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Paloma Flies Away
Will Paloma and her parents someday find their way back to home and family? A Chilean artist tells an emotionally resonant, beautifully illustrated immigration story through a child’s eyes. Paloma’s home has changed. The dictator who took over the country has stripped its people of their freedoms, and it’s no longer OK to think for yourself. So, like birds, Paloma and her parents fly away in search of a new home, without a chance to pack or say goodbye. The new country is different and generous, and their arrival is a big adventure. Though things are unfamiliar and Paloma misses the country she left, her new friends are soon like family, and she feels right at home. Then she grows older, and more changes come, and Paloma and family are flying away again, to a country she can barely remember... With a simple narration and stunning illustrations, María J. Guarda brings us a tender story about home, family and identity during times of immeasurable change.
Wait, You Need It When?!?
Reclaim your time, set priorities, stop procrastinating, and get your stuff done! While some believe that you?re either born a great time manager or you?re not, that?s not really the case at all. Anyone can learn the powerful habits of being more effective and more productive?and getting things done. Wait, You Need It When?!? is the essential guide to learning how to better manage your time, become more productive, and create the daily habits that will make this personal transformation stick in the long run?not just for a day or two. In today?s work environment, we need these habits more than ever before. Regardless of where we work?whether it?s in an office or traditional business establishment, at home, or at the local Starbucks?we can all benefit from applying better time management habits. Learning the abilities of self-direction and how to stay on task are long-term building blocks for any successful career. Based on proven approaches, the latest research, and the advice of workplace experts, Wait, You Need It When?!? will provide readers with detailed and unambiguous advice on how to hone their time management skills and learn new ones: How to set yourself up for success Optimize your work place Limit outside disruptions The eleven habits that get things done
Where’s the Mermaid?
<p><b>Dive into a Magical, Search and Find, Under the Sea Adventure!<br></b><br>Meriel and her <b>mermaid friends</b> adore exploring the sea and getting a glimpse of the human world on land. Every three years, when the light of a blue moon touches the ocean, something incredible happens; their shimmering tails transform into legs, giving them one day to walk among humans! But they must return to the sea before sunrise, or risk being stranded on land forever...<br><br>Join Meriel and her mermaid friends as they journey through dazzling worlds beneath the waves and above the shore. From shipwrecks and coral castles to sunlit beaches and mystical spas, there are <b>17 intricately illustrated scenes</b> to search and <b>7 magical mermaids</b> (a mix of girls and boys) to find in every scene.<br><br>Whether exploring the deep or wandering the shore, there’s plenty of seaside magic to be found on every page. <br><br>Perfect for fans of magical mermaids, ocean adventures, and hours of puzzling fun!</p>
Pieces of Us
Two secrets, an unbreakable bond. The powerful YA debut from award-winner Stewart Foster charts the friendship of a lifetime.I wish you were here, because maybe this isn’t a story, or a diary. Perhaps it’s just the longest thank you letter a friend could ever write. As the summer before college begins, Jonas is hiding a secret. He suffers with Bulimia but no-one knows. Not even he knows how bad it really is. Until he meets Louis, a confident dreamer who believes in a better future for Jonas. But when tragedy strikes, Jonas must decide if he can face things alone. Warning: contains some themes that readers may find upsetting, including disordered eating.
Murder at the Tower
*A royally twisted murder mystery written in collaboration with Historic Royal Palaces*An excitable and clumsy Reverend Weaver is leading a church service at the Tower of London. It's meant to be a special honour, but when one of the ladies in the congregation drops dead from poison, the Reverend finds himself under arrest as the number one suspect. After all, the murdered lady in question was trying to have him fired . . . When Palace Housekeeper, Mrs Bramble, hears about the Reverend's conundrum, she journeys from the safety of Hampton Court Palace to investigate. How could she not, when the Reverend is a dear friend, and she has a knack for solving the murders of distinguished ladie? rriving at the Tower, Mrs Bramble finds evidence of bitter feuds between families and secret trysts that lengthen the list of suspects. Will she be able to find the killer before they strike again and free her friend? Or will the holy man have to pay for this unholy crim? n this witty, mind-boggling murder mystery, join Mrs Bramble as she races against the clock to get to the bottom of a royally twisted murder!***Readers love N.R. Daws:'Love, Love, Love! I absolutely devoured this book... The ultimate locked room mystery' READER REVIEW ?'A refreshingly fun, different and exciting read!... I could do nothing else but laugh at the final line! I really hope this gets a sequel of sorts so we can see what happens next; I was highly entertained reading this.' ?'Great historical mystery. I didn't figure it out . . . doesn't get dull. Great writing. I will definitely look for more by this new to me author. Would recommend.' ?'This was a really well done mystery novel . . .Had that element that I was looking for... Can't wait to read more from N. R. Daws.' ?'I am on a cozy kick, and this is as good as a cozy afficionado can hope for. I didn't guess the ending but the clues were pertinent and the mystery was well fleshed out. Will definitely read more by this author!' ?
