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Coal
‘I am Black because I come from the earth’s insidenow take my word for jewel in the open light.’ Impassioned and profound, the poems in Coal showcase Audre Lorde in all her dazzling elegance and multiplicity. Mournful, celebratory, politically conscious, this early collection faithfully captures the complex interiority of the self. With insight and great feeling, these poems explore racial and sexual politics, liberation and love; they are strongly autobiographical (including poems about Lorde’s children, her sister and her parents, as well as an elegy for a dear childhood friend). These timeless poems resonate down the years.
Where You Go, I Will Go
SHORTLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARDTwo women search for a place of belonging, in this stunning novel that will break your heart and lift you up. 'A stunning novel and a dynamic intergenerational tale' Bernardine Evaristo'A fresh voice in the global narrative of women's lives' Charmaine Wilkerson'A wonderful, vital novel' Irenosen Okojie MBE'Evocative and exhilarating' Salena Godden'A captivating read from an exciting new voice' Cherie JonesTo the world, Bijoux is the obedient daughter, dutifully attending prayer meetings and following the rigid expectations of her stern Pentecostal aunt. But Bijoux dreams of another life, one where she can live freely and be with the woman she loves. Twenty years earlier, in Kinshasa, Mira also longs to escape her family's expectations. When she falls in love with an impoverished singer, a criminal in the eyes of her parents, her choices will set her on a dramatic path that winds its way across oceans and decades. Both women will undertake moving and life-altering journeys, through love and sexuality, loss and redemption, to search for what they've always been looking for - home.
No Such Thing as Monday
Steffie spends her days working in a dry-cleaner’s, trying to scrub the world clean one garment at a time. But no matter how spotless the clothes, she can’t rid herself of the guilt and grime she feels inside. Haunted by what happened to her sister when they were children, large fragments of which she can’t fully remember, Steffie is stuck in a loop of self-destruction, defiance, and shame. When her violent, bullying father dies suddenly, it sparks a reckoning that cracks open her past. What follows is an unexpectedly redemptive journey of a woman trying to piece herself together in a world that failed to make space for her. Raw, exhilarating, and full of heart, No Such Thing As Monday confirms Sian Hughes as a masterful chronicler of life lived on the edge, and people at their most vulnerable.
Naturalistic Flowers
AESME STUDIO offer a masterclass in designing naturalistic floral arrangements with a sense of place in a range of stunning settings, from the English countryside to Europe and beyond.
Sisters Ally and Jess are the founders of leading London flower company AESME STUDIO and have created a unique naturalistic style that connects floral design back to nature. This, their first book, takes the reader on a journey through the seasons. The sisters visit twelve unique locations throughout the UK, Europe and beyond to gather flowers and create seasonal floral arrangements with a sense of place.
Naturalistic floral design is about using local, wild and seasonal flowers to create beautiful, sustainable arrangements that are in harmony with their location. From English country houses to a garden in Provence, Jess and Alex have spent a year documenting their travels to provide a unique guide to how to create stunning – and often inexpensive – arrangements wherever you are. Each chapter tells the story of the sisters' discoveries along the way and explores a location through its regional flowers and scenery, offering plenty of ideas for styling flowers along with arrangement 'recipes' that show how each was designed and created.
Whether you are interested in naturalistic floral design or just looking for tips and ideas to style flowers more sustainably at home, this journey through a year of floral arrangements will be a rich source of inspiration for anyone looking to decorate with seasonal flowers.
Capy Capy Capybara
Little beauty, such a cutie! Yay for Capybara! Capybara has a big day ahead. There's lunch to crunch and munch, friends to meet and greet, water to splash, and races to dash! Follow along on Capybara's fun-filled adventure!Set along a lush river-home to capybaras, jacanas, and caiman-Harper's joyful graphic art and simple lyrical prose celebrate unlikely friendships and the heroic lengths we go to keep them safe.
