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Grimsby


This book tells the story of the making of Grimsby. It describes how the town grew ‘on the ground’ and so helps to explain Grimsby’s present-day physical character. The story is an intriguing one and includes colourful controversies and conflicts that influenced the town’s development. The story begins with the Viking foundation of Grimsby. Then, in the years after the Norman Conquest the town became a successful trading community and port. This was followed by a long period of decline. The town’s fortunes were revived with the coming of the railway in 1848 and the constructions of an extensive dock system. There then followed a massive increase in trade, and the foundation of the port’s modern fishing industry. In the process, it attracted immigration. This new population needed somewhere to live. Consequently, land was quickly covered with houses. The long-term effect of this period of extensive and intensive building – which is described in this book – was to determine to a large extent the shape and character of the modern town.
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22,99 €

Looking After


''A beautiful, bracing gem of a book, quite unlike any other family memoir I’ve ever read'' Polly Morland, author of A FORTUNATE WOMAN''Beautifully written, erudite and important . . . Looking After is a love letter to an autistic brother and to family itself, and a reminder of the power of empathy to save lives'' Christie Watson, author of THE LANGUAGE OF KINDNESS''Held me captive to the very last page. Wise, compassionate and compellingly told'' Monica Ali, author of LOVE MARRIAGE''This life-spanning memoir is an affecting and affectionate tribute'' Bookseller, Editor''s ChoiceMeet Lionel, Caroline’s older brother. Born in the late 1940s, when little was known about autism, Lionel was considered a peculiarity. From the beginning, he was a silent child, oblivious to the people around him and intent only on playing with his toy trucks. By the time he turned four, doctors declared him ineducable and advised that he be institutionalised – a shockingly standard practise at the time.No one could have predicted that Lionel would go onto music college and find his place in the world. With the help of his mother – who refused to send him away – Lionel lived a life that was certainly unusual but never dull. He had perfect pitch, could multiply three-figure numbers in his head, or work out which day of the week you were born on, the instant you told him your birthday.But when Lionel’s mother dies, and shortly after he is diagnosed with cancer, his two sisters struggle to fill the void – to become Lionel’s caretaker and support him as they had promised their mother. Looking After is both a portrait of one autistic man''s remarkable life, and a heart-rending story of how one family learnt to care for each other, to deal with loss and to be by each other’s side at the very end.
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14,99 €

Call Me Ishmaelle


Moby-Dick reimagined from the perspective of a cross-dressed female sailor''Brilliantly written... ambitious, brave, strange'' Philip Hoare''One of the most valuable writers in the world'' Deborah Levy1843. Ishmaelle is born in a small village on the stormy Kent coast where she grows up swimming with dolphins. After her parents and infant sister die, her brother, Joseph, leaves to find work as a sailor. Abandoned and desperate for a life at sea, Ishmaelle disguises herself as a cabin boy and travels to New York.Call Me Ishmaelle reimagines the epic battle between man and nature in Herman Melville’s Moby Dick from a female perspective. As the American Civil War breaks out in 1861, Ishmaelle boards the Nimrod, a whaling ship led by the obsessive Captain Seneca, a Black free man of heroic stature who is haunted by a tragic past. Here, she finds protectors in Polynesian harpooner, Kauri, and Taoist monk, Muzi, whose readings of the I-Ching guide their quest.Through the bloody male violence of whaling, and the unveiling of her feminine identity, Ishmaelle realises there is a mysterious bond between herself and the mythical white whale, Moby Dick. Xiaolu Guo has crafted a dramatically different, feminist narrative that stands alongside the original while offering a powerful exploration of nature, gender and human purpose.
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14,99 €

The Autism Parents' Club


Parenting an autistic child is a journey of discovery, growth, and boundless love.Raising an autistic child comes with a completely unique set of challenges which can leave you feeling isolated and frustrated.In this empowering guide, Ritu Kiran uses her experience as mother to an autistic son, to show you why a one-size-fits-all approach to raising autistic children never works. Offering her own perspective and bringing together anecdotes, reflections and advice from other parents within an illuminating question and answer format, she explores the most pressing issues related to caring for autistic children. With practical strategies and honest insights on topics including managing emotions, education, social activities and many more, this outstanding collection of peer-to-peer voices will leave you feeling equipped and supported.Structured so you can easily access guidance when specific situations arise, this is the go-to book that will help you create an environment where you and your child can thrive.
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19,99 €

