Non Fiction Books
HarperCollins Publishers The Times Quick Cryptic Crossword Book 2
Book SynopsisChallenge yourself at home with word and number puzzles
£7.59
Dover Publications Inc. Heads Features and Faces
Book SynopsisHelpful approach to difficult area by expert instructor who puts emphasis on anatomy as well as perspective and planes. Almost 200 drawings plus text and examples from works of Vermeer, Hals, Rembrandt, and others.
£5.99
Llewellyn Publications,U.S. Encyclopedia of Magical Herbs
Book SynopsisA comprehensive guide to magical herbalism, detailing over 400 herbs and plants from all over the world.
£15.29
Lifestyle Press Ltd Britains Pilgrim Places
Book SynopsisBritain’s Pilgrim Places captures the spirit of 2,000 years of history, heritage and wonder. It is the complete guide to every spiritual treasure, including 500 enchanting holy places throughout England, Wales and Scotland and covers all major pilgrimage routes.
£16.99
Quercus Publishing The Hungry Student Vegetarian Cookbook
Book SynopsisGet top marks in the kitchen, with over 130 easy, cheap and delicious vegetarian recipes for students.Never mind essays and exams - one of the biggest challenges you'll face at university is fending for yourself in the kitchen, especially if you're vegetarian. The Hungry Student Vegetarian Cookbook will take you from freshers' week to graduation, all on a seriously tight budget. You'll never have to resort to a can of baked beans again! Whether you want a simple dinner, a quick lunch between lectures, exam fuel or a slap-up meal to impress your housemates, these easy-to-follow recipes are designed specially for students and include all your favourites. Enjoy veggie lasagne, bolognese, fajitas and chilli, as well as ideas for soups, casseroles, pasta bakes, jacket potatoes and homemade dips. Plus morning-after breakfasts and simple but knockout desserts and sweet treats, such as chocolate fudge brownies, sticky toffee pudding and lemon cheesecake. With photographs to show what you're aiming at, advice on equipment and stocking your cupboard (even in a tiny shared kitchen!), and essential hints and tips - including how not to poison your friends - you won't want to leave home without The Hungry Student Vegetarian Cookbook.Table of ContentsIntroduction. Kitchen kit. Love your oven. Stocking up your store cupboard. Watching your budget. How not to poison your friends. Clever cooking. Keeping it veggie. Pasta. Stir-fries, noodles and rice. Soups, stews and curries. Salads, veggies and sides. Jacket potatoes and toppings. Easy dinners. Feeding friends. In bread and on toast. The morning after. Sweets. Index. Acknowledgements.
£11.69
Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Germany
Book SynopsisLonely Planet''s local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Germany.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from living out your fairy-tale fantasies at Schloss Neuschwanstein to frolicking around Hanover''s sprawling Herrenhäuser Gärten, and canoeing on the forest-rimmed lakes of the Müritz National Park.Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet''s Germany Travel Guide: Our classic guidebook format provides you with the most comprehensive level of information for planning multi-week trips Updated with an all new structure and design so you can navigate Germany and connect experiences together with ease Create your perfect trip with exciting itineraries for extended jo
£17.09
Profile Books Ltd Vermeer's Hat: The seventeenth century and the
Book Synopsis'Effortless and compelling, Brooks is a wonderful storyteller. I doubt I will read a better book this year.' Sunday Telegraph Each of Vermeer's paintings tells a story. In one, a military officer leans toward a laughing girl; in another, a woman stands by a window and weighs silver; in a third, fruit spills from a porcelain bowl onto a lavish Turkish carpet. Hiding in plain sight, these details hint at the intricate threads that bound Vermeer's world together - the officer's hat is made from North American beaver, bought with silver extracted from the mines of Peru, while beaver pelts were traded in their thousands for the Chinese porcelain so beloved by the Dutch in the Golden Age. From a view of Delft, Vermeer gives us the world. As a new Vermeer exhibition opens at the Rijksmuseum, the largest of its kind in history, Vermeer's Hat offers a fascinating perspective on how the burgeoning forces of trade and commerce shaped Vermeer's masterpieces.Trade ReviewSpell-binding ... as a guide to the world behind the pictures Vermeer's Hat is mind-expanding -- John Carey * Sunday Times *A brilliant attempt to make us understand the reach and breadth of the first global age -- Kathryn Hughes * Guardian *Brook takes you into the paintings in a way that can be spookily intimate -- William Leith * Evening Standard *Brook is a gifted storyteller... spellbinding... a treasure trove of astonishing pleasures * The Lady *How brilliantly Brook connects all with all * Guardian *Revelatory * Sunday Business Post *Illuminating footnotes to Vermeer's miracles on canvas * Independent *An erudite, surprising book that finds traces of swashbuckling where you'd least expect -- Thomas Marks * Daily Telegraph *Truly mesmerising. In this accessible but authoritative study, he... shows better than anyone I've read so far, the truly subversive power of detail -- Lesley McDowell * Independent on Sunday *
£11.69
Profile Books Ltd The Colosseum
Book SynopsisThe Colosseum was Imperial Rome's monument to warfare. Like a cathedral of death it towered over the city and invited its citizens, 50,000 at a time, to watch murderous gladiatorial games. It is now visited by two million visitors a year (Hitler was among them). Award winning classicist, Mary Beard with Keith Hopkins, tell the story of Rome's greatest arena: how it was built; the gladiatorial and other games that were held there; the training of the gladiators; the audiences who revelled in the games, the emperors who staged them and the critics. And the strange after story - the Colosseum has been fort, store, church, and glue factory.Trade ReviewBrilliant ... arguably the best so far in Profile's excellent Wonders of the World series ... it brings the Colosseum to life in all its gory splendour. * Geographical *A work of scholarship written with the general reader in mind ... a pleasure to read. * Spectator *What the authors have given us in the proverbial multum in parvo * Sunday Telegraph *Revels in the accretions of detail and myth ... first-class scholarship and an engagingly demotic style * Independent *Stirring stuff! This is a welcome and well-written book ... it reassesses myths, politely debunks many misconceptions about what we know- and what we don't know - to put the fabulous monument in context from its founding to the present. -- Lindsey Davis, author of the Falco seriesA wonderful book, worthy of its subject: horrifying, impressive, blood-soaked, occasionally very funny and always entertaining -- Robert Harris
£9.49
Rudolf Steiner Press Agriculture Course: The Birth of the Biodynamic
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£12.34
Gain Production AB KISS KLASSIFIED: WAR STORIES FROM A KISS ARMY
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£32.00
PAUL LAMOND GAMES Speedy Words
Book SynopsisSpeedy Words.
