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Miriam and Her Dancing Shoes
"Uplifting...about finding reasons to celebrate the successes of life, even when times are tough."—School Library Journal"A joyfully imaginative take on a key biblical tale." —Kirkus ReviewsAn AJL Holiday Highlights book!This interpretation of the familiar biblical story of the Exodus shifts the focus to Moses’ older sister Miriam, whose bravery and celebratory dance provided hope for her people during a dark and dangerous journey, and shows how emotional needs can be as important as physical ones. The Israelites are fleeing slavery in Egypt. There is no time to pack, but Miriam brings her timbrel and her dancing shoes. Her brother Moses is frustrated, “We’re running for our lives, not planning a party!” But when they need to cross the Red Sea, it is Miriam who keeps their spirits up, leading her people in a dance towards freedom.
Navigators of Dune
The third volume in the landmark Schools of Dune trilogy - the inspiration for the HBO Original series DUNE: PROPHECY!A New York Times bestseller, Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson's Navigators of Dune is the climactic finale of the Great Schools of Dune trilogy, set 10,000 years before Frank Herbert's classic Dune.The story line tells the origins of the Bene Gesserit Sisterhood and its breeding program, the human-computer Mentats, and the Navigators (the Spacing Guild), as well as a crucial battle for the future of the human race, in which reason faces off against fanaticism. These events have far-reaching consequences that will set the stage for Dune, millennia later.
Elphie
Once upon a time in the land of Oz, a green little girl was born...
ELPHIE: A WICKED CHILDHOOD is the captivating coming-of-age story of the most iconic witch ever to grace our screens and bookshelves.
Young Elphaba is destined to be a witch, she bears the markings from childhood. But what happened before her powers took hold?
Elphie is a girl like any other and no other. Nothing like her parents - one beautiful, the other pious - nor her saintly sister, Nessarose. Her skin is green, her mind is cunning. One day she will command this strange and wonderful world. For now, her journey is just beginning.
The road ahead is full of lessons and heartbreak, the first bruising attempts at friendship - and tantalising whispers of magic.
It will lead Elphie to the doors of Shiz University, and to the girl who will change her life forever...
Buried Lies
A murdered judge. A broken system. And one lawyer who risks everything to expose the truth. When Dean Lincoln takes on the high-profile appeal of a man accused of killing a respected South Carolina judge, he knows the case is stacked against him. But as Lincoln digs deeper, he uncovers more than procedural missteps—he finds a conspiracy that reaches the highest levels of power. With dangerous men closing ranks and witnesses going silent, Lincoln must risk everything to unravel a web of corruption before it buries him next. Because in a town where justice is just another commodity, exposing the truth might be the deadliest move of all.
A Fluffle of Bunnies
Join the animals and follow the clues in this rollicking, rhyming, nature-inspired whodunit story full of fun collective nouns!A scurry of squirrels has a mystery to solve—a gray rabbit has disappeared! Picture book readers will delight in the cast of woodland animals (with their collective nouns) and the joys of spring, when the rabbit herself reveals a fluffle of baby bunnies!Praise for Tap the Magic Tree:"Although simple in presentation with ample white space, the artwork provides a glorious rendition of the four seasons of a tree. " –BooklistPraise for The Hidden Rainbow:"This book is sweeter than honey." –Kirkus Reviews (starred review)Praise for Bird Watch:"A peaceful look at nature for little ones." –School Library JournalPraise for Touch the Brightest Star:"This exploration of the world at night should be inviting to even the youngest children . . ." –The Horn Book
I Can Say Bye-Bye!
