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Finnikin of the Rock (Lumatere Chronicles #1)
2008 Printz Award Winner Melina Marchetta crafts an epic fantasy of ancient magic, exile, feudal intrigue, and romance that rivets from the first page. (Age 14 and up) Finnikin was only a child during the five days of the unspeakable, when the royal family of Lumatere were brutally murdered, and an ...
Hans Andersen's Fairy Tales (Puffin Classics)
General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1898 Original Publisher: DeWolfe, Fiske Subjects: Tales Fairy tales Children's stories Notes: This is an OCR reprint. There may be typos or missing text. There are no illustrations or an index. When you buy the General Books edition of this...
Quiet Mind: A Beginner's Guide to Meditation
A growing body of scientific research is showing that meditation can reduce stress, improve mental performance, and make us happier. For those who are curious about meditation and would like to give it a try, "Quiet Mind" is a great place to begin. This unique book-and-audio program brings together six ...
Dementia Essentials: How to Guide a Loved One Through Alzheimer's or Dementia and Provide the Best Care
When a loved one has been diagnosed with dementia, many family members assume new roles as carers, helping their relative to remain safe, happy and as independent as possible. "Dementia Essentials" is a practical, realistic and reassuring guide to help you and the person with dementia on the journey ahe...
On Writing
After six novels, five story collections and two books of non-fiction, and countless international prizes, A.L. Kennedy certainly has the authority to talk about the craft of writing books - it's just a wonder she's found the time. These are missives from the authorial front line - urgent and vivid, ful...
Priscilla: The Hidden Life of an Englishwoman in Wartime France
The astonishing true story of a young woman's adventures, and misadventures, in the dangerous world of Nazi-occupied France. 'A most strange and compelling book driven by the writer's unsparing search for truth: now an optimistic hunt for a family heroine, now a study in female wiles of survival, no...
Glitter Plan: How We Started Juicy Couture for $200 and Turned it into a Global Brand
While working together at a LA boutique, Pamela Skaist-Levy and Gela Nash-Taylor became friends over the impossibility of finding the perfect T-shirt. Following their vision of comfortable, fitted T-shirts, they set up shop in Gela's one-bedroom Hollywood apartment with $200 and one rule: Whatever they ...
The Martian: The international bestseller behind the Oscar-winning blockbuster film
A high concept thriller and genre busting classic, now a major motion picture starring Matt Damon _________________________ A survival story for the 21st century and the international bestseller behind the major film from Ridley Scott, starring Matt Damon and Jessica Chastain. I'm stranded on Mars. I ha...
The Good Story: Exchanges on Truth, Fiction and Psychotherapy
Arabella Kurtz and J. M. Coetzee
A fascinating dialogue on the human inclination to make up stories between a Nobel Prize-winning writer and a psychotherapist.Arabella Kurtz and J. M. Coetzee consider psychotherapy and its wider social context from different perspectives, but at the heart of both their approaches is a concern with stor...
A Kiwi Year: Twelve months in the Life of New Zealand's Kids
Meet Charlie, Ruby, Oliver, Mason and Kaia - Kiwi kids representing a multicultural blend of culture and race that typifies our amazing country. They'll take you through a year in the life of New Zealand's kids, from celebrations, traditions and events, to our everyday way of life and the little things ...
Universal - Journey Through the Cosmos
We dare to imagine a time before the Big Bang, when the entire Universe was compressed into a space smaller than an atom. And now, as Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw show, we can do more than imagine- we can understand. Over the centuries, the human urge to discover has unlocked an incredible amount of knowl...
The Garden of Forking Paths
Summer was drawing to a close, and I realized that the book was monstrous.'These labyrinthine short stories dissolve the boundary between reality and illusion and describe the limits of infinity....
How to Be a Lion
"This witty, resonant picture book is a manual for anyone's life, young or old." Sunday Times Children's Book of the Week You don't have to ROAR to be heard... Meet Leonard - a lion like no other. Leonard's best friend is Marianne, a duck. But lions chomp ducks, don't they? What will the pair do when th...
Practicing Peace
With geopolitical tensions and the threat of violence flaring all over the world, people everywhere are experiencing a heightened sense of vulnerability and helplessness. But there ishope. Pema Chodron here shows us how to identify the underlying causes of these tensions and how we can really contribute...
Frieda: A Novel of the Real Lady Chatterley
The extraordinary story of Frieda von Richthofen, wife of D. H. Lawrence and the real-life inspiration for Lady Chatterley's Lover. 'A lush and absorbing portrait of a fascinating woman who refused to compromise on what really matters: to be known, to love, to be beloved. She, and all those connected wi...
The Infinite Game (PB)
A REVOLUTIONARY APPROACH TO LONG TERM BUSINESS STRATEGY FROM THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF START WITH WHY The New York Times-bestselling author of Start With Why, Leaders Eat Last, and Together Is Better offers a bold new approach to business strategy by asking one question: are you playing the finite game ...
Reflections on the Guillotine
'When silence or tricks of language contribute to maintaining an abuse that must be reformed or a suffering that can be relieved, then there is no other solution but to speak out' Written when execution by guillotine was still legal in France, Albert Camus' devastating attack on the 'obscene exhibition'...
Provecho: 100 Vegan Mexican Recipes to Celebrate Culture and Community [A Cookbook]
100 plant-based Mexican, Colombian, and Salvadoran recipes to transform normally meat-heavy dishes into vegan celebrations of family and home.When Edgar Castrejon adopted a vegan lifestyle as a college student away from home for the first time, he worried he would no longer fit in at the table with his ...
The Ink Black Heart
When frantic, dishevelled Edie Ledwell appears in the office begging to speak to her, private detective Robin Ellacott doesn’t know quite what to make of the situation. The co-creator of a popular cartoon, The Ink Black Heart, Edie is being persecuted by a mysterious online figure who goes by the pseudo...
When Dad's Hair Took Off
A fast-paced, comical story for early readers, in which Dad’s hair takes off through the open window to freedom! One day, Dad’s hair decided it was tired of being brushed and combed. It wanted a life of its own, to see the world. It took off. Out of the bathroom, into the kitchen, and before you could s...
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