Leading psychologist Nicholas Epley helps us understand why our social fears are often mistaken and how small acts of connection can ultimately transform our lives.Social connection enriches our lives and is essential to our happiness and health – yet so often we choose not to connect. Why?We are among the most social species on the planet, uniquely equipped to connect with others. Doing so makes us happier, healthier and more successful. Yet so often we shy away from it – wh...
Excellent wine doesn't have to be expensive!'The perfect blend of accessible and authoritative. Never experience the taste of regret again!' - Graham Norton'This is 100% THE FAVOURITE wine book on my shelf and under my arm in the wine aisles' - Tom Gilbey'Helen’s knack for picking out top bottles is the stuff of legends' - Olly Smith***Much loved TV-wine expert Helen McGinn brings you the ultimate guide to choosing the best bottle of wine at your local supermarket.Celebrating...
The bestselling author of The Day of the Jackal returns with his most explosive book yet.The Nazis may have lost the battle. But the war is just beginning…Summer, 2025. A US senator is burned to death in his Washington townhouse. Masked gunmen massacre supporters during a football match in Berlin. And an old man is murdered while he sleeps in the dementia ward of a German hospital. Three apparently unconnected events, three steps on the countdown to apocalypse.When journalist...
The gripping new mystery from the multi-million-copy bestselling author, J M Dalgliesh.Sticks and stones may break your bones… but your name is going to kill you…When the body of a missing teenager is discovered at Neist Point close to the famous lighthouse, battered and bruised, D.I. Duncan McAdam and his small team must determine how he died.The Skye Ball, an annual event steeped in tradition where the next generation of the great and the good meet to celebrate their coming...
Karen M. McManus, the internationally bestselling YA thriller author of One of Us Is Lying, is back with Two Can Keep a Secret - you won't be able to put it down! Now in green with a matching sprayed edge!True crime can leave a false trail.Four years ago, Brynn left Saint Ambrose School following the shocking murder of her favourite teacher. The case was never solved, but she's sure that the three kids who found Mr. Larkin's body know more than they're telling, especially her...
From the author of The One Memory of Flora Banks comes a YA true-crime murder-mystery with a romantic twist, set over a dangerous summer that will change lives forever. Perfect for fans of We Were Liars and The Reappearance of Rachel Price.When Cat has the chance to escape Cornwall and spend the summer on the French Riviera with some rich family friends, she jumps at the opportunity. There she meets a group of people who don't seem to have a care in the world. Henry is differ...
A GRIPPING MYSTERY FROM THE NO.1 GLOBAL BESTSELLER, J M DALGLIESH.Your past will find you. And it will kill you... When the owner of a Portree gallery is found dead, lying in the snow at the foot of the Storr, D.I. Duncan McAdam and his small team must piece together who killed him and why. An ambitious man with a flirtatious eye, there is no shortage of people who would turn a blind eye if something happened to him … and many who would willingly kill him themselves. As Dunca...
Two leading thinkers present alternative answers to one of the most difficult and divisive questions of our times: do we have the right to die?As pressure grows to legalise assisted dying in the United Kingdom, the issue remains deeply contested. For those who feel unsure or undecided, this book offers clarity rather than slogans, illuminating the legal and ethical fault lines at the heart of the debate: between autonomy and safety; between personal choice and collective resp...
Etta is sixty-eight years old. Happy, healthy and an active participant in her world, she’s gathered her family together for an unforgettable weekend.Tick.At 5am that Saturday morning, Etta wakes her daughter, her granddaughter, her son and her daughter-in-law up to lead everyone down to the beach. To ‘Etta’s Hollow’, where a roaring fire has already been lit. Drowsy but delighted – the sun is just starting to rise for a glorious dawn – Etta’s family bask in the beauty of the...
An official companion guide to the bestselling Heroes of Olympus series, set in the incredible world of Percy Jackson!It's the February after Gaea's defeat. Camp Jupiter, like everyone else, should be celebrating. But something is causing chaos.Mysterious, sinister incidents are wreaking havoc throughout the camp. Suspicion quickly falls on Claudia, the Fourth Cohort's newest probatio. After all, the mischief started shortly after she stumbled into camp.To find out the truth,...
