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Touch, feel and hear the sounds of the jungle in this interactive board book. Packed with appealing photographs, fun facts, tactile textures and exciting animal sounds – little ones will experience the jungle like never before!

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Lose yourself in this opposites-attract romance set on a sunny Malibu hillside Ivy Bauer is a young, bright soil scientist and inventor of a game changing organic irrigation system. She’s on top of the world when, suddenly, her husband is killed in a biking accident. Needing space to grieve, she takes a summer job as a gardener in Malibu. Conrad Reed is a wealthy Hollywood has-been who, after the death of his wife, feels overwhelmed by the care of his anxious stepson Hudson, massive cliffside estate, and deteriorating career. He hopes Ivy will help take at least one thing off his plate. But the bossy, opinionated Ivy isn’t making things any easier for him. Sparks fly—and not the good kind. But it’s when Ivy finds the key to Hudson’s heart that Conrad’s own heart begins to melt as well—and then the sparks that fly are the ones that kindle the best kind of love affair . . .

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From animals babies eating their parents' poop to get healthy gut bacteria to animals eating poop for nutrients, poop-eating is a common behavior in the animal kingdom. This title examines the insects, mammals, and birds that eat poop and the reasons why. This book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, an Animal Spotlight special feature, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers title is at the Beacon level, aligned to reading levels of grades 2-3 and interest levels of grades 3-5.

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Leverage the power of Gatsby to quickly produce e-commerce sites that are efficient, fast, and secure. This project-oriented book simplifies the process of setting up a Gatsby e-commerce site from start to finish, providing a starting toolset that you can use to develop future projects and incorporate into your existing workflows. You'll learn to reduce reliance on tools that are bloated, prone to being hacked, and not the most efficient, and move over to the newest framework on the block. You'll also see how to use the Gatsby framework to rapidly create and deploy e-commerce sites that are performant and secure, with the minimum of fuss. Understand how to source data, build a catalog, add a blog, finesse your site (including performance), implement the checkout and payment processes with the help of third-party tools such as Stripe, and deploy to production. Finally, you'll learn how to migrate existing WooCommerce sites to Gatsby, and adapt for mobile. Gatsby is fast and does away with the need for databases, thereby removing one of the biggest weak spots in any e-commerce site. It is based on Node.js and JavaScript, making it easy to extend and customize as requirements dictate. Learn to make your customers’ lives easier and simpler using this book today. What You'll Learn Implement e-commerce sites using Gatsby Explore some of the options for architecting an e-commerce site using this framework Gain an appreciation of pointers around maintenance requirements and ancillary needs (such as SEO) Compare your site to others that use different tools Work through a project from start to finish, understanding what can be achieved using Gatsby, and where other tools may need to be brought into play Who This Book Is For Developers already familiar with JavaScript, who are keen to learn how to leverage the Gatsby framework to quickly create the basis of an e-commerce offer (from scratch, or using data tools such as WooCommerce to support a transition), with little more than a text editor. Developers who want to focus on simplicity, to produce efficient and properly optimized e-commerce sites in modern browsers using tools already in their possession. Those in agile development teams, where time is of the essence, and the pressure is on to deliver results quickly.

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Touch, feel and hear the noisy vehicles of the road, rails, sea and sky in this interactive board book. It’s packed with appealing photographs, fun facts, tactile textures and exciting vehicle sounds.

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A family torn apart. A daughter determined to stay together.When the parish guardians send Lydia, daughter of convict James Knowles, to be an apprentice in the cotton mill at Caton, she is distraught at being parted from her younger siblings and mother, Betty, but she has no choice.At the mill, Lydia is bullied by some of the other girls and things do not go well when she stands up to the ringleader. Fearing she has killed someone and with the word murderess ringing in her ears, Lydia runs for her life.Meanwhile, Betty and her children have been granted passage to Australia to join her husband, but Lydia cannot be found so Betty is forced to leave without her.When Lydia arrives home to find her family has gone she is determined to follow them, all the while avoiding the law who seek to return her to the mill.A dramatic and emotional family saga for fans of Emma Hornby, Joanne Clague and Kitty Neale.Praise for The Runaway Daughter ‘A definite page turner.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review‘Absolutely brilliant read, fans of Catherine Cookson will love it.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review‘A dark and gritty read that I devoured, as I know all historical fiction lovers will. I laughed and cried but could not stop reading until I got to the end.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review‘An incredible story of a strong family bond, even as they struggle.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review‘Well worth reading the series. Such a good read and well told.’ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review‘Wow, what a brilliant book. So many emotions and some hard hitting moments. Family saga at its best!’⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader review

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One woman dreams of a better life for her family – but how do you find it when all you've ever known is poverty?Ireland, 1848 The potato famine has left the Cavanah family destitute. Kitty and Peter manage to secure tickets for America - seeking hope in an unknown land. But still fortune will not favour them. On a terrifying crossing of the Irish Sea, Peter vanishes, and with him their tickets.Now, Kitty and her young family are stranded in Liverpool - with not a penny to their name. Facing prejudice and distrust, they move to Blackburn, where the welcome is no warmer, but Kitty at least can gather rags and scraps to exchange for a coin or two. She refuses to give up hope - on finding Peter, on getting to America. Yet Kitty knows they are just one bad day away from the evils of the workhouse . . .The Rag Maiden is a powerful and enthralling tale of one woman's struggle to save her family.

