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Alex Abbott is Undead
'I loved Alex Abbott! Brilliant, fast-paced (and very, very funny!)' - Pamela Butchart, bestselling author of The Spy Who Loved School Dinners'This debut is blood-curdlingly funny, full of energy and fangtastic characters' - Daily MailWednesday meets Loki in this hilarious adventure series from debut author Louise Austin. Illustrated throughout by Katie Kear and perfect for readers of 8 to 12. Come on a fang-tastic adventure! I'm Alex Abbott. I was a completely ordinary kid until I accidentally got turned into a vampire. I have cool powers, but they’re seriously not worth it, because I have to:1. Keep the powers secret, even from my best friends (nightmare)2. Still go to school every day (thanks, Mum and Dad)3. Never eat chips or ice-cream ever again (the WORST)Actually, that’s not the worst. Trying to find a cure, I blundered into the supernatural world, broke an ancient pact and extinguished 32 tiny fire sprites (my bad). Now I’m on an epic quest to right those wrongs and make a deal with an ancient Sicilian fire demon to get my life back. What could possibly go wrong . . .?
Cornell's World Voyage Planner 4th edition
Jimmy Cornell, highly experienced sailor and bestselling author, has teamed up with his son Ivan to produce this fully revised fourth edition of World Voyage Planner. Based on their shared experience of circumnavigating the globe, this book deals with all essential elements that contribute to the successful and safe completion of a long-distance voyage. Designed to be used in conjunction with World Cruising Routes and World Cruising Destinations, World Voyage Planner provides practical guidance on all topics related to developing the right cruising strategy, including: Planning voyages under the most favourable conditions, whether in the tropics or high latitudes The latest pilot charts with winds and currents for passages in every ocean Logistics and cruising hubs Suggested circular voyages in the Atlantic, Pacific and Indian Oceans Complete outlines of round-the-world voyages An overview of the global movement of sailing yachtsThis book also provides invaluable advice on voyage practicalities, including: Services available in all major sailing hubs Places to leave the boat between seasons Suggestions for alternative routes if forced to change plans Emergency stops for medical reasons, major repairs or crew changesBased on comprehensive surveys with a wide range of long-distance sailors, World Voyage Planner is an essential resource for anyone contemplating an extended voyage, as well as for those planning to undertake one at some point in the future.
The Diary of a Nobody
Having just moved into a fine, six-roomed residence, “the Laurels”, the Pooters are ready to begin a new life. Charles, the paterfamilias, a lowly clerk in a City of London firm, begins to keep a diary, one that, over the next fifteen months, will provide a record of the small trials and tribulations – as well as the preoccupations, aspirations and social anxieties – of a late-Victorian family. Serialized in Punch between 1888 and 1889, and later expanded and illustrated for publication in volume form in 1892, The Diary of a Nobody, the Grossmith brothers’ highest achievement, is a comic masterpiece and arguably one of the greatest artistic collaborations of all time.
Moss Medicine
A comprehensive illustrated guide to bryophytes• Explores more than 600 species of the bryophyte family of plants—mosses, liverworts, and hornworts—in text and full-color photos• Shows the ways that indigenous peoples around the world have traditionally used mosses and other bryophytes for food preservation, clothing, and medicine• Details scientific research on the potency of bryophyte compounds and terpenoids as well as their antiviral, antimicrobial, antifungal, and anti-cancer propertiesIn this comprehensive book, master herbalist Robert Dale Rogers reveals the unique healing benefits of bryophytes—the family of plants that includes mosses, liverworts, and hornworts. These plants are some of the oldest on our planet, and recently they have been recognized by science for their antiviral, antimicrobial, and anti-cancer properties. Bryophytes have no vascular tissue and no roots. Found on all continents in a wide range of climates, they survive—and thrive—by extracting moisture and nutrients directly from the air. Using full-color photographic examples, Rogers presents more than 600 species of bryophytes through the lenses of ethnobotany, folklore, chemistry, and pharmacology, and he shares their healing applications in homeopathy and aromatherapy. Rogers explains how Indigenous people all over the world have used bryophytes for millennia for food preservation, clothing, insulation, and medicine. He then compares the three types of bryophytes with scientific research on the medicinal effects of their chemical compounds, showing that mosses, liverworts, and hornworts can be used in herbal preparations, homeopathic remedies, and essential oils for common ailments. He also explains that bryophytes have environmental benefits, such as in the sequestration of carbon and the phyto-remediation of our increasingly polluted planet, revealing how these ancient plants have supported humanity for eons—and, fortunately for us, continue to do so.
