what it feels like for a girl
What It Feels Like for a Girl
"Fresh, original, heartbreaking" Reni Eddo-Lodge"Devastating, hilarious, unlike anything I have ever read. Destined to be a classic" Pandora Sykes''A must-read ... as mesmerising as it is poignant'' Stylist, SPRING MUST-READ BOOKS TO FEEL EMPOWERED''This utterly distinctive memoir, written almost out loud in Nottinghamshire vernacular, hauls you into the world Lees grew up in... it''s shocking, funny, heart-rending and totally brilliant'' The Bookseller, EDITOR''S CHOICE MAY 2021''What It Feels Like for a Girl says it like it is'' Evening Standard, BEST NEW BOOKS IN 2021Thirteen-year-old Byron needs to get away, and doesn''t care how. Sick of being beaten up by lads for "talkin'' like a poof" after school. Sick of dad - the weightlifting, womanising Gaz - and Mam, who pissed off to Turkey like Shirley Valentine. Sick of all the people in Hucknall who shuffle about like the living dead, going on about kitchens they''re too skint to do up and marriages they''re too scared to leave.It''s a new millennium, Madonna''s ''Music'' is top of the charts and there''s a whole world to explore - and Byron''s happy to beg, steal and skank onto a rollercoaster ride of hedonism. Life explodes like a rush of ecstasy when Byron escapes into Nottingham''s kinetic underworld and discovers the East Midlands'' premier podium-dancer-cum-hellraiser, the mesmerising Lady Die. But when the comedown finally kicks in, Byron arrives at a shocking encounter that will change life forever. Bold, poignant and riotously funny, What It Feels Like For a Girl is the unique, hotly-anticipated and addictively-readable debut from one of Britain''s most exciting young writers.
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Wombats: Is This What It Feels Like To Feel Like This? (EP) - LP (TWMB012V)
LP vinyl - The Wombats je tříčlenná norsko-anglická indie rocková skupina založená v roce 2003. Mezi její členy patří Matthew Murphy, Dan Haggis a Tord ?verland-Knudsen, který pochází z Norska, ale žije společně s kapelou v Liverpoolu The Wombats je tříčlenná norsko-anglická indie rocková skupina založená v roce 2003. Mezi její členy patří Matthew Murphy, Dan Haggis a Tord ?verland-Knudsen, který pochází z Norska, ale žije společně s kapelou v Liverpoolu EP z roku 2022 EP Is This What It Feels Like To Feel Like This ? ke kolekcí šesti skladeb
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I Like Your Face - Brad Davidson
For fans of My Best Friend and Tough Guys (Have Feelings Too) – a sweet story about what it feels like to have a best friend.A young boy shares what it feels like to have a best friend by telling his friend how much he likes his face and all the reasons why. His friend’s face is so special he could spot it anywhere, even in a crowd of a million-gazillion people. He knows all the faces his friend makes, like his â€Silly Face“ and his â€Holding-in-a-Fart Face.“ And his friend knows all his faces, too, like his â€I’m-There-For-You Face.“ Because when you have a best friend, you’re never alone.Brad Davidson’s charming text pairs beautifully with Rachel Más Davidson’s funny, heartwarming illustrations to create a lively picture book that celebrates the joys of true friendship. With different emotions represented on every page, the book is a wonderful tool for social-emotional learning and for helping children recognize facial expressions – a key stage of early childhood development. It has thoughtful character-education lessons on empathy, vulnerability, caring and kindness. This book would make an excellent gift as an expression of love to someone – no matter their age.
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What It Is Like To Go To War - Karl Marlantes
In 1968, at the age of 22, Karl Marlantes abandoned his Oxford University scholarship to sign up for active service with the US Marine Corps in Vietnam. Pitched into a war that had no defined military objective other than kill ratios and body counts, what he experienced over the next thirteen months in the jungles of South East Asia shook him to the core. But what happened when he came home covered with medals was almost worse. It took Karl four decades to come to terms with what had really happened, during the course of which he painstakingly constructed a fictionalized version of his war, MATTERHORN, which has subsequently been hailed as the definitive Vietnam novel.WHAT IT IS LIKE TO GO TO WAR takes us back to Vietnam, but this time there is no fictional veil. Here are the hard-won truths that underpin MATTERHORN: the author''s real-life experiences behind the book''s indelible scenes. But it is much more than this. It is part exorcism of Karl''s own experiences of combat, part confession, part philosophical primer for the young man about to enter combat. It It is also a devastatingly frank answer to the questions ''What is it like to be a soldier?'' What is it like to face death?'' and ''What is it like to kill someone?''
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How to Make Life Better When it Feels Like it’s Getting Worse - Simone Lia
Fluffy Pulcino is nearly all grown up. Nearly. But life in your early twenties can be complicated enough without the added quirk of being a bunny trying to function in a human world.'I think we’ve all got a inner Fluffy, and reading this might help you get to know yours better... This is a lovely book' Philippa PerryNo longer in denial about who he is, Fluffy sets out on the difficult task of finding his place in the world. His attempts at writing a self-help book lead him to reflect on a life plagued by failure - and by having to dodge people who just want to pick him up and stroke his ears. Fluffy’s coming of age is drawn with a heartbreaking veracity that hits its mark when the overtly sweet and fantastical meets with an unswerving ability to voice our darker, more painful truths.How to Make Life Better When It Feels Like it's Getting Worse is an utterly disarming graphic novel, and a buoyant return to a beloved character. Through the unlikely avatar of a small, fluffy bunny and gloriously irreverent storytelling, Simone Lia shows what it means to grow into adulthood, find purpose and live in this world.
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What it's Like to be a Bird - Tim Birkhead
''This beautiful book is one to treasure forever'' David Walliams, comedian and children''s authorWINNER of The Margaret Mallett Award for Children''s Non-Fiction 2022Have you ever wondered what it would be like to fly? Or to live high in the tree tops? Or perhaps you’ve wondered what birds do when no one is looking? Birds have some of the most extraordinary – and peculiar – behaviours on the planet. Ravens love PLAYING games. In winter, they sledge down snow-covered rooftops on their bellies, getting faster and faster. Partridges are SNEAKY and know just how to trick hungry foxes. And honeyguides are HELPFUL. They help humans to find the sweetest treat in the forest – honey. These are just some of the incredible stories you’ll read in this book. With fascinating factual detail and playful storytelling from ornithologist Tim Birkhead and vibrant, personality-filled illustrations from Cat Rayner, this book captures what it’s really like to be a bird.