Contentious Spaces
The Traveller families who live in Saint Rita’s are on borrowed time. In just a week they will be evicted by the local council, threatening not only their homes but also their history and the stories that have shaped them. Charlene, a proud young beoir suffers a humiliating betrayal. Her mother, Kate, is left to navigate unbearable loss while holding the family together. Her cousin, Sheena, strives to find her place in a new environment that is quick to dismiss her. Her uncle Tommy fights despair as his teenage son spirals out of control. As eviction day draws closer, the families struggle to preserve their dignity finding strength in one another as they navigate an unknown future. Unflinching, Contentious Spaces is a haunting story about identity and loyalty, shame and resilience, grief and love, and the defiant power of voices that refuse to be silenced.
Hatter's Castle
A soul-stirring novel of pride and greed, and its terrible retribution . . . When her father forced her to leave school, and cut off all her contact with the past and future, Mary Brodie’s whole life became the narrow compass of her family’s cold, comfortless house in a small Scottish town. Her mean and ambitious father tyrannized over his timid, obliging wife, his cowed, overworked younger daughter and his spineless son. Four people were held in Brodie’s merciless grip until, like a breath of the outside world Brodie so much despised, came the young Irishman in whom Mary found a forbidden freedom, and who brought to her mother and sister much needed release . . . In the magnificent narrative tradition of The Citadel, The Stars Look Down and A. J. Cronin’s other classic novels, Hatter’s Castle is an impressive debut novel by a much-loved author and was adapted for the screen in 1942, starring Deborah Kerr (Black Narcissus).
Norway's War
In the early morning of 9 April 1940, a fleet of German battleships entered the Oslofjord. Norwegian artillery delayed them long enough for King Haakon VII and his cabinet to escape to England, but there was no stopping the Nazi Blitzkrieg. Norway stood on the cusp of a traumatic five-year occupation whose aftershocks would continue to trouble its national consciousness long after the defeated Germans departed in May 1945. Robert Ferguson tells the extraordinary – and relatively little-known – story of the occupation and its judicial aftermath. He focuses in particular on German attempts to use a Norwegian Nazi administration under Vidkun Quisling to impose a National Socialist revolution on the country, and on the many brave and ingenious ways in which the Norwegians resisted. Ferguson describes the occupation in all its aspects – from Nazi terror to non-violent resistance, from censorship to sabotage – via a series of heterogeneous but interlinked narratives. Key players in the occupation and its wider story – including the pitiless Reichskommissar Josef Terboven, the Norwegian crime writer-turned-SS-strongman Jonas Lie, the principled Lutheran bishop Eivind Berggrav and the enigmatic double agent Gunnar Waaler – are drawn in memorably vivid colours. A riveting account of the Second World War’s forgotten occupation, Norway’s War evokes in moving fashion the moral and physical courage of a people who, faced with the brutal tyranny of a totalitarian invader, refused to be cowed.
Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders
Forty years after it was first published, Ted Hughes's Flowers and Insects, Some Birds and a Pair of Spiders is presented in a beautifully redesigned edition with a new introduction by the nature writer Tim Dee. The sixteen poems gathered here brim and bristle with the life Hughes generates from the absolute attention he commits to whatever it is he is looking at. His knack for finding a language to animate its subject, without a trace of sentiment or nostalgia, singles out Hughes as one of the truly great poet-interpreters of the natural world. This edition gives full justice to the subtlety of the original watercolour illustrations, produced by Hughes's long-term collaborator and friend, the American artist, Leonard Baskin.
The Murder at the Vicarage
A quiet English village
A shocking murder
An unlikely detective…
Nobody liked Colonel Protheroe.
So when he's found dead in the vicarage study, there's no absence of suspects in the seemingly peaceful village of St Mary Mead.
In fact, Jane Marple can think of at least seven.
As gossip abounds in the parlours and kitchens of the parish, everyone becomes an amateur detective.
The police dismiss her as a prying busybody, but only the ingenious Miss Marple can uncover the truth …
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Can you Spot On the Farm
This vibrant book is full of farm animals and other things to spot, match, count and talk about. Animals in each scene invite readers to look for specific things, such as a cat driving a tractor, while picture clues with text and number prompts offer further suggestions. There is a little white mouse to spot in each picture too. Younger children will enjoy sharing this book with older children or adults, while additional details enable grown-ups to make up further questions of their own.