Folkish
Folkish is a trickster figure masquerading as a poetry collection. Full of ghosts, worms, saints, and Northern English folklore, Kym Deyn’s debut is playful, spirited and absolutely furious – moving between the alive, the legendary, and the haunted in endlessly inventive forms. Between deep time and mischief, Deyn’s poetry hungers and sharpens its spells – casting curses on bad landlords, exhaustion and poverty. These poems know intimately the coexistence of darkness and light, the mirror’s slippery surface, and all that moves like magic in the depths of forest and root, containing multitudes – “a million sipping leaf-mouths, now quiet and peaty”. Here, poetry is an act of wild transformation – boundless and entirely distinctive, unafraid of reconfiguration and re-enchantment.
The Bow-Wow Ballet
An adorable, creatively chaotic story about a troupe of canine ballet dancers who are getting ready for their debut performance. Tonight is the night of The Bow-Wow Ballet! Ottilly Sausage does tricks with a ball, and Maximus Hopper jumps ever so high. This troupe of doggy dancers all want to be in the spotlight... Will their performance end in disaster? In this endearing and whimsical rhyming book, Gabby Dawnay and illustrator Jennifer Mae Spooner bring the show to glorious life.
Multitudes
AN IRISH TIMES BEST IRISH BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURY ''Beautifully crafted, and so finely balanced that she holds the reader right up against the tender humanity of her characters.'' Eimear McBride''A writer of rare elegance and beauty, Caldwell doesn''t just get inside her characters'' minds. She perches in the precarious chambers of their hearts, telling their stories truthfully and tenderly.'' IndependentMultitudes is the beautiful debut story collection from the acclaimed, prize-winning novelist and playwright Lucy CaldwellFrom Belfast to London and back again the ten stories that comprise Caldwell''s first collection explore the many facets of growing up - the pain and the heartache, the tenderness and the joy, the fleeting and the formative - or ''the drunkenness of things being various''. Stories of longing and belonging, they culminate with the heart-wrenching and unforgettable title story.
Nászút Marokkóban
Egy nő, aki menekül a múltja elől.
Egy férfi, aki újra hinni tanul a szerelemben.
És egy utazás, amely örökre megváltoztatja az életüket.
Marie, a párizsi fordítónő Toszkána napfényes dombjai között talál rá arra a békére, amelyről azt hitte, örökre elveszítette. Roberto, a szőlőbirtok gazdája két gyermekével együtt, lassan visszavezeti őt az életbe és a szerelemhez.
De a történet itt nem ér véget.
Egy különleges nászút során együtt fedezik fel Marokkó varázslatos világát: a színekben vibráló bazárokat, a Magas-Atlasz hegyeit, a sivatag kapuját, az időtlen kasbahokat és az Atlanti-óceán fuvallatát. Minden nap új élmény, minden hely egy új fejezet – és minden pillanat közelebb viszi őket egymáshoz.
Ez a könyv nemcsak egy romantikus történet, hanem egy különleges útikönyv is Marokkó csodás vidékeire. Az olvasó Marie és Roberto nyomában járva fedezheti fel az ország legszebb tájait, városait és rejtett kincseit, miközben betekintést nyer a helyi kultúrába, a hagyományokba, és belekóstolhat a jellegzetes marokkói ízekbe.
A kaland azonban nemcsak tájakon, hanem szíveken át is vezet. A múlt sebei gyógyulni kezdenek, a család összekovácsolódik, és egy váratlan hír mindent új fénybe helyez.
Ez a regény a szerelemről, az újrakezdésről és az otthon megtalálásáról szól – bárhol is legyen az a világban.
Egy történet, amelyben az utazás nemcsak a világot, hanem a lelket is felfedezi.
Julie Sorell luxemburgi születésű művészettörténész, aki 46 évesen vált ismertté első regényével a Hajnal Toszkánában, melynek folytatása a Karácsony Velencében. Két gyermek édesanyja, és hosszú évek óta művészettörténetet és irodalmat tanít az Université du Luxembourg egyetemen. 2024-ben a hallgatók az év oktatójává választották. Mesterfokozatát a híres Bolognai Egyetemen szerezte, ahol különösen az itáliai reneszánsz művészet kutatásával foglalkozott. Diplomamunkáját a firenzei reneszánsz fénykoráról írta. Írói stílusát érzékenység, romantikus látásmód és gazdag kulturális háttér jellemzi. Regényei nemcsak romantikus történetek, de egyben hidat is képeznek a képzőművészet, a gasztronómia és az olasz életérzés között.
