the museum heist henry lewis

I loved this book! Highly recommended -- Matt Lucas, Actor and comedianWATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2023: PUZZLES AND HUMOURThe crime is simple: a valuable gemstone known as The Tiger s Eye was stolen from the Kensington Museum in the year 1926. The case was investigated by one Detective Inspector Jane Waterstone. Can you step into Jane s shoes and solve the case? A beautiful, intricate puzzle book with an intriguing mystery that places you at the heart of the story - Agatha Christie meets Murdle.The Museum Heist is an interactive book where murder mystery meets escape room-style puzzle solving, in an epic adventure for all the family. Put yourself to the test, and follow the story, working your way through a whole host of challenges - from deciphering clues at crime scenes and searching for hidden pieces of evidence in the pages - to satisfy your inner detective. Look out also for interactive elements within the book that will take each mystery to a whole new level. I m just mad about the Mystery Agency, and even madder about Henry Lewis. Like, it makes me actually mad how wonderfully talented he is at puzzle creation and storytelling. This book is an utter delight, one that should be in the collection of any sharp thinker. I hated how much I loved it. Can t recommend it enough. -- Neil Patrick Harris, puzzle-master and award-winning actor

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The Mystery Agency returns with a brand new escape-room style puzzle solving mystery for all ages! Perfect for fans of Murdle and an Agathe Christie story. London, April 1929. As the sun rises one crisp spring morning, it reveals a body lying in the centre of Bookseller #39;s Row, a narrow alleyway in the West End famed for its bookshops. D.I. Waterstone soon arrives on the scene and discovers the body belonged to James R. MacMillan, a property developer who planned to level Bookseller #39;s Row to build luxury apartments. It appears every shop keeper on the street had motive to murder MacMillan, but who committed the crime? Put yourself to the test, and follow the story, working your way through a whole host of challenges - from deciphering clues at crime scenes and searching for hidden pieces of evidence in the pages - to satisfy your inner detective. Can you step into the Detective Inspector #39;s shoes and solve the case?Praise for The Mystery Agency #39;I loved this book! Highly recommended #39; - Matt Lucas, Actor and comedian #39;I #39;m just mad about the Mystery Agency, and even madder about Henry Lewis. Like, it makes me actually mad how wonderfully talented he is at puzzle creation and storytelling. This book is an utter delight, one that should be in the collection of any sharp thinker. I hated how much I loved it. Can #39;t recommend it enough. #39; - Neil Patrick Harris, puzzle-master and award-winning actor Waterstones - Best Books of the Year 2023 - Puzzle Humour Daunt Books - Best Gift Puzzles Books of 2023 UK National Archive - Beautiful Books of 2023

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“Relatable characters, familiar scenarios, and gentle humor make this a remarkably satisfying read.” —Horn Book Magazine, Starred Review The second book in the acclaimed series is now in paperback! From the creators of the Schneider Award-winning books A Friend for Henry and Henry, Like Always, this delightful beginning chapter book about embracing new experiences stars a sweet and sensitive child on the autism spectrum. It’s Field Trip Day! Henry #39;s class is excited to visit the museum, but Henry is not so sure. The museum means maybe seeing dinosaurs, Henry #39;s favorite. But it also means a lot of things that are new: a noisy school bus ride, a building full of echoes and hallways, and plenty of chances to get lost! Will he find something that makes all of this new worth the trip? Come along with Henry in this funny, bighearted tale about trying new things, exploring new places, and finding the courage to make yourself heard.JUST RIGHT FOR BEGINNING READERS: With short chapters and simple text, this book is perfect for newly independent readers who are just moving on to longer books. FIRST FIELD TRIP: This story will encourage and reassure any child beginning school or preparing to embark on their first field trip as Henry navigates the excitement (and potential anxiety) that comes with doing new things for the first time. GREAT BACK-TO-SCHOOL READ: Perfect for any reader starting a new school year, the Henry series explores common school experiences in a gentle, funny, and encouraging way. DIVERSE STORIES: Centering neurodivergent kids is vital to expanding diverse representation across books for all ages. The Henry series provides a mirror and a window for kids on the autism spectrum and their friends to see themselves in the stories they read. AN AWARD-WINNING TEAM: Jenn Bailey and Mika Song received a Schneider Family Book Honor Award for their picture book A Friend for Henry. See how the story continues in this classic-feeling early reader series based on the same character!Perfect for: Newly independent readers Parents of kids on the spectrum Librarians, teachers, and booksellers looking for a children’s book that offers a window into the experience of autism Kids with varying levels of social anxiety Gift givers looking for a sweet and relatable book about trying new things Author: Kansas City, Missouri Illustrator: New York City, NY

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Good evening, Iâ ™m Inspector Carter. Take my case. This must be Charles Haversham! Iâ ™m sorry, this mustâ ™ve given you all a damn shockâ ¦The original version of the global hit play created by Mischief.After benefiting from a large and sudden inheritance, the inept and accident-prone Cornley Polytechnic Drama Society embark on producing an ambitious 1920s murder mystery. Hilarious disaster ensues and the cast start to crack under the pressure. Can they get the production back on track before the final curtain falls?This one-act version of Mischiefâ ™s world famous The Play That Goes Wrong originally premiered at the Old Red LionTheatre in London in 2012. Since then, the expanded two-act version has taken the world by storm and has been performed in over 35 countries across 5 continents, winning multiple awards including the WhatsOnStage and Olivier Award for Best New Comedy plus a Tony and Drama Desk Award for Best Scenic Design of a Play.This edition features the original one-act edition of the play thatâ ™s perfect to be enjoyed on the page as well as inperformance. A true global phenomenon, it is guaranteed to leave you aching with laughter.

