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Independently Published All Change at Blainstock Stables
£9.81
Enchanted Lion Books My Little Small
She tries every night to reach the moon, dreaming of friendship. But one morning, a sun spark comes flying into her cave! What wondrous things she has to say about the vibrancy of life under the sun. Their time together is limited, but the Spark is curious and the Creature realizes she has some stories of her own to share.
£13.11
Penguin Random House Group Enemy of All Mankind
How did a single manhunt spark the modern era of multinational capitalism?
£22.49
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EL NUEVO LIBRO DE LAURA AGUSTÍ (@lalauri),DESTINADO A CONVERTIRSE EN UN CLÁSICO GATUNOEsta es la historia de Laura y de Oye, un gato siamés que llegó a su casa cuando no era más que un cachorro blanco que cabía en la palma de su mano y permaneció con ella durante diecisiete años de vida principesca. Una narración autobiográfica que comienza en un pequeño pueblo de la España rural de los ochenta, donde Laura creció atenta al vuelo de los pájaros, rodeada de escarabajos, erizos, perros y gatos, y leyendo cuentos sobre animales al calor del fuego. Unos años después, ya afincada en Barcelona, Laura seguirá cultivando su amor por la naturaleza y prodigando pasión a su mascota.Un relato emocionante de una relación afectiva aderezada con mil y una curiosidades del mundo gatuno y sabios consejos para cualquier amante de estos animales.La crítica ha dicho sobre la autora...Una personalísima estética, que es la mayor rúbrica que puede custodiar la obra de c
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New Directions Publishing Corporation The Driver's Seat
Driven mad by an office job, Lise flies south on holiday — in search of passionate adventure and sex. In this metaphysical shocker, infinity and eternity attend Lise’s last terrible day in the unnamed southern city that is her final destination.
£12.28
Independently Published Jill and the Prize Winners
£11.81
Willow Creek Press Road Trip Trivia: Fun Conversations and Discussions for the Road
Spark conversations and make memories that will last a lifetime with this fun, road-trip-themed trivia guide.
£9.04
Andrews McMeel Publishing Tee Time in Berzerkistan A Doonesbury Book 31
The latest Doonesbury comic from Garry Trudeau continues to amuse readers and spark controversy with its own visual brand of political satire.
£16.99
New Directions Publishing Corporation A Far Cry from Kensington
Rich and slim, the celebrated author Nancy Hawkins takes us in hand and leads us back to her threadbare years in postwar London, where she spends her days working for a mad, near-bankrupt publisher (“of very good books”) and her nights dispensing advice at her small South Kensington rooming house. Everywhere Mrs. Hawkins finds evil: with aplomb, however, she confidently sets about putting things to order, to terrible effect.
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New Directions Publishing Corporation Loitering with Intent
Happily loitering about London, c. 1949, with the intent of gathering material for her writing, Fleur Talbot finds a job “on the grubby edge of the literary world” at the very peculiar Autobiographical Association. Mad egomaniacs writing their memoirs in advance — or poor fools ensnared by a blackmailer? When the association’s pompous director steals Fleur’s manuscript, fiction begins to appropriate life.
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New Directions Publishing Corporation Symposium: A Novel
One October evening five posh London couples gather for a dinner party, enjoying "the pheasant (flambe in cognac as it is)" and waiting for the imminent arrival of the late-coming guest Hilda Damien, who has been unavoidably detained due to the fact that she is being murdered at this very moment Symposium was applauded by Time magazine for the "sinister elegance" of Muriel Spark's "medium of light but lethal comedy." Mixed in are a Monet, a mad uncle, some unconventional nuns, and a burglary ring run by a rent-a-butler. Symposium stars a perfectly evil young woman (a classic sweet-faced hair-raising Sparkian horror) who has married rich Hilda's son by hook or by crook, hooking him at the fruit counter of Harrod's. There is also spiritual conversationand the Bordeaux is superb. "The prevailing mood is urbane: the wine is poured, the talk continues, and all the time the ice on which the protagonists' world rests is being thinned from beneath, by boiling emotions and ugly motives .No living writer handles the tension between formality of expression and subversiveness of thought more elegantly." (The Independent on Sunday).