Miffy and the Impressionists
An adorable introduction for very young children to the world of Impressionist painting.
In what has to be the cutest introduction to Impressionism, Miffy discovers the work of iconic artists including Claude Monet, Berthe Morisot, Edgar Degas, Pierre-Auguste Renoir and Mary Cassatt, among others.
The book uses clever pairings of Dick Bruna's Miffy illustrations with iconic artworks to neatly captures the essence of each artwork. Combining a simple statement about each artist with questions that encourage children to look more closely at the artwork on the page, Miffy and the Impressionists is a warm welcome into the world of art for young children and their families.
The Stranger on the Stairs
THE GRIPPING NEW NOVEL FROM RUTH MANCINI, THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE WOMAN ON THE LEDGE. 'Lisa Jewell meets the Secret Barrister' Imran Mahmood'Brilliantly smart, unsettlingly human and impossible to put down' Rob Rinder'A propulsive, heart-thumping read' Gill Perdue'A cleverly crafted chilling psychological thriller' Louise Minchin___________You were only seven years old when you witnessed your mother's murder. Although you did not see her attacker clearly, you are pretty sure who it was. Thanks to you, he went to prison for twenty years. Now he's out. And you are no longer certain that the man you identified that terrifying evening really was the killer. But if it wasn’t him, who was the stranger on the stair? nd can he now be coming for yo? nspired by a shocking real-life case, a gripping psychological thriller by a criminal defence lawyer who has seen it all. ___________Praise for Ruth Mancini and The Stranger on the Stairs:'I absolutely raced through this compulsive page-turner ... Well drawn characters - proper plot and great writing. What more could you want?' Imran Mahmood‘It’s gripping and propulsive, but also moving and quiet in all the right places. Bravo!' Sabine Durrant'Kept me guessing (and biting my nails) throughout' Anna Mazzola‘Ruth Mancini is fast becoming a master of the thriller genre' Laura Pearson'Ruth Mancini writes thrillers with the certainty of someone who’s seen the law in action and knows exactly how to unpick it. Brilliantly smart, unsettlingly human and impossible to put down' Rob Rinder'Ruth Mancini is like a British Jodi Picoult' Jennie Godfrey'Only Ruth Mancini can deliver such brilliant twists that keep you turning the pages. Her legal expertise shines through, providing a sense of veracity and immediacy that is uniquely addictive.’ Kelly Mullen'Exciting and addictive' 5-star reader review'I WAS HOOKED!' 5-star reader review‘A super-readable, brilliantly clever domestic thriller’ Fabulous Magazine'A fantastic story that had me gripped from the start' 5-star reader review
Israel: What Went Wrong?
A leading genocide scholar explores the history of Zionism, Israel’s lurch towards extreme oppression and violence, and why it stands accused of crimes against humanity'Remarkable' GUARDIAN'Anyone disturbed and frightened by our current moral and intellectual morass should read it' PANKAJ MISHRAProfessor Omer Bartov was born on a kibbutz, grew up in Tel Aviv and served in the Israel Defence Forces during the Yom Kippur War. He went on to become an expert on the German army and the Holocaust, before turning his attention to his native country. In Israel: What Went Wrong?, Bartov explores the transformation of Zionism from a movement of Jewish emancipation and liberation into a state ideology of ethno-nationalism, exclusion and violent domination of Palestinians. He traces the process whereby Israel – whose establishment in 1948 received international support in the aftermath of the Holocaust – now faces accusations of war crimes and genocide. What are the implications of Israel’s near total impunity for the post-1945 regime of international law? And how do we understand the widespread support for these policies by Israel’s Jewish citizen? he result is a searing and urgent critique that addresses today’s debates over Zionism, genocide, and the future of Israel with rigour and depth.
