the shortest day susan cooper

So the shortest day came, and the year died...As the sun set on the shortest day of the year, early people would gather to prepare for the long night ahead. They built fires and lit candles. They played music, bringing their own light to the darkness, while wondering if the sun would ever rise again... Written for a theatrical production that has become a ritual in itself, Susan Cooperâ ™s poem The Shortest Day captures the magic behind the returning of the light, the yearning for traditions that connect us with generations that have gone before â “ and the hope for peace that we carry into the future. Richly illuminated by Carson Ellis, this beautiful book evokes the joy and community found in the ongoing mystery of life when we celebrate light, thankfulness, and festivity at a time of rebirth. Welcome Yule!

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Following a serious illness, Will is sent to stay with his uncle in the wild, bleak mountains of Tywyd. He is troubled by vague memories until he meets the mysterious Bran - and suddenly Will knows the task that lies ahead. With Bran s help, Will set outs to find the golden harp and awaken the six sleepers who must join the final battle between the Dark and the Light. But Will is about to encounter his most terrifying opponent yet: the Grey King.

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This is probably one of the greatest fantasy sequences ever written. Darkly magical and intense Cooper weaves her storytelling wonder over fully realised characters and worlds, drawing in the reader and leading them on a journey that will leave them clambering for the rest of the series. - BookTrustIt s Midwinter s Eve, the day before Will s eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. This will be a birthday like no other. Will discovers that he has the power of the Old Ones, and that he must embark on a quest to vanquish the terrifyingly evil magic of the Dark.Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunningly beautiful hardback editions of the most famous stories in the world, now including a beautiful 50th anniversary edition of The Dark is Rising, the atmospheric, triumphant book by Susan Cooper.Collect our Puffin Clothbound Classics:9780241444313 The Little Prince9780241663554 The Jungle Book9780241568811 Charlotte s Web9780241688243 Little Women9780241688250 Peter Pan9780241688267 The Railway Children9780241688236 Chinese Cinderella9780241411216 Treasure Island9780241411209 The Wizard of Oz9780241655702 Watership Down9780241663578 The Worst Witch9780241663547 David Copperfield9780241663561 The Neverending Story9780241623909 Stig of the Dump9780241623916 The Dark is Rising9780241411162 The Secret Garden9780241411148 Black Beauty9780241411155 Dracula9780241425121 Frankenstein9780241425138 Wuthering Heights9780241425114 Tales from Shakespeare9780241425107 Tales of the Greek Heroes9780241411193 A Christmas Carol9780241621196 Grimms Fairy Tales9780241425145 Hans Christian Andersen s Fairy Tales

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Enter the magical world of Susan Cooper. Perfect for fans of His Dark Materials.It s Christmas-time in the Stanton family house: presents, carol singing, good cheer. But for eleven-year-old Will Stanton, something sinister has begun, inching round his subconscious, shouting silent warnings he can t decipher. Then on Midwinter Day, Will wakes up to a different world: silent, covered in snow and ancient forest, a world of another time. A world where evil lurks.Because Will is not the ordinary boy he always thought he was. He is the last of the Old Ones and the power to vanquish the evil magic of the Dark lies within him.Includes exclusive material: In the Backstory you can read an interview with the author and discover the ancient beliefs that inspired the story.

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A brand new, funny Boggart mystery from Susan Cooper, renowned author of the Dark is Rising sequence.Once again, there s magic afoot in Scotland when Allie and Jay visit their grandfather and are eagerly greeted by the Boggart, an ancient sprite, and his cousin Nessie, formerly known as the Loch Ness Monster. Things are rarely peaceful with two boggarts around, but this time a real estate developer is the one causing a disturbance - a man named Trout.Trout is building a luxury resort, and is desperate to buy up everything in town - including Allie and Jay s grandfather s shop. He s willing to do almost anything to raze the store to the ground, but with his beloved family under attack, the Boggart doesn t stay silent for long: soon bulldozers are mysteriously driving themselves into the loch, and surveying flags are floating off into the sky, but Trout is unmoved. When Nessie tries to scare him by transforming into the Loch Ness Monster, Trout is delighted - what a sensational tourist attraction he s found!Allie, Jay, and the boggarts will have to use all of their wits to outsmart the developers and save their home - even if it means waking up all the Old Magic creatures. Even the deadly ones...

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This night will be bad and tomorrow will be beyond imagining.It s Midwinter s Eve, the day before Will s eleventh birthday. But there is an atmosphere of fear in the familiar countryside around him. This will be a birthday like no other. Will discovers that he has the power of the Old Ones, and that he must embark on a quest to vanquish the terrifyingly evil magic of the Dark.The second novel in Susan Cooper s highly acclaimed Dark is Rising sequence.

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From our earliest wanderings to the rise of the digital nomad, here is the story of human migration.For hundreds of thousands of years, the ability of Homo sapiens to travel across vast distances and adapt to new environments has been key to our survival as a species. Yet this deep migratory impulse is being tested as never before. By building ever stronger walls and raising barriers to progress, governments are harming the lives of migrants and threatening the future well-being of our societies.In The Shortest History of Migration, a visionary thinker tells a story of the movement of peoples that spans every age and continent and goes to the heart of what makes us human. Drawn from ancient records and the latest genetic research, it recounts strange, terrible and uplifting tales of migrants past and present, examining the legacies of empire, slavery and war.Finally, Goldin turns his attention to todayâ ™s world, bringing together the evidence of history with the most recent data to suggest how we might create a more humane future â “ one that allows us to reap the tremendous benefits that migration can offer.

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⠜A perfect coming-of-age story⠝ ⠓ The Guardian, praise for The Dark is Rising Three siblings embark on an epic quest for a mythic grail in this first installment of Susan Cooper s award-winning The Dark Is Rising Sequence, now with a brand-new look!All through time, Light and Dark have battled for control of the world. Now, after centuries of balance, the Dark is summoning its terrifying forces to rise once more...and three children find themselves caught in the conflict.The Drew siblings ⠓ Simon, Jane, and Barney ⠓ are on a family holiday in Cornwall when they discover an ancient map. But, they have no idea how special the map is.Together, the three siblings have to take on a quest. They need to band together and discover the secret weapon that can end the war between Dark and Light. But, will they be able to do it in time?And, will they be able to make it out alive?

