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Do Blue
Surfing, swimming, fishing, we can't help but spend time in, or near, water. And now, growing scientific evidence for blue health supports what many of us already feel: being around water is good for us. Nick Hounsfield, the visionary founder of inland surfing lake, The Wave, knows this better than most. Shortly after it opened, he suffered a stroke, at the age of 46. Much of his recovery was in the water. In Do Blue, Nick tells his inspiring story, alongside Abby Richardson who overcame a fear of waves to find calm in cold water dips. Together they share practical ways to reconnect to blue, wherever you live, and meet the communities and individuals championing wellbeing through water. From the flow state of surfing, to the mindfulness of fishing and the exhilaration of cold water immersion, Do Blue reveals a multitude of ways to unlock the power of blue. Ready to dive in?
Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults
A revolutionary way to approach the challenges of making and maintaining meaningful friendships. There is an assumption that good, worthwhile friendships should come easily. However, for neurodivergent adults, friendship can be hard. From differences in the parts of the brain that are vital to managing the logistics of a fulfilling social life to difficulty with self-regulation, the way neurodiverse individuals experience social bonding and connection can feel unintuitive. Written by a social emotional learning expert, Friendship Skills for Neurodivergent Adults is a guide to navigate these differences, broken into three parts: · How friendship works· How to find your people· How connecting will get you in motion Each part offers simple, science-based, practical advice including scripts, tips and strategies to combat loneliness and help you find the belonging and support of lifelong friendships. By the end of this book, you will feel less alone, and have the tools to understand the unique way you can approach friendship.
The Tempest Blade - The Bridge Kingdom 6
In the searing finale to the iconic Bridge Kingdom series, the battle for Ithicana comes to an epic conclusion-from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Fate Inked in Blood.
A fugitive on the run, Ahnna has one goal: return to Ithicana with warning of the greatest threat her homeland has ever faced. But the man who broke her heart is hunting at her heels, and James wants more than justice. He wants revenge.
To prove his loyalty to his family, James ventures into dangerous territory to capture his father's killer. But the longer he follows Ahnna's trail, the more his certainty of her guilt is tested-and the more the passion they once shared reignites.
As war brews, Ahnna and James discover that the real enemy isn't each other. With their loyalties on opposing sides of the battle to come, James and Ahnna must choose where their hearts lie: on the battlefield, or in each other's arms.
Tropes/themes:
1. Political Intrigue
2. Alternate World
3. Enemies to Lovers
4. Action & Adventure
5. Romantasy
Poos of the Past - The Viking’s Stinky Victory
Join Lou Brusch, a poo historian from the University of Suwar-on-Stench, as she investigates her latest dung discovery!The Haukdaelir Clan are preparing for war, and bumbling Birger – the clan’s clumsiest member – is determined to help. But as the clan journeys to battle, a problem arises – Birger becomes desperate for a poo! Can he find somewhere to do his business before he makes the biggest battlefield blunder anyone’s ever see? his illustrated chapter-book is perfect for young readers who love Vikings, history and just a little bit of muck! With playful language and interesting trivia, this story is sure to educate and entertain.
Ballot
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. Ballot examines the psychological, cultural, and political significance of voting in an increasingly anti-voting climate. Armed with her personal experiences as a poll worker, electoral organizer, and activist, Anjali Enjeti unspools a timely narrative about the precarious state of the ballot during one of the most tumultuous political eras in US history, and recounts the astonishing events leading up to the 2024 presidential election. Enjeti lays out the growing challenges for voters in battleground states, where rightwing legislatures have introduced staggering numbers of voter suppression bills and redrawn district lines, all to disenfranchise as many Black and other marginalized voters as possible. As her account of the history and stakes of election integrity shows, the aftershocks of the Capitol insurrection on January 6, 2021 have manifested most egregiously on the four corners of the ballot.
