The ultimate introduction to art and culture presents 3,000 years of fashion in one gorgeous coffee table book. This is the definitive visual guide to everything ever worn. Fashion: The Definitive Visual Guide brings you a grand gallery of more than
Who's your favourite character from the Marvel Cinematic Universe? Whether you like Super Heroes or villains, the movies or TV series, learn all about them in this updated edition! Now including more than 200 characters from Black Panther and Ms. Ma
Packed with striking photography, this compact Countries of the World guide explores over 200 countries and territories from around the world. Explore the planet and journey across the world to discover what makes it special in this fact-filled Pocket Eyewitness book for children aged 9-12. This country guide is divided into continental chapters, featuring each nation's geography, climate and economics, supplemented by stats and data.Children will learn the national flags, official names, capital cities, populations, total area, population density, languages, literacy rate, type of government, and currency, all meticulously researched from the latest sources. This condensed children’s Countries of the World guide offers: - A pocket-sized but detailed guide, fitting all the important information into one small package. - Up to 200 country profiles, each featuring a map, flag and keynote statistics.- Easy-to-navigate chapters presented in geographical order, making it easy to explore the world. Which is the biggest country in the world? Which one has the most people? Which one has three capital cities? Children can find the answers to these questions and more in the pages of this illustrated reference guide to all the countries of the world. Suitable for all children interested in geography, this guide presents lots of useful information and facts about the world we live in.Each country entry has a full colour map showing terrain, major places, and geographical features. There is also a fascinating 'insight' fact for each country revealing interesting details that make places so unique.
Explore the magical world of LEGO (R) Harry Potter (TM)!LEGO (R) Harry Potter (TM) Visual Dictionary is the definitive guide to LEGO Harry Potter, packed with spellbinding sets, minifigures, and magical accessories, with an exclusive LEGO Harry Potter minifigure! Meet all the classic LEGO Harry Potter characters - from Hermione to Hagrid. Discover amazing details of fan-favourite sets from the Hogwarts Express, 4 Privet Drive, Diagon Alley, and the epic 6000+ piece Hogwarts Castle. Learn how these magical sets are created in a behind-the-scenes chapter, which features an interview with the award-winning LEGO Harry Potter team. Whether you see yourself as a brave Gryffindor, a loyal Hufflepuff, a clever Ravenclaw, or a cunning Slytherin, find out everything you need to know about LEGO Harry Potter in this must-have book. This Visual Dictionary is a fully updated and expanded edition of LEGO (R) Harry Potter (TM) Magical Treasury and features LEGO Harry Potter sets from 2018 to the latest release in 2024. (c) & (TM) Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. Publishing Rights (c) JKR. (s24). (c)2024 The LEGO Group.
What happens in a recession? How does money work? Why do we pay tax? Explaining the key milestones in the field of economics in a clear and simple way, The Economics Book answers these questions and more besides, and is the perfect introduction to the subject. Untangling knotty theories and shedding light on abstract concepts, entries unpack each complex idea with a combination of easy-to-follow explanations, innovative graphics, and intriguing quotes. Discover centuries of economic thought, from the earliest development of private property to the cutting-edge development of modern game theory, and from the "Tragedy of the Commons” to the revolutionary economics of online social networks.And explore the "big ideas” behind the numerous different economic theories and policies used around the world and throughout history. Fully revised and updated with eight brand-new pages of content, The Economics Book is a truly accessible and comprehensive route into a fascinating subject.
When it releases this fall, Rapunzel (new title forthcoming) will be the 50th animated feature produced by Walt Disney Animated Studios. Featuring the stunning concept art behind the newest Disney masterpiece-from sketches and character designs to storyboards and color scripts-The Art of Rapunzel also gives readers an inside look at the film's fascinating history, which began over sixty-five years ago with Walt Disney's early explorations in the fairy tale.
