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This volume is a collection of personal writing exercises and commentary from some of today's best novelists, short story writers, and writing teachers including Jill McCorkle, Amy Bloom, Robert Olen Butler, Steve Almond, Jayne Anne Phillips, Virgin Surez, Margot Livesay, and more.

Entdecke die Welt der wilden Tiere!Wie brüllt der Tiger? Wie macht ein Panda? Und wie klingt eigentlich ein Pinguin? In dem Kinderbuch werden auf Knopfdruck die wilden Tiere der Welt lebendig. Das bunte Bilderbuch mit über 40 Sounds eignet sich perfekt für kleine Kinder ab 24 Monaten.Hochwertige Fotos und realistische Sounds!Auf 7 Themenseiten haben sich verschiedene wilde Tiere aus aller Welt versammelt. Hochwertige Fotografien, realistische Sounds und erstes Sachwissen bieten stundenlangen Entdeckerspaß für kleine Tierfreunde!So geht's: erst mit dem roten Button die jeweilige Themenseite aktivieren und dann auf die einzelnen Tiere drücken, um das passende Geräusch zu hören.- Großer Hörspaß für die Kleinen: 7 Themenseiten bieten über 40 realistische Tiersounds und hochwertige Fotografien- Erstes Lernen: Erstes Sachwissen über die Tiere der Welt in kindgerechter Sprache- Selbst aktiv werden: Das lustige Mitmachbuch lädt Kinder ab 2 Jahren dazu ein, auf Knopfdruck die Geräusche ihrer Lieblingstiere auszulösen- Ton abschaltbar: Mit praktischem An- und Ausschalter- Batterien auswechselbar: Das Buch enthält handelsübliche Knopfzellenbatterien vom Typ LR 1130 mit je 1,5 V, die sich problemlos auswechseln lassen- Geprüfte Qualität: Das Buch unterliegt strengen Sicherheitsanforderungen und regelmäßigen Qualitätskontrollen nach europäischer Spielzeugsicherheitsrichtlinie

From the Booker Prizewinning author of Offshore and The Blue Flower; a funny, touching, authentic story of life at Broadcasting House during the Blitz. The human voices of Penelope Fitzgeralds novel are those of the BBC in the first years of the World War II, the time when the Concert Hall was turned into a dormitory for both sexes, the whole building became a target for enemy bombers, and in the BBC as elsewhere some had to fail and some had to die, but where the Nine OClock News was always delivered, in impeccable accents, to the waiting nation.

For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers.------------------------------------The seventeenth chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series.In 1358 the fledging college of Michaelhouse in Cambridge is in need of extra funds. A legacy from the Archbishop of York of a parish close to that city promises a welcome source of income. However, there has been another claim to its ownership and it seems the only way to settle the dispute is for a deputation from Michaelhouse to travel north.Matthew Bartholomew is among the small party which arrives in the bustling city, where the increasing wealth of the merchants is unsettling the established order, and where a French invasion is an ever-present threat to its port. But soon he and his colleagues learn that many of the Archbishop's executors have died in unexplained circumstances and that the codicil naming Michaelhouse as a beneficiary cannot be found...'A first-rate treat for mystery lovers' (Historical Novels Review)'Susanna Gregory has an extraordinary ability to conjure up a strong sense of time and place' (Choice) For the twentieth anniversary of the start of the Matthew Bartholomew series, Sphere is delighted to reissue all of the medieval monk's cases with beautiful new series-style covers.------------------------------------The seventeenth chronicle in the Matthew Bartholomew series.In 1358 the fledging college of Michaelhouse in Cambridge is in need of extra funds. A legacy from the Archbishop of York of a parish close to that city promises a welcome source of income. However, there has been another claim to its ownership and it seems the only way to settle the dispute is for a deputation from Michaelhouse to travel north.Matthew Bartholomew is among the small party which arrives in the bustling city, where the increasing wealth of the merchants is unsettling the established order, and where a French invasion is an ever-present threat to its port. But soon he and his colleagues learn that many of the Archbishop's executors have died in unexplained circumstances and that the codicil naming Michaelhouse as a beneficiary cannot be found...'A first-rate treat for mystery lovers' (Historical Novels Review)'Susanna Gregory has an extraordinary ability to conjure up a strong sense of time and place' (Choice)