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The six servants of the Light - the Drew children, Will, Bran and the mysterious Merriman - have reached their last, desperate fight against the forces of the Dark. They face one final, daunting task: to find the crystal sword. Their search will lead them from their own world to the haunting, magical Lost Land between sea and shore - and they will each stare death in the face before the battle s final moments.The fifth and final spellbinding book in the highly acclaimed Dark is Rising sequence.

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Accidentally transported from his remote Scottish castle to the bright, fast-moving, hi-tech city of Toronto, the highly mischievous Boggart simply can t resist the opportunity for pranks, and wreaks havoc for the Volnik family, inheritors of his distant castle home. But the Boggart doesn t mean any real harm, and when he begins to pine for the rolling Scottish mists and the sound of bagpipes, he turns to his two young friends, Emily and Jessup Volnik, for help.

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#39;So funny it will make you sick #39; TIME OUT #39;Cooper #39;s letters are absurd, pointless and very, very funny #39; RICKY GERVAIS #39;The funniest book you #39;ll read #39; THE GUARDIAN _______________The massive bestselling book featuring the wonderfully silly letters of Robin Cooper (aka Friday Night Dinner creator Robert Popper).For several years, Robin Cooper has been plaguing department stores, hotels, associations, fan clubs and a certain children #39;s book publisher with his letters. So who is Robin Cooper? Architect, thimble designer, trampoline tester and wasp expert, he is all of these things – it just depends on who he is writing to...This cult hit is a collection of Robin #39;s mad-cap letters to everyone from Prince Charles to the Peanut Council, Harrods to the British Halibut Association – no one is safe. The resulting replies, as well as Cooper #39;s replies-to-these-replies, will have you in hysterics. Letter writing will never be the same again.

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In true Susan Mallery fashion, strong female characters, friendship, and family are at the center... You re sure to laugh and cry along the journey and delight in the happy ending. —Robyn Carr, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Virgin RiverStep into the vineyard with Susan Mallery’s most irresistible novel yet, as one woman searches for the perfect blend of love, family and wine.Mackenzie Dienes seems to have it all—a beautiful home, close friends and a successful career as an elite winemaker with the family winery. There’s just one problem—it’s not her family, it’s her husband’s. In fact, everything in her life is tied to him—his mother is the closest thing to a mom that she’s ever had, their home is on the family compound, his sister is her best friend. So when she and her husband admit their marriage is over, her pain goes beyond heartbreak. She’s on the brink of losing everything. Her job, her home, her friends and, worst of all, her family.Staying is an option. She can continue to work at the winery, be friends with her mother-in-law, hug her nieces and nephews—but as an employee, nothing more. Or she can surrender every piece of her heart in order to build a legacy of her own. If she can dare to let go of the life she thought she wanted, she might discover something even more beautiful waiting for her beneath a painted moon.Don t miss New York Times bestselling author Susan Mallery s heartwarming summer novel, The Summer Book Club, where conversations over a glass of wine turns into something much more in this journey of motherhood, friendship and love.Get lost in more beach reads by Susan Mallery: The Summer Book Club - Coming February 2024! The Happiness Plan The Sister Effect The Boardwalk Bookshop The Summer Getaway

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Introduction and Notes by David Blair. University of Kent at Canterbury.It is 1757. Across north-eastern America the armies of Britain and France struggle for ascendancy. Their conflict, however, overlays older struggles between nations of native Americans for possession of the same lands and between the native peoples and white colonisers. Through these layers of conflict Cooper threads a thrilling narrative, in which Cora and Alice Munro, daughters of a British commander on the front line of the colonial war, attempt to join their father. Thwarted by Magua, the sinister Indian runner , they find help in the person of Hawkeye, the white woodsman, and his companions, the Mohican Chingachgook and Uncas, his son, the last of his tribe.Cooper s novel is full of vivid incident- pursuits through wild terrain, skirmishes, treachery and brutality- but reflects also on the interaction between the colonists and the native peoples. Through the character of Hawkeye, Cooper raises lasting questions about the practises of the American frontier and the eclipse of the indigenous cultures.

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A beautiful hardback edition of the famously terrifying ghost story, The Woman in Black, together with four other spine-chilling tales in one beautiful volume. Arthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House. The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose.This illustrated edition includes four of Susan Hill s scariest ghost stories: Dolly, The Man in the Picture, Printer s Devil Court and The Small Hand. Heartstoppingly chilling Daily Express No one chills the heart like Susan Hill Daily TelegraphVINTAGE QUARTERBOUND CLASSICS: Bound to be beautifulIllustrated by Nick Tankard

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**EXCLUSIVE SPECIAL LIMITED-EDITION with foiled gold symbol hidden under the cover. Only available while stocks last** There s something mysterious about the village of Penhelyg. Will unlocking its truth bring light or darkness?Meirionydd, 1783.Dr Henry Talbot has been dismissed from his post in London. The only job he can find is in Wales where he can t speak the language, belief in myth and magic is rife, and the villagers treat him with suspicion. When Henry discovers his predecessor died under mysterious circumstances, he is determined to find answers.Linette Tresilian has always suspected something is not quite right in the village, but it is through Henry s investigations that a truth comes to light that will bind hers and Henry s destinies together in ways neither thought possible.Reveal the secret symbol that haunts Henry and Linette when you take off the book jacket.Available on first printing of THE SHADOW KEY only.PRAISE FOR THE SHADOW KEY An alluring, immersive Gothic mystery from an impressively talented writer. Susan Stokes-Chapman conjures the beauty and darkness of eighteenth-century Wales in this simmering, splendid novel Jennifer Saint A haunting, transporting mystery...kept me completely enthralled Elodie Harper I was gripped... the story was so dark and clever Stacey Thomas A gripping, beautifully executed historical thriller, full of arcane magic and Welsh mythology Rosie AndrewsPRAISE FOR SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN: A gripping narrative in which secrets from the past are slowly and ingeniously revealed Sunday Times, *Historical Fiction Book of the Month* An immersive, evocative story full of romance and intrigue Red Romantic, suspenseful and beautifully written...a glorious treat Daily Mail