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What It Was Like to be an Ancient Roman - David Long
Embark on a fascinating foray into the lives of the Ancient Romans in this second instalment of David Long’s What it was like to be… series.Who were the Romans and how did this small tribe come to dominate Italy before establishing the largest empire the world has ever seen? Why were the Romans such brilliant innovators, responsible for inventions including newspapers, concrete, surgeon’s tools and even an efficient postal system? What made their army invincible and their buildings so remarkable? And why, eventually, did the whole empire come crashing down?David Long explains what life was actually like for ordinary Romans as well as their famous emperors, while also looking at the lingering influence of Roman civilisation throughout the world.Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
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This Is What It Sounds Like - Ogi Ogas, Dr. Susan Rogers
Legendary record producer-turned-brain scientist explains why you fall in love with music.''Extraordinary insights about music, emotion and the brain...An instant classic'' Daniel Levitin, author of This Is Your Brain on MusicThis Is What It Sounds Like is a journey into the science and soul of music. It''s also the story of a musical trailblazer who began as a humble audio tech in L.A. to become Prince''s chief engineer for Purple Rain and one of the most successful female record producers of all time.Now an award-winning professor of cognitive neuroscience, Dr Susan Rogers takes readers behind the scenes of record-making and leads us to musical self-awareness. She explains that everyone possesses a unique ''listener profile'', shows how being musical can mean actively listening, and encourages us to think about the records that define us. Lively and illuminating, this book will refresh your playlists, deepen your connection to artists, and change the way you listen to music.''Superb... this book can show you how to be a better listener'' Times Literary Supplement ''A provocative blend of studio stories and fascinating neuroscience'' Alan Light, author of Let''s Go Crazy: Prince and the Making of Purple Rain''Fizzing with energy and insight...a crucial addition to the canon of music must-reads'' Kate Hutchinson
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What it was like to be an Ancient Maya - David Long
Embark on a captivating exploration into the rise and fall of the rich and colourful Maya civilisation with Blue Peter Award winning author David Long.Largely forgotten for centuries, the ancient Maya were incredible. Their cities across Central and South America featured astonishing pyramids and palaces, while they were also successful farmers and highly creative artists. The Maya were the first people in the Americas to learn how to read and write, and they invented things like rubber, chocolate and chewing gum. They had a deep understanding of astronomy, mathematics and timekeeping, though they also had some horrible, bloodthirsty traditions such as making human sacrifices. Find out what life as an Ancient Maya was actually like while also investigating why this mysterious civilisation was close to dying out when the region was conquered by Spanish conquistadors in the sixteenth century.
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What it was like to be an Ancient Egyptian - David Long
From sacred cats to the invention of toothpaste, Blue Peter Award winning author David Long takes readers on an intriguing investigation into the ancient Egyptian civilisation.The incredible civilisation of ancient Egypt lasted for 3,000 years. Ruled over by pharaohs, the Egyptians developed agricultural skills and trading partnerships that enabled them to build a rich and powerful nation centred on the Nile.Far more advanced than any European coutnries at the time, the Egyptians achieved incredible feats of building, created a new way of writing, and revolutionised farming.Find out what life as an ancient Egyptian was actually like, both for pharaohs and ordinary people, in this fascinating new exploration by award-winning author David Long.Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
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What it was like to be an Ancient Greek - David Long
Blue Peter Award winning author David Long takes readers on a captivating exploration into the culture and legacy of ancient Greek civilisation.Around 3,000 years ago, the ancient Greeks created one of the world’s most advanced civilisations. While most worked as farmers and fishermen to feed their families, others studied hard to become brilliant astronomers, navigators, philosophers, artists and athletes. Then, under the rule of Alexander the Great, their language, art and ideas spread through an enormous empire that stretched from Egypt to India.From the myths and legends of the gods atop Mount Olympus to the origin of marathon races, find out what life was really like in Ancient Greece in this fascinating new exploration from award-winning writer David Long.Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
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Girl Unmasked - Emily Katy
A powerful bestselling memoir by influencer and advocate - on what it's like living as a troubled teenager with undiagnosed autism.*A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER* "Moving and powerful. Should be essential reading for mental health professionals and anyone with autism in their lives." - FERN BRADY, author of Strong Female Character "This book will bring so many readers self-recognition and comfort." - DEVON PRICE, author of Unmasking Autism "Vulnerable, affecting and deeply personal." - Elle McNicoll, bestselling author "A brilliant, thorough exploration of autistic experience, delivered with humanity, compassion and vivid clarity." - Pete Wharmby, author of Untypical To the outside world, Emily looks like a typical girl, with a normal family, living an ordinary life. But inside, Emily does not feel typical, and the older she gets, the more she realises that she is different. As she finally discovers when she is 16, Emily is autistic. Girl Unmasked is the extraordinary story of how she got there - and how she very nearly didn't. Still only 21, Emily writes with startling candour about the years leading up to her diagnosis. How books and imagination became her refuge as she sought to escape the increasing anxiety and unbearable stresses of school life; how her OCD almost destroyed her; how a system which did not understand autism let her down; and how she came so close to the edge that she and her family thought she would never survive. In this simple but powerful memoir, we see how family and friends became her lifeline and how, post-diagnosis, Emily came to understand her authentic self and begin to turn her life around, eventually becoming a mental health nurse with a desire to help others where she herself had once been failed. Ultimately uplifting, Girl Unmasked is a remarkable insight into what it can be like to be autistic - and shows us that through understanding and embracing difference we can all find ways to thrive.