'In Stockwin's hands the sea story will continue to entrance readers across the world' - Guardian Captain Sir Thomas Kydd's part in Britain's doomed occupation of Buenos Aires has put him on the wrong side of some powerful men at the Admiralty. He is given a poisoned commission that some hope will destroy his career: a recently mutinied ship. But enemies aboard and on the high seas are just the start of the problem. Soon he will have to take his untested and untrustworthy crew into the Baltic where they will get entangled with Napoleon's invasion of Prussia. With the stakes desperate, the task seemingly impossible and the French implacable, Kydd could return home once more a hero - or find himself facing a court martial. ************** What readers are saying about TYGER 'A delightful seafaring story' - 5 stars 'TYGER is ablaze with brilliant, inventive and authentic storytelling . . . Stockwin's best' - 5 stars 'My favourite of the series' - 5 stars 'Julian Stockwin - long may you continue writing!' - 5 stars 'Another top-notch story' - 5 stars Autorid: Julian Stockwin

By combining excerpts from key historical writings with commentary by experts, Philosophy of Science: An Historical Anthology provides a comprehensive history of the philosophy of science from ancient to modern times. Provides a comprehensive history of the philosophy of science, from antiquity up to the 20th century Includes extensive commentary by scholars putting the selected writings in historical context and pointing out their interconnections Covers areas rarely seen in philosophy of science texts, including the philosophical dimensions of biology, chemistry, and geology Designed to be accessible to both undergraduates and graduate students Autorid: Timothy McGrew, Marc Alspector-Kelly, Fritz Allhoff

Learn to cope with anxiety and embody the belief that you are not your thoughts with this eight-week program featuring 56 distinct daily meditations and journal prompts. An epidemic of anxiety is sweeping the nation, affecting over 40 million adults in the United States. Fortunately, there are solutions available for people suffering from this condition—and they don’t have to include pharmaceutical drugs. More and more evidence is emerging daily to support the premise that meditation can be a highly effective tool in managing anxiety—with some studies suggesting that just 10 minutes of meditation a day can help to reduce symptoms. In this guided meditation journal, popular meditation teacher Kelly Smith—host of the iTunes chart–topping podcast Mindful in Minutes and author of Mindful in Minutes: Meditation for the Modern Family—takes you by the hand and leads you step by step through an eight-week program of daily meditation and journaling to help you acknowledge, accept, understand, soothe, and ultimately heal from the debilitating affects of anxiety. Each week of Mindful in Minutes: You Are Not Your Thoughts covers a different aspect of the anxiety experience, building on the previous lessons and offering different tools to help the you learn to detach yourself from your anxious thoughts and cope with the symptoms and causes of anxiety. The daily meditations and journal prompts are designed to help you go deep into your inner self and develop a close understanding of your particular experience. This journal should take no more than 20 minutes a day to complete, making it an easy habit to incorporate into your daily routine.The practices and prompts include: Breathwork Body scans Visualizations Free writes Drawing prompts Letter-writing List-making And more! With just 20 minutes of meditation and journaling a day for eight weeks, you can learn to detach yourself from your anxious thoughts, heal your relationship with anxiety, and start living a fuller, calmer life. Mindful in Minutes: You Are Not Your Thoughts helps readers heal their relationship with anxiety with an eight-week program of guided meditation and journaling that takes just 20 minutes a day. Autorid: Kelly Smith

Sloth is back now in board book edition! A group of children find a sloth snoring away in a tree in their garden. Not knowing what it is, they set off to find out. While the two older children dream up increasingly outrageous possibilities, from an astronaut to a pirate, to a space creature, the youngest little girl investigates books and a globe and discovers what it really is and where it lives. But how can the children help the sloth to get home if it won't wake up? Autorid: Frann Preston-Gannon