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The Los Angeles Puzzle Book

It''s no puzzle why folks visit Los Angeles or even call it home! From Disneyland to the Griffith Observatory to the Hollywood Walk of Fame, there''s something for everyone. Now, in The Los Angeles Puzzle Book, you can learn tons more about Los Angeles through 90 delightful word puzzles, including word searches, jumbles, crossword puzzles, and more featuring Los Angeles streets, restaurants, claims to fame, local celebrities, and much more!

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The Evolution of Charles Darwin - Diana Prestonová

From the Los Angeles Times Book Prize–winning historian, the colorful, dramatic story of Charles Darwin’s journey on HMS Beagle that inspired the evolutionary theories in his path-breaking books On the Origin of Species and The Descent of ManWhen twenty-two-year-old aspiring geologist Charles Darwin boarded HMS Beagle in 1831 with his microscopes and specimen bottles—invited by ship’s captain Robert FitzRoy who wanted a travel companion at least as much as a ship’s naturalist—he hardly thought he was embarking on what would become perhaps the most important and epoch-changing voyage in scientific history. Nonetheless, over the course of the five-year journey around the globe in often hard and hazardous conditions, Darwin would make observations and gather samples that would form the basis of his revolutionary theories about the origin of species and natural selection.Drawing on a rich range of revealing letters, diary entries, recollections of those who encountered him, and Darwin’s and FitzRoy’s own accounts of what transpired, Diana Preston chronicles the epic voyage as it unfolded, tracing Darwin’s growth from untested young man to accomplished adventurer and natural scientist in his own right. Darwin often left the ship to climb mountains, navigate rivers, or ride hundreds of miles, accompanied by local guides whose languages he barely understood, across pampas and through rainforests in search of further unique specimens. From the wilds of Patagonia to the Galápagos and other Atlantic and Pacific islands, as Preston vibrantly relates, Darwin collected and contrasted volcanic rocks and fossils large and small, witnessed an earthquake, and encountered the Argentinian rhea, Falklands fox, and Galápagos finch, through which he began to discern connections between deep past and present.Darwin never left Britain again after his return in 1836, though his mind journeyed far and wide to develop the theories that were first revealed, after great delay and with trepidation about their reception, in 1859 with the publication of his epochal book On the Origin of Species. Offering a unique portrait of one of history’s most consequential figures, The Evolution of Charles Darwin is a vital contribution to our understanding of life on Earth.

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The Buddha in the Attic - Julie Otsuka

''An understated masterpiece'' San Francisco Chronicle''Her wisdom is staggeringly beautiful, implicating each of us'' Irish TimesAfter the First World War, a group of young women is brought by boat from Japan to San Francisco. They are picture brides, promised the American Dream, clutching photographs of the husbands they have yet to meet, imagining uncertain futures on unknown shores.Struggling to master a new language and culture, they experience tremulous first nights as new wives, backbreaking work in the fields and in the homes of white women, and, later, the raising of children who will ultimately reject their heritage and their history.And then war arrives once more.Julie Otsuka tells their extraordinary, heartbreaking story in this spellbinding and poetic account of strangers lost and alone in a new and deeply foreign land.''A tender, nuanced, empathetic exploration of the sorrows and consolations of a whole generation of women'' Daily TelegraphWINNER OF THE PEN FAULKNER AWARD FOR FICTION 2012SHORTLISTED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION 2011SHORTLISTED FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES BOOK PRIZE 2011

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The Twelve - Stuart Neville

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Best ThrillerSooner or later, everybody pays.Gerry Fegan, a former paramilitary contract killer, is haunted by the ghosts of the 12 people he has slaughtered. Every night, on the point of losing his mind, he drowns their screams in drink. His solution is to kill those who engineered their deaths.From the greedy politicians to the corrupt security forces, the street thugs to the complacent bystanders who let it happen, all are called to account. But when Fegan''s vendetta threatens to derail a hard-won truce and destabilise the government, old comrades and enemies alike want him dead.''The Twelve is the best first novel I''ve read in years. It crackles. It grabs you by the throat. This is some guy to watch out for in a dark alley'' - James Ellroy

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The Nazi Doctors (Revised Edition) - Robert Lifton

Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize With a new preface by the author In his most powerful and important book, renowned psychiatrist Robert Jay Lifton presents a brilliant analysis of the crucial role that German doctors played in the Nazi genocide. Now updated with a new preface, The Nazi Doctors remains the definitive work on the Nazi medical atrocities, a chilling exposé of the banality of evil at its epitome, and a sobering reminder of the darkest side of human nature.

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Death Note Another Note: The Los Angeles BB Murder Cases - NISIOISIN

Death Comes to Los AngelesThere''s a serial killer loose in Los Angeles and super-sleuth L is on the case. Along with Naomi Misora, a former FBI agent, he helps the LA police solve the grisly crimes.There''s a Serial Killer Loose in Los Angeles and the local authorities need help fast. For some reason the killer has been leaving a string of maddeningly arcane clues at each crime scene. Each of these clues, it seems, is an indecipherable roadmap to the next murder.Onto the scene comes L, the mysterious super-sleuth. Despite his peculiar working habits--he''s never shown his face in public, for example--he''s the most decorated detective in the world and has never tackled a cased he hasn''t been able to crack.But this time he needs help.Enlisting the services of an FBI agent named Naomi Misora, L starts snooping around the City of Angels. It soon becomes apparent that the killing spree is a psychotic riddle designed specifically to engage L in a battle of wits. Stuck in the middle between killer and investigator, it''s up to Misora to navigate both the dead bodies and the egos to solve the Los Angeles BB Murder Cases.