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Brown Girl Dreaming - Jacqueline Woodson
A mesmerising story about a young girl growing up in America, finding a home and discovering her voice - a multi-award winning New York Times bestseller and President Obama's 'O' Book Club pick. Brown Girl Dreaming is the unforgettable story of Jacqueline Woodson's childhood, sharing what it was like to grow up as an African-American in the wake of the Civil Rights movement, and discovering the first sparks of an incredible, lifelong gift for writing. It's packed with wonderful reflections on family and on place, in a way that will appeal to readers from 11 to adult.Emotionally charged and touching, each line tells the tale of one girl's search to find her voice, her identity and her place in the world. This book has been a bestseller in the US for almost a decade, winning every accolade and prize including the prestigious Newbery Honor Award, and is now made available to readers in the UK for the first time.
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Girl, Ultra-Processed - Amara Sage
New year, new me!That's what Saffron Saldana tells herself as the clock strikes midnight on New Year's Eve. Her resolution is the same every year: lose weight.Because Saffron has it hard-wired that weight loss equals happiness. It's what she's been told her whole life - online, in magazines, especially by her own diet-obsessed mother. But dietingis hard.So to escape her own reality, Saffron creates Sydney, a super-slim, AI-generated 'perfect'version of herself. Boys online love Sydney, and for Saffron, it's just a bit of harmless fun. Until the boundaries of her life online and offline begin to blur .. . And one boy in particular makes her question her desire to be someone she's not.Can Saffron find a way back to herself, and learn to love who she actually is?Girl: Ultra-Processed explores what it is like to be a teenage girl in our current body-obsessed world while juggling family drama, friend dynamics, dating, betrayals and major life changes. A searing look at diet culture and all its ugly consequences, from the talented writer of Influential.
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The Girl Next Door - Phoebe Morgan
One little lie just became deadly…''Utterly absorbing, I couldn''t put this thrilling whodunnit down'' C.L. Taylor, bestselling author of Her Last Holiday‘A compelling page-turner’ Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of RattlePerfect mother. Perfect wife. Jane Goodwin has spent years building her picture-perfect life in the quiet town of Ashdon.So when the girl next door, sixteen-year-old Clare Edwards, is found murdered, Jane knows she must first protect her family.Every marriage has a few white lies and hers is no exception. Jane’s worked hard to cover up her dark secret from all those years ago – and she’ll do anything to keep it hidden…Praise for The Girl Next Door:‘A compelling page-turner about the nature of suspicion, hidden secrets, and claustrophobic local communities’ Fiona Cummins, bestselling author of Rattle''Utterly absorbing, I couldn''t put this thrilling whodunnit down.'' C.L. Taylor, Sunday Times bestselling author of Her Last Holiday‘A compelling plot which keeps the reader captivated until the final twist’ Jane Corry, Sunday Times bestselling author of I Looked Away‘Gripping, manipulative and thrilling. I couldn’t put it down’ Claire Allan, bestselling author of Her Name Was Rose‘Skilfully plotted and with a twist I never saw coming…a terrific read!’ Cass Green, bestselling author of In a Cottage in a Wood‘Absolutely loved it. So claustrophobic and unsettling!’ Lisa Hall, bestselling author of Between You and Me‘Domestic noir and police procedural served up in one delicious helping’ Rachel Sargeant, author of The Perfect Neighbours‘Unsettling…I read this with a growing sense of dread’ Louise Jensen, author of The Sister‘A beautifully written and pacy tale which crackles with twists and turns’ Amanda Jennings, author of The Haven‘An enthralling, sharply observed thriller…impossible to put down!’ Isabel Ashdown, author of Little Sister‘Kept me guessing until its chilling conclusion’ Lucy Clarke, author of You Let Me In
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I Think I Like Girls - Rosie Day
That dawning realisation: wait a hot minute, I think I like girls. But what comes next? If you''re considering dating women for the first time, it can feel like stepping into a swirling vortex of confusion and excitement. Where''s the roadmap? How do you find your community? The internet is a black hole of advice, and you just wish you could hear from someone who gets it - who can help you navigate it in a healthy way.Enter Rosie. She''s been through it: the confusion, the chaos, the internal ''What the heck is going on?'' moments, but also the beauty in all that mess. In this book, Rosie pulls from her own experiences and the stories of other women to give you candid, heartfelt wisdom on what it''s like to explore your sexuality. Plus, she tosses in some soul-soothing exercises to help you feel confident while you figure it all out.From those first heart-racing girl crushes to coming out (on your own terms), navigating the dating world, building relationships and finding real community, Rosie''s here to walk you through it. I Think I Like Girls is a story of growth, healing and transformation that''ll have you feeling empowered and on the road to exploration in no time.
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What If I'm Wrong? - Heather Thompson Day
Are you tired of living life scared or following the status quo? Heather Thompson Day challenges readers to remember what it felt like to believe in themselves before the world told them who they should be and what they should do.What If I’m Wrong? explores the chasm between our dreams we once had and the reality in which we are now living. Writing from personal experience, Heather Thompson Day dives deep into what makes us feel overwhelmed or defeated by the hopes we once had, the disappointments we should have overcome, the goals we expected to accomplish, and the person we wanted to be. Somehow and somewhere along the way, we stopped following our heart and started listening to the lies in our head: It’s time you gave up on that childish dream. What makes you think you could accomplish that? Others see who you really are, so stop trying to be someone else. So we decided to play it safe and just accept our lot in life. And instead of feeling alive every day, we walk through our days numb and uninspired. But this book will help readers see how: Pursuing a painless passion means you have an insignificant dreamLiving a “normal” life is scarier than taking risks and embracing the unknownBeing vulnerable and admitting mistakes can lead to success quickerEmbracing failure might be the best thing that ever happens to youStaying motivated and confident when things go wrong gets easier with practiceThe person God made you to be is waiting to live life to the fullest Have you ever considered that the hardest things in life might be our greatest areas of passion, through which we find fulfillment in everything we do, from work to play to relationships to our faith? Fears and failures come upon us like relentless waves, pulling us to deeper water. Panicked, we believe we are going to drown. But what if we’re wrong? Maybe God is teaching us how to swim stronger, to pursue greater adventures, to learn how to really live!
