent her to prison. It is the gripping saga of what happens when you become the definition of notorious, but have quietly returned to the matters of a normal life - seeking a life partner, finding a job, or even just going out in public. In harrowing (and sometimes hilarious) detail, Amanda tells the story of her personal growth and hard-fought wisdom, recasting her public reckoning as a private reflection on the search for meaning and purpose that will speak to everyone persevering through hardship.
Blood on Old Stones
The wildest places often concealthe darkest secretsDSI William Lorimer never expected that the next time he''d visit the Isle of Mull - where he and his wife, Maggie, have often wandered its windswept coasts and picturesque lochs - it would be for the funeral of an old friend.Mary Grant''s sudden heart attack was a shock to the small community on the island, but Lorimer has no reason to suspect foul play, until he is approached at the funeral by one of Mary''s closest friends. She is convinced there was more to Mary''s death than meets the eye. And when she, too, dies in a sudden accident, Lorimer finds himself investigating a double murder.Mull is a place of spectacular beauty and characterful towns, but Lorimer knows that even here old secrets can resurface, resentments can run deep, and evil can lurk undetected.
Brighter Skies in the Dales
Can hope triumph now that victory is on the horizo? ecember 1942. The tide of war has turned at last, with an Allied victory looking increasingly certain, but all is not well for the residents of Silverdale. Newlyweds Bobby and Charlie find themselves back in civilian life after Charlie is given a medical discharge from the RAF. But the village of Silverdale has been forever changed by World War Two, and the memories of their young men lost to war cast a long shadow. It's not just the village that has been transformed by the war. Although Bobby is full of joy to finally begin married life, Charlie's experiences in the fight have left their scars, and at times Bobby finds herself reminiscing on her busy life in the WAAF, the career that was cut short by returning home to join her husband. But with a new arrival on the way, there's no time to dwell on the sadness of the past. Will a baby and the end of the war bring Charlie and Bobby the joy they deserv? n uplifting, emotional and completely captivating wartime romance, set in the beautiful Yorkshire Dales. Fans of Diane Allen and Donna Douglas, don't miss the Made in Yorkshire series. Readers can't get enough of Brighter Skies in the Dales:‘Heartwarming and cosy… A well worthy five-star read for this first-class wartime saga.’(Five stars) Reader Review‘I left my heart in Brighter Skies in the Dales. I closed the book emotionally spent. Thestory was filled with so much drama’ (Five stars) Reader ReviewI’ve loved every moment spent with Bobby and all the Silverdale crew…a breath of fresh(Yorkshire) air to the saga genre. The period detail was exemplary but Bobby still felt like athoroughly modern heroine…I can’t recommend this series highly enough!’ (Five stars)Reader Review‘This book was just brilliant…Another war time saga series that I can’t wait for others to findafter me…these books are gorgeous.’ (Five stars) Reader Review‘Lots of twists and turns to keep the reader interested…I would wholeheartedlyrecommend the series to anyone who enjoys wartime saga books.’ (Five stars) ReaderReviewA great addition to another great series. I love following Bobby Bancroft through life, love. war, loss…it has been a joy to read each and every book.’ (Four stars) Reader Review




