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Eagles: Live At The Los Angeles Forum '76 (2x LP) - LP (0349784269)

LP vinyl - Deset písniček nahraných na podzim roku 1976 v hale Forum v Los Angeles, tedy před vydáním pátého alba Hotel California. Deska tak obsahuje jednu z prvních verzí skladeb Hotel California a New Kid In Town. K dispozici je na 180g vinylu jako 2LP. Deset písniček nahraných na podzim roku 1976 v hale Forum v Los Angeles, tedy před vydáním pátého alba Hotel California. Deska tak obsahuje jednu z prvních verzí skladeb Hotel California a New Kid In Town. K dispozici je na 180g vinylu jako 2LP. Jedna z největších amerických rockových kapel vznikla v roce 1971. S pěti singly na prvním místě americké hitparády, šesti cenami Grammy, pěti American Music Awards a šesti alby patří Eagles k nejúspěšnějším hudebním tělesům sedmdesátých let. Desek Their Greatest Hits (1971-1975) a Hotel California se jen ve Spojených státech prodalo více než 20 milionů kopií. K jejich nejznámějším skladbám patří písně Hotel California, Take It Easy nebo Tequila Sunrise. Rok vydání...

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The Armchair Detective Puzzle Book - Dr Gareth Moore, Laura Jayne Ayres

Put your logic and reasoning to the test and use your powers of deduction to solve over 70 fiendish cases.Can you think like a detective? Sit back in your armchair, grab a pen and get ready to put your sleuthing skills to the test with this bumper casefile of over 70 criminally difficult puzzles to solve. Work out whodunnit by observing the details of each crime, examining the clues and investigating the suspects, and piece it all together to stop the culprit in their tracks. Pit your wits against audacious thieves, mysterious murderers and many more perplexing perpetrators besides, as you try to solve the crimes in time.Featuring an array of puzzles, from logic challenges to picture and memory games and more, The Armchair Detective Puzzle Book is the ultimate book for fans of murder mysteries and true crime alike.Also available:The Perfect Crime Puzzle Book (9781789293357)The Undercover Agent Puzzle Book (9781789294095)Hacked! (9781789294729)The Whodunnit Puzzle Book (9781789295825)SAS Puzzle Book (9781789296495)Private Investigator (9781789296341)Who's the Imposter? (9781789297300)

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The Repair Shop Puzzle Book - The Repair Shop

The first puzzle book based on the BAFTA-award-winning television show The Repair Shop. The first puzzle book based on the BAFTA-award-winning television show The Repair Shop. Think you know about the Repair Shop, its crafts, craftspeople and stories? Looking for fun brainteasers, word games and quizzes to train your brain and hone your problem solving skills? It's time to put your knowledge to the test with this collection of questions and puzzles designed to challenge and entertain. Blending together basic trivia, complex wordplay and a range of visual teasers, the book calls on the knowledge of Repair Shop experts to provide hours of challenges inspired by the iconic barn and the work that goes on inside. From silversmithing and woodworking, to teddy bears, clocks and paintings, the puzzles draw on the wide range of skills and objects that the Repair Shop team are famed for. With difficulty levels varying from pleasantly tricky to fiendishly hard, The Repair Shop Puzzle Book will delight all fans of the show.

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The Royal Mint Puzzle Book - The Royal Mint

A brilliantly engaging and richly rewarding puzzle book from one of Britain''s oldest and most respected institutionsSharpen your wit and delve into the fascinating world of British currency with The Royal Mint Puzzle Book, which offers a treasure trove of challenges for history buffs and puzzle enthusiasts alike.Journey through over a thousand years of British coinage, from the enigmatic reigns of early monarchs to the modern-day minting process, encountering mythical beasts and modern icons along the way. Crack cryptic codes inspired by precious metals, untangle brain teasers fit for a royal court and decipher ancient secrets hidden in plain sight.Whether you''re a history buff, a dedicated coin collector, or simply enjoy a good mental workout, The Royal Mint Puzzle Book promises hours of entertainment and intellectual stimulation. So, put on your thinking cap and prepare to embark on a journey that takes you from Alfred the Great to Sir Mo Farah.Featuring biographies of some of British history''s most notable figures, including Oliver Cromwell, Sir Isaac Newton, and Queen Elizabeth II.

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The Private Investigator Puzzle Book - Dr Gareth Moore, Laura Jayne Ayres

Crack over 90 devilishly puzzling cases in this hardboiled collection of crime conundrums.Written by internationally best-selling author Dr Gareth Moore, The Private Investigator Puzzle Book puts you in the shoes of a seasoned sleuth for hire, as you use every tool in your investigative arsenal to analyze crime scenes, identify suspects, decipher riddles and bring the city’s criminals to justice.As you venture into a dark and gritty criminal underworld in search of answers, you’ll test your wits in a variety of verbal and visual puzzles, spot the difference, code-cracking cryptograms, hanjie, sudoku and much more. Each scenario is unique, the stakes are high and it’s up to you to clean up the streets, one case at a time.Featuring dozens of mysteries, The Private Investigator Puzzle Book is a compelling collection of challenges that lets you channel your inner Dick Tracy or Philip Marlowe, and the ultimate puzzle book for fans of detective fiction.