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Prepare to be hooked by James Patterson s newest thriller in which an art student must orchestrate the heist of a lifetime to save her father... A dizzying switchback thriller... Halston is a brilliant heroine - The Times Weeks before thieves broke into the Louvre, James Patterson started promoting an upcoming jewellery heist novel. The Picasso Heist is now ripped-from-the-headlines relevant. - USA Today The Picasso Heist is a thrilling, engaging, funny, at times moving, scintillating read - Felicity Jones, Oscar-nominated actress and audiobook narrator Patterson is in a class by himself Guardian_________________________________A rare masterpiece by Picasso is about to go to auction, and the whole world is watching.But bright art student Halston Graham sees an opportunity. One that could secure millions for her future and freedom for her wrongly imprisoned father To pull off the crime of the century, she must assemble an unlikely crack team: an expert in forgery, a ruthless mob boss, and an eccentric fashion designer.In a game where trust is a luxury and failure is not an option, will Halston s brilliance be enough to outsmart her enemies?_________________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON It s no mystery why James Patterson is the world s most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better. JEFFERY DEAVER No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. LEE CHILD Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It s what fires off the movie projector in the reader s mind. MICHAEL CONNELLY James Patterson is The Boss. End of. IAN RANKIN Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there s no stopping his imagination NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Patterson is in a class by himself GUARDIAN The master storyteller of our times HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON One of the greatest storytellers of all time PATRICIA CORNWELL

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Prepare to be hooked by James Patterson s newest thriller in which an art student must orchestrate the heist of a lifetime to save her father... A dizzying switchback thriller... Halston is a brilliant heroine - The Times Weeks before thieves broke into the Louvre, James Patterson started promoting an upcoming jewellery heist novel. The Picasso Heist is now ripped-from-the-headlines relevant. - USA Today The Picasso Heist is a thrilling, engaging, funny, at times moving, scintillating read - Felicity Jones, Oscar-nominated actress and audiobook narrator Patterson is in a class by himself Guardian_________________________________A rare masterpiece by Picasso is about to go to auction, and the whole world is watching. But bright art student Halston Graham sees an opportunity. One that could secure millions for her future â “ and freedom for her wrongly imprisoned fatherâ ¦To pull off the crime of the century, she must assemble an unlikely crack team: an expert in forgery, a ruthless mob boss, and an eccentric fashion designer. In a game where trust is a luxury and failure is not an option, will Halstonâ ™s brilliance be enough to outsmart her enemies?_________________________________PRAISE FOR JAMES PATTERSON It s no mystery why James Patterson is the world s most popular thriller writer ... Simply put: nobody does it better. JEFFERY DEAVER No one gets this big without amazing natural storytelling talent - which is what Jim has, in spades. LEE CHILD Patterson boils a scene down to the single, telling detail, the element that defines a character or moves a plot along. It s what fires off the movie projector in the reader s mind. MICHAEL CONNELLY James Patterson is The Boss. End of. IAN RANKIN Patterson knows where our deepest fears are buried ... there s no stopping his imagination NEW YORK TIMES BOOK REVIEW Patterson is in a class by himself GUARDIAN The master storyteller of our times HILLARY RODHAM CLINTON One of the greatest storytellers of all time PATRICIA CORNWELL

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In a world where paper is obsolete and magic is all but forgotten, Lydia has moved into the Paper Museum with her Uncle Lem following the disappearance of her parents. Convinced the key to finding them lies in the museum’s book collection, Lydia spends her days digitally scanning her way through the museum’s library. But when Uncle Lem is called away and her Uncle Renald is put in charge of the museum, Lydia’s scanning project comes to an abrupt halt. Uncle Renald takes her aer reader—the personal device that everybody uses for reading, shopping, messaging, and more—but not before Lydia makes a desperate attempt at filing a missing persons report for her parents. The report activates a countdown, and now with nothing but a secret typewriter in her dogwood fort and a cryptic message, Lydia has thirty days to find her parents and stop the mayor from commandeering the museum. Otherwise, both her family home and the Paper Museum itself will be reassigned to someone else. With aer readers on the fritz and the town descending into chaos, Lydia needs to find her parents before the Paper Museum—and her parents—are lost for good. The Paper Museum is a story of family and friendship with a hint of magic.

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An artist investigates strange goings on at the British museum - and uncovers a maelstrom of disquiet within its corridors, galleries and vaults“An absorbingly creepy travelogue through the corridors, tunnels and basements of our most famous cultural repository. With Noah Angell as our guide, the British Museum becomes a haunted prison filled with imperial plunder and restless spirits clamouring for attention.” - Malcolm Gaskill, author of The Ruin Of All Witches“Fascinating and illuminating” - Peter Ackroyd“Brilliantly delicate, pointed, shivery... You could read it as a guide to which galleries to avoid - or to where the push for repatriation should be most urgent.” - Erin L. Thompson, professor of art crime at the City University of New York“Achieves a near-impossible marriage between paranormal pop-culture, folklore and hauntology” - Roger Clarke, author of A Natural History of Ghosts“A heady cocktail of history and folklore that leaves a haunting aftertaste... Spine-tingling” - Lindsey Fitzharris, New York Times bestselling author of The FacemakerWhat if the British Museum isn #39;t a carefully ordered cross section of history but is in instead a palatial trophy cabinet of colonial loot - swarming with volatile and errant spirits? When artist and writer Noah Angell first heard murmurs of ghostly sightings at the British Museum he had to find out more. What started as a trickle soon became a deluge as staff old and new - from overnight security to respected curators - brought him testimonies of their supernatural encounters. It became clear that the source of the disturbances was related to the Museum #39;s contents - unquiet objects, holy plunder, and restless human remains protesting their enforced stay within the colonial collection #39;s cabinets and deep underground vaults. According to those who have worked there, the institution is heaving with profound spectral disorder.Ghosts of the British Museum fuses storytelling, folklore and history, digs deep into our imperial past and unmasks the world #39;s oldest national museum as a site of ongoing conflict, where restless objects are held against their will.

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An absorbingly creepy travelogue through the corridors, tunnels and basements of our most famous cultural repository. With Noah Angell as our guide, the British Museum becomes a haunted prison filled with imperial plunder and restless spirits clamouring for attention. - Malcolm Gaskill, author of The Ruin Of All Witches Fascinating and illuminating - Peter Ackroyd Brilliantly delicate, pointed, shivery... You could read it as a guide to which galleries to avoid - or to where the push for repatriation should be most urgent. - Erin L. Thompson, professor of art crime at the City University of New York Achieves a near-impossible marriage between paranormal pop-culture, folklore and hauntology - Roger Clarke, author of A Natural History of Ghosts A heady cocktail of history and folklore that leaves a haunting aftertaste... Spine-tingling - Lindsey Fitzharris, New York Times bestselling author of The Facemaker A reader might well do as Angell did himself: come for the delicious ghost stories but stay for a complete takedown of the British Museum project. The New StatesmanWhat if the British Museum isn t a carefully ordered cross section of history but is in instead a palatial trophy cabinet of colonial loot - swarming with volatile and errant spirits?When artist and writer Noah Angell first heard murmurs of ghostly sightings at the British Museum he had to find out more. What started as a trickle soon became a deluge as staff old and new - from overnight security to respected curators - brought him testimonies of their supernatural encounters.It became clear that the source of the disturbances was related to the Museum s contents - unquiet objects, holy plunder, and restless human remains protesting their enforced stay within the colonial collection s cabinets and deep underground vaults. According to those who have worked there, the institution is heaving with profound spectral disorder.Ghosts of the British Museum fuses storytelling, folklore and history, digs deep into our imperial past and unmasks the world s oldest national museum as a site of ongoing conflict, where restless objects are held against their will.It now appears that the objects are fighting back.