£14.76
ALL JIGSAW PUZZLES Christmas Scramble 1000 Piece Puzzle
Book SynopsisImmerse yourself in holiday cheer and fun with the Christmas Scramble 1000 piece jigsaw puzzle! Enjoy hours of puzzle-solving joy and challenge with this vibrant Christmas-themed image designed by Mike Jupp. Perfect for the family to bring joy and togetherness in the holiday season! Dimensions: 66 x 50cm.
£22.79
Pearson Education OCR ASA level Chemistry A Student Book 1
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£37.66
Atlantic Books And Thank You For Watching: Extraordinary Stories
Book SynopsisFor over thirty years, Mark Austin has covered the biggest stories in the world for ITN and Sky News. As a foreign correspondent and anchorman he has witnessed first-hand some of the most significant events of our times, including the Iraq War, during which his friend and colleague Terry Lloyd was killed by American 'friendly fire', the historic transition in South Africa from the brutality of apartheid to democracy, the horrors of the Rwandan genocide, and natural disasters such as the Haiti earthquake and the Mozambique floods.The stories themselves will be familiar to many people, but less well known are the often extraordinary behind the scenes tales of a newsman's life on the road; the problems encountered in some of the most dangerous places on earth; the days when things go badly wrong; the moments of high drama and raw emotion and, quite often, the hilarious happenings the viewer never imagines and only seldom sees. Based on decades of experience on the frontlines, this candid and revealing memoir gives a startling insight into one man's extraordinary career and lifts the lid on the world of television news.Trade ReviewMark Austin is one of the very finest television journalists anywhere, and his charming, insightful view of the world, as laid back yet gutsy as the man himself, is a delight to read. -- John SimpsonMark Austin made his name as a distinguished journalist and one of the popular news anchors on Independent Television News... His great good fortune was to get sent to Washington to report on the Trump administration, surely one of the most unorthodox presidencies of our time. For this alone his book is a must read. -- Sir Trevor McDonaldAuthoritative, searching and honest - Austin writes as brilliantly about the personal as about the professional encounters he's had. -- Emily MaitlisThis is a riveting book for those who love news by one of the best in the business. -- Piers MorganThis insightful and superb book takes you to World Cups, to conflicts in war-torn countries, to division in Trump's America... A terrific read. -- Gary LinekerMark Austin is a brilliant journalist and a great guy. Read this book to be informed, entertained - and moved. -- Jeremy Bowen
£15.00
Bonnier Books Ltd Pride Colouring Book
Book SynopsisGet ready to express yourself with this loud and proud colouring book, featuring quirky and beautiful scenes to transform into glorious works of art.Use your pens and pencils to colour the rainbow and have fun celebrating all kinds of love with over 45 pages of confidence, colour and Pride!
£8.80
Pocket Mountains Ltd North York Moors: 40 Coast and Country Walks
Book SynopsisDesignated a National Park in 1952, the North York Moors include the largest area of heather upland in England, rising from the Vale of York and continuing to the North Sea coast where dramatic cliffs expose the geology that shaped this unique environment.This guide from award winning publishers Pocket Mountains features 40 coast and country walks that take in the very best the Moors have to offer - tranquil dales, stunning coastline, ancient woodlands, charming moorland villages and spectacular ruined castles and monasteries - as well as one of the country's best heritage railways.
£8.21
Sandstone Press Ltd Ducking Long Way: Ultra Running for the Rest of
Book SynopsisMark Atkinson is living proof that you don’t have to be ‘good’ at running to make it through a marathon or even further. Packed with insights and tips, pitfalls and joy, Ducking Long Way invites you to join him for a beer at mile thirty as he pushes himself as far as he can while still running for the sheer joy of it.
£9.49
Wolters Kluwer Health Reading EEGs: A Practical Approach
Book SynopsisFocusing on stepwise development of concepts, pattern recognition and integration with clinical practice, Reading EEGs: A Practical Approach, 2nd Edition, is an easy-to-use, readable guide to learning EEG for neurology residents, clinical neurophysiology fellows, and electroneurodiagnostic students and technologists. The emphasis on waveform recognition enables readers to interpret EEG findings accurately and place them in clinical context. The new landscape format accommodates larger high-quality images for improved study, and the distinctive question-and-answer format is highly effective for review at all levels of training. Presents concepts of pattern recognition in a sequential, logical fashion based on appearance rather than disease process. Covers simple, intermediate, and advanced topics in EEG, epilepsy, and neurophysiology. Includes several new chapters, including: The pathophysiology of epileptiform activity covering the neuroscience of seizure generation and the origins of pathological waveforms, Separate chapters on subdural and stereotactic EEG recording, Updated discussions of seizure semiology based on new terminology, New chapters on epilepsy genetics and non-epileptic events. Features expanded coverage of high density EEG, seizure detection methods, magnetoencephalography and intraoperative monitoring. Enrich Your Ebook Reading Experience Read directly on your preferred device(s),such as computer, tablet, or smartphone. Easily convert to audiobook,powering your content with natural language text-to-speech.
