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Series: Do You Mind If I Cancel? (Things That Still Annoy Me) Paperback Gary Janetti 9781250266415 $22.99 HUMOR Oct 22, 2019

The InstantNew York TimesBestseller"From “Family Guy” to his own Instagram account, Janetti has been behind some of his generation’s greatest comedy. This book of essays is no exception."— The New York TimesFans of David Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, and Tina Fey… meet your new friend Gary Janetti.Gary Janetti, the writer and producer for some of the most popular television comedies of all time, and creator of one of the most wickedly funny Instagram accounts there is, now turns his skills to the page in a hilarious, and poignant book chronicling the ... + Read More
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Series: How Fear Works Culture of Fear in the Twenty-First Century Paperback Frank Furedi 9781472972897 $20.50 SOCIAL SCIENCE Oct 22, 2019

In 1997, Frank Furedi published a book calledCulture of Fear. It was widely acclaimed as perceptive and prophetic. Now Furedi returns to his original theme, as most of what he predicted has come true. InHow Fear Works, Furedi seeks to explain two interrelated themes: why has fear acquired such a morally commanding status in society today and how has the way we fear today changed from the way that it was experienced in the past? Furedi argues that one of the main drivers of the culture of fear is unravelling of moral authority. Fear appears to p... + Read More
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Series: Pocket Photo Guides Birds of Ecuador and Galapagos Paperback Clive Byers 9781472974488 $19.00 NATURE Aug 25, 2020

Although it is one of South America's smallest countries, Ecuador is home to nearly 1,600 species of birds. This is thanks to the huge variety of habitats created by the Andes. The country is a birder's paradise and an increasingly popular tourist destination. Areas such as Tandayapa, Mindo and La Selva are renowned for their birdwatching potential and boast such dramatic species as Toucan Barbet, Andean Cock-of-the-Rock, Andean Condor, Giant Conebill and Ocellated Tapaculo, plus an array ofbrightly coloured manikins, cotingas, tanagers and hum... + Read More
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Series: Celebrating Life Finding Happiness in Unexpected Places Paperback Jonathan Sacks 9781472974365 $28.00 RELIGION Aug 13, 2019

'I have tried to say what happiness is, how we make it, how we lose it, and how we sometimes walk past it without recognising it. Happiness isn't somewhere else, it's where we are. It isn't something we don't have, we do. It isn't fantasy, it's reality experienced in a certain way. Happiness is a close relative of faith.'Following the painful loss of his father, former Chief Rabbi Sacks began to learn how to celebrate life in a new way. He discovered where happiness lives, often in unexpected places, through family, community, friendship and re... + Read More
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Series: Etruscan Places Travels Through Forgotten Italy Paperback D. H. Lawrence 9781838600228 $20.00 TRAVEL Jul 16, 2019

The Etruscan civilisation, which flourished from the 8th until the 5th century BC in what is now Tuscany, is one of the most fascinating and mysterious in history. An uninhibited, elemental people, the Etruscans enthralled D.H. Lawrence, who craved their 'old wisdom', the secret of their vivacity and love of life. To him they represented the antithesis of everything he despised in the modern world, perhaps because their spontaneity and naturalness struck a chord with his own quest for personal and artistic freedom - so often censured or repress... + Read More
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Series: Burn This A Play Paperback Lanford Wilson 9780809030576 $19.00 DRAMA May 02, 2019

Commissioned by the Circle Repertory Company,Burn This first appeared at the Mark Taper Forum in Los Angeles in 1987 to near-universal praise. Set in the bohemian art world of downtown New York, this vivid and challenging drama explores the spiritual and emotional isolation of Anna and Pale, two outcasts who meet in the wake of the accidental death by drowning of a mutual friend.Their determined struggle toward emotional honesty and liberation--by no means guaranteed at the play's ambiguous end--exemplifies the strength, humor, and complexity o... + Read More
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Series: Shacking Up Making Up A Shacking Up Novel Paperback Helena Hunting 9781250257390 $25.99 FICTION Jul 16, 2019