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Heartstoppingly chilling Daily ExpressArthur Kipps, a junior solicitor, is summoned to attend the funeral of Mrs Alice Drablow, the sole inhabitant of Eel Marsh House.The house stands at the end of a causeway, wreathed in fog and mystery, but it is not until he glimpses a wasted young woman, dressed all in black, at the funeral, that a creeping sense of unease begins to take hold, a feeling deepened by the reluctance of the locals to talk of the woman in black - and her terrible purpose. No one chills the heart like Susan Hill Daily Telegraph**If you love The Woman in Black, try The Various Haunts of Men, the first book in Susan Hill s Simon Serrailler series**

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Readers of Rosamunde Pilcher, Maeve Binchy and Fiona Valpy will simply love this utterly captivating, emotional and memorable novel from The Sunday Times bestselling author Susan Sallis.Readers are loving The Apple Barrel! A book you can become immersed in and just enjoy - 5 STARS Susan Sallis has such an insight into characters - a very moving, interesting story - 5 STARS Beautifully written....kept my attention to the end - 5 STARS One of those books where you are unaware how long you have been reading! Loved it! - 5 STARS A book that you have great difficulty putting down but very sorry when it s finished - 5 STARS********************************************************WHEN FACED WITH BETRAYAL, CAN YOU FIND PEACE? Hope and Jack Langley s marriage gets off to a promising start: they spend their honeymoon in a primitive Cornish cottage called Widdershins and Hope falls in love with the place on sight - even though half of it has fallen down, water has to be pumped by hand and there are no sea views.Soon after they return home to begin married life in a small village outside Gloucester, Hope discovers she is pregnant. And, almost simultaneously, the glamorous Petersens, Henrik and Mandy, move in as new neighbours. Local rumour about the couple is rife: they are rich, they are Norwegian, they aren t married, they give crazy parties. To Hope and Jack, they seem reassuringly normal and kind and soon the two couples became close.With the birth of their second daughter, the Langleys happiness seems complete. But appearances can be deceptive.The challenges that eventually confront Hope are almost overwhelming, and the only place that offers refuge and peace is her beloved Widdershins.

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These sixteen pieces brim over with vitality . . . every one of them opening up fresh lines of thought John Gray, New StatesmanAt the Same Time contains sixteen illuminating essays by Susan Sontag with a preface by David Rieff.The sixteen essays represent the last pieces written by Susan Sontag in the years before her death in 2004. Reflecting on literature, photography and art, post 9/11 America and political activism, these essays encompass the themes that dominated Sontag s life and work, revealing why she remains one of the twentieth century s preeminent writers and thinkers. One of America s greatest public intellectuals Observer Excellent and essential Financial Times Reads like a greatest-hits album - a little politics, something on photography, some lit. crit. - of Sontag s passions Daily Telegraph Sontag s clear thinking . . . shines like a spotlight in dark places The Times

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The menopause is a time of change, of unexpected health challenges, of rollercoaster emotions and unprecedented shifts in how we feel physically and emotionally. But we can emerge wiser than before, and stronger than we know. The decade after the average menopause transition, from our 50s to 60s, is the most important for a woman #39;s health. We are ageing in an environment that doesn #39;t nurture midlife women and the reproductive hormones which protected our health for so long have waned. But this is also an opportunity to power ahead, to decide who we are and how we want to live as we face the future. There are huge positives post-menopause: it #39;s time to create the adventures - large and small - we want in our lives. The decisions, and choices, we make now will define how we age. And the foundation for this? Our health, physical and mental. In The Power Decade, health coach and age-well advocate Susan Saunders presents a comprehensive guide to wellness for women in their 50s and 60s. She interviews medical experts and reveals stories of inspiring women who are powering up post-menopause. Also included are impactful, practical tips - on mindset, meals and movement - so you can create your own power decade. Susan talks to experts about all areas of a woman #39;s life and looks at: *What #39;s happening in your body post-menopause *What is good nutrition post-menopause? *How to exercise post-menopause *How to get your mindset on track to create your Power Decade *How to get motivated for the best possible health

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If you are feeling stuck, need help achieving your goals or want to make positive changes in any area of your life, this is the book for you.Alanis Cooper has been using manifesting to change her life since 2020, and in this book, she shares her secrets, and gives you the tools to manifest whatever it is you are looking for. From the rule of attraction, to scripting, visualisation, meditation and more, this book will help you begin a daily practice that will change your life forever.Divided into sections covering all the big topics, month by month (friends, family, romance, personal development and more), this book will make manifesting work for you to get the life you want, starting now.

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Discover one woman s solo journey from Landâ ™s End to Greece, embracing solitude, self-discovery, and resilience**Good Housekeeping recommended 20 uplifting memoirs by remarkable women , June 2024****Wanderlust magazine best travel books of 2024** A lesson on how to live, how to heal, how to grow and how to flyâ ™ - Gordan Buchanan A beautiful, wise and open-hearted odyssey through life, loves and the sea Patrick Barkham, author of The Butterfly Isles I didn t know a love song between a woman and her boat could transport, and transfix me. The Half Bird made my heart whole Rhik Samadder, author of I Never Said I Loved Youâ “ We have no idea how much resilience there is inside us until we have to draw on it. We learn that we grow through adversity only as we go through it. That we crave happiness like plants leaning toward the light In 2016, Susan Smillie quit her job to sail round the British Isles aboard her beloved yacht Isean. Yet when it came to rounding the tip of Cornwall, she unexpectedly headed south, leaving home in her wake.Over the next three years she sailed the continent, living with only the basics she had aboard, by her wits, and via the kindness of the people and beauty of the coasts she encountered.But Susanâ ™s travels were just the beginning of her spiritual journey. Could she make the wild, unruly sea her home?â “Praise for The Half Bird Itâ ™s hard to read The Half Bird without wondering whether you could do it too. It may be better to start by pondering Smillieâ ™s wider message â “ that to work out what will truly make you happy, you first need to stop and smell the air around you Guardian Told with all the invigorating energy of a crisp wind under a cloudless sky Charlotte Higgins, Chief culture writer, Guardianâ ˜Smillie finds a freedom, beauty, and joy in amongst the rolling waves and shifting tides of loss, illness, and grief. The Half Bird is an immensely enjoyable ocean adventure, but what emerges is a deeply inspiring story about the quiet strengths that reside within us allâ ™ Will Millard