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In a world where paper is obsolete and magic is all but forgotten, Lydia has moved into the Paper Museum with her Uncle Lem following the disappearance of her parents. Convinced the key to finding them lies in the museum’s book collection, Lydia spends her days digitally scanning her way through the museum’s library. But when Uncle Lem is called away and her Uncle Renald is put in charge of the museum, Lydia’s scanning project comes to an abrupt halt. Uncle Renald takes her aer reader—the personal device that everybody uses for reading, shopping, messaging, and more—but not before Lydia makes a desperate attempt at filing a missing persons report for her parents. The report activates a countdown, and now with nothing but a secret typewriter in her dogwood fort and a cryptic message, Lydia has thirty days to find her parents and stop the mayor from commandeering the museum. Otherwise, both her family home and the Paper Museum itself will be reassigned to someone else. With aer readers on the fritz and the town descending into chaos, Lydia needs to find her parents before the Paper Museum—and her parents—are lost for good. The Paper Museum is a story of family and friendship with a hint of magic.

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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 Museumâ ™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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What if the British Museum isn t a carefully ordered cross section of history but is in instead a palatial trophy cabinet of colonial loot - swarming with volatile and errant spirits?When artist and writer Noah Angell first heard murmurs of ghostly sightings at the British Museum he had to find out more. What started as a trickle soon became a deluge as staff old and new - from overnight security to respected curators - brought him testimonies of their supernatural encounters.It became clear that the source of the disturbances was related to the Museum s contents - unquiet objects, holy plunder, and restless human remains protesting their enforced stay within the colonial collection s cabinets and deep underground vaults.According to those who have worked there, the institution is heaving with profound spectral disorder.Ghosts of the British Museum fuses storytelling, folklore and history, digs deep into our imperial past and unmasks the world s oldest national museum as a site of ongoing conflict, where restless objects are held against their will.It now appears that the objects are fighting back.

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Performance in the Museum charts the main stages of the inclusion of performance in the museum from the 1970s to the present day, offering a thought-provoking and highly readable assessment of some fundamental questions in contemporary curatorial practice. While performance emerged in the late 1960s as an anti-institutional form of art, it has recently gained an extraordinary visibility in contemporary art museums. This book focuses on four specific areas affecting museums: the staging of live performance within exhibitions; the conservation of performance; the acquisition of performance works; and research on performance. What emerges from this study is that the museum, although rarely anticipating the specific issues raised by performance, has assumed a unique position in devising curatorial strategies adapted to this medium.Through close analysis of a selection of exhibitions and curatorial practices from many different parts of the world, and from specific periods from the past fifty years, this book identifies key moments of the integration of performance into the museum. Despite the recent surge of exhibitions on performance and the part played by museums in this phenomenon, the history of the display, the conservation and the acquisition of live performance has remained largely uncharted. This book therefore makes an essential contribution to both the history of performance and curatorial studies.

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This new volume presents highlights of the Taft Museum of Art s exceptional collection, which spans over 750 years of creative endevour. Donated to the city of Cincinnati in 1927, Charles and Anna Taft s collection features beautiful porcelain from the Ming and Qing dynasties, paintings by masters including Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Goya, Ingres, Corot, Whistler, and Sargent, and decorative objects including crystal, gold, silver, and enamel-work. The 80 works that feature in this volume, chosen from the 740-piece collection, are presented in four sections, coinciding with the museum s major areas of specialization: European painting, European decorative arts, American art, and Chinese art. Each piece is accompanied by an entry detailing its history and that of its artist or maker written by Taft curatorial staff. Lynne D. Ambrosini s essay explores the collecting practice of Charles and Anna Taft. Deborah Emont Scott s foreword provides a history of the Taft bequest and its lasting significance to the city of Cincinnati and its present day inhabitants. AUTHOR: Lynne D. Ambrosini is deputy director and the Sallie Robinson Wadsworth Chief Curator, Taft Museum of Art. Lynne Ambrosini has overseen the collection and exhibitions at the Taft since 2004, having earlier worked at the Minneapolis Institute of Arts and Brooklyn Museum. She earned a PhD in art history from the Institute of Fine Arts, N.Y.U. Her exhibitions for the Taft include: Hiram Powers: Genius in Marble (2007), Brush/Clay/Wood: The Nancy and Ed Rosenthal Collection of Chinese Art (2008), and Daubigny, Monet, Van Gogh: Impressions of Landscape (2016). She has also published many articles and given invited lectures on such artists as J.F. Millet, Gustave Courbet, Edouard Manet, J.A.M. Whistler, Claude Monet, and Auguste Rodin. 101 colour and 5 b/w illustrations

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The Cat Family… are truly in a league of their own in the lift-the-flap category. - Fairytales and FingerpaintsJoin the Cat Family on a day out to the museum and discover the secrets behind artefacts from around the world and throughout history in this beautiful lift-the-flap book with 140 doors to open.Wander through the museum and gaze up at European masterpieces, roar at sabre-toothed tigers and marvel at enormous dinosaurs in this magical museum of wonders – there is something for every kitten to enjoy!Each room explores a different part of history or the world, from the prehistoric times and East Asia to the stone age and the modern world of space.Lift-the-flap on each page to uncover the inner workings of the museum and reveal hidden details on each page, from what’s behind paintings and statues to in display cabinets and even under the floorboards!Richly illustrated in a nostalgic and whimsical style and complete with sturdy flaps for little hands, children will love poring over each scene and discovering charming details.

