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The Great Italian Breakout
In 1943, there were more than 60 prisoner of war camps throughout Mussolini's Italy. Behind barbed wire and under the guards' dark gaze were captive Allied soldiers. After the Italian Armistice thousands escaped as guards deserted their posts, but when German forces swept down the peninsula to regain control they were left stranded in enemy territory. The Great Italian Breakout tells the remarkable stories of those men scattered across the Italian countryside, whose experiences have been all but forgotten. The luckiest made it to the safety of the Swiss frontier, the Vatican or the Allied Lines, some had a more arduous journey to France or Yugoslavia, and a handful escaped to Spain by boat. The unfortunate died in their quest for freedom, and many chose to stay and join the partisans, fighting a dangerous guerilla war against the German occupiers. Rome was finally liberated by the Allies by 4 June 1944. Two days later, D-day unfolded, and this extraordinary period in World War Two faded from memory. The remarkable tales of Allied soldiers' survival against all odds in an unfamiliar, hostile landscape remain largely unknown. Using original research from archives and interviews with families, this book reveals the compelling stories of those on the run and celebrates men who, when it came to the Second World War, took a road less travelled.
Customer Experience Thinking
We’ve never been more connected, yet authentic connection feels increasingly rare. In a digital world, modern business has mastered reach, automation and optimisation. But in the pursuit of efficiency, many brands have unintentionally diluted the very thing that builds trust and loyalty: meaningful human relationships.
In Customer Experience Thinking, Si Elliott combines over 20 years of marketing and customer experience leadership with behavioural science to reveal what really drives trust, loyalty and decision-making. Through 8 practical customer experience principles and 34 key behavioural biases, you’ll gain a clear framework for designing brand experiences that reduce friction, strengthen customer relationships and create meaningful emotional connection.
Customer Experience Thinking is the essential, practical guide to building deeper customer relationships in an increasingly digital world. It will challenge how you think about experience, encourage you to serve more meaningfully, and help you create connections that feel less transactional and more human.
The Silver Thread
A sweeping story of a patient and everlasting love – and the moments that tie people together forever. ‘Utterly immersive. Kate Lord Brown is the magician whose silken words have embroidered the most exotic and seductive dual timeline romance’ Essie Fox, Catherine, a Retelling of Wuthering Heights'A poignant and unforgettable story of one woman's life, told with immense flair and sensitivity' Kate Forsyth, Psykhe ‘As a long-closed apartment starts to reveal old treasures, a story of enduring love unfolds’ My WeeklyTHREE CITIES. TWO WOMEN. A STORY OF ONE HUNDRED YEARS . . . London, 1875. Bel has secured a design job at the newly opened Liberty store, where Japan is all the rage. When Hiro, a fellow designer, travels with her to Tokyo to source silks and inspiration, little does she know it will be the start of an unforgettable love story. Paris, 1985. Mira, a recently qualified art curator, is hired to catalogue the contents of an apartment which has been closed for decades. As she works through the treasures it reveals, she longs to discover what happened to famed designer Isobel Bright – and why her apartment has been locked for so many years…Crossing oceans, cultures and timelines, this is an epic and intimate tale of enduring love. PRAISE FOR KATE LORD BROWN:‘Exquisite’ RUTH HOGAN'Epic, sweeping and gloriously romantic’ VERONICA HENRY‘Evocative’ GOOD HOUSEKEEPING‘Sumptuous and immersive’ PLATINUM
Other People's Children
A thirtieth anniversary edition of the landmark work on race, power, and education—repackaged for a new generationSince its original publication, education professor Lisa Delpit’s Other People’s Children has become a foundational text in the struggle for equity in education. Drawing on her experience as a teacher, researcher, and Black woman navigating predominantly white institutions, the MacArthur Award-winning educator offers a searing critique of how power and race operate in the classroom—and how well-intentioned educators often fail the students they most want to help. Delpit’s central insight—that academic struggles among children of color often result from cultural miscommunication, not lack of ability—has transformed the thinking of teachers, administrators, and teacher educators nationwide. With over 300,000 copies sold and awards including the American Educational Studies Association Critics’ Choice and Choice magazine’s Outstanding Academic Book, this classic continues to shape educational conversations across the country. This thirtieth anniversary edition features a new foreword by Christopher Emdin, the New York Times bestselling author of For White Folks Who Teach in the Hood . . . And the Rest of Y’all Too, as well as a new preface by Lisa Delpit reflecting on education reform during the decades since Other People’s Children first exploded on the scene.