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Diogenes Verlag AG In sturmzerzauster Welt Die Bronts
£15.00
HarperCollins Publishers The Tower of Living and Dying (Empires of Dust, Book 2)
KING OF RUIN. KING OF DUST AND SHADOWS. KING OF DEATH. HE WILL RULE ALL. THE KING IS COMING. Marith Altrersyr – father-killer, dragonlord, leader of the blood-soaked Amrath Army – is keeping his promises. He is determined to become King of all Irlast and take back the seat of his ancestors. Only Thalia, once high priestess of the Lord of Living and Dying, the holiest woman in the Empire, might stop Marith and his army’s deadly march. But she is torn between two destinies – and if she was to return home, what would she fi nd there? A city on the brink of ruin: diseased, despairing, dying? Crawling through a tunnel deep under the ruins of her city, Landra Relast vows vengeance. Her family has been burned, her home destroyed, and now Marith – once her betrothed – must die. But as Landra cuts through the wasteland left in the wake of Marith’s army, she finds that she is not the only one who wishes him ill…
£8.99
O'Reilly Media Data Analytics with Hadoop
Ready to use statistical and machine-learning techniques across large data sets? This practical guide shows you why the Hadoop ecosystem is perfect for the job. Instead of deployment, operations, or software development usually associated with distributed computing, you'll focus on particular analyses you can build, the data warehousing techniques that Hadoop provides, and higher order data workflows this framework can produce. Data scientists and analysts will learn how to perform a wide range of techniques, from writing MapReduce and Spark applications with Python to using advanced modeling and data management with Spark MLlib, Hive, and HBase. You'll also learn about the analytical processes and data systems available to build and empower data products that can handle-and actually require-huge amounts of data. Understand core concepts behind Hadoop and cluster computing Use design patterns and parallel analytical algorithms to create distributed data analysis jobs Learn about data management, mining, and warehousing in a distributed context using Apache Hive and HBase Use Sqoop and Apache Flume to ingest data from relational databases Program complex Hadoop and Spark applications with Apache Pig and Spark DataFrames Perform machine learning techniques such as classification, clustering, and collaborative filtering with Spark's MLlib
£25.19
McGraw-Hill Education Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals 2E
The long-awaited revision of the most respected resource on Internal Combustion Engines --covering the basics through advanced operation of spark-ignition and diesel engines.Written by one of the most recognized and highly regarded names in internal combustion engines this trusted educational resource and professional reference covers the key physical and chemical processes that govern internal combustion engine operation and design. Internal Combustion Engine Fundamentals, Second Edition, has been thoroughly revised to cover recent advances, including performance enhancement, efficiency improvements, and emission reduction technologies. Highly illustrated and cross referenced, the book includes discussions of these engines’ environmental impacts and requirements. You will get complete explanations of spark-ignition and compression-ignition (diesel) engine operating characteristics as well as of engine flow and combustion phenomena and fuel requirements. Coverage includes:•Engine types and their operation•Engine design and operating parameters•Thermochemistry of fuel-air mixtures•Properties of working fluids•Ideal models of engine cycles•Gas exchange processes•Mixture preparation in spark-ignition engines•Charge motion within the cylinder•Combustion in spark-ignition engines•Combustion in compression-ignition engines•Pollutant formation and control•Engine heat transfer•Engine friction and lubrication•Modeling real engine flow and combustion processes•Engine operating characteristics
£148.99
Capstone Press Get Involved in an Art Club
£23.69
New Directions Publishing Corporation Memento Mori
In late 1950s London, something uncanny besets a group of elderly friends: an insinuating voice on the telephone reminds each: Remember you must die. Their geriatric feathers are soon thoroughly ruffled, and many an old unsavory secret is dusted off.