Can You Spot Bugs
This vibrant book is full of butterflies, bees, beetles and other bugs to spot, match, count and talk about. Animals in each scene invite readers to look for specific things, such as a bee on a bicycle or a bug wearing boots, while picture clues with text and number prompts offer further suggestions. There is a little white mouse to spot in each picture too. Younger children will enjoy sharing this book with older children or adults, while additional details enable grown-ups to make up further questions of their own.
Dont Tickle the Donkey!
You'd better not tickle the donkey.... because it might just go hee-haw if you do!
Babies and toddlers just won't be able to resist tickling the touchy-feely patches to hear each animal make a sound in this hilarious novelty book. At the end, readers will find all the animals being noisy at once in a toe-tapping musical finale guaranteed to get little ones dancing along. An exciting new series for babies and toddlers, from the creators of That's not my...
Farm Animals Magnet Book
Enjoy hours of creative play with this sweet magnet book. With 12 farm animal magnets and 5 inviting scenes to explore, children can play over and over again. From fields and paddocks to the farmhouse and barn, let their imaginations run wild as they choose, place and move the magnets to tell their own stories.
Feed your Robot
Oh no! Your robot is going wrong. You need to feed it, quickly!
But what do robots eat? Find out by turning the wheel in this funny book for toddlers and young children.
Will it like shoelaces? Too tangly! Cheesy puffs? Too crumbly! Nuts and bolts, computer cookies and engine oil are what it needs.
See different reactions from the robot as you turn the wheel, until you find the food that hits the spot.
- Perfect for 2+
- Easy to turn wheel
- Silly foods for unstoppable giggles
Wheres Wally The Mighty Magical Mix-Up
A must-have Where's Wally? adventure, packed with Search and Find among history, magic, fantasy and sci-fi for boys and girls aged 6+.
Wally is on a mission to find Wizard Whitebeard's runaway magic staff - but chaos has unfolded! Dragons at the beach, robots in the Stone Age, dinosaurs in the Wild West … every page is packed with unexpected surprises.
With 12 mesmerizing search scenes and hundreds of hidden objects to spot, this high-energy search-and-find book offers endless entertainment for kids aged 6+. Combining magic, history, fantasy and sci-fi, it's a bestselling gift choice for birthdays, holidays and all year round.
A guaranteed repeat-read favourite that will keep young puzzle-solvers engaged for hours!
Loops
Two starred reviews! From Caldecott Honor– and Theodor Seuss Geisel Honor–winning author-illustrator Jashar Awan comes a hilarious and “confidence-boosting” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) picture book about the perseverance and positive self-talk needed to learn to tie your shoelaces!This big kid is wearing his first pair of big-kid shoes, the kind with laces! Even though they’re a little on the roomy side—shoes to grow into, of course—he knows he can take care of them. Except they keep falling off! Not to worry, he’ll just tie them up again, because he knows how to tie those loops! But wait a second, where did that darn shoe go? Nothing is ever truly easy when you’re just starting something new; but, just like with any stage in childhood, whether it’s making your first steps, or going down the really big slide, with persistence, doing anything scary or overwhelming quickly becomes a piece of cake! And before you know it, you’re a BIG KID!
Cannon Hall Farm - Past, Present and Future
In their own words, the very personal story of the ups and downs of the Nicholson family at Cannon Hall farm spanning almost 70 years. From the death of Roger's beloved dad Charlie to the daily struggle for survival amid farming's rapidly changing landscape, the Nicholsons have weathered storm after storm. They came perilously close to losing it all as a lifetime of framing tradition seemed to slip through their fingers. But in a daring last roll of the dice, they bet the farm - and won - creating against all odds one of Britain's best-loved tourist attractions. Here, Roger and wife Cynthia, along with their sons Richard, Robert and David, take turns reflecting on some of the dizzy highs and crushing lows that have made them who they are today: champion livestock breeders, TV stars and - above all - devoted farmers.
Mostly Hero
FROM THE BOOKER PRIZE WINNER AND BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF MILKMANStill eighty-two, still with fifty-seven bullets in her, still dying, and with a blood-trail resembling a post-structuralist anti-principle of a traditional abstracted countercomposition, she was softly cursing and willing herself not to die. Follow Hero the superhero as he saves the world from villains and falls in love with a femme fatale named Femme Fatale. Written by Anna Burns before she completed her dazzling Booker-winning novel Milkman, 'Mostly Hero' is a hilarious, witty, hell-raising romp through a world of superheroes. 'This crazy little nugget from the winner of the Booker prize for Milkman is a brutal satire of the superhero phenomenon. It ridicules the mindlessness of violence and the glorification of the same in popular culture, and that with a touch of feminism.' ? reader review'Out of the ordinary, extraordinary. This is unlike anything.'? reader review'SOOOO WEIRD. SOOOO CRAZY. SOOOO BRILLIANT' ? reader review
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