• The Master Guide to Drawing Anime: How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates: 1

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    The first book in Christopher Hart’s bestselling Master Guide to Drawing Anime series―How to Draw Original Characters from Simple Templates is the essential guide for anyone who wants to learn how to draw anime, from the world’s leading author of How To Draw books. Nothing brings anime artists more satisfaction than creating original characters to use in a comic strip or graphic novel. In this anime drawing book, bestselling how-to-draw author Christopher Hart helps them reach this goal by providing insight into the six most popular types of anime characters: schoolgirls, schoolboys, preteens, vengeful bad guys, humorous personalities, and fantasy figures. He supplies templates for each; an extensive array of “menus” of head and body types, outfits, and accessories; and detailed, accessible, step-by-step demonstrations and drawing exercises, making this the perfect reference for anyone who wants to learn to draw anime. Plus, Hart showcases some of the best anime artists in the world for this title―including Inma R., Tabby Kink, Ayame Shiroi, Euro Pinku, and Tina Francisco. It’s the guide every would-be anime artist has been looking for! Suitable for all levels, from beginners who are just starting to learn how to draw anime, to advanced users who want to hone their skills, this is the ideal resource for all fans of anime and manga drawing. Drawing books are a perennial present to inspire young artists and a popular gift for teens. There is no greater tool than an art book to spark creativity, develop new artistic skills, and help kids and teens channel their energy towards positive self-expression.

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    £12.00£16.10
  • Origami Paper 500 sheets Japanese Washi Patterns 6″ (15 cm): Tuttle Origami Paper: High-Quality Double-Sided Origami Sheets Printed with 12 … (Instructions for 6 Projects…

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    This pack contains 500 high-quality origami sheets printed with colorful and traditional Japanese Washi Patterns. These paper patterns were developed to enhance the creative work of origami artists and paper crafters. The pack contains 12 designs unique to this pack, and all of the papers are printed with coordinating colors on the reverse to provide aesthetically pleasing combinations in origami models that show both the front and back of the papers. This origami paper pack includes: 500 sheets of high-quality origami paper 12 unique designs Vibrant and bright colors Double-sided color 6 x 6 inch (15 cm) squares Instructions for 6 easy origami projects

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    £12.00£12.40
  • Out of this Century – Confessions of an Art Addict: The Autobiography of Peggy Guggenheim

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    This is the fascinating autobiography of a society heiress who became the bohemian doyenne of the art world. Written in her own words it is the frank and outspoken story of her life and loves: her stormy relationships with such men as Max Ernst and Jackson Pollock, and her discovery of new artists.

    Known as ‘the mistress of modern art’, Peggy Guggenheim was a passionate collector and major patron. She amassed one of the most important collections of early twentieth-century European and American art embracing Cubism, Surrealism and Expressionism.

    A must-read for anyone with an interest in these major-league artists, this seminal period of art history, and the ultimate self-invented woman.

    Includes a foreword by Gore Vidal.

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    £12.00£14.20
  • Read Write Inc.: My Reading and Writing Kit: Becoming a reader

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    My Reading and Writing Kit: Becoming a reader has been specially created to support your child’s steps towards becoming an independent reader and writer.

    Based on Ruth Miskin’s trusted and successful Read Write Inc. synthetic phonics programme, it helps your child to read longer sentences and stories and practise writing a growing range of words. This kit develops confidence in learning further sounds and essential handwriting skills, helping your child to progress with phonics at school. This is the third kit in the series, but each kit can also be used on its own.

    The kit includes: six storybooks with introductions to share with your child; phonics flashcards to help encourage children to learn the next set of sounds that make up words; handwriting book providing practice writing the words featured in the storybooks and flashcards; parent handbook offering practical advice for supporting your child’s developing reading and writing skills.

    Read Write Inc., developed by Ruth Miskin, provides a structured and systematic approach to teaching literacy. It is used by more than a quarter of the UK’s primary schools and is designed to create fluent readers, confident speakers and willing writers.

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    £12.00£13.00
  • Cooking Step By Step: More than 50 Delicious Recipes for Young Cooks

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    A must-have cookbook for budding young chefs with over 50 mouth-watering recipes to help you cook with confidence!

    Introducing Cooking Step-by-Step, a brilliant cookbook for kids that will teach them how to chop, mix, and stir their way to kitchen magic and learn how to make perfect pasta, wonderful wraps and much more!
    Jam-packed with more than 50 delicious recipes that are easy to make, using readily available kitchen ingredients, and are tasty enough for the whole family to enjoy together!

    This number 1 bestselling children’s cookbook aims to teach young chefs aged 5-9 that cooking can be fun, educational and inspiring! Discover top tips, tricks, and kitchen fundamentals – all while having a great time making simple snacks, balanced meals, and sweet treats.

    Celebrate your child’s curiosity and culinary skills as they explore:

    -Crystal clear instructions for young readers to ensure the dishes are a success every time
    -Handy tips and techniques throughout to test out new skills
    -Recipes that contain a good balance of tasty, healthy dishes, modern and exciting twists on classics, and the occasional sweet treat
    -Includes both international and vegetarian recipes
    -Featuring a section on kitchey safety measures
    -Full list of kitchen equipment

    Split into three core chapters, covering Light Bites including falafels and fluffy pancakes, then moving onto Main Dishes, such as sticky chicken and salmon parcels, and finally featuring Sweet Treats and Bakes, like clever cookies, chocolate slabs, granola bars and so much more, proving something for every budding young chef to learn and discover, and plenty of delicious dishes for the whole family to enjoy together.