Get ready for bedtime with Bluey and Bingo in this colourful board book with 8 tabs.To join the fun, pick a tab, open the page and copy the game Bluey and Bingo play to help get them ready for bed. Games include Magic Asparagus at dinner, Burger Shop in the bath and the Story Game at bedtime. "Night Bluey, night Bingo, night Floppy.""Night Chickenrat."Don’t miss these other awesome Bluey books:Bluey: Meet Bluey’s Family: Tabbed Board BookBluey: Bluey and Bingo’s Book of Singy...
The best new popular science books of 2026' - New ScientistConstruction is the most important industry in the world. The homes we wake up to, the schools we raise our children in, the transport infrastructure we all use, the hospitals we rely on – all of it was built and enabled by construction.In Mega Builds, YouTube sensation Fred Mills charts the story of how ten colossal megaprojects are reshaping our modern world. Fred gives us a front row seat to a fascinating, fact-pac...
When Paul McCartney closed Live Aid in July 1985 we thought he was rock's Grand Old Man. He was forty-three years old.As the forty years since have shown he - and many others of his generation - were just getting started.This was the time when live performance took over from records. The big names of the 60s and 70s exploited the age of spectacle that Live Aid had ushered in to enjoy the longest lap of honour in the history of humanity, continuing to go strong long after ever...
The first murder mystery in J M Dalgliesh's internationally bestselling Misty Isle series.You can’t stay dead forever… A group of high school students gather on the Isle of Skye’s remote Coral Beach for a party to celebrate the passing of their finals. Their future beckons, promising new hope and a fresh wind of optimism. In the coming days, many will leave the island for work or to study on the mainland, whereas others will remain on Skye and forge a more traditional path mu...
Always a Little Further is a motivational guide that distils hard-won lessons into practical, life-changing advice, inspired by the many interactions Billy has with people who ask what it means to lead, and what it takes.Always a Little Further harnesses clear life lessons from Billy’s career – on the front line, and in front of, as well as behind, the camera, not to mention developing street smarts in his early years - showing how small, intentional actions can lay the groun...
There is a single nutrient hiding in plain sight that can drastically improve your health. It is simple, affordable, and available at your local supermarket. But 90% of us are missing it in our diets.The latest research shows fibre to be vital to health in ways we’ve never seen before. It is in fact, the superhero of nutrients. It’s rocket fuel for your gut microbiome. It boosts energy levels, slowing absorption of sugar. It fends off hunger, bulking meals. And protects your ...
AD 60. Nero Claudius Caesar is Emperor. He is feared for his temper. He is known to be intoxicated by the power he wields. And why not? The Roman Empire stretches from the wilds of Britain to the deserts of Parthia. Nero is god of all he surveys.Yet dangerous traitors lie close at hand. Generals commanding legions. Senators whispering in corridors. The people cheer in the circus – but curse him in the streets. As word of Nero’s cruelties and corruption spreads, they spark tro...
The brand new novel by the author of WHAT YOU ARE LOOKING FOR IS IN THE LIBRARY now available in translation___________Readers adore Healing Hippo:'I wanted to discover the magical hippo in myself as I read this book' *****'How does Aoyama depict human emotion so vividly? I imagined myself in this book' *****'I almost wept on my train home from work' *****'It gripped my heart. I wish there was a magical hippo near my home' *****'Whenever I feel hurt, I want to re-read this w...
Clarkson’s farm is the gift that keeps on giving, and now our hero has decided to bring his misunderstood entrepreneurial flair to bear on a new venture: a pub. Let the doors open on The Farmer’s Dog. All British produce, Hawkstone beer on tap, a private bar for farmers and a vintage tractor hanging from the ceiling. The perfect country pub. But as the Cotwolds’ newest publican quickly discovers, there’s a lot more to landlording than pulling pints. Just as well, then, that...
