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Taj Books Cezanne
£7.96
Edward Everett Root Hannah Lynch's Irish Girl Rebels: 'A Girl Revolutionist' and 'Marjory Maurice'
£29.99
Fircone Books Ltd A Brush with the Borders
£25.00
Shoestring Press In the Dangerous Cloakroom
£9.92
North Star Editions Coding: The Future of Coding
Explains new inventions made possible by coding, including key concepts such as artificial intelligence and the Internet of Things. Easy-to-read text, informative sidebars, and helpful diagrams make this book an engaging read for avid technology fans and readers who are new to computer coding.
£10.99
Pearson Education Limited Gold XP A2 SBKDVDROM Pk
Topic-based units offer thorough input and practice of reading, writing, listening and speaking skills, with vocabulary and grammar presented in situations which exemplify their meaning and use. - Switch On to watch authentic TV clips and video podcasts - each unit of the course has video material that's fully integrated with topic and tasks. Power Up what teenagers know and get them sharing their ideas and knowledge of the world. Word XP, Grammar XP, Language XP tips and guidance take language skills to the next level. Speak Up, Listen Up, Write On sections teach new language in a personalised context helping students to engage, create and share. Exam tips give useful advice on how to develop and practise all skills for Cambridge English for Schools exams. Revision sections reinforce the vocabulary and grammar students have learnt. MyEnglishLab is an online platform that helps with vocabulary and grammar practice. It instantly grades student answers and gives them meaningful feedba
£33.30
Pearson Education Limited Level 4 Disney Kids Readers Moana Pack
Discover the magic of stories: Read and learn with Disney friends With the brand-new Disney Readers series, young learners can build their reading skills with the help of engaging Disney stories and characters they know and enjoy. * Created to be used both at school and at home * Helps young learners expand their reading in a fun and motivating way * Audobook, extra learning content and activities included* * Aligned to the Global Scale of English and Common European Framework * Lexile text measure 460 As a little girl, Moana loved her grandmother''s stories a
£9.72
Pearson Education Limited Level 1 Disney Kids Readers Dumbo Pack
Discover the magic of stories: Read and learn with Disney friends With the brand-new Disney Readers series, young learners can build their reading skills with the help of engaging Disney stories and characters they know and enjoy. * Created to be used both at school and at home * Helps young learners expand their reading in a fun and motivating way * Audobook, extra learning content and activities included* * Aligned to the Global Scale of English and Common European Framework * Lexile text measure 250 Dumbo is a baby elephant with big ears. Big, BIG, BIG EARS
£9.72
Stackpole Books Vintage Knit Hats: 21 Patterns for Timeless Fashions
A collection of classic, stylish knitted winterwear from the craft's rich past. This book presents 21 hat patterns for men, women, and children, all updated with modern terminology and abbreviations. From classic fair-isle snow hats to slouchy brimmed caps, there is something here for every taste and skill level.
£10.62
University of Wales Press Catalonia: National Identity and Cultural Policy, 1980-2003
This book examines the cultural policy of the Catalan Autonomous Government under the leadership of Jordi Pujol and his party, Convergencia i Unio, which were in power from the post-Franco transitional period of 1980 to Pujol's retirement in 2003. Examining issues of national identity and cultural nationalism in the context of globalization, multiculturalism and the commodification of culture, the book looks at how Pujol's government attempted to tackle these challenges.
£15.00
Random House USA Inc Baseball Ballerina
£6.52
Harvard University Press Necropolis Disease Power and Capitalism in the Cotton Kingdom
£18.95
Bloomsbury Publishing USA Imaging Pilgrimage: Art as Embodied Experience
£23.33
Verlagsgruppe Random House GmbH Gute Geister
£12.95
DC Books,Canada Saddest Place on Earth
£12.59
Granta Books Being Wrong: Adventures in the Margin of Error
Being wrong is an inescapable part of being alive. And yet we go through life tacitly assuming (or loudly insisting) that we are right about nearly everything - from our political beliefs to our private memories, from our grasp of scientific fact to the merits of our favourite team. Being Wrong looks at why this conviction has such a powerful grip on us, what happens when this conviction is shaken, and how we interpret the moral, political and psychological significance of being wrong. Drawing on philosophies old and new and cutting-edge neuroscience, Schulz offers an exploration of the allure of certainty and the necessity of fallibility in four main areas: in religion (when the end of the world fails to be nigh); in politics (where were those WMD?); in memory (where are my keys?); and in love (when Mr or Ms Right becomes Mr or Ms Wrong).