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1894. A well-respected academic is found dead in a gentlemen’s convenience cubicle at the British Museum, the stall locked from the inside. Professor Lance Pickering had been due to give a talk promoting the museum’s new ‘Age of King Arthur’ exhibition when he was stabbed repeatedly in the chest. Having forged a strong reputation working alongside the inimitable Inspector Abberline on the Jack the Ripper case, Daniel Wilson is called in to solve the mystery of the locked cubicle murder, and he brings his expertise and archaeologist Abigail Fenton with him.But it isn’t long before the museum becomes the site of another fatality and the pair face mounting pressure to deliver results. With enquiries compounded by persistent journalists, local vandals and a fanatical society, Wilson and Fenton face a race against time to salvage the reputation of the museum and catch a murderer desperate for revenge. An intriguing new mystery from a much-loved author. The main character is the detective who led the Jack the Ripper case – an intriguing twist on a perennially fascinating subject. The second of three crime books looking behind the scenes at three of England’s most celebrated museums: The Fitzwilliam, The Ashmolean and the British Museum

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With detailed how-tos, evocative stories, and expert advice, this curated collection of 30 beautiful, easily reproducible designs by henna expert Azra Khamissa captures the past, present, and future of henna. Applied intricately to hands before celebrations, spread thickly on the soles of feet to protect the skin, or drawn in loose lines and shapes as a form of creative expression: Henna is all these things and more. Using her deep love for henna and tapping into her years of hosting henna workshops, designer and chiropractor Azra Khamissa fuses her own unique designs with historical and traditional inspiration to create The Henna Archive, a guide with 30 approachable designs that you can create at home. Inside you’ll find historical designs from Libya, Algeria, the United Arab Emirates, Morocco, and more, as well as designs of Khamissa’s own creation: leopard prints, crescent moons, Japanese knots, and flowers. Touching stories from people around the world sharing their personal connections to henna pair with the designs and illuminate the intimate nature of this ancient body art. Included are detailed how-tos to take your henna practice to the next level and tips, like how to get the perfect stain, what to look for when shopping for the best quality henna products, and how to host your own henna party.

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A quirky, joyful queer love story about a lonely museum worker who falls in love with a statue of Venus, from the author of cult hit Diary of a VoidRika Horauchiâ ™s new part-time job is to converse with a statue of Venus â “ in Latin â “ every Monday, when the museum is closed.Initially reluctant, Rika starts to enjoy her strange new job. Recommended by her old university professor for her exemplary language skills, Rika leads an otherwise unassuming life, working the rest of the week in a frozen-food warehouse. As Venus comes to life in the quiet of the museum, they talk about everything. Venus opens up new worlds for Rika, both intellectually and emotionally. They soon fall in love. But when the museumâ ™s curator, Hashibami, makes it clear he wants to keep Venus for himself, what will Rika do?When the Museum is Closed is by turns charming, funny and surprising, a surreal take on our most real emotions and concerns: love, loneliness, freedom, perceptions of beauty and how women are seen in society. A joyful queer love story, this fresh and original new novel confirms Emi Yagi as one of the most exciting Japanese writers published in English today.Translated by Yuki TejimaPraise for Diary of a Voidâ ˜Incredibly thought-provoking... youâ ˜ll love Yagiâ ˜s writingâ ˜ STYLISTâ ˜A subversive, surreal read that will strike a cordâ ˜ REDâ ˜Endlessly strange, funny and meaningfulâ ˜ GOOD HOUSEKEEPINGâ ˜A book that reflects on life, solitude and what it means to be a womanâ ˜ FINANCIAL TIMES

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We feasted on love, every mode of it - solemn and merry, romantic and realistic, sometimes as dramatic as a thunderstorm, sometimes as comfortable and unemphatic as putting on your soft slippers. C. S. LewisThe celebrated scholar and writer C. S. Lewis achieved great success in his life - yet to many he remained an engima. Although he had many friends, few if any ever saw the real, private Lewis and for six decades of his life he remained a confirmed bachelor.Then, at the age of sixty, Lewis met Joy Davidman. Davidman, an unconventional American divorcee, turned his world upside down. It was with her that Lewis truly found love and was drawn out of his shell. This is the story of their brief but incandescent love, its tragic end and a faith that endures beyond even the deepest grief.This updated edition contains a new Introduction by author Brian Sibley and a Preface by the UK s leading Lewis scholar, Alister McGrath.

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Alma is curating an exhibition at the Museum of Shapes. Learn all about the shapes that make up our world and help her put the exhibition together! Welcome to the Museum of Shapes. Alma is the curator of the museum. She decides which shapes should go where. Triangles have three sides and three angles. Can you help Alma find all the triangles on the shelf? Almaâ ™s favourite shape is a circle. All the points on the edge of a circle are the same distance from its centre. Not all shapes are geometric; some are wiggly and messy. Can you make a wiggly line with your body? This is an engaging and informative book about the shapes that make up our world. The narrative framework is complemented by interactive texts and gorgeous, minimalist illustration by New York Times Best Illustrated award winner, Sven Volker. Geometry has never been this mesmerising!

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THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER Henry Fraser is one of the most remarkable people I ve ever met J.K. Rowling What a story of transformation, inner power and inspiration Jonny Wilkinson The memoir of the year by Henry Fraser, motivational speaker and mouth artist with a foreword by J.K. Rowling.Being challenged in life is inevitable, but being defeated is optional...Henry Fraser was 17 years old when a tragic accident severely crushed his spinal cord. Paralysed from the shoulders down, he has conquered unimaginable difficulty to embrace life and a new way of living. Through challenging adversity, he has found the opportunity to grow and inspire others.This book combines his wisdom and insight into finding the gifts in life s challenges, and will resonate with anyone facing an obstacle, no matter how big or small. It includes Henry s thoughts on how to look at the right things and avoid the wrong, finding progress in whatever you do, and acknowledging and accepting the darkness when it comes. Right at the heart of Henry s inspiring philosophy is his belief that every day is a good day.

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Join the adventure when the lights go out in the toy museum!One night, when the lights go out at the toy museum, everyone runs off and hides. Left all on his own, Bunting, the sensible old toy cat, sets out to look for them. As he follows the trail of clues through the museum, the normally reserved Bunting learns how to have fun in this affectionate picture book from one of Britain s brightest new talents.

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Peppa and George find buried treasure in Grandpa Pig s garden, including a dinosaur bone! They can t wait to visit the museum to find out more about it. Meet the museum worker Mr Rabbit and learn all about what makes a museum such a special place in this story board book.This new Peppa Pig adventure is perfect for little ones visiting the museum for the first time and for dinosaur fans.

