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From the inmates of Shotts prison, an accretion of voices not unlike the sounds erupting from the fiddles, flutes and guitars of musicians you might find playing in a Glasgow bar, only these disparate voices are not musical. Instead, a finely tuned array of words expressing thoughts and emotions procured from their writers’ time in prison: “Porridge, a breakfast people make in pots./ But I’m doing porridge here in SHOTTS.” In one of the prose pieces, a grandfather pretends to his visiting grandson that he’s a secret agent on his final mission signalling to the reader his retirement from crime; in another, there is the ongoing concern for an elderly father at home with senile dementia: “... he’s ducking behind the curtain ... I don’t know if I can cope with this today.” Haiku and longer poetic forms capture the interminable frustration of being inside and the effect this has on the human psyche: “Go off the rails/End up in the cells/Apply for bail/Application fail// Back to jail/howl and wail.” One reflection on the emotional difficulty of being transgender in a system that does little to offer support adds poignancy to an anthology that is already thrumming with humour and attitude.

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James Fenton, a Whitbread-winning poet praised for his own love poetry, gathers together the best lyric poems originating in the English language. Ranging from the sixteenth century to the present day, The New Faber Book of Love Poems contains a fantastic mix of classics and popular favourites, as well as blues lyrics, American folk poetry, Elizabethan lyrics and Broadway songs. There are poems by men about women, women about men, men about men and women about women - in short, something for everyone, and a must-have for everyone's bookshelf.

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This unique new series presents its story as prose by Ridley married with beautifully realised colour illustrations from a selection of exciting illustrators and comics artists. Extensively researched and masterfully executed, THE OTHER HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE promises to be an experience unlike any other. You may think you know the history of the DC Universe...but the truth is far more complex. THE OTHER HISTORY OF THE DC UNIVERSE isn't about saving the world--it's about having the strength to simply be who you are. Collects The Other History of the DC Universe #1-5.

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A riveting selection of short stories in Spanish alongside their English translations This new dual-language edition of ten stories selected from The Penguin Book of Spanish Short Stories celebrates some of the very best twentieth-century literature from Spain. Each story appears in Spanish alongside an expert English translation, providing unique cultural insight and literary inspiration for language learners. Ranging from a poignant tale of betrayal to a darkly humorous exchange between wedding guests, this captivating collection includes works from authors such as Leopoldo Alas (Clarín), Cristina Fernández Cubas, Medardo Fraile, Carmen Martín Gaite, Karmele Jaio, Carmen Laforet, Javier Marías, Carme Riera, Manuel Rivas, and Esther Tusquets.

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In this lively collection, wine snobs receive their comeuppance at the hands of Roald Dahl and Edgar Allan Poe; innocents over-imbibe in tales by Jack London and Alice Munro; riotous partying exacts a comic price in stories by P. G. Wodehouse and Kingsley Amis; Charles Jackson and Jean Rhys chronicle liquor-soaked epiphanies; while John Cheever, Vladimir Nabokov and Robert Coover set their characters afloat on surreal, soul-revealing adventures. Here, too, are well-lubricated tales by Dickens, Twain, Beckett, Colette, Dorothy Parker, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Doris Lessing, Frank O'Connor, Penelope Lively, and many more.The settings include hotels and restaurants, a wine cellar in Italy, a café in Paris, a bar in Dublin, a New York nightclub, Jazz Age speakeasies, suburban lawn parties and the occasional gaol cell, and are peopled by lovers and loners, barmen and chorus girls, youths taking their first sips and experienced tipplers nursing hangovers.Whether living it up or drowning their sorrows, the vividly drawn characters in these sparkling pages will leave you shaken and stirred.

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In this beautifully packaged anthology A. S. Byatt, Alice Munro, Elizabeth Bowen, Sherwood Anderson, Edith Wharton, Anita Desai, Colm Tóibín, Lorrie Moore and many others reflect upon all aspects of motherhood in stories lyrical and satirical, realistic and fantastic, hilarious and heartbreaking. Here at last is a gift-book that is neither sentimental nor 'inspirational', offering instead high-quality literary fiction which will continue to entertain long after the chocolates have been eaten and the flowers thrown away.

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A beautifully illustrated collection of over twenty stories of excitement, magic and humour. Includes well-known classics such as ‘The Little Mermaid’, ‘Treasure Island’ and ‘The Princess and the Pea’ along with some original tales such as ‘The Bed Monster’s Secret’ and ‘The Pesky Parrot’. With a ribbon marker, this beautiful hardback book makes a gorgeous gift.