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In her earlier work, The History of the Ancient World, Susan Wise Bauer wrote of the rise of kingship based on might. But in the years between the fourth and twelfth centuries, rulers had to find new justification for their power, and they turned to divine truth or grace to justify political and military action. Right began to replace might as the engine of empire.Not just Christianity and Islam but also the religions of the Persians, the Germans, and the Mayas were pressed into the service of the state. Even Buddhism and Confucianism became tools for nation building. This phenomenon-stretching from the Americas all the way to Japan-changed religion, but it also changed the state.The History of the Medieval World is a true world history, linking the great conflicts of Europe to the titanic struggles for power in India and Asia. In its pages, El Cid and Guanggaeto, Julian the Apostate and the Brilliant Emperor, Charles the Hammer and Krum the Bulgarian stand side by side. From the schism between Rome and Constantinople to the rise of the Song Dynasty, from the mission of Muhammad to the crowning of Charlemagne, from the sacred wars of India to the establishment of the Knights Templar, this erudite book tells the fascinating, often violent story of kings, generals, and the peoples they ruled.

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HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.â ˜Death and honour are thought to be the same, but today I have learned that sometimes they are not.â ™Set in frontier America in the midst of the French-Indian war, as the French are attempting to overthrow an English fort, Cooperâ ™s story follows Alice and Cora Munro, pioneer sisters who are trying to find their way back to their father, an English commander. Guided by an army major and Magua, an Indian from the Huron tribe, they soon meet Hawk-eye, a frontier scout and his Mohican Indian companions Chingachgook and Uncas.Magua is not all that he seems and the sisters are kidnapped. In The Last of the Mohicans, Cooper sets Indian tribe against Indian tribe and lays bare the brutality of the white man against the Mohicans.

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A fascinating consideration of the dynamic relationship between fashion, art, and the modernizing forces of the early nineteenth century  Across the visual arts in France and Britain in the 1820s and 1830s a dynamic culture of fashion was taking shape. Wide-ranging in taste and driven by a quest for the new, fashion flourished in the period⠙s expansive print production, while the fine arts negotiated demands for novelty more paradoxically, partly by reviving styles from the past. Susan L. Siegfried argues that the intersections between fashion, costume, and art in these pivotal decades embody the fractured conditions of early nineteenth-century modernity.  The New Taste examines depictions of clothing and hairstyles in fashion plates, paintings, prints, and sculpture by artists including Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres, Horace Vernet, Achille Devéria, and Bertel Thorvaldsen, alongside texts by writers such as Honoré de Balzac and Thomas Carlyle. Siegfried reveals how both the commercial and the fine arts responded to social and economic transformations, including colonialism, changes in print technology and textile manufacture, as well as perceptions of the male dandy and the active role of women as consumers. Highlighting a largely overlooked period in art and fashion, this richly illustrated volume offers insights into the social, artistic, and gendered questions that troubled the shift from classicism to realism.

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What will happen if (perhaps when) humanity makes contact with another civilisation on a different planet?In 1974 a message was beamed towards the stars by the giant Arecibo telescope in Puerto Rico, a brief blast of radio waves designed to alert extraterrestrial civilisations to our existence. Of course, we donâ ™t know if such civilisations really exist. For the past six decades a small cadre of researchers have been on a quest to find out, as part of SETI, the search for extraterrestrial intelligence. So far, SETI has found no evidence of extraterrestrial life, but with more than a hundred billion stars in our Galaxy alone to search, the odds of quick success are stacked against us. The silence from the stars is prompting some researchers to transmit more messages into space, in an effort to provoke a response from any civilisations out there that might otherwise be staying quiet. However, the act of transmitting raises troubling questions about the process of contact.In The Contact Paradox, author Keith Cooper looks at how far SETI has come since its modest beginnings, and where it is going, by speaking to the leading names in the field and beyond. SETI forces us to confront our nature in a way that we seldom have before â “ where did we come from, where are we going, and who are we in the cosmic context of things? This book considers the assumptions that we make in our search for extraterrestrial life, and explores how those assumptions can teach us about ourselves.

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Early one autumn afternoon in pursuit of an elusive book on her shelves, Susan Hill encountered dozens of others that she had never read, or forgotten she owned, or wanted to read for a second time. The discovery inspired her to embark on a year-long voyage through her books, forsaking new purchases in order to get to know her own collection again. A book which is left on a shelf for a decade is a dead thing, but it is also a chrysalis, packed with the potential to burst into new life. Wandering through her house that day, Hill s eyes were opened to how much of that life was stored in her home, neglected for years. Howards End is on the Landing charts the journey of one of the nation s most accomplished authors as she revisits the conversations, libraries and bookshelves of the past that have informed a lifetime of reading and writing.

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A New York Times Book of the Year, 2018A REESE WITHERSPOON x HELLO SUNSHINE BOOK CLUB PICKA dazzling love letter to a beloved institution - our libraries.After moving to Los Angeles, Susan Orlean became fascinated by a mysterious local crime that has gone unsolved since it was carried out on the morning of 29 April 1986: who set fire to the Los Angeles Public Library, ultimately destroying more than 400,000 books, and perhaps even more perplexing, why? With her characteristic humour, insight and compassion, Orlean uses this terrible event as a lens through which to tell the story of all libraries - their history, their meaning and their uncertain future as they adapt and redefine themselves in a digital world. Filled with heart, passion and extraordinary characters, The Library Book discusses the larger, crucial role that libraries play in our lives.

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In their desperate quest to find the grail, stolen by the forces of the Dark, the Drew children have returned to Trewissick. One night, in a strange ceremony, Jane watches the village women construct the Greenwitch: an ancient offering to the sea. Overcome by the Greenwitch s power, Jane makes a perilous wish - one that will tip the balance in the ongoing struggle between good and evil.The third haunting, magical book in the highly acclaimed Dark is Rising sequence.

