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Accompanying catalogue for the Marina Abramovic exhibition at the Royal Academy from 23 September – 1 January 2024. Over the past half century, Marina Abramovic has earned worldwide acclaim as a pioneer of performance art. This handsome new book records the first UK exhibition to include works from her entire career.Re-performances of some of her best-known and most radical pieces appear alongside new and recent work. An augmented-reality app for iOS and Android enables reade...

A comet is speeding towards Earth - will it destroy everything and everyone? Moomintroll decides to find out. So, with Sniff, he sets off on an expedition to ask the Professor if a comet is really on its way. On their journey they meet some interesting people - such as Snufkin the super tramp, and the Hemulen who rescues them from an underground tunnel - and have narrow escapes from dangerous crocodiles and giant lizards. And on their way back Moomintroll meets the beautiful ...

What would Bluey’s Mum do? Find out all the answers for real life with Chilli’s very own checklist. This mini hardback book is the perfect gift for Mother’s Day!"Being a mum is a journey. So enjoy the ride!""And don't forget - YOU'RE DOING GREAT."Don’t miss these other awesome Bluey books:Bluey: PerfectBluey: Love BlueyBluey: I Love My Family

„Potrafię ortografię” to nietypowy sposób na naukę ortografii, nie tylko dla dzieci.Świetna zabawa, przyjemna nauka –Tu wszystko znajdziesz,jeśli poszukasz.Bawi, uczy, wychowuje.Odkrywa talent, wyklucza dwóje.Pobudza wyobraźnię, więzi rozwija.Z taką lekturą wesoło czas mija.Kinga Pawlak – emerytowana dyplomowana nauczycielka edukacji wczesnoszkolnej i przedszkolnej z trzydziestoletnim stażem.W swojej pracy i życiu prywatnym zaobserwowała wiele sytuacji związanych z ortografią...

Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this charming edition of Anne’s House of Dreams, the fifth novel about Anne Shirley, the red-haired girl from Green Gables.Life seems perfect to Anne Shirley. She is, after all, about to marry her childhood friend Gilbert Blythe and set up home with him in her 'house of dreams' on the shores of Four Winds Harbor. There are new neighbours to meet and fresh problems to so...

With carefully adapted text, illustrations, language practise activities and additional online resources, the Penguin Readers series introduces language learners to bestselling authors and compelling content. Titles include popular classics, exciting contemporary fiction, and thought-provoking non-fiction.Billy and the Minpins, a Level 1 Reader, is A1 in the CEFR framework. Short sentences contain a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past simple tense and some simple mod...

FROM THE HOST OF THE #1 WE NEED TO TALK PODCAST'This book is for anyone who wants to keep love by sustaining a long-term partnership. That could be a marriage, or it could be that you’re just cohabiting with someone. Or perhaps you’re at an earlier stage of a committed relationship – you don’t know if it’s going to go for three months or for thirty years, but you want to keep it. And not only do you want to keep it, but you want it to be more satisfying too. That’s the key.' ...

Bill Gates is one of the most transformative figures of our age. In Source Code he takes us back to his beginnings. He describes with candour his childhood in Seattle, the centrality of family – his close relationship with his card-playing grandmother and his demanding but caring parents – his struggles to fit in, his rebelliousness, his first deep friendships and the impact of losing his closest friend.We see Gates’s extraordinary mind developing, the restless teenager who d...

Set against a high-profile hunt for the latest criminal gang to hit Paris, Maigret is determined to track down the murderer of a quiet crook for whom he cannot help feeling affection and respect.

‘Adults forget that children can hear’Jean Kennedy is a gentle, perceptive girl growing up in a very strange world: suburban Dublin in the 1970s and '80s. In the company of her mother, her Aunty Ida, and her little brother Baby John F., Jean experiences love and joy. But home is not a safe place, and Jean is unequal and unprotected. When she speaks just one small part of the truth, she must quickly learn to navigate the dangers and possibilities of a world she scarcely unders...

Książka ukazuje istotną rolę aniołów w życiu, teologii i duchowości świętej Hildegardy. Autor opisuje wpływ aniołów na życie Hildegardy na tle jej epoki, odwołując się do biblijnych podstaw angelologii i dzieł średniowiecznych myślicieli. Hildegarda postrzegała aniołów jako istoty światła, stworzone w chwili powstania światła, żyjące w płomieniu Bożej miłości. Uważała, że aniołowie stróżowie chronią ludzi, a ich pomoc zależy od ludzkiej otwartości na Bożą miłość. Autor jest k...

Tajemniczy świat dinozaurów fascynuje kolejne pokolenia.Chcemy dowiedzieć się więcej na temat zwierząt żyjących na Ziemi setki milionów lat temu.Dzięki pracy paleontologów powoli uzyskujemy odpowiedzi na nurtujące nas pytania: JAK WYGLĄDAŁY DINOZAURY? CZYM SIĘ ODŻYWIAŁY? DLACZEGO WYGINĘŁY?Niniejszy atlas prezentuje wybrane dinozaury, zawiera podstawowe informacje oraz liczne ciekawostki. Dodatkowo każdy z nich opatrzony jest barwną ilustracją, co z pewnością spodoba się zwłas...