It Was You All Along
What if your soulmate was a decade too late?Meet Aurora: wide-eyed and studious, she’s the first in her working-class family to go to university. Alone and out of her depth, the first person she sees is Ben, her charming, carefree housemate.Meet Oli: steadfast and down-to-earth, he moved in just five minutes after Ben. Missing by mere moments a chance that changed his and Aurora’s lives forever.With Liv, their final housemate, the four are bound inextricably over the years by love, tragedy, and everything in between. They all know how lucky they are to have each other: no one would do anything to jeopardise their friendship.The only problem is, when true soulmates are kept apart, fate has a funny way of inserting itself. With explosive results…
Elizabeth - An Intimate Portrait
The intimate life story of Queen Elizabeth II, Britain's longest-reigning monarch, from the royal biographer and writer who knew her family best.
Gyles Brandreth first met the Queen in 1968, when he was twenty years old. Over the next fifty years he would meet her many times at both public and private events, his friendship with the Duke of Edinburgh giving him privileged access to Elizabeth II.
Based upon his unrivalled access to royal circles, this is the definitive and intimate biography of Queen Elizabeth II. Telling the story of her remarkable life and reign from a perspective unlike any other, it is his observations of the late monarch at close quarters that make this very personal account of her extraordinary life uniquely fascinating.
From her childhood in the 1920s and her war years at Windsor Castle, to the era of Harry and Meghan in the 2020s, and her death at Balmoral, this is both a record of a tumultuous century of royal history and a truly intimate portrait of a remarkable woman.
Told with a refreshing dose of humour and moving honesty, Elizabeth is the must-read biography of the longest-serving monarch in English history.
Gandolfini
Based on extensive research and original interviews, this intimate biography reveals the complexities of Gandolfini's character, his rise to fame, and his lasting impact on television and film. “A riveting look inside the mind of a towering talent, this is a must for Sopranos fans."-Publishers Weekly"A fast-moving, entertaining bio of a Hollywood mensch."-KirkusIn Gandolfini, critic and historian Jason Bailey traces the twinned stories of the man and the unforgettable roles he played. Gandolfini’s roots were working class, raised in northern New Jersey as the son of Italian immigrants, and acting was something he loved for a long time before he could see it as a career. It wasn’t until he was well into his bohemian twenties that he dedicated himself to a life on the stage and screen. Bailey traces his rise, from bit parts to character roles he enlivened with menace and vulnerability, to Tony Soprano, the breakout role that would make him a legend, and onto a post-Sopranos career in which he continued to challenge himself and his audience. More than a decade after his sudden passing, James Gandolfini still exerts a powerful pull on television and film enthusiasts around the world. His charismatic portrayal of complex, flawed, but always human men illuminated the contradictions in all of us, as well as our potential for grace, and the power of love and family.
Fortune Favours the Grave
When agents of luck are targeted by an unknown force, the newly formed Medusa Division are sent to investigate in this brand-new delightful urban fantasy mystery. Perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett, Jodi Taylor and Garth Nix's 'Booksellers' series. 'This is the perfect book. It's joyful and funny and sad and flamboyant: everything I always went to Terry Pratchett for' NATASHA PULLEY (on Acts of Cupidity)For agents of the Fortuna Division, being lucky isn't just their blessing, it's their business. Responsible for gifting doses of good fortune to oblivious mortals, they are known for being invincible to disaster. However, when agents of luck start turning up dead, it is clear their own fortunes have taken a bad turn. Agents Erron Grover and Nikita Wolf are recruited to a new team solely tasked with unravelling this mystery, but they face an almost insurmountable challenge. Since the almost-apocalypse, several mortals have developed an uncanny ability to see the auras of agency staff and piece together their role in controlling destiny - and will do anything to reclaim their fate. This is one problem croissants and ice cream cannot solve. Has the Afterlife Agency's luck finally run out? 'The perfect balance of fast paced and fun ... It hit me in the heart with a gold arrow!' ROSE BLACK, author of Til Death Do Us Bard (on Acts of Cupidity)Tropes:> Grumpy x Sunshine> M/M Friends to Romance> High Stakes (Good vs Evil)> Larger-Than-Life Threat
Princeweaver