The Unfamous Diaries of Daisy Brewster: The Drama Queens
The sparkling new diary series continues in The Drama Queens! Perfect for fans of Lottie Brooks and Dork Diaries, with a celebrity twist. Daisy is back at school, but her super-celebrity cousin Maxxy is STILL sharing her room while filming for a new TV show. And it’s all anyone can talk about! Daisy’s mum is always at the film set with Maxxy, her dad is always busy with work, and her brother Leo is being a teenage tyrant. The only thing keeping Daisy calm are her drama club rehearsals. With only a few weeks to go before the big opening night, Daisy is pouring everything into her performance. But with Maxxy being a total DIVA, sudden strange feelings towards her floppy-haired co-star Olivier, a HUGE SPOT appearing on her chin, and gossiping girls desperate for Maxxy’s attention, Daisy will have to channel her inner method actor to keep the show on the road. Drama, BBFs, secrets and theatrics await!
Fruit Fly
Anyone can write a bestseller. Here’s how.
GO GAY
It’s been seven years since Mallory shot to fame as a literary sensation. But after years of struggling with writer’s block, she’s desperate to resurrect her career before it spirals into obscurity. She needs inspiration to strike – and fast.
GO SAD
Enter Leo – a young struggling addict sleeping under bridges and trading sex for survival. He’s vulnerable. He’s enigmatic. He’s exactly what Mallory has been looking for.
GO DARK
Mallory needs Leo if she wants another bestseller. Authenticity sells, and there’s nothing more authentic than real life. She’s the perfect person to tell Leo’s story. Gay, sad, dark – just what the world needs right now. But as secrets threaten to unravel more than just her career, Mallory must decide: just how far will she go to pen the perfect story?
How to Age The instant Number 1 Sunday Times Bestseller
BY THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR'Sunlight has hazards . . . but also significant benefits. I am pleased to see Liz Earle's book helping to move this conversation forward.'Richard Weller, Professor of Medical Dermatology, University of Edinburgh'This is a refreshing and myth-busting bio-hacker's handbook of the latest scientific theories of how to age well. Liz shows us the power of sunshine and other practical life tips. Essential reading.'Tim Spector, Professor of Epidemiology and co-founder of ZOE'Liz Earle has written a powerful manifesto for ageing differently, with confidence, curiosity and vitality. It's practical, provocative and optimistic! A great guide for anyone who wants to feel stronger, sharper and more alive with every year.'Dr Rupy Aujla, founder of The Doctor's Kitchen So much of what we have been told about ageing - especially as women, is wrong. We're not meant to shrink, fade or be sidelined, we're not here to spend our later years in silent decline. We have just never been shown the full picture of what is possible - or how we can take control of it. But now Liz Earle's new book How to Age is here to blow the cover. The strategies Liz shares in this book are different from anything you have read before. Liz has tried and tested these protocols, combed the scientific papers and cutting-edge reports on cellular renewal and longevity to synthesise the very best evidence-based biohacks and practical, easy-to-implement, daily plans to improve and boost your energy as you age. She has used these same protocols to turn back her biological age by decades and she now feels stronger, happier and more purposeful in her 60s than in any other decade of her life. And in her new book she shares her findings so now you can, too. * Strengthen your body at a cellular level* Understand the primary power of sunlight, water, vibrational energy on your circadian rhythms* Become more resilient to chronic disease and modern viruses* Look and feel more youthful in both appearance and outlook* Use the daily plans in each chapter to achieve your goals Women are living longer but often in poorer health, so grab the reins and add abundant health to your years. Be more youthful, more vibrant now - This is How to Age.
The Comeback
'An irresistible biography' Evening StandardIt remains the greatest comeback in music history. The Lazarus-like saga of Elvis Presley’s fall and rise, from Army discharge through Sixties Hollywood hell to divine black-leather resurrection. As 1968 dawns, the once ‘King’ of rock’n’roll faces cultural oblivion, a fading star lost in a 24/7 delirium of women, pills and holy mumbo-jumbo, isolated from an America unravelling in its own chaos of war, racism, riots and assassinations. Until, against all odds, his world and theirs collide in the performance of his life. First published four years before Baz Luhrmann’s dramatisation of events in the Oscar-nominated 2022 biopic Elvis, Simon Goddard’s The Comeback is no less a vividly cinematic, pelvic-thrusting blockbuster. This Remastered edition includes a foreword from musician and journalist Bob Stanley.