Najbardziej niezwykłą cechą muzyki, która towarzyszy ludziom od zarania dziejów, jest jej uniwersalność. Utwory napisane przez artystów, którzy żyli i tworzyli nawet kilkaset lat temu, w zupełnie odmiennych warunkach społecznych i kulturowych, dociera do najgłębszych zakamarków duszy odbiorcy żyjącego na początku XXI wieku. Album Historia muzyki zawiera informacje dotyczące muzyki klasycznej, zwłaszcza form i stylów, oraz twórczości najsłynniejszych kompozytorów.Autorem oprac...

Czy światło to fala czy cząstka? Jak fotony mogą nie mieć masy, a jednocześnie przenosić energię? Jakim cudem mogą „wirować” jednocześnie w dwóch kierunkach i „splątywać się” na odległość? Książka o świetle, czyli o fotonach to wyjątkowa podróż w świat zjawisk, które wykraczają poza intuicję i tradycyjne wyobrażenia. Stanowi ona kontynuację dwóch poprzednich „bajek” naukowych oraz monografii autora, oferując popularnonaukowy wykład wzbogacony dialogami rodzinnymi, które przyb...

Komunikowanie polityczne to obszar, w odniesieniu do którego można zaobserwować rosnące zainteresowanie zarówno pod względem praktyki politycznej, jak i w wymiarze badawczym. Za szczególną formę komunikowania politycznego uznać należy jego internetową odmianę. Przez lata możliwości komunikacyjne związane z kolejnymi dostępnymi narzędziami znacząco się poszerzały, finalnie prowadząc do regularnego korzystania z serwisów społecznościowych przez podmioty polityczne na wszystkich...

'Buy this book' DOUGLAS MURRAY'An urgent call for reformation’ DAVID GOODHARTTHE EXPLOSIVE NEW BOOK FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF NATIONAL POPULISM AND VALUES, VOICE AND VIRTUE.Depressed tutors and disillusioned students. Funding crises and falling standards. Culture wars and campus protests. Welcome to the broken world of academia. Welcome to Bad Education.-------------------------Our universities are broken. Established as sanctuaries of truth and higher learn...

From the author of the global bestseller, The Power of Habit'This is not just a riveting read about how to understand others better. It’s also a revealing look at how to be understood.' - ADAM GRANTIf you want to improve your communication skills at work and in life, this book is the place the start.' - ARTHUR C. BROOKS Professor, Harvard Business School, and #1 New York Times bestselling author___________________________________________________________Who and what are superc...

'Haunting and powerfully resonant... this is a story not just of remarkable individuals, but also a tribute to the wider indomitability of the human spirit at the darkest moment in European history' - Sinclair McKay, bestselling author of Berlin and DresdenZippi Spitzer and David Wisnia’s story began when they first locked eyes across the work floor. It was the start of a romance that could have unfolded anywhere if it weren’t for one key difference: Zippi and David were pris...

EVER since the gods of Ancient Egypt were unleashed on the modern world, Carter Kane and his sister, Sadie, have been in big trouble. As descendants of the magical House of Life, they command certain powers. But now a terrifying enemy - Apophis, the giant snake of chaos - is rising. If Carter and Sadie don't destroy him, the world will end in five days' time. And in order to battle the forces of chaos, they must revive the sun god Ra - a feat no magician has ever achieved. Be...

How to make small changes to feel better, even when under stress.Stress is a normal part of life, but it can be overwhelming. The habits, tools and advice in these pages will help you cope better, understand your own worries, and learn how to pause and respond rather than react when life feels too much.This is the advice I've received - the lessons I've learned in my own ups and downs, the expert conversations from my Happy Place podcast, the therapies I've tried and the habi...

100 simple, tasty and secretly healthy recipes, with flavour in every bite.From restaurant-trained chef and content creator Christina Soteriou (more than 350k followers @christinasots), this is unbelievably delicious plant-based food, packed with protein, whole foods and nutrients.Chapters include:- Small plates, for snacks and starters- Big platters, for sharing and meal prep- Cosy bowls, as comforting as they sound- Baking dish, for hearty one-dish wonders- Dessert spoon, t...

'In a world beset by burnout, Greg McKeown's work is essential' -- Daniel H. Pink 'Effortless shows that achieving more doesn't have to be as hard as we make it out to be' -- Arianna Huffington NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · A Times (UK) Best Book of the Year · From the author of the million-copy-selling Essentialism comes an empowering guide to achieving your goals. It all starts with a simple principle: Not everything has to be so hard. The intricacy of modern life has crea...

Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this bold edition of A Tale of Two Cities. Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are alike in appearance, different in character and in love with the same woman. In the midst of the French Revolution, Darnay, who has fled to London to escape the cruelty of the French nobility, must return to Paris to rescue his servant from death. But he endangers his own life and is capture...

Rediscover the Puffin Classics collection and bring the best-loved classics to a new generation - including this bold edition of The Lost World. Journalist Ed Malone is looking for an adventure, and that's exactly what he finds when he meets the eccentric Professor Challenger - an adventure that leads Malone and his three companions deep into the Amazon jungle, to a lost world where dinosaurs roam free.