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Culture and power have been bedfellows since ancient times. But now, more than ever, exhibits and the organizations responsible for them have become part of our troubled politics. Protests force out problematic patrons and curators, and pressure museums to abandon fossil fuel sponsorship. Campaigners demand equality and diversity, and condemn exploitation, of artists and staff alike. Those confronting racism and imperial legacies call for restitution of cultural objects. Arts journalist Rachel Spence has watched these institutions become a flashpoint for today s social divisions. She interviews those on the frontlines, from artists and activists to directors and donors, revealing stories of elitism, inequality and injustice. Business and finance launder their reputations through art fair and museum patronage, while governments bolster their authority by weaponizing or attacking the arts-and ordinary museumgoers mobilize to demand better. How did we get here, and what lies ahead for these institutions? From China and Russia to Cuba and New York, from the British Museum and the Louvre to the Guggenheim in Abu Dhabi, Battle for the Museum uncovers a dark nexus of capital, culture and power-and a radical shift in attitudes, driven by resistance movements fighting fiercely for exhibition spaces that serve today s public.

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Complete with helpful notes about each short story s biographical and cultural contexts. There are just as many real Christmas stories as ever, if we would only dig em up, wrote William Sydney Porter. The first short story he published under the pen name O. Henry was a holiday tale ( Whistling Dick s Christmas Stocking ), while his best-known work, The Gift of the Magi, has inspired countless Yuletide movies and television episodes. Library of America presents all seven of his seasonal offerings-including two about Thanksgiving, the one day that is purely American : The Purple Dress; Two Thanksgiving Day Gentlemen; Whistling Dick s Christmas Stocking; A Chaparral Christmas Gift; Christmas by Injunction; The Gift of the Magi; Compliments of the Season. You ll meet characters only O. Henry could have imagined: Maida, a shop clerk who scrimps and saves for a new dress to wear to the employee holiday party. Stuffy Pete, a homeless man who suffers through the generosity of back-to-back Thanksgiving dinners. The Frio Kid, a murderous outlaw who unexpectedly commits a single act of generosity. Whistling Dick, a tramp who stumbles upon a potentially lethal act of arson and robbery. Cherokee, a gold prospector who strikes it rich and decides to play Santa Claus. And Fuzzy, an alcoholic soldier of misfortune, who stumbles upon the lost rag doll belonging to a millionaire s five-year-old daughter. Always witty, often outrageously funny, and filled with O. Henry s famous plot twists, these stories take readers from New Mexico and Texas, through New Orleans, and to New York City to find the holiday spirit all across America.

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You are trapped inside a museum. Do you have what it takes to escape? Use the contents of this pack to help you find your way out of a series of mysterious museum galleries: you ll encounter terrifying dinosaurs, spooky Ancient Egyptians, vicious Vikings, amazing animals, fearsome knights and even explore space! This pack lets you create your very own escape room experience at home. Create objects from the die-cut card sheets you ll find in the wallet, then use them to solve a series of escape room challenges inside the book, which will get progressively more fiendish.Your job is to work out which items are needed to solve which puzzle, and gather information from multiple sources as you crack secret codes and tackle tricky problems to escape the museum. It provides hours of entertainment for avid escape room fans to enjoy individually or in teams.

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August 1895. When the Museum Detectives are asked to investigate a vandalised dinosaur skeleton at the Natural History Museum, there is evidence that the fossil-hunting mania of the notorious Bone Wars in America may have reached British shores. But for Daniel Wilson, famed for his involvement in the Jack the Ripper case, and renowned archaeologist Abigail Fenton, events soon take a sinister turn .A museum attendant is found dead by the famous theatre manager Bram Stoker, who may be more involved than he is willing to admit. Facing pressure from both an overseas business and a local celebrity, Wilson and Fenton must rely on their talents and instincts to solve their most intriguing case yet.

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Take an exclusive tour of the world s most exciting museums and discover their hidden treasures.This behind-the-scenes guide showcases a huge range of incredible artefacts from history and reveals the hard work, care, and effort that goes into collecting, preserving, and storing them. Ever wondered what happens to an astronaut s space suit after it s been worn on the Moon? Or how the world s most valuable diamond is looked after? Find out all about how museums work and the people that make it happen - from how historians care for Anne Frank s diary to what it takes to excavate and exhibit a wooly mammoth skeleton. Behind the Scenes at the Museum gives you exclusive access to hidden objects that aren t normally on public display. It lets you into a world of animal specimens pickled in jars, priceless jewellery too valuable to be on display, and fragile papers that must be kept in carefully controlled conditions. Filled with incredible images, step-by-step explanations of exciting techniques, and job profiles of the people that make it happen, Behind the Scenes at the Museum offers unique, behind-the-curtain access to the secret delights of the world s most interesting museums.

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The morning after Trump was elected president, the people who ran the US Department of Energy - an agency that deals with some of the most powerful risks facing humanity - waited to welcome the incoming administration s transition team. Nobody appeared. Across the US government, the same thing happened: nothing.People don t notice when stuff goes right. That is the stuff government does. It manages everything that underpins our lives from funding free school meals, to policing rogue nuclear activity, to predicting extreme weather events. It steps in where private investment fears to tread, innovates and creates knowledge, assesses extreme long-term risk.And now, government is under attack. By its own leaders.In The Fifth Risk, Michael Lewis reveals the combustible cocktail of wilful ignorance and venality that is fuelling the destruction of a country s fabric. All of this, Lewis shows, exposes America and the world to the biggest risk of all. It is what you never learned that might have saved you.

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Sky-high, ornate, and the pinnacle of glamour, both restrictive and liberating, art object and deeply ordinary, shoes tell the story of shifting attitudes toward desire, power, and wealth throughout history. Lace up for a journey through the most enviable shoe closet from the permanent collection at The Museum at the Fashion Institute of Technology⠔and four centuries of fashion⠙s hardest working accessory.Featuring designs from the likes of Louis Vuitton, Salvatore Ferragamo, Chanel, Gucci, Saint Laurent, Roger Vivier, Christian Louboutin, and more, Shoes A⠓Z. The Collection of The Museum at FIT celebrates fashion⠙s most revolutionary and coveted labels with more than 400 styles selected from the Museum⠙s pristinely preserved collection.Texts from Daphne Guinness, Valerie Steele, Colleen Hill, and The Museum⠙s expert team of curators explore the unique legacy of each of the featured designers and the lasting cultural impact of the shoe. Also featured are custom portraits of the designers by illustrator Robert Nippoldt. Exclusive access to original sketches, advertisements, and photographs from the designers⠙ private archives further illuminate the genius behind the functional, sculptural delights we cannot live without. Also available as Collector⠙s Edition of 1,000 numbered copies, including three prints by Manolo Blahník created exclusively for this edition with a hallmark stamp.The 6/8 color drawings are printed on 100% cotton paper, by famed Italian company Fabriano, and are housed in a luxury portfolio with gold foil embossing and with a ribbon closure.