£85.50
Poursuite editions ARN Pocket Vol.1
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£20.90
teNeues Publishing UK Ltd Why bees do not see red and we sometimes feel
Book Synopsis“Interesting…useful for photographers as a reference book.” —Amateur Photographer Has pink always been feminine and blue a man’s colour? Why are we green with envy? Which colour is most expensive and who is the Goddess of Turquoise? Looking for answers, author Joanna Zoelzer has come across remarkable and entertaining facts about colours. In this beautiful coffee table book, we traverse the colour spectrum with 150 remarkable stories of our experience, understanding and theories of colour. With insights from art, nature, psychology and science, this is an amusing, entertaining, and vibrant journey through the cultural history of colour. Trade Review“Interesting…useful for photographers as a reference book.” - Amateur PhotographerTable of ContentsForeword White Yellow Orange Red Pink Purple Blue Turquoise Green Brown Gray Black Gold Silver Multicolor Appendix
£21.21
van Haren Publishing BiSL Next A Framework for Business Information
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£41.32
Oxford University Press Metaphysics
Book SynopsisMetaphysics is one of the traditional four main branches of philosophy, alongside ethics, logic and epistemology. It is also an area that continues to attract and hold a fascination for many people yet it is associated with being complex and abstract. For some it is associated with the mystical or religious. For others it is known through the metaphysical poets who talk of love and spirituality. This Very Short Introduction goes right to the heart of the matter, getting to the basic and most important questions of metaphysical thought in order to understand the theory: What are objects? Do colours and shapes have some form of existence? What is it for one thing to cause another rather than just being associated with it? What is possible? Does time pass? By using these questions to initiate thought about the basic issues around substance, properties, changes, causes, possibilities, time, personal identity, nothingness and emergentism, Stephen Mumford provides a clear and simple path through this analytical tradition at the core of philosophical thought. ABOUT THE SERIES: The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area. These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly. Our expert authors combine facts, analysis, perspective, new ideas, and enthusiasm to make interesting and challenging topics highly readable.Trade ReviewIt manages to be jargon-free without sacrificing rigour and complexity. * Times Higher Education Supplement *Table of ContentsFURTHE READING: WHAT SHOULD YOU READ NEXT?; INDEX
£9.49
Stenhouse Publishers Not Light, but Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race
Book SynopsisDo you know how to initiate and facilitate productive dialogues about race in your classroom? Are you prepared to handle complex topics while keeping your students engaged? Inspired by Frederick Douglass's abolitionist call to action, it is not light that is needed, but fire-, author Matthew Kay demonstrateshow to move beyond surface-level discussionsand lead students through the most difficult race conversations. In Not Light, But Fire: How to Lead Meaningful Race Conversations in the Classroom, Kay recognizes we often never graduate to the harder conversations,so he offers a method for getting them right, providing candid guidance on: How torecognize the difference between meaningful and inconsequential race conversations.How tobuild conversational safe spaces,- not merely declare them.How toinfuse race conversations with urgency and purpose.How tothrive in the face of unexpected challenges.How administrators mightequip teachers to thoughtfully engage in these conversations.With the right blend of reflection and humility, Kay assertsteachers can make school one of the best venues for young people to discuss race.Trade ReviewA reminder to educators to not sidestep or oversimplify conversations about race, but to engage students in them as scholars with voices and experiences that are just as important as those of the adult in the classroom. I’m in love with Matthew’s book. He writes with clarity, passion, and backs up everything he says with experiences or history that hits you right in the chest. As an educator in the world today, we owe it to our students to listen to what Matthew Kay has to say. This is the book we need to shift the "tried and tired" practice of touting empty rhetoric about race to a practice that puts us firmly on a pathway toward achieving racial equity. Matt is a master facilitator and shares the tools every teacher needs to hone their practice to make conversations about race commonplace. Thoughtful, timely, and beautifully written. I found myself thinking, "How different would the field of education be if Matt Kay had advised John Dewey? How different would I be if Matt Kay had been my teacher?" The answer: radically so. He is that important, and his work on race is that essential.Table of ContentsIntroduction Not Light, But Fire: The Case for Meaningful Conversations; Part 1: The Ecosystem; Chapter 1: Demystifying the “Safe Space”; Chapter 2: Developing your “Talking Game”; Chapter 3: Structuring Your Dialogic Curriculum; Chapter 4: Establishing Your Purpose; Part 2: A Study of Conversations; Chapter 5: The N-Word: Facing It Head-On; Chapter 6: “Say It Right”: Unpacking the Cultural Significance of Names; Chapter 7: Playing the Other: Thoughtfully Tackling Cultural Appropriation; Chapter 8: Pop-Up Conversations: The 2016 Presidential Election
£26.59
HOUSE Publishing The 1930s HOUSE MANUAL: How to refurbish and
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£22.79
Kaplan Publishing BA1 FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ECONOMICS - EXAM
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£20.90
Kaplan Publishing BA1 FUNDAMENTALS OF BUSINESS ECONMICS - REVISION
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£11.40
Kaplan Publishing P2 ADVANCED FINANCIAL REPORTING - EXAM PRACTICE
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£22.80
Cypress Book Co. UK Ltd Chinese for AS (Simplified characters)
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£23.70
Dalesman Publishing Co Ltd Walks Around Holmfirth: Ten Great Walks of Six
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£5.02
Y Lolfa Teach Your Cat Welsh
Book SynopsisA fun, fully-illustrated retro-style picture book with 60+ words and phrases you can use to practise your Welsh with your furry best friend.Trade ReviewSuitable as a first introduction to Welsh for learners of all ages; for tourists who would like a fun way to pick up a few basic words when visiting Wales; as a revision book for adults who haven’t used their Welsh for a while; or for children, who will love the cute pictures. Many of the words and phrases can also be used in non cat-related situations! Pronunciation guide for every phrase and beautiful retro-style illustrations throughout. The perfect gift for cat-lovers! -- Publisher: Y Lolfa
£7.60
HarperCollins Publishers Grandads Star
Book SynopsisWhat if your guide to the cosmos starts to lose his way?Fascinated by her grandad, a famous astronomer, a little girl could listen to his star stories for hours. But one day he starts to forget the constellations and eventually he can't even remember her name. Discover how love can reach across galaxies whether stars shine brightly or grow dim.