    The clear and easy-to-read recipes accompanied by step-by-step pictures explains how to make each dish in a way that doesn’t talk down to young readers, and teaches them how to make real meals, to be enjoyed at breakfast, lunch, dinner and in between! A must-have cookery book for children who are interested learning how to cook, with 50 fun-filled recipes featured, and instructions on teaching kids how to cook raw vegetables, fish, grains, legumes, meat and more!

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    £12.00£13.30
  • The Montessori Baby: A Parent’s Guide to Nurturing Your Baby with Love, Respect, and Understanding: 1

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    Now it’s baby’s turn! Filled with the values, advice, and aesthetic that have made The Montessori Toddler a parenting bestseller, with over 200,000 copies in print, The Montessori Baby is here to help new parents find the support and peace they crave. Cowritten by Montessori Toddler author Simone Davies and fellow Montessori educator Junnifa Uzodike, The Montessori Baby draws on the child-led principles of the Montessori educational method to foster a first year defined by love, respect, understanding, and a surprising sense of calm. Maria Montessori observed that all children have what she called “an absorbent mind,” ready to drink it all in, and that the role of parents is to mindfully assist in their learning and development. With babies, that means less is more – a lot less stuff, for sure, but also less speed; slow way down, and avoid rushing through feeding, diaper changes, and the like. It means establishing a “yes” space – where baby can safely explore absolutely everything, whether with hands or mouth. It means setting up activities to help promote baby’s movement and language development, but then to step back – the parent’s role is to prepare the environment, not be the entertainer. There are tips on how to set clear and kind boundaries, how to create a secure sense of attachment, how best to speak to baby, and even what kind of toys to use (mobiles especially) – all through the Montessori lens. And like its predecessor, The Montessori Baby is that rare parenting book that’s a pleasure to look at – beautiful colour illustrations and a bright airy design reinforce the book’s direct and jargon-free approach. It may also inspire parents to look at their own homes in a different way and use the Montessori aesthetic to create an environment of uncluttered calm. The whole family will benefit.

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    £12.00£15.20
  • Bluey: Awesome Advent Book Bundle

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    Join Bluey and her family and friends in the lead up to Christmas with 24 fun mini-books, including a special Christmas story for Christmas Eve!

    This exciting advent calendar includes 24 stories and colouring books so every day is an adventure with Bluey.

    Stories include: The Beach, Grannies, Butterflies, Bingo and many more.

    Return your books to each window so you can reuse your Advent Calendar every year!

    FOR REAL LIFE?!

    What Bluey will you read this Christmas? Also available:
    Bluey: Christmas Eve with Verandah Santa
    Bluey: 12 Days of Christmas Tabbed Board Book
    Bluey: Christmas Swim

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    £12.00£25.00
  • Intelligent Investor: The Definitive Book on Value Investing – A Book of Practical Counsel

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    “By far the best book on investing ever written.” — Warren Buffett

    The classic text of Benjamin Graham’s seminal The Intelligent Investor has now been revised and annotated to update the timeless wisdom for today’s market conditions.

    The greatest investment advisor of the twentieth century, Benjamin Graham, taught and inspired people worldwide. Graham’s philosophy of “value investing”—which shields investors from substantial error and teaches them to develop long-term strategies—has made The Intelligent Investor the stock market bible ever since its original publication in 1949.

    Over the years, market developments have proven the wisdom of Graham’s strategies. While preserving the integrity of Graham’s original text, this revised edition includes updated commentary by noted financial journalist Jason Zweig, whose perspective incorporates the realities of today’s market, draws parallels between Graham’s examples and today’s financial headlines, and gives readers a more thorough understanding of how to apply Graham’s principles.

    Vital and indispensable, this revised edition of The Intelligent Investor is the most important book you will ever read on how to reach your financial goals.

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    £12.00£18.99
  • Normal Women: From the Number One Bestselling Author Comes 900 Years of Women Making History

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    A NEW STATESMEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

    ‘A lasting work of social history’ THE TIMES

    ‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ DAN JONES

    ‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ SPECTATOR

    ‘Philippa Gregory uses all her bestseller skills to weave a narrative with pace’ ANTONIA FRASER

    FROM THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING HISTORICAL NOVELIST COMES THE CULMINATION OF HER LIFE’S WORK

    • Did you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry?
    • That the Peasant’s Revolt was started and propelled by women, protesting a tax on women?
    • Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women were naturally inferior to men but that they’d evolve to become ever more inferior?
      These are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from reading Philippa Gregory’s Normal Women. In this ambitious and ground-breaking book, she tells the story of our nation over 900 years, but for the very first time women – some fifty per cent of the population – are no longer invisible in this history of England, but are at its beating heart.

