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From English Language Test to University Success (Pocket Study Skills)
This short and pithy guide helps readers to understand the differences between English language tests and university-level work. It covers the study and language skills directly connected to using (English) language successfully in an academic context. It also covers critical thinking, disciplinary knowledge, styles and genres, useful skills for reading, making notes, writing assessments (particularly use of language) understanding lectures and seminars, and speaking in seminars.This Pocket gives readers the tools and information needed to not only cope with university study, but to excel and produce top-level work. It encourages the reader to see themselves not just as a ‘student’ but as a researcher, an original and creative thinker, and as someone who can share their ideas and insights with others in order to add to the knowledge of their field.
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You’re Going to Be OK: (Because You’re F*cked No Matter What)
Social media sensation Darby Hudson offers this collection of encouraging and humorous reflections to encourage others to continue expressing themselves, no matter what.You’re Going to Be OK is a book on art, jobs, magic and muddling through. These hand-typed fragments were gathered by the train tracks at night over ten years, after author Darby Hudson worked meaningless jobs, trying to make sense of a strange world that insisted it was “perfectly normal.” The observations in You’re Going to Be OK are little fragments of collected wisdom that sit somewhere between poetry, comedy and aphorism. With sixty new poems, this updated edition includes even more of Hudson’s reflections to enjoy.
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The Good, the Bad and the Healthy: How to make smarter daily choices
Good health starts with what we buy.Our shopping trolley is a snapshot of our life – we pick the same brands, we cook our usual recipes, and fall into patterns by default. These small, everyday decisions may seem trivial, but they all add up over time.
In The Good, the Bad and the Healthy, Sunna van Kampen, founder of Tonic Health, helps you press pause, check the label, and make smarter health choices that don’t require a lifestyle overhaul.Each chapter focuses on a different aspect of your daily routine – from the breakfast foods you eat to the way you wash your clothes. He peels back the marketing veil and reveals what’s really in the products you buy – and shows you how to choose better.
Practical, myth-busting, and refreshingly doable, this book isn’t about perfection. It’s about recognising the best options, avoiding the worst, and finding a balance – so healthy becomes easy, one smart swap at a time.
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The Friendly Girl’s Guide to Mating with a Werewolf (Mate Hunted Book 4)
I brought my friend’s housewarming present to the wrong place. A grumpy werewolf answered the door, and shifted into a massive wolf.Apparently, we’re mates.
And apparently, my mate doesn’t like cake.
Who doesn’t like cake?
Sugary goodness aside, he’s bitter and jaded.
I’m… well, the opposite.
So when he says he doesn’t want to be with me, I give him space.
But for some reason, he can’t stay away.
He wants me more than he wants to, and as long as he’s treating me right, I’m not going to turn him away.
Because he says he doesn’t want a partner, but honestly?
I think he’s lying to both of us.
*This is a short, spicy romantic novella with a happily ever after
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We’re Going on a Teddy Hunt: A bedtime lift-the-flap adventure
**A beautiful lift-the-flap book featuring your favourite bunnies – perfect for BEDTIME**
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THE BUNNY ADVENTURES: DISCOVER THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES!
OVER 3 MILLION COPIES SOLD!
———————-We’re going on a teddy hunt.
Come on, sleepyhead!
Can you find our teddies
before we go to bed?Join the fun as your four favourite bunnies set off on a soothing lift-the-flap bedtime adventure. With four missing teddies to find hidden under the flaps, it’s an interactive and calming treasure hunt, perfect for getting little ones ready for bed. You’ll need to look out for all the sleepy animals along the way – and help get the bunnies back in time to be tucked up with their teddies for a special bedtime story!
The perfect gift for every child, full of bedtime calm and sleepy magic, from the bestselling author of We’re Going on an Egg Hunt.
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Eugene Esmonde, V.C., D.S.O.: The Courageous Life of a Naval Aviator in World War Two (Heroes of the Skies Book 6)
The moving biography of a remarkable pilot who received a posthumous Victoria Cross for courageous but fatal actions during World War Two.This work should be essential reading for fans of naval aviation history and the unsung heroes of World War Two.
Although the Fleet Air Arm may not have been as glamorous as Fighter Command, the actions of men such as Eugene Esmonde demonstrate that its personnel were just as daring, facing similarly insurmountable odds in fighting for the Allied cause.
Chaz Bowyer, the renowned aviation historian, charts the course of Esmonde’s life — from his Catholic upbringing in Ireland, which shaped his worldview, to his training as a pilot in the Royal Air Force in the interwar years. Asked to join the newly formed Royal Naval Air Branch in January 1939, he entered the heat of the action shortly after war broke out.
