This contemporary illustrated treasury of everyday first words contains over 250 words for your toddlers to discover. They will enjoy exploring the brightly-coloured themed pages and busy scenes within A World of Words. Clear labels and simple questions on every page will not only encourage a child's curiosity but also support further learning and language development. Welcome to A World of Words!This contemporary illustrated treasury of everyday first words contains over 250 words for your toddlers to discover. They will enjoy exploring the brightly-coloured themed pages and busy scenes within A World of Words. Clear labels and simple questions on every page will not only encourage a child's curiosity but also support further learning and language development.The clear and stylish artwork from Emilie Lapeyre will help children connect each word with their image and help little learners as they develop into little readers.First wordsIntroduces the worldRecommended for children 2+ Autorid: Ladybird
A hypnotising summer novel from the twice Booker-shortlisted author of Hot Milk and Swimming Home _________________________________ A group of hedonistic West European tourists gather to celebrate Christmas in a remote French chateau. Then an Englishwoman is brutally murdered, and the sad, eerie child Tatiana declares she knows who did it. The subsequent inquiry into the death proves to be more of an investigation into the nature of love, insatiable rage and sadistic desire. The Unloved offers a bold and revealing look at some of the events that shaped European and African history, and the perils of a future founded on concealed truth. _________________________________ 'Brave and brilliant, measured and lyrical' Independent 'Levy's prose throbs its way into the imagination' Observer 'Startling, compelling, cool' The Times 'Levy's sense of dramatic form is unerring, and her precise, dispassionate prose effortlessly summons people and landscapes' New Yorker Autorid: Deborah Levy
This book contains nine pieces from ABRSM's Grade 3 Piano syllabus for 2023 & 2024, three pieces chosen from each of Lists A, B and C - ideal for both Practical and Performance Grade exams. The pieces have been carefully selected to offer an attractive and varied range of styles, creating a collection that provides an excellent source of repertoire to suit every performer. The book also contains helpful footnotes and, for those preparing for exams, useful syllabus information.Audio recordings of all 39 pieces on the Grade 3 syllabus, performed by expert musicians, are included (via the download code in the book). A version of this book without audio download is also available. Autorid: ABRSM
From the Outer Banks to the Great Smoky Mountains, discover the best of the Tar Heel State with Moon North Carolina. Inside you'll find:Flexible itineraries, including scenic drives along the Blue Ridge Parkway, a weekend in Great Smoky Mountains National Park, and a five-day coastal getaway The top local experiences: Explore the gardens of the Biltmore Estate, check out the art museum in Raleigh, or kick back with a craft beer at an outdoor concert in Wilmington. Escape to the Outer Banks for a glimpse of wild horses, historic lighthouses, and remote islands. Tap your foot to live bluegrass and dig in to famous North Carolina barbecue Outdoor adventures: Hike to waterfalls or challenge yourself to climb the peaks of Grandfather Mountain and Mount Mitchell. Kayak around Kitty Hawk, whitewater raft in the wild Nantahala River Gorge, hang glide, or spend a day fly-fishing Expert tips from North Carolina local Jason Frye on when to go, how to get around, and where to stay, from rugged campgrounds to historic inns and beachside B&Bs Full-color photos and detailed maps throughout Thorough background on the landscape, climate, wildlife, and local culture With Moon North Carolina's expert advice and local insight, you can find your adventure. Feeling outdoorsy? Check out Moon Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Can't get enough of the beach? Try Moon North Carolina Coast.About Moon Travel Guides: Moon was founded in 1973 to empower independent, active, and conscious travel. We prioritize local businesses, outdoor recreation, and traveling strategically and sustainably. Moon Travel Guides are written by local, expert authors with great stories to telland they can't wait to share their favorite places with you. For more inspiration, follow @moonguides on social media. Autorid: Jason Frye, Jason Frye
Whether you're delivering a heartfelt toast or eulogy, giving a presentation at work, or speaking up for change, this comprehensive guide gives you the tools you need to become a confident and compelling speaker, communicator, and leader in your work and in life. Drawing on the life-changing lessons he learned from his time in the White House, leading speechwriter Terry Szuplat shows you how to: Communicate clearly and confidently in any situation Create an emotional connection with your audience Adopt a new mindset to help overcome your anxieties Use the power of storytelling to win over any audience Full of practical tips, fascinating psychological research and never-before-heard insights and advice from conversations with President Obama, this book will transform the way you approach speaking in public forever. Autorid: Terry Szuplat