    Using research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists, Gregory trawled through court records to find highway women, beggars and shepherdesses, through newspapers and diaries to find murderers and brides, housewives and pirates, female husbands and hermits. The ‘normal women’ you will meet in her pages went to war, ploughed the fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved. They rode in jousts, flew Spitfires, issued their own currency and built ships, corn mills and houses as part of their everyday lives They committed crimes, or treason, worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed, invented things and rioted. A lot. They built our society to be as diverse and varied as the women themselves. They are there in the archives – if you look – and they made our history.

    ‘You’ll lose count of the number of things you learn about women and their skewed place in history … the book reframes the past … an essential read’ INDEPENDENT, FIVE-STAR REVIEW

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    £12.00£25.00
  • 100 for 100 – Macbeth: 100 days. 100 revision activities

    Are you struggling to revise for Macbeth? Are you finding it difficult to remember all the characters, alongside the plot, themes and key quotations? If you are 100 for 100: Macbeth has got you covered!

    100 for 100: Macbeth is a revision workbook to help GCSE students revise the play thoroughly, regardless of exam board. Containing 100 days’ worth of activities, 100 for 100: Macbeth covers the entirety of Shakespeare’s tragedy, allowing you to revise in great detail over an extended period of time to help reduce the stress of exams. Accompanied by a full set of answers and guidance, each day contains:
    – a series of 20 to 25 minute activities designed to help you revise the plot, characters, themes, motifs, symbols and the context of the play.
    – a quotation of the day with accompanying commentary and analysis so that you can confidently sit your exams armed with a wealth of ideas about Shakespeare’s intent.
    – directions as to what scenes you need to revise if you are struggling with the knowledge needed to complete the tasks.
    – ideas for extra revision that will push, stretch and challenge those of you who are aiming for 7, 8 or 9.

    100 days. 100 activities. Your time starts now!

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    £12.00
  • Advent Calendar 2023 Christmas Advent Calendar 24 Days Christmas Countdown Calendar Star – War Advent Calendar 2023 2023 Toy Advent Calendar Christmas Countdown Toys

    • ☨Fun Countdown: ☨Make every day of December more exciting with this advent calendar 2023! Each day has a different surprise to look forward to, from toys to stickers to candy. Enjoy the anticipation and create lasting memories with your kids as you count down to Christmas together.
    • ☨Exciting Movie Calendar: ☨Discover the feeling of movies with 24 different themes, inspiring your child to learn about animals. From aliens to winnie, each day provides a new surprise that sparks imagination and exploration.
    • ☨Durable and odorless: ☨Made of safe resin material, this advent calendar 2023 is smooth, sturdy and environmentally friendly. It can last for years without fading or cracking.
    • ☨The adorable advent calendar 2023 is more than just a fun holiday toy – it helps improve children’s attention and patience, promoting important skills for success. Let kids discover a new cute animal toy every day and watch as they learn through play.
    • ☨Amazing gift: ☨Our Advent Calendar 2023 is the perfect way to countdown to Christmas and get a little surprise every day. Share the joy by giving these toys as presents to your loved ones, and experience the happiness and excitement of the festive season like never before.
    £12.00
  • Girls Just Wanna Have Impact Funds: A Feminist Guide to Changing the World with Your Money

    Do you want to make money while making the world a better place? Then this is the book for you.

    After the bestselling success of Girls Just Wanna Have Funds, the founders of Female Invest are back, and this time they’re focusing on impact investing. Cutting through the noise and ditching the jargon, this book teaches you how to build wealth while creating positive change.

    From understanding investment basics to identifying the ethics behind different assets, you’ll learn how to make money while supporting the issues you really care about. By introducing you to important concepts and strategies, and combining them with simple, actionable steps, aligning your investments with your values has never been easier. The good news? You don’t need to be rich or an expert to get started.

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    £12.00£14.20
  • How To Draw Everything: 600 Simple Step By Step Drawings For Kids Ages 4 to 8

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    Give your LITTLE one the skills needed to be an amazing artist with our BIG drawing book!

    • Over 600 cute and fun images to draw

    • Step by step illustrations to make drawing easy

    • Large print pages that are easy on little eyes

    • 6 themes including animals, dinosaurs, monsters, faces, mermaids, and Christmas

    • Bonus E-Book included inside

    Puzzle Pals’ books are known for enhancing creativity, improving pen control, and instilling confidence.

    Expand Your Child’s Mind Today by Clicking the “Add to Cart” Button

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    £12.00£12.30
  • Zaha Hadid

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    Zaha Hadid was a revolutionary architect, who for many years built almost nothing, despite winning critical acclaim. Some even said her audacious, futuristic designs were unbuildable.

    During the latter years of her life, Hadid’s daring visions became a reality, bringing a unique new architectural language to cities and structures as varied as the Rosenthal Center for Contemporary Art in Cincinnati, hailed by The New York Times as “the most important new building in America since the Cold War”; the MAXXI Museum in Rome; the Guangzhou Opera House in China; and the London 2012 Olympics Aquatics Centre.

    At the time of her unexpected death in 2016, Hadid was firmly established among the elite of world architecture, recognized as the first woman to win both the Pritzker Prize for architecture and the RIBA Royal Gold Medal, but above all as a giver of new forms, the first great architect of the noughties.