Milo and Twig
The day Twig falls out of his nest, he meets a boy called Milo. Milo cares for Twig, building him a new nest in his home, tending to his broken wing and introducing him to his flock. Twig sings his appreciation to Milo as his wing heals, and they become the best of friends. But Twig is still a bird and soaring with Milo on his bike just isn't the same as spreading his wings in the air. He stops singing, leaving Milo with a hard decision about the last thing his best friend needs to heal. Milo and Twig is a child-centred depiction of what it means when someone says, "If you love something, let it go."
Nowhere Girl
'An absolutely fantastic read with brilliant characters. OMG I didn’t see that coming' ? 'THIS is cracking fiction, yet has the power to feel disturbingly real' ? He said he wanted to help her. That was the first lie. On the opening night of the biggest festival in the city, 17-year-old Ellie vanishes. Looking for a fresh start, probation officer Cate Austin has moved countries to live with her detective boyfriend. But when the police dismiss the case as a teenage runaway, Cate begins to dig deeper. What first looks like a straightforward missing-person case soon unravels to reveal a network of quiet, insidious lies. Beneath Luxembourg’s pristine beauty and polite façade, nothing is as it seems — and to bring Ellie home Cate will have to risk everything she holds dear. Don't miss this nail-biting thriller from award-winning, Kindle #1 bestselling author Ruth Dugdall. Perfect for fans of Joy Ellis. Readers LOVE Nowhere Girl: ‘I thought I had the plot all worked out. However, at just over halfway through I came across a real OMG moment!’ ? 'THIS is cracking fiction, yet has the power to feel disturbingly real' ? 'An easy 5 star rating, would like to give even a higher rating!' ? 'The best one to date' ? 'Grabs your heart and has a huge twist' Reader review ?
Pen, Pad, Play!: Over 50 Amazing Ideas for Drawing and Designing
Whether you've been drawing for years or you're just getting started, let your imagination run wild with the first book in the brilliant activity series from art teacher Elliot Ryan. This book is packed with over 50 surprising and inspiring DESIGN-THEMED drawing activities to get your brain buzzing with new ideas! Packaged in an eye-catching, portable drawing pad with tear-out sheets, every child can have fun feeling creative without any pressure to create perfection. With fantastic written and visual prompts which support artistic literacy and spark imagination, the Pen, Pad, Play! series will keep kids (as well as teens and adults!) entertained for hours on end. All you need to get started is curiosity, a little creativity . . . and a pen!Includes over 50 tear-out design-themed drawing activities and a sturdy backboard for use on the go!Written and illustrated prompts help to build children's confidence and artistic literacy. No previous drawing experience required - anyone of any skill level can enjoy being creative. Each book in the series focuses on a different drawing theme and features two different bright pantone colours. Written and illustrated by experienced children's art teacher, Elliot Ryan. Open your pad, pick up your pen, and let's PLAY!Also available in the series: Pen, Pad, Play!: Over 50 Wildly Wonderful Ideas for Drawing Nature
Advanced Flower Essence Healing
A practitioner’s guide to the energetic healing system of flower essences• Gives a comprehensive process, including case examples, for using essences to alleviate stress, trauma, anxiety, and physical illness• Offers practical and innovative guidance for researching the healing patterns of new flower essences, including the observation of alchemic signature, flower form, and color• Details ways to upgrade and standardize qualifications for flower essence producers and practitioners to ensure the integrity of the fieldDrawing on 35 years of experience as a flower essence producer and practitioner, David Dalton comprehensively explores the field of flower essences. He honors the pioneering work of the past and details the developments that are hallmarks of the field’s present. Dr. Edward Bach discovered the first 38 flower essences in his work to alleviate the root cause of disease, which he found to be a split between one’s personality and soul. In advancing this work, David Dalton details how to make and use additional flower essences, beyond Bach’s original 38, including how to store them to maintain their potency. He gives methods for determining the action of the flower essences he has used for specific situations, including plant attunement, reading the elemental energy of each plant, and observing flower structure as it relates to the chakra system. Sharing his in-depth interview process, Dalton explains how to review a client’s past and present stresses, traumas, emotions, behavior patterns, and physical imbalances to create a full clinical picture and determine which essences to use. He shows how to select and combine flower essences based on the client’s need for support and grounding and their readiness to process past experiences. He then shows how to target thoughts and behaviors for change, how to move stuck emotions, how the body processes stress and trauma, and how to release trauma and triggering shadows with flower essences. Elevating Dr. Bach’s work for modern needs, this book brings flower essence healing forward into an advanced system for a healthier life.