£13.17
New Directions Publishing Corporation The Girls of Slender Means
Like the May of Teck Club itself—"three times window shattered since 1940 but never directly hit"—its lady inhabitants do their best to act as if the world were back to normal: practicing elocution, and jostling over suitors and a single Schiaparelli gown. The novel's harrowing ending reveals that the girls' giddy literary and amorous peregrinations are hiding some tragically painful war wounds. Chosen by Anthony Burgess as one of the Best Modern Novels in the Sunday Times of London, The Girls of Slender Means is a taut and eerily perfect novel by an author The New York Times has called "one of this century's finest creators of comic-metaphysical entertainment."
£12.62
Little, Brown Book Group The Public Image: A Virago Modern Classic
Annabel Christopher is every inch the star: a glamorous actress with a devoted, handsome husband. To keep the paparazzi and her adoring public under her spell, her perfect image must be carefully cultivated, whatever the cost. Beneath the facade, though, her husband cannot bear her or their vapid existence. Envious of her success, he plots his revenge and stages a scandal even Annabel will find a challenge to recover from.
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Little, Brown Book Group The Mandelbaum Gate: A Virago Modern Classic
When Barbara Vaughan's fiancé joins an archaeological excursion to the Dead Sea Scrolls, she takes the opportunity to explore the Holy Land. It is 1961, and the nation of Israel is still in its infancy. For Barbara, a half-Jewish Catholic convert, this is a journey of faith, and she ignores warnings not to cross the Mandelbaum Gate from Israel into Jordan. An adventure of espionage and abduction, from pilgrimage to flight, The Mandelbaum Gate is one of Spark's most compelling novels, and won the James Tait Memorial Prize.
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Faros Books Odysseus and Penelope
Odysseus finally returns to his home island Ithaca and to his wife Penelope. Spark young children’s interest in the timeless Greek mythology with this picturebook packed with legends, adventure and humour! After his legendary adventures, Odysseus manages to return all alone back to his homeland, the island of Ithaca. With the help of the goddess Athena he will eventually fend of his wife’s Penelope suitors, and reunite with her and his beloved son Telemachus. Homer's myth will spark children's interest in the timeless Greek mythology. A picturebook packed with legends, adventure and humour.
£10.99
Little, Brown Book Group A Far Cry From Kensington
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Editorial Sexto Piso Oscuridad total
Oscuridad total es una historia de amor, o, lo que es lo mismo, de desamor y ruptura, sobre la desorientación y el vacío que siguen a todo final, pero alejada de todos los clichés al uso, y con una concepción y una escritura que siguen sorprendiendo por su absoluta modernidad. Cómo enfrentarse a un mundo caótico, a un presente mutable y voraz cuando se tiene el corazón roto? Aunque la protagonista, Kate Ennis, posee las nada desdeñables armas de su afilada inteligencia, de su sensibilidad, de su humor y de su innegociable autonomía, todo son pecios en un vastísimo mar nocturno. No se explicitan demasiado los porqués, Sólo se insinúan los efectos, que asoman y reverberan aquí y allá, en las experiencias del día a día, en excursiones de pesadilla o vivencias surrealistas, para añadir un matiz de desasosiego e incertidumbre. De estructura fragmentaria y alcance poético, acontecimientos en principio dispares se suceden sobre ese fondo común de desorientación y pérdida. Las narraciones, dis
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New Directions Publishing Corporation The Ballad of Peckham Rye
The Ballad of Peckham Rye is a wickedly farcical tale of an English factory town turned upside-down by a Scot who may or may not be in league with the Devil. Dougal Douglas is hired to do “human research” into the lives of the workers, Douglas stirs up mutiny and murder.
£12.49
Diogenes Verlag AG Memento Mori
£21.60
Galley Beggar Press The Leaf Sweeper
£7.02
Oxford University Press Evie and Dr Dino Can We Meet a Dinosaur
Meet Evie and her best friend, Dr Dino.Evie asks lots of questions. Luckily, Dr Dino is there to answer them all. Evie is disappointed to learn that a weekend trip to a nature reserve won''t involve any dino spotting. Evie really wants to meet a dinosaur, so she and Dr Dino zoom back to the prehistoric world in a time machine and find out how the dinosaurs died out . . . or did they?Includes a fold-out section at the end, packed with fascinating dinosaur facts!