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The British Museum Puzzle Book - Gareth Moore

Solve intriguing and challenging puzzles based on the world-renowned British Museum collection. The Rosetta Stone, Egyptian hieroglyphs, Assyrian reliefs, the Lewis Chessmen: many mysteries of the past are found within the walls of the British Museum, home to some of the most magnificent treasures in the world. Now you can learn more about its famous artefacts as you work your way through this beautifully designed, generously illustrated puzzle book. Created by the internationally renowned puzzle expert Dr Gareth Moore, this enticing mix of general knowledge, brainteasers, word games, crosswords and decipherment challenges offers a wealth of insight into the Museum’s widely varied collection. The puzzles are arranged in six thematic sections: the British Museum, Everyday Living, Bestiary, Myth and Magic, the Written Word, and Treasure. Additional facts about the Museum and its objects are provided throughout the book, affording readers a wider understanding of the role of the Museum today. Making history accessible to all, and with new insights for general readers, this richly entertaining book is perfect for puzzlers and armchair historians everywhere.

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The Ultimate Mystery Puzzle Book - Dr Gareth Moore, Gary Panton

Put your detective skills to the ultimate test in this fiendish puzzle activity book.This book features a series of thrilling detective cases to work through, with brain-boggling puzzles to crack along the way. And the best part is YOU are the private investigator at the centre of the action.Can you track down a stolen ancient artefact, figure out who hacked the mayor’s computer network or solve a haunted house mystery? How about figuring out who has stolen an inventor’s prized robot? Other cases to investigate include a dognapping, a runaway train, a fairground mystery, an undercover mission and a tropical island puzzler.Crack codes, solve mazes, follow clues, figure out logic puzzles and so much more in this fun and engrossing collection of activities.With 10 cases to crack, you’ll be proving your worth as a super sleuth in no time!Also available in the series:9781916763173 The Top Secret Spy Puzzle Book

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The Science Museum Puzzle Book - Journey into Space - The Science Museum

Are you ready to become an astronaut? Then prepare for lift off with The Science Museum Puzzle Book, a unique puzzle book to launch your exploration of space.Embark on your very own astronaut training program; engineer your own rocket and blast off to explore other planets to find what might be out there, all the while discovering the history of space exploration and the pioneering men and women who led us there.From Galileo inventing the first telescope, to the fascinating 20th century space race, all the way up to the cutting-edge research and missions being done to this day, this book is stuffed with essential space facts and history as well as mind-bending puzzles.From codebreaking and brainteasers to word riddles and language puzzles, this is the perfect gift to challenge any budding space explorer.This is an adventure you don''t want to miss!

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The Detective Society Presents: The Most Unladylike Puzzle Book - Robin Stevensová

Could you be a detective? Do you love puzzles and mysteries? Do you see patterns where no one else does?In this book you can really put your problem-solving to the test as you work alongside characters from bestselling series, Murder Most Unladylike and The Ministry of Unladylike Activity.From codebreaking with Hazel, to logic and reasoning with Daisy, and problem-solving with Beanie and Kitty, test your sleuthing skills with pages of playful puzzles and riveting riddles, before using what you’ve learned to crack a brand-new case!From the imagination of award-winning author Robin Stevens, The Most Unladylike Puzzle Book features a fabulous flip-book design and over 100 puzzles to solve, making it the perfect activity book for keen detectives age 9+.

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Miffy the Artist: Jigsaw Puzzle Book - Dick Bruna

An instant Classic: Miffy the Artist now features in this fun jigsaw puzzle book for early readers Miffy visits the gallery and sees lots of beautiful works of art. Feeling inspired, she uses her pencils to make her own artworks and creates her own gallery at home! The sturdy and big puzzle pieces with rounded edges are suitable for small hands. The six jigsaw puzzles in the book increase in difficulty, from four to nine pieces.

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The Lewis Carroll Puzzle Book - Lewis Carroll, Brian David Sibley

Step through the looking glass, into a world where logic and imagination intertwine in the most curious ways . . . This expertly-curated book collects the best puzzles written by the author of Alice in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll.Lewis Carroll was a mathematician who loved puzzles of all kinds, invented the word ladder, delighted in acrostics and riddles and posed twisty maths and logic questions in his most famous works, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass.Mind-bending and utterly charming, this celebratory collection of puzzles and games includes delights such as Doublets (word ladders) and Syzygies (a more elaborate form of the word ladder), Mirror Writing, Arithmetical Croquet as well as some of the most delightfully puzzling riddles from Alice in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass. Enough to keep even the most curious of minds entertained for hours.Plus, Chair of the Lewis Carroll Society, Brian Sibley, uses his expert knowledge to take readers inside the inimitable mind of Carroll, with a beautiful introduction and annotations throughout.Packed with wit and nostalgia and illustrated with beautiful full colour imagery from John Tenniel – the original illustrator of Alice in Wonderland - this is the ultimate celebration of one of the most famous puzzlers of all time. The Lewis Carroll Puzzle Book is the perfect gift for both seasoned puzzlers and the Carroll-curious.