£11.69
Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Limited STRIVE: Jones Studio Adventures in Architecture
Book SynopsisSTRIVE explores Jones Studio’s four decades of work bringing inventive design to our built environment. The firm samples from ancient global architecture and the pragmatics of the American School, from the realities of today’s climate change to nature’s healing truths, to create a unique modernism of place. Nature is a primary partner and collaborator in Jones Studio’s work. Firm founder Eddie Jones, brother Neal Jones and partners Brian Farling and Jacob Benyi express the preciousness of water and light in the Sonoran Desert and beyond. Water performs, literally and figuratively, across Jones
£45.00
Oscar Riera Ojeda Publishers Limited Perkins & Will Miami: Twenty-Five Years
Book SynopsisThis book contains a compilation of the work of Perkins & Will Miami since it’s inception in 1996. Drawing from a legacy of nearly a century of the fabled Chicago architectural Firm, the story of the Miami Studio is one of a search for a regional and critical modernist language unique to its time and place. Starting as a five person office, the studio has grown to a team of 70 architects, interior designers, and landscape professionals who have come together with a single vision of meaning and purpose. The work ranges from one of the most visionary Corporate Headquarters in the country, to a Hospital in Ghana; from the most important new Public Park in Florida to the largest Women’s University in the Middle East; from an Innovation Center in Rio de Janeiro, to an Office Building in Wynwood.
£40.00
Mondadori Electa Constellations: Yeh Shih-Chiang, Yeh Wei-Li
Book SynopsisThis remarkable volume presents the extraordinary life and work of one of Taiwan s most reclusive artists, Yeh Shih-Chiang, as curated by renowned curator Chang Tsong-Zung (Johnson Chang), and reimagined by Taiwan-US artist Yeh Wei-Li. Constellations reflects a deep affinity between two artists who never met, but whose journeys intersect. Yeh Wei-Li has been reimagining and re-creating the life and living spaces of Yeh Shih-Chiang since 2015 archiving and restoring his printed matter, artworks, and inanimate objects; curating and designing exhibition and architectural structures; and re-creating the actual physical spaces in which he worked. This book reflects that journey, featuring more than 120 color plates. It also contains texts from leading international and regional art critics and scholars, including a defining introductory essay by Chang Tsong-Zung, and textual contributions from Corinne Diserens, Cheng Tsun-Shing, Boris Groys, and Tseng Shao-Chien.
£41.25
Hodder & Stoughton NIV Bible for Young Explorers with Bear Grylls
Book SynopsisThis action-packed Bible invites children to join Bear Grylls on a journey into Scripture. Follow the brave men and women of the Bible as they venture through dry desert lands, brave persecution and cross seas to discover and share the life-changing message of God.Extra features help children engage with the epic stories found within the Bible text and encourage them towards a lifetime of exploring the world with God. A ''Terrain Guide'' sets the scene for each book. ''Landmarks'' and ''Signposts'' help readers understand historical context and how to find the trail leading to Jesus. ''Tricky Ground'' deciphers difficult passages that children may question, and ''Camp Fire Facts'' lighten the load along the way. Bear Grylls is a constant source of encouragement, pointing out the favourite verses that have fuelled his soul and body on many an adventure.16 pages of full colour inserts are interspersed throughout the Bible to encourage children to pause, take stock and
£19.54
Penguin Books Ltd Claimed
Book SynopsisPenguin Weird Fiction: a celebration of the very best of the weird, a store of novels and tales that for generations have delighted and horrified. Woken from his sleep by an urgent request to attend to a new patient, Dr. John Vanaman is soon at the home of Jesse J. Robinson, a wealthy industrialist, struck gravely ill after a struggle with a burglar. The thief was after Robinson's most prized possession, an item he obsessively guards: a mysterious green box, etched with a single line from an unknown language. Soon, Vanaman and Robinson's courageous neice, Leilah, are drawn into an odyssey, a voyage toward the box's ancient, terrifying originThe greatest novel by one of the pioneering female voices in horror writing, Gertrude Barrows Bennett's Claimed! is a masterful intertwining fantasy, philosophy, and terror. The most important female writer of speculative fiction that you've probably never heard of' Worlds Without End
£9.49
Verso Books Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies
Book SynopsisWhat does gentrification look like? Can we even agree that it is a process that replaces one community with another? It is a question of class? Or of economic opportunity? Who does it affect the most? Is there any way to combat it? Leslie Kern, author of the best selling Feminist City, travels from Toronto, New York, London, Paris and San Francisco and scrutinises the myth and lies that surround this most urgent urban crisis of our times.First observed in 1950s London, and theorised by leading thinkers such as Ruth Glass, Jane Jacobs and Sharon Zukin, this devastating process of displacement now can be found in every city and most neighbourhoods. Beyond the Yoga studio, farmer's market and tattoo parlour, gentrification is more than a metaphor, but impacts the most vulnerable communities. Kern proposes an intersectional way at looking at the crisis that seek to reveal the violence based on class, race, gender and sexuality. She argues that gentrification is not natural That it can not be understood in economics terms, or by class. That it is not a question of taste. That it can only be measured only by the physical displacement of certain people. Rather, she argues, it is an continuation of the setter colonial project that removed natives from their land. And it can be seen today is rising rents and evictions, transformed retail areas, increased policing and broken communities. But if gentrification is not inevitable, what can we do to stop the tide? In response, Kern proposes a genuinely decolonial, feminist, queer, anti-gentrification. One that demands the right to the city for everyone and the return of land and reparations for those who have been displaced.Trade ReviewA concise but also comprehensive account of gentrification, offering solutions and understanding of one of the major social battlegrounds of our times. -- Danny Dorling, author of Inequality and The 1%An excellent job of puncturing the myths and exposing the ideologies that make gentrification seem natural, inevitable, and desirable. And with incisive clarity, she develops an account of what a radical, intersectional anti-gentrification