£8.42
Oxford University Press Evie and Dr Dino Can We Go to Space Today
Meet Evie and her best friend, Dr Dino. Evie asks lots of questions. Luckily, Dr Dino is there to answer them all. Today, Evie wants to know if she can visit the stars. So, they prepare their rocket and pack their Space Adventure Bag. They set out on a journey that will take them to the Moon, the Sun, Mars and maybe even as far as a star-although, as Evie learns, that is a very long way.Includes a fold-out section at the end, packed with fascinating space facts!
£8.42
Carcanet Press Ltd Essence of the Brontes
First published in 1993, this book brings together Muriel Spark's writings on the Bronte sisters, including a selection of their letters and a selection of Emily Bronte's poems.
£12.95
Penguin Books Ltd The Girls Of Slender Means
'It never really occurred to her that literary men, if they like women at all, do not want literary women but girls.'The May of Teck Club 'exists for the Pecuniary Convenience and Social Protection of Ladies of Slender Means below the age of Thirty Years'. Nevertheless, and though there is a war on, they find the time between elocution lessons to jostle one another over suitors (some more suitable than others) and a single Schiaparelli gown. But can a love of literature, fine clothes and amorous young men save these young ladies from the horrors of the real world?'Unsettling and exhilarating' William Boyd, Daily Telegraph 'An enduring genius' Guardian
£9.04
LaBreu Edicions La plenitud de la senyoreta Brodie
£16.35
Diogenes Verlag AG Die Bltezeit der Miss Jean Brodie
£21.60
Canongate Books The Bachelors
The Bachelors displays the best of Sparkian satire, placing her at the heart of a great literary tradition alongside Waugh and Trollope, Wilde and Wodehouse. It demands rediscovery.'It's easy to see why Waugh admired The Bachelors. On one level, it is a blithely carnivorous satire in the Waugh mould. The bachelors of the title - almost the only men we meet in the narrative - are the thirty-something male barristers, teachers, journalists and museum attendants of a small patch of West London. They lead inturned, doddery, superannuated lives, pottering between grocers, coffee-houses, bedsits and the houses of their mothers and aunts. But the comedy here is serious in a way that Waugh's satanically energetic comedies of misery rarely are . . . comedies of English manners have seldom been darker' Daily Telegraph'My admiration for Spark's contribution to world literature knows no bounds. She was peerless, sparkling, inventive and intelligent - the crème de la crème' Ian Rankin'Muriel Spark's novels linger in the mind as brilliant shards, decisive as a smashed glass is decisive' John Updike, New Yorker
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Canongate Books Spark's Satire: Aiding and Abetting: The Abbess of Crewe: Robinson
From a fraudulent psychiatrist grappling with two equally fraudulent clients in Aiding and Abetting, to the dirty dealings of The Abbess of Crewe's band of corrupt nuns, to the three plane crash survivors of Robinson eking out an existence on an Atlantic island after its resident mystic disappears, these three satires probe the recesses of human fallibility with formidable precision. Spanning five decades, the glittering, sharp and sinister works of Spark's Satire confirm their author as one of our most incisive and wickedly funny satirists.
£12.99
Little, Brown Book Group Territorial Rights: A Virago Modern Classic
Robert wants nothing more than to become a serious art historian. But his hopes for an academic life are put on hold when he's driven from London to Venice to escape one lover and seek out another: the enigmatic Bulgarian refugee Lina Pancev. In Venice, Robert encounters a grand carnival of lust, lies, blackmail, cocktail parties and regicide. As he chases Lina, his heart's desire, the city itself provides a priceless education in love, art and beauty.