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A highlight-reel history of the dinosaurs, told like never beforeâ ”bringing their world to vivid life in a paleontological detective story

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This is the story of D-Day, told through the voices of over 1,000 survivors.6 June, 1944. 156,000 troops from 12 different countries, 11,000 aircraft, 7,000 naval vessels, 24 hours. D-Day - the beginning of the Allied invasion of Hitler s formidable Fortress Europe - was the largest amphibious invasion in history. There has never been a battle like it, before or since.But beyond the statistics and over sixty years on, what is it about the events of D-Day that remain so compelling? The courage of the men who fought and died on the beaches of France? The sheer boldness of the invasion plan? Or the fact that this, Rommel s longest day , heralded the beginning of the end of World War II?One of the defining battles of the war, D-Day is scored into the imagination as the moment when the darkness of the Third Reich began to be swept away. This story is told through the voices of over 1,000 survivors - from high-ranking Allied and German officers, to the paratroopers who landed in Normandy before dawn, the infantry who struggled ashore and the German troops who defended the coast. Cornelius Ryan captures the horror and the glory of D-Day, relating in emotive and compelling detail the years of inspired tactical planning that led up to the invasion, its epic implementation and every stroke of luck and individual act of heroism that would later define the battle.

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Stress is an unavoidable part of life that we will all encounter at various times, be it due to a one-off event such as losing a job or the break-up of a relationship, or from facing long-term difficulties such as working in a stressful environment or caring for someone who is ill. How well we deal with stress will influence the extent to which it affects our lives.Maureen Cooper explains why humans are designed to respond to stress in a certain way and why this can even be helpful at times. She goes on to show how to transform our habitual way of responding to stress by training ourselves in compassion and thereby improving our sense of control and wellbeing.In this workbook, you can learn to manage stress better:· Using tried and tested compassion techniques· Via case studies and practical exercises

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THE PERFECT GIFT for anyone who spends Christmas Day counting the minutes until the Boxing Day sales start.__________________________________ There are two important days at Christmas.There is Christmas Day, when everyone is jolly and hungry and very pleased to see each other.And there is Boxing Day __________________________________ Jonathan and Oriane have gone for a Boxing Day walk with Transformers the dog.Walking is healthy. It will help them digest their dinner.And by the time they get home, Jonathan s father might have finished being racist and fallen asleep in his liquorice allsorts. __________________________________This delightful book is the latest in the series of Ladybird books which have been specially planned to help grown-ups with the world about them. The large clear script, the careful choice of words, the frequent repetition and the thoughtful matching of text with pictures all enable grown-ups to think they have taught themselves to cope. Featuring original Ladybird artwork alongside brilliantly funny, brand new text. Hilarious StylistOther new titles for Autumn 2017: How it Works: The Brother How it Works: The Sister The Ladybird Book of the Ex The Ladybird Book of the Nerd The Ladybird Book of the New You The Ladybird Book of Balls The Ladybird Book of the Big Night Out The Ladybird Book of the Quiet Night In People at Work: The Rock Star Previous titles in the Ladybirds for Grown Ups series: How it Works: The Husband How it Works: The Wife How it Works: The Mum How it Works: The Dad The Ladybird Book of the Mid-Life Crisis The Ladybird Book of the Hangover The Ladybird Book of Mindfulness The Ladybird Book of the Shed The Ladybird Book of Dating The Ladybird Book of the Hipster How it Works: The Student How it Works: The Cat How it Works: The Dog How it Works: The Grandparent The Ladybird Book of Red Tape The Ladybird Book of the People Next Door The Ladybird Book of the Sickie The Ladybird Book of the Zombie Apocalypse The Ladybird Book of the Do-Gooder

Objev podobné jako The Ladybird Book of Boxing Day - Jason Hazeley, Joel Morris

Curl up this festive season with this witty and irreverent guide to navigating the chaos of Christmas - the perfect gift for fans of the legendary Jilly Cooper! A magnificent storyteller Guardian Few writers have brought such joy to the nation Harper s Bazaarâ ˜Jilly Cooper s non-fiction is just as entertaining as her novelsâ ™ Pandora Sykesâ ˜Being prepared is the secret to a more harmonious Christmas. If Joseph had booked a room in advance, Jesus would not have been born in a stable.â ™Christmas is looming. Will your mother-in-law present you with yet another hideous jersey this year? How are you going to cope with Granny s dog or the ghastly in-laws? Has the row about where to spend the holiday already started, though summer is not yet a distant memory?Never fear: Jilly Cooper has the answer to everything. Whether you should seek refuge in the cooking sherry or suggest a wholesome family walk, Jilly offers sound but often hilarious advice about how to get through the roller-coaster ride that is the festive season. Praise for the legendary Jilly Cooper: Cooper was a master at serving relatability [...]. She majored on joy, pleasure, tenderness, and romance The Standard There is no one else like Cooper Guardian The queen of glamorous escapism Woman Home The funniest and sharpest writer there is Jenny Colgan, bestselling author of The Christmas Bookshop Jilly Cooper is the very best Daily Mail Hilarious, witty, wise, astute [and] flawlessly entertaining Helen Fielding, bestselling author of Bridget Jonesâ ™s Diaryâ ˜Jilly is a geniusâ ™ Clare Pooley, bestselling author of The Authenticity Projectâ ˜No one else can make me laugh and cry, sometimes at the same time, quite like Jilly Cooperâ ™ Gill Sims, bestselling author of Why Mummy DrinksJilly Cooper, Sunday Times bestseller, May 2024

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The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller Vital testimony for those who wish to understand the stark reality of running up a beach with the Wehrmacht trying to kill you – The TelegraphBased on over 150 audio interviews with those who fought, this is a moving and powerful oral history that marks the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings and battle for Normandy. Published alongside a groundbreaking BBC2 documentary series D-Day: The Unheard Tapes.D-Day was a critical turning point in the Second World War, but for the tens of thousands of young men who took part it was bloody, chaotic and terrifying. For those who survived the beaches, months of bitter fighting lay ahead, often against some of Germany s most elite divisions.Drawing primarily on the extraordinary archives of the Imperial War Museums and National World War II Museum, this immersive book describes what it was actually like to take part in the landings on 6 June 1944 and the weeks of ferocious fighting in Normandy that followed. British, American, Canadian and German veterans, as well as French civilians, speak of experiences they could never forget.Here is the forward observer hiding alone on Omaha beach, thinking of his wife as he waits for the invasion to begin. The commando racing to the besieged airborne forces at Pegasus Bridge. The Typhoon pilot about to be executed by the SS when he is saved by a Luftwaffe officer. The teenage GI surrounded and under fire for six days. The German soldier haunted by the memory of abandoning his dying friend. Their words reach across the decades as they share their experiences with us.In D-Day The Unheard Tapes Geraint Jones, author of Brothers in Arms and a former infantry soldier, has skilfully brought the battle for Normandy to life in a vivid narrative that allows the voices of those who fought to shine through, authentic and unforgettable.