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This fantastic book is packed with the best skills, tips and tricks you’ll need on the pitch. Covers all areas of playing the "beautiful game", from the basics of attacking and defending to the complexities of making a perfect corner kick and obeying the offside rule. The pocket-sized paperback format makes this book perfect for both players and coaches. Everything you need for a summer of football!

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A fantastic treasury of traditional stories guaranteed to delight and entertain young children. Includes lively retellings of ten classic fairy tales by authors such as the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen, including The Frog Prince, Little Red Riding Hood and The Swan Princess. All stories feature charming and vivid illustrations. A wonderful giftbook with an attractive hardback cover and a ribbon marker.

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These ten wonderful stories whisk you to magical worlds where gingerbread men come to life, dragons lurk in caves, and giants live at the top of beanstalks. Each adventure is delightfully illustrated and the perfect length for snuggling up and enjoying at bedtime.

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VISIONARY HONOURS BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020 Celebrate the fifth anniversary of PROUD in this dazzling new edition of the anthology, featuring a brand-new story and artwork. A stirring, bold and moving anthology of stories and poetry by top LGBTQ+ YA authors and new talent, giving their unique responses to the broad theme of pride. Each story has an illustration by an artist identifying as part of the LGBTQ+ community. Compiled by Juno Dawson, author of THIS BOOK IS GAY and CLEAN. A celebration of LGBTQ+ talent, PROUD is a thought-provoking, funny, emotional read. Contributors: Steve Antony, Dean Atta, Kip Alizadeh, Fox Benwell, Alex Bertie, Caroline Bird, Kathi Burke, Tanya Byrne, Moïra Fowley, Frank Duffy, Simon James Green, Leo Greenfield, Saffa Khan, Karen Lawler, David Levithan, Priyanka Meenakshi, Alice Oseman, Michael Lee Richardson, David Roberts, Cynthia So, Kay Staples, Jessica Vallance, K Valentin and Kameron White.

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Cambridge Experience Readers is an award-winning series of graded readers including original fiction, adapted fiction and non-fiction especially written for teenagers. A terrifying collection of short stories for horror fans: the heart of a dead man won't stop beating; a girl's strange new employer holds a dark secret; a tree hides something terrible; body-snatchers encounter a surprise; a woman is obsessed by a man that only she can see; a rich man shows his poor cousin his dangerous Brazilian cat and many more! This paperback is in British English. Download the complete audio recording of this title and additional classroom resources at cambridge.org/experience-readers Cambridge Experience Readers get teenagers hooked on reading.

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It s a new day in Gotham. Bane has been vanquished, but both the city and its champion are still struggling to pick up the pieces. Deathstroke, the world s greatest mercenary, is back in town under a new contract. Soon other hired killers follow, and Batman is surrounded by assassins as well as Gotham s own dangerous players, from the Riddler to the Penguin to Harley Quinn. As the Caped Crusader draws closer to uncovering the figure pulling the strings, the love of his life, Catwoman, holds the sinister secret in her claws. Can Batman pry it from her without tearing their relationship apart? And will it be enough to stop the coming plot against him? The start of a bold new chapter in the Batman saga unfolds from writer JAMES TYNION IV and artists GUILLEM MARCH, TONY S. DANIEL, CARLO PAGULAYAN, JORGE JIMENEZ, and more. Collects stories from Batman #85-94 and Batman Secret Files #3, and features the debut of breakout character Punchline!

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Adventure Ahoy! Young shipmates can solve the captain's code, make up their own pirate name and colour in a treasure ship under attack. All answers and solutions are at the back of the book.

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Edited by Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman, The Black Agenda is a bold and urgent move towards social justice through a profound collection of essays featuring Black scholars and experts across economics, education, health, climate, and technology. It speaks to the question 'What's next for America?' on the subjects of policy-making, mental health, artificial intelligence, climate movement, the future of work, the LGBTQ community, the criminal legal system, and much more. Essayists including Dr. Sandy Darity, Dr. Hedwig Lee, Mary Heglar, and Janelle Jones present ground-breaking ideas ranging from Black maternal and infant health to reparations to AI bias to inclusive economic policy, with the potential to uplift and heal not only Black America, but the entire country.

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Social justice, inclusion, and person-centredness are the cornerstones of occupational therapy but despite this, the experiences and inequities faced by Black and minoritised populations in health and social care often go unseen and unattended in occupational therapy practice.This timely book provides a compendium of global insights into the inequities faced by Black and minoritised groups in health and social care and considers how key changes in occupational therapy practice and education can redress disparities. Each contributor is active in the occupational therapy community and is incredibly well placed to provide guidance and practical suggestions on how to create sustainable, antiracist practice and disrupt the current status quo.Invaluable to occupational therapy professional bodies, academics, and students alike, this expansive collection of voices is essential reading for those looking to redress the imbalance of power caused by racism.