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The unforgettable, award-winning debut novel and modern classic from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Life After Life and Shrines of Gaiety. Delivers its jokes and its tragedies as efficiently as Dickens...outrageously funny...will dazzle readers for years to come - HILARY MANTEL, bestselling author of Wolf Hall Ruby Lennox was conceived grudgingly by Bunty and born while her father, George, was in the Dog and Hare in Doncaster telling a woman in an emerald dress and a D-cup that he wasn t married.Bunty had never wanted to marry George, but here she was, stuck in a flat above the pet shop in an ancient street beneath York Minster, with her children - sensible and sardonic Patricia aged five, greedy cross-patch Gillian who refused to be ignored, and Ruby...In Behind the Scenes at the Museum, young Ruby tells the story of â ˜The Familyâ ™, from the end of the nineteenth century when a travelling French photographer catches frail beautiful Alice and her children, to the startling, witty, and memorable events of Ruby s own life.Praise for Behind the Scenes at the Museum, winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year: An astounding book...without doubt one of the finest novels I have read for years The Times Little short of a masterpiece...Fizzing with wit and energy, Kate Atkinson s hilarious novel made me laugh and cry Daily Mailâ ˜A really gripping, emotionally satisfying family saga written with warmth and wit. I ve re-read it countless times.â ™ Redâ ˜A debut novel of astonishing confidence and skill...Acutely observant, overflowing with good jokes, it is the work of an author who loves her characters and sets them playing with gleeful energyâ ™ Spectatorâ ˜Written so fluently and wittily that I sailed through it as though blown by an exhilarating windâ ¦ It lifted my spirits enormously. I loved it.â ™ Margaret Forster

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__________________ BRITAIN S FINEST LIVING NATURE WRITER - THE TIMESThe Sunday Times Bestseller - SHORTLISTED FOR THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE 2017 Traditional ploughland is disappearing. Seven cornfield flowers have become extinct in the last twenty years. Once abundant, the corn bunting and the lapwing are on the Red List. The corncrake is all but extinct in England. And the hare is running for its life.Written in exquisite prose, The Running Hare tells the story of the wild animals and plants that live in and under our ploughland, from the labouring microbes to the patrolling kestrel above the corn, from the linnet pecking at seeds to the seven-spot ladybird that eats the aphids that eat the crop. It recalls an era before open-roofed factories and silent, empty fields, recording the ongoing destruction of the unique, fragile, glorious ploughland that exists just down the village lane.But it is also the story of ploughland through the eyes of man who took on a field and husbanded it in a natural, traditional way, restoring its fertility and wildlife, bringing back the old farmland flowers and animals. John Lewis Stempel demonstrates that it is still possible to create a place where the hare can rest safe.Shortlisted for the Richard Jefferies Society White Horse Bookshop Prize 2016. John Lewis-Stempel was winner of the Thwaites Wainwright Prize 2015 for MEADOWLAND.

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**Longlisted for the 2025 Financial Times and Schroders Business Book of the Year Award***A Guardian, Financial Times, New Statesman and GQ Book for 2025 **From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Difficult Women* Brilliant, timely and compulsively readable. Helen Lewis shows how the idea of genius has warped our understanding of human creativity â “ and why people of vast accomplishment in one domain can prove so destructively clueless in others. OLIVER BURKEMANThe tortured poet. The rebellious scientist. The monstrous artist. The tech disruptor. You can tell what a society values by who it labels as a genius. You can also tell who it excludes, who it enables, and what it is prepared to tolerate. Taking us from the Renaissance Florence of Leonardo da Vinci to the Floridian rocket launches of Elon Muskâ ™s SpaceX, Helen Lewis unravels a word that we all use â ” without really questioning what it means. Along the way, she uncovers the secret of the Beatlesâ ™ success, asks how biographers should solve the Austen Problem, and reveals why Stephen Hawking thought IQ tests were for losers (before taking one herself). And she asks if the modern idea of genius â ” a class of special people â ” is distorting our view of the world. Lucid, funny and fascinating ADAM BUXTON An indispensable companion to our times CAROLINE CRIADO PEREZ

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A brilliantly arresting historical work, John Lewis Gaddis s The Cold War takes us as never before to the time when the world stood on the brink of destruction. In 1945 war came to an end. But a whole new terror was only just beginning... Here is the truth behind every spy thriller you ve read: why America and the Soviet Union became locked in a deadly stalemate; how close we came to nuclear catastrophe; what was really going on in the minds of leaders from Stalin to Mao Zedong, Ronald Reagan to Mikhail Gorbachev, how secret agents plotted and East German holidaymakers helped the Berlin Wall fall. It is a story of crisis talks and subterfuge, tyrants and power struggles - and of ordinary people changing the course of history. Gripping Len Deighton Superb ... brimful of racy incident Independent on Sunday A lively and readable history The Times Force 9 on the Richter scale Spectator John Lewis Gaddis is the Robert A. Lovett Professor of History at Yale University, and the dean of cold war historians (The New York Times). He is the author of numerous books, including Security and the American Experience, the book recently pressed on his cabinet and senior security staff by President Bush.

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**As read on BBC Radio Four**Uplifting, joyous, hopeful - a novel about late love and second chances, shortlisted for the Costa First Novel Award and winner of the Paul Torday Memorial Prize A moving tribute to friendship and love, to the courage of the ordinary, and to starting again RACHEL JOYCE, author of Miss Benson s Beetle Full of grace and humanity Sunday Times________________________This story begins with a letterFrom a housewifeto the gentle curatorOf an extraordinary museumWhere lies peacefullyAn ancient exhibitThat holds the keyTo EverythingWe are.Meet Me at the Museum tells of a connection made across oceans and against all the odds. Through intimate stories of joy, despair, and discovery, two people are drawn inexorably towards each other, until a shattering revelation pushes their friendship to the very edge.This deeply affecting debut novel by seventy-three year-old Anne Youngson won the Paul Torday Memorial Prize and was dramatized on BBC Radio 4 Woman s Hour******************************* Tender, wise and moving, Meet Me at the Museum is a novel to cherish. JOHN BOYNE Insightful, emotionally acute and absorbing DAILY EXPRESS Beautiful and affecting NINA STIBBEWhat readers are saying: I loved this book. It was so different from anything else I have read ***** I just loved this book and read it in one sitting. There were times when I felt like underlining the sentences that resonated with me ***** I read this book one letter at a time, just to let the contents sink in. Tears came to my eyes *****