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We Inherit What the Fires Left - William Evans
William Evans, the award-winning poet and cofounder of the popular culture website Black Nerd Problems, offers an emotionally vulnerable poetry collection exploring the themes of inheritances, dreams, and injuries that are passed down from one generation to the next and delving into the lived experience of a black man in the American suburbs today.In We Inherit What the Fires Left, award-winning poet William Evans embarks on a powerful new collection that explores the lived experience of race in the American suburbs and what dreams and injuries are passed from generation to generation. Fall under the spell of Evans’s boldly intimate, wise, and emotionally candid voice in these urgent, electrifying poems. This eloquent collection explores not only what these inheritances are composed of, but what price the bearer must pay for such legacies, and the costly tolls exacted on both body and spirit. Evans writes searingly from the perspective of the marginalized, delivering an unflinching examination of what it is like to be a black man raising a daughter in predominantly white spaces, and the struggle to build a home and a future while carrying the weight of the past. However, in beautiful and quiet scenes of domesticity with his daughter or in thoughtful reflection within himself, Evans offers words of hope to readers, proving that resilience can ultimately bloom even in the face of prejudice. Readers of Ta-Nehisi Coates and Hanif Abdurraqib will find a brilliant, fresh new talent to add to their lists in William Evans.
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Black Like Me - John Howard Griffin
New edition with a foreword by Bernardine Evaristo ''A brutal record of segregated America ... essential reading'' Guardian''An anti-racist classic'' Bernardine Evaristo In the autumn of 1959, a white Texan journalist named John Howard Griffin travelled across the Deep South of the United States disguised as a working-class black man. Black Like Me is Griffin''s own account of his journey. Published in book form two years later it sold over five million copies, revealed to a white audience the daily experience of racism and became one of the best-known accounts of racial injustice in Jim Crow-era America. Embraced by some and fiercely criticised by others, its legacy sixty years on remains problematic, but Black Like Me nevertheless stands as a fascinating document of its times.''There is a saying among Negroes that no white man, no matter how hard he tries, can really understand what it''s like to be black in America. John Howard Griffin has come closer to this understanding than any white man that I know.'' Louis Lomax, Saturday Review ''If it was a frightening experience for him as nothing but a make-believe Negro for sixty-six days, then you think about what real Negroes in America have gone through for 400 years.'' Malcolm X
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Don't Overthink It - Anne Bogel
A Wall Street Journal bestseller! ***We''ve all been there: stuck in a cycle of what-ifs, plagued by indecision, paralyzed by the fear of getting it wrong. Nobody wants to live a life of constant overthinking, but it doesn''t feel like something we can choose to stop doing. It feels like something we''re wired to do, something we just can''t escape. But is it?Anne Bogel''s answer is no. Not only can you overcome negative thought patterns that are repetitive, unhealthy, and unhelpful, you can replace them with positive thought patterns that will bring more peace, joy, and love into your life. In Don''t Overthink It, you''ll find actionable strategies that can make an immediate and lasting difference in how you deal with questions both small--Should I buy these flowers?--and large--What am I doing with my life? More than a book about making good decisions, Don''t Overthink It offers you a framework for making choices you''ll be comfortable with, using an appropriate amount of energy, freeing you to focus on all the other stuff that matters in life.
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How Good It Is I have No Fear of Dying - Lara Marlowe
‘What an extraordinary, spectacular book! As long as there are women like Mykytenko in the world, human society will be okay. The combination of courage and love in a single person is an ancient story and one that we must hear over and over again to know that it’s possible. And Marlowe’s prose is so powerful and compelling that I was at a loss as to when to put the book down and do something else for a while. It may well be one of the best and most important books to come out of this brutal war that Russia has inflicted on Ukraine.’Sebastian Junger, author of In My Time of Dying ‘This is an account of the Ukrainian soul. If you want to know who we are and why we fight, if you want to understand the heart of this conflict, from the experience of a woman who has seen more than you will ever know, please read this book. It touched me deeply. I recognized the events and familiar places, but most of all, I recognized Yulia Mykytenko. I knew her father and have followed her destiny withoutthinking that the story of her struggle would be turned into such a powerful book about this strong and wilful female soldier. The roots of Ukrainian defiance are clearly visible in this down-to-earth but moving story.’Andrey Kurkov, winner of the Prix Médicis and author of Death and the Penguin‘This book is an extraordinary act of moral courage. It feels like it was created not so much by a writer, and indeed her subject, as by the absolutely necessary spirit of our times. It is a book that is prepared to reach the depths of despair, and yet somehow to cleave open the darkness too. A song about our broken times, it reveals the human strands that hold us together against the odds.’Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin
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What Do Astronauts Do? - Rob Lloyd Jones
Explore different careers as you blast off into space with a crew of astronauts. Find out about their incredible jobs and the work of the huge teams who support them, from medics to technicians. Discover how astronauts are chosen and trained for space missions, what it's like in space, and what they do once they return to Earth - as well as the work of Mission Control and those on the ground.With missions planned to the Moon, Mars and beyond, this is a timely and fascinating read.
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies - Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares
The founder of the field of AI risk explains why superintelligent AI is a global suicide bomb and we must halt development immediatelyAI is the greatest threat to our existence that we have ever faced.The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction – but it’s not too late to change course. Two pioneering researchers in the field, Eliezer Yudkowsy and Nate Soares, explain why artificial superintelligence would be a global suicide bomb and call for an immediate halt to its development.The technology may be complex, but the facts are simple: companies and countries are in a race to build machines that will be smarter than any person, and the world is devastatingly unprepared for what will come next.How could a machine superintelligence wipe out our entire species? Will it want to? Will it want anything at all? In this urgent book, Yudkowsky and Soares explore the theory and the evidence, present one possible extinction scenario, and explain what it would take for humanity to survive.The world is racing to build something truly new – and if anyone builds it, everyone dies.