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A handy-sized book with 50 fun, step-by-step experiments and activities for young scientists. Activities include creating a light and shadow show, separating colors in a fascinating ink experiment, creating a foaming monster using chemical reactions and lots more! Each page displays step-by-step instructions for how to complete the activity as well as a simple explanation of the science behind it. An excellent book to introduce children to scientific concepts in a fun and interactive way.

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"The Songs of the South" is an anthology first compiled in the second century A.D. Its poems, originating from the state of Chu and rooted in Shamanism, are grouped under seventeen titles and contain all that we know of Chinese poetry's ancient beginnings. The earliest poems were composed in the fourth century B.C. and almost half of them are traditionally ascribed to Qu Yuan.

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To celebrate 10 years of Nobrow we are curating an extra special edition of the Nobrow magazine, featuring 70 artists responding to our theme of `Studio Dreams’. In 2010 we commissioned Jan Van der Veken to illustrate our dream studio and his illustration provided the perfect starting point for this 10th edition. World-renowned creators turn their hand to creating their dream studio spaces (whatever that might mean for each one) in this unique, international showcase containing over 100 pages of illustration.

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Packed with simple craft and cooking activities with a Christmassy theme, using things you'll easily find to hand about the house. Make everything from garlands and gift tags to reindeer snacks and wrapping paper.

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Keep little ones busy on holiday with this entertaining activity book, packed with nearly 100 holiday-themed puzzles, dot-to-dots, wordsearches, spot-the-differences and more. The fun activities will help children develop vital reading, writing, counting and observation skills, and all the answers are included at the back of the book.

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A boredom-busting book of activities that will keep children busy for hours. With write-in games such as navigating a forest maze and spot the difference between two holiday buses, as well as scavenger hunts, and games such as "four in a row" and battleships to play in a group. Wherever you're going, this will make your journey fly by.

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THE END IS HERE! Six hundred million people. That's how many fall victim when a mysterious techno-organic virus is unleased on Earth. Six hundred million infected. Six hundred million turned into mindless, rampaging killers bent on death and destruction.And that's just the beginning.Collecting DCeased, DCeased: Unkillables, DCeased: Dead Planet, DCeased: Hope At World's End, and DCeased: War of the Undead Gods—the DCeased Box Set contains all the world-ending drama you've been searching for!

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An entertaining activity book jam-packed with simple word, number and picture puzzles for little children to enjoy while developing vital skills in reading, writing, counting and observation. Activities include mazes, puzzles, word searches, spot the differences and more. Answers for the puzzles are included at the back of the book.

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An action-packed and colourful first activity book for little children. Activities include mazes, puzzles and colouring activities, plus four pages of stickers of animals, people, robots, dragons, spaceships and lots more! Children can stick race cars onto the track, help brave knights battle dragons and spot the animals on the farm. Answers for the puzzles and mazes are included at the back of the book.

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Written by PAUL DINI, BRUCE TIMM and GLENN MURAKAMI Art by BRUCE TIMM, MIKE PAROBECK, MATT WAGNER, DAN DECARLO, KLAUS JANSON and GLENN MURAKAMI Cover by BRUCE TIMM Now in trade paperback, this fantastic collection features the origin of Harley Quinn, co-starring The Joker and Poison Ivy. Also included are tales starring The Scarecrow, Ra’s al Ghul, Mr. Freeze and Batgirl from BATMAN ADVENTURES ANNUAL #1-2, BATMAN ADVENTURES HOLIDAY SPECIAL, ADVENTURES IN THE DC UNIVERSE #3 and BATMAN BLACK AND WHITE #1. On sale AUGUST 31 • 208 pg, FC, $17.99 US

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What does it mean to be silenced, to be censored? Or perhaps, more importantly, what does it mean to break free? This beautifully illustrated anthology celebrates high quality fiction and non-fiction short story writing from authors all over the world. Bringing together 12 exciting and emerging international voices, this collection explores the censoring of the past, present, future, the self, the state, and the effects of censorship on everyday life. As a provocation, this book will provide readers with a diverse, relatable and surprising look at censorship and what it means to be silenced - or, perhaps more importantly, what it means to break free.

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Each big page in this fun-packed book features a jolly Christmas scene, crammed full of things to spot, puzzles to solve and details to doodle and draw, and there are more puzzles and pictures to colour on the back of each sheet.

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