Harry Potter: Slytherin Tiny Book and Pin Set


NOVELTY TINY BOOK: Completely legible, printed in full color, and encased in a slipcase with a ribbon marker, this novelty tiny book allows fans to go behind the scenes of the beloved Harry Potter films and discover all things Slytherin! Meet famous—and infamous—students and staff, explore key locations like the Chamber of Secrets, and learn everything there is to know about the house known for its cunning, ambition, and connection to the Dark Arts.. COORDINATING PIN: The set includes a colorful enamel pin of the Slytherin™ crest that can be worn or added to a tote bag or lanyard to show your house pride!ADD TO YOUR COLLECTION: Add more fun tiny book and pin sets from Insight Editions to your collection with Harry Potter: Dark Arts Tiny Book and Pin Set, DC Comics: The Joker Tiny Book and Pin Set, and DC Comics: Harley Quinn Tiny Book and Pin Set.
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17,99 €

One Good Thing


Italy, 1940. Lili Passigli's studies in Ferrara abruptly end when Mussolini's Racial Laws mark her as Jewish and 'inferior'. With Fascist propaganda spreading and hatred staining the city, the world around Lili darkens further with Germany's invasion of northern Italy. Stranded in Nazi-occupied territory, Lili and her best friend Esti, along with Esti's young son, must flee south with the help of the Resistance. On this trek through the war-ravaged country, they face untold challenges and devastating decisions as they fight to reach the Allies and freedom.
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13,49 €

Enough Said


THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'Alan Bennett is our greatest living writer' Daily Mail'A legend of British letters' Financial Times'In an age of curated self-belief, his vulnerabilities feel refreshing, his reticence almost radical' The Times20 September. Have a notion for a radio series - Awkward Conversations. Enough Said is Alan Bennett's fourth collection of diaries and prose. Covering the turbulent years 2016 to 2024, the diaries take us through lockdown, Brexit, the reign of Johnson, the rise of Trump and the death of the Queen. In between, we take the train with him back and forth to Yorkshire, celebrate the herons, the newts and the street fairs, and lament the scarcity of curlews, the closure of the last local bank and the deteriorating welfare state. There is the premiere of Allelujah!, the revived Talking Heads, the publication of two Sunday Times bestsellers and the filming of The Choral. 2024 is the year that Alan turns ninety; he reflects on old age and the importance of luck. He looks back to childhood and recalls an idyllic wartime month as an evacuee. A book for the bedside, this is poignant, funny, contemplative Alan Bennett, as he records life both personal and political in his most distinct of voices.
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33,49 €

Who's the Favourite?


The first non-fiction book to explore the joys and complexities of adult sibling relationships'Truly enlightening, charming and moving. I’ve learned so much…but I’m still angry with my sister for reading my diary!' Jane Garvey'It is our least discussed and most formative relationship and Catherine’s work is a hilarious, moving and fascinating guide through it.' Chris and Xand van Tulleken'Whether you're a sibling or an only child, Catherine Carr's book will leave you wiser and feeling more at home in the world.' Oliver Burkeman'Eye-opening and true. I wouldn’t be who I am today if it weren’t for my brother.' Gok WanFor most of us, our sibling relationships are the longest we will ever have. Whether loving or fraught, competitive or codependent, these bonds shape us in lasting ways. In this heartfelt, judgment-free book, Catherine Carr invites us to look at our brothers and sisters beyond the labels assigned in childhood. Combining real-life stories with expert insight, she explores birth-order stereotypes, favouritism, trauma, blended families, only children, siblings with additional needs, and the pain of estrangement and bereavement. Thinking about these relationships more deeply may help us better understand ourselves and the world around us. *Interwoven with candid interviews with sibling pairs taken from her hit podcast, Relatively, such as Chris and Xand van Tulleken, Johnny and Lillie Flynn, Nick and Gill Hornby, Manni and Reuben Coe, and more*
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25,49 €