politics might look like. -- David Madden, co-author of In Defense of HousingA sweeping and fluid new book on gentrification. Kern expertly weaves theory, concepts, and up-to-date debates about gentrification together, making it accessible not only to urban scholars but to general readers too. A superb book I would have liked to have written but didn't. A must-read for anyone interested in gentrification. -- Loretta Lees, Director of the Initiative on Cities, Boston University, USAConfronts gentrification with a multidimensional and intersectional critique, revealing the process of urban 'improvement' as an unending campaign of social exclusion and a biting metaphor for making money. She combines her own experience as a city dweller with extensive social research to provide both a call for creative collective action and a good read. -- Sharon Zukin, author of Naked City: The Death and Life of Authentic Urban PlacesFrom the forced removal of Indigenous people to the redlining of Black neighbourhoods, from the disenfranchisement of women through suburbanization to the expulsion of the LGBTQ+ community, Kern's writing is a rallying cry for the decolonization of placemaking and a blueprint for an urbanism rooted in social justice and fairness. -- Christine Murray, editor-in-chief of The Developer and director of the Festival of PlaceKern is a wonderful writer, and this compelling, important, and highly original intervention in the gentrification debates is a staggering tour de force. At once a devastating critique of the limitations of established perspectives on gentrification and a convincing plea for an intersectional approach, this book offers sparklingly clear analysis and numerous possibilities for political action. Anyone who reads it will never forget it -- Tom Slater, author of Shaking Up the City: Ignorance, Inequality, and the Urban QuestionIn this clear and smartly written book, Leslie Kern brings together some of the most recognizable and essential elements of urban gentrification, making this familiar and ubiquitous term strange, in the most effective and generative ways. Gentrification is Inevitable and Other Lies arms geographers, cultural theorists, planners, and the general public with an essential understanding of the myths, markings, and formation of global gentrification -- Brandi Thompson Summers, author of Black in Place: The Spatial Aesthetics of Race in a Post-Chocolate CityIn 10 succinct chapters, Kern defines and outlines the current arguments surrounding gentrification while focusing on the inability to adequately discuss it with each other or within communities. Each chapter contains solid examples of where, when, and why gentrification is appearing in communities, and what the impact is on each respective group. The impact of gentrification on race, class, gender, age, and Indigenous peoples are astutely explored...A first class analysis and tool kit. -- Tina Panik * Library Journal, starred review *[Kern] ends with a decisive call to action, broken down into small, accessible, and implementable steps. It emphasizes that gentrification touches everyone's lives, and that everyone therefore has a responsibility to devote their specific skills to reducing its impact on vulnerable populations. Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies is a humane analysis of the many contributing and consequential factors of urban takeovers. * Foreword Reviews *Drawing on research from Buenos Aires, Chicago, Toronto, and other cities, Kern documents neighborhoods in the process of change and those that have stopped or reshaped gentrification. She lucidly explains modern feminist and urban theories and brings fresh insights and a measure of hope to a vexing social issue. [A] searing yet inspirational polemic. * Publishers Weekly *Inspired by the likes of Jane Jacobs and Sharon Zukin, urban scholar Leslie Kern proposes an intersectional way at looking at the gentrification crisis amid our current economic climate, based on class, race, gender, and sexuality. * Fortune *Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies is an accessible read thanks to Kern's storytelling skills and her conscious intent to write for a broad audience outside of academia. * Quill & Quire *In Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies, Leslie Kern travels to Toronto, Vancouver, New York, London and Paris to look at how gentrification is killing our cities and what we can do about it. She examines the often invisible forces that shape urban neighbourhoods, including settler colonialism, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism and how city lovers can work together to turn the tide. * CBC, 60 works of nonfiction to watch for in fall 2022 *Leslie Kern dissects seven common myths about gentrification, asserting that any study of the urban phenomenon should be examined not only in terms of class but also through the lenses of queer-feminist, anti-racist, and decolonial points of view. The final chapter explores these three frameworks in depth, offering actionable steps toward a more equitable urbanism that centers such concepts as infrastructures of care, Land Back movements, reparations, and environmental justice. * Metropolis Magazine *Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies challenges a number of well-entrenched perspectives on gentrification from the anticapitalist left as well as the market-minded right...Kern's book is thorough in its intersectionality. -- Scott McLemee * Inside Higher Ed *[Gentrification Is Inevitable and Other Lies] examines the forces behind displacement in North America and beyond, arguing for an intersectional way of understanding gentrification, one that acknowledges the harms done to working people based not just on class but also on race, gender, and sexuality. The problem is vastly greater than the individual choices of the middle-class. -- Michael Friedrich * The New Republic *Kern makes an informed, engaging, and impassioned case. -- Richard Harris * Journal of Urban Affairs *Table of ContentsACKNOWLEDGEMENTS XI GENTRIFICATION IS . . . 1 GENTRIFICATION IS NATURAL 17 GENTRIFICATION IS ABOUT TASTE 31 GENTRIFICATION IS ABOUT MONEY 51 GENTRIFICATION IS ABOUT CLASS 71 GENTRIFICATION IS ABOUT PHYSICAL DISPLACEMENT 103 GENTRIFICATION IS A METAPHOR 133 GENTRIFICATION IS INEVITABLE 151 CHANGE THE STORY, CHANGE THE ENDING 175
£14.24
University of Illinois Press The Italian American Table
