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Adorned in Dreams


When Adorned in Dreams was first published in 1985, Angela Carter described the book as ‘the best I have read on the subject, bar none.’ From haute couture to haberdashery, and ‘deviant’ dress to Dior, Elizabeth Wilson traces the social and cultural history of fashion and its complex relationship to modernity. From the ‘dress reform’ movement to certain strands of feminism, Wilson delights in the power of fashion to mark out identity - or subvert it. Explore topics including fashion and city life, feminism and fashion, and oppositional dress in this authoritative scholarly text on fashion’s pivotal role in modern society.
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26,99 €

Blades of the Guardians Volume 2


True Grit meets Romance of the Three Kingdoms! A thrilling manhua—mixing adrenaline-packed spaghetti Western and Game of Thrones–type empire drama—Blades (Biao Ren) follows extraordinary swordsman and bounty hunter Dao Ma and his three-year-old son as they take a larger-than-life journey fated to uproot a brutal ancient Chinese empire. It is the third year of Daye (607 CE). The people of Sui Dynasty are living in poverty under the brutal rule of Emperor Yang Guang. In the desert fringes of this empire is a traveling swordsman named Dao Ma. He’s a skilled bounty hunter who hopes to pay off his debt to his foster godfather while looking after his three-year-old son, Xiao Qi. When Dao Ma takes on an escort mission to bodyguard an enigmatic fugitive to the imperial capital Chang’an, he treats it as a simple high-paying job. Little does he know that this client is a dangerous mystic twirling strings that could uproot the empire from its foundations. One of the top bestselling manhua titles in China, Blades of the Guardians’ dramatic, brutal illustrations and tight, intricate plot will leave readers at the edge of their seats. It is perfect for fans of seinen manga like Vagabond, wuxias like Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, and world-shaking adventures like The Lord of the Rings.
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13,49 €

New Skin


A piercing and provocative debut about the myth of beauty and assimilation in modern day America, told through the lens of a tumultuous mother-daughter relationship. 'Horror, crime, and coming-of-age . . . inventive and brilliant' - Chris Kraus'A page-turner that feels equal parts cinematic romp and serrated analysis of the most important issues of our day' - Maggie Nelson'Intense, engaging, original and hilarious' - Colm TóibínWhen Linli Feng returns home to LA after a three-year absence, she is shocked to find her mother, Fanny, unrecognizable. In her endless quest to achieve the ‘right’ kind of beauty, Fanny has spent the intervening years having bargain procedures in basement beauty parlours. But even as Linli tries to wean Fanny off her addiction, Fanny has another secret in store. She has won a spot on America’s Beauty Extreme, a reality television competition in which botched plastic surgery addicts compete for reconstructive surgery. In Linli's attempt to rescue her mother from the sinister subculture that has claimed her face, she must at last confront the corrosive reality of the American dream at the heart of their relationship.
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17,99 €

Feel Free Home


Designer and HGTV personality Leanne Ford shares her fresh, “do your home your way” approach and her freeing design process for loosening up, thinking differently, and creating a warm and soulful home for all to enjoyFeel Free Home is the art of free-thinking home design. It’s permission to listen to your heart about what feels right in your space, and to use each room as your own creative canvas. Join Leanne Ford as she shares ideas for creating warm, lovely, and livable surroundings tailored to you and your family—and encourages you to be bold and to do your home your way. In this practical guide, Ford presents design tricks and techniques learned through her decades-long career of renovating, repairing, restoring, and decorating houses. Her savvy advice is a breath of fresh air for real-world home design: Don’t be too perfect or you will lose the charm and homeyness of a space. Keep what you can and reuse what you have—in with the old! Painting anything gives it new life Less is more—and undone can be beautiful. Silly solutions are sometimes the best Each chapter offers readers down-to-earth decorating ideas, design hacks, and a wealth of how-to recipes for creating wall textures, exposed ceilings, painted floors, low-cost kitchen and bath makeovers, and much more. You will come away empowered, inspired, and with a new perspective on how to make your home more joyful, relaxed, and just right for you.
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48,49 €