The third volume of this collection completes the exploration of patterns for women and men. It focuses on the shaping of men's and women's outwear. The wide range of patterns examined includes basic forms of jackets, coats and cloaks as well as the latest trends and new cuts proposed by designers that go beyond the timeless and fundamental models. The book also offers detailed descriptions of drafting techniques, which are essential for the industrial patternmaker and, last but not least, techniques for altering and fitting jackets, coats and cloaks. Antonio Donnanno began his§career in his family's tailoring shop. In 1982, he founded the prestigious Euromode School Italia in Bergamo, which soon expanded abroad. He has written dozens of books on fashion and has his own consulting firm, which focuses on patternmaking and business.The illustrator, Elisabetta Kuky Drudi, is also author of Promopress bestseller Fashion Details. She currently designs for various international fashion houses.
Each page of this illustrated book showcases the downside of being everything from a clown to a cassette tape to a zombie to a sock (whose friends have all gone missing). This book presents a delightful primer for laughing at the inevitable.
The bestselling author of Daemon returns with a near-future technological thriller, in which a charismatic billionaire recruits a team of adventurers to launch the first deep space mining operation--a mission that could alter the trajectory of hu
*A WATERSTONES 'BEST POLITICAL BOOK OF THE YEAR'**A TIMES 'BEST PHILOSOPHY AND IDEAS' BOOK OF 2021**A GUARDIAN 'BEST POLITICS BOOKS OF THE YEAR'*'A brilliant manifesto explaining why women are still so underestimated and overlooked in today's world, but how we can also be hopeful for change' - Philippa Perry'An impassioned, meticulously argued and optimistic call to arms for anyone who cares about creating a fairer society' - Observer__________Imagine living in a world in which you were routinely patronised by women.Imagine having your views ignored or your expertise frequently challenged by them.Imagine people always addressing the woman you are with before you.Now imagine a world in which the reverse of this is true.The Authority Gap provides a startling perspective on the unseen bias at work in our everyday lives, to reveal the scale of the gap that still persists between men and women. Would you believe that US Supreme Court Justices are interrupted four times more often than male ones... 96% of the time by men? Or that British parents, when asked to estimate their child's IQ will place their son at 115 and their daughter at 107?Marshalling a wealth of data with precision and insight, and including interviews with pioneering women such as Baroness Hale, Mary Beard and Bernadine Evaristo, Mary Ann exposes unconscious bias in this fresh feminist take on how to address and counteract systemic sexism in ways that benefit us all.Includes interviews with pioneering women such as:Baroness HaleMary BeardBernadine EvaristoMary McAleeseJulia GillardDolly Alderton and Pandora SykesCherie BlairLiz TrussAmber RuddFrances MorrisLaura Bates__________'Hugely exciting' - Emily Maitlis'Deeply researched, profoundly thoughtful and a book very much for the here and now: Mary Ann Sieghart's The Authority Gap is the book she was probably born to write' - Andrew Marr'At last here is a credible roadmap that is capable of taking women from the margins to the centre by bridging the authority gap that holds back even the best and most talented of women. - Mary McAleese, Former President of Ireland
A moving portrayal of the struggle between desire and duty in nineteenth-century New York high societyNewland Archer, an eligible young man of the establishment is about to announce his engagement to May Welland, a pretty ingénue, when May's cousin, Countess Olenska, is introduced into their circle. The Countess brings with her an aura of European sophistication and a hint of scandal, having left her husband and claimed her independence.Her sorrowful eyes, her tragic worldliness and her air of unapproachability attract the sensitive Newland and, almost against their will, a passionate bond develops between them. But Archer's life has no place for passion and, with society on the side of May and all she stands for, he finds himself drawn into a bitter conflict between love and duty.