Judy Blume
The definitive, all-access biography of one of the world’s most beloved literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant and inspiring as the stories she crafted. To know the name Judy Blume is to know and love literature. Her influential novels turned classics — including Are You There God? It’s Me, Margaret; Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing; Deenie; and Summer Sisters — touched the lives of tens of millions of readers. For more than fifty-five years her work has done something revolutionary: it rewired the world’s expectations of what literature for young people can be — frank, candid, earthy, and unafraid to show the messier sides of humanity. But little has been written about the real woman behind the iconic persona and the unlikely journey of her literary ascension, until now. In Judy Blume, journalist, historian, and longtime Blume aficionado Mark Oppenheimer pens a beautiful, multidimensional portrait of the acclaimed author through extensive interviews with Blume herself, invaluable access to her papers and correspondence, and thoughtful analysis of Blume’s beloved novels, including early, unpublished works that shed light on the pathbreaking writer she would become. Oppenheimer goes deep, exploring Blume’s middle-class 1940s upbringing, complicated childhood, varied relationships and marriages, unabashed sexual experiences, bouts of heartache and loss, and enduring legacy as a champion of free speech and contemporary literature. He pulls back the curtain to reveal the woman behind the literary empire in all her complex, multifaceted glory — a true gift for anyone who grew up reading and loving these extraordinary books.
The Intentions of Thunder
America's Patricia Smith is one of the most indispensable, groundbreaking voices in contemporary poetry, a 'masterful performer and poet of voices too little heard' (Poetry Foundation). The Intentions of Thunder gathers, for the first time, the essential work from across her career. With impassioned eloquence and a sharpened focus on incidents of national mayhem and mourning, these poems traverse the redeeming landscape of pain, confront the frightening revelations of history, and disclose the joyous possibilities of the future. The result is a profound testament to the necessity of poetry – all the careful witness, embodied experience and bristling pleasure that it bestows – and of Patricia Smith's necessary voice. Lyrical, meditative and volcanic, The Intentions of Thunder stunningly explores the fullness of living, presenting a rapturous ode to life. Collections drawn upon include her Pulitzer finalist Incendiary Art – published by Bloodaxe in the UK – featuring her compelling chronicle of the devastating murder of Emmett Till, a backdrop for present-day racial calamities and calls for resistance. Poetry Book Society Special Commendation.
Your Guide to Forest Bathing—A Journal
Deepen your relationship with nature with this beautiful journal, based on M. Amos Clifford’s bestselling book, Your Guide to Forest Bathing, featuring fifty-two invitations for practice and introspection. Each page of Your Guide to Forest Bathing—A Journal offers space to record your experiences, thoughts, and emotions as you engage in forest bathing, whether in the woods, a public park, or your own backyard. Tune in to your senses and the subtle rhythms of the natural world. Bask in the wonderful sensory symphony of nature. Become adept at discovering what invitations the forest is offering to you. Track the evolution of your practice over time. Through regular practice, you will realize the full benefit of forest bathing. Whether you’re just beginning or already rooted in the process, this journal supports you in finding presence and healing. It helps reawaken your senses and deepen your relationship with the more-than-human world.
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DÍVAJ SA LEPŠIE
Spoločensky neobratná Chloe Cooperová trávi čas venčením psov, prácou za barovým pultom, starostlivosťou o svoju chorú matku a z bezpečnej vzdialenosti aj pozorovaním ľudí, pričom si vymýšľa príbehy o ich životoch. Zaujmú ju tiež jej noví susedia: známa influencerka Jemma Spenglerová a jej manžel Adam, renomovaný chirurg. Sú atraktívni, bohatí a ich dom s veľkými oknami bez žalúzií je pre ňu priam neodolateľným lákadlom.