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Bake It Off - Lindsey Smith
Inspired by the life and music of pop’s biggest icon, Taylor Swift, this baking cookbook features 50+ mouthwatering recipes and dazzling photography, alongside curated playlists and clever easter eggs from the Swiftie-verse. It feels like a perfect night… for pastries at midnight.Whether you are an OG Swiftie from her country days, or a newly anointed tortured poet, there is a little something sweet for every fan in this baking cookbook inspired by the world of Taylor Swift. These 50+ recipes represent every era of her career, and each dish is uniquely infused with a style and taste that will leave the crowd chanting “MORE!”Think recipes like:Chai Cookie a la Taylor: Inspired by Tay’s original recipeVictory Pop(star) Tarts: Rumor has it Taylor has made these tasty homemade pastries for a certain Kansas City football team  Blondie(s)!: A sweet homage to one of Taylor’s many nicknamesDesserts inspired by Taylor’s greatest hits, including: Bad Blood (Orange) Tart, Cruller Summer, and So Scarlet, It Was MacronPlus, to ensure no member of your squad is left out, there are plenty of vegan, gluten-free, and nut-free treats as well. And, since every good Swiftie loves an easter egg, this book is filled with them, including curated playlists for recipe bake times (you can forget your boring old oven timer).You don’t have to be a 14-time Grammy winner to enjoy the delights in this book, but you’ll probably feel like one after indulging in these tasty treats.Ready for it?
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If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies - Eliezer Yudkowsky, Nate Soares
THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'The most important book of the decade' MAX TEGMARK, author of Life 3.0'A loud trumpet call to humanity to awaken us as we sleepwalk into disaster - we must wake up' STEPHEN FRY‘The best no-nonsense, simple explanation of the AI risk problem I've ever read’ YISHAN WONG, former Reddit CEOAI is the greatest threat to our existence that we have ever faced. The scramble to create superhuman AI has put us on the path to extinction – but it’s not too late to change course. Two pioneering researchers in the field, Eliezer Yudkowsky and Nate Soares, explain why artificial superintelligence would be a global suicide bomb and call for an immediate halt to its development. The technology may be complex, but the facts are simple: companies and countries are in a race to build machines that will be smarter than any person, and the world is devastatingly unprepared for what will come next. Could a machine superintelligence wipe out our entire species? Would it want to? Would it want anything at all? In this urgent book, Yudkowsky and Soares explore the theory and the evidence, present one possible extinction scenario and explain what it would take for humanity to survive. The world is racing to build something truly new – and if anyone builds it, everyone dies. *A GUARDIAN AND NEW STATESMAN BOOK OF THE YEAR*
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What Makes a Place Special? Moscow, Egypt, Australia Low Intermediate Book with Online Access - David Maule
Cambridge Discovery Education Interactive Readers are the next generation of graded readers - captivating topics, high-impact video, and interactive exercises designed to motivate and engage. Learn what it's like to live in the tundra, beside ancient pyramids, or near the Great Barrier Reef! Explore the food, clothing, architecture, and wildlife of these three special places. Use the unique code inside the book to access the online reader, complete with videos and interactive exercises. Word count: 1866. Lexile Reading Level: 720L.
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One Girl One Dream - Laura Dekker
The amazing autobiographical account of the youngest ever solo circumnavigation of the Earth. First time in English! If you want to see the other side of the world, you can do two things: turn the world upside down, or travel there yourself. In 2012, at the age of just 16, Laura Dekker became the youngest sailor ever to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe. In realising her long-held dream, she had not only braved the wild oceans and long weeks of solitude at sea, but also the doubts and sometimes hostile resistance of officials. In this remarkable account of her incredible journey - for the first time in English - Laura describes in her own words what it is like to sail solo around the world, and the determination it takes to do it at such a young age. Exciting, awe-inspiring and inspirational, this is a real-life adventure for readers of all ages.
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Shadow Girl - Nicholls Sally
Friendship forms between two struggling teen girls in the foster system in this poignant story with a supernatural twist, from acclaimed author Sally Nicholls.This story is going to sound strange. I can''t help that. I can only tell you what happened.Clare first met Maddy on a horrible day. Then again, most days are horrible for Clare. She''s learned that it''s not worth making friends when you''re a foster kid and you''ll be moved on soon anyway.But Maddy makes Clare see things differently. Maddy, with her strange clothes and strange ideas, who understands what it''s like to be in care. But then Maddy disappears, and Clare finds that now she has opened her heart, she can''t let go …Particularly suitable for readers aged 11+ with a reading age of 8.
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It's Called Dyslexia - Jennifer Moore-Mallinos
Have you ever wondered what it''s like to be Dyslexic? Learn what it''s like and about some of the tools that can help with overcoming Dyslexia. This sweet story is empowering and will inspire you to be the best you can be!Perfect for anyone looking for:an educational book about kids with special needsbooks about kids with disabilitiesinclusive childrens booksbooks for the classroom or for homeTitles in the Live and Learn series take a child''s point of view-especially the view of children who either suffer from some physical challenge or lack self-confidence in going about their everyday activities. Following each story are four pages of suggested activities that relate to the book''s theme. Educational backmatter offers advice to parents.
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Ladybird Class The Space Station: Read It Yourself - Level 3 Confident Reader - Ladybird
Join Ladybird Class on another imaginative learning adventure. This time, the class are learning about outer space! Join Tao Meerkat and the others as they meet some friendly astronauts, go on a spacewalk and see what it is like to live on a space station. Ladybird Class: The Space Station is from Confident Reader Level 3 and is perfect for more confident readers aged from 6+ who can read simple stories with help.Each book has been carefully checked by educational and subject consultants and includes comprehension puzzles, book band information, and tips for helping children with their reading. With five levels to take children from first phonics to fluent reading and a wide range of different stories and topics for every interest, Read It Yourself helps children build their confidence and begin reading for pleasure.