Level up your LEGO® Minecraft® models with more than 50 building ideas! Use your LEGO collection to bring your Minecraft builds to life. Inspire budding builders to design a diamond sword, build a busy biome, make a micro mob, create a creeper house
The sensational new novel from the author of The History of Bees Translated into 36 languages, winner of the Norwegian Bookseller's Prize, and the most successful Norwegian author of her generation, Maja Lunde returns with a heart-wrenching tale, set in the distant past and the dystopian future, about extinction and survival, family and hope.Mikhail lives in Russia in 1881. When a skeleton of a rare wild horse is brought to him, the zoologist plans an expedition to Mongolia to find the fabled Przewalski horse, a journey that tests not only his physicality, but his heart. In 1992, Karin, alongside her troubled son Mathias and several Przewalski horses, travels to Mongolia to re-introduce the magnificent horses to their native land. The veterinarian has dedicated her life to saving the breed from extinction, prioritizing the wild horses, even over her own son. Europe's future is uncertain in 2064, but Eva is willing to sacrifice nearly everything to hold onto her family's farm. Her teenage daughter implores Eva to leave the farm and Norway, but a pregnant wild mare Eva is tending is about to foal. Then, a young woman named Louise unexpectedly arrives on the farm, with mysterious intentions that will either bring them all together, or devastate them one by one.Spanning continents and centuries, The Last Wild Horses is a powerful tale of survival and connection-of humans, animals, and the indestructible bonds that unite us all. Translated from the Norwegian by Diane Oatley
Perfect for revising German Grammar offering a clear and easy-to-understand guide to the verbs and grammar of German with hundreds of practical exercises.
A new selection of E. M. Forster's exquisite short stories, now in the beautifully designed Penguin English Library Series'We created the Machine, to do our will, but we cannot make it do our will now. It has robbed us of the sense of space and of the sense of touch, it has blurred every human relation and narrowed down love to a carnal act, it has paralyzed our bodies and our wills, and now it compels us to worship it.'Like his much-loved novels, E. M. Forster's short stories are rich in irony and alive with sharp observations on the surprises life holds. Telling tales of violent events, discomforting coincidences, and other disruptive happenings, his sharp and vivid prose has the ability to throw the characters', and reader's, perceptions and beliefs off balance.Selected to appeal to a new generation of readers around the world, this new selection of short stories in the Penguin English Library series celebrates E. M. Forster's unparalleled skill for storytelling, beginning with his masterful work of science fiction, The Machine Stops.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 320, Publishers: Penguin Books, Author: Dr Ali Fenwick, ISBN-13: 9780241653685, Date of issue: 2024
Today, domestic cats live harmoniously with devoted owners all over the world. But how did the wildcats of old creep into our homes and our hearts, convincing us to keep them warm, fed, and pampered? They learned to talk to us. Renowned cat behavio
Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of The Neverending Story Puffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this highly anticipated 45th anniversary edition of The Neverending Story. Only the right name gives beings and things their reality. A wrong name makes everything unreal. That's what lies do - Michael EndeBastian is nobody's idea of a hero, least of all his own.Through the pages of an old book he discovers a mysterious magical world - a world of dragons, monsters, witches and GIANTS! A world that is doomed unless a human can save it...Can Bastian succeed in battling terrible foes and find the strength he needs to give the Empress a new name?Collect our Puffin Clothbound Classics: 9780241444313 The Little Prince 9780241663554 The Jungle Book 9780241568811 Charlotte's Web 9780241688243 Little Women 9780241688250 Peter Pan 9780241688267 The Railway Children 9780241688236 Chinese Cinderella 9780241411216 Treasure Island 9780241411209 The Wizard of Oz 9780241655702 Watership Down 9780241663578 The Worst Witch 9780241663547 David Copperfield 9780241663561 The Neverending Story 9780241623909 Stig of the Dump 9780241623916 The Dark is Rising 9780241411162 The Secret Garden 9780241411148 Black Beauty 9780241411155 Dracula 9780241425121 Frankenstein 9780241425138 Wuthering Heights 9780241425114 Tales from Shakespeare 9780241425107 Tales of the Greek Heroes 9780241411193 A Christmas Carol 9780241621196 Grimms' Fairy Tales 9780241425145 Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
Philip Swallow, Morris Zapp, Persse McGarrigle and the lovely Angelica are the jet-propelled academics who are on the move, in the air and on the make in David Lodge's satirical Small World. It is a world of glamorous travel and high excitement, where stuffy lecture rooms are swapped for lush corners of the globe, and romance is in the air...