The Power of the Dao
What if you could live your life in flow … all the tim? eel “in the zone,” “on your game,” or even “on fire.” Experience complete focus, deep involvement, and genuine enjoyment in whatever you are doing. Gain energy from your activities don’t run out of it. Feel calm, almost ecstatic. Most of us have touched this state briefly. But what if you could enter it not just for a fleeting moment, nor a single day — but sustain it as a way of lif? n this book, you will discover:Seven Daoist-inspired habits for creating flow and resilience every day. Practical exercises and reflections to help you apply these principles at work and at home. A clear guide to moving with life’s challenges rather than against them — with more calm, energy, and fulfilment. Max Landsberg, internationally best-selling author whose previous books have sold more than a million copies, shows how ancient Daoist wisdom translates into straightforward practices for our modern world.
Všade žijú ľudia
Štyridsať dní, desať zastávok, pätnásť letov, desiatky príbehov. To všetko vás čaká, ak sa vydáte na cestu s Jakubom a Katkou, manželským párom, ktorý sa rozhodol spoznávať svet a ľudí. Táto kniha nie je dovolenkovým denníkom ani zoznamom navštívených miest. Sú to poviedky, ktoré sa vinú krajinami, kultúrami a situáciami, v ktorých sa odráža radosť z objavovania, humor, nečakané problémy až po momenty, ktoré človeka prinútia zastaviť sa a pozrieť sa na svet inými očami, tak ako samotná cesta, aj príbehy z nej ponúkajú zmes emócií, od vzrušenia a smiechu, cez napätie, ale aj sklamanie z drobných nezdarov. Nechajte sa inšpirovať ich cestou a možno sa aj vy rozhodnete vystúpiť zo svojej komfortnej zóny.
ITCH!
Josie is at rock bottom, living a haunted existence after returning to her isolated hometown on the edge of the Forest of Dean. But the tall, dense pine trees are not the only things casting shadows across her skin.
When Josie stumbles across a decaying, ant-infested body in the woods, she plummets into a downward spiral, facing uncomfortable truths about the victim and her own past - all whilst battling a growing infestation of her mind ... and her flesh.
Desperate to solve the case, Josie scratches the surface of an age-old mystery - a masked predator stalks the forest around Ellwood, a place deeply gripped by folklore. As the village prepares for its annual festival, Josie gets closer and closer to unveiling a monster, and begins to ask herself:
Are these dark crawling insects leading her to uncover the truth? Or is she their next victim?
Alone & Together (A Die-Cut Peek-Through Picture Book)
Alone, we are strong / Together, we are invincible
Alone, we grow / Together, we flourish
The spare but powerful text in this joyful picture book explores why we need each other—our friends, families, neighbors, and communities—while also gently reassuring little ones that being alone is powerful, too. Charming art and clever peek-through die-cuts reveal surprising transformations with each page turn. Alone & Together teaches young readers that individual contributions combined with community cooperation make anything possible!
The Fire in the Mountain
For centuries, Mount Etna has sent lava to engulf the towns and villages, terraced fields, orchards, vineyards, and citrus groves that nestle across its slopes. But still it remains home to a quarter of Sicily's population. Why? Because Etna has always rewarded her people after every eruption with a landscape of unparalleled fertility, richness and drama.
In this extraordinary new book, Helena Attlee combines travel writing with history, mythology, geology, gastronomy and horticulture to tell a unique story of life in the shadow of Sicily's most dangerous and alluring landmark. Venturing through lava-strewn fields and pistachio groves patrolled by armed guards; past dusky, basalt-built farmyards, and caves once used to store snow, Attlee gathers tales of the artists, writers, farmers, and scientists who have for centuries been drawn to this unpredictable landscape: from the early Roman, Arabic and Norman settlers, Romantic poets and Victorian geologists, to the local families who live and work there today. It is at once a compelling account of Sicily's rich and varied past, and a powerful meditation on humanity's ever-changing relationship with landscape.
Earth Works: Houses by Byoung Cho
Earth Works: Houses by Byoung Cho offers a unique glimpse into the residential buildings of one of Korea's most influential architects. This visually stunning monograph combines photography, plans, drawings, paintings and models to provide an exclusive overview of this rarely published aspect of Byoung's work.
Focused entirely around fifteen private and rarely seen residences, the book takes as its starting point some of his earliest projects - Concrete Box House (2004) and Earth House (2009) - which explore the emotional impact of place through low-intervention and minimalist rural structures. At its core, this book aims to intertwine the theoretical underpinnings of land architecture with practical project descriptions, creating a holistic narrative that bridges the conceptual and the concrete.