Ruth Jones writes with such warmth you can't help but fall in love with the characters she creates.’ JAMES CORDENThe joyful and life-affirming new novel from the co-creator of Gavin and Stacey and the Richard and Judy Book Club author of Love Untold.Linda and Levi will never meet. But they’re going to change each other’s lives.In her role at the council’s Unclaimed Heirs Unit, Linda Standish investigates the lives of those who’ve died alone and tracks down any living relative...
Hartmann Schedel’s Weltchronik, or Chronicle of the World (better known today as the Nuremberg Chronicle, after the German city in which it was created), was a groundbreaking encyclopedic work and at the time the most lavishly illustrated book ever printed in Europe. Both a historical reference work and a contemporary inventory of urban culture at the end of the 15th century, the Chronicle was to have a remarkable influence on the cultural, ecclesiastical and intellectual his...
Join Peppa and her family on a zoo adventure in this exciting water magic format! Use your water pen to reveal colourful zoo creatures and bring brilliant zoo fun to life over and over again! You’ll find beautiful butterflies, colourful birds and the cheekiest monkeys.Just add water to use your water pen to reveal the colour. Let the pages dry and complete the adventure again with your reusable pen (included).Don’t miss these other brilliant Peppa books:Peppa Pig: I Spy at th...
Democracy and despotism live closer together than you'd expect-this briskly astute book reveals why that should alarm us all. We live in troubled times, marked by a sinister trend threatening democracy everywhere: the triumph of despotism not only in countries like Russia, Iran and Saudi Arabia, but also in states run by popularly elected demagogues-Orban and Erdogan, Netanyahu and Trump. Leading political thinker John Keane shows why this new despotism defies the laws of...
During a sweltering week in late August, as Rome's richest citizens relax in their villas around Pompeii and Herculaneum, there are ominous warnings that something is going wrong. Wells and springs are failing, a man has disappeared, and now the greatest aqueduct in the world - the mighty Aqua Augusta - has suddenly ceased to flow . . .Through the eyes of four characters - a young engineer, an adolescent girl, a corrupt millionaire and an elderly scientist - Robert Harris bri...
A gripping murder mystery set in the foothills of the Cuillin Mountain range on the Isle of Skye, from the multi-million-copy bestselling author J M Dalgliesh.Life is full of choices. Death... is chosen for you...When the body of a missing tourist is discovered slain in the foothills of the Cuillin Mountain range beside Loch Coruisk, it falls to D.I. Duncan McAdam and his small team to discover how he came to be there and who would have a motive to kill him.The summer season ...
Karen M. McManus, the internationally bestselling YA thriller author of One of Us Is Lying, is back with Two Can Keep a Secret - you won't be able to put it down! Now in turquoise with a matching sprayed edge!A perfect town is hiding secrets. Secrets that somebody would kill to keep hidden.Ellery's never been to Echo Ridge, but she's heard all about it.It's where her aunt went missing at age sixteen, never to return. Where a Homecoming Queen's murder five years ago made nati...
The epic standalone dystopian romance from the Sunday Time bestselling author of A Study in Drowning and Lady Macbeth. Perfect for fans of The Hunger Games and The Last of UsBy encouraging massive accumulations of debt, a single corporation, Caerus, controls all aspects of society.Inesa lives with her brother in a half-sunken town, barely scraping a living from their taxidermy shop. But their mother has secretly accrued enormous debt – and the only way out is to offer her dau...
Duffy Distefano loves three things: her dad, her cat, and Minneapolis Coyotes football. But when she shoves the team’s mascot for getting too flirty, the moment goes viral—and she’s suddenly the internet’s villain. Hoping to clear her name, Duffy agrees to a live interview, only to face off with the Coyotes’ star tight end, Connor Cunningham.Their fiery banter has viewers obsessed, and, in a PR opportunity too good to miss, Connor is pushed to ask Duffy out. The catch: Duffy ...
An unputdownable murder mystery from the multi-million-copy bestselling author, J M Dalgliesh. The fourth book in the Misty Isle series.That which does not kill you... only makes them try harder...When the body of a celebrity author, recently returned to the Isle of Skye seemingly to live out his remaining days, is found on Staffin Beach, D.I. Duncan McAdam is left with a mystery to solve.The circumstances of his last days along with his death prove to be a mystery. How did t...