A new standalone, laugh-out-loud romantic comedy byNew York Times bestselling author Helena Hunting.Cosy Felton is great at her job—she knows just how to handle the awkwardness that comes with working at an adult toy store. So when the hottest guy she’s ever seen walks into the shop looking completely overwhelmed, she’s more than happy to turn on the charm and help him purchase all of the items on his list.Griffin Mills is using his business trip in Las Vegas as a chance to escape the broken pieces of his life in New York City. The last thing h... + Read More
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Series: Beyond Charlottesville: Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism Taking a Stand Against White Nationalism Hardcover Terry McAuliffe 9781250245885 $33.99 POLITICAL SCIENCE Jul 30, 2019

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERThe former governor of Virginia tells the behind-the-scenes story of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville—and shows how we can prevent other Charlottesvilles from happening. When Governor Terry McAuliffe hung up the phone on the afternoon of the violent “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, he was sure Donald Trump would do the right thing as president: condemn the white supremacists who’d descended on the college town and who’d caused McAuliffe to declare a state of emergency that mo... + Read More
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Series: Piranhas The Boy Bosses of Naples: A Novel Paperback Roberto Saviano 9781250265302 $24.50 FICTION Jul 16, 2019

InGomorrah, aNew York Times Book Review Notable Book of the Year, Roberto Saviano revealed a true, devastating portrait of Naples, Italy under the rule of the Camorra, a crime organization more powerful and violent than the Mafia. InThe Piranhas, the international bestselling author returns to his home city with a novel of gang warfare and a young man’s dark desire to rise to the top of Naples’s underworld.Nicolas Fiorillo is a brilliant and ambitious fifteen-year-old from the slums of Naples, eager to make his mark and to acquire power and the... + Read More
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Series: Knitty Gritty Knitting for the Absolute Beginner Paperback Aneeta Patel 9781789940077 $34.00 CRAFTS & HOBBIES May 14, 2019

There's a new generation of knitters out there, turning the traditional image of granny-knitters on its head. Everyone has heard the mantra 'knitting is the new yoga' but not everyone is lucky enough to have someone to show them the ropes and get them started on their very first row. Unless they have a friend or relative to teach them how to start, often would-be knitters turn to the so-called 'beginners patterns' but these can be confusing, difficult to follow, and more often than notwritten in 'knit' rather than English. This book is a tried-... + Read More
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Series: Silent Spring Revisited Paperback Conor Mark Jameson 9781472970589 $20.00 NATURE Jun 04, 2019

American scientist and author Rachel Carson is said to have sparked the modern day environmental movement with the publication ofSilent Spring in 1962. She made vivid the prospect of life without birdsong. But has her warning been heeded?Fifty years on, Conor Mark Jameson reflects on the growth of environmentalism sinceSilent Spring was published. His revealing and engaging tale plots milestone events in conservation, popular culture and political history in the British Isles and beyond, tracing a path through the half century since 'zero hour'... + Read More
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Series: Projects and Their Consequences Reiser+Umemoto Hardcover Jesse Reiser 9781616897192 $88.00 ARCHITECTURE May 28, 2019

Projects and Their Consequences presents fifteen key projects from leading architectural thinkers Reiser + Umemoto. Projects and Their Consequences traces thirty years of innovative, multidisciplinary investigations of form, structure, technique, and planning. Projects include large-scale studies of infrastructure for the East River Corridor and Hudson Yards areas in Manhattan and the Alishan Railway in Taiwan, as well as schemes for cultural institutions including the New Museum, Children's Museum of Pittsburgh, and University of Applied Arts ... + Read More
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Series: The Tenth Parallel Dispatches from the Fault Line Between Christianity and Islam Paperback Eliza Griswold 9781250269782 $24.50 RELIGION Jun 25, 2019

A riveting investigation of the jagged fault line between the Christian and Muslim worldsThe tenth parallel—the line of latitude seven hundred miles north of the equator—is a geographical and ideological front line where Christianity and Islam collide. More than half of the world's 1.3 billion Muslims live along the tenth parallel; so do sixty percent of the world's 2 billion Christians. Here, in the buzzing megacities and swarming jungles of Africa and Asia, is where the two religions meet; their encounter is shaping the future of each faith, ... + Read More
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Series: Syria The Desert and the Sown Paperback Gertrude Bell 9781838602307 $23.00 TRAVEL Aug 13, 2019