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The Great LEGO Puzzle Book - Jacob Berg

Unlike traditional LEGO books, where you build preset models, this book offers puzzles that encourage creative problem-solving and spatial reasoning. It''s up to the reader to build solutions to the 116 puzzles in the book using 31 standard LEGO bricks - no laundry list of parts or complex building instructions. Perfect for builders of all skill levels, the book starts with simpler puzzles then builds to more challenging ones. Puzzles include creating missing shapes to complete a cube, building a figure to match a silhouette, and much more. Hints and solutions to each puzzle guide builders through the book.

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The Perfect Crime Puzzle Book - Dr Gareth Moore

With over 90 fiendishly puzzling cases to crack, get ready to walk in the shoes of a seasoned investigator . . . or step over to the dark side, if you dare, and become a criminal mastermind. The choice is yours. Written by the internationally best-selling Dr Gareth Moore, this is the ultimate puzzle book for true crime fans. Put your detective skills to work by examining crime scene evidence, analysing witness statements, identifying suspects and breaking secret codes to work out the big question: whodunnit? But here’s the twist. Would you dare to step over to the dark side and learn what makes a criminal mastermind tick? You can change teams and learn the trade secrets of the pros – and help them get away with perfect crime. You will be recruited by the greatest minds – good and evil – and dive into various brain-boggling games, including code-cracking cryptograms, riddles, cyphers, sudoku and hanjie, spot the difference, and much, more. Use your powers of deduction, forensic eye for detail and logical thinking to solve these mysteries... learn how to get away with the perfect crime yourself. The choice is yours.

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The Ultimate Football Puzzle Book - Farshore

Take the football fun to extra-time with this action-packed puzzle book!Help footballers dribble through mazy defences, pick the perfect spot for strikers to aim at and help the manager work out the difference between her 4-4-2 and 3-5-1 formations. With over 70 activities over a variety of different difficulty levels, this book will keep budding Messi and Ronaldos busy right up until the final whistle.

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The Colorado Springs Puzzle Book

It''s no puzzle why folks visit Colorado Springs or even call it home! From Pikes Peak to the Garden of the Gods, there''s something for everyone. Now, in The Colorado Springs Puzzle Book, you can learn tons more about Colorado Springs through 90 delightful word puzzles, including word searches, jumbles, crossword puzzles, and more featuring Colorado Springs streets, restaurants, claims to fame, local celebrities, and much more!

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The Classic FM Puzzle Book 365 - Alexander Armstrong, Classic FM

***With a foreword by Alexander Armstrong.Do you know your Chopin from your Schubert? Your concerto from your cadenza?The Classic FM Puzzle Book 365 will sharpen your musical knowledge with a fun and stimulating puzzle to challenge and entertain you every single day of the year.From quizzes to wordsearches, logic tests to missing symbols - via emojis, sudoku, crosswords and more - our classical music experts have created a compendium of 365 puzzles to keep you guessing the whole year round.

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The Gardeners' World Puzzle Book - Gardeners' World Magazine

100 horticultural head-scratchers to test your botanical brain powerCan you tell Myosotis from Magnolia? Can you tell your beeches from your birches?Featuring 100 puzzles including crosswords, word searches, anagrams, word wheels and code breakers, The Gardeners’ World Puzzle Book has everything you need to unwind from a long day in the garden while sharpening your mind at the same time.Organised by season and difficulty, this fun and beautiful book offers everything from easy breezy brainteasers to the thorniest of horticultural headscratchers – the perfect companion for any grower!

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The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book - Dr Gareth Moore, Ordnance Survey

Are YOU the ultimate map-reader? Do you know your trig points from your National Trails? Can you calculate using contours? And can you fathom exactly how far the footpath is from the free house? Track down hidden treasures, decipher geographical details and discover amazing facts as you work through this unique puzzle book based on 40 of the Ordnance Survey''s best British maps. Explore the first ever OS map made in 1801, unearth the history of curious place names, encounter abandoned Medieval villages and search the site of the first tarmac road in the world. With hundreds of puzzles ranging from easy to mind-boggling, this mix of navigational tests, word games, code-crackers, anagrams and mathematical conundrums will put your friends and family through their paces on the path to becoming the ultimate map-master!

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The Best Ever Puzzle Book for Kids - Joe Fullman, Andy Peters

Grab a pencil and dive into the best puzzle book EVER! This amazing, full-colour activity book is jam-packed with over 200 boredom-busting puzzles, including wacky word games, mind-bending mazes, super spot-the-differences cunning conundrums and more! Children can level-up their logical thinking, problem-solving and observation skills as they put their brains to the test to solve them all! Guaranteed to provide hours of entertainment for children aged 7+.

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The San Francisco Puzzle Book

It''s no puzzle why folks visit San Francisco or even call it home! From the Golden Gate Bridge to Chinatown to Alcatraz Island, there''s something for everyone. Now, in The San Francisco Puzzle Book, you can learn tons more about San Francisco through 90 delightful word puzzles, including word searches, jumbles, crossword puzzles, and more featuring San Francisco streets, restaurants, claims to fame, local celebrities, and much more!

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The Seven Sisters Puzzle Book - Lucinda Rileyová

Return to the world of The Seven Sisters, Lucinda Riley’s spellbinding eight-book series, with The Seven Sisters Puzzle Book.