It also explores Korean architecture's enduring concern with establishing a relationship with the land, something which is rooted in the country's distinct terrain and cultural foundations. A number of insightful texts by Byoung complement this elegant and poetic survey, exploring his architectural influences alongside the ideas of experience, perception and the Korean concepts of mak and bium (imperfection and emptiness).
The Art of Korean Cooking
A beautifully produced cookbook featuring eighty recipes inspired by traditional Korean cuisine, alongside illuminating essays on the country’s culinary history.
The Art of Korean Cooking is a definitive introduction to Korean cuisine and a beautifully crafted cookbook. It compiles more than eighty recipes, each meticulously researched and tested by Onjium – a cultural research institute and Michelin-starred restaurant in Seoul dedicated to reviving and modernizing Korean culinary traditions, preserving past tastes for future generations.
The book includes a series of cultural essays, interspersed throughout, grounding readers in Korean cuisine and culture. Taken together, they trace the history of its flavours and ingredients back thousands of years through the Joseon and Goryeo dynasties. A particular emphasis is placed on Royal Court Cuisine, accompanied by numerous modern spins on dishes once served at Joseon-era royal banquets.
Organized by season, the recipes range from familiar dishes like bibimbap with spring vegetables or seafood hot pot to the lesser known: azalea rice cakes, chestnut porridge, beotgul (oyster) salad, or stir-fried ueong (burdock root) with sweet-potato noodles. Each recipe is illustrated by a stunning photograph of its end dish, while artfully designed double pages depict raw ingredients and scenes from nature during the changing seasons.
Bookending the recipes are a series of illustrated subsections covering essential drinks, garnishes, and condiments. These include alcoholic beverages; bugak (dried deep-fried vegetables or seaweed); jangajji (pickles); tea; and fruit and vegetable marmalades.
Catalogue
From Achebe and Austen to Zola and Zweig, and from the Epic of Gilgamesh to twenty-first century dystopias and autofiction, here is the complete list of every Penguin Classic in print. The list is arranged alphabetically by author and also includes key bibliographic information such as sub-series, genre and ISBN. Comprising 3,500 entries, this is the essential reference guide to the world's largest and best-loved classics list.
The Nonprofit Crisis
A bracing look at what''s gone wrong in American nonprofits--and how it might be fixed.We rely on nonprofits every day to feed the hungry, care for the sick, and perform a host of other essential work, but American nonprofits have been under siege in recent years. Attacked by the left (for being part of the "nonprofit industrial complex") and the right (for advancing a "woke" agenda), nonprofits have also faced a serious threat from within: a rising generation of staffers who expect their employers to share their social justice convictions.In The Nonprofit Crisis, Greg Berman takes an in-depth look at the challenges faced by American nonprofits in the years since Donald Trump''s first election. It highlights the very real problems that have plagued the nonprofit sector and shows how some organizations have lost their way during the culture wars. Berman, an award-winning nonprofit executive, argues that if nonprofit leaders cannot figure out a way to handle the challenges of racial justice, the generational divide, and political polarization effectively, we are doomed to a future of declining public trust in some of our most important American institutions. The Nonprofit Crisis offers nonprofits, and those that care about them, a way forward in trying times.
Good Girl Syndrome
I've always been told that if I was good, I'd attract good things. So then, why am I unhappy?
From a young age, women are taught to put everyone else first. The result? A society full of 'Good Girls', pushing themselves to meet expectations while ignoring their own needs. But it doesn't have to be this way.
In this whip-smart and empowering book, psychotherapist Marta Martinez Novoa explains that people pleasing is not a personality failing, but a common response to trauma - an instinct to become more appealing to a threat, and a way to feel safe. Taking you on a journey into your past, this book will help you understand why you feel the way you do in the present, and gives you practical tools to build a future where you feel bolder, safer and more confident in everything you do.
If you're done being a people pleaser and ready to start living for you, this is your toolkit to wake up and finally take charge.