Book Synopsis Best Food Book of 2014 by The AtlanticLooking at the historic Italian American community of East Harlem in the 1920s and 30s, Simone Cinotto recreates the bustling world of Italian life in New York City and demonstrates how food was at the center of the lives of immigrants and their children. From generational conflicts resolved around the family table to a vibrant food-based economy of ethnic producers, importers, and restaurateurs, food was essential to the creation of an Italian American identity. Italian American foods offered not only sustenance but also powerful narratives of community and difference, tradition and innovation as immigrants made their way through a city divided by class conflict, ethnic hostility, and racialized inequalities. Drawing on a vast array of resources including fascinating, rarely explored primary documents and fresh approaches in the study of consumer culture, Cinotto argues that Italian immigrants created a dTrade Review"Written with passion and clarity, The Italian American Table represents a stunning achievement. While tackling an irresistible topic--the meaning of food in the lives of Italian immigrants and their children--Simone Cinotto has managed to write a book that should please a wide range of interdisciplinary scholars and readers."--The Journal of American History "Insightful, pathbreaking research. . . . a new perspective on the linkage between food and family. Recommended."--Choice "In clear, bright prose Cinotto focuses on the period spanning from 1920 to 1940, and thus extends beyond the years of intense Italian immigration to include generational change and later cultural reproduction… The book appropriately cleaves between Italian American immigrant's food culture and later attempts at selling 'Italian' food to white Americans… Food is part of a larger cultural economy here, and Cinotto sheds some light on its production as a symbol and commodity over several generations."--American Historical ReviewTable of ContentsCoverTitle PageContentsIllustrationsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I: The Social Origins of Ethnic TraditionChapter 1: The Contested TableChapter 2: "Sunday Dinner? You Had to Be There!"Chapter 3: An American FoodscapePart II: Producing and Consuming Italian American IdentitiesChapter 4: The American Business of Italian FoodChapter 5: "Buy Italian!"Chapter 6: Serving EthnicityEpilogueNotesIndex
£24.29
New Shoe Press Vegan Diet for Beginners
Book SynopsisGo vegan without fear and confusion with this practical guidebook.A vegan diet offers incredible benefits for both your health and the environment. So what’s your excuse for not going vegan? The fear of change? Not sure how to cook without butter, meat, and other animal foods? The fear of never eating burgers again?! Fear not, there are delicious vegetable-based meals in your future! Vegan Diet for Beginners provides a practical and easy-to-understand reference to deliciously transition to a plant-based way of life. You’ll also find amazing recipes for breakfast, lunch, dinner and dessert—meals so delicious and satisfying, you won’t even miss the bacon! The recipes include: Down-Home Country Tofu Scramble Loaded Oatmeal / Creamy Quinoa Breakfast Cereal Nutty Fruitcake Pancakes Surprisingly Good Green Soup Walnutty Spinach Basil Pesto Black Bean and Roasted Veggie Tacos
£11.69
Union Square & Co. Unplugged Weekend Crosswords
Book SynopsisThis collection features 72 themed Sunday crosswords edited by Stanley Newman, originally published in Newsday (updated, of course, to reflect any facts that have changed since the puzzles ran), plus bonus fun facts in the back of the book about selected clues and answers.
£12.53
Granta Books The Faraway Nearby
Book SynopsisA reissue of this inspiring and heartbreaking memoir about family, empathy and the stories we tell about ourselves and others Gifts come in many guises. One summer, Rebecca Solnit was given three boxes of ripening apricots, fruit from a neglected tree that her mother, gradually succumbing to memory loss, could no longer tend to. In this courageous, heartbreaking memoir, Solnit draws from this unexpected inheritance, weaving her own story into fairy tales and the lives of others. Encompassing the Marquis de Sade and Mary Shelley, explorers and monsters, a library of water in Iceland, and the depths of the Grand Canyon, The Faraway Nearby is a meditation on family, empathy, and the art of storytelling from a writer of limitless talent and imagination.Trade ReviewLike Simon Schama, Solnit is a cultural historian in the desert-mystic mode, trailing ideas like swarms of butterflies * Harper's *Her writerly digressions obey shapely geometry, not random dérive. [The book is] artfully composed to a unifying scheme, which arises from Solnit's commitment to the storytelling craft and its necessary devices... Finely-wrought, intense and eloquent -- Marina Warner * Guardian *[A] passionately imperfect, extremely moving, original and humane book... Beautiful -- Joanna Kavenna * Literary Review *Solnit is an explorer of the most exquisite kind, and a writer of the public road... We follow [her] mind, and what a mind it is, as vast and intriguing as a system of caverns and passageways opening into yet more caverns and passageways... Courageous -- Kurt Caswell * Los Angeles Review of Book *Gripping... Solnit deserves to be widely read -- Sara Wheeler * Observer *This is one of more beautifully written books we've read this year, filled with insight and gut-wrenching phrases. It is simple to read, yet generates complex reactions in the reader. If you enjoy stories and storytelling, this book will expand your understanding of them, and yourself * Huffington Post *An exhilarating form of literary cartography... wonderful -- Jon Day * Financial Times *Solnit is asking us to pause, to consider the stories we tell ourselves about our lives, and to rethink the unstated assumptions of our own interior epics... a book-length primer in the uses of empathy... Rich [and] poignant -- Saul Austerlitz * The National *The book is a lovely one that may bring many readers catharsis or consolation... One loves Solnit for her intelligence and her uprightness... Compelling and unique * Slate *Solnit has a winning prose style... Imaginative sentences are dropped here and there -- Theresa Munoz * Herald *This [book is] about stories - how we use them, the way we tell them. [It] moves between memories from her mother, to more classic fairy tales... you'll want to pen your own by the end -- Lena de Casparis * Company *Complicated, powerful, acutely, even painfully, personal... Solnit is profoundly antagonistic to formulaic production -- Olivia Laing * New Statesman *An astute cultural critic -- Saul Austerlitz * National *Here is Solnit at her most stimulating: pointed (even outraged), grounded in history, observing from the outside -- S. J. Culver * Slate *Solnit fashions an elegant study in empathy through these meandering reflections -- Gabe Habash * Publishers Weekly *The best chapter is on Iceland... her descriptions are wonderful -- Frances Wilson * Telegraph *If you want a very different, lyrical take on how our lives are surrounded and defined by the stories we tell, Solnit's latest book is one of the finest of this or any year -- Andrew Losowsky * Huffington Post *Solnit's words are exquisite; each chapter