‘A lush reimagining of the English conquest of Wales… a debut not to be missed’ C.S. Pacat, NYT bestselling author of the DARK RISE series‘A glittering love story: sharp as blood and beautifully woven with magic and myth’ Holly Race, bestselling author of SIX WILD CROWNS‘A lush, lingering heartache of a book… reminiscent of The Goblin Emperor. Morgan is a shining new talent in fantasy’ Annabel Campbell, author of THE OUTCAST MAGE‘Princeweaver is a dark and tender folkloric love story, flowering with yearning and intrigue’ Tasha Suri, bestselling author of THE ISLE IN THE SILVER SEA‘Rich in Welsh folklore and steeped in slow-burn yearning, PRINCEWEAVER is a tale that will leave readers breathless and desperate for more … An absolute gem of a debut novel’ Kalie Reid, author of THE SACRED SPACE BETWEENTheir marriage is to save a warring kingdom. But in the process, it might destroy them both.Born with forbidden, nature-infused magic in an occupied land, anxious apothecary Meilyr survives by keeping his head down. Until he ends up engaged to invading prince Osian in order to save his brother's life. Now, he is in a deadly game of cat-and-mouse to hide his true self. When nobles in Osian's court are gruesomely murdered by the same magic that flows through his veins, Meilyr realises someone is seeking revenge for his homeland. As suspicion towards him grows, he and the prince work together to uncover the killer or risk losing the crown - or their lives. Between court politics, unwieldy magic and a murderer on the loose, Meilyr must keep his wits about him. Especially as his feelings for Osian grow deeper with every passing day... Combines the court intrigue and slow-burn yearning of A Taste of Gold and Iron with the folkloric grounding and lore that readers of Naomi Novik and Stephanie Garber will enjoy.
The Origins of the Scottish Railway System
By comparison with their English counterparts, Scottish nineteenth-century railways have suffered from a degree of neglect by economic historians. Most of the existing literature is written for the railway enthusiast, concentrating mainly on topography, mechanical developments and entertaining episodes. Few of these books cover the whole of Scotland and most are treatments of single companies or of particular dramatic events. This study covers the earliest period of Scottish railway history, from the years of the first waggonway developments in the eighteenth century to the advent of the railway mania of the 1840s. It concentrates on the planning and formation of the various railways, the problems and achievements associated with their construction, and the financial records of the companies up to 1844. The first two chapters cover the horse-drawn waggonways of the eighteenth century and the coal railways of the early nineteenth century, while Chapters 3–5 cover the railways of the 1830s and 1840s.
Policing on Drugs
Today, images of cartels, security agents donning face coverings, graphs depicting egregious murder rates, and military guards at US border crossings influence the world''s perception of Mexico. Mexico''s so-called drug war, as generally conceived by journalists and academics, was the product of recent cartel turf wars, the end of the PRI''s single party rule in 2000, and enhanced US border security measures post-9/11. These explanations are compelling, but they overlook state actions beginning in the 1970s that set the foundation for drug violence over the longer term.In Policing on Drugs, Aileen Teague chronicles a largely ignored but critical prehistory of intensified bilateral antidrug efforts by exploring their origins and inherent contradictions in Mexico. Beginning in the 1960s, US leaders externalized their aggressive domestic drug control practices by forcing junior partners such as Mexico into adopting their policies. Leaders on both sides of the border situated counternarcotics within a larger paradigm of militarized policing, which increased the power and influence of the military and aggressive counternarcotics in both countries. However, different security imperatives motivated US and Mexican agents, complicating enforcement in Mexico. Between 1969 and 2000, Mexico''s embrace of America''s punitive antidrug policies strengthened the coercive capacities of the Mexican state, exacerbated crime, and were so ineffective in an era of open trade blocs that they hastened the expansion of the drug trade.Drawing on such sources as records from the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), the US State Department, interviews with key officials, accounts from Mexican journalists, and rarely seen Mexican intelligence reports, Teague relates the war on drugs as a transnational story with deep historical roots in US and Mexican conceptions of policing and security. The negative impacts of US-led counternarcotics policies in Mexico can be attributed to the complex relationship between the United States'' and Mexico''s shared approach to the drug war--with critical implications for present-day relations.
