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Crooks 2
In this sequel to the explosive bestseller Crooks, Paul Williams reveals the inside stories behind more of his biggest scoops. Beginning with a sex scandal that rocked the Catholic Church, Crooks 2 shows us the personal side of some of Williams'' most notorious exposés, from the unmasking of one of the world''s most infamous drug traffickers to thwarting a criminal''s political ambitions, covering the longest gang war in Irish history and disclosing the greed of the nation''s bankers with the Anglo Tapes.For forty years Williams has shone a light where others dare not look, helping victims find their voices. In Crooks 2 he brings us inside the world of undercover operations, stings and stakeouts in the way that only he can.
Biggles Defends the Desert
Seven missing planes and a compromised air-route Sounds like a job for Biggles!Mid-way through the Second World War, there has been suspicious activity along a vital British air corridor between the West coast of Africa and the Middle East. Aircraft have been disappearing with no explanation; urgent stores, dispatches and important officials have failed to arrive at their destinations.Something must be interfering with this vital route, and the British Government knows just who to send to investigate the mystery: Biggles and his squadron set out for the desert.However, they soon discover that this is no quick fix. A German squadron located in the desert presents an unexpected threat, and Biggles finds himself in peril once againJoin Captain James Bigglesworth to solve a wartime mystery
Cesta sebapoznania
Publikácia ,,Cesta sebapoznania“ prináša autentický pohľad do sveta jednej línie psychoterapeutického výcviku SUR, ktorý už viac než štyri desaťročia formuje odborníkov pomáhajúcich profesií na Slovensku a v Česku. Prostredníctvom osobných výpovedí, odborných reflexií a anonymizovaných príbehov účastníkov približuje jedinečný proces sebapoznávania, skupinovej dynamiky a emocionálneho učenia. Autori ukazujú, že skutočná zmena nevzniká iba porozumením, ale najmä prežitou skúsenosťou, odvahou byť úprimný k sebe aj druhým a ochotou vstúpiť do hlbokého medziľudského kontaktu. Publikácia zachytáva históriu, princípy i atmosféru výcviku SUR a zároveň odkrýva jeho transformačný potenciál v osobnom aj profesijnom živote. Je určená nielen odborníkom a študentom pomáhajúcich profesií, ale aj všetkým, ktorí túžia lepšie porozumieť sebe, vzťahom a ľudskej psychike. Súčasťou knihy sú aj praktické metodiky, reflexie lektorov a denníkové záznamy zachytávajúce atmosféru výcvikového procesu.
Before We Say Goodbye
The fourth book in the multi-million-copy bestselling series about a cosy Tokyo cafe that offers its visitors the chance to travel back in time.
Toshikazu Kawaguchi’s poignant Before We Say Goodbye, translated from Japanese, explores the age-old question: what would you do if you could travel back in time? More importantly, who would you want to meet, maybe for one last time?
The regulars at the magical Cafe Funiculi Funicula are well acquainted with its famous legend and extraordinary, secret menu time travel offering. Many patrons have reunited with old flames, made amends with estranged family, and visited loved ones. But the journey is not without risks and there are rules to follow. Travellers must have visited the cafe previously and most importantly, must return to the present in the time it takes for their coffee to go cold.
In the tradition of Kawaguchi’s sensational Before the Coffee Gets Cold series, readers are be introduced to a new set of visitors:
- The husband with something important left to say
- The woman who couldn’t bid her dog farewell
- The woman who couldn’t answer a proposal
- The daughter who drove her father away . . .
In the hauntingly beautiful Before We Say Goodbye, Kawaguchi invites us to join his characters as they embark on a journey to revisit one crucial moment in time.
Catch up on the rest of the series with Before the coffee gets cold, Tales from the cafe, Before your memory fades, Before we forget kindness and Before I knew I loved you.
Classic Japanese Ghost Stories
Enter the haunted world of Japan in this spine-tingling collection of ghostly tales, beautifully bound in a luxurious special edition.