Bowyer draws upon a wealth of research and interviews with Esmonde’s family and fellow air service men and women to provide a vivid account of his life through the war. He describes in detail Esmonde’s actions in the Narvik campaign, his leadership in an attack against the battleship Bismarck, and his service aboard HMS Ark Royal when it was struck by a torpedo — remaining aboard as the last to leave the ship before it sank. Yet it was during Operation Fuller that Esmonde’s full courage was displayed, earning a posthumous Victoria Cross during his desperate attempt to contain Scharnhorst, Gneisenau, and Prinz Eugen during their famous Channel Dash.
‘This biography makes compulsive reading and the final chapters are most moving.’ Air Pictorial
‘This saga of unmatched courage and devotion to duty is movingly told.’ Guild of Air Pilots Journal
‘Compelling reading.’ Irish Independent
‘His high courage and splendid resolution will live in the traditions of the Royal Navy, and remain for many generations a fine and stirring memory.’ Victoria Cross Citation
Although Esmonde was ultimately unsuccessful in halting the battlecruisers and their escort — and was struck down in the attempt — his story remains an epic tale of the bravery men can summon even when all hope seems lost. This work will undoubtedly appeal to all interested in the war for the skies and seas during World War Two.
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The Year I Lay My Head in Water: Swimming Scandinavia in Search of a Better Life
Laying your head in water is what you do when you’re having a bad day. The water is where you go when you need time to think. It’s where you go when you reach a crossroads in your life.
Living in Copenhagen had been a dream for Laura Hall and it was working out – until it wasn’t. She discovered that the trials of life will follow you anywhere, as she felt herself disintegrating into stress and burn out. She was unmoored and unsure of how to find her place in the world.
What followed was a year swimming the cold seas of Scandinavia in search of answers and meaning. She swam in iceberg-filled seas in Greenland, visited Viking spas in Iceland, and beaches and piers all over Norway, Denmark and Sweden. During this year of discovery, Laura met other people doing the same thing and swapped notes, discovering ways to use the water to strengthen a bond with nature and get back to a more human way of life.
A love letter to the sea and the people of Scandinavia, this book is also a clarion call for anybody stuck in a rut who needs to rekindle their lust for life. It’s time to reconnect with the natural world. It’s time to lay your head in the water.
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Woman Down: A Novel
In this twisty thriller from New York Times bestselling author Colleen Hoover, a frustrated author looks for her muse in a remote hideaway, but what she finds defies all expectations…and reality.
Her words used to set the page on fire. But a viral backlash over her latest film adaptation forced Petra Rose to take a hiatus, resulting in missed deadlines and an overdue mortgage. Branded a fraud and fame-hungry opportunist, she learned the hard way what happens when the internet turns on you. And she’s been uninspired to write ever since.
Now, with her next suspense novel outlined and savings nearly gone, she retreats to a secluded lakeside cabin, hoping to find inspiration. It’s Petra’s last-ditch attempt to save her career―and herself.
Then he shows up.
Detective Nathaniel Saint arrives with disturbing news, his presence igniting a creativity in her she thought long since burned out. Petra’s words return in a rush, and her fictional cop character begins to mirror the very real cop who’s becoming her muse.
Their “research” sessions blur the lines between fantasy and reality. Each glance, every touch pulls Petra deeper into a world she thought she’d never lose herself in again. She’s never felt more alive. But inspiration this powerful comes at a cost.
When Saint starts taking his role in her career a little too seriously, Petra’s forced to confront the chaos she created. But doing so could cost her more than the reputation she’s been trying to salvage. The reputation the world wrote for her―the reputation only she can reclaim.
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Worlds of Islam: A Global History
‘A brilliant and captivating work … There is simply no better book on Islam in history’ Eugene Rogan
From its birth in seventh-century Arabia, Islam has been a faith on the move. In Worlds of Islam, James McDougall explores its origins and transformations from Late Antiquity to the digital age.
Over the span of a thousand years, armies, missionaries, and merchants carried it to the edges of Europe, the coasts of Southeast Asia, and the remote interior of China. By the nineteenth century, Islam encompassed a world of great diversity, from Muslim-ruled empires to nations where Muslims lived out their faith among many others. In the twentieth century, while monarchs in the Gulf asserted dynastic privilege and fundamentalists in Egypt and Pakistan preached social morality, revolutionaries from Algeria to Indonesia fought for national self-determination, and activists in North America and Europe campaigned for civil liberties and social justice.
As empires fell and new superpowers rose, Muslims proved to be as adaptable and dynamic as modernity itself. Sweeping and authoritative, Worlds of Islam narrates the epic story of how Muslims emerged as a community, built empires, traversed the globe, came to number in the billions, and became modern.