weaves a fabric of personal experience, literary or historical anecdote and intimate conversation -- Kate Padilla * Spencer Daily Reporter *[It is] at once memoir, literary criticism, and inspirational touchstone, a meandering yet purposeful exploration of how we spin and follow stories, and of how they can lead us on a journey toward self-definition and empathy -- Heller McAlpin * Barnes and Noble Review *Solnit explores love and loss, warmth and coldness, the making of art and the remaking of the self - her distinctive, dense and at times stunning, storytelling hacks a path through the creative landscape -- Alexandra Murphy * We Love This Book *[It is] a work of art with many layers, and readers will be rewarded each time they revisit this wonderful book -- Katie Archer * Yorkshire Post *Solnit is the champion of a style of writing that loops, circles, changes direction... In an era when much of western culture seem unwilling even to acknowledge the political challenges facing us, looming environmental crisis above all, Solnit is a role model -- Susanna Rustin * Guardian *[Solnit] presents us with a fascinating insight into the mind of a writer -- Sarah Tawton * Northern Echo *Pithy, beautifully observed, full of both truth and provocation... Solnit is an extraordinary artist -- Julia Bell * Writers’ Hub *A powerfully insightful and moving memoir... Fittingly for a book about the power of storytelling, Solnit is a terrific practitioner of the art -- Stephanie Cross * The Lady *Tracing the warp and weft of such a work, written with a moving flatness and vagrant wisdom, is a pleasure that frequently carries an almost tactile sensation, so brightly does it sparkle -- David Anderson * Review 31 *Brilliant [and] lavish -- Robin Romm * New York Times *An extraordinary piece of work in which the personal and philosophical meet -- Siobhan Kane * Irish Times *While the structure seems elegant, the writing never loses that real-life feeling that everything might fall apart at any moment -- Denise Frame Harlan * Englewood Review of Books *Solnit manages to do what many memoirists aspire to but few accomplish: she turns the personal into the universal * Totally Dublin *Provocative and extremely thought-provoking... it inspires nothing short of awe * Irish Examiner *This is narrative as jazz improve, each refrain exploring a new melody or theme. Yet familiar strains recur again and again. Metaphors abound, and Solnit seems to believe that all of life could be looked at as an allegory to be deciphered -- Craille Maguire Gillies * Guardian *It's so rich, absorbing and inspirational that I keep putting it down to make notes or research a tangent -- Emma Healey * Metro Scotland *
£9.49
Flame Tree Publishing William Morris (Art Colouring Book): Make Your
Book SynopsisDreaming and relaxing, with the evocative designs of William Morris, this beautiful new book will give you many hours of pleasure, and calm. Printed on high quality paper, this new book features 45 powerful William Morris artworks for you to colour, offering a suggestion of how the original looked as well as key information such as title and date. Morris is perhaps the most famous artist craftsmen in the world, and his bold and visually expressive paintings resonate still today. This book will take you on an enjoyable journey where the satisfaction of creating stunning artworks is mixed with rediscovering the joy of colouring. You can use a wide variety of pens: from gel and pencil, to pigment and crayons, from ballpoint and rollerball to highlighters, although it’s best to avoid the heavy felt pens. Each page is perforated near the spine of the book, so you can tear out and frame, or simply place your wonderful creation on the walls of your home, perhaps even send them as a gift to your loved ones. Bring the Ink to life!
£11.87
Icon Books Harpy
Book Synopsis''Harpy is a tonic; a tongue-in-cheek manual for dealing with Spanish Inquisition-style questioning about saying pass to procreation and building an enriching life beyond the nuclear family'' VOGUE''Harpy made me nod in recognition, and shake my head with sorrow, and then it made me laugh out loud'' EMILIE PINE, author of NOTES TO SELF and RUTH & PEN''Defiant, funny and inspiring'' SEÁN HEWITT, author of ALL DOWN DARKNESS WIDEEach generation has more childfree women than the one before. For many, it is an active decision made for a wide range of reasons. Despite this growing trend, we continue to live in a society where women are often judged for deciding to remain childfree - for not conforming to narrow expectations. For being a Harpy.In this timely and thoughtful book, Caroline Magennis looks beyond the often-divisive conversation around women who choose to be childfree and offers an alternative message of hope and celebration. With humour and intelligence, she explores why motherho
£17.09
Quadrille Publishing Ltd One Sentence a Day
Book SynopsisThe beautiful new journal to keep note of memories, thoughts, and reflections – by writing just one sentence a day. Whether you journal in the morning or evening, it will only take a couple of minutes to capture each day. Finding the most meaningful moment of each day and jotting it down; whether it's a conversation, a lyric, a line from a book or even an image, will help you build a bank full of memories which you can rediscover for years to come. One Sentence a Day will help you to relive these forgotten memories and give you an instant pick me-up and to help you appreciate the significance of everyday moments of happiness. 365 entries to capture highlights and lows over the year Featuring journaling prompts and affirmations in this handy, pocket-sized notebook Get inspired by seasonal refreshes A modern and sophisticated journal that will instantly become a keepsake Improve self-care and
£13.50
Summersdale Publishers The Stress Less Activity Book
Book SynopsisAlleviate your worries with this calming activity book, designed to soothe your mind, help you unwind and make you stress lessWe could all do with a little less stress in our lives, and this comforting collection of activities, colouring pages, mantras and breathing exercises can help you achieve exactly that!Colouring and puzzle-solving are two of the best paths to relaxation. This book will guide you through therapeutic activities and light-hearted games designed to shift your focus and reclaim your calm.Discover dot-to-dots, sudoku, crosswords, mazes and much more, each providing the perfect break from your day-to-day stresses. Whether you prefer climbing down word ladders, spotting the difference, searching for words or coupling up pairs, this soothing puzzle and colouring book has over 100 activities designed to help you decompress.If you''re craving a moment of peace, a distraction from your daily worries and the satisfaction of solving a
£8.54
Lonely Planet Global Limited Lonely Planet Paris