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 576, Publishers: Penguin Random House Children's UK, Author: Bluey, ISBN-13: 9780241654859, Date of issue: 2023
In 1963, Annie Ernaux, 23 and unattached, realizes she is pregnant. Shame arises in her like a plague: understanding that her pregnancy will mark her and her family as social failures, she knows she cannot keep that child. This is the story, written forty years later, of a trauma Ernaux never overcame.
Becky Brandon (née Bloomwood) adores Christmas. It's always the same – Mum and Dad hosting, carols playing, Mum pretending she made the Christmas pudding, and the next-door neighbours coming round for sherry in their terrible festive jumpers. And n
A shocking secret behind a young boy's death leads to three generations of treachery in this breathtaking saga of love, power and revenge, set amid the wealth and decadence of Victorian England . . .
Slim Aaron was one of the most highly regarded magazine photographers of his generation. This is the third collection of his work, with images of the jet-setters and beautiful people from the 1950s to the 1980s.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 284, Publishers: Drawn and Quarterly, Author: Ryan Holmberg, ISBN-13: 9781770465060, Date of issue: 2023
Language: English, Binding: Paperback, Number of pages: 44, Publishers: Batsford Ltd, Author: Phoebe Taplin, ISBN-13: 9781841659589, Date of issue: 2023
This textbook helped to define the field of Behavioural Ecology. In this fourth edition the text has been completely revised, with new chapters and many new illustrations and colour photographs. The theme, once again, is the influence of natural selection on behaviour - an animal's struggle to survive and reproduce by exploiting and competing for resources, avoiding predators, selecting mates and caring for offspring, - and how animal societies reflect both cooperation and conflict among individuals.§§Written in the same engaging and lucid style as the previous editions, the authors explain the latest theoretical ideas using examples from micro-organisms, invertebrates and vertebrates. There are boxed sections for some topics and marginal notes help guide the reader. The book will be essential reading for students of behavioural ecology, animal behaviour and evolutionary biology.
Language: English, Binding: Hardback, Number of pages: 320, Publishers: Pan Macmillan, Author: Tiffany Jenkins, ISBN-13: 9781529034165, Date of issue: 2024
Discover our collectable Puffin Clothbound Classic edition of David CopperfieldPuffin Clothbound Classics are stunning collectable gift editions of some of the best-loved classics in the world - including this irresistible 175th anniversary edition of David Copperfield.Of all my books, I like this the best - Charles DickensFull of tragedy and comedy in equal measure and based in part on the author's own life, David Copperfield remains one of the most enduring and popular of Dickens' novels.Among the memorable cast of characters he encounters along the way are his brutal stepfather, Mr Murdstone; bubbly Nurse Peggotty; his brilliant, but unworthy schoolmate Steerforth, his eccentric aunt, Betsy Trotwood, the scheming clerk Uriah Heep, the enchanting Dora and the magnificent Mr Macawber - a character much like Dickens' own father.Collect our Puffin Clothbound Classics: 9780241444313 The Little Prince 9780241663554 The Jungle Book 9780241568811 Charlotte's Web 9780241688243 Little Women 9780241688250 Peter Pan 9780241688267 The Railway Children 9780241688236 Chinese Cinderella 9780241411216 Treasure Island 9780241411209 The Wizard of Oz 9780241655702 Watership Down 9780241663578 The Worst Witch 9780241663547 David Copperfield 9780241663561 The Neverending Story 9780241623909 Stig of the Dump 9780241623916 The Dark is Rising 9780241411162 The Secret Garden 9780241411148 Black Beauty 9780241411155 Dracula 9780241425121 Frankenstein 9780241425138 Wuthering Heights 9780241425114 Tales from Shakespeare 9780241425107 Tales of the Greek Heroes 9780241411193 A Christmas Carol 9780241621196 Grimms' Fairy Tales 9780241425145 Hans Christian Andersen's Fairy Tales
From the frozen Arctic to the blazing hot deserts of Sahara, take a trip across the globe with this illustrated world atlas. This illustrated atlas not only portrays regions, such as the Siberian wastes, with beautifully detailed maps but also descr