£10.99
Hardie Grant Books (UK) Natural Dyeing: Learn How to Create Colour and Dye Textiles Naturally
Natural Dyeing reveals the endless possibilities of plant-based dyes and how they will inspire you for years to come.Natural Dyeing explores the versatility of plant-based dyes, from understanding, choosing and preparing your fibre for dyeing to foraging for your dyes and the different dyeing methods used. You can then put your skills to the test with eight projects, including a Silk-dyed Bandana, Furoshiki-inspired bag and a Korean-style Cloth used to wrap gifts.Natural Dyeing inspires you to experiment with natural dyes to give old garments a new lease of life, to create beautiful tablecloths and napkins from offcuts of linen and to inject a pop of colour into your cushions.
£14.39
Crossway Books Lost in the Caverns , Volume 3
In the third book of the Dream Keeper Saga, Lily McKinley must help Prince Rowan rescue his kin from the wicked king Magnus to restore the kingdom of the Mist Elves and share Prince Pax’s message of hope.
£11.99
Crossway Books The Dragon and the Stone (The Dream Keeper Saga Book 1)
When 12-year-old Lily McKinley finds her deceased father’s stone pendant, she is transported to a new dimension where she must battle evil nightmares with the help of a dragon named Cedric to save the dream keepers and rescue the Realm.
£10.99
KO Kids Books Zero
Zero is a big round number. When she looks at herself, she just sees a hole right in her center. Every day she watches the other numbers line up to count: "1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 ...!" "Those numbers have value. That's why they count," she thinks. But how could a number worth nothing become something? Zero feels empty inside. She watches One having fun with the other numbers. One has bold strokes and squared corners. Zero is big and round with no corners at all. "If I were like One, then I can count too," she thinks. So she pushes and pulls, stretches and straightens, forces and flattens herself, but in the end she realizes that she can only be Zero. As budding young readers learn about numbers and counting, they are also introduced to accepting different body types, developing social skills and character, and learning what it means to find value in yourself and in others.
£12.99
Stackpole Books Vintage Crochet Hats and Accessories: 23 Classic Hats, Shawls, and Bags
Join in the comeback of the vintage look by making your own hats, handbags, and more in classic styles. These 23 patterns include accessories for women, men, and children, all with a vintage-chic look. 23 patterns for hats, purses and tote bags, shawls and more. All the patterns have been fully tested and edited to appeal to a contemporary audience; terminology and yarn information has been updated. Styles for all tastes and ages. Patterns range from easy to experienced.
£10.62
Random House USA Inc Duck and His Friends
£6.23
Ozark Mountain Publishing Time: The Second Secret
£12.69
Candlestick Press Ten Poems for a Wedding
£7.13
Ransom Publishing ILMFG (I Love My Friends Guy)
£7.15
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Living in Medieval England: The Turbulent Year of 1326
1326 was one of the most dramatic years in English history. The queen of England, Isabella of France, invaded the country with an army of mercenaries to destroy her husband's powerful and detested lover, Hugh Despenser the Younger, and brought down her husband King Edward II in the process. It was also a year, however, when the majority of English people carried on living their normal, ordinary lives: Eleyne Glaswreghte ran her own successful glass-making business in London, Jack Cressing the master carpenter repaired the beams in a tower of Kenilworth Castle, Alis Coleman sold her best ale at a penny and a half for a gallon in Byfleet, and Will Muleward made the king 'laugh greatly' when he spent time with him at a wedding in Marlborough. England sweltered in one of the hottest, driest summers of the Middle Ages, a whale washed ashore at Walton-on-the-Naze, and the unfortunate John Toly died when he relieved himself out of the window of his London house at midnight, and lost his balance. _Living in Medieval England: The Turbulent Year of 1326_ tells the true and fascinating stories of the men and women alive in England in this most eventful year, narrated chronologically with a chapter devoted to each month.