From goblin-infested caves and haunted tombs to vengeful spirits and strange, sinister happenings, ancient Japan was a country and culture that lived between realms: the world of the everyday and the world of the supernatural. It was a place where men could be brought down by karmic forces or lured into deadly danger by ghostly apparitions, and where the land held sorrowful secrets or stories that long awaited an opportunity to reveal themselves and seek reparation.
Committed to paper at the turn of the twentieth century by a unique set of folklorists, the ghost stories presented in this anthology will transport readers to a time of magic and mystery.
VINTAGE JAPANESE CLASSICS - nine masterpieces of Japanese fiction in gorgeous new gift editions.
Hiroshima, 8:15
A newly discovered firsthand account of the Hiroshima bombing and its aftermath from one of the survivors?a lost classic that brings unprecedented immediacy to our understanding of this world-changing event.
The whole city was covered with dark clouds, and conflagrations were breaking out in various directions. Could all of this have happened at once? It was then that black drops of rain, as big as blackberries, began to fall – rain caused by the atomic bomb. I wondered what had happened to my home and church. With a pale face, I ran down the Koi highway…
When the atomic bomb fell on Hiroshima at 8.15am on 6 August 1945, Methodist minister Kiyoshi Tanimoto was just beginning his day by helping a neighbour on the outskirts of the city. Unbeknownst to him at that moment, the events that awaited him over the following days and weeks were full of horror, but through his courageous determination to save his family, church and city from total devastation, Tanimoto would become internationally recognised as a hero of Hiroshima. In 1946, he featured in American journalist John Hersey’s seminal book Hiroshima which catapulted Tanimoto into global fame – but it is only now that we have discovered the manuscript that he wrote in his own words.
With a powerful introduction from Tanimoto's daughter, Koko Kondo, a renowned peace activist in her own right, Hiroshima, 8:15 is a remarkable eyewitness account of this devastating moment of history. Written in the immediate aftermath of the bomb, the manuscript had been lost for many decades and was only recently discovered in a university archive.
Today, over eighty years later in a world fraught with conflict, Tanimoto’s story is a moving and powerful reminder of how the strength, love and resilience of the human spirit will always triumph over the things that divide us.
The Nightingales
A stunning graphic novel set in 1980s smalltown America about a seventeen-year-old girl and the dying stranger who moves into her family’s home
It’s spring 1985 when Emil Wilson’s father, Donald, quietly invites his colleague Jim to move in with his family. What Don doesn’t tell his wife Annemarie or his teenage daughter Lou is that Jim has AIDS.
For small-town Oregon in the eighties, a place where Lou’s treasured New York Times arrives three days late, AIDS is still a news story that happens in faraway places to faraway people. Jim is worldly, witty and quickly deteriorating. His presence in the house turns the family upside down.
As Annemarie’s fear and resentment grow, adding further strain to the family’s shaky foundations, Lou forms an unlikely friendship with Jim (and his two showbiz Pomeranians, Henny and Penny) – a friendship that pushes Lou to grow up, get out and imagine a life beyond the limits of her town.
Tender, funny and gorgeously illustrated in full colour, The Nightingales is an unforgettable portrait of an imperfect family, and a coming of age shaped by love and loss.
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To Be Young, Gifted and Black
What does it mean – and how does it feel – to grow up as a Black artist today?‘This exceptional book, written with a mother’s love for her seven creative children, sensitively offers profound and original insights and perspectives that enrich our culture. I feel so much wiser for reading it.’ Bernardine EvaristoWhen Kadiatu Kanneh-Mason’s eldest daughter, Isata, made her solo debut at the BBC Proms in 2023, she could not have been prouder. Watching years of hard work transform into a transcendent performance was profoundly moving, both as music-lover and parent. All fractured when her younger daughter turned to her in tears a few days later, having read online abuse about her sister. Isata, it was declared, did not deserve to be there. How do you prepare your child for the fact that no matter their talent, technique or dedication, they will be told they do not belon? hrough conversations with her extraordinarily gifted family, Kanneh-Mason explores what it’s like to come of age in these turbulent times, when Black artistic self-expression is so often met with disparagement and abuse online – and offers a hopeful, powerful way through.