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Girl Friends - Alex Dahl
'Compelling... hauntingly dark' JANE SHEMILTTHEY CAN BUILD YOU UPCharlotte has it all: the successful career, the loving family. But, secretly, she is dangerously bored of her life.So when she meets free-spirited Bianka, it feels like fate – Bianka is exactly the person that Charlotte needs. OR TEAR YOU DOWNOn a girls’ trip to Ibiza, home is forgotten as Charlotte dives head first into a life that is looser, wilder. She feels free, but there are devastating consequences: someone doesn’t return home.As the aftermath of the holiday rips through her life back in London, Charlotte soon regrets ever breaking out of her carefully constructed routine – and begins to wonder whether meeting Bianka was really an accident at all... A fabulously creepy simmering ‘glam-noir’ thriller, perfect for fans of Caroline Kepnes, BA Paris, TM Logan and Verity by Colleen Hoover. 'Toxic friendship, passion, betrayal, murder… I loved it' RACHEL WOLFReaders can't get enough of Alex Dahl . . . 'An irresistible read' Daily Mail'Fast-paced and unsettling' Guardian''Unsettling, layered, bold, unpredictable, dark' WILL DEAN
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Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children - Jodie Berndt
OVER 500,000 SOLD IN THE PRAYING THE SCRIPTURES SERIESAs parents of adult children, we often worry about whether our children will make good choices when they''re on their own. Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children provides you with biblically based prayers and encouraging stories to guide you as you pray for your adult children through anything they face. Parent and author Jodie Berndt understands what it''s like to release children into the world and still care deeply about them and everything they''re up against in life. In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children, Jodie shares prayers designed with your adult children in mind, whether they''re just leaving the nest, flying well on their own, or struggling to take off at all.Jodie shares advice on navigating all aspects of adulthood with encouraging stories from experienced parents who are praying their children through real-life issues like leaving the church, struggling with health concerns, navigating broken marriages, fighting addiction, dealing with financial problems, and more.In Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children, Jodie addresses some of the most difficult questions that confront parents:How can I support my children when they make decisions I disagree with?Is it too late to start praying for my children?What does the Bible teach us about praying for our children?With the grace and wisdom of someone who''s been there, Jodie shares the tools and encouragement you need to find the strength to keep praying, even as you doubt yourself and grieve over your children''s choices.Whatever you''re praying for, Praying the Scriptures for Your Adult Children will help you find confidence and peace taken straight from Scripture, guiding you to the bedrock of God''s promises as you release your children to God''s shepherding care.
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Empowering Practices for the Highly Sensitive - Bertold Keinar
• Details 30 progressive exercises to help clear, balance, and protect your energy field, release fears, and support you in daily life • Explores how to energetically cleanse and master your emotions and thoughts, balance your subtle energy bodies, and gain inner peace and calm • Explains for each exercise what it is useful for, how to tell the technique is working, and what you are developing through the practice, such as activating your pineal gland, charging up with prana energy, or protecting your system from energy vampires Sensitivity is a gift, once you discover how to embrace your unique nature fully. Understanding and experiencing your core essence is key to learning how not to be overwhelmed by the world. This experiential guide offers a gradually progressive series of 30 structured practices to help clear, balance, and protect your energy field, release fears, and allow you to gain lasting stability and equanimity in daily life. Focusing on energetic and emotional balance, the techniques help you work with your sensitivity and build protection for your subtle energy bodies and your subconscious mind, allowing you to balance your inner world. For each exercise you will know what the practice is useful for, how to tell that the technique is working, and what you are developing through the exercises, such as activating your pineal gland, charging up with prana energy, or protecting your system from energy vampires. Allowing sensitives to stop sacrificing important parts of their unique nature in order to fit in, this guide supports empaths to become more comfortable with their heightened awareness, protect their energetic systems, and embrace full participation in society, where their gifts are sorely needed.
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Waiting for Sunshine - Jane Sanderson
''The story, and especially Sunshine herself, crept into my mind and heart and took up residence there. A lovely novel, deftly plotted and emotionally involving'' Laura Barnett, author of no. 1 Sunday Times bestseller The Versions of Us----------------''Who would name a child Sunshine, then give her away?''Chrissie has always wanted to be a mother. After months of trying to adopt, she and her husband Stuart finally get the news that a little girl named Sunshine is waiting for them.Abandoned at a young age, the child comes to them without a family history, and it feels like a fresh start for all of them. But when fragments from Sunshine''s previous life start to intrude on her new one, the little girl''s mysterious past quickly becomes Chrissie''s greatest fear ...Beautiful and compelling, this is a story of hope and love, about finding the perfect family and fighting to keep it, perfect for fans of Jodi Picoult and Ruth Jones.---------------''An absorbing and captivating read, and without doubt a book you''ll want to talk about to all your friends'' Holly Miller, author of The Sight of You''Profoundly moving, brave and beautifully written... Jane Sanderson''s writing is clear-sighted and sensitive, and Sunshine completely stole my heart'' Hazel Prior, author of Away with the PenguinsReal readers LOVE Waiting for Sunshine:''Kept finding a quick ten minutes to read a bit more - and kept me gripped as the story unfolded. One to read!'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''Absolutely compelling from start to finish... Definitely one for an afternoon where you have the time to read in big chunks as it is very hard to put down'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''With a compelling storyline and great characters, this was the perfect read from start to finish'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐''A must read for all that love a family based story full or intrigue and emotions'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ''Sunshine was an absolute delight and her joy shone through every page. I really felt this character was developed brilliantly'' ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐
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Visible Learning for Mathematics, Grades K-12 - Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, John Hattie, Sara Delano Moore, Linda M. Gojak, William Mellman
Selected as the Michigan Council of Teachers of Mathematics winter book club book! Rich tasks, collaborative work, number talks, problem-based learning, direct instruction…with so many possible approaches, how do we know which ones work the best? In Visible Learning for Mathematics, six acclaimed educators assert it’s not about which one—it’s about when—and show you how to design high-impact instruction so all students demonstrate more than a year’s worth of mathematics learning for a year spent in school. That’s a high bar, but with the amazing K-12 framework here, you choose the right approach at the right time, depending upon where learners are within three phases of learning: surface, deep, and transfer. This results in "visible" learning because the effect is tangible. The framework is forged out of current research in mathematics combined with John Hattie’s synthesis of more than 15 years of education research involving 300 million students. Chapter by chapter, and equipped with video clips, planning tools, rubrics, and templates, you get the inside track on which instructional strategies to use at each phase of the learning cycle: Surface learning phase: When—through carefully constructed experiences—students explore new concepts and make connections to procedural skills and vocabulary that give shape to developing conceptual understandings. Deep learning phase: When—through the solving of rich high-cognitive tasks and rigorous discussion—students make connections among conceptual ideas, form mathematical generalizations, and apply and practice procedural skills with fluency. Transfer phase: When students can independently think through more complex mathematics, and can plan, investigate, and elaborate as they apply what they know to new mathematical situations. To equip students for higher-level mathematics learning, we have to be clear about where students are, where they need to go, and what it looks like when they get there. Visible Learning for Math brings about powerful, precision teaching for K-12 through intentionally designed guided, collaborative, and independent learning.