Tour the city of Venice through the panoramic paintings of one of its most celebrated chroniclersThe lagoon city of Venice was home to some of the greatest painters of the Italian Renaissance. Among them was Vittore Carpaccio (c. 14651525), whose body of work largely remains to this day in the city in which he lived and died. Influenced by Early Netherlandish art and resistant to Humanist trends, Carpaccio is today known for having developed a style that set him apart from his peers. He worked primarily under the patronage of various scuole, or confraternities, to illustrate Christian anecdotes. Replete with illustrative detail and an earthy color palette, Carpaccios paintings are uniquely emotive in their depictions of saintly miracles.This new publication invites readers from around the world to tour Venice through Carpaccios masterpieces and discover the artist who was exceptionally adept at fusing the real Venice and the myth of Venice into a single vision. Carpaccio in Venice: A Guide presents all of the artists works conserved in the city, providing updated scholarship for both the paintings and their original locations in light of recent restoration efforts. Sites include the Scuola di San Giorgio degli Schiavoni, the Doges Palace, the Museo Correr, the Gallerie dellAccademia, along with many other locations. Autorid: Vittore Carpaccio, Gabriele Matino, Patricia Fortini Brown, Gabriele Matino
Christianity is a surprising religion. It has changed the world in remarkable ways throughout history simply through Christians living out their faith. More recently, weve become afraid of a habituated Christianity, thinking that routines will rob our faith of its vitality. The net effect is that weve replaced the habits that surprise the world with habits that mimic the worldand both we and the world suffer for it.Integrating the five habits in the BELLS modelBless others, Eat together, Listen to the Spirit, Learn Christ, and understand yourself as Sent by God into others liveswill help you spread the gospel organically, graciously, and surprisingly.Michael Frost, a world-renowned expert on evangelism and discipleship, makes evangelism a lifestyle that is fulfilling, exciting, effective, and easy to live out! Autorid: Michael Frost
A thoroughly entertaining collection of classic crime stories set in the deep midwinter. Designed to appeal to the book lover, the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautifully bound pocket-sized gift editions of much loved classic titles. Bound in real cloth, printed on high quality paper, and featuring ribbon markers and gilt edges, Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure.Crime doesnt stop for the holidays, as this anthology of gripping Christmas mysteries shows with its baffling robberies, mysterious deaths and family gatherings that go terribly wrong.These beautiful books make perfect gifts or a treat for any book lover. The stories in More Classic Christmas Crime Stories have been selected and introduced by writer Matthew Booth.When snow falls and darkness comes early, its the perfect setting for murder and intrigue. And when family and friends gather in country houses for jolly festivities, theyre certainly not expecting guests and priceless jewellery to go missing. But its fertile ground for classic crime writers such as Arthur Conan Doyle, G. K. Chesterton and Dorothy L. Sayers who, amongst others, are showcased in this nail-biting collection. Autorid: Matthew Booth, Matthew Booth
Acclaimed maritime historian William H. Miller presents a vivid collection of photographs charting a century of cruising the ocean waves from the 1920s to the start of the current cruising boom. 100 Years of Cruise Ships in Colour includes many early, often seasonal, liners, along with the more purposeful generation of floating hotels that began in the 1960s. There are favourites, such as the pre-Second World War Franconia, Reliance, Nieuw Amsterdam and Normandie; then, in greater numbers, a fleet starting from the 1950s and 60s ships such as the Caronia, Andes, Queen of Bermuda, Nassau, Italia, Bahama Star, Reina Del Mar, Oceanic, Skyward, Song of Norway, Hamburg, Royal Viking Star and Queen Elizabeth 2. Finally, steaming into the twenty-first century, we see the likes of the Royal Princess, Statendam, Crystal Symphony, Oriana, Queen Mary 2, Allure of the Seas and Viking Star. This is a magnificent scrapbook of a great and grand generation of ships. Autorid: William H. Miller
Erwin Rommel was the outstanding Axis field commander of the Second World War, respected, even admired, by his opponents. Here it seemed to the Allies, was a supremely professional soldier: chivalrous, decent, largely untainted by the crimes of the Nazi regime, carrying out his duty with often dazzling success. David Frasers definitive study brings to Rommels career not only the insights of an acclaimed biographer, but also those of a distinguished soldier. He shows how inspiringly spontaneous and superficially haphazard Rommels style of leadership could be; how his hallmarks of boldness of manoeuvre, ferocity in attack and tenacity in pursuit, which characterised his great campaign in North Africa, were evident from his earliest battles in the First World War. Knights Cross is first and foremost hte biography of a soldier, but Rommel reached a position in which he almost inevitably became embroiled in politics, including his alleged involvement in the plot to kill Hitler, which condemned him in the eyes of the Fuhrer he had served so loyally. Rommel is not, to David Fraser, a flawless hero: his failing as well as his genuis are recorded here. But he had that instinct for battle and leadership which set him apart from contemporaries, and places him among the truly great commanders of history. Autorid: David Fraser