Love From the Cosmos


Beautiful, smart, and determined Moyo Adegbite has it all...almost. As a Boston-based Pediatrician, she’s made her parents back in Lagos proud. Now, she’s ready for true love. To avoid dating all the duds in Boston, Moyo’s research led her to devise a foolproof plan: Join Cupid's Bow, the popular astrology dating app that uses birth charts to match soulmates with a 99 percent success rate. And the app works…until it doesn’t. After discovering the infidelity of a Cupid’s Bow match, Moyo goes on a booze-fueled rant against the app’s creators, filing an irate complaint slamming the planet responsible for her love life—the god, Saturn. Niyi Bankole was reluctantly named Saturn, and now he’s saddled with a position at Cupid’s Bow, the family business, as one of three matchmakers. But Niyi quickly learns he’s unequipped to be a god. Leaning into his science background to hide his incompetence, Niyi writes an algorithm that seems to work for clients...until Moyo’s complaint triggers damage control. Now, Moyo is contracted to receive a dating coach to walk her through three Cupid’s Bow–assigned dates. Eager to clean up his mess and (secretly) fine-tune his algorithm, Niyi offers to be Moyo’s dating coach. As they work together, will Moyo find love through the algorithm, as she and Niyi planned, or will she get swept up in one of Saturn’s rings?
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19,49 €

Ancient Fantasies and Modern Power


Chicago's Columbian Exposition of 1893 celebrated the quadricentennial of Columbus's 'discovery” of the Americas by creating a fantastical white city composed of Roman triumphal arches and domes, Corinthian colonnades, and Egyptian obelisks. World's fairs were among the most important cultural, socio-economic, and political phenomena of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries: millions visited hoping to understand the modernity and progress of these cities and the nascent superpower of the United States. But what they found was often a representation of the past. From 1893 to 1915, ancient Greco-Roman and Egyptian architecture was deployed to create immersive environments at Chicago, Nashville, Omaha, St. Louis, and San Francisco. The seemingly endless adaptations of ancient architecture at these five fairs demonstrated that ancient architecture can symbolize and transmit the complex-and often paradoxical or contradictory-ideas that defined the United States at the turn of the twentieth century and still endure today.
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49,49 €

The Questioneers: What's That Colour?


What’s That Colour is a fun rhyming Questioneers concept board book starring Aaron Slater, Illustrator all about colors from the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of Ada Twist, Scientist and Rosie Revere, Engineer Aaron has yellow. Rosie has red. Mix them together, it’s something new instead! Aaron Slater, Illustrator and his fellow Questioners star in their first ever board book all about the dazzling world of colours. What happens when you mix yellow and blue? What about blue and red? What if you mix all the colours together? Andrea Beaty and David Roberts—the #1 New York Times bestselling creators of the Questioneers series—are back with a delightfully rhyming and vibrantly illustrated board book, the first in a brand-new concepts series for preschoolers. Readers will join their favorite Questioneers as they explore numbers, shapes, and feelings in future board books.
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9,99 €

Cesta na Sardinii


Maminka, dcera a vnučka. Tři generace jedné rodiny. A cesta k moři, která na první pohled vypadá jako obyčejná dámská jízda. Jenom maminka ale ví, proč vybrala jako cíl právě Sardinii, a koho na ostrově bude hledat. Dcera si na pláži plánuje pořádně odpočinout. Nic víc. Nic míň. A vnučka? Ta se těší, až celá tahle příšerná rodinná dovolená konečně skončí. Pak je tu ještě Helena. Žena, o které se v rodině přes padesát let nemluvilo a která netouží po ničem jiném, než aby mohla vysvětlit, co se kdysi dávno opravdu stalo. Humorný román, který pohladí po duši a dodá odvahu jít si za svým.
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19,99 €

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Princess Sylvie


Princess Sylvie and her father, the king, leave the palace gardens for a walk in the woods. Then Oskar the dog runs off after a cheeky hare and Sylvie's adventures begin. What will they find hiding in the fores? his is a delightful story for young children about exploring new places and making new friends from the world-renowned Swedish author--illustrator Elsa Beskow. This wonderful mini gift edition of Princess Sylvie reproduces Elsa Beskow's classic illustrations and unabridged story in an adorable small format -- ideal for little hands -- with a cloth spine.
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9,99 €