Think Like a Forest
‘Beautiful and thought-provoking’ Cal FlynHow do we raise children in a climate emergenc? hat should we teach them - and what kind of future are we preparing them fo? en Rawlence began writing to his eldest daughter before she was born, trying to understand what it means to bring a child into a world facing ecological breakdown. Over the next twelve years, these letters – written to his two daughters as they grow – chart one father’s attempt to live with the central contradiction of our age: raising children within a system that threatens all life, including our own. By turns moving and funny, and always bracingly honest, Think Like a Forest explores love, fear and responsibility in perilous times. Rawlence finds the answers might lie in learning to see the world again through the eyes of a child so that we may embrace interdependence and regain our place in nature. To think like a forest, he shows us, may be the key to how we parent, how we live, and even whether we have a future on our planet at all. 'A gift, not just for the author’s daughters, but for all of us who want to replace ecocide anxiety with the glimmerings of a better future’ Sophy Roberts‘A thoughtful, tender way to make a map of new and frightening territory’ Jay Griffiths
Hats!
From pulpits to protest lines, catwalks to coronations, Hats! is an international tour of headwear throughout history and global culture. Divided into four parts reflecting the key reasons why we make and wear hats, the book covers a broad range of iconic headgear from firemen's helmets to beautiful traditional lace mantillas from Spain, to bionic visors worn by celebrities. This exploration of headwear from around the world draws on various collections and in particular the archives of the Culture Trust, which boasts the most complete collection of hats and headwear in the world. Hats! features contributions from today's most inspiring milliners and serves as a fantastic resource for accessory designers, as well as a perfect gift for hat lovers. With a foreword by the celebrated milliner Stephen Jones.
This is the Day They Dream Of
The mind-bending sequel to the Times Thriller of the Year bestseller, This is the Night They Come for You.''The world''s greatest storyteller'' Guardian''One of the finest crime writers of any generation'' Daily Mail''Our finest practitioner of the double-cross plotting'' Mick Herron__________Trouble has a way of finding those those who spend most of their time trying to avoid it. Or so it appears to Superintendent Taleb, whose attempts to wind his career down to an unobtrusive retirement are once again in jeopardy.When delegated a television interview to discuss a thirty year old political controversy, his instructions are clear enough: whatever you say, do not rock the boat. But an inexplicable urge in the moment to tell the truth lands him in dangerously hot water. It also reopens some decades wounds which will bring him to the forefront of an investigation he is keen to avoid.Whether he likes it or not, the past is coming for him. And the past in Algeria is venomous, vengeful and relentless, quick to consume the unwary traveller. He will soon find himself staring down the barrel of a long buried mystery, which looks likely to add him to its lengthy roster of victims.This Is the Day They Dream Of is the scintillating sequel to the critically acclaimed This Is The Night They Come For You, which introduced the world-weary Taleb and his always resourceful colleague Agent Hidouchi of the Algerian Secret Service. Together they must navigate the country’ treacherous history to save themselves from its perilous present._________Praise for This is the Night They Come For You''Truly ingenious'' The Tablet''Goddard sprinkles head-turning double-crossing with delightful by-play between his two leads'' The Times''Fast-paced, beautifully crafted with some excellently drawn characters... engages from start to finish'' Choice Magazine''Goddard writes amazing novels of mystery/suspense. His new one is magical and the title is simply the best'' Stephen King
Počítanka: Matematické úlohy určené pre prvákov od 2. školského polroka
Počítanka je pokračovaním série pracovných zošitov pre prvákov, ktorý je zameraný na matematické a logické operácie. Ponúka ucelený súbor úloh pre rozvoj počiatočnej matematickej gramotnosti nielen pre rodičov, ale aj pre učiteľov. Deti sa naučia pracovať s číslami a porozumieť súvislostiam a vzťahom pri spracovávaní rôznych údajov. Pomocou zábavných úloh sa deti naučia používať praktické zručnosti a schopnosti potrebné na riešenie rôznych matematických problémov v bežnom živote. V časti o geometrii sa venujú skúmaniu rovinných a priestorových útvarov, natrénujú si odhad a mierku.