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The 4-Day Win is a diet book with a difference. Martha Beck has spent years studying social behaviour and she believes that the key to losing weight is learning to adjust our behaviour patterns and the way we think about food. Research shows that if you change the way you act and behave over a four day period it will be much easier not to slip back into bad habits. Accordingly, The 4-Day Win is a series of short four-day programmes to help you gradually change the way you behave toward food and weight loss. Martha Beck explains that if you go through these preparatory stages prior to actually beginning your diet then when you start to diet you ll find it much easier to adjust to eating less. Chapters include:· How to Stop Eating When You Can t Stop Eating· The Most Important Weight Loss Skill in the History of the Universe· Researching Your Life. The 4-Day Win is fun to read and full of new ideas that are effortless to try and which will help you modify your attitude to food which will lead to permanent change. Written in Martha Beck s inimitable style, it gives dieters hope that they will be able to succeed in losing and keeping those extra pounds off forever.

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Feminist History for Every Day of the Year by bestselling author and feminist champion Kate Mosse tells the story of women s and girls history, sweeping across the world and through the ages. Discover something new every day in this brilliant gift for readers of all ages. From Mary Anning to Simone Biles, Billie Eilish to Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Malala Yousafzai to Mary Wollstonecraft, discover the stories of 366 incredible women throughout history.Within these pages you ll find well known figures and unsung heroes, key cultural moments and forgotten stories, spanning across the world and through time, from ancient times to the modern day. With a piece of history for every day of the year, this is the perfect book to dip into time and time again. Full of quotes, poems, illustrations and pictures, Feminist History for Every Day of the Year is for all ages, celebrating and championing an inspiring history that is relevant to us all.What will you discover today? Who will you discover today?

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From its launch on 20 September 1961 the Mini Cooper caused a sensation. The worldâ ™s first sports saloon, the diminutive Cooper combined the glamour and racing heritage of 1959 and 1960 Formula 1 champions the Cooper Car Company with the outstanding handling and downright practicability of the Austin Mini Seven and Morris Mini Minor. Alec Issigonisâ ™s little peopleâ ™s car had been launched by the manufacturer, the British Motor Corporation (BMC), two years earlier. A winner almost from the word go, the Mini Cooper not only ruled the racetracks and rally stages of the early and mid-1960s but proved to be a practical and fun sporting family saloon car. After over 100,000 examples were sold between 1961 and 1971, the Mini Cooper is still a practical sporting saloon in the guise of the BMW-owned MINI Cooper sixty years after the introduction of the original model.This remarkable product of the United Kingdom merits a fresh examination as it nears its sixtieth birthday. Based upon over fifty face-to-face interviews carried out by the author over more than a decade, this book quotes the Mini Cooperâ ™s designers, developers, and professional race and rally drivers plus a host of contemporary owners.

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Having the WORST DAY EVER? Turn that frown upside down in this wiggling, hooting, roaring adventure from picture book superstar, Sophy Henn! Arthur is having the WORST DAY EVER. So he runs away - nearly to the end of the garden. But when it #39;s time to go home, Arthur #39;s journey back is full of surprises and he learns how to turn a stomp into a skip, a huff into a hoot and a roar into a song! Maybe Arthur #39;s day isn #39;t so bad after all... Find out in this joyful adventure from the brilliant Sophy Henn. A fantastic and imaginative take on how to get creative during even the most turbulent of tantrums – the perfect book for parents when their little people are having the Worst Day Ever!Other picture books by Sophy Henn:Where Bear PomPom Gets the Grumps PomPom the Champion Pass It On PomPom is Super Edie Almost Anything Super Duper YouIllustrated non-fiction:Lifesize Lifesize: Dinosaurs

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Get fit at home with Woman Home⠙s fitness guruHello! My name is Annie Deadman and I⠙m the proud creator of the 21 Day Blast Plan, a three week healthy eating and fitness programme that kicks your sweet tooth into touch, calms your gut and leaves you with less fat and firmer muscles.Just so you know I⠙m not some fake who went ⠜on a diet⠝ once, found it worked and decided to flog it the masses; I⠙ve been running Annie Deadman Training for the last 15 years. I learnt so much from all my clients about their day-to-day issues, their food intolerances, their lack of time. Men and women were struggling to keep in shape (as well as retain some modicum of self-esteem) while managing a family and work, dishing up healthy meals and trying occasionally to come up for air.Personal training is expensive and I wanted to find a way of helping people get into shape without having to join a gym. I wanted to give them access to something that could help them break habits, get results, stay motivated and was sustainable with a family and work. I also wanted to offer something more: something a bit personal, that would entertain, but most importantly, be effective.So the 21 Day Blast Plan was born ⠓ an online plan that anyone can sign up to for less than the cost of an annual gym membership. The Blast Plan had some fantastic coverage recently in the national press and bang!⠦overnight a wonderful Blast community was created. And now I⠙m bringing the programme to you within the covers of this book so you too can experience the joy, enlightenment and results of the other Blasters.

Objev podobné jako The 21 Day Blast Plan - Annie Deadman

*AS HEARD ON THE OPRAH PODCAST*A TRANSFORMATIONAL PROGRAM TO HEAL YOUR PAST, REMAKE YOUR PRESENT, AND CREATE THE FUTURE YOU DESERVE.A consultant to billion-dollar companies and the brightest lights of Hollywood, Laura Day—in her bestselling, breakthrough book Practical Intuition—explained how anyone can train themselves to gain full access to the powers of their intuitive mind. Only Day’s closest friends, however, knew that behind the book’s phenomenal success was a dark family history—one that provided her with profound insights into human nature and an understanding of what it takes to achieve your dreams, no matter how challenging your past or present.Now, Day has combined those insights with her intuitive program to create a life-changing method of self-discovery and renewal. Developed over a decade with thousands of students and based on a unique approach that combines scientific principles, wisdom from ancient traditions, and her own remarkable intuitive gifts, The Prism reveals seven points in our development that can either hinder us or be harnessed to create healthy lives. Day teaches us how to resolve our vulnerabilities and replace them with potent new structures that will help us find joy, attract success, and materialize our goals.Every human is born to thrive, according to Day. The Prism is your guide to creating that future.