Astonishing the Gods
Explore the extraordinary imagination of Booker Prize-winner and visionary author Ben Okri – one of the most distinctive voices in contemporary literature.‘The hero of this novel finds what he did not seek, and goes where he did not intend to go. As I did in writing it. I set out to find one thing, but found another.’ BEN OKRIIn this disarmingly beautiful modern fable with an ancient origin, a young man finds himself living among invisible beings who have built a utopia based on one principle: that we must repeat every experience until we live it properly and fully for the first time.''Beautiful. A new creation myth'' Daily Telegraph''Amazing. I think this is as close as you can get to reliving the experience of a bedtime story'' Guardian
Peppa Pig: Peppa’s Toy Show
Peppa and George are SUPER excited to show Evie all of their favourite toys. From puppet shows to dinosaurs, and paint pots to dress-up, there's so much to explore in the new playroom!
Help Peppa, George and Evie to find all of their toys in this lift-the-flap book and join in the messy play!
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Peppa Pig: Play with Peppa Hand Puppet Book
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Peppa Pig: Peppa's New Baby Sister
Peppa Pig is a 4-time BAFTA award-winning preschool animation shown in the UK daily on Channel Five's Milkshake and Nick Jnr. Peppa is a loveable, cheeky little piggy whose days are filled with action packed activities. Along with her family and friends, Peppa learns and plays and has lots of fun. Join Peppa and her family on their funny, action-packed, everyday adventures in this collection of activity, story and novelty books.
Amal Clooney - Little People, Big Dreams
Discover the inspiring story of Amal Clooney, the inspirational lawyer and human rights activist.
Amal Clooney was born in Beirut in Lebanon in 1978. When she was just two years old, her family fled to the United Kingdom to escape the Lebanese Civil War. Amal's mother was a journalist and her father was a business man and academic, but Amal always dreamed of being a lawyer. She loved school and was determined to achieve her dream. She studied at Oxford University and the New York University School of Law and became a barrister.?
Now one of the leading human rights lawyers in the world, Amal is known for her dedication to fairness and justice. With a sharp intellect and fierce determination, she has represented high-profile clients, including journalists, political prisoners and victims of human rights abuses.
This book shows young readers how Amal worked hard to achieve her dream - and how through her legal and charity work, she continues to fight for those who cannot fight for themselves.
This powerful book features beautiful illustrations and?extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos and a detailed profile of Amal's life.
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Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling biography series for kids that explores the lives of outstanding people, from designers and artists to scientists and activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream.
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This empowering series of books offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies and toddlers. The hardback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. With rewritten text for older children, the treasuries each bring together a multitude of dreamers in a single volume. You can also collect a selection of the books by theme in boxed gift sets. Activity books and a journal provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children.
155 běžeckých vychytávek Miloše Škorpila
Rady, které pomohou začátečníkům, ale také sportovcům, kteří se již delší dobu snaží rozběhat a nejde jim to tak, jak by chtěli. Základy běžeckého stylu, stravování, druhy tréninku. Na co si dát pozor při běhu v přírodě, jak vybrat vhodnou obuv, rady do tmy, horka, zimy, bláta či písku. Jak předcházet zraněním, co s bolavými klouby, proč se nebát stárnutí. Příprava na závody, posilovací a protahovací cviky. Tréninkové plány, jak uběhnout 5 km, 10 km, půlmaraton a maraton a mnoho dalších vychytávek.
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Spider-Man: Mighty Mayhem! (A Mighty Marvel Team-Up)
A fourth action-packed, original story in the Mighty Marvel Team-Up graphic novel series by celebrated cartoonist Mike Maihack, featuring Spider-Man as he journeys with Thor, Valkyrie, and the Warriors Three!