Tarot and the Psychology of the Soul
Tarot and the Psychology of the Soul is part classic guidebook, part provoking how-to, with a dash of stirring tarot philosophy. With a focus on inspiration and inclusivity for all tarot levels, it begins by establishing how we can view the cards as reflections of the psyche and walks readers through how to use the cards for inner work and shadow work. Though we turn to it for answers and solutions, the true power of the tarot is as a mirror. With the right approach, it reflects the tapestry of our psyches, illuminating both conscious will and unconscious longing. It teaches us to befriend our shadows, evoke our imaginations, and attune to the soul’s quiet directive: How am I meant to liv? ith a tone that is both scholarly and soulful, Mariana Louis guides tarotists—whether beginners or seasoned practitioners—through the archetypal approach. Alongside archetypal interpretations of the cards, she grounds readers in the foundations of depth psychology, inner work techniques, and methods of reading. The following topics are also covered:Psycho-spiritual meanings and approaches to the Major and Minor ArcanaA breakdown of how to apply all that the reader has learnedGuidance on how to prepare for readings and how the cards communicateMore than a manual for reading the cards, it is an initiation into their archetypal depth. Tarot and the Psychology of the Soul invites you to use the tarot as a living language of the psyche, helping you listen to your intuitive wisdom, embrace your wholeness, and awaken the answers waiting within.
The Original Daughter
'Precise, layered and moving, The Original Daughter is a book not to miss' NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEWWHO WOULD YOU SACRIFICE AT THE ALTAR OF AMBITION? A dazzling story of ambition and sisterhood in turn-of-the-millennium Singapore by National Book Award '5 Under 35' honouree Jemimah Wei 'I cannot put this damn book down' ROXANE GAY'Wise and wonderful' PAUL BEATTY'Thrilling . . . so much the real deal' KAVEH AKBAR'Seismic' JONATHAN ESCOFFERY Singapore, 1996. Before Arin, Genevieve Yang was an only child. Living with her parents and grandmother in a single-room flat in Bedok, she is saddled with an unexpected sibling when Arin appears, the shameful legacy of a grandfather long believed to be dead. At once collaborators and sisters, Gen and Arin grow up inseparable, navigating the intensity of life in working-class Singapore - where urgent insistence on achievement demands self-immolation in the realms of imagination, work, and play. But as the rapidly modernising, winner-takes-all world threatens to leave one behind as the other's star rises exponentially, the sisters must weigh their allegiances and bonds, the cost of success and ultimately reckon with who they've become. What results is a story that cracks open the fault lines of Singaporean society, our desperate need for acceptance and our yearning to be loved. Vivid and visceral, The Original Daughter is a breathtaking act of empathy by a new literary star. 'A tour de force that I'll never forget' QIAN JULIE WANG'I read in a fever' EMILY ITAMI 'Heartfelt and meticulously written' SHARLENE TEO 'A true literary talent' TASH AW
Night Babies
The haunting new folk horror novel from Lucie McKnight Hardy'All my fears have vanished, and I realise now that my dreams were not nightmares but a sign of what was to come, how this will end. An inevitability.'Things were looking up for Astrid Aspden and her partner, Kit, until their house flooded. With Astrid's first solo art exhibition just weeks away, her paintings are ruined and excitement has turned to despair. She is thrown a lifeline when her best friend Flora invites her to stay in a run-down chapel she and her partner, Sim, are renovating in the Brecon Beacons. As Astrid and Kit settle into their new surroundings to salvage her work, they soon learn about the unsettling history of the chapel and what lies beneath the nearby reservoir. As the weeks go by, tensions simmer between Astrid and Flora as sour memories flare up from their teenage past and deep wounds are laid bare from an ill-fated school trip to Florence. Her relationship with Kit begins to fray as the chapel and the surrounding hostile beauty of the valley begin to intrude on their lives. Astrid throws herself into her work but the longer she spends in the chapel the more she begins to notice things: handprints on her paintings, shadowy figures reflected in the reservoir and voices whispering in the night. As the darkness of the Welsh valley closes in on Astrid, will she be able to run from the looming horror or be consumed by i? hether it is the past, the otherworldly, or the truth - they all haunt this menacing and claustrophobic novel.
Disney Winnie The Pooh 100 Things to Find in the Hundred Acre Wood
CELEBRATE 100 YEARS OF WINNIE THE POOH AND FRIENDS!A fun-filled Winnie the Pooh search and find adventure!Can you spot Pooh, Piglet and friends in this official Disney activity boo? xplore the Hundred Acre Wood in this immersive search and find book. Set across the seasons, young readers can explore the changes of nature through visual exploration. Discover beloved locations from the world of Winnie the Pooh with outdoor landscapes and cross-sections of characters' homes to search for hidden details.
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