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Unlock the secrets of the Mediterranean diet and discover a lifetime of health benefits with this beginner’s guide and cookbook, written by a registered dietician nutritionist.The Mediterranean diet has long been regarded as one of the healthiest eating patterns on the planet. Crowned the best diet in the world by U.S. News World Report seven years in a row, no other diet beats it when it comes to supporting heart health, brain health, weight management, and the prevention of diabetes and other chronic disease. Emphasizing a balanced approach to nutrition, the importance of whole, unprocessed foods, moderation, social connections, and the enjoyment of fresh, plant-based meals, the Mediterranean diet is not only good for you but for your community and the planet. But knowing it’s the best diet around and knowing how to start following it are two different things. That’s where this book comes in.Written by Alexandria Zozos, a registered dietician nutritionist who comes from a Greek family and specializes in the Mediterranean diet, The 30-Day Mediterranean Meal Plan Cookbook unveils the compelling research behind the reign of this sustainable, plant-forward diet and provides a simple, flexible blueprint so you can start following it—and reaping the incredible health and longevity benefits!—immediately. In the first part, Alexandria offers a 4-week plan to gradually introduce you to the diet. Each week features a complete 7-day meal plan and shopping guide for you to follow while introducing a different aspect of the Mediterranean diet and lifestyle, including the fundamentals of the diet, nutritional guidance, lifestyle and holistic health practices, and sustainability. The flexible meal plans include suggestions for breakfast, lunch, dinner, snacks, and desserts, so you can be assured you’ll find satisfaction (super important on the Mediterranean Diet!) while you explore the life-changing benefits of this way of eating. In the second part, Alexandria includes 80 simple recipes, from comforting family classics to nutritionally-optimized entrees, including:Mediterranean Granola with Hemp SeedsHerbed Olive Oil FocacciaYiayia’s famous stuffed peppersAvgolemono SoupVegetable Pasta e FagioliCrunchy Chickpea and Kale Salad with Tahini Garlic DressingRatatouille ProvençalSicilian-Inspired Eggplant ParmesanChicken Souvlaki Veggie Skewers Tuscan “Butter” ShrimpSesame Tahini Cookies Citrus Olive Oil CakeAnd more!Brimming with practical advice, gorgeous photography, and enough clean, whole-food recipes to make anyone happy, The 30-Day Mediterranean Meal Plan Cookbook includes everything you need to set yourself up for a lifetime of success with the world’s healthiest diet.

Objev podobné jako The 30-Day Mediterranean Meal Plan and Cookbook - Alexandria Zozos

The 28 Day Keto High Fibre Plan shows how simple it can be to make delicious keto-friendly, high-fibre meals that encourage a healthy digestive system. Following a healthy ketogenic diet can help with weight loss, energy levels and mental vitality, but cutting out carbs can cause a lack of fibre and have negative effects on your gut health. In The 28 Day Keto High Fibre Plan, Dr Thomas Kurscheid offers a plan, with recipes, for following a keto diet and keeping up your fibre intake. The book is split into an initial stricter 14-day lowcarb phase, kick starting ketosis, then a gentler 14-day stabilisation phase, where you continue to lose weight and boost your gut health. Enjoy more than 70 delicious recipes, from breakfast bowls to a creamy chicken curry and crepes, alongside suggested menus and a planning chart for every day. Dr Kurscheid’s 28 Day Plan could not be any healthier or easier.

Objev podobné jako The 28 Day Keto High Fibre Plan - Thomas Kurscheid

A vivid re-creation of the D-Day invasion and its aftermath, told through detailed maps, authoritative text by a noted military historian and contemporary photographs. This powerful study chronicles the evolution of the invasion plan and culminates in a day-by-day account of the landings by sea and by air on the Normandy beaches, followed by the grim six-week struggle to break through the German defences. An important feature is the space devoted to the German point of view, based on the latest archival research, and the organization of the French Resistance in northern and western France. At the heart of the book are 71 maps in full colour, many drawing in detail on those used by the Allies in 1944. Specially commissioned reconstruction drawings and contemporary photographs help bring the beaches and bocage of Normandy to life.

Objev podobné jako The D-Day Atlas - Charles Messenger

It #39;s Tiny T. Rex #39;s first day of school! In this new addition to the bestselling series, Tiny is certain he #39;s ready for anything at his BIG new school—but learns that even the best-prepared dinosaur will still meet some oopsies along the way! Tiny T. Rex is everyone #39;s favorite pint-sized dinosaur! Despite being a little dino in a big world, Tiny doesn #39;t mind taking on a new challenge, even when it #39;s the first day of a brand-new school. From his giant backpack to his good-luck bowtie, Tiny is prepared for anything, and that means nothing can go wrong . . . right? With his best friend, Pointy, by his side, Tiny soon discovers that school isn #39;t about being perfectly prepared after all—and that by trying new things and learning as he goes, he #39;s more ready for school than even he knew.EVERYONE LOVES TINY: The first book about Tiny, Tiny T. Rex and the Impossible Hug, was an immediate hit from the moment it was published, and all the books in the series have become beloved bestsellers! Readers love Tiny’s funny and heartwarming adventures, and dino-obsessed kids delight in hearing and laughing along with these tales again and again. BACK TO SCHOOL FAVORITE: This is a wonderful picture book for home and classroom, and perfect for preparing children for the first day of school. It shares a reassuring and relatable message about trying new things and learning that mistakes and mishaps are how we all grow. POSITIVE VALUES: Every Tiny T. Rex book features Tiny solving common childhood challenges with love, a positive attitude, and the power of friendship. ENGAGING READ-ALOUD: Funny, charming text and adorable, colorful art make this book a storytime favorite kids will want to read again and again.Perfect for: Dinosaur-loving kids from babies and toddlers through ages 4-6 Parents, grandparents, teachers, and caregivers seeking funny kids #39; books Go-to choice for reassuring back-to-school books Fans of sweet, warm-hearted family picture books Baby shower, children #39;s birthday, teacher, or classroom gift Fans of the Tiny T. Rex series and popular children #39;s books like How Do Dinosaurs Go to School?, The Crayons Go Back to School, and The Pigeon HAS to Go to School!