Sťahovanie na severozápad Pacifiku má byť pre Jemmu a Adama novým začiatkom, obnoveným záväzkom manželstva, ktoré narušili problémy a tajomstvá. Šancou vyrovnať sa s tragickými stratami z minulosti. Jemme však tento nový začiatok prináša aj znepokojivý pocit, že ju niekto sleduje.
V jedno hmlisté ráno na pláži sa Chloe stane svedkom vraždy plavkyne. Skrsne v nej podozrenie a na svojich susedov sa začína pozerať v novom, oveľa temnejšom svetle. No keď sa prípadu chopí detektívka a jej kolega, ukáže sa, že nič nie je také, ako sa na prvý pohľad zdá. Pretože nielen Spenglerovci skrývajú tajomstvá. A nielen Chloe niekoho pozoruje.
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Japonsko na tanieri
Kompletný sprievodca japonskou kuchyňou a etiketou
Ak hľadáte autentický a jedinečný kulinársky zážitok, ale neviete, kde začať, bedeker Japonsko na tanieri je pre vás tou správnou voľbou. Nájdete v ňom podrobnosti o miestnych jedlách a tradíciách, ale aj praktické informácie o súčasných obľúbených gurmánskych štvrtiach vo všetkých kútoch Japonska. Užijete si vďaka nemu pestrú miestnu gastronómiu, dozviete sa niečo o regionálnych špecialitách, ktoré sa naozaj oplatí vyskúšať, spoznáte základy japonskej etikety a aj niekoľko základných fráz, ktoré vám pomôžu v miestnych suši baroch, izakajach aj luxusných reštauráciách.
Vizuálne príťažlivý a praktický sprievodca umožní cestovateľom a zároveň milovníkom jedla dokonale sa pripraviť a vyťažiť zo svojej cesty maximum.
Z anglického originálu preložila Eva Budjačová.
Krížovky do kuchyne, 2. vydanie
Vylúštite si zaujímavosti o zázračnom mede a ďalších včelích produktoch a uvarte si niečo dobré podľa receptov dopĺňajúcich švédske krížovky. Veľké písmo tiež zaručí, že sa vám bude dobre a pohodlne lúštiť a malý formát so sebou zároveň ľahko zoberiete na cesty. Prajeme vám veľa zábavy s lúštením!
Bourbon a lži
V kentuckom meste Fiasco existuje len jedno pravidlo: Nikdy sa nezamiluj do niektorého z bratov Foxxovcov.
Každá žena, ktorá ho neposlúchla, na to doplatila – aspoň tak sa povráva. Miestni to nazývajú kliatbou. Lenže ja som ju pocítil na vlastnej koži. A druhý raz by som to neprežil.
Už nie som policajt, no zažil som dosť nebezpečenstva na to, aby som vedel, že Laney Youngová, krásna cudzinka, ktorá sa zjavila v mojom mestečku, pred ním uteká. Klam? o tom, odkiaľ prišla aj čo tu robí.
Nechcem, aby sa motala okolo mojej rodiny ani narúšala tichý život, čo som si tu vybudoval. Lenže moji bratia majú iné plány.
Teraz ju vídam všade – pracuje v mojom liehovare, býva v našom hosťovskom dome, volá ma „kovboj“ a nahá sa kúpe v mojom napájadle pre kone.
Lenže vďaka jej podrezanému jazyku začínam túžiť po veciach, ktorých som sa zriekol už dávno. Mal by som sa jej vyhýbať, zabudnúť na to, ako chutia jej krásne pery, a ignorovať, že vďaka nej opäť po niečom túžim.
Keď sa do mesta prihrnie jej minulosť a zapletie sa s mojou, jej lži sa začnú odhaľovať. Na pravidlách už nezáleží. Pokašľal som to, priveľmi sa v tom vŕtala a nechal ju, aby sa mi dostala pod kožu.
Teraz ju udržia nažive len dve veci: BOURBON A LŽI
Posledný úsvit
Jedno leto. Jedno zničujúce tajomstvo. A láska, ktorá všetko zmení.