Become your child's best teacher with this fun flap book created by an early speech expert! Includes eight full-page flaps and a mirror!Help your little one say their first words with confidence—starting with “bye-bye!”Created by a speech-language pathologist, I Can Say Bye-Bye is an interactive board book designed to turn everyday moments into powerful opportunities for early language development. Through playful repetition, engaging visuals, and hands-on features, babies and toddlers learn to wave, connect, and communicate. With sturdy lift-the-flaps, real-life photos, and a built-in mirror, this book encourages imitation, social interaction, and speech practice all while having fun. Why parents and caregivers love this book:Expert-designed for early speech development by a certified speech-language pathologistInteractive full-page flaps reveal familiar scenes that prompt kids to say “hi” and “bye-bye”Repetition, rhythm, and rhyme help reinforce first words and keep little ones engagedReal-life photos model mouth movements and support social-emotional learningBuilt-in mirror invites babies to practice waving and speaking along with youPerfect for babies and toddlers ages 0–3, this charming board book supports early communication skills while strengthening the bond between you and your child. Make learning to talk a joyful, everyday experience—one “bye-bye” at a time!
The Invincible Brain
Mental decline is one of our biggest fears, but Dr Fotuhi provides a necessary dose of reassurance and empowerment in this wonderful new book.' - Dr Sanjay Gupta, neurosurgeon, chief medical correspondent for CNN and bestselling author of Keep Sharp'This step-by-step guide by a world-leading neuroscientist can quell your anxiety, help you focus, ward off dementia... and help you live again' - Daily MailIn just 12 weeks, you can prevent and reverse cognitive decline, boost memory and enhance mental sharpness at any age. Dr Majid Fotuhi, PhD, world-renowned neurologist and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins, is leading the charge in revolutionising how we understand human intelligence, brain health and age-related cognitive decline. In this pioneering book, he reveals the true wonder of how the brain works and its infinite potential for growth and change. Supported by over thirty-five years of original research, The Invincible Brain demonstrates how targeted lifestyle changes can prevent, treat and even reverse mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's disease, dementia, ADHD and concussion symptoms. Dr Fotuhi's twelve-week programme is backed by extraordinary clinical results, published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, showing that more than 80% of patients achieve exceptional improvements in memory, focus and other cognitive functions. In elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment, MRIs show a 3% increase in the volume of the hippocampus, the key brain region for learning and memory. This actionable guide provides a step-by-step formula for unlocking your brain's hidden potential, building resilience and maximizing mental acuity at any age. In this book, you'll discover:* The Five Pillars of Brain Health: The most essential strategies to optimize fitness, sleep, nutrition, mindset and brain training for lifelong cognitive vitality. * A New Understanding of Alzheimer's: The truth about dementia and Alzheimer's, including the latest in testing and treatment. * Customizable Brain Exercises: Fun, scalable techniques to enhance memory, problem-solving and focus. * A Brain-Boosting Diet Plan: A nutrient-rich plan linked to fewer Alzheimer's plaques and tangles - keeping your brain up to eighteen years younger. * Stress Management Tools: DIY biofeedback and mindfulness practices that can boost heart rate variability; a key marker for a calmer and more resilient brain. * Sleep Optimisation Techniques: Proven methods to boost deep sleep for overnight brain detoxification and renewal. The Invincible Brain delivers everything you need to empower your brain to thrive - in as little as 12 weeks. Your smarter, sharper future begins now.
The Cut Line
In the dog days of an Estonian summer, Liine flees to the countryside to put a conclusive end to her toxic 14-year relationship. She undergoes every stage of separation in a lone farmstead amid forests. A lot of physical labour and gardening help her withstand her ex-partner's threats, the incredulity of friends and family, and her own anguish. Dread is pervasive in this novel. Set in the near future, it is filled with vivid depictions of the threat of climate change. No less menacing is the presence of an expanding NATO base close to the cottage at the Russian border. The world's largest military alliance is practicing for an attack. Explosions and shots ring in the distance while Liine tries to recover from fourteen years of violence. Yet she simply follows the rhythm of nature as summer unfolds. While her environment changes around her, Liine-always in the garden chopping wood, weeding, sowing-undergoes profound transformations, too. The Cut Line is a story of fear, self-blame, grief, numbness, and anger ultimately giving way to hope and healing, joy and lightness.