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Learn more about the human body in this interactive, nonfiction board book!Curious minds will love to explore the power of the human body with this immersive title. Discover the importance of movement, food, and sleep for the body in this bright and colorful board book, complete with gentle, informative text and sliding tabs that transform the page on every spread.

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Change each Magic Window and watch the world transform...Magic Windows is the new novelty non-fiction series from Ladybird Books. Perfect for curious toddlers, this new series explores the wonderful transformations found in nature.Little ones will love to pull the sliding mechanism on each spread and change what appears in each Magic Window. They will watch as buds bloom, fruit ripens and leaves fall in this book of changing seasons.With Magic Windows: Seasons, toddlers will not only learn more about the cycle of the seasons, they will interact and play with it too!The Magic Windows series:Introduces the worldBoosts motor skillsRecommended for children aged 2+Look out for other titles in the Ladybird Magic Windows series:WeatherMy BodyGrowing

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Si eres un grumetillo de agua dulce que sueña con ser unpirata, aquí encontrarás sus secretos. Descubre elverdadero (y repulsivo) trabajo del bucanero, desde elreclutamiento (no nos llames, ya te secuestraremosnosotros), el rancho, y el resto de la vida de a bordo. Conoceel conjunto de bribones más salado que jamás hayazarpado.Un divertido album para conocer cómo es un pirata, suvida cotidiana, sus tareas, sus compañeros de viaje...

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This accessible book explores the history and famous traits of English springer spaniels. Short paragraphs of easy-to-read text are paired with plenty of colorful photos to make reading engaging and accessible. The book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, sidebars, comprehension questions, a glossary, an index, and a list of resources for further reading. Apex books have low reading levels (grades 2-3) but are designed for older students, with interest levels of grades 3-7.

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The Grammar Goals Pupil's Book pack includes a Pupil's Book and a CD-ROM. Each full colour Grammar Goals Pupil's Book has 10 units per level plus a two-page exam practice and writing development section and reference material. The Grammar Workout CD-ROM includes interactive grammar activities, that support the material covered in each unit.

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ritten by one of the best-known rock-climbing instructors in the UK this is the definitive and comprehensive 'how to climb' textbook (55,000 copies sold), now in its revised and updated third edition. It covers un-roped bouldering and movement skills as well as every aspect of indoor, single and multi-pitch rock climbing, abseiling, problem solving, the climbing environment, the history and development of the sport and much more. This book is a reference tool for every climber, from novice to expert, as well as containing specific ideas for anyone wanting to help coach and instruct others. It is the official handbook for the UK and Ireland qualification system that includes all of Mountain Training's qualifications as well as their Rock Skills courses. It is endorsed by the BMC, Mountaineering Scotland and Mountaineering Ireland. Thoroughly updated to reflect developments in climbing since the second edition, the indoor climbing content has been expanded and several chapters have been rewritten and reordered to support new and developing climbers alike. Its functional design remains, with easy-reference colour-coded pages, striking illustrations that complement the text and inspiring photos that give a genuine flavour of the breadth of climbing possibilities across the UK and Ireland. It is the second of a series of manuals from Mountain Training UK and Ireland that includes the highly successful 'Hill Walking' and 'Winter Skills'.

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Match the animals in this memory game that brings the natural world to life. Learn why a bat hangs upside-down, and find out how a vulture hunts its food from a great distance. Contains 50 matching cards and a fact-packed booklet.

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There is only one thing worse than being in the audience when the speaker has had a Groucho Marx moment - "I've had a wonderful time, but this wasn't it!" - and that is being the speaker in question! This humorous, insightful and practical book should interest anyone involved in speaking at events, those considering making the step to becoming a speaker, and especially for those who are professional keynote speakers and trainers. Wide-ranging in its content, the book explains the key qualities needed for successful speakers striving for excellence, preparation and content, platform skills, building a business and working with bureaus and agents. With contributions from some of the world's top speakers in different areas of expertise, the book aims to make you feel inspired to pursue the way to excellence as a speaker.

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From animals babies eating their parents' poop to get healthy gut bacteria to animals eating poop for nutrients, poop-eating is a common behavior in the animal kingdom. This title examines the insects, mammals, and birds that eat poop and the reasons why. This book also includes a table of contents, fun facts, an Animal Spotlight special feature, quiz questions, a glossary, additional resources, and an index. This Focus Readers title is at the Beacon level, aligned to reading levels of grades 2-3 and interest levels of grades 3-5.

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