£19.99
Pen & Sword Books Ltd Daughters of Edward I
In 1254 the teenage heir to the English throne married a Spanish bride, the sister of the king of Castile, in Burgos, and their marriage of thirty-six years proved to be one of the great royal romances of the Middle Ages. Edward I of England and Leonor of Castile had at least fourteen children together, though only six survived into adulthood, five of them daughters. _Daughters of Edward I_ traces the lives of these five capable, independent women, including Joan of Acre, born in the Holy Land, who defied her father by marrying a second husband of her own choice, and Mary, who did not let her forced veiling as a nun stand in the way of the life she really wanted to live. The women's stories span the decades from the 1260s to the 1330s, through the long reign of their father, the turbulent reign of their brother Edward II, and into the reign of their nephew, the child-king Edward III.
£22.50
Hodder & Stoughton Malicious Intent
Dr Anya Crichton, a pathologist and forensic physician, finds that work is sparse for the only female freelancer in the field. Between paying child support, a mortgage and struggling to get her business off the ground, Anya can't yet afford to fight her ex-husband for custody of their three-year-old son, Ben.When Anya is asked to look into the seemingly innocent suicide of a teenager, Anya notices similarities between the girl's death and several other cases she is working on with her friend and colleague, Detective Sergeant Kate Farrer. All the victims went missing for a period of time, only to be found dead of apparent suicide in most unusual circumstances.As Anya delves deeper, the pathological findings point to the frightening possibility that the deaths are not only linked, but part of a sinister plot. Nothing can prepare her for the terrifying truth...
£9.99
Penguin Books Ltd The Help
***The phenomenal international bestseller that inspired the Oscar-nominated film***Enter a vanished and unjust world: Jackson, Mississippi, 1962. Where black maids raise white children, but aren't trusted not to steal the silver . . .There's Aibileen, raising her seventeenth white child and nursing the hurt caused by her own son's tragic death; Minny, whose cooking is nearly as sassy as her tongue; and white Miss Skeeter, home from College, who wants to know why her beloved maid has disappeared.Skeeter, Aibileen and Minny. No one would believe they'd be friends; fewer still would tolerate it. But as each woman finds the courage to cross boundaries, they come to depend and rely upon one another. Each is in a search of a truth. And together they have an extraordinary story to tell...'The other side of Gone with the Wind - and just as unputdownable' The Sunday Times'A big, warm girlfriend of a book' The Times'Harper Lee's classic novel To Kill a Mockingbird has changed lives. Its direct descendent The Help has the same potential . . . an astonishing feat of accomplishment' Daily Express
£9.99
Quercus Publishing Separate Lives
Your partner of ten years, and the father of your children, receives a text. You happen to see it. 'Start living a different kind of life ... P :-) xxx'. You don't know anyone with the initial P, so what's with the smiley face and the kisses? Narrated by Susie, her partner Alex and the mysterious 'P', Separate Lives is an achingly funny, moving and honest portrayal of marriage and adultery. These characters are never less than totally human. You'll have met people like them. They might even be you.
£7.19
Cambridge University Press Cambridge Global English Starters Activity Book C
A fun course to get young children ready to learn in English. This write-in workbook provides extra activities linked to the learner's book theme and objectives. These include labelling pictures, drawing characters and finding images within a story. They help develop the comprehension and critical thinking skills children need for successful learning.
£8.33
Radius Books Céline Bodin: The Hunt
A photographic encyclopedia of Western female hairstyles across the ages In The Hunt, London-based French photographer Céline Bodin (born 1990) creates a concise survey of female hairstyles across various periods in time, within the framework of Western culture. The series reflects upon the pictorial qualities of hair: studying its materiality and its ability to convey identity, while also recalling the Victorian “hair medallion”—a small, decorative keepsake made from an ornate curl of a loved one's hair, a pre-photographic memento that draws connections between portraiture, identity and memory. The figures appear as ornate statues, each characterized by the aesthetic associations and revisited stereotypes of their hairstyle. The anonymity of the images presented in The Hunt activates the mind's associative aptitude, drawing upon one's own fantasies and projections of sensuality, innocence, order, freedom, frivolity and social rank. Echoing classical art, these images refer to a mystical icon rather than presenting a portrait of an individual.