Female Heroes of Greek Mythology
Discover extraordinary women from Greek mythology—51 stories for kids ages 8 to 12Dive into this dazzling, mythological story collection that celebrates 51 of the bold, brave, talented, and fearless female heroes of Greek mythology! Inside, you'll meet goddesses, warriors, princesses, and beyond who used their power and skills to win battles, protect their homes, and rule the realm. Written especially for kids, these stories are exciting, inspiring, and fun, getting them interested in folklore, excited to read, and giving them amazing women to root for!Incredible myths and stories—Enter the world of Greek myth icons like Persephone, the goddess of the spring, Aphrodite, the goddess of love, Medusa, the gorgon with snakes for hair, and so many more!Fun facts with each figure—Each story includes the symbols associated with each figure, like foods or animals, and an extra fun fact about Greek mythology!Gorgeous illustrations and portraits—Bring these heroes to life with beautiful, full-color, illustrated artwork of each woman. Female Heroes of Greek Mythology goes beyond the popular Greek myths to highlight a wide variety of amazing and powerful women!Who will your new hero be?
The Academy V: Cup of Nations
Leo has become a star in the Youth Premier League and one of the brightest young players in the world.
But he faces his greatest challenge yet when he joins his junior national team and tries to lead an underdog football squad from the United States to victory in the greatest tournament of all for his age group: the U15 Cup of Nations.
Unlike the Lewisham Knights, Leo's national team doesn't have a roster full of Premier League talent. Plus the team has terrible chemistry and very little time to improve.
The stakes have never been higher. The United States is the host nation, and the pressure is on to make a good showing. Can Leo become a true leader and bring his team together?
Or will they flame out in the group stage and disappoint their country?
The inspiring, action-packed fifth book in The Academy series is perfect for young readers 7-13 and for sports fans of all ages.
Keep score with the other books in The Academy series:
The Academy
The Academy II: The Journey Continues
The Academy III: Tournament of Champions
The Academy IV: Title Fight
The Academy VI: Rise of Scorpions
You with the Sad Eyes - A Memoir
Christina Applegate came of age on sets and stages, expected to be on time, with lines learned, ready for lights-camera-action. Performing began as a financial necessity and became an emotional escape from a tumultuous home life in the infamous Laurel Canyon scene of the 1970s and 80s. She first gained stardom as an audience favourite playing Kelly Bundy in the sitcom Married...with Children and went on to captivate a vast fandom during her five-decade long career.
In You with the Sad Eyes, Applegate will unveil the full story of her years in the public eye, and the painful moments the public didn't see. She writes about gravitating to the grunge that defined the 90s and finding belonging in the legendary scene at The Viper Room; sparkling on set with fellow comedy icons in the soon to be canonized franchise Anchorman; sharing her love of dance on stage in the Broadway revival of Sweet Charity; and returning to the Emmy stage to a standing ovation in 2024 after her diagnosis of MS. She'll dive into the darker moments underpinning her outward success: her relationship with her mother who fought addiction and won, even in the wake of her father's abandonment; the self-doubt and body dysmorphia that have dogged her from a young age; and the abuse and depression that eroded her health. Her path is ever lit though, by lifelong friends, chosen family, and her experience as a mother. By working through her legacy on the page, Applegate invites readers to take her hand and hear a story not even those closest to her know fully.
You with the Sad Eyes boldly presents a formidable and iconoclastic woman who has had to let go of her acting career, of her ability to dance, of her sense of physical power, but has always fought to find a new and even more fulfilling way of being. The pain will be matched by the joy, the losses mitigated by the extraordinary, the weight of life lifted by Applegate's signature comedic genius.
In her own words, "I truly believe that books can make people feel less alone. That's why I'm doing this. You with the Sad Eyes won't be some big violin scratching for my life. But it will be real. It will be filled with the ups and downs, the humour and grief of life.
So here I am.
Real me.
Lots to say."
The Invincible Brain
In just 12 weeks, you can prevent and reverse cognitive decline, boost memory and enhance mental sharpness at any age.