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7 Strategies for Wealth & Happiness - Jim Rohn
Unlock the Fountain of Prosperity Inside You! “I truly believe Jim Rohn is an extraordinary human being whose philosophy can enhance the quality of life for anyone.” —Anthony Robbins “Few men are endowed with Jim Rohn’s ability to motivate and effect changes in other human beings.” —Tom Hopkins “Jim Rohn . . . is one of the most profound thinkers and mind expanding individuals I’ve ever had a chance to listen to.” — Les Brown “Jim Rohn is a master motivator—he has style, substance, charisma, relevance, charm, and what he says makes a difference . . . The world would be a better place if everyone heard my friend Jim Rohn.” —Mark Victor Hansen You don’t have to choose between wealth and happiness—they spring from the same fountain of abundance. With this book, you’ll discover the seven essential strategies you need for success: ·Unleash the Power of Goals ·Seek Knowledge ·Learn the Miracle of Personal Development ·Control Your Finances ·Master Time ·Surround Yourself with Winners ·Learn the Art of Living Well Author Jim Rohn’s philosophy has helped millions change their lives for the better. Find out what it can do for you!
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A Single Life to Live – Stop Waiting for Your Life to Begin and Thrive Where God Has You Today - Hannah Schermerhorn
A single life is a life worth living--and it''s worth living wellGod has a great life all planned out for you. What you may not realize if you''re single is that you''re already living it. Right now. Today. Your God-designed life doesn''t start when you say "I do" or when you get engaged or even when you meet "the one." It''s been happening as long as you''ve been alive--even if you''re still single and wish you weren''t.Hannah Schermerhorn knows exactly what it''s like. She was months away from getting married when her wedding was called off. She absolutely loathed being single again, but in the following years, God taught her many hard lessons that transformed her bitterness to authentic joy.Drawing from the diverse experiences of single people in the Bible, Hannah debunks common myths and misunderstandings about singleness, including the pervasive feeling that a person can''t really begin their life until they''re married. If you are lonely, hopeless, or impatient, let Hannah be your guide through the internal battles and external pressures you''re facing.God has a special purpose for singleness, whether it lasts for only a season or your whole life. Let Hannah help you discover God''s best for you in your single life.
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Sorry in advance for making things weird. - Dave Tarnowski
National bestselling author Dave Tarnowski, the visionary behind the 2.4-million+ follower @DisappointingAffirmations Instagram account, is back with a fresh and funny brace of realistic affirmations that recognize that failure is always an option across the many splendors of our lives.Life: It’s often disappointing! Whether it’s everyday experiences with family, friends, work, love, or the general hell of other people, there’s ample opportunity for disillusionment. Hilarious disillusionment. Disappointment guru Dave Tarnowski''s second collection features new and exclusive affirmations and dozens of transformed and unpublished fan favorites from his wildly popular Instagram account. This abundance of wisdom is helpfully organized into ten everyday subjects on which we can all use a little subversive sympathetic enlightenment (including Affirmations for Success, Self-Improvement, and The Future). Dave excavates each subject further in a funny, clear-eyed short essay. All photos are his own. All feelings widely shared. Like a non-disappointing gift with purchase, the book''s jacket folds out into a new motivational poster, suitable for display anywhere disappointment may strike.IT REALLY IS OKAY TO NOT BE OKAY: People say, “It’s okay to not be okay,” but then it feels like they need you to be okay. This subversively funny book is the perfect way to remind ourselves, or anyone who needs it, that it''s better to deal with our feelings honestly than fall into the “positive vibes only” self-help trap. MORE FEELINGS THAN EVER BEFORE: Tarnowski''s pithy photo-illuminated consolations and manifestos are as sharp and relatable as ever. Now paired with observational essays that plumb depths and cast light, it''s a whole new ride. TOXIC POSITIVITY CAN GO TO HELL: Enough, already. WAIT, THERE’S MORE! See also the original, national bestselling Disappointing Affirmations book and accompanying stationery and gift items, including Disappointing Affirmations Deck, Disappointing AffirmationsPencils, Disappointing Affirmations: 30 Postcards, Disappointing AffirmationsSticker Book, and Disappointing Affirmations: The Game. You won’t be disappointed.Perfect for: College grads, people entering the workforce, people who wish they hadn’t entered the workforce Fans of the @disappointingaffirmations Instagram account Anyone who isn''t always cheerful and doesn''t feel seen Fans of satire and sarcastic humor Anyone feeling burnout, empathy fatigue, positivity fatigue, or fatigue in general
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A Little Guide for Teachers: Generative AI in the Classroom - Laura Knight
Generative AI has the potential to transform teaching by reducing workload, enhancing learning, and fostering creativity. It also poses significant challenges and raises important questions. This book is for teachers who want to know more about generative AI: how it works, the ethical questions it raises and what it can do for them and their students.The Little Guide for Teachers series is little in size but BIG on all the support and inspiration you need to navigate your day-to-day life as a teacher.*Authored by experts in the field*Easy to dip in-and-out of*Interactive activities encourage you to write into the book and make it your own*Read in an afternoon or take as long as you like with it!