Prehnaná starostlivosť matky a vážne zdravotné problémy vytvárajú v dvadsaťtriročnej Oriah Perovej pocit uväznenia. Keď jej matka dostane prácu na Malorke, Oriah vycíti, že toto leto by mohlo byť začiatkom jej vlastného príbehu o dospievaní. Počas svojej prvej malej rebélie sa vyberie sama na pláž, kde stretne charizmatického Španiela Juliána. V jeho prítomnosti sa cíti ešte naivnejšie a neskúsenejšie než zvyčajne, ale rastúca príťažlivosť v nej čoskoro prebudí dávno potlačenú životnú energiu.
Julian postupne vťahuje Oriah do dobrodružstiev, po ktorých vždy túžila. No tajomstvo, ktoré si mladá žena stráži hlboko v srdci a jej blížiaci sa návrat do Ameriky vrhajú tieň na ich spoločne strávené chvíle. Oriah sa musí rozhodnúť: má dosť odvahy, aby konečne nasledovala svoje srdce a začala žiť pre seba?
Zábavné krížovky pre seniorov
Radi relaxujete pri šálke dobrého čaju alebo kávy a lúštite švédske krížovky? Na stránkach tejto knihy nájdete švédske krížovky, ktoré obsahujú zábavné a poučné tajničky a odhaľujú množstvo zaujímavých faktov. Stačí vziať do ruky ceruzku a baviť sa.
Luca Vitiello
Szörnyetegnek születtem.
Mint a Vitiello család minden férfi tagjának, a kegyetlenség nekem is méregként csörgedezik az ereimben.
Egy született fenevad vagyok, akit apám pengéje, ökle és kemény szavai még kegyetlenebbé tettek.
Arra neveltek, hogy capo legyek. Irgalom nélkül irányítsak, és habozás nélkül pusztítsak. Arra neveltek, hogy másokat összetörjek.
Amikor Ariát feleségül adják hozzám, mindenki lélegzet-visszafojtva lesi, milyen gyorsan semmisítem meg, ahogy apám is ízekre szedte a nőit. Várják, hogyan zúzom össze az ártatlanságát és a kedvességét a könyörtelenségemmel.
Könnyen megtörhetném. Természetes lenne. Hiszen eddig boldogan voltam a szörnyeteg, akitől mindenki félt.
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Cora Reilly USA Today bestsellerszerző most újra elmeséli Aria és Luca első találkozását. De most a férfi szemszögéből élvezhetjük a tüzes és veszélyes pillanatokat.
Rozhovory s Hitlerom. Diktátor a novinári
Adolf Hitler poskytol počas svojej politickej kariéry zahraničnej tlači viac ako sto rozhovorov. Novinári z celého sveta ho považovali za fascinujúceho respondenta. Popredný nemecký novinár Lutz Hachmeister v tejto knihe vôbec prvýkrát v dejinách podáva ucelený prehľad interview s nemeckým diktátorom a zároveň si kladie otázku: Aké poučenie z nich plynie?
Prvé dlhšie rozhovory s „bavorským Mussolinim“ vyšli ešte pred jeho pokusom o puč v roku 1923. Po následnom pobyte vo väzení v Landsbergu zmizol Hitler na istý čas z medzinárodného zorného poľa, po volebnom triumfe nacistickej strany NSDAP z roku 1930 sa však pre médiá opäť stal mimoriadne zaujímavým a vyhľadávaným.
Čoskoro sa u Hitlera predháňali novinári z celého sveta. Stretnutia im sprostredkúval jeho mediálny poradca „Putzi“ Hanfstaengl. O interview s nacistickým vodcom stáli obzvlášť angloamerickí reportéri. Pre mnohých bol rozhovor s nemeckým diktátorom vrcholom ich kariéry a často nerozpoznali hrozbu, akú predstavovala jeho politika.
Hachmeister (1959 – 2024) tieto rozhovory približuje a vyhodnocuje, a to z pohľadu Hitlerovej mediálnej stratégie i zákulisných vzťahov medzi predstaviteľmi propagandy a médií. Jeho publikácia čerpá z pôvodných prameňov a ponúka moderný pohľad na diktatúru a jej mediálny obraz. Dynamiku vzťahu médií k dnešným autokratom pritom sledoval až do svojej smrti.
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