The third gripping mystery in the Misty Isle series, from the multi-million-copy bestselling author, J M Dalgliesh.Digging up the past... is enough to kill you...When a teenage islander goes missing on Burns Night, D.I. Duncan McAdam takes a strong interest despite the apparent lack of concern shown by the boy's father. When a woman's body is soon discovered in Talisker Bay, with a single stab wound to the chest, Duncan and his team realise they have a killer on the island.A ...
Pierwszy tom bestsellerowej serii w nowej szacie graficznej! Ta szkoła skrywa tajemnicę! Kto będzie miał szczęście, ten znajdzie tu najlepszego przyjaciela na świecie: magiczne zwierzę, które potrafi mówić... W nowej szkole Ida czuje się nieswojo i bardzo tęskni za przyjaciółką. Gdy jednak nauczycielka, panna Cornfield, opowiada swoim uczniom o sklepie z magicznymi zwierzętami, wszystko zaczyna się powoli zmieniać. Kto jako pierwszy dostanie magicznego towarzysza? Ida ...
Nowa, od lat wyczekiwana książka autorki bestsellerowego „Światła między oceanami“. Zapierająca dech w piersiach epicka powieść o rodzinnych tajemnicach i nieprzemijającej sile miłości, a także o tragedii, której skutki odbiją się echem przez dziesięciolecia. Australia Zachodnia, 1958 rok. Samotną drogą przecinającą bezkresną pustkę toczy się ciężarówka. Chwila nieuwagi – i w ciągu kilku chaotycznych sekund życie członków rodziny MacBride’ów rozpada się na kawałki. Nie dane i...
Stitch wyrusza w niezwykłą podróż z ważną misją. Korzystając z wynalezionego przez Jumbę wehikułu czasu, przenosi się do starożytnego Egiptu, żeby wytropić i powstrzymać podstępnego złoczyńcę. Chomik Vader zamierza zniszczyć Ziemię! Trafił do czasów faraona i sprawił, że zamiast piramid wzniesiono tam… klocamidy. Ich geometryczny kształt pozwala mu nadawać specyficzny rodzaj sygnału, który przyciąga stworzone przez niego groźne pasiaste klony Stitcha. Ziemi grozi inwazja obc...
Miłość, magia i mroczne rytuały naszych przodkówJak dawniej zdobywano miłość, zawierano małżeństwa i wpływano na los za pomocą zaklęć, rytuałów, ziół i amuletów? I najważniejsze – co z tego przetrwało do naszych czasów?Ta książka odsłania fascynujący świat dawnych wierzeń i obrzędów – pełen namiętności, tajemnic i ukrytej symboliki – których korzenie wyrastają z uniwersalnych ludzkich pragnień: miłości, bezpieczeństwa i kontroli nad losem.To także opowieść o kobiecej wiedzy p...
Co kryje przyroda? Poznajcie świat razem z wesołą serią dla najmłodszych! „Było sobie jajko”, „Było sobie jabłko” i „Była sobie pszczoła” to wyjątkowe książeczki sztywnostronicowe dla maluszków, która w prosty i przystępny sposób odkrywają przed nimi tajemnice przyrody. Dzięki połączeniu kolorowych ilustracji i krótkich tekstów najmłodsi krok po kroku poznają, jak wygląda świat wokół nich. Każda książeczka pokazuje naturalne następstwo zdarzeń w przyrodzie. Dziecko zobaczy, ...
We live in an age of counterrevolution. Liberal elites around the world are weaponising their fascistic narratives, creating political enemies of the 'other' as a means of consolidating even more power and wealth. While scapegoating minorities is nothing new, we have never seen it happen quite like this before. Today, global capitalism is financialised, tech-driven and violently mercantilist. This collection of essays from leading researchers reveals new forms of the radic...
Najpiękniejsze wiersze Juliana Tuwima dla najmłodszych czytelników. W zbiorze znajdują się między innymi wiersze: „Idzie Grześ”, „O Panu Tralalińskim”, „Rzepka”, „Zosia samosia” i wiele innych! Barwne i pełne detali ilustracje Marty Domagały bawią i pobudzają wyobraźnie. Kartonowe wydanie, przyjazne w dotyku, odporne na rosnące ząbki i ciekawskie paluszki, będzie towarzyszyć Wam podczas wielu wspólnych lektur.