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Peppa Pig: Fun at the Zoo Jigsaw Puzzle Book - Peppa Pig

Join Peppa and George at the zoo and piece together five fun jigsaw scenes!Peppa is visiting the zoo! Press out and play FIVE huge jigsaw puzzles to meet the zookeepers and learn all about their important jobs. Join Peppa and George and feed the cheeky monkeys, stroke the scaly lizards and wave goodnight to the night-time creatures!Peppa loves jigsaw puzzle books. EVERYONE loves jigsaw puzzle books!Don''t miss these other brilliant Peppa books:Peppa Pig: Peppa’s Pop-Up MermaidsPeppa Pig: Peppa’s World: Peppa Pig EncyclopediaPeppa Pig: Peppa’s Unicorn Adventure

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The Cosy Mystery Puzzle Book - Death Comes To Enigma Bay - Richardson Puzzles and Games

Can you crack all the clues and catch the culprit? A bumper casefile of over 90 crime-themed visual, code, logic, number and word puzzles to solve - this mixed puzzle book is the perfect gift for anyone who enjoys a cozy mystery!

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Kay's Anatomy: The Poo-tastic Puzzle Book - Adam Kay

From the record-breaking, Number One bestselling author of KAY'S ANATOMY comes the funniest, most fact-filled and most disgusting activity book about the body ever written! This new Adam Kay activity book contains over 500 hilarious, disgusting activities - codes to crack, experiments, recipes and more, including 144 all-new "True or Poo" quiz questions! Do you know your patella from your paella? Have you ever tasted phlegm soup? Want to learn how to bunk off school with a fake plaster cast? It’s guaranteed to challenge, entertain and revolt readers aged 7 to 739. Adam Kay’s children’s books have been translated into 32 languages and sold over 1 million copies, making him one of the UK’s bestselling children’s authors. Kay’s Anatomy became the fastest-selling children’s general non-fiction hardback of the decade and his first children’s novel, Dexter Procter the 10-Year-Old Doctor, was the No. 1 children’s hardback fiction debut of 2025. Praise for Kay's Anatomy: 'An enjoyably gross look at the human body. Hours of gruesome fun guaranteed' i 'Like listening to a teacher who makes pupils fall about' Sunday Times 'Totally brilliant!' Jacqueline Wilson 'Fun and informative' Malorie Blackman 'Very funny - this exciting book is bound to inspire the next generation of medics' Sunday Express Praise for Kay's Marvellous Medicine: 'A ridiculously funny read that will delight, gross out and educate all at the same time' Independent 'Educational and entertaining. It should be on the national curriculum!' Harry Hill 'Completely marvellous and very funny' BookTrust

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The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book Legends and Landmarks - Ordnance Survey

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING PUZZLE SERIESCome on a puzzle adventure and meet iconic figures from British history.The bestselling series returns with over 300 new puzzles to test the whole family, including 40 maps from the Ordnance Survey''s illustrious archive.Track down hidden treasures, decipher geographical details and pit your wits against puzzles ranging from easy to brutally difficult. Alongside these brain teasers, discover Britain''s most-loved figures and the locations key to their stories, from Emily Brontë''s Yorkshire to William Shakespeare''s Stratford-Upon-Avon, Mary Seacole''s London and Isaac Newton''s Oxford.There''s only one question. Are you up to the challenge?

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The Cosy Mystery Puzzle Book - The Murder of Mayor Malady - Richardson Puzzles and Games

Can you crack all the clues and catch the culprit? A bumper casefile of over 90 crime-themed visual, code, logic, number and word puzzles to solve - this mixed puzzle book is the perfect gift for anyone who enjoys a cozy mystery!

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The True Crime Puzzle Book - Jamie King

Put your knowledge of real-life kidnappers, killers, con artists and thieves to the test with this gripping compendium of puzzles and trivia Journey to the darkest corners of human nature and discover the events that have ensnared the interest of humankind across the globe and throughout time. Dive deep into this entertaining book, where the most notorious heists, cons and crimes are reimagined as puzzles. From crosswords and counting conundrums to spot the differences and sudoku, whether you''re a true crime junkie or just morbidly curious, there''s plenty in these pages to sharpen your mind and shred your nerves. Inside you will find a variety of puzzles, including:- Spot the differences between the two detective boards- Shuffle the letters to reveal three types of murderer- Guide the stolen goods through the maze to the getaway vehicle- Solve the trivia questions to uncover gruesome facts about notorious serial killers

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The Official Poirot Puzzle Book - Agatha Christie

'My name is Hercule Poirot, and I am probably the greatest detective in the world.' Do you have the skills to seek the truth within? Put your understanding of order and method to good use to crack the case as you travel around the world collecting mysterious bundles of puzzles. From France to Istanbul and beyond, have your map (and pen) at the ready and your suitcase packed as you join Detective Guy in tracking down the perpetrator of the deadliest crime. Begin by following in Poirot's footsteps and putting your abilities to the test. Unscramble the letters below to complete some of Poirot's most famous and clever quotes:The pursuit of revenge is...yadrragoeealdoiIf the little grey cells are not exercised... eghytosertrthwuUnderstand this, I mean to arrive... uretthatthImmerse yourself in the world of Agatha Christie's beloved Hercule Poirot with this new and official puzzling series of events.