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Penguin Books Ltd The Prime Of Miss Jean Brodie
'One of the greatest books about growing up' James Wood, Guardian'You girls are my vocation . . . I am dedicated to you in my prime'Miss Jean Brodie is a schoolmistress with a difference. She is proud, cultured and romantic but her educational ideas are highly progressive and even deeply shocking. So when she decides to transform a group of 'special girls' into the crème de la crème at Marcia Blaine School they are soon known, perhaps suspiciously, as the Brodie set.Introduced to an unsettling world of adult games and curious intrigues, the Brodie Set know that they are privileged. Yet there is a price to pay - they must give Miss Brodie their undivided loyalty . . .'The most gifted and innovative British novelist of her generation' David Lodge, The New York Times'Spark's novels linger in the mind as brilliant shards' John Updike, New Yorker
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Flame Tree Publishing A Sword of Bronze and Ashes
A Sword of Bronze and Ashes combines the fierce beauty of Celtic myth with grimdark battle violence. It's a lyrical, folk horror high fantasy. Kanda has a good life until shadows from her past return threatening everything she loves. And Kanda, like any parent, has things in her past she does not want her children to know. Red war is coming: pursued by an ancient evil, Kanda must call upon all her strength to protect her family. But how can she keep her children safe, if they want to stand as warriors beside her when the light fades and darkness rises? FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
£20.00
White Star The Great Book of Legendary Witches and Wizards
Slavic traditions. The Legends of King Arthur. Korean folklore. Greek mythology. A global reference book for a world of magical creatures, witches and warlocks. A book that puts emphasis on inclusion and the fantastical.Each magical being is given its own space and spread, with a dedicated description, list of facts, highlights, and short stories. This book can open children up to different cultures; spark their interest in a particular world of mythology; be the source of imaginative play and creative expression; as well as the spark for engaging conversation. Age: 7+
£14.99
Workman Publishing 50 Hikes with Kids New York, Pennsylvania, and New Jersey
Spark a love of nature! Handcrafted for caregivers that want to spark a love of nature, 50 Hikes with Kids highlights the most kid-friendly hikes in New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania. These hikes are perfect for little legs—they are all under five miles and have an elevation gain of 900 feet of less. Every entry includes the essential details: easy-to-read, trustworthy directions; a detailed map; hike length and elevation gain; bathroom access; and where to grab a bite to eat nearby. Full-color photographs highlight the fun things to see along the trail.
£16.99
Cambridge University Press Uncover Level 1 Student's Book
Uncover a whole new world! Captivating Discovery Educationâ„¢ video and stimulating global topics engage teenage learners and spark their curiosity. Developed in partnership with Discovery Education™, Uncover combines captivating video and stimulating global topics to motivate students and spark their curiosity, fostering more meaningful learning experiences. Up to four videos in every unit make learning relevant and create opportunities for deeper understanding. Guided, step-by-step activities and personalized learning tasks lead to greater speaking and writing fluency. Complete digital support, including extra online practice activities and access to the Cambridge Learning Management platform is also available.
£36.76
Knights Of Media Keedie
Set in Juniper five years before A Kind of Spark comes a powerful coming-of-age story from award-winning author Elle McNicoll.
£7.99
HarperCollins Publishers The Court of Broken Knives (Empires of Dust, Book 1)
Perfect for fans of Mark Lawrence and R Scott Bakker, The Court of Broken Knives is the explosive debut by one of grimdark fantasy’s most exciting new voices. They’ve finally looked at the graveyard of our Empire with open eyes. They’re fools and madmen and like the art of war. And their children go hungry while we piss gold and jewels into the dust. In the richest empire the world has ever known, the city of Sorlost has always stood, eternal and unconquered. But in a city of dreams governed by an imposturous Emperor, decadence has become the true ruler, and has blinded its inhabitants to their vulnerability. The empire is on the verge of invasion – and only one man can see it. Haunted by dreams of the empire’s demise, Orhan Emmereth has decided to act. On his orders, a company of soldiers cross the desert to reach the city. Once they enter the Palace, they have one mission: kill the Emperor, then all those who remain. Only from ashes can a new empire be built. The company is a group of good, ordinary soldiers, for whom this is a mission like any other. But the strange boy Marith who walks among them is no ordinary soldier. Marching on Sorlost, Marith thinks he is running away from the past which haunts him. But in the Golden City, his destiny awaits him – beautiful, bloody, and more terrible than anyone could have foreseen.