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Rainforest Sticker Play Reusable Activity Set
STICKER PLAY KIT – Create your own rainforest adventure with Mudpuppy's Rainforest Friends Sticker Play Reusable Activity Set! This set includes 50+ reusable stickers featuring vibrant rainforest animals, from playful monkeys to colorful parrots. Kids can position these stickers over the included storytelling scene or matching activity. The kit comes with a 3-panel fold-out scene, a 2-panel matching activity scene, and 2 reusable sticker sheets—perfect for hours of fun! BRIGHT AND BOLD ARTWORK – The Rainforest Friends Sticker Play Reusable Activity Set features an illustrated rainforest landscape, just waiting to come alive with adorable animals! As children place their reusable animal stickers, they can create their own rainforest stories and scenes, sparking creativity and imaginative play. PERFECT FOR GIFTING – The Rainforest Friends Sticker Play Reusable Activity Kit makes a perfect gift for young adventurers! With its vibrant, reusable stickers and engaging rainforest-themed backgrounds, it encourages imaginative storytelling in a fun, hands-on way. Its mess-free design and reusability make it ideal for both home and travel, ensuring hours of screen-free entertainment for kids and parents alike. SCREEN-FREE FUN – For over 25 years, Mudpuppy has created high-quality, non-digital puzzles, games, and toys for children and families that foster creativity and imaginative thinking. All Mudpuppy products adhere to CPSIA, ASTM, and CE Safety Regulations, ensuring they’re safe for little hands to enjoy. MUDPUPPY – Mudpuppy offers a wide range of environmentally friendly puzzles, games, and toys that inspire creative play for children and the young at heart. We focus on making fun, eco-conscious products that help kids unplug, explore, and engage in screen-free activities.
The Colorful World of Reptiles
A beautifully illustrated introduction to reptiles with colorful watercolor art and descriptions full of fun facts. From the creator of the bestselling The Colorful World of Dinosaurs, this follow-up volume introduces fifty amazing reptiles with striking watercolor art and fun facts on each. Beloved author-illustrator Matt Sewell delves into the fascinating, mysterious, and sometimes downright bizarre lives of reptiles, including spectacular snakes, lizards, crocodiles, bearded dragons, turtles, and tortoises. Did you know . . . The oldest known reptilian fossil is 315 million years old!That dinosaurs were also reptiles—though not, as some people think, giant lizards. The green basilisk can walk on water. The Galápagos tortoise can comfortably live for more than one hundred years. The saltwater crocodile is the world’s biggest living reptile (with an average one weighing around one thousand pounds!). The Colorful World of Reptiles explores all these creatures and more—bright, horned, camouflaged, and striped—through gorgeous watercolor illustrations paired with surprising, little-known, and fun-to-tell facts about reptile behavior, habits, and appearance. This fascinating book will delight young readers and beguile reptile fans of all ages.
Is God for Revolution?
Based on interviews with upper-middle-class Egyptian Muslims, Is God for Revolution? explores the ways in which political participation in the 2011 Egyptian revolution--and the emotions that came with it--changed the landscape of religious discourse and practice. Before the revolution, the interviewees found themselves in structures of culturally agreed-upon forms of religiosity. They were raised during what scholars call the "Islamic Awakening" of the late twentieth century and heeded the advice of religious figures that circulated freely in mass media. Visible markers of piety, such as the veil for women and beards for men, became commonplace. This all changed in one charged moment. In the wake of the uprising, Nareman Amin shows, revolutionary feelings--notably hope, disappointment, doubt, shock and anger-transformed their understandings of what it means to identify as pious Muslims. Is God for Revolution? is a book about social change in a time of political upheaval and uncertainty, specifically the relationship between affect, politics and Islam. It is a story about postrevolutionary agency, the emotional toll that this democratic experiment had on those who believed in the revolution and its ideals, and the transformative power of autonomy and emotion on young revolutionaries'' attitudes toward religious authorities and religious beliefs and practices.
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