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The Military History Puzzle Book - Harry Fielding, Monty Johnson

Charge into this battle of wits and emerge victorious by putting your knowledge of military history to the testWhether you choose to while away the hours or simply try a quick-fire quiz, there is plenty within these pages to hone your mental agility. You will need to be on the attack in order to prove your knowledge of everything from warfare and weaponry to tactics and troops, from ancient times to modern combat. As well as anagrams to annihilate, trivia to target and crosswords to crush, inside these pages you will find a variety of puzzles, including:- Solve the clues to find some of history''s most notorious missiles- Conquer the crossword to reveal six classic drill instructions- Decipher the anagrams to discover the battles that shaped the course of history- Seek out the Allied fighter aircraft in the gridWhat are you waiting for? Arm yourself with a pencil and answer the call of duty!

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The Ultimate Retirement Puzzle Book - Eric Saunders

Embrace all that retirement has to offer as you put your feet up and enjoy this collection of over retirement puzzles. Packed full of fun puzzles from well-loved classics such as wordsearch and sudoku, to new and fun puzzles for you to try your hand at. Enjoy a well-earned break all while keeping your brain in tip top condition with some gentle mental exercise.• EXERCISE YOUR BRAIN: Give your mind a great workout as you solve each puzzle.• REDUCE STRESS: Feel your stress melt away as you focus on these satisfying conundrums.• VARIETY OF PUZZLES: Includes mazes, codewords, combiku, wordsearch, sudoku, crisscross, futoshiki and more!

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The Sweary Word Puzzle Book (For Adults) - C. Hill

Modern Life is stressful. We all need to let off steam sometimes.In these pages, you will find many sweary word games to test the mind and bring you a sense of calm. Cursing is not big and it''s not clever...Well, crack these puzzles to prove otherwise.Including ''cros-swear-ds'', wordoku, anagrams, word ladders and more, the very adult yet joyfully immature puzzlebook you never knew you needed (until now)

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The Ordnance Survey Kids' Adventure Book - Dr Gareth Moore, Ordnance Survey Leisure Limited

*The brains behind The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Book and The Ordnance Survey Puzzle Tour of Britain, bring you the ultimate guide to adventure.*Perfect for ages seven and up, and the best introduction to map-reading, navigation and the great outdoors.Want to become an expert map-reader?Want to explore the great outdoors armed with hints and tips from the map creators themselves?Want to test your new-found skills with a host of challenging map puzzles?Then this is the book for you. Created by Ordnance Survey, who make all the iconic maps for the whole of Great Britain, this book will teach you how to read a map like an expert, and confidently and safely explore the incredible outdoors.You''ll also have the chance to test your skills with map-reading puzzles that''ll keep you entertained for hours.So strap on your boots, pack up your walking essentials, and start your map-reading adventure!

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The Squid Game Book of Games - Netflix

*THE FIRST OFFICIAL PUZZLE BOOK BASED ON THE WORLDWIDE NETFLIX PHENOMENON*IN THESE GAMES, ONLY THE SMART WILL SURVIVEThis devious collection of crosswords, logic puzzles, word searches, sudoku, photo puzzles, and more lets you experience all the challenge and intellectual stimulation of participating in Squid Game with significantly less threat of death. (That said, there is always some risk involved when using a sharp pencil, so solve carefully!) Test your wits against puzzles inspired by Red Light Green Light, Tug of War'' Glass Bridge, Sugar Honeycombs, Marbles, and many others from Squid Game and Squid Game: The Challenge.ARE YOU READY TO JOIN THE GAME?

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The Little Book of Kobe - OH

The wisdom of a king of sport, business and charity.Dedicated to a legend of basketball, this is a pocket-sized compendium of the inspirational thoughts of one of the game''s all-time greats. From the earliest years of his life through to the heartfelt tributes that poured in after his untimely death, this is a timely portrait of one of sport''s most remarkable, accomplished and influential figures.From his high school years, through his meteoric rise on the court, Bryant always had lots to say. His words on sport, business, charity and life will delight, inspire and amuse the reader. He was almost as famed for his memorable words as for his sporting achievements, so this is a carefully crafted collection of motivational, insightful and amusing quotes from one of basketball''s most respected stars.''My brain... it cannot process failure. It will not process failure. Because if I sit there and have to face myself and tell myself, ''You''re a failure''... I think that''s almost worse than death'' (On his winning mentality, as seen on NYPost.com, January 27, 2020, by Hannah Frishberg)Kobe is the only NBA player in history to have two separate numbers retired by one team, as he wore both No. 8 and No. 24 with the Los Angeles Lakers.

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The Last Fire Season - Manjula Martin

H Is for Hawk meets Joan Didion in the Pyrocene in this arresting combination of memoir, natural history, and literary inquiry that chronicles one woman’s experience of life in Northern California during the worst fire season on record.NATIONAL BESTSELLER • AN NPR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A MOST-ANTICIPATED BOOK: The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The San Francisco Chronicle, The Saturday Evening Post, Poets & Writers, The Millions, Alta, Heat Map NewsTold in luminous, perceptive prose, The Last Fire Season is a deeply incisive inquiry into what it really means—now—to live in relationship to the elements of the natural world. When Manjula Martin moved from the city to the woods of Northern California, she wanted to be closer to the wilderness that she had loved as a child. She was also seeking refuge from a health crisis that left her with chronic pain, and found a sense of healing through tending her garden beneath the redwoods of Sonoma County. But the landscape that Martin treasured was an ecosystem already in crisis. Wildfires fueled by climate change were growing bigger and more frequent: each autumn, her garden filled with smoke and ash, and the local firehouse siren wailed deep into the night.In 2020, when a dry lightning storm ignited hundreds of simultaneous wildfires across the West and kicked off the worst fire season on record, Martin, along with thousands of other Californians, evacuated her home in the midst of a pandemic. Both a love letter to the forests of the West and an interrogation of the colonialist practices that led to their current dilemma, The Last Fire Season, follows her from the oaky hills of Sonoma County to the redwood forests of coastal Santa Cruz, to the pines and peaks of the Sierra Nevada, as she seeks shelter, bears witness to the devastation, and tries to better understand fire’s role in the ecology of the West. As Martin seeks a way to navigate the daily experience of living in a damaged body on a damaged planet, she comes to question her own assumptions about nature and the complicated connections between people and the land on which we live.