"You may rely upon one thing - I'll never engage in creating kings again; it's too great a strain."Gertrude Bell - traveller, scholar, archaeologist, spy - was one of the most powerful figures in the Middle East in the 20th century. With T.E. Lawrence, she was a significant force behind the Arab Revolt and was responsible for creating the boundaries of the modern state of Iraq, as well as installing the Hashemite dynasty, with Faisal I as king, in Iraq and Transjordan. Her knowledge ofthe Arab world was forged through decades of travel and the ... + Read More
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Series: Running Up That Hill The highs and lows of going that bit further Paperback Vassos Alexander 9781472947956 $20.00 SPORTS & RECREATION Jul 16, 2019

SHORTLISTED FOR THE TELEGRAPH SPORTS HEALTH & FITNESS BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARD 2019Running Up That Hill is a celebration of endurance running. Of running ridiculous distances – through cities, over mountains and across countries. Distances most people couldn't even imagine. But sports presenter Vassos Alexander ishooked!Why else would he run an ultra in Paris, backwards, having missed the start? Why head to Wales for the world's hardest mountain race with a badly sprained ankle? And why follow in some unforgiving, ancient footsteps and attempt th... + Read More
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Series: Forgotten Masters Indian Painting for the East India Company Hardcover William Dalrymple 9781781301012 $54.50 ART Jan 28, 2020

As the East India Company extended its sway across India in the late eighteenth century, many remarkable artworks were commissioned by Company officials from Indian painters who had previously worked for the Mughals. Published to coincide with the first UK exhibition of these masterworks at The Wallace Collection, this book celebrates the work of a series of extraordinary Indian artists, each with their own style and tastes and agency, all of whom worked for British patrons between the 1770sand the bloody end of the Mughal rule in 1857.Edited b... + Read More
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Series: Complete Guides The Complete Guide to Indoor Rowing Paperback Jim Flood 9781472974938 $39.00 HEALTH & FITNESS Nov 05, 2019

Indoor rowing machines (or ergometers) were once used only by outdoor rowers during their winter training. Over the last twenty years however the benefits of indoor rowing have attracted more and more users, and now every gym comes with one as standard. It's also a sport in its own right, with competitions ranging from school leagues to the European and World Championships.The Complete Guide to Indoor Rowing is the first comprehensive book to focus on this unique form of strength-endurance training. Clearly illustrated in full colour and packed... + Read More
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Series: With All Due Respect Defending America With Grit and Grace CD-Audio Nikki R. Haley 9781250267207 $54.50 POLITICAL SCIENCE Nov 12, 2019

This program is read by the author.A revealing, dramatic, deeply personal audiobook about the most significant events of our time, by the former United States Ambassador to the United Nations.Nikki Haley is widely admired for her forthright manner (“With all due respect, I don’t get confused”), her sensitive approach to tragic events, and her confident representation of America’s interests as our Ambassador to the United Nations during times of crisis and consequence.In this audiobook, Haley offers a first-hand perspective on major national and... + Read More
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Series: Themed Kits Burger Poet Printed item Magnetic Poetry 602394036483 $18.95 NON-CLASSIFIABLE Jul 01, 2019

Over 200 word magnets that make up more than a quarter-pound of cheese and ketchup dripping poetry. Includes words like meat, delicious, cheese, bun, patty, and melt.
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Series: Themed Kits Creepy Clown Printed item Magnetic Poetry 602394036490 $18.95 NON-CLASSIFIABLE Jul 01, 2019

Over 200 word magnets that straddle the line between delightful and terrifying. Includes words like clown, laugh, silly, frown, funny and run.
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Series: Themed Kits Go Girl! Printed item Magnetic Poetry 602394036506 $18.95 NON-CLASSIFIABLE Jul 01, 2019

Over 200 power-packed word magnets that are an unstoppable force. Contains words like spirit, accomplish, anything, power, and change.
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Series: Themed Kits Hygge Poet Printed item Magnetic Poetry 602394036513 $18.95 NON-CLASSIFIABLE Jul 01, 2019

Over 200 word magnets that settle together for evenings of warm conviviality. Includes words like blanket, comfort, calm, book, fire and winter.
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Series: Themed Kits Pagan Poet Printed item Magnetic Poetry 602394036520 $18.95 NON-CLASSIFIABLE Jul 01, 2019