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From £7.59Worlds of Islam: A Global History
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Wyld Magic (Stand Alone Tales Book 22)
Hiding from those who thought she was an empty vessel, Bethany has landed a job as a host at a retreat for expectant couples. Magical couples. Her first clients are trolls.Bethany has spent her life running from her birth family. They summoned a star and expected her to gleam with power. She still registered as magical, but they decided that if she wasn’t manifesting, they would get the power out of the next generation, and they attempted an arranged marriage. She ran. She has been running ever since.
Finding a job was a trick that she had to figure out, but once she learned how to get past the resume and first scan, she was in. Understanding what people needed and helping them settle was easy. Saving up enough to stop living in her car was tricky.
While under attack, she calls an old friend. A being of light and luck who deters her attackers and gets her and her car to safety. She is swept into a world of magic and finance, where she can take on her original name and try to forget the kijin who she paid to hide it and the price that he had accepted for the spell.Read more
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X-Men (2024-) #23
AGE OF REVELATION EPILOGUE! One X-Man of the present has been stranded in the Age of Revelation, fighting against impossible odds in the world of tomorrow. But while they’ve been there, what has their future counterpart been doing in their body in the present?Read more
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Yamal Rules (Football Superstars)
Football Superstars brings you the story of Spain’s latest football wonderkid who made history as one of the youngest players to ever play for FC Barcelona. He zoomed through the club’s famous La Masia academy, developing his dazzling dribbles and fearless skills. At just 15, he made his debut for Barcelona’s first team! The winger loves taking on defenders with his quick feet and clever tricks. Fast, creative and cool under pressure, Lamine Yamal is a name the football world won’t forget!Read more
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You’re Going to Be OK: (Because You’re F*cked No Matter What)
Social media sensation Darby Hudson offers this collection of encouraging and humorous reflections to encourage others to continue expressing themselves, no matter what.You’re Going to Be OK is a book on art, jobs, magic and muddling through. These hand-typed fragments were gathered by the train tracks at night over ten years, after author Darby Hudson worked meaningless jobs, trying to make sense of a strange world that insisted it was “perfectly normal.” The observations in You’re Going to Be OK are little fragments of collected wisdom that sit somewhere between poetry, comedy and aphorism. With sixty new poems, this updated edition includes even more of Hudson’s reflections to enjoy.
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You’ll Always Be My Baby
A reassuring, rhyming picture book from bestselling author, poet and influencer, Jessica Urlichs. The perfect shared reading experience for parent and child, celebrating the deep forever-love of family.
Of all Jessica’s popular poems, You’ll Always Be My Baby is the one that is most requested by her followers to be turned into a picture book – it’s the perfect love note to your little one.
This keepsake, hardback edition is beautifully illustrated by Jedda Robaard.
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Your Murder Next
From the bestselling author of This Book Kills comes a deadly new YA thriller of murder, mystery and mind-blowing twists. Perfect for fans of Holly Jackson and Karen M. McManus.Myra is new to town and so desperate to make friends that she lets the popular clique hang out at her parents’ restaurant – until Scarlett freezes to death in the walk-in chiller. A terrible accident apparently. But wannabe journalist Myra suspects foul play.
And when a strange boy holds her up at gunpoint in the woods, telling her he’s killed one of her rich new friends in revenge for Scarlett’s murder, Myra is plunged into a twisty world of envy, backstabbing and death. Who killed Scarlett? Who is her avenging angel? And who will die next?
Praise for Ravena Guron:
“For fans of Holly Jackson and Karen M McManus.” The Observer
“A treat for crime fiction fans.” Sunday Express
“A crisp, Christie-esque detective story told in lively multiple voices, perfect for Holly Jackson fans.” The GuardianRead more
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Your Truck: A stylish first board book by Jon Klassen, bestselling creator of I WANT MY HAT BACK, the perfect gift for babies and toddlers aged 0–3 (Your Things)
From Caldecott Medalist Jon Klassen, creator of I Want My Hat Back, comes the first board book in the Your Things series for the youngest of children.
Perfect for truck-enthusiasts, kids learning their first words and as a bedtime read-aloud, this stylish board book presents the reader with their own truck to imagine, play in and fall asleep in. With simple language told with Jon Klassen’s unmistakable charm and humour, Your Truck is a must-have introduction to reading for a new baby, new parents or to gift at baby showers and birthdays.
Your truck is red, but it could be other colours, too. It can carry things around, like a chair and table, a dog or a horse. It will wait for you until you tell it to go, then it will go wherever you want, as far as you want, whenever you want. At the end of the day it will sleep, and you can sleep, too.
Discover the Your Places series by Jon Klassen and visit: Your Farm, Your Forest and Your Island
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