£32.40
She Writes Press Rhino Dreams: A Novel
Clare Rainbow-Dashell, the only child of delightfully eccentric, wealthy hippies, has just taken a hiatus from her career as an acclaimed wildlife photographer and returned to California to pursue her academic dreams when a disastrous affair with a professor catapults her to another continent: Africa. There, she immerses herself in well-paid commercial work for a luxury safari lodge as she seeks to regain her emotional and financial self-reliance. All this, however, is complicated by her relationship with her charismatic, imperious employer and her undeniable attraction to a leading black rhino specialist—two men who are at war over both environmental politics and Clare herself.Set against the formidable backdrop of the Namib Desert, Rhino Dreams dramatizes the crisis of endangered species preservation and the horrors of poaching, interweaving this very real ecological darkness with the internal and external battles of three characters driven by fierce passions and divided notions of duty, ambition, and desire. It is a sometimes humorous, sometimes poignant ride—and, in the end, a testimony to how tenuous and precious both life and love can be.
£13.60
Manchester University Press Ireland and the European Union: Economic, Political and Social Crises
This book examines how Ireland’s relationship with the EU was affected by a succession of crises in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The financial crisis, the Brexit crisis and the migration crisis were not of equal significance on the island of Ireland. The financial crisis was a huge issue for the Republic but not Northern Ireland, Brexit had a major impact in both polities, the migration and populism issues were less controversial, while foreign policy challenges had a minimal impact. The book provides a summary of the main features of each of the crises to be considered, from both the EU and the Irish perspective.Ireland and the European Union is the first volume of its kind to provide a comprehensive analysis on British–Irish relations in the context of Brexit. It assesses the Withdrawal Agreement and Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the devolution settlement and the 1998 Agreement, as well as the European dimension to Northern Ireland’s peace process. The contributors explore a number of policy areas that are central to the understanding of each of the crises and the impact of each for Ireland. Chapters examine issues such as security, migration and taxation as well as protest politics, political parties, the media, public opinion and the economic impact of each of these crises on Ireland’s relationship with the EU.
£23.03
McGraw-Hill Education Electrocardiography for Healthcare Professionals ISE
Electrocardiography for Health Care Personnel prepares users for a national ECG certification examination, as well as providing ECG skills training for health care students and health care personnel who are interested in mastering additional skills. The text includes the essential skills needed to perform an ECG, including anatomy of the heart, basic characteristics, equipment, appropriate intervention, and other technical applications, such as Holter monitoring and stress testing. Emphasis throughout the text is placed on troubleshooting.
£59.99
McGraw-Hill Education Phlebotomy: A Competency Based Approach ISE
Competencyis within your reach with the new, sixth edition of Phlebotomy: ACompetency-Based Approach. With Phlebotomy’s pedagogy-rich formatand plentiful Learn How features and Competency Checklists, you can easilygrasp not only essential phlebotomy skills and competencies, but also thecritical soft skills needed for a successful transition from classroom to lab.
£59.99
Secant Publishing When Earth Shall Be No More
Environmental scientist Constance Roy is one of forty-nine refugees rescued from Earth's destruction and transported to the ark spaceship Orb by an automaton race called the Curators. Twelve months have passed since their rescue. But now, with the ship's orbit decaying, the refugees seem doomed to crash into Jupiter's fiery belly. In a parallel universe on present-day Earth, another version of Constance seeks answers to the questions that have haunted her since childhood: How and why did her mother die? The head of a mysterious corporation housed at NASA's Wallops Flight Facility can give her the answers, but not without a price. Two timestreams collide when the Constance on Earth discovers that Nicolas, her son, has the ability to save the Orb and its inhabitants. Now she must battle treacherous Curators wishing to destroy Nicolas, while on the Orb, another Constance must fight to save the ship from Jupiter's fatal pull. Only together can they save their son - and future generations of humankind.