Highland Homespun
In May 1933 Margaret Leigh took over the tenancy of Achnabo farm, in a beautiful corner of the West Highlands overlooking the isle of Skye. In this unsentimental yet exquisitely written book, she recounts a year of farming life there, from the burning of the land and ploughing in March, through planting and sowing in April to haymaking and harvesting in September. Incidental details – such as a visit to the smithy, the arrival of some new bulls and the annual journey of the cows to the summer shielings – provide fascinating insights into farming life. Local characters and customs feature too, adding another rich dimension to this reflective and poignant memoir of a world now vanished forever.
Three Marys
Crime reporter Eleanor Wooley is reporting on the annual Mother’s Day Rodeo when wildfire breaks out in Gold Strike County high country and a dead woman is pulled from the nearby Little Bear River. The community turns inward in fear. Wooley, following her own instincts and a series of deadend trails, worries that this year’s Rodeo Queen may be the next victim. During a high-country excursion to Me-Wuk sacred grounds to foil a scheme to dam the Little Bear River, wildfire breaks out again. Anishinaabe wilderness guide Leonard Parker appears again and continues to surprise. In the aftermath of one crisis after another in this second book of the Wild Horses Mystery series, it’s a beautiful wild stallion who Eleanor and her lover, rancher Easton Jode, have rescued from slaughter that restores the light in a small rural town living under the shadow of death.
Maisie Dobbsová
Seznamte se s Maisie Dobbsovou. Odvážná a bystrá vyšetřovatelka řeší svůj první případ, který otevírá uznávanou sérii klasických detektivních románů v duchu Agathy Christie.
Londýn 1929. Maisie si otevírá vlastní vyšetřovatelskou kancelář. Během první světové války pracovala v polní nemocnici. Naučila se tam však víc než jen ošetřovat rány.
Je inteligentní, vnímavá a dokáže vycítit to, co druzí skrývají…někdy i sami před sebou.
První případ vypadá jednoduše. Vážený londýnský gentleman je přesvědčen, že jeho žena něco tají. Pátrání však Maisie zavede z přepychových salonů hluboko do minulosti: k příběhu, který začal ve stínu války a zanechal rány, jež se nikdy zcela nezahojily.Maisie ví, že pravda není jen otázkou důkazů. Někdy je otázkou odvahy. A srdce.
Jacqueline Winspear pochází z anglického Kentu a proslavila se oceňovanou historickou detektivní sérií o Maisie Dobbsové, která si získala čtenáře po celém světě. K tématu první světové války ji přivedly příběhy jejího dědečka, který bojoval na západní frontě – i proto mají její romány mimořádnou lidskost a autenticitu. Za svůj debut Maisie Dobbsová získala mimo jiné cenu Agatha Award, prestižní ocenění udělované nejlepším detektivkám v duchu Agathy Christie. Série patří mezi bestsellery The New York Times.
O autorce:
Jacqueline Winspear pochází z anglického Kentu a proslavila se historickou detektivní sérií o Maisie Dobbsové. K tématu první světové války ji přivedly příběhy jejího dědečka, který bojoval na západní frontě, a i proto mají její knihy mimořádnou lidskost, autenticitu a emocionální sílu. Série o Maisie Dobbsové patří mezi mezinárodně úspěšné bestsellery a získala si čtenáře po celém světě.
Read Write Inc. Phonics: I Dare You (Grey Set 7 Storybook 3)
These engaging Storybooks provide structured practice for children learning to read the Read Write Inc. Set 1, 2 and 3 sounds. Each set of books is carefully levelled to match childrens growing phonic knowledge so children can read them with accuracy, fluency and comprehension.The Storybooks include a range of engaging stories such as fairy tales, myths and legends, rhyming stories and familiar settings.Activities at the start of the books help children to practise the sounds and words they will encounter in the story. Questions to talk about at the end of the story provide an extra opportunity for developing childrens comprehension.The books are part of the Read Write Inc. Phonics programme, developed by Ruth Miskin. The programme is designed to create fluent readers, confident speakers and willing writers. It includes Handbooks, Sounds Cards, Word Cards, Storybooks, Non-fiction, Writing books and an Online resource. Read Write Inc. is fully supported by comprehensive professional development from Ruth Miskin Training.
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