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Winner of the 2020 Readers Favorite International Book Awards Gold Medal for Horror!The cold waters of Lake Genosgawa hide a terrifying secret. After his first encounter, waking dreams torment 11-year-old Greg Canton. The creature in the lake feeds on his emotions, driving him deeper and deeper into his own nightmares. She tried to break him and feed on his fears that horrible summer, but instead, she imparted a psychic gift⠦Twenty-one years later, Greg joins forces with the survivors from neighboring Oneka Falls to put an end to the demonic infestation once and for all. Can they survive a battle withThe Hag?Critical Acclaim for The Hag????? ⠜This was an intense, scare-your-pants-off novel that will make you want to close your eyes, but not really because you need to know what happens next. Even though I read it in broad daylight, I was a little spooked and just wanted to hide for a little bit. The narrative is beyond amazing, the characters have so much potential... I loved this book! I really love the way Erik Henry Vick writes. He has a gift for weaving pictures with words and making sure the reader is right there in the story with his characters. The atmosphere is sinister from the very beginning and the tension keeps building until the end. This is a fantastic collection.⠝--Rabia Tanveer, Readers Favorite Reviews????? ...a tense dash in the darkness to stay together and survive, filled with sudden violence, enigmatic enemies and strange turns of events...[it] reminded me of Stranger Things where the graphic horror side is really allowed to let rip... I⠙m constantly awed by the inventiveness of the author to bring larger threats with each novel⠦[and] the further development of the villainous characters, who are just as integral to the story, and have their own maniacal motivations at play. [T]he dark corners are darker than ever with Vick⠙s usual flair for the shadowy atmospheres in his sharp narrative voice and excellent choice of lexis. --K.C. Finn, Readers Favorite Reviews?????⠜[F]illed with action and disturbing images and these begin right off the bat. The silence, a falling leaf, or a faint footstep echo something sinister in this gritty tale of horrific deeds. Erik Henry Vick comes across as a master weaver of frightful tales; each page is well-spun with action and the kind of suspense that forces the reader to turn to the next page. The prose is beautiful, the plot ingeniously constructed and the characters richly developed. While this is the kind of story that is chilling, it is infused with realism and powerful imagery. It is a masterpiece, indeed.⠝--Romuald Dzemo, Readers Favorite ReviewsWhat readers are saying????? If you like excitement and suspense, you re gonna love this series! ????? The whole story is just so gripping and just grabs you from the very first page. ????? You will never look at the dark corners of a room in the same way again! ????? [T]his author is so good - this book is fabulously-written, with an absolutely compelling storyline that is awesomely creepy. ????? If you like demons, dark mystery and terror this book is for you! The storyline is fast-paced and easy to follow. The characters are vast but well-developed. Definitely a good read for a dark, stormy night! ????? It s rare to find a horror/supernatural writer who can write a complex, interwoven story that occurs across decades and write it so compellingly that you just have to know what happens to the characters. This is a writer to watch, people. ????? Erik Henry Vick is a master of horror⠦ ????? Really enjoyable and kept me up late on more than one occasion. ????? ...be prepared to leave the lights on. This series has scared over thirty-five thousand readers. Now it s your turn

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In this book, we meet Rob who works at the museum. Rob creates interesting displays and exhibitions, organizes and hosts group outings (such as school trips!) and provides information about the museum s artefacts. Rob has fantastic fossils and rocks to show to visitors as well as a very special dinosaur delivery, which is bound to delight adults and children alike. Welcome to the Museum is in White Book Band, Oxford Reading Level 10. Project X Hero Academy Non-fiction is an inspirational series of books which broadens children s subject knowledge, while consolidating their phonics learning and improving their reading fluency.

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In 2017 the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. But is it a real da Vinci? In a thrilling narrative built on formidable research, Ben Lewis tracks the extraordinary journey of a masterpiece lost and found, lied and fought over across the centuries.In 2017, Leonardo da Vinciâ ™s small oil painting, the Salvator Mundi was sold at auction for $450m. In the words of its discoverer, the image of Christ as saviour of the world is â ˜the rarest thing on the planet by the greatest human being who ever livedâ ™. Its dazzling price also makes it the worldâ ™s most expensive painting.For two centuries art dealers had searched in vain for the Holy Grail of art history: a portrait of Christ as the Salvator Mundi by Leonardo da Vinci. Many similar paintings of greatly varying quality had been executed by Leonardoâ ™s assistants in the first half of the sixteenth century. But where was the original by the master himself?In November 2017, Christieâ ™s auction house announced they had it. But did they? The Last Leonardo tells a thrilling tale of a spellbinding icon invested with the power to make or break the reputations of scholars, billionaires, kings and sheikhs. Lewis takes us to Leonardoâ ™s studio in Renaissance Italy; to the court of Charles I and the English Civil War; to Holland, Moscow and Louisiana; to the galleries, salerooms and restorerâ ™s workshop as the painting slowly, painstakingly, emerged from obscurity. The vicissitudes of the highly secretive art market are charted across five centuries. It is a twisting tale of geniuses and oligarchs, double-crossings and disappearances, where weâ ™re never quite certain what to believe. Above all, it is an adventure story about the search for lost treasure, and a quest for the truth.

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The beautiful new edition of Diana Henry s classic Crazy Water, Pickled Lemons is OUT NOW***As featured in the Daily Telegraph s Best cookbooks to turn to in isolation Diana Henry named Best Cookery Writer at Fortnum Mason Food Drink Awards 2015Winner - James Beard Award: Best Book, Single Subject The Guild of Food Writers named Diana Henry as Cookery Journalist of the Year 2015Chicken is one of the most popular foods we love to cook and eat: comforting, quick, celebratory and casual. Plundering the globe, there is no shortage of brilliant ways to cook it, whether you need a quick supper on the table after work, something for a lazy summer barbecue or a feast to nourish family and friends. From quick Vietnamese lemon grass and chilli chicken thighs and a smoky chicken salad with roast peppers and almonds, through to a complete feast with pomegranate, barley and feta stuffed roast chicken with Georgian aubergines, there is no eating or entertaining occasion that isn t covered in this book. In A Bird in the Hand, Diana Henry o­ffers a host of new, easy and not-so-very-well-known dishes, starring the bird we all love.