Living with Lynx


This book investigates a vital and controversial question for conservation and rewilding in Britain and Ireland: could and should we learn to live with lynx, wolves and bears again? We travel back in time, around the world and into the future to explore this contested topic. The author delves deep into the human psyche, considering not only his own mixed feelings about large carnivore reintroductions but also why people have such polarised perspectives on top predators. He brings his unique combination of expertise on snow leopards – and their relationship with humans – along with his experience as a farmer to illustrate the discussion. Along the way, we meet a cast of characters from across society, including farmers, rewilders and everyone in between. It becomes clear that coexisting with large carnivores is as much about sharing landscapes with each other as it is about sharing them with wildlife. The first book to tackle this subject in detail, based on more than 50 interviews from seven countries, Living with Lynx will be of relevance to anyone with an interest in the future of nature, farming and the countryside. Personal, detailed, unflinching and engaging, it adds a great deal to this rapidly evolving debate.
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19,99 €

If I Can Dream


If I Can Dream is a richly detailed biography of English footballing icon Terry Venables, telling the story of his playing career, managerial successes (and failures) and fascinating life away from the pitch. If there was a year when English football exploded into the public consciousness it was 1996. It was the summer when the phrase "Football's coming home" echoed from car radios, when Alan Shearer and Paul Gascoigne orchestrated England's campaign in the European Championship that captivated a nation. At the centre of it all was Terry Venables, managing England in what, remarkably, was his only international tournament. He was not the most successful man to manage England, but he was unquestionably the most interesting. As a manager and coach, he was startlingly successful. He was 39 when he took Queens Park Rangers to an FA Cup final, 43 when he steered Barcelona to their first La Liga title in a dozen years. An estimated one million people cam on to the city's streets to welcome the team home from the airport. The tributes on his death in 2023 spoke of a man of enormous achievements who might have achieved very much more. In this World Cup summer, with the 30th anniversary of Euro 96, interest in that team and the man at its centre will peak once more. If I Can Dream will feature interviews with every available major figure in Terry Venables’s life.
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29,49 €

111 Places in Women's History in Washington DC That You Must Not Miss


Women's history is everywhere in Washington, if curious locals and adventurous tourists know where to look. As the District of Columbia evolved into one of the world’s top tourist destinations, women emerged as pioneers and a town created to house the federal government matured into a gilded city affluent in feminist culture. Historic houses, hidden alleyways, and neighbourhood parks stand as memorials to America’s founding mothers who built the nation’s capital. This book records the legacies of these women and encourages readers to explore their names on headstones, street signs, and buildings, while also discovering where hidden history is unmarked. Rising from a strong foundation, modern DC women have continued to nurture the legacy of their foremothers as chefs, artists, athletes, philanthropists, politicians, and entrepreneurs. Most notable are the stories of collaboration in which these women flout the myth that nothing gets accomplished in Washington. Feminism in the city is fueled by the creativity, leadership, and fortitude of local women, each with a personal experience that is uniquely special. While no story is the same, the themes of preservation and progress are weaved throughout this book as a reminder; her story is history and it is still being written.
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19,49 €

Hey Duggee: Little Routines Little Library


It’s time to practise your little routines with Duggee and the Squirrels. This adorable collection contains four mini board books perfect for little hands. Join Duggee and the Squirrels as they earn their Toothbrushing, Potty, Handwashing and Bedtime Badges in this sweet little library teaching young ones everyday routines. Don’t miss these other amazing Duggee books:Hey Duggee: Getting Ready for the Day: Tabbed Board BookHey Duggee: Getting Ready for Bed: Tabbed Board BookHey Duggee: Where’s the Mermaid?: A Lift-the-Flap BookHey Duggee is a BAFTA and Emmy award-winning animation about an adorable dog and his band of Squirrels. It airs in the UK daily on CBeebies and is available on iPlayer. Featuring the voice of comedian and presenter Alexander Armstrong, this warm and hilarious preschool CBeebies show encourages children to get out and about and be active. Join the Squirrel Club in this collection of story, activity and novelty books and earn your badges with the friendliest, funniest dog around!
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8,49 €