£9.99
HarperCollins Publishers The House of Sacrifice (Empires of Dust, Book 3)
A powerhouse grimdark fantasy of bloodshed, ambition, and fate, The House of Sacrifice is the thunderous conclusion to Anna Smith Spark's Empires of Dust trilogy, which began with The Court of Broken Knives. Hail Him. Behold Him.Man-killer, life-stealer, death-bringer, life’s thief.All are bound to Him,His word is law.The night coming, the sudden light that makes the eyes blind,Golden one, shining, glorious.Life’s judgement, life’s pleasure, hope’s grave. Marith Altrersyr has won. He cut a path of blood and vengeance and needless violence around the world and now he rules. It is time for Marith to put down his sword, to send home his armies, to grow a beard and become fat. It is time to look to his own house, and to produce an heir. The King of Death must now learn to live. But some things cannot be learnt. The spoils of war turn to ash in the mouths of the Amrath Army and soon they are on the move again. But Marith, lord of lies, dragon-killer, father-killer, has begun to falter and his mind decays. How long can a warlord rotting from within continue to win? As the Army marches on to Sorlost, Thalia’s thoughts turn to home and to the future: a life grows inside her and it is a precious thing – but it grows weak. Why must the sins of the father curse the child? A glorious, ambitious and bloodily brilliant conclusion that threads together a masterful tapestry of language and story, holding up a piercing reflection on epic fantasy – and those who love it.
£8.99
Cambridge University Press Uncover Level 3 Student's Book
Uncover a whole new world! Captivating Discovery Educationâ„¢ video and stimulating global topics engage teenage learners and spark their curiosity. Developed in partnership with Discovery Education™, Uncover combines captivating video and stimulating global topics to motivate students and spark their curiosity, fostering more meaningful learning experiences. Up to four videos in every unit make learning relevant and create opportunities for deeper understanding. Guided, step-by-step activities and personalized learning tasks lead to greater speaking and writing fluency. Complete digital support, including extra online practice activities and access to the Cambridge Learning Management platform is also available.
£36.76
Cambridge University Press Eyes Open Level 1 Workbook with Online Practice
Captivating Discovery Educationâ video and stimulating global topics spark curiosity and engage teenage learners. Developed in partnership with Discovery Educationâ, Eyes Open features captivating Discovery Educationâ video and stimulating global topics to motivate students and spark their curiosity. This version of the Workbook includes access to the online learning management platform with extra resources, games and interactive video activities. Teachers can use the platform to track students' progress and ensure more effective learning. A Student's Book and Online Workbook pack with link to the learning management platform is also available.
£24.10
Orbit The House of Sacrifice
£16.99
Flame Tree Publishing A Sword of Bronze and Ashes
A Sword of Bronze and Ashes combines the fierce beauty of Celtic myth with grimdark battle violence. It's a lyrical, folk horror high fantasy. Kanda has a good life until shadows from her past return threatening everything she loves. And Kanda, like any parent, has things in her past she does not want her children to know. Red war is coming: pursued by an ancient evil, Kanda must call upon all her strength to protect her family. But how can she keep her children safe, if they want to stand as warriors beside her when the light fades and darkness rises? FLAME TREE PRESS is the imprint of long-standing independent Flame Tree Publishing, dedicated to full-length original fiction in the horror and suspense, science fiction & fantasy, and crime / mystery / thriller categories. The list brings together fantastic new authors and the more established; the award winners, and exciting, original voices. Learn more about Flame Tree Press at www.flametreepress.com and connect on social media @FlameTreePress
£12.95