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A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness - Walter Veith
This book attempts to advance Donald Griffin''s vision of the "final, crowning chapter of the Darwinian revolution" by developing a philosophy for the science of animal consciousness. It advocates a Darwinian bottom-up approach that treats consciousness as a complex, evolved, and multidimensional phenomenon in nature rather than a mysterious all-or-nothing property immune to the tools of science and restricted to a single species.The so-called emergence of a science of consciousness in the 1990s has at best been a science of human consciousness. This book aims to advance a true Darwinian science of consciousness in which its evolutionary origin, function, and phylogenetic diversity are moved from the fieldÂ’s periphery to its very centre, thus enabling us to integrate consciousness into an evolutionary view of life. Accordingly, this book has two objectives: (i) to argue for the need and possibility of an evolutionary bottom-up approach that addresses the problem of consciousness in terms of the evolutionary origins of a new ecological lifestyle that made consciousness worth having and (ii) to articulate a thesis and beginnings of a theory of the place of consciousness as a complex evolved phenomenon in nature that can help us to answer the question of what it is like to be a bat, an octopus, or a crow.A Philosophy for the Science of Animal Consciousness will appeal to researchers and advanced students interested in advancing our understanding of animal minds as well as anyone with a keen interest in how we can develop a science of animal consciousness.
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Romancing Mr Bridgerton: Inspiration for the Netflix Original Series Bridgerton: Penelope and Colin' (0349429456)
Kniha - 384 stran, anglicky, brožovaná bez přebalu matná The fourth of Julia Quinn's bestselling and beloved Bridgerton novels, now a series created by Shonda Rhimes for Netflix. Welcome to Colin and Penelope's story . . . Everyone knows that Colin Bridgerton is the most charming man in London . . . Penelope Featherington has secretly adored her best friend's brother for . . . well, it feels like forever. After half a lifetime of watching Colin Bridgerton from afar, she thinks she knows everything about him, until she stumbles across his deepest secret . . . and fears she doesn't know him at all. Colin Bridgerton is tired of being thought of as nothing but an empty-headed charmer, tired of the notorious gossip columnist Lady Whistledown, who can't seem to publish an edition without mentioning him. But when Colin returns to London from a trip abroad, he discovers nothing in his life is quite the same - especially Penelope Featherington! The girl who was...
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Everything for You - Chloe Liese
GavinWe've been teammates for two years, but it feels like Oliver Bergman's been on my last nerve for a lifetime. To make matters worse, he's obscenely attractive.Avoiding Oliver has been my survival tactic on and off the field. But when Coach drops the bomb that we're now co-captains, avoiding him becomes impossible, and keeping the truth from him is harder than ever.OliverLife was great until soccer legend Gavin Hayes joined the team. He's a giant - albeit gorgeous - grump who lives to rain on my parade. I've sworn off pranks so, rather than settle our differences the Bergman way, I've been killing Gavin with kindness... Just one problem: it's killing me as well.Coach has given us an ultimatum: put an end to our enmity or say goodbye to being captains. I'm prepared to make nice, but the last thing I expect is to discover an explosive attraction we can't ignore...
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Imagine You Were There... Winning the Vote for Women - Caryn Jenner
The Imagine You Were There... series celebrates events that changed the world and the people who made them happen. 2019 sees the 100th anniversary of the passing of the 19th Amendment giving women the vote in the United States. Winning the Vote for Women celebrates this milestone by helping readers imagine what it was like to actually be there. Blended with stunning photographs and lively artwork, the book includes step-by-step details of events leading up to passing of the historic Amendment, how women had campaigned (and won) in other countries including Britain, eyewitness accounts of the suffragettes and their harsh treatment by the authorities, and features on the women and men who helped change history.
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A Bad Day for Jayden - Tony Bradman
A new supply teacher helps to turn Jayden''s day around in this gentle and sensitively told story of life as a young carer.Mum won''t get out of bed. His best friend has dumped him. And school work is just too difficult. Jayden wants to do the right thing – but how can he when it feels like the world is conspiring against him?Everything is going wrong, and when a supply teacher turns up to take his class, Jayden''s sure things will keep on getting worse. But Mrs Wilson is not quite the teacher Jayden expected … can she help turn his bad day around?Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 8.
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A Bad Decade for Good People - Joe Bedford
A fiercely hopeful novel about family, sexuality, grief and how we as individuals can rediscover our political agency in the face of continued uncertainty.Brighton, 2016. Laurie wears the scar given to her by a policeman’ s baton as a mark of pride among her circle of bright young activists. Her conscionable but sensitive brother George should be a part of that circle, until the appearance of enigmatic Spanish migrant Antonio threatens to divert him from his sister’ s world of marches and moral accountability.As the clouds gather over Brighton and the EU referendum accelerates both Laurie’ s political zeal and Antonio’ s ambiguous desires, George is faced with the fact that their city of parties and protests is suddenly a place where the possibility of saving the world – as well as the people around him – is in jeopardy of being lost forever.At once a letter of support to everyone disillusioned by British politics, and a deeply perceptive snapshot of modern relationships, A Bad Decade for Good People is a captivating state-of-the-nation tale that begs the question: when it feels like the world is falling apart, how do you keep those you love from doing the same?
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One for the Money - Janet Evanovich
Stephanie Plum is down on her luck. She''s lost her job, her car''s on the brink of repossession, and her apartment is fast becoming furniture-free. Enter Cousin Vinnie, a low-life who runs a bail-bond company. If Stephanie can bring in vice cop turned outlaw Joe Morelli, she stands to pick up $10,000. But tracking down a cop wanted for murder isn''t easy . . .And when Benito Ramirez, a prize-fighter with more menace than mentality, wants to be her friend Stephanie soon knows what it''s like to be pursued. Unfortunately the best person to protect her just happens to be on the run . . .
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A Sixpence for Christmas - Gracie Hart
Meg just wants her family to be together at Christmas. But her mother’s illness gets worse every day and her sister is off doing god knows what. So when Meg loses her job in the bakery she doesn’t know how they’ll cope. Luckily, she knows Frank, the owner of a local patisserie, who offers her a job. But Meg isn’t suited for fancy cake and frills. All she wants is to feed her family and make them proud but, as winter takes hold, it feels like everything is stacked against her.Can she make a success of herself before Christmas?
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British Museum: So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Ancient Egypt - Chae Strathie
A hilarious and fascinating look at what life was like for a child in ancient Egypt
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British Museum: So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Ancient Greece - Chae Strathie
A brilliantly funny and fascinating look at what life was like for a child in ancient Greece
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British Museum: So You Think You've Got It Bad? A Kid's Life in Prehistoric Times - Chae Strathie
A brilliantly funny and fascinating look at what life was like for a child in prehistoric times!
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