W związku na odległość szykują się spore zmiany, gdy korporacja Morinagi nawiązuje współpracę z jego dawnym uniwersytetem.Tymczasem Souichi otrzymuje propozycję objęcia funkcji wykładowcy na uczelni. Choć rzadko znajduje się w centrum uwagi i w takiej roli czuje się nieswojo, zachęcony przez partnera decyduje się przyjąć ofertę. Pytanie, czy sam Morinaga poradzi sobie z rosnącą popularnością swojego sempaia.
When longtime AI expert and journalist Karen Hao first began covering OpenAI in 2019, she thought they were the good guys. Founded as a nonprofit with safety enshrined as its core mission, it was meant, its leader Sam Altman told us, to act as a check against more purely market forces.But the core truth of this massively disruptive sector is that it requires an unprecedented amount of proprietary resources: the ‘compute’ power of scarce high-end chips, the sheer volume of dat...
When seventeen-year old Theo Baker arrived at Stanford University one brisk September morning, its manicured lawns, palm trees and sparkling fountains, all under azure Californian skies, provoked in him both wonderment and a sense of anticipation. After all, this legendary campus, where Rodin sculptures rub shoulders with nuclear laboratories, is where Silicon Valley was birthed. Its research park housed the headquarters of Facebook and Hewlett Packard, with venture capitalis...
Wydanie drugie poszerzone z nową przedmową autoraPo dwudziestu latach Michał Paweł Markowski wraca z nowym, rozszerzonym wydaniem Polskiej literatury nowoczesnej, odnawiając dyskusję nad kształtem polskiej literatury pierwszej połowy XX wieku. W nowej przedmowie autor zastanawia się nad żywotnością swoich pomysłów, przygląda się z krytycznego dystansu ich „ślepym plamkom”, a jednocześnie broni ich miejsca na mapie polskiej literatury pierwszej połowy XX wieku.Książka zawiera:...
Today our world is under the watchful and tireless eye of computer vision, with cam eras and monitors tracing our every move. Furthermore, generative AI is now able to render a synthetic world indistinguishable from reality for us to explore. Trevor Paglen goes in search of the ways and means of understanding this new visual universe. Instead of asking what these technologies "say" about the world, he teaches us to ask what they "do" and where such images come from. Explorin...
An empirical analysis and new theoretical framework for understanding economic expectations and decision-making in different historical settings. Expectations play a crucial role in shaping economic behavior. But how are expectations actually formed, and how has this changed over time? The financial crisis of 2007–08 cast doubt on traditional theories of expectation formation, particularly the rational expectations framework.In Contingent Expectations, Alexander Nützenadel an...
Autorzy: David Begg, Gianluigi Vernasca, Eric Golson, Bridget Kauma, Rudiger Dornbusch, Stanley Fischer. Ekonomia jest dziedziną zbyt interesującą, by pozostawić ją wyłącznie zawodowym ekonomistom! Wpływa na niemal wszystko, co robimy, nie tylko w pracy czy na zakupach, ale także w domu i przy urnie wyborczej. Wpływa na to, jak dbamy o naszą planetę, jaka będzie przyszłość naszych dzieci, w jakim stopniu możemy zatroszczyć się o biednych i pokrzywdzonych oraz jaką część naszy...
Marta Osińska wnuczka więźniów KL Auschwitz-Birkenau Jadwigi i Tadeusza Osińskich. Z potrzeby serca i pamięci podjęła się odkrycia historii dziadków – tych, którzy milczeli o swoim cierpieniu. Jej osobista podróż od żałoby po ojcu do odnalezienia rodzinnych korzeni stała się świadectwem miłości, odwagi i duchowego dziedziczenia. "Niewypowiedziane" to książka nie tylko o przeszłości, ale także o miłości, intuicji i sile kobiet, o tym, jak pamięć potrafi uzdrowić pokolenia...