    From her early sharply angled buildings to later more fluid architecture that made floors, ceilings, walls, and furniture part of an overall design, this essential introduction presents key examples of Hadid’s pioneering practice. She was an artist, as much as an architect, who fought to break the old rules and crafted her own 21st-century universe.

    About the series

    Born back in 1985, the Basic Art Series has evolved into the best-selling art book collection ever published. Each book in TASCHEN’s Basic Architecture series features:

    an introduction to the life and work of the architect

    the major works in chronological order

    information about the clients, architectural preconditions as well as construction problems and resolutions

    a list of all the selected works and a map indicating the locations of the best and most famous buildings

    approximately 120 illustrations (photographs, sketches, drafts, and plans)

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    Zaha Hadid

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  • Teaching WalkThrus: Five-step guides to instructional coaching: Visual step-by-step guides to essential teaching techniques

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    Tom Sherrington and Oliver Caviglioli team up to present 50 essential teaching techniques, each with five clear and concise illustrations and explanations. It forms a truly unique repository of key teaching methods, valuable to any classroom practitioner in any setting.

    The book covers important practical techniques in behaviour and relationships; curriculum planning; explaining and modelling; questioning and feedback; practice and retrieval; and Mode B teaching. Each technique is simply explained and beautifully illustrated in five short steps, to make sense of complex ideas and support student learning.

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    £11.99£14.00
  • Game of Thrones (Night King) Heat Changing Mug, Blue, 35oz/1000ml

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    • Game of Thrones (Night King) 35oz/1000ml Heat Changing Mug
    • Officially Licensed
    • Fantastic Gift Idea
    £11.99
  • Kammy: The Funny and Moving Autobiography by the Broadcasting Legend

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    Foreword by Ben Shephard

    ‘Everyone loves Kammy . . . Full of humour and endless blunders’ – The Times
    ‘What a man, what a life, what a story, and what a great read’ – Paddy McGuinness

    Presenter, commentator, (sometimes masked) singer, footballer, manager and campaigner, Kammy has done it all. His irrepressible enthusiasm – and a couple of legendary gaffes on Sky Sports – have seen him become broadcasting royalty.

    Now Kammy reveals all in this funny and moving autobiography. What happens when you double cross José Mourinho? What it’s like to play with Vinnie Jones? Who comes off better: Kammy or a rampaging gorilla? How did Kammy end up releasing his own top-ten record? What’s the real story behind his infamous line, ‘I don’t know, Jeff!’?

    But despite the crazy tales, it hasn’t all been plain sailing. Kammy had a tough upbringing, faced racism during his playing career and has, in recent years, dealt with a rare brain condition – apraxia – that has affected his speech and seen him say goodbye to Sky Sports. Relating his battle against the condition, Kammy shows how he’s met every challenge with courage, determination and his infectious smile.

    Packed with hilarious stories and featuring a cast of famous names, from Elton John to Channing Tatum, this is a book about friendship, courage and why it’s always important to have a good laugh.

    ‘A talented (and daft) lad from the Boro who has entertained the nation for decades, on and off the pitch. So get the tissues ready – this book will make you laugh and cry in equal measure’ – Steph McGovern

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    £11.99
  • Resurrection Walk: The Brand New Blockbuster Lincoln Lawyer Thriller

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    THE WORLDWIDE #1 BESTSELLER BEHIND NETFLIX’S THE LINCOLN LAWYER

    THE PATH TO JUSTICE CAN BE PAVED WITH LIES

    Defense attorney Mickey Haller – The Lincoln Lawyer – rides the wave of freeing a wrongfully convicted man from prison.

    Inundated with pleas from incarcerated people claiming innocence, Haller enlists the help of ex-LAPD detective Harry Bosch to find the next case which could result in a resurrection walk.

    When Bosch finds a needle in the haystack – a woman imprisoned for murdering her husband, a sheriff’s deputy – they discover evidence that doesn’t add up, and a department pushed for quick closure in the killing of one of its own.

    But is this rushed justice – or something more sinister?

    As they face a David versus Goliath court battle, the secrets which could lead to an innocent woman walking free could also mark the end of the Haller-Bosch dream team. . .

    ****

    CRIME DOESN’T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY:

    ‘The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation’
    IAN RANKIN

    ‘The best mystery writer in the world’
    GQ

    ‘A superb natural storyteller’
    LEE CHILD

    ‘A master’
    STEPHEN KING

    ‘America’s greatest living crime writer’
    DAILY EXPRESS

    ‘One of the great storytellers of crime fiction’
    SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

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    £11.99
  • How Life Works: A User’s Guide to the New Biology

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    A cutting-edge new vision of biology that proposes to revise our concept of what life is – from Science Book Prize winner and former Nature editor Philip Ball.

    Biology is undergoing a quiet but profound transformation. Several aspects of the standard picture of how life works have been exposed as incomplete, misleading, or wrong.

    In How Life Works, Philip Ball explores the new biology, revealing life to be a far richer, more ingenious affair than we had guessed. With this knowledge come new possibilities. Today we can redesign and reconfigure living systems, tissues, and organisms. We can reprogram cells, for instance, to carry out new tasks and grow into structures not seen in the natural world. Some researchers believe that ultimately we will be able to regenerate limbs and organs, and perhaps even create new life forms that evolution has never imagined.