BOOK 2 OF 3 It began with Broken Promise. Now the mystery deepens in the second of the Promise Falls trilogy. A freak accident has killed Lucy Brighton's father. And when she goes to his house, she's convinced that someone has broken in. She asks private investigator Cal Weaver to look into it - but isn't prepared for what he'll find. Cal discovers a secret 'playroom' in the basement, complete with video equipment, and it looks as though there's a missing recording. How does the stolen DVD connect to the other disturbing events that are happening in the town? As Cal investigates further, and more people start dying in mysterious circumstances, it's clear that someone is targeting Promise Falls. But who - and how far will they go? *** Praise for Linwood Barclay 'Nothing is more satisfying than tucking into a new Linwood Barclay novel' Shari Lapena, author of The Couple Next Door 'A suspense master' Stephen King 'One of the best thriller writers in the world' Mark Billingham 'Seamless, breathless and relentlessly paced' Mirror Autorid: Linwood Barclay
Are your kids struggling with music theory? Do you wish you could help them learn how to read music? Help Your Kids With Music is what every frustrated parent needs. This invaluable guide covers all the core subjects needed
Eisner Award Nomination for Best Webcomic The New York Public Library's Best New Comics of 2025 for Adults "Will have readers cheering." NEW YORK TIMES "Readers will fall for Imogen and Alex just as they fall for each other." PUBLISHERS WEEKLY "The much-needed hit of dopamine we need in this world." FANGIRL NATION Imogen has an exciting new neighbor! Alex just moved from the big city back into her late parents' house, and she seems to have it all: She's a cool single mom with a thriving career, a fun look, and a cosmopolitan life of adventure. Imogen certainly has dreams of a more carefree life, but being a stay-at-home mom of four is a more-than-full-time jobone that doesn't pay very welland that's all she can handle. How does Alex do it? She's captured Imogen's imagination. But what we see on the surface isn't always the whole story. Alex's return has given her a lot to ponder. Her parents are gone, and she's just starting to realize her privileged childhood wasn't as happy as it seemed. Now she's adrift, learning how to relate after a lifetime of pushing everyone away. Chance brought these two fast friends together . . . and everything that happens next is unlike anything they could have planned! Autorid: Lindsay Ishihiro
Dive into this playful collection of 12 crochet sea creatures and their adorable accessories. From a cheerful seahorse to a magical mermaid, each design by Valérie Moreau (filuncrochet) bursts with color, charm, and personality. Perfect for beginners and seasoned crocheters alike, the book features step-by-step instructions, clear illustrations, and a handy techniques section covering spirals, magic rings, and colour changes. With thoughtful finishing touches like removable outfits and tiny accessories, these projects are fun to make, gift, and collecta joyful adventure into the world of handmade ocean friends. Autorid: Valerie Moreau
The bestselling survey of the worlds finest garden-makers, planters, and horticulturists, now available in a tactile mini format for on-the-go inspiration Revealing the rich artistic history of this ever-changing art form, The Garden Book presents 500 iconic garden-makers in A-to-Z order, creating fascinating juxtapositions among their signature works. From the first religious gardens to Dan Pearsons heavenly Tokachi garden in Japan, each entry illustrates a key work by the designer, describes the garden, and evokes the unique spirit and ethos of their work. Images span four millennia, from ancient Persian gardens to the naturalistic designs of today, with landscapes from Chanticleer to Central Park, Sissinghurst to Versailles. The biggest names and rising stars of contemporary garden design are showcased alongside iconic figures of the past, including Capability Brown, Andrea Cochran, Antoni Gaudí, Dan Hinkley, Gertrude Jekyll, Christopher Lloyd, Cornelia Oberlander, Charles Platt, Carlo Scarpa, Piet Oudolf, and more. The Garden Book is an essential reference and exquisite gift, offering todays gardeners infinite inspiration to create their own signature spaces, whatever their landscape. Autorid: Phaidon Editors, Tim Richardson, Toby Musgrave
Humanity has entered a new age of space exploration. By the end of this decade, astronauts will be back on the Moon, and several projects are already underway to send future crewed missions to Mars. A Spacefaring Society assembles renowned researchers and professionals from the space industry to discuss the major milestones ahead. Together, they take us through the wide-ranging innovations, technologies, and capabilities that will be required for any sustainable presence in space.The book is divided into three key sections. It begins with Entering the Golden Age of Space Exploration, outlining current plans to return to the Moon and send humans to Mars, as well as our science objectives, the role of commercial space efforts, and national security. The second section on Creating Sustainability in Space discusses the technologies necessary to make human life self-sufficient beyond Earth, and ongoing experiments that are aiding this effort. Finally, the third section on Achieving Civilization in Space examines such topics as tourism and hospitality, commerce, art and music, human reproduction, education, design and aesthetics, law, sports and entertainment, and many other elements necessary for a stable society off Earth.With wide-ranging contributions from experts across these topics, A Future Spacefaring Society provides an overview of the extraordinary steps and people required to make sustained life in space a reality.