Over 200 word magnets that align with the mysterious natural forces of the universe. Includes words like sacred, energy, spirit, channel, ritual and celebrate.
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Series: Themed Kits Tree Poet Printed item Magnetic Poetry 602394036537 $18.95 NON-CLASSIFIABLE Jul 01, 2019

Over 200 word magnets that cling to the earth and reach for the heavens. Includes words like tree, grow, leaf, root, shade, and green.
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Series: Travel Guide Lonely Planet Best of Peru 2nd Ed. Paperback Lonely Planet 9781786574954 $34.99 TRAVEL Aug 20, 2019

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Best of Peru is your passport to Peru's top sights and most authentic experiences. Scale the heights of Machu Picchu; puzzle over the Nazca Lines; or visit the sweltering, seductive Amazon Basin, all with your trusted travel companion. Offering visually-inspiring content along with the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you, this photo-rich, user-friendly guide makes planning fun and easy. Discover the best of Peru an... + Read More
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Series: Travel Guide Lonely Planet Best of Malaysia & Singapore 2nd Ed. Paperback Lonely Planet 9781786574961 $34.99 TRAVEL Aug 20, 2019

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Best of Malaysia & Singapore is your passport to Malaysia and Singapore's top sights and most authentic experiences. Enjoy some of Malaysia's best food in charismatic George Town, hunt out giant rafflesia flowers in Sarawak or sing karaoke at the Jonker Walk Night Market, all with your trusted travel companion. Offering visually-inspiring content along with the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you, this photo-rich, ... + Read More
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Series: Best of Country Lonely Planet Best of Japan 2nd Ed. Paperback Lonely Planet 9781787013872 $34.99 TRAVEL Aug 20, 2019

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet Best of Japan is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. See traditional geisha in Kyoto, hike up Mt Fuji, or shop around the clock in Tokyo -all with your trusted travel companion. Discover the best of Japan and begin your journey now!Inside Lonely Planet Best of Japan:Full-colourmaps and images throughoutHighlightsand itineraries help you tailor your trip to your personal needs and interestsInsid... + Read More
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Series: Larousse College Dictionary French-English/English-French Hardcover Larousse 9782035973269 $42.95 REFERENCE Aug 20, 2019

Aimed at upper-intermediate and advanced users who need more than a pocket-size or concise dictionary can offer, the Larousse College French/English Dictionary provides in-depth coverage of common vocabulary and a broad range of business terminology to appeal not only to students but to those who use French in their professional lives.
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Series: Do You Know? Do You Know Your Bride? A Quiz About the Woman in Your Life Paperback Dan Carlinsky 9781492696780 $9.99 REFERENCE Nov 05, 2019

The perfect book for wedding showers, engagements, bachelor and bachelorette parties, and more! This fun activity book will uncover the hilarious things you know (or don't know) about your bride-to-be before the big day! With brain-stumping questions and fun multiple choice, this is the perfect shower or engagement party game to get couples talking, laughing, and learning more about each other!The only real question is, willyou take up the challenge?
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Series: Do You Know? Do You Know Your Groom? A Quiz About the Man in Your Life Paperback Dan Carlinsky 9781492696797 $9.99 REFERENCE Nov 05, 2019

The wedding quiz book for wives-to-be!The perfect book for wedding showers, engagements, bachelorette parties, and more! This fun activity book will uncover the hilarious things a bride does (or doesn't!) know about her groom-to-be before the big day! With brain stumping questions and fun multiple choice, this is the perfect shower or engagement party game to get couples talking, laughing, and learning more about each other!Questions like: What nicknames has he gone by, from childhood on?Does your groom know his car license plate?Does your groo... + Read More
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Series: Do You Know? Do You Know Your Wife? A Quiz about the Woman in Your Life Paperback Dan Carlinsky 9781728211299 $9.99 HUMOR Dec 24, 2019

Just because you're married doesn't mean you know her shoe size, favorite ice cream, or what she carries with her in case of emergencies! This fun activity book will uncover the hilarious things you know (or don't know) about your wife! With brain stumping questions and fun multiple choice, this is the perfect party game or dinner activity to get couples talking, laughing, and learning more about each other!It may be a humbling experience, but you're sure to have fun, and to find out a whole lot about the woman you married.
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Series: Do You Know? Do You Know Your Husband? A Quiz about the Man in Your Life Paperback Dan Carlinsky 9781728211305 $9.99 HUMOR Dec 24, 2019