    Incorporating the latest research and insights, How Life Works is a sweeping journey into this new frontier of the nature of life, a realm that will reshape our understanding of life as we know it.

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    £11.99
  • The Race to the Future: The Adventure that Accelerated the Twentieth Century

    ‘An incredible and stirring story . . . a mix of competition, camaraderie as well as a larky sense of adventure . . . Down goes the flag. Smash goes the bottle. Shards of emerald glass and champagne spume catch the light. The race from Peking to Paris has begun’ Spectator

    ‘And it’s Go, Go, Go . . . A captivating history of a seemingly impossible journey and one of the most challenging endurance trials in the history of motoring . . . Skillful researcher and fine storyteller, St Clair’s narrative is full of surprises . . . Fabulous . . . she hopes to follow Prince Borghese on his heroic journey and – if you share my absorbed interest in her adventurous narrative you may want to emulate her. See you there?’ Miranda Seymour, Literary Review

    10 June 1907, Peking. Five cars set off in a desperate race across two continents on the verge of revolution.

    An Italian prince and his chauffeur, a French racing driver, a conman and various journalists battle over steep mountain ranges and across the arid vastness of the Gobi Desert. The contestants need teams of helpers to drag their primitive cars up narrow gorges, lift them over rough terrain and float them across rivers. Petrol is almost impossible to find, there are barely any roads, armed bandits and wolves lurk in the forests. Updates on their progress, sent by telegram, are eagerly devoured by millions in one of the first ever global news stories. Their destination: Paris.

    More than its many adventures, the Peking-to-Paris provided the impetus for profound change. The world of 1907 is poised between the old and the new: communist regimes will replace imperial ones in China and Russia; the telegraph is transforming modern communication and the car will soon displace the horse. In this book bestselling author Kassia St Clair traces the fascinating stories of two interlocking races – setting the derring-do (and sometimes cheating) of one of the world’s first car races against the backdrop of a larger geopolitical and technological rush to the future, as the rivalry grows between countries and empires, building up to the cataclysmic event that changed everything – the First World War.

    The Race to the Future is the incredible true story of the quest against the odds that shaped the world we live in today.

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  • The Silver Bone: The Kyiv Mysteries

    Kyiv, 1919. The Soviets control the city, but White armies menace them from the West. No man trusts his neighbour and any spark of resistance may ignite into open rebellion.

    When Samson Kolechko’s father is murdered, his last act is to save his son from a falling Cossack sabre. Deprived of his right ear instead of his head, Samson is left an orphan, with only his father’s collection of abacuses for company.

    Until, that is, his flat is requisitioned by two Red Army soldiers, whose secret plans Samson is somehow able to overhear with uncanny clarity. Eager to thwart them, he stumbles into a world of murder and intrigue that will either be the making of him – or finish what the Cossack started.

    Inflected with Kurkov’s signature humour and magical realism, The Silver Bone takes inspiration from the real life archives of crime enforcement agencies in Kyiv, crafting a propulsive narrative that bursts to life with rich historical detail.

    Translated from the Russian by Boris Dralyuk

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    £11.99
  • Evolution Is Hard Work!: The Twenty-Fifth Sherman’s Lagoon Collection Volume 25

    Take a dive into the wet, wacky, and biodiverse world of Sherman’s Lagoon, one of the most enjoyable ensemble casts of marine life ever to be seen in the funny papers

    Things move fast underwater. It’s hard to stay up to date with the latest social media trends. There’s Facecrab, Flipster, Instashark, Turtlegram–and those are only the maritime platforms. Sherman can’t keep up. But when an exchange student comes to town, Sherman can finally impress him with all of the advanced technology. . . until he finds out that the Lagoon might be a bit behind the times. Sherman’s other troubles include an alien invasion, dolphin attacks, and pesky fish neighbors. Take a deep dive into this new collection of Sherman’s Lagoon comic strips, because what’s at the bottom of the ocean may surprise you!

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    £11.99
  • Normal Women: From the Number One Bestselling Author Comes 900 Years of Women Making History

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    A NEW STATESMEN BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023

    ‘A lasting work of social history’ THE TIMES

    ‘A genuinely new history of our nation’ DAN JONES

    ‘This celebration of women is a triumph of popular history’ SPECTATOR

    FROM THE MULTI-MILLION BESTSELLING HISTORICAL NOVELIST COMES THE CULMINATION OF HER LIFE’S WORK

    • Did you know that there are more penises than women in the Bayeux Tapestry?
    • That the Peasant’s Revolt was started and propelled by women, protesting a tax on women?
    • Or that celebrated naturalist Charles Darwin believed not just that women were naturally inferior to men but that they’d evolve to become ever more inferior?
      These are just a few of the startling findings you will learn from reading Philippa Gregory’s Normal Women. In this ambitious and ground-breaking book, she tells the story of our nation over 900 years, but for the very first time women – some fifty per cent of the population – are no longer invisible in this history of England, but are at its beating heart.