Objev podobné jako Tiny T. Rex and the First-Day Oopsies - Jonathan Stutzman

This book feels so hopeful because it s direct, it s really honest, and it s so actionable Brené Brown______What makes love last? Why do some couples stay together forever, while others fall apart? Is there a formula for building a love that lasts? How can you revive and renew your relationship in just seven days?For the past fifty years, Drs. John and Julie Gottman have been studying love. The Seven-Day Love Prescription distils their work into an accessible, bite-size, seven-day action plan for deeper intimacy. Taking you through their most foundational findings, the Gottmans will help you build a love that lasts in just seven days. Through small, immediately actionable daily steps, they will help you to shift your relationship for the better, providing trusted antidotes to common issues from loneliness and emotional and physical disconnection, to drifting apart and losing that loving feeling. These will teach you how to:· Connect and check in with each other· Ask each other big, open-ended questions· Show appreciation and gratitude by saying thank you· Give your partner a genuine compliment· Communicate what you need· Create moments of physical connection· Declare a date nightNo matter who you are, or what kind of relationship you want to strengthen, The Seven-Day Love Prescription is guaranteed to provide you with the practical tools to transform any relationship in your life for the better. The Gottmans prove that small frequent changes over just seven days can strengthen the foundations of all relationships, allow them to flourish, and create big, long-lasting change over time.______ There isn t a marriage or romantic partnership out there that won t benefit from this book New York Journal of Books

Objev podobné jako The Seven-Day Love Prescription - Julie Schwartz Gottman, Dr John Schwartz Gottman

At 3 p.m. on 8 May 1945, Prime Minister Winston Churchill made a long-awaited speech in which he officially declared the war in Europe to be over. After six bitter years of conflict, however, perceptions of how victory over Nazism was to be celebrated and what post-war Britain should look like were very different from the visions of the people and the politicians in 1939.Illustrated with photographs, adverts, posters and cartoons, The Day Peace Broke Out describes the VE-Day celebrations in Britain and across the world through the memories of those who were there, combined with contemporary newspaper and magazine articles. Mike Brown, an authority on the British Home Front of the Second World War, charts the nationâ ™s progressive change of heart from defeatism to growing confidence of certain victory. He looks at the immediate post-VE-Day period and the celebration of victory over Japan in August 1945.What should have been a story with a happy ending concludes with the harsh realisation of post-war austerity and the increasing disillusionment that led many Britons to conclude that they had won the war but lost the peace.

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The perfect book to get your children excited about World Book Day!Join Paddington for a hilarious World Book Day challenge in this wonderful new picture book story based on the animated series of The Adventures of Paddington!Everyone is very excited about World Book Day! Everyone except Mateo, that is. When Paddington discovers his friend has lost his love of reading, the young bear is determined to help rekindle it again so he can take part in the Windsor Gardens World Book Day fancy dress competition!

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Join The Very Hungry Caterpillar for the first day of school in this new tabbed board book!Follow The Very Hungry Caterpillar and his friends through the school day as they dance along in music lessons, read at quiet time, and paint a wonderful picture to take home.What s the best part of a school day?With8 chunky tabs this tabbed board book is perfect for reassuring little caterpillars starting at a new school or nursery and introducing them to a new daily routine away from home.Share more first experiences with The Very Hungry Caterpillar:The Very Hungry Caterpillar Eats Breakfast: A counting bookThe Very Hungry Caterpillar s First 100 AnimalsThe Very Hungry Caterpillar s First 100 WordsThank You, Teacher with The Very Hungry Caterpillar

Objev podobné jako A Day at School with The Very Hungry Caterpillar - Eric Carle

The siesta hour, France. Bees fly in lavender bushes. Anna has just come home, but something is wrong. She fears nothing will ever be right again.Anna is haunted by the death of her only child, Lou. After her son⠙s death, Anna has a breakdown and is hospitalized. In the psychiatric ward, Anna becomes determined to undo death by writing everything down in a set of orange notebooks: fragments and tales about bees, death rituals, her London childhood, the story of her relationship with Lou⠙s Basque father, Antton, their meeting on a ferry on the day Princess Diana died, Anna⠙s consequent obsession with the English Channel, a cursed trench coat, the duplicity of beige, Lou⠙s Jewish and Basque heritage, and the role of bees because their wax made the candles that light the path of the dead. In the hospital Anna meets Yann, a Breton Sea captain. Together, they go on an Orphic journey to the underworld, sailing from Finistère in his boat to the middle of the English Channel, to try and find Lou at the exact point where his destiny began. Myth and reality collide, allowing Anna to begin the healing process.

Objev podobné jako The Orange Notebooks - Susanna Crossman

⠘A windswept love letter to Scotland⠙s heritage sheep and to the Orkney farming community too.⠙ Cal Flyn, author of Islands of AbandonmentThe Lost Flock is the story of the remarkable and rare little horned sheep, known as Orkney Boreray, and the wool-obsessed woman who moved to one of Scotland⠙s wildest islands to save them.It was Jane Cooper⠙s passion for knitting that led her to discover the world of rare-breed sheep and their wool. Through this, Jane uncovered the ⠘Orkney Borerary⠙ ⠓ a unique group within the UK⠙s rarest breed of sheep, the Boreray, and one of the few surviving examples of primitive sheep in northern Europe.As her knowledge of this rarest of heritage breeds grew, she took the bold step to uproot her quiet suburban life in Newcastle and relocate to Orkney, embarking on a new adventure and life as farmer and shepherd.Jane was astonished to find that she was the sole custodian of this lost flock in the world, and so she began investigating their mysterious and ancient history, tracking down the origins of the Boreray breed and its significance to Scotland⠙s natural heritage.From Viking times to Highland crofts and nefarious research experiments in Edinburgh, this is a so-far untold real-life detective story. It is also the story of one woman⠙s relentless determination to ensure a future for her beloved sheep, and in doing so revealing their deep connection to the Scottish landscape.An unforgettable story of a heritage breed and the importance of its existence.⠘Rare-breed sheep, Scotland⠙s most dramatic landscapes and a woman on a mission. All the perfect ingredients for an ovine true-life adventure.⠙ Sally Coulthard, author of A Short History of the World According to Sheep

Objev podobné jako The Lost Flock - Jane Cooper