Czwarte już wydanie książki zawiera nowatorskie ujęcie problematyki strategii firmy, integrując doskonale dorobek praktyki oraz teorii. Autor, wraz z współpracownikami, dokonuje przeglądu najważniejszych teorii strategii organizacji, które stanowią także praktyczne modele myślenia strategicznego, dyskutuje metody strategicznej analizy otoczenia oraz diagnozy samej firmy, przedstawia procedury budowania i wdrożenia strategii w złożonych i niepewnych sytuacjach rynkowych, w któ...
Szóste, zaktualizowane wydanie podręcznika obejmuje tematykę wszystkich podstawowych zagadnień wchodzących w skład tradycyjnego kursu ekonomii międzynarodowej i nawiązuje do jednego z rozwiązań dominujących w literaturze światowej. Praca składa się z pięciu części podzielonych na 20 rozdziałów. Część I, wprowadzająca, kończy się próbą zdefiniowania pojęcia i zakresu ekonomii międzynarodowej i, zgodnie z zamierzeniem autora, powinna ułatwić Czytelnikowi przyswojenie dalszych c...
While most English-language histories of Taiwan focus on its geopolitical role, this history centres on the people of Taiwan themselves and explores how they have formed a unique polity, telling the story of the Indigenous Taiwanese, the Hoklo and Hakka who came from China before the twentieth century, Japanese colonialism and the Chinese who arrived after 1945. Historian Evan N. Dawley describes how successive waves of immigration changed Taiwan and how these diverse groups ...
Różnorodność w organizacjach nie jest jedynie kategorią opisującą odmienność między ludźmi, lecz zjawiskiem, które w istotny sposób współkształtuje sposób myślenia organizacji o sobie samych oraz o otaczającym je świecie społecznym. Monografia obejmuje teoretyczne i empiryczne rozważania nad instytucjonalnymi uwarunkowaniami zarządzania różnorodnością oraz nad praktykami przekładającymi wartości inkluzywności na realne działania organizacyjne. Autorka wyraża nadzieję, że uzys...
Gdy choruje dziecko, zwykłe dni zamieniają się w czekanie: na wyniki, na wiadomości, na lepszy moment. W głowie kręcą się pytania, których nikt nie potrafi uciszyć, a rodzic — choć robi wszystko, co może — często zostaje z lękiem, bezsilnością i samotnością.„Sebastian” to wspierająca książka dla rodziców chorych dzieci — prawdziwa opowieść, która ma dać nadzieję, motywację i siłę w najtrudniejszym czasie. To nie jest poradnik medyczny. To narracja, w której można się przejrze...
Album zawiera opisy i fotografie najpiękniejszych, a zarazem najbardziej fascynujących gór Ziemi. To ekscytująca podróż przez wszystkie kontynenty, dostarczająca wiele emocji i wrażeń estetycznych, ale także wiedzy o odległych zakątkach naszego globu oraz procesach geologicznych, dzięki którym powstały prawdziwe cuda natury niedostępne szczyty, postrzępione turnie, potężne wielokilometrowe masywy i pasma górskie.
Bogowie dyskutują o dalszym losie ludzkości. Czy powinni zostawić ludzi przy życiu? A może zakończyć ich istnienie? Jednak Walkiria imieniem Brunhild wtrąca się w ich rozważania i doradza, by bogowie zabawili się po raz ostatni i zawalczyli z ludźmi o ich przetrwanie. Tak oto trzynastu bogów będzie walczyć z reprezentantami ludzi - bohaterami, którzy zapisali się w historii i po dziś dzień pamięć o nich nie ginie, w walce jeden na jednego, by ostatecznie zdecydować, czy ludzk...
Książka autorstwa Vamika D. Volkana i Kevina Volkana jest próbą zrozumienia jednego z najbardziej niepokojących zjawisk współczesnego świata: agresji między wielkimi zbiorowościami – narodami, religiami oraz wspólnotami ideologicznymi i religijnymi. Autorzy, łącząc historyczną i społeczną perspektywę z psychoanalizą, pokazują, że konflikty między grupami nie wynikają wyłącznie z polityki czy ekonomii, ale mają także głębokie podłoże psychologiczne.Centralnym pojęciem Ludzkiej...