Just because you're married doesn't mean you know who his barber is, his shirt size, or the song that makes him cry!This fun activity book will uncover the hilarious things you know (or don't know) about your husband! With brain stumping questions and fun multiple choice, this is the perfect party game or dinner activity to get couples talking, laughing, and learning more about each other!It may bea humbling experience, but you're sure to have fun, and to find out a whole lot about the man you married.
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Series: Swimming Games and Activities For parents and teachers Paperback Jim Noble 9781472973856 $26.99 SPORTS & RECREATION Sep 17, 2019

Tried and tested by teachers for over 15 years,Swimming Games and Activities is packed with games and ideas for teaching children the basics of water competence. With over 200 graded games and activities, it provides enjoyable ideas to stimulate children of all ages and includes:- confidence-building games for non-swimmers and beginners- more challenging activities such as sculling, treading water and diving to help more advanced swimmers develop their skills- practical advice for teachers on lesson planning, using music, running a gala, teachi... + Read More
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Series: Alexandria A History and Guide Paperback E.M. Forster 9781838605896 $24.50 HISTORY Feb 23, 2021

In the autumn of 1915, in a "slightly heroic mood", E.M. Forster arrived in Alexandria, full of lofty ideals as a volunteer for the Red Cross. Yet most of his time was spent exploring "the magic, antiquity and complexity" of the place in order to cope with living in what he saw as a "funk-hole". With a novelist's pen, he brings to life the fabled, romantic city of Alexander the Great, capital of Graeco-Roman Egypt, beacon of light and culture symbolised by the Pharos, where the doomed love affair of Antony and Cleopatra was played out and the g... + Read More
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Series: Europe after the Rain Paperback Alan Burns 9780714549163 $16.25 FICTION Oct 15, 2019

Europe after the Rain takes its title from Max Ernst's surrealist work, which depicts a vision of rampant destruction – a theme which Burns here takes to its conclusion, showing man not merely trying to come to terms with desolation, but combating human cruelty with that resilience of spirit without which survival would be impossible. The Europe through which the unnamed narrator travels is a devastated world, twisted and misshapen, both geographically and morally, and he is forced to witness terrible sights, to which he brings an interested ap... + Read More
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Series: Cultural Intelligence The Competitive Edge for Leaders Crossing Boundaries Paperback Julia Middleton 9781472971784 $30.00 BUSINESS & ECONOMICS Jan 21, 2020
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Series: Eclipse - Concrete Poems Paperback Alan Riddell 9780714549149 $16.25 POETRY Dec 10, 2019

In this volume of typographical (or “concrete”) poems, Alan Riddell weaves words and the very letters they're made of into shapes and patterns that heighten or, in some cases, completely undermine the professed message of the pieces.When Eclipse was first published in 1972, concrete poetry was still a relatively new art form, and this book was the first substantial one-man collection to be published in Britain. Now, almost fifty years since its inception, this volume provides a unique perspective on this cutting-edge technique.
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Series: Babel Paperback Alan Burns 9780714549170 $16.25 FICTION Mar 10, 2020

Babel, Alan Burns's fourth critically acclaimed novel, contains all the hallmarks of the aleatoric style he helped to define – shot through with seemingly random newspaper headlines, poems, snatches of conversation and anecdote, which both heighten and undermine meaning, and characterized by extreme contrasts of mood and style and startling surrealist juxtapositions of images and ideas.By turns comic and tragic, tender and brutal, religious and blasphemous, the narrative rockets from London to the United States to Vietnam to interstellar space,... + Read More
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Series: Mugby Junction Paperback Charles Dickens 9781847498137 $15.00 FICTION Oct 15, 2019

Published in the Christmas edition of Charles Dickens's magazine All the Year Round, Mugby Junction is the spellbinding result of a literary collaboration between some of the leading writers of the day, and contains four unforgettable contributions by Dickens himself, including 'The Signalman' – a chilling tale of a spectral apparition whose appearances forebode fatal accidents on the line.The eight stories included in this volume range from the hilarious to the hair-raising, and not only remain as fresh today as when they first appeared in 186... + Read More
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Series: Selected Poetical Works: Blake Paperback William Blake 9781847498212 $15.00 POETRY Feb 23, 2021