Dr Majid Fotuhi, PhD, world-renowned neurologist and adjunct professor at Johns Hopkins, is leading the charge in revolutionising how we understand human intelligence, brain health and age-related cognitive decline. In this pioneering book, he reveals the true wonder of how the brain works and its infinite potential for growth and change. Supported by over thirty-five years of original research, The Invincible Brain demonstrates how targeted lifestyle changes can prevent, treat and even reverse mild cognitive impairment, early Alzheimer's disease, dementia, ADHD and concussion symptoms.
Dr Fotuhi's twelve-week programme is backed by extraordinary clinical results, published in peer-reviewed scientific journals, showing that more than 80% of patients achieve exceptional improvements in memory, focus and other cognitive functions. In elderly patients with mild cognitive impairment, MRIs show a 3% increase in the volume of the hippocampus, the key brain region for learning and memory.
This actionable guide provides a step-by-step formula for unlocking your brain's hidden potential, building resilience and maximizing mental acuity at any age. In this book, you'll discover:
* The Five Pillars of Brain Health: The most essential strategies to optimize fitness, sleep, nutrition, mindset and brain training for lifelong cognitive vitality.
* A New Understanding of Alzheimer's: The truth about dementia and Alzheimer's, including the latest in testing and treatment.
* Customizable Brain Exercises: Fun, scalable techniques to enhance memory, problem-solving and focus.
* A Brain-Boosting Diet Plan: A nutrient-rich plan linked to fewer Alzheimer's plaques and tangles - keeping your brain up to eighteen years younger.
* Stress Management Tools: DIY biofeedback and mindfulness practices that can boost heart rate variability; a key marker for a calmer and more resilient brain.
* Sleep Optimisation Techniques: Proven methods to boost deep sleep for overnight brain detoxification and renewal.
A teremtés tava
„Sadie Smith” – így mutatkozik be a francia vidéken található anarchista kommuna tagjainak a harmincnégy éves amerikai nő, aki tökéletes fedősztorival érkezik elvégezni küldetését. Sadie ugyanis ügynök, árnyékban mozgó megbízók parancsára igyekszik beépülni a célpontjai, a fiatal, radikális lázadók közé, akik forradalmat vizionálva az államhatalom felszámolásáról álmodoznak, ráadásul egyre közelebb kerülnek ahhoz, hogy tetté formálják az eszméiket. Sadie feladata: provokálni a tagokat, jelenteni róluk, és ha kell, megállítani őket. Bármi áron.
Azonban minden megváltozik, amikor felbukkan Bruno Lacombe, a radikálisok öreg mentora, a régmúlt megszállottja, aki csak e-mailben kommunikál a világgal, és aki szerint a modern élet problémáitól való szabaduláshoz nem a forradalom, hanem a visszatérés vezet – vissza az ősidőkig. Sadie, aki addig maga rángatta a szálakat, egyszer csak azt veszi észre: valaki más kezd játszani vele.
Rachel Kushner több irodalmi díjra jelölt regénye feszülten rétegzett thriller, szenvtelenül gyönyörű prózája egy olyan világba vezet, ahol a szerelem is fegyver, a múlt fikció, az igazság pedig csak egy újabb fedőtörténet. A teremtés tava hipnotikus olvasmány – kíméletlenül intelligens, sötéten ironikus és végzetesen lebilincselő.
Kings Maker, Volume 2
An ascending prince, or an obedient pawn? The second volume of the hit BL manhwa by Haga and Kang Jiyoung.
With the help of Soohyuk Shin, Wolfgang has managed to pass his first test as fourth prince. Resolving the tax dispute with the Duchy of Ulysses has won him potential allies, but a new challenge soon arises. The fifth prince is returning to the palace, and the event will mark Wolfgang’s official debut to the court – and his brothers. He’ll need to rein in his temper and hide his growing feelings for Soohyuk or risk arousing the king’s suspicions. Because it’s not just the throne Wolfgang is reaching for, it’s Soohyuk too – and Soohyuk belongs to the king.
Volume 2 includes episodes 13–25 of the webcomic King’s Maker.
When There Are No More Stars Left to Count
After a car collision ends her career as a ballet soloist with the National Dance Company in Madrid, 22-year-old Maya Rivet finds herself abandoned by her vindictive grandmother to mourn her past life alone. When she discovers some vintage photos in an old music box, Maya musters the courage to travel to Sorrento, Italy, in search of the man she suspects is her birth father.