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One of the most powerful monarchs in British history, Henry VIII ruled England in unprecedented splendour. In this remarkable composite biography, Alison Weir brings Henry s six wives vividly to life, revealing each as a distinct and compelling personality in her own right. Drawing upon the rich fund of documentary material from the Tudor period, The Six Wives of Henry VIII shows us a court where personal needs frequently influenced public events and where a life of gorgeously ritualised pleasure was shot through with ambition, treason and violence. At last we have the truth about Henry VIII s wives. This book is as reliable and scholarly as it is readable Evening Standard

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The Penguin English Library Edition of Daisy Miller and The Turn of the Screw by Henry James I m a fearful, frightful flirt! Did you ever hear of a nice girl that was not? This edition contains two of Henry James s most popular short works. Travelling in Europe with her family, Daisy Miller, an exquisitely beautiful young American woman, presents her fellow-countryman Winterbourne with a dilemma he cannot resolve. Is she deliberately flouting social convention in the outspoken way she talks and acts, or is she simply ignorant of those conventions? In Daisy Miller Henry James created his first great portrait of the enigmatic and dangerously independent American woman, a figure who would come to dominate his later masterpieces.Oscar Wilde called James s chilling The Turn of the Screw a most wonderful, lurid poisonous little tale . It tells of a young governess sent to a country house to take charge of two orphans, Miles and Flora. Unsettled by a sense of intense evil within the houses, she soon becomes obsessed with the belief that malevolent forces are stalking the children in her care.The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War.

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Highly illustrated animal detective mystery for young readers.Detective Stanley has barely sat down for his breakfast pancakes when he receives an invitation he cannot refuse. The Art Museum has been raided on the opening day of the Bleat Mondrian show and Stan has been called to investigate. The most perplexing thing about the case: Nothing has been stolen!But now Stanley finds himself in a tight spot even his powers of deduction could not detect. Can he get himself out of trouble and can he solve the mystery of the Art Museum?

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Discover Mike Gayle s fantastic new novel A Song of Me and You , out now!Still reeling from the sudden death of her mother, Jess is about to do the hardest thing she s ever done: empty her childhood home so that it can be sold.But when in the process Jess stumbles across the mysterious Alex, together they become custodians of a strange archive of letters, photographs, curios and collections known as The Museum of Ordinary People.As they begin to delve into the history of the objects in their care, Alex and Jess not only unravel heartbreaking stories that span generations and continents, but also unearth long buried secrets that lie much closer to home.Inspired by a box of mementos found abandoned in a skip following a house clearance, The Museum of Ordinary People is a thought-provoking and poignant story of memory, grief, loss and the things we leave behind.****Your favourite authors love Mike Gayle**** Accomplished and moving Lisa Jewell Mike Gayle has such a talent for delving into hearts, minds and contemporary issues Sophie Kinsella An absolute triumph and a joy to read Ruth Hogan Mike is always wise and wonderful Jenny Colgan

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Enchanting. Telegraph Exciting. Daily Mail Brimming with magic. Judith Eagle Discover a magical island where the houses grant you wishes and the alleyways are secret portals . . .Faber is proud to launch a show-stopping debut fantasy middle-grade series, The Cloud Witch Chronicles, from award-winning Marie-Louise Fitzpatrick!When Dilly arrives on the island of Ollipest, she is unsure what to expect from her new life . . . She certainly doesn t expect to find magic!Until now, the magic of Ollipest Island has been a well-kept secret. Then the Museum of Lost Umbrellas opens after many years of closure . . .And when the museum attracts some unsavoury anti-magic outsiders, Dilly must unlock her ancestral powers to help keep the island safe.A dazzling, epic adventure where witches fly with umbrellas, magical dogs walk out of the sea and pet parrots suddenly become humans. This will keep readers on their edge of the seats and leave them desperate for the next instalment.

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The breech-loading, single-shot .458in Martini-Henry rifle has become a symbol of both the Anglo-Zulu War of 1879 and the numerous battles in Egypt and the Sudan in 1884â “85, but continued to be used by both British and colonial troops well into the 20th century. Its invention and introduction into British service were in direct response to the success of the Prussian Dreyse needle gun, which demonstrated that the breech-loading rifle offered faster loading, improved accuracy and superior range; significantly, the weapon could be loaded and fired from a prone position, thus offering the rifleman greater security on the battlefield. Due to the longevity of service, many Martini-Henry rifles survive today, both in museums and in private collections, and the weapon is highly prized by shooting enthusiasts. Featuring specially commissioned full-colour artwork and an array of arresting first-hand accounts and written by an authority on warfare in the Victorian era, this engaging study tells the story of the powerful Martini-Henry and its impact on the battlefield, from the Anglo-Zulu War to the opening months of World War I.

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This riveting, “visually stunning” (Kirkus Reviews, starred review) picture book biography tells the true story of Rose Valland’s valiant efforts to save thousands of works of art during World War II by becoming a spy in her own museum.Rose Valland loved art. When the Nazis invaded Paris during World War II and took over her beloved museum, Rose could have fled. But who would save the artwork? So, Rose remained and saw how she was underestimated by the soldiers for being a quiet, unassuming woman. She knew it was the time to act. And Rose had a secret weapon: she could speak German. She listened, kept track of all the stolen art, and saved what she could. Rose became a spy. And in the end, she saved thousands of works of art.

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A hilarious, historical fact and joke book from the British Museum collection This joke book is full of side-splittingly hilarious jokes and fascinating facts about civilisations found in the British Museum.

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C.S. Lewisâ ™ moving theological work in which he considers the most poetic portions from Scripture and what they tell us about God, the Bible, and faith.â ˜We delight to praise what we enjoy because the praise not merely expresses but completes the enjoyment; it is its appointed consummationâ ™In this wise and enlightening book, C. S. Lewis examines the Psalms. As Lewis divines the meaning behind these timeless poetic verses, he makes clear their significance in our daily lives, and reminds us of their power to illuminate moments of grace.

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â ˜Planet Earth is just amazing,â ™ said Flarp. â ˜Mostly, itâ ™s a planet of beetles, but if you look closely thereâ ™s so much else going on, too. Shhh! It s midnight at the Museum of Earth Animals, where a class of Martian children are on a special sleepover school trip to learn about all the strange and fascinating creatures of Earth. They re all snoozing peacefully when ... CRASH! Something is causing chaos in the galleries and it s up to Lolo and Flarp to figure out WHO or WHAT it is. Is it a burglar? A monster? A dinosaur? Follow our Martian friends as they explore the museum halls at night, finding out lots of fascinating animal facts along the way. Featuring funny text by zoologist Jules Howard, magnificent illustrations by Matt Hunt and fold-out pages with lots to spot, this is a book kids will reach for it again and again.

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The first in a funny chapter book crime series about a well-behaved child who doesnâ ™t fit in to his family of criminalsâ ”featuring a prison break, a diamond heist and a lie that saves the day.

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