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The Death Sculptor - Chris Carter

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER'Good job you didn't turn on the lights . . .' A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient, prosecutor Derek Nicholson, brutally murdered in his bed. The act seems senseless - Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live. But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind. For Hunter, there is no doubt that the killer is trying to communicate with the police, but the method is unlike anything he's ever seen before. And what could the hidden message be? Just as Hunter and his partner Garcia reckon they've found a lead, a new body is found - and a new calling card. But with no apparent link between the first and second victims, all the progress they've made so far goes out of the window. Pushed into an uncomfortable alliance with confident investigator Alice Beaumont, Hunter must race to put together the pieces of the puzzle . . . before the Death Sculptor puts the final touches to his masterpiece.PRAISE FOR CHRIS CARTER 'A touch of Patricia Cornwell about Chris Carter's plotting' Mail on Sunday 'Gripping . . . not for the squeamish' Heat 'A page-turner' Express

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Stories from the Tenants Downstairs - Fofana Sidik

Finalist for the Gotham Book Prize, the Los Angeles Times Art Seidenbaum Award, and the Ernest J. Gaines Award for Literary Excellence * Longlisted for the Story Prize Named a BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR by NPR, Kirkus Reviews, Library Journal, Chicago Review of Books, LitHub, and Electric Lit “A standout achievement…American speech is an underused commodity in contemporary fiction and it’s a joy to find such a vital example of it here.” —The Wall Street Journal From a superb new literary talent, a rich, lyrical collection of stories about a tight-knit cast of characters grappling with their own personal challenges while the forces of gentrification threaten to upend life as they know it.At Banneker Terrace, everybody knows everybody, or at least knows of them. Longtime tenants’ lives are entangled together in the ups and downs of the day-to-day, for better or for worse. The neighbors in the unit next door are friends or family, childhood rivals or enterprising business partners. In other words, Harlem is home. But the rent is due, and the clock of gentrification—never far from anyone’s mind—is ticking louder now than ever. In eight interconnected stories, Sidik Fofana conjures a residential community under pressure. There is Swan, in apartment 6B, whose excitement about his friend’s release from prison jeopardizes the life he’s been trying to lead. Mimi, in apartment 14D, hustles to raise the child she had with Swan, waitressing at Roscoe’s and doing hair on the side. And Quanneisha B. Miles, in apartment 21J, is a former gymnast with a good education who wishes she could leave Banneker for good, but can’t seem to escape the building’s gravitational pull. We root for the tight-knit cast of characters as they weave in and out of one another’s narratives, working to escape their pasts and blaze new paths forward for themselves and the people they love. All the while we brace, as they do, for the challenges of a rapidly shifting future. Stories from the Tenants Downstairs brilliantly captures the joy and pain of the human experience in this “singular accomplishment from a writer to watch” (Library Journal, starred review).

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The Rise - Sielski Mike

Kobe Bryant is a legend – The Rise is a fascinating look at his early life and how he became regarded as one of basketball’s greatest-ever players.Kobe Bryant’s death in January 2020 did more than rattle the worlds of sports and celebrity. It took the tragedy of that helicopter crash to reveal the full breadth and depth of Kobe’s influence. By tracing and telling the oft-forgotten and lesser-known story of his early life, The Rise promises to provide an unparalleled insight into Kobe.In The Rise, readers travel from the cracked concrete basketball courts of Philadelphia in the 1960s and 70s – where Kobe’s father, Joe, became a playground, college and professional stand-out – to the majesty and isolation of Europe, where Kobe spent his formative years, and to the leafy suburbs of Lower Merion, where Kobe’s legend was born. The story ends with his leading Lower Merion to the 1995–96 Pennsylvania state championship – a true underdog run for a team with just one star player, Kobe – and with the 1996 NBA draft, where Kobe’s dream of playing pro basketball culminated with his acquisition by the Los Angeles Lakers.With exclusive access to a series of never-before-released interviews during Bryant’s senior season and early days in the NBA, and tapes and transcripts which have preserved Kobe’s thoughts, dreams and goals from his teenage years for a quarter-century, Mike Sielski’s The Rise uncovers insights and stories that have never been revealed before.This is an exploration of the making of an icon and the effect of his development on those around him – the essence of the man before he truly became a man.

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The Reversal - Michael Connelly

Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch together take on a seemingly unwinnable case in blistering legal thriller from Number One bestseller Michael Connelly.When defence lawyer Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey''s one of the best American legal brains in the business, and to switch sides likes this would be akin to asking a fox to guard the hen-house. But the high-profile case of Jason Jessup, a convicted child killer who spent almost 25 years on death row before DNA evidence freed him, is an intriguing one . . .Eager for the publicity and drawn to the challenge, Mickey takes the case, with LAPD Detective Harry Bosch on board as his lead investigator. But as a new trial date is set, it starts to look like he''s been set up. Mickey and Harry are going to have to dig deep into the past and find the truth about what really happened to the victim all those years ago in this nail-biting courtroom drama.