There she meets handsome and fascinating 29-year-old Lucas Velasco, who fled Madrid years ago to escape his toxic family. He arrived in Sorrento a lost and broken young man with no plan, no resources, and no confidence. But he found a community that welcomed him with open arms and created for himself a beautifully carefree life.
Seeing the opportunity to share that warmth with Maya, who has nowhere to go, he takes her into his home, and what starts as an uplifting friendship blossoms into love. But when Lucas discovers the secrets that Maya has been keeping from him, their love is tested to the limit, and when both return to Madrid, the turmoil of family ties and conflict tear them apart. Only when they can resolve their family traumas, can they begin to find their way back to each other.
Archeologie ve jménu národa a vlasti
Kniha se věnuje konferenci, která byla titulárně věnována výročí 100 let od vzniku Německé společnosti pro pravěk a ranou dobu dějinnou v Československu (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Vor- und Frühgeschichte in der Tschechoslowakei), spolku sdružujícího především národnostně německé prehistoriky a zájemce o tento obor v meziválečném Československu, oficiálně konstituované 1. listopadu 1924 v Ústí nad Labem. Tematicky byla zaměřena na interetnické (česko-německé, slovensko-české, slovensko-německé, maďarsko-slovenské apod.) vztahy ve středoevropské archeologii. V prostorách konference bylo po celou dobu možné zhlédnout unikátní výstavu poštovních známek a cenin s archeologickými motivy z celého světa, nepatrnou část jedné soukromé sbírky.
The Puck Hog
When a prized trophy goes missing, our favorite youth hockey team embarks on a hunt not only for the Lake Placid Invitational Cup but also a new understanding of what it means to be a team. The Puck Hog Volume 3 catches up with Sophia and Eddie as they meet a new friends -- Hope, a figure skater, and Dakota, the new goalie. As the team searches for the missing trophy, a heart-stopping game threatens to derail their season. Who stole the trophy? Figure skaters? A jealous Zamboni driver? A rival hockey team? Along the way, a new friendship evolves between Sophia and Hope while Eddie makes a transformation from puck hog to team player in a way that shocks his teammates.
Habitats of Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomons
A visually stunning, meticulously researched field guide to all the major habitats of Australia, Papua New Guinea, and the Solomon IslandsWhen visitors think of Australia, they expect strange wildlife such as kangaroos, Platypus, Koalas, and Cassowaries. Yet nothing prepares people for the otherworldly landscapes of mallee and mulga woodlands, Karri forests, and spinifex and gibber deserts. This illustrated guide covers every major habitat found on the continent together with those of New Guinea and the Solomons. Making the otherworldly understandable, it presents an easy-to-use system for exploring and enjoying habitats by combining wildlife assemblages with descriptions of habitat structure, climate, soils, and botany. Packed with invaluable information, Habitats of Australia, New Guinea, and the Solomons completely redefines how we experience the landscapes and wildlife in this spectacular region of the world. Features engaging, fact-filled descriptions of 85 major habitatsCombines all state vegetation and ecosystem mapping from the region to provide completely original, up-to-date habitat mapsBlends vibrant climate graphs and silhouettes with more than 350 stunning photos, illustrating the relationships between landscapes and their wildlifeFormatted like a field guide for easy reference, accessible to nonacademics, and essential for working ecologists, botanists, and conservationistsAn ideal travel companion for birders, naturalists, and wildlife enthusiasts
If you want to know her
In this exquisite pamphlet, grief is on every page, yet there is not a maudlin word. The language is clear and vivid, the memories accessible and, despite the emotional weight of loss explored, there is light and joy here. A collection as freighted with gratitude as sorrow. G W Colkitto is a maven of control of form and line, with the ability to say only what is needed and no more, and in If you want to know her, such craft opens spaces that allow the reader to immerse in the poems, feel deeply and leave with grace. An outstanding collection — poignant and true.




