No day is boring when you’re Spider-Man and adventure is around every corner. But when Thor hops into the scene, transformed into a mini-Mjölnir-wielding frog, Spidey’s day is about to get even more adventurous!
After a heated battle against Enchantress, Thor’s friends—Valkyrie and the Warriors Three—and Odin’s most powerful artifacts have all been turned into humdrum house objects and scattered across the Nine Realms.
With a knack for seeing the extraordinary in the ordinary, Spider-Man is on the hunt! How hard can finding the artifacts really be? But as Spidey and his mighty mates skate through Frost Giants territory and sweat through Surtur’s sweltering home, they realize time is running out before Enchantress finds the destructive doodads for herself, putting Midgard—and the other realms—in danger.
Author and artist Mike Maihack tells another action-packed and hilarious story in this fourth book in the Mighty Marvel Team-Up series.A Mighty Marvel Team-Up series:Spider-Man: Animals Assemble! (#1)Spider-Man: Quantum Quest! (#2)Spider-Man: Cosmic Chaos! (#3)Iron Man: Something Strange! (#4)Iron Man: Super Smash! (#5)Spider-Man: Mighty Mayhem! (#6)
Women, Walking
A showcase of the very best contemporary writing about walking, all of which is written by women.Featuring twelve specially commissioned pieces of writing, this anthology gathers together many of the most prominent writers on walking of the last decade across a range of genres, including poetry, novels, essays, and journalism. Demonstrating the richness and range of writing by women on walking, the anthology includes poet and novelist Helen Mort who won the 2023 Banff Festival grand prize as well as Josie Giles, Beatrice Searle, Polly Atkin, and Katharine Norbury, among others.Through its different essays, this collection confirms both the importance of walking to women as creators and the centrality of women’s writing about walking to contemporary adventure and outdoors literature.
An Unwritten Novel
Saving fleeting snapshots, astutely observing strangers, recording meticulous detail: modernist author Virginia Woolf knows how to capture a moment.In 'Kew Gardens' and 'An Unwritten Novel', everyday life becomes a powerful stage for dreaming and storytelling. Woolf’s trademark stream-of-consciousness writing style is showcased in 'The Mark on the Wall' where a nameless narrator zeroes in on their environment, becoming more and more unnerved by a seemingly inexplicable dark stain.'The New Dress' and 'The Looking Glass' are brilliantly observed portraits of a few choice instants. In the former, the party dress Mabel Waring decides to wear leaves her feeling uncertain and doubtful, but she resolves to change for the better. In each of these seven stories, Woolf explores the nuanced events which make up daily life and maps how they intertwine with our thoughts and emotions.This series of pocket-sized paperbacks celebrates the art of the short story and marks Macmillan Collector's Library's 10th anniversary. Each contains a curated selection of short stories from a literary giant: Katherine Mansfield, Arthur Conan Doyle, Edgar Allen Poe, Oscar Wilde, Jane Austen, James Joyce, Virginia Woolf, Alice Dunbar Nelson, F. Scott Fitzgerald and Rabindranath Tagore.