Searching for Normal


A Sunday Times Book of the Year'A welcome antidote to the dangerous cult of overdiagnosis and the commodification of normal distress' PHILIPPA PERRYHow can we reconsider the way in which we think about, treat and care for those in distres? ore and more people are being diagnosed with ADHD and autism. More and more people are being diagnosed with mental disorders. Young people are being medicalised for behaviours that might be explained as entirely normal in other parts of the world. Distress has been commodified over many decades by pharmaceutical companies, the media and the psychiatric establishment. So how can we know when distress is normal and when it is something that needs to be treate? n Searching for Normal, Sami Timimi explores the political and cultural context of these phenomena and presents a deeply humane approach that looks at the person as a whole – their family context, their culture, their personal resilience – and advocates for a reframing of how we think about and treat distress.
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17,99 €

Čas malin přezrálých


Oblíbená autorka řady populárních knih opět s humorem a nadhledem, zcela otevřeně a bez servítek komentuje dění kolem sebe i ve světě a vypráví nenapodobitelným stylem o svých pozoruhodných příhodách, o dobrodružných cestách nejen po naší domovině, ale i po Francii a Velké Británii. Autorka potvrzuje, že není podstatný věk, ale přístup k životu, a navzdory všem ranám osudu je třeba vždy hledat to dobré a nikdy se nevzdávat, protože velkou lásku a štěstí může člověk potkat v každém věku. Kniha je vyzdobena půvabnými ilustracemi Terezy Budilové.
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15,49 € 15,55€

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Připravte děti na život, 2. vydání


Tato kniha vás originálním způsobem seznámí s tím, jak v dětech rozvíjet tzv. soft skills, tedy základní dovednosti, které jsou potřebné pro spokojený život. Je postavena na koučovacím a sebekoučovacím principu, a proto má velký význam pro rozvoj dětí i dospělých. Je plná praktických nápadů, tipů a původních technik, které lze pro rozvoj soft skills snadno použít. Reflektuje současnou online dobu a akcentuje nutnost dlouhodobé psychické odolnosti a efektivní mezilidské komunikace.
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13,99 € 15,49€

Sisters in Yellow


Hana has nothing but she's hopeful. She's fifteen years old. She lives in a tiny apartment in a suburb of Tokyo with her young mother, a hostess at a local dive bar. They have no money, no security. Then Kimiko appears. Kimiko is older, a bright light in Hana's dark world. Together they set up Lemon, a bar that, despite its shabby setting and seedy clientele, becomes a haven for Hana. Suddenly Hana has a job she loves, friends to share her days with, and the glittering promise of money. She feels like a normal girl. She feels invincible. But in the narrow alleys of Sangenjaya, nothing is as it seems. Soon all of Hana's hope, her optimism, and her drive, will be tested to the limit . . .
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26,99 € 27,95€

Háčkované čtverce – Karty


Inovativní sada nabízí širokou paletu vzorů babiččiných čtverců pro začátečníky i zkušenější. Už žádné hledání návodů v příručkách! Učte se, vybírejte, kombinujte. Háčkujte, kde se vám zlíbí, cestujte třeba na konec světa, pro připomenutí postupu vám postačí jediná karta. • 50 karet se vzory: rozložte si je, vybírejte, kombinujte! • Lícovou stranu karty tvoří velká fotografie, na rubu najdete návod. • Brožurka obsahuje nezbytné instrukce pro čtení rozkresů, kombinování barev a spojování čtverců. • Ucelená pomůcka pro navrhování vlastních projektů v nekonečné škále barevných kombinací. Vychází v překladu Dany Chodilové.
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19,99 €

The Little Prince


Meet the original Boy Who Fell to Earth. Stranded in the Sahara Desert, an aircraft pilot meets a strange little boy who tells him of his journey from another world. The Little Prince, by the French writer, illustrator, and aviator Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, was written and published during the Second World War, to immediate acclaim, and its classic status has been embraced ever since. Whether as a children's fairy tale or an existentialist fable, religious parable or political allegory, the "secret treasure" of its complex simplicity has only unfolded further truths over the years, like the petals of the precious flower of friendship it celebrates. Vividly realized here, for yet another new generation, by the award-winning graphic novelist Joann Sfar, this stunning adaptation celebrates the 80th anniversary of its French edition, and confirms its wisdom of ages: that life (and love) can be hard; that "grown-ups are very strange"; and that our precious planet is intrinsic with our universal Nature. De Saint-Exupéry's aircraft disappeared in the wartime skies over the Mediterranean in July 1944, and his death has remained a mystery ever since. "The only reason to speak in riddles," he wrote, in his prophetic masterpiece, "is to solve them."
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24,99 €

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