Book SynopsisLonely Planet''s local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Paris.Discover Paris'' most popular experiences and best kept secrets - neighbourhood by neighbourhood - from beholding the beauty of Cathédrale Notre Dame de Paris to dancing the night away in Bastille, and visiting the world''s first elevated park atop a railway viaduct.Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet''s Paris travel guide: Our classic guidebook format provides you with the most comprehensive level of information for planning trips of 1-2 weeks or more Updated with an all new structure and design so you can navigate Paris and connect experiences together with ease Create your ideal trip with exciting Perfect Day
£15.29
Canongate Books Namesake: Reflections on A Warrior Woman
Book Synopsis'A wonderful book about the deep backstories and the tangled histories of N. S. Nuseibeh's own multiple identit[ies]' MARK HADDON'Explores vulnerability, fragility, anxiety, and ambivalence as ways of beautifully coming to terms with the wounds and worries of the world' HOMI K. BHABHAI may not be brave enough, but somewhere deep inside of me there is, perhaps, the kernel of someone who is.That brave someone was the legendary Nusayba bint Ka'ab al Khazrajia, who fought alongside the Prophet Muhammad at the dawn of Islam, the author N.S Nuseibeh's ancestor. In drawing on Nusayba's stories, Nuseibeh delves into the experience of being an Arab woman today and in the distant past - taking her from superheroes and the glorification of violence to the rise of Arab feminism, to what courage looks like in the context of interminable conflict. By seeking to understand her namesake in the context of her own twenty-first century concerns, Nuseibeh links our current ideas of Muslims and Arabs with their origins, exploring myth-making and identity, religion and nationhood, feminism and race.As intimate as they are thoughtful, these linked essays offer a dazzling exploration of heritage, gender and the idea of home, while also showing how connecting with our history can help us understand ourselves and others today.Trade ReviewAt once vulnerable and intellectually rigorous, here is an illuminating and trenchant exploration of Muslim feminism . . . An essential read in the war against lazy stereotypes, cultural annihilation and every form of apartheid -- DINA NAYERI * * Guardian * *A wonderful book about the deep backstories and the tangled histories of N. S. Nuseibeh's own multiple identit[ies]. She is self-deprecating and thoughtful and always interesting, a rare instance of a writer who seems to listen as much as she informs -- MARK HADDONA wonderfully inventive blend of personal insight and contemporary commentary with Islamic history, myth and culture . . . Intuitive and profound * * Big Issue * *N.S. Nuseibeh conjures her diverse identities and interests to create a world that is free and hospitable. English-Palestinian, author-cook, mythologist-feminist, at home in Jerusalem, at work in Oxford, and at play in New York, Nuseibeh confronts the divisive and discriminatory issues that dog our times with a cosmopolitan ethic of justice and equality that seeks to build arguments, rather than to win them . . . Namesake explores vulnerability, fragility, anxiety and ambivalence as ways of beautifully coming to terms with the wounds and worries of the world -- HOMI K. BHABHANamesake is a brilliantly written book that will enrich how you think about feminism, identity, connection and home. A collection of fascinating and rigorous essays, it's a generous, intimate invitation to reflect on the different ways we might understand ourselves and one another -- OCTAVIA BRIGHTThe life of Nusayba - a mother, a warrior - becomes the prism through which N.S. Nuseibeh deftly and lyrically reflects the contemporary world back to us, illuminating not only the layers of a physical landscape shaped by empire and colonialism, but of our mental landscapes of myth and story. Probing questions of identity, inheritance, faith, feminism and home, Namesake is a masterful tapestry. It will leave you seeing both self and world with new eyes -- ERICA BERRYNuseibeh deftly probes a wide range of topics - history, feminism, religion, culture, nostalgia, racism, violence, anxiety, illness and motherhood - in ways that are deeply personal, specific and nuanced . . . Perhaps most beautifully and importantly, Nuseibeh's writing demands of her what it asks of her reader: self-examination, honesty and grace. It's no small thing to achieve in writing something so deeply personal that also graciously extends to others -- DIMA ALZAYATFascinating, insightful and eye-opening. Namesake taught and entertained me in equal measure with its warmth, originality and vision. I loved how N.S. Nuseibeh seamlessly navigated between the brutally personal and breathtakingly universal, how she wove in such an eclectic and impressive range of voices and ideas -- VIOLET MOLLERSuch a brave, insightful and important book. A collection of essays exploring the author's Palestinian, Arab, British, Muslim, female, academic and privileged identities through deep thinking and rigorous research while using an ancestor as her touchstone . . . I learned so much from this book -- ZEBA TALKHANIIncredible . . . A very warmly told and a very human book filled with tenderness, ample food and sensory descriptions -- CAROLINE EDEN
£15.29
Octopus Publishing Group Vogue Essentials: Heels
Book Synopsis <h3>'Rolfe explores the fascinating link between heels and both physical and psychological power. Divided into four shoe categories and accompanied by archival images from the pages of British Vogue, the book provides a charming documentation of what is arguably fashion's most powerful accessory - from sleek Chanel sling-backs to brazen creations by Balenciaga.' - British Vogue 'You can never take too much care over the choice of your shoes. Too many women think that they are unimportant, but the but the real proof of an elegant woman is what is on her feet.' - Christian DiorThere is an indefinable magic, mystique and fascination about high-heeled shoes that passes all understanding or logic. How can you explain that the simple act of pointing your toes and gently slipping them into a pair of towering heels can be such a powerful experience physically, psychologically and emotionally? As British Vogue has charted over the last hundred years, by stepping into a pair of heels, a woman's personality is instantly transformed. Divided into the categories of Fancy Footwork, Enduring Classics, Step Up and Rainbow Heels, British Vogue's archive of fashion photos has been plundered to showcase the most beautiful, memorable, rule-breaking and trend-setting heels to be photographed in its 100-year history.Trade ReviewThis captivating new series from Conran Octopus and British Vogue explores the key pieces in a stylish woman's wardrobe. - Vogue
£14.25