Every Screen on the Planet
'A must-read account from a heroic reporter who has taken on the world's most dangerous tech company' – Chris Miller, award-winning author of Chip War: The Fight for the World's Most Critical Technology'Engaging . . . this excellent book lays out the damage of letting arbitrary political power intervene in business' – Financial TimesIt’s on your phone. It’s on your children’s phones. It’s on more than a billion screens across the planet, serving up joy, creativity and connection. But behind the slick feed of the world’s most addictive app lies ruthless ambition and a global war for control.This is the dramatic, untold story of TikTok.Charting its rise from obscurity into the world’s most valuable startup, Emily Baker-White reveals how TikTok's visionary founder, ByteDance CEO Zhang Yiming, reshaped the global internet from a place where you searched for information to one where information comes to you. Billions of users were soon hooked by the most effective recommendation algorithm in the world.But there was a cost to such success. Soon, TikTok was embroiled in accusations of surveillance, censorship and user manipulation, attracting controversy from India and Europe to the US. After Baker-White – a Harvard-trained lawyer and investigative reporter – revealed that Chinese engineers could access Americans’ private information, a team of ByteDance employees even used the app to track her location.Based on unprecedented access to internal documents, leaked recordings and accounts from whistle-blowers inside the company, Every Screen on the Planet reveals how TikTok became trapped between two superpowers, desperate to survive. It is the story of how your attention became the world’s most valuable – and dangerous – commodity.'Revealing. A story about power, control and the hidden battles shaping what we see online' – Parmy Olson, bestselling author of Supremacy: AI, ChatGPT and the Race That Will Change the World
Hagrid
From the original publishers of Harry Potter come the POCKET POTTERS, a gorgeously illustrated, collectable series packed with exciting story moments, quotes and fun information. Read about Hagrid in this magical mini-guide, with more wizarding favourites to come!The perfect gift for younger readers who love Harry Potter, each book introduces a much-loved character with bright, full-colour illustrations and magical details. These mini guides are packed with things to see and spot, without revealing any surprises that could spoil the joy of reading the stories. Beautifully made and great for the whole family to share, the POCKET POTTERS are a brilliant way to start your Harry Potter bookshelf.Lifelong fans, too, will love revisiting the wizarding world through wonderfully drawn pages, spotting the many hidden details and Easter eggs, and remembering the moments where the magic all began.What does Hagrid keep in his pockets? How many pets does he have, and which subject does he teach at Hogwarts? Whether you are just setting out on your Harry Potter adventure, or you already know your Niffler from your Norwegian Ridgeback, start your POCKET POTTERS collection today!
Dobby
From the original publishers of Harry Potter come the POCKET POTTERS, a gorgeously illustrated, collectable series packed with exciting story moments, quotes and fun information. Read about Dobby in this magical mini-guide, with more wizarding favourites to come!The perfect gift for younger readers who love Harry Potter, each book introduces a much-loved character with bright, full-colour illustrations and magical details. These mini guides are packed with things to see and spot, without revealing any surprises that could spoil the joy of reading the stories. Beautifully made and great for the whole family to share, the POCKET POTTERS are a brilliant way to start your Harry Potter bookshelf.Lifelong fans, too, will love revisiting the wizarding world through wonderfully drawn pages, spotting the many hidden details and Easter eggs, and remembering the moments where the magic all began.When did Dobby first meet Harry Potter? Why are socks his absolute favourite, and how did he get a job at Hogwarts? Whether you are just setting out on your Harry Potter adventure, or you already know your Wheezy from your Weasley, start your POCKET POTTERS collection today!
Drawn Together
He was my protection… and my greatest weakness. Twenty-year-old Marfil Cortés lives the kind of life people imagine from afar. The daughter of a powerful businessman, she spends her days juggling Columbia classes, stolen hours at her ballet studio, and glittering nights in New York City.Her world feels untouchable — polished, predictable, safe. Until the afternoon she’s abducted in Central Park. Days later, Marfil opens her eyes in a hospital in New Orleans with no memory of what happened.There are no demands, no suspects, no explanation, only fear and the unsettling certainty that she is no longer safe. In the wake of the attack, her father tightens security and assigns her a bodyguard: Sebastian Moore. Sebastian is controlled, distant, unreadable — a man whose discipline borders on dangerous.His quiet intensity unsettles and infuriates Marfil in equal measure, stirring resentment toward his presence, his rules, his unyielding watchfulness. Yet as the threat surrounding her refuses to fade, Sebastian becomes the one person she cannot escape… and the one she cannot stop wanting. What begins as tension slowly ignites into something far more dangerous.Because the closer Marfil gets to Sebastian, the more she realizes the greatest risk may not be the one lurking in the shadows… but the feelings she never meant to have for the man sworn to protect her. Lush, addictive, and charged with suspense, Drawn Together is a darkly romantic story about love and survival, temptation and control, and the cost of uncovering what others would rather keep buried.
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