Actually, I'm A Corpse


The new wickedly funny and clever murder mystery from the multi-million-copy bestselling author of the Horrible Histories. 'Delightfully fun' i PAPER'The perfect thriller - transporting you to a point in time through exquisite period details, peculiarly beguiling characters and immediate page turning events. The sort of book you dream of writing!' TOM ALLEN______________1973. Hours after a mysterious phone call is made to the police, a train pulls into Sunderland station with a dead body on board. Cause of death: strangulation. Victim: unknown. Witnesses: none. Undeterred by this baffling set of circumstances, newly promoted Police Sergeant Aline James vows to crack the case and prove her critics wrong. But when her famously ruthless investigation tactics yield no results, she is forced to seek help from two unlikely allies: unassuming assassin John Brown and calamitous actor Tony Davies. As bodies pile up, can this unusual trio thwart a devilishly complex plot, before one of them, actually, becomes a corpse?______________Praise for the Actually Murders . . . 'Sinister and hilarious. Great fun' SUN'Dark, witty . . . had me racing for the end' JANICE HALLETT'[A] smart, funny and deftly executed page turner' GUARDIAN'Funny, and so very, very clever . . . the most fun I've had reading a book in a long time ' M. W. CRAVEN'Wonderful' IAN MOORE
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29,49 €

Reading Champion: The Wishing-Chair: The Land of Surprises


Brand new readers based on the wonderful world of Enid Blyton''s The Wishing-Chair, especially written for children beginning to read. Each story is accompanied by colourful illustrations to engage the young reader and support the text.In this story, the Wishing-Chair whisks Mollie, Peter and Binky off to world where things are not what you expect. Some of the surprises are nice, but some of them are not!Reading Champion is an independent reading programme carefully levelled to match book bands widely used in schools. This book is suitable for readers aged 4+ and has been levelled at book band Red 2.
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9,99 €

The Worrying Rose


Katharine Towers has long been widely acclaimed for the intricate musicality of her poems and for their almost spiritual attentiveness to the natural world. In The Worrying Rose, her fourth collection, Towers invokes the radical act of being still in a world that seems to be dizzyingly out of control. Unfolding from Samuel Barber’s Hermit Songs cycle – influenced in turn by the anonymous writings of early Irish scribes and anchorites – The Worrying Rose distils Towers’ thinking about women, creativity and solitude: nuns and female hermits sit alongside the pioneering genius of Ada Lovelace, while the voices of such writers and artists as Nan Shepherd and Maggi Hambling are harnessed to explore the creative state of being alone. Just as the speaker in one of these poems goes ‘into the woods and closes the door’, readers of Katharine Towers’ exquisitely phrased and meditative collection will find themselves in a song-filled, resonant space. The Worrying Rose exemplifies Katharine Towers’ extraordinary musical intelligence, and attests to an almost spiritual attentiveness to the natural world. ‘Katharine Towers is one of the most original and gifted poets now writing. Her brilliant book is something no other could do, “an outburst of words” so old and English and fresh’ – Conor O’Callaghan
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17,99 €