Blake occupies a very special place in the pantheon of English Romanticism: just as innovative and brilliant in the figurative arts as in the field of poetry, his works are often difficult to categorize and, while constantly harking back to a classical and biblical past, they also look forward to the future and find resonance there – with authors such as T.S. Eliot, Aldous Huxley and the Beat poets among his many modern admirers.This volume includes a comprehensive selection of Blake's poetry, from the early Songs of Innocence and Experience to... + Read More
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Series: Manon Lescaut Paperback Antoine Francois Prevost 9781847498144 $15.00 FICTION Jan 14, 2020

When the young nobleman Des Grieux lays eyes on the beautiful and charming Manon Lescaut, he immediately falls in love with her, and they elope to Paris, incurring the wrath of his family and forfeiting his inheritance. However, he struggles to satisfy her taste for luxury, frittering away the little he has left, and his domestic bliss finally disintegrates when he finds out that Manon has betrayed him for a rich lover.Although causing scandal on its initial publication in 1731 and subsequently being banned, Manon Lescaut proved very popular wi... + Read More
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Series: Evergreens Jude the Obscure Paperback Thomas Hardy 9781847498076 $12.50 FICTION Dec 31, 2019

Jude Fawley, an intelligent and sensitive young Wessex schoolboy, dreams of studying at the famous university in Christminster, Hardy's fictional representation of Oxford. He embarks on years of private study, but his plans are thrown into disarray when he is deceived into marriage and then deserted by the duplicitous Arabella Donn. Jude, still hoping to earn a place at the university, travels to Christminster to work as a stonemason. Here, he falls for his freethinking cousin Sue, but with the pair living together out of wedlock, the pressures... + Read More
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Series: Pocket Photo Guides Birds of Costa Rica Paperback Susan Fogden 9781472971838 $19.00 SCIENCE Sep 17, 2019

Ideal for the travelling nature watcher, this useful guide provides a comprehensive overview of the variety of bird-life to be found in Costa Rica. Over 250 native species are included in the book, each description supported by a clear colour photograph taken where possible in the bird's natural Costa Rican habitat. As well as the commoner species likely to be encountered - colourful birds such as the Blue-grey Tanager, Social Flycatcher, Kiskadee, Clay-coloured Robin and Rufous-collared Sparrow - the guide also focuses on endemics, such as Bl... + Read More
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Series: Digital Crafts Industrial Technologies for Applied Artists and Designer Makers Paperback Ann Marie Shillito 9781789940114 $64.00 DESIGN Dec 03, 2019

This book showcases ground-breaking methods and techniques that have been adapted from industry and are now being applied by designer-makers. To the uninitiated, these technologies may seem complex, but this book explains simply and clearly how they have developed, how they work, and their application. Packed full with case studies of artists using these processes, this book demonstrates that outstanding work is possible with the right equipment and know-how, and argues that designer makers have the mindset, skills and knowledge to creatively e... + Read More
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Series: The Glorious Adventure Through the Mediterranean in the Wake of Odysseus Paperback Richard Halliburton 9781838601843 $19.00 TRAVEL May 25, 2021

It was perhaps inevitable that Richard Halliburton, such a romantic, imaginative wanderer, would follow in the footsteps of another legendary traveller - Odysseus. Halliburton's second book, The Glorious Adventure describes his journey through the Mediterranean in the shadow of his mythical hero. In Greece, Halliburton charged Mount Olympus 'in order to visit the gods that dwelled there'; he swam the Hellespont as Byron had before him and journeyed on to Troy, where Odysseus's long adventure began. He sailed to Stromboli in the Tyrrhenian Sea, ... + Read More
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Series: An Officer's Manual of the Western Front 1914-1918 Hardcover Stephen Bull 9781472841360 $20.00 HISTORY Oct 08, 2019