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Tradewind Books Floyd The Flamingo And His Flock Of Friends
£6.12
North Parade Publishing Let'S Explore the Noisy Jungle
£12.00
North Parade Publishing Let'S Explore the Noisy Garden
£12.00
Seagull Books London Ltd The Parsi Theatre – Its Origins and Development
A seminal study of a historically significant theater style. Unrivaled in its long-term impact, Parsi theater remains a crucial component of South Asia’s cultural heritage. Like vaudeville in America, Parsi theater dominated mass entertainment in colonial India in the era before cinema. Drawn by the magic of sight and sound, crowds filled the country’s urban playhouses each night. Marked by extravagant acting, operatic singing, and melodramatic stage effects, this cosmopolitan theater brought an unprecedented level of sophistication to the South Asian stage and transformed commercial drama into a modern industry, paving the way for Indian cinema. This volume presents Somnath Gupt’s classic history of Parsi theater in an English translation enhanced by illustrations, annotations, and appendices, which make it a more comprehensive and accurate reference work.
£20.91
Cambridge University Press Cambridge Global English Starters Learner's Book C
A fun course to get young children ready to learn in English. Themed units – from 'homes' to 'play time' – teach children letters, colours, numbers and more. Each book covers one term and includes three units. Every unit includes a story, from traditional tales such as Goldilocks, to stories in familiar settings like the classroom. Activities (including songs, stickers, games and matching) help children develop speaking, listening and motor skills alongside early comprehension, reading and writing skills. Each unit encourages learners to build vocabulary by relating content to their experiences – the first steps of critical thinking and active learning. Opportunities for differentiation allow learners to progress at their own pace.
£12.11
Schofield & Sims Ltd Nursery Activity Book 2
Schofield & Sims Nursery Books is a range of colourful and fun workbooks written to help children aged 3 years and above develop the essential skills for life. Nine write-in books form a structured pre-school programme, providing a range of activities created to help children improve fine motor skills, develop letter recognition and practise subitising. Designed to be as engaging and varied as possible, the activities include matching, complete the picture, counting, mazes, colouring, letter tracing, odd one out and many more. Nursery Activity is a series of graded activity books that reinforce early reading, writing and mathematical skills, including matching, sequencing and counting. The books cover concepts such as colours, pen control, shapes and numbers, and feature the appealing character of Eddy the teddy. Nursery Activity Book 2 covers: Numbers to 7; Common shapes (including rectangles); Comparative size (big/small, long/short); Positional words (on/under/next to); More colours.
£6.74
Random House USA Inc Growing Pangs
£11.99
Unicorn Publishing Group Seaside 100: A History of the British Seaside in 100 Objects
Sandcastles, donkeys, piers and sticks of rock. Beach huts, paddle steamers, promenade shelters and ice cream cones. Our modern seaside is the sum of its parts and all those parts have their history. This book explores the best-loved features of our favourite holiday destinations, each object and building adding its own layer to the story of our shared seaside heritage. Using a mixture of historic images and modern photographs the book takes a roughly chronological journey through the things that have made our seaside distinctive. The places where we have chosen to take our holidays for the past three hundred years have been transformed from mere stretches of coastline but they are not like inland towns. Inside these pages can be found a celebration of all that makes our seaside special.
£13.49
Troubador Publishing Thicker Than Soup
Focussed on their careers, Sally Lancing, the daughter of a Pakistani immigrant and English mother, and John Sommers, the much-loved son of adopting parents, are equally committed to a child-free future. Then a surprise pregnancy and doubts about the paternity hurls them both into new, but separate, lives. Devastated by the loss of her job, her partner, and her home, Sally and her baby son embark on a journey to Pakistan to meet her father's distant family. Once there, Sally's eyes are opened to a world that challenges her deepest beliefs. Meanwhile, John hides his vulnerability behind increasing success as a restaurateur. But the baby has rattled skeletons, and, unable to avoid his past, he too embarks on a journey to find his birth parents. As their horizons broaden and their views are challenged, the child, Sammy, is an innocent but enduring link. Thicker Than Soup is a story of love, loss and discovery that explores the concepts of morality and independence as Sally and John att
£8.09
North Star Editions Animal Engineers: Coral Reef
Explains the process and materials that corals use to build reefs. This book’s colorful photos, clear text, and “A Closer Look” feature highlight the engineering that makes this structure such a marvel and helps corals survive in the wild.
£28.79