The Whyte Python World Tour


ESCAPE INTO A WORLD OF SPANDEX, SPIES AND 80s ROCK IN THE MOST RAUCOUSLY FUNNY THRILLER OF THE YEAR'A rock-n-roll thrill ride… Heavy Metal icon Rikki Thunder’s satirical memoir is sweeter than Cherry Pie and better than a prescription from Dr. Feelgood! You need to read it' ERNEST CLINE'Clever and brilliantly funny, nailing the mutually exclusive worlds of metal and intelligence with wit. You'll love this Spynal Tap' THE SUN'Rollicking' PEOPLE'Outrageous fun. Outrageous twists. Just outrageous, period!' LINCOLN CHILD, #1 NYT BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Fans of spy thrillers will enjoy this delightfully silly and suspenseful Cold War-era adventure' BOOKLIST'Hilarious, fast-paced, and thoroughly debauched' CORY DOCTOROW--It’s Los Angeles, 1986, and metal rules the world. For aspiring drummer Rikki Thunder, life is good - even if he is sleeping in a condemned paint store and playing with a band that’s going nowhere. But when he gets a shot to join L.A.’s hottest up-and-coming band, Whyte Python, Rikki’s young life turns up to 11. Soon he has a hit single scorching up the charts, and the new love of his life in the audience. Rikki couldn’t ask for anything more. But good fortune can be deceiving. With the Cold War breathing its last gasps and American music blasting through the Iron Curtain, a youth revolution is taking hold - and a hair band is unknowingly playing host to the final battle for the hearts and minds of the Eastern Bloc. Rikki Thunder soon realizes there is a deeper web of influence propelling Whyte Python, and the stakes for his mission - to spread peace, love, and epic shredding across the globe - are far more dangerous than he could ever imagine . . . --READERS LOVE WHYTE PYTHON'This might be one of the most chaotic, ridiculous, hilarious, wild, unhinged, entertaining books I’ve ever read. I loved every moment' 5 STAR READER REVIEW'Easily the best book I’ve read this year. [...] Takes us back to the awesome ‘80s in a hilarious combination of espionage, music, and over the top mayhem. This is a thoroughly enjoyable silly action movie in book form' 5 STAR READER REVIEW'An incredible premise [...] that totally pays off. The characters are lovable, the music will melt your face, the jokes are funny, the hair is big, and there are enough twists and turns to satisfy a spy thriller fan too' 4 STAR READER REVIEW
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13,49 €

Easier Classics Great Expectations


An adapted, illustrated and accessible edition of one of Charles Dickens’ most famous classics: Great Expectations. Enjoy Every Cherry’s new adaptation of this famous classic. With inclusive features such as, dyslexia friendly font, literal language and text in short manageable chunks, this adaptation is a new and empowering approach to reading. Including a free audio book and sensory output features, this adaptation serves to break down barriers to reading through a cleverly thought-out approach, enabling young people to grow in confidence and independence when reading, whilst enjoying this world-renowned title. This adaptation follows Pip who is from a poor family. But when he grows up someone pays for him to live in London. Will Pip every find out who pai? bout The Easier Classics Reading LibraryFrom elegant parties in Gatsby’s New York mansion to solving crimes with Sherlock Holmes in Victorian London, follow our stories all across world!Our Easier Classics Reading Library range transforms the world’s greatest stories into inclusive and entertaining books, giving everyone the opportunity to read these world-renowned titles. Each book includes a free audio book to further enhance the reading experience. Every cover will have a sensory feature to assist with sensory output. All written books will have a visual and audio glossary. With its use of accessibility features, this book is a perfect choice for readers with disabilities, readers who may be working at a lower reading level and people learning English as an additional language.
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9,99 €

Šaj pes dovakeras/Môžeme sa dohodnúť


Ako vznikajú predsudky a prečo si nerozumieme, hoci žijeme vedľa seba? Výnimočná publikácia uznávanej romistky vychádza po prvýkrát v slovenskom a rómskom preklade. Autentické svedectvá Rómov otvárajú tému vzdelávania detí, pre ktoré je štátny jazyk cudzím svetom. Kniha je naliehavou výzvou k empatii, citlivosti a búraniu neviditeľných bariér v spoločnosti. Dielo predstavuje cenný úvod do jazyka, kultúry a historických reálií Rómov v Čechách a na Slovensku.
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16,99 €

Távol Louisianától


Az amerikai indián Ischate és a kreol úrihölgy, Suzette sorsa a 18. századi Louisianában fonódik össze, ám társadalmi és kulturális értelemben is egy világ választja el őket egymástól: az indián fiú bölcs harcos, ám a kreolok szemében egyszerű "vadember˝. Ezzel szemben Suzette egy vagyonos New Orleans-i kereskedő lánya, aki gyermekkorától kezdve a társadalmi, erkölcsi és illemszabályok béklyójában él. A két fiatal gyermekkori találkozása mindkettőjük életét örökre megváltoztatja, és ebben a sodró lendületű műben végigkísérhetjük, amint az évtizedek során szembenéznek azon akadályokkal, amelyeket a társadalom és a történelem eléjük gördít. A spanyol szerző, Luz Gabás Planeta-díjjal (2022) jutalmazott regénye több, mint egy szerelmi történet, hiszen a fiatalok viszontagságain keresztül bemutatja az Amerikai Egyesült Államok és Európa történelmének meghatározó időszakát - az amerikai függetlenségi háborútól a francia forradalomig -, s közben olyan fontos fogalmakról gondolkodtat el, mint a hűség, a haza és a szerelem.
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18,31 €