*WINNER OF THE 1948 EDGAR AWARD FOR BEST FIRST NOVEL*Discover this much-loved murder mystery classic, perfect for fans of The British Library Crime Classics!'Ingenious . . . Plunges the reader into a desperate, working-class America' - Washington PostIn 1940s Chicago, a man is killed in the midst of a night-long bender, caught between barrooms in what appears to be a mugging gone awry.The police aren’t interested in finding Wallace’s murderer, but his teenage son, Ed, thinks ...
Annie is:On a cruise with her one-time favourite boyband and a thousand female super-fansStill reeling from her divorceBeing replaced at work by her internKeith is:Fifty years old and in a band that performs dance routines with hip thrustsSuffering from sea sicknessCertain his wife doesn’t love him anymoreWhen a meet-and-greet throws them together, Annie develops a crush on Keith, and Keith starts to wonder if life might have a few surprises in store for him.But are Keith and...
Menopause and ADHD is your ultimate guide to understanding how your hormones may influence your ADHD – and it’s a two-way street: how your ADHD impacts how your perimenopause lands for you. This book will arm you with the facts, and help you to confidently advocate for your own health and wellbeing.Navigating menopause can be challenging for any woman, but for those with ADHD, the experience can feel like a bomb has gone off in your life. Health issues in all women are too of...
Ella lives for The Last Page, the beloved New York bookshop where she’s spent most of her adult life. A bookseller of many years, Ella dreams of owning the store someday and just can’t see herself doing anything else.But when the store’s owner, Ben, dies unexpectedly and leaves the shop to his clueless grandson Henry, Ella’s dreams – not to mention her financial future – are in serious jeopardy. When Ella and Henry learn that the store is on the brink of collapse, they must o...
When the excavations at Pompeii were first placed on a scholarly archaeological footing in the 19th century, brothers Fausto and Felice Niccolini were close at hand and ready to respond. Making use of the newly introduced technique of color lithography, they documented the buildings, frescos, statues, as well as the most ordinary everyday objects, of the city buried in just 24 hours by the catastrophic eruption of Vesuvius and preserved for over 1,600 years under a mantle of ...
Sashiko has become a popular buzzword in the fashion and craft world, often oversimplified in its mainstream adoption. Japanese Sashiko Artisan Atsushi Futatsuya seeks to restore its true essence in Sashiko: The Untold Story. This book offers a rich history and philosophy of Sashiko, exploring its stitches, traditions and proper application.Celebrating this historical technique, this book delves into its origins and addresses the cultural appreciation of this craft. Through c...
Independent photojournalism and documentary pho tography are indispensable tools of political education for a democratic society play an essential role in shaping public opinion—especially in our so-called “post-factual” era. In recognition of this, the independent nonprofit organization World Press Photo Foundation, based in Amsterdam, has been presenting the World Press Photo Award for the best photo, the best story, the best long term project of the year for more than six ...
During WWII, a young Tuscan woman falls in love with a man from the rural depths of southern Italy. As the conflict finally draws to a close, the two travel from Rome to finally meet with his family. But very quickly a dawning realisation breaks: her in-laws and their friends are eccentric in the extreme. They barely leave the house and they rarely speak to their son, fretting instead about their ‘daughter’ – a loud little dog – and worrying constantly, incessantly, about the...
Meet Moomintroll and all his friends in this charming story about finding the perfect present!It's Moominmamma's birthday and everyone has found her the perfect present - apart from Moomintroll. He wants to sing her a song but is nervous that it's not as good as everyone else's present.Will Moomintroll learn that a present from the heart is the best present of all?With gorgeous illustrations and a gentle story, this latest addition to the My First Moomin series is the perfect...
A voyage through mysterious and haunted lands, the sixth volume of The Library of Esoterica delves into the art, rituals, and global mythologies of the spirit realms. Unearthing our complex beliefs around death, rebirth and resurrection, we explore the art, traditions and ancient stories of the afterlife. Through interviews with scholars and practicioners, insightful essays and over 400 works of visionary art, Spirit Worlds delves into the shadows of the supernatural, from da...