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The Night Stalker - Chris Carter

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER When an unidentified female body is discovered laid out on a slab in an abandoned butcher's shop, the cause of death is unclear. Her body bears no marks; except for the fact that her lips have been carefully stitched shut. It is only when the full autopsy gets underway at the Los Angeles County morgue that the pathologist will reveal the true horror of the situation - a discovery so devastating that Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Homicide Special Section has to be pulled off a different case to take over the investigation But when his inquiry collides with a missing persons' case being investigated by the razor-sharp Whitney Meyers, Hunter suspects the killer might be keeping several women hostage. Soon Robert finds himself on the hunt for a murderer with a warped obsession, a stalker for whom love has become hate.PRAISE FOR CHRIS CARTER 'A touch of Patricia Cornwell about Chris Carter's plotting' Mail on Sunday 'Gripping . . . not for the squeamish' Heat 'A page-turner' Express

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Weimar Under the Palms - Thomas Blubacher

The story of the German exiles—and cultural titans—who settled in Pacific Palisades and influenced American culture.  In the early twentieth century, Pacific Palisades was home to America’s most modern film studio of the time as well as the proposed site of the world’s largest Christian center. But by the end of the 1920s, the Los Angeles neighborhood had become the refuge of the rich and beautiful as German and Austrian filmmakers, among them Salka and Berthold Viertel, settled there. They were soon followed by cultural and intellectual giants of the Weimar Republic who were fleeing Europe, such as Max Reinhardt, Hanns Eisler, or Max Horkheimer. These great minds turned Pacific Palisades into a “Weimar under the palm trees.” Though many were successful in exile—including Vicki Baum, Thomas Mann, and Lion Feuchtwanger—others felt as if they were in a “sun prison” far from home.  Recounting a story of glamor and great minds, Thomas Blubacher tells of the history of German-speaking exiles that is still alive there today, going on a foray through the film industry, taking us on a journey to this special place that was so recently devastated by fire. Many of the homes in this book have now gone, but Marta Feuchtwanger’s Villa Aurora and the Thomas Mann house still stand as a testament to luck, resilience, and history.

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Barbarians at the Gate : The Fall of RJR Nabisco (poškozená) - Bryan Burrough

"One of the finest, most compelling accounts of what happened to corporate America and Wall Street in the 1980's." --New York Times Book Review A #1 New York Times bestseller and arguably the best business narrative ever written, Barbarians at the Gate is the classic account of the fall of RJR Nabisco. An enduring masterpiece of investigative journalism by Bryan Burrough and John Helyar, it includes a new afterword by the authors that brings this remarkable story of greed and double-dealings up to date twenty years after the famed deal. The Los Angeles Times calls Barbarians at the Gate, "Superlative." The Chicago Tribune raves, "It's hard to imagine a better story...and it's hard to imagine a better account." And in an era of spectacular business crashes and federal bailouts, it still stands as a valuable cautionary tale that must be heeded.

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50 Codes that Changed the World - Sinclair McKay

A CUNNING CHRONICLE OF THE 50 CODES THAT ALTERED THE COURSE OF HISTORY AND CHANGED THE WORLDFrom the bestselling author of Bletchley Park Brainteasers and The Scotland Yard Puzzle Book.There have been secret codes since before the Old Testament, and there were secret codes in the Old Testament too. Almost as soon as writing was invented, so too were the devious means to hide messages and keep them under the wraps of secrecy.In 50 Codes that Changed the World, Sinclair McKay explores these uncrackable codes, secret cyphers and hidden messages from across time to tell a new history of a secret world. From the temples of Ancient Greece to the court of Elizabeth I; from antique manuscripts whose codes might hold prophecies of doom to the modern realm of quantum mechanics, you will see how a few concealed words could help to win wars, spark revolutions and even change the faces of great nations.Here is the complete guide to the hidden world of codebreaking, with opportunities for you to see if you could have cracked some of the trickiest puzzles and lip-chewing codes ever created.

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The Perfect Distance - Pat Butcher

The definitive, fully authorised story of the record-breaking rivalry between London Olympics organiser Sebastian Coe and Steve Ovett.Steve Ovett and Sebastian Coe presided over the golden era of British athletics. Between them they won three Olympic gold medals, two silvers, one bronze and broke a total of twelve middle-distance records. They were part of the landscape of the late seventies and early eighties -- both household names, their exploits were watched by millions. As far apart as possible in terms of class and upbringing -- Ovett is the art student, the long-haired son of a market-trader from Brighton, a natural athlete; Coe''s formative years were spent under the rigorous training routine of Peter Coe, a self-taught trainer who referred to his son as ''my athlete'' -- their rivalry burned as intense on the track as away from it. The pendulum swung between the pair of them -- each breaking the other''s records, and, memorably, triumphing in each other''s events in Moscow in 1980 -- for the best part of a decade, until the final showdown at the Los Angeles Olympics in 1984 . . .The Perfect Distance is both a detailed re-creation and a fitting celebration of the greatest era of British athletics.

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