Many people have the idea that the 'Great War' on the Western Front was simple, if ghastly, to fight – with few tactics, and unbroken, monotonous, trench lines as the main feature of the battlefield. In such a scenario the archetypal image of battle is of soldiers with rifles and bayonets charging each other in blind obedience to stupid repetitious orders.Though undeniably bloody the war was in fact a ferment of new ideas and new weapons. Gas, flame throwers, super-heavy artillery, concrete bunkers, tanks, aircraft and other innovations were al... + Read More
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Series: Assessment of Gifted and High-Ability Learners Documenting Student Achievement in Gifted Education Paperback Yara Farah Ph.D. 9781618218810 $49.95 EDUCATION Sep 15, 2019

Assessment of Gifted and High-Ability Learners equips readers with the knowledge and skills to evaluate and document student progress using a cyclical systematic process. This book:Highlights and explains the importance of curriculum-based assessments.Connects classroom content with the assessment process.Includes sample assessments for use with gifted and high-ability students.Illustrates the best methods for evaluating gifted students based on standards in each content area.Describes how students' progress can be improved through formative an... + Read More
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Series: Case Studies and Case-Based Learning Inquiry and Authentic Learning That Encourages 21st-Century Skills Paperback Todd Stanley 9781618218858 $42.95 EDUCATION Sep 15, 2019

Case Studies and Case-Based Learning brings authentic, real-world learning to the classroom and:Transforms students' thinking and fosters 21st-century skills.Provides strategies, examples, and resources for implementing case-based learning across the disciplines.Features a step-by-step process for creating case-based lessons.Includes connections to inquiry-based, problem-based, and project-based learning.Builds off of a prominent educational strategy used in medicine and law.Case-based learning has long been an effective way to master knowledge... + Read More
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Series: Not Now The Procrastinator's Playbook Paperback Benjamin English 9781616898427 $18.95 HUMOR Apr 14, 2020

Struggling to realize your full procrastination potential? Finally, a primer for procrastinators has arrived.Not Now is an illustrated instruction manual that teaches novice and advanced procrastinators how to dally, dawdle, and lollygag their way to expert-level procrastination. Starting with simple exercises, such as "sit" and "pace," instructions gradually advance in complexity and futility---"learn how to write in your non-dominant hand," "color coordinate your bookshelves to look like a Pantone color guide"–and eventually reach master leve... + Read More
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Series: The Island Kitchen Recipes from Mauritius and the Indian Ocean Hardcover Selina Periampillai 9781526601384 $48.00 COOKING Sep 10, 2019

SHORTLISTED FOR THE JANE GRIGSON TRUST AWARD 2019'The Island Kitchen has lifted my spirits and made me hungry and happy in equal measure' Nigella LawsonThis ravishing cookbook will take you on a journey around the Indian Ocean islands, to taste the flavours of the colourful markets of Mauritius, the aromatic spice gardens of the Seychelles, the fishing coasts of the Maldives, the lagoons of Mayotte and the forests of Madagascar. Selina Periampillai, born in London but of Mauritian descent, celebrates the vibrant home-cooking of the islands, wit... + Read More
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Series: Warsaw 1944 Hitler, Himmler, and the Warsaw Uprising Paperback Alexandra Richie 9780374538910 $30.00 HISTORY Oct 08, 2019

The full untold story of how one of history's bravest revolts ended in one of its greatest crimesIn 1943, the Nazis liquidated Warsaw's Jewish ghetto. A year later, they threatened to complete the city's destruction by deporting its remaining residents. A sophisticated and cosmopolitan community a thousand years old was facing its final days—and then opportunity struck. As Soviet soldiers turned back the Nazi invasion of Russia and began pressing west, the underground Polish Home Army decided to act. Taking advantage of German disarray and seek... + Read More
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Series: Rose Gallagher Mystery A Golden Grave A Rose Gallagher Mystery Hardcover Erin Lindsey 9781250620927 $38.50 FICTION Sep 17, 2019

The follow-up toMurder on Millionaires' Row, Erin Lindsey's second historical mystery follows Rose Gallagher as she tracks a killer with shocking abilities through Gilded Age Manhattan.Rose Gallagher always dreamed of finding adventure, so her new life as a freshly-minted Pinkerton agent ought to be everything she ever wanted. Only a few months ago, she was just another poor Irish housemaid from Five Points; now, she’s learning to shoot a gun and dance the waltz and throw a grown man over her shoulder. Better still, she’s been recruited to the ... + Read More