As chaos and mass panic spread outside the dungeon in the wake of Faction Wars, Carl and Donut find themselves on the tenth floor, where they’re forced to compete in a surprisingly normal set of tasks. Races. Get from point A to point B, and don’t come in last. It all seems a a little too simple.Ignore those whispers about what’s happening on the mysterious eleventh floor, something the system AI calls A Parade of Horribles. Nobody, not even the showrunners, knows what that m...
Elevate your sewing skills and wardrobe with this essential guide to Workwear from Merchant and Mills.Discover the timeless world of Merchant and Mills with their latest book, designed to help you create a practical and stylish unisex wardrobe from scratch. This collection features four versatile garment patterns along with a simple kit bag, perfect for everyday wear and crafted with precision.Embark on a creative journey with step-by-step instructions and inspiring photograp...
Zoo-Wee Mama! If you’re a fan of Jeff Kinney’s Diary of a Wimpy Kid series – and let’s face it, who isn’t? – then have we got the book for you. But not just any book, a poster book! And it’s filled with 40 full-color pull-out posters featuring the iconic covers of all 20 Wimpy Kid books, as well as the Awesome Friendly series, movie posters from Disney+, and a few special surprises.Each poster is easy to remove and ready to hang on your bedroom wall or locker. We even include...
Thomas was born in the village of Gine at that time of year when a ripe apple thumps to the ground during an afternoon lull.' So a boy's life begins in a winding river valley on the Polish-Russian border where time is measured by seasonal rhythms and ancient songs. For Thomas, the ghosts in the forest are as real as the magical water-snakes that live in the Issa; in the village he is entranced by the women with their cinched waists and the men in their long boots. But when he...
He was the most sought-after painter in the prosperous trading city of Amsterdam yet died completely impoverished. Though he never left his homeland, Rembrandt Harmensz. van Rijn's (1606–1669) work extends far beyond the confines of his personal experience, constituting some of the most effective and multifaceted works in art history, forever engraved on the collective memory – The Night Watch, epitomizing the flowering of Dutch urban culture in the 17th century, or Self-Port...
Kalabria i Bazylikata to na turystycznej mapie Italii niemal terra incognita. Koniec włoskiego buta to już nie Kampania, a jeszcze nie Sycylia region nieco zapomniany, stosunkowo słabo rozwinięty i w charakterze nieco bałkański. Realia te można potraktować jednak także jako atut tutejsze zabytki są może mniej znane, ale równie piękne, góry puste i dzikie, a plaże mniej zatłoczone. Życie toczy się znacznie wolniej niż w Rzymie czy Neapolu, słońce praży równie mocno, a miejscow...
Dzień, w którym dziecko po raz pierwszy przyjmuje Pana Jezusa w Komunii Świętej, to dzień najradośniejszyi najszczęśliwszy w jego życiu.Zapewne i ty pragniesz oddać swe serce w dniu Pierwszej Komunii Świętej Panu Jezusowi, aby w tobiezamieszkał i pozostał w twej duszy na zawsze.Najpierw jednak musisz dowiedzieć się i nauczyć: w co masz wierzyć, co czynić i czego spodziewaćsię od Pana Boga, aby być szczególnie umiłowanym dzieckiem Bożym i zasłużyć sobie na życie wieczne. P...
Żubr Pompik. Odkrycia. Tom 4. Sekrety drzewa - czwarta część nowej serii Tomasza Samojlika o żubrze Pompiku! SEKRETY DRZEWA Pewnego dnia Pompik postanawia odkryć tajemnice, które skrywają drzewa. Długo i cierpliwie obserwuje jedno z nich. Polinka jest przekonana, że to bardzo nudne zadanie, bo w drzewach nie ma nic ciekawego. Jednak jeż, wiewiórka i sowa udowodnią, że jest zupełnie odwrotnie. W nowej serii Tomasza Samojlika pt. Żubr Pompik. Odkrycia sympatyczna rodzina żubr...