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Život po životě


Úchvatný příběh od autorky bestselleru Zůstaň se mnou Amber se jednoho krásného jarního odpoledne vrací na kole domů ze školy. Je to úplně normální den. Jenže když ji uvidí její matka, začne křičet. Amber totiž před sedmi lety zemřela – srazilo ji auto na tom samém kole, na němž teď přijela. Její nevysvětlitelný návrat ovlivní všechny, které její smrt hluboce zasáhla. Uprostřed všeho toho zmatku se Amber potýká sama se sebou. Jakým člověkem bývala? Jak a proč dostala druhou šanci na život? Román dokonale zkoumá tenkou hranici mezi životem a smrtí, vykresluje, jakou stopu může na světě člověk zanechat, a oslavuje život jako takový v celé jeho spletitosti.
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19,99 €

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Megvédelek mindenáron - Éldekorált kiadás


KÜLÖNLEGES, ÉLDEKORÁLT KIADÁS Daphne Green, a milliárdokat érő Greenway Discoveries cégbirodalom örökösnője a kiváltságosok gondtalan életét éli, ám amikor betörnek az apja irodájába, elővigyázatosságból testőrt fogadnak mellé. Milosh Petrov jól képzett, rátermett, egyenes, és komolyan veszi a munkáját: "Vigyázz rájuk, aztán lépj le." Ám amikor Daphne személyi testőrének fogadják fel, az elválás egyre reménytelenebbnek tűnik, különösen azután, hogy a lány élete valódi veszélybe kerül. Milosh megfogadja: bármit megtesz, hogy megvédje Daphnet.
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18,31 €

Grands Prix Winning Colours


Mick Hill’s colourful book is packed with his signature artwork, and skilfully showcases the cars, drivers and designers that contributed to the history of Formula 1. Beginning with the flags for hosting countries, it goes on to show every winning car, with details of its designers, drivers and races won, features new cutaways of the Lotus 25,72, Tyrrell P34 and the iconic McLaren MP4/4, and ends with a consideration of the drivers’ helmets, from historic leather caps to modern carbon fibre. A complete reference of the first 75 years of the F1 championship, Grands Prix Winning Colours will appeal to motor-racing fans young and old.
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41,99 €

The August Coup


'Lively and insightful' – The Times‘Superb . . . A work of quite exceptional scholarship and narrative verve’ – Literary Review‘A must-read for those fascinated by the decline and fall of the USSR’ – Mark Galeotti'Immensely well-researched and compellingly written . . . grips the reader from page one' – Andrew RobertsFrom the acclaimed author of Kremlin Winter and Blood on the Snow, a dramatic and expertly researched account of an extraordinary moment in Russia’s recent history: the August Coup. In the summer of 1991, a group of eight plotters came together to overthrow Mikhail Gorbachëv, then the president of the USSR. These ruthless conspirators, who occupied positions of high office, declared a state of emergency to restore stability through authoritarian rule. The reality turned out to be a shambolic failure which hastened the fall of the USSR and a pivotal shift from communism to capitalism. Beginning with a minute-by-minute re-enactment of Gorbachëv’s capture in his holiday home in Crimea, Robert Service follows the plot from its inception to its humiliating collapse. The troubling side effects of Gorbachëv’s well-meant reforms in the Soviet Union – business fraud, government corruption, organized crime and interethnic conflict – increased exponentially, and a New Russia was born. Fathered by Boris Yeltsin, it brought lamentably less benefit to the Russian economy or its people than he had promised. Linking the years from the coup itself to today’s Russia under Vladimir Putin, The August Coup is a thoroughly compelling and original chronicle of a moment that changed Russian and global politics forever.
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39,49 €

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