    Using research skills honed in her work as one of our foremost historical novelists, Gregory trawled through court records to find highway women, beggars and shepherdesses, through newspapers and diaries to find murderers and brides, housewives and pirates, female husbands and hermits. The ‘normal women’ you will meet in her pages went to war, ploughed the fields, campaigned, wrote, and loved. They rode in jousts, flew Spitfires, issued their own currency and built ships, corn mills and houses as part of their everyday lives They committed crimes, or treason, worshipped many gods, cooked and nursed, invented things and rioted. A lot. They built our society to be as diverse and varied as the women themselves. They are there in the archives – if you look – and they made our history.

    ‘You’ll lose count of the number of things you learn about women and their skewed place in history as you read Philippa Gregory’s stunning Normal Women … the book reframes the past … an essential read’ INDEPENDENT, FIVE-STAR REVIEW

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    £11.99
  • Peppa Pig: Peppa’s Super Noisy Sound Book

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    Peppa’s Super Noisy Sound Book is a fun, interactive sound book, for fans of Peppa Pig.

    SNORT! Find out what happens when Peppa and George’s very quiet day turns very noisy indeed.

    With 18 sound buttons to press as you read the story, this is a super noisy gift for every Peppa fan!

    There are lots more Peppa Pig books from Ladybird for you to enjoy including: The Big Tale of Little Peppa and Play with Peppa Hand Puppet Book.

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    £11.95£12.99
  • Squishmallows Official Collectors’ Guide: The Perfect Gift For Fans Of The #1 Plush Property

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    This authorised book is the perfect gift for fans of the #1 plush property

    Based on the bestselling squishy toy, this adorable collector’s guide is the perfect gift for any Squishmallows fan!

    They’re lovable, they’re squishy―they’re Squishmallows! This OFFICIAL Collector’s Guide is packed with quirky tidbits, top-ten lists, bios & stats, and a “rarity factor” for Squishmallows’ collectible characters. Filled with hundreds of colorful photos and unique art styles. Avid fans, new collectors, young or old, Squishmallows: The Collector’s Guide is perfect for just about anyone!

    Squishmallows are plush toys that are here to fill your hearts with love and affection. Since 2017, the versatile Squishmallows have grown into an international phenomenon and offer comfort, support, and warmth as friends, couch companions, bedtime buddies, and travel teammates. With more than 500 Squishmallows characters to collect, young fans can aspire to be like their favorite characters. Each Squishmallow has its own unique name and storyline to add to the fun.

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    £11.95£12.99
  • German Field Artillery of World War II: 325 (New Vanguard)

    An illustrated study of the big guns of Hitler’s army -– the Wehrmacht’s field artillery, its capabilities and its role in German fighting units of World War II.

    Often overshadowed in military history by the tanks and aircraft of Blitzkrieg, Germany’s artillery was key to its methods of waging war throughout World War II. Field artillery remained the primary killer on the battlefield, often responsible for three-quarters of combat casualties inflicted.

    Redressing the balance, this book surveys the major Wehrmacht guns of the war, and the basic organizational structure of the German field artillery. Its primary focus is on the divisional field guns, especially the lFH 18 10.5cm field howitzer and the 15cm sFH 18 field howitzer that formed the backbone of German artillery. A brief survey is also made of the infantry guns used at the regimental level, and of corps-level heavy artillery. The issue of the use of”Beutewaffen,” captured war-booty field guns, is also looked at, as is the Nebelwerfer and schwere Wurfgerät rocket artillery.

    With archive photos and meticulously detailed new illustrations, this book provides a concise study of the German Army’s big guns of World War II, how they were organized and how they were used, both on the Eastern and Western fronts.

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  • The Wild Remedy Journal: Finding Wellness in Nature

    ‘At a time when disconnection from wildlife threatens our mental health this book offers the perfect adaptor to plug our brains back into natures’ therapeutic socket. Page by page it reconnects us to the real, wild world we live in. A must-read for any modern-day Homo sapiens.’ Chris Packham

    In The Wild Remedy, Emma Mitchell’s deeply personal account of her interactions with nature and its healing properties, she recorded, month by month, a year of her nature finds and wildlife discoveries and the science behind how nature affects our neurochemistry. Now, in this stunning journal, she invites her many followers to accompany her on that road, to experience nature for themselves, record their own interactions and find healing in the natural world.

    Full of Emma’s exquisite artworks and photographs, this journal contains many of her own observations and reflections, along with prompts and ideas that will help to unlock the readers’ experience of nature. It shows how reconnecting with the natural world around us can be a powerful tool – as medicinal as any talking therapy or pharmaceutical.

    This unique journal includes activities, drawing prompts, contemplative quotes and lots of space for you to write about your own thoughts, feelings and experiences.

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  • Local: A Search for Nearby Nature and Wildness

    ‘Agile, wryly funny and wise.’ Robert Macfarlane

    A search for nearby nature and wildness.

    After years of expeditions all over the world, adventurer Alastair Humphreys spends a year exploring the small map around his own home.

    Can this unassuming landscape marked by the glow of city lights and hum of busy roads hold any surprises for the world traveller or slake his wanderlust? Could a single map provide a lifetime of exploration?

    Discovering more about nature and wildness than in all his years in remote environments, he learns the value of truly getting to know his neighbourhood.

    An ode to slowing down, Local is a celebration of curiosity and time outdoors, as well as a rallying cry to protect the wild places on our doorstep.

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  • Don’t Tickle the Cow! (Touchy-feely sound books)

    You’d better not tickle that cow… because it just might moo if you do! Babies and toddlers won’t be able to resist touching the soft patches in this delightful novelty book to hear the farm animals come to life. As well as the cow, there’s a hen, a pony and a goat to tickle, before all the animals get noisy at the same time in a musical finale that’s guaranteed to get everyone dancing!

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  • Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art

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    ‘Destined to become a new classic’

    A dazzlingly original reassessment of women’s stories, bodies and art – and how we think about them.

    For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, female bodies, what is their language, what are the materials we need to transcribe it?

    Exploring the ways in which feminist artists have taken up this challenge, Art Monsters is a landmark intervention in how we think about art and the body, calling attention to a radical heritage of feminist work that not only reacts against patriarchy but redefines its own aesthetic aims.

    Writing in the tradition of Susan Sontag, Hélène Cixous and Maggie Nelson, Lauren Elkin demonstrates her power as a cultural critic, weaving daring links between disparate artists and writers – from Julia Margaret Cameron’s photography to Kara Walker’s silhouettes, Vanessa Bell’s portraits to Eva Hesse’s rope sculptures, Carolee Schneemann’s body art to Theresa Hak Kyung Cha’s trilingual masterpiece DICTEE – and shows that their work offers a potent celebration of beauty and excess, sentiment and touch, the personal and the political.

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  • How to Train Your Dog: Transform Your Dog’s Behaviour and Strengthen Your Bond Forever

    Do you wish you could get your dog to behave better?

    Southend Dog Training founder Adam Spivey can help. In this indispensable book he teaches you all you need to know to build a better connection with your dog and solve any behavioural issues with simple, proven training techniques. He won’t just tell you what to do to get your dog to listen to your commands, but will also help you to understand how your dog thinks and why they might be struggling with certain things.

    Here are just a few of the things How to Train Your Dog will help you with:
    – Lead training, recall and reactivity when you’re out and about
    – Jumping up, excessive barking and reacting to the TV or doorbell
    – Do’s and don’ts for households with children and/or multiple dogs
    – Chewing, biting and destructive behaviour

    No matter how big or small your dog’s issues, whether it’s old or young, a rescue or puppy, or if you live in a multi-dog household, Adam’s inimitable straight-talking approach will get you to a better place with your best friend.

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  • A Good Family (Library of Korean Literature)

    This collection of eight stories―cynical and sympathetic by turns―represents the author’s attempt to document and understand the conflicts, resentments, hatreds, and anxieties of contemporary family life. The title story depicts a mother’s busy day playing numerous roles―ashamed, fearless, or humble―depending on which member of her family she’s tending to. In “The Privacy of My Father,” a daughter tracks her father to Hong Kong in order to spy on what she thinks is an illicit affair. All in all, says Seo Hajin, family means deception–but these masks aren’t so easily removed.

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  • Keyword Accelerator Playbook: A Tactical SEO Keyword Research & Content Planning Guide for Boosting Your Website’s Rankings, Traffic & Earnings

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    The Best Keyword Research for SEO Book Is Here!

    This tactical keyword research & content planning guide was created specifically to help bloggers, niche website builders & affiliate marketers who are struggling to find the most optimal SEO keywords for their content and put them into a publishing schedule that can fuel their long-term goals.

    Inside the Keyword Accelerator Playbook, you’ll discover step-by-step strategies for accelerating your website rankings, traffic & earnings as fast as possible using proven systems for growth.

    If you want to know how to do SEO keyword research & content planning in a more intelligent—and profitable—way, then the Keyword Accelerator Playbook has exactly what you need to experience more predictable results.

    “I’m giving away my complete keyword research and content planning strategies that have fueled every successful website I’ve ever created.” – Stephen Hockman, Author & Founder of SEO Chatter

    By the end of this SEO keyword research book, you’ll know how to…

    • Choose the least competitive SEO keywords for your articles that can get you to the top of Google faster.
    • Sort through your initial list of keywords to find the best terms that offer the most traffic potential.
    • Spy on—and steal—your competitors’ top-performing keywords to help speed up your own website’s growth even faster.
    • Select the right time frame for publishing new batches of keyword-focused articles on your website.
    • Pick the best publishing strategy for your website based on SEO keyword topics and keyword types.
    • Properly arrange your list of optimal keywords in a content publishing plan that can help you stay on track with writing a steady flow of articles to achieve more predictable results.
    • Feel 100% confident in your ability to set up a long-term publishing plan.
    • Know exactly what keywords you’re going to write new articles about and in which order.
    • Have a solid schedule in place for when content will be published over the next 30 days, 3 months, 6 months, or even an entire year.
    • But most importantly, becoming the most proficient online publisher who you were truly meant to be.

    The Keyword Accelerator Playbook is 100% beginner-friendly with the ultimate goal of helping bloggers, niche website builders & affiliate marketers like you who want to achieve faster results from their publishing efforts with the fewest amount of headaches.

    You won’t find any other book on the market like it on the market. Guaranteed!

    Grab your copy today so you can put your website in the SEO fast lane!

    Note: Inside the book, you’ll be given the option to grab an add-on for the “Keyword Accelerator Cheatsheets & Tracking Templates”. These files can be helpful if you don’t want to create your own printable step-by-step guides or tracking spreadsheets from scratch that are explained in full detail in the playbook. Consider this optional add-on as a time-saver; however, you can get full value out of the Keyword Accelerator Playbook without it.

    Also, in the “Next Steps” section at the end of the book, you can learn how to book a 1:1 consultation with me if you ever need any extra help putting the SEO keyword research methods or content planning into practice. The playbook will teach you everything you need to succeed, but this opportunity is available if you want personalized help at any point in your website building journey.

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  • Packed – The Food Entrepreneur’s Guide: How to Get Noticed and How to be Loved

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    Are you a food producer entrepreneur?Then this book is for you!How did the founders of innocent drinks, G’NOSH and MOMA! beat thousands of other fabulous food entrepreneurs to win a space on supermarket shelves? And once they were there, how did they win the battle to convince sceptical, time-strapped shoppers to try them over more established brands?Tessa Stuart knows how, because she helped them do it. In this practical, inspirational book, she draws on her 15 years in the food industry to reveal a tried and tested set of principles for getting you from idea, to a product on the shelf, and to being THE next household name.“Got a great food or drink product that no one knows about? Need to grow sales?This book will show you how to ROCK your pack’s on-shelf impact, to give your business the very best chance of being seen, heard, noticed and bought.”Charlotte Knight, founder and owner of G’NOSH Dips

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  • Marketing Strategy Workbook and 2024 Planner: Dark Smarts the magic and logic of marketing

    Introducing the Dark Smarts Marketing Strategy workbook and 2024 calendar – a marketing workbook like no other!
    Immerse yourself in a captivating blend of creativity and strategy as we explore the world of marketing in the year 2024.

    This workbook takes you on a quarterly adventure, aligning your marketing efforts with the changing seasons. Each quarter unveils a unique theme, providing you with fresh perspectives and innovative ideas to elevate your marketing game.

    Whether you’re an aspiring entrepreneur, starting your marketing journey, or a seasoned professional, you will find inspiration to help you have a successful 2024.

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  • Gym Logbook: A gym log book is a record of your workouts and fitness progress. It is a helpful tool for tracking your goals and staying motivated.

    A gym log book is a record of your workouts and fitness progress. It is a helpful tool for tracking your goals and staying motivated. When filling out your gym log book, it is important to include the following information:

    1. Date: Write down the date of your workout.

    2. Exercise: Record the exercise you performed, including the specific type of exercise, such as bench press, squat, or running.

    3. Sets and Reps: Write down the number of sets and repetitions you completed for each exercise. For example, 3 sets of 10 reps.

    4. Weight: Record the weight you lifted or the resistance used for each exercise.

    5. Duration: Write down the length of your workout, including warm-up and cool-down.

    6. Notes: Include any notes or comments about your workout, such as how you felt, if you struggled with a certain exercise, or if you achieved a personal best.

    By consistently logging your workouts and tracking your progress, you can identify areas for improvement and make adjustments to your fitness routine. Additionally, reviewing your gym log book can help you stay motivated by reminding you of how far you’ve come and what you have accomplished.

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  • American Sign Language Book For Beginners.Educational Book,Suitable for Children,Teens and Adults.Contains the Alphabet,Numbers and a few Colors.

    Learning the alphabet is amazing because it allows you to read books. Education starts with learning the alphabet.

    This stunning book contains the alphabet, tracing the letter, numbers and a few colors.

    This book is suitable also for teens and adults that care for others that communicate using the sign language.

    Get the perfect gift for your loved ones!

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  • I an Actor

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    The new revised edition of the uncensored ‘Acto-biography’ of the most controversial thespian of his generation. The memoirs of Nicholas Craig – theatrical eminence best known for his Trueplate in The Cuckolde of Leicester and more popularly as Gob in Oh No! It’s the Neighbours! – are re-released for a grateful audience, updated with a wealth of new and controversial material. Startlingly truthful, unflinchingly illustrated, I, An Actor’ is a piton up the slope of creativity for theatre fans and aspiring actors alike, revealing everything that most theatrical autobiographies cravenly avoid.

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    I an Actor

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  • Stuart Broad: Broadly Speaking: THE MUST-READ SPORTS AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF 2023

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    Stuart Broad is the ultimate competitor – someone addicted to the pressures of Test cricket, the big occasions and being thrust into the heat of battle.

    For over seventeen years, he’s left it all on the field. A multiple Ashes winner and Wold Champion, Broad was integral to some of the greatest England teams of all time. His awards and achievements, however, don’t tell the whole story. He has always been a cricketer of more than mere numbers. Broad’s passionate and spontaneous behaviour has mad him a fan favourite. No other player feeds off the crowd quite like he does.

    In his autobiography, Broad shares the moments from the game which have made him and those that almost broke him. What’s clear, however, is his unwavering belief in his own ability to become one of the best ever.

    Candid, entertaining, and refreshingly honest, this book reveals the personal side of a true cricketing great.
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    The longevity of his career, and what he has achieved, should never be forgotten. Ben Stokes

    He loves the big moments, the pressure situations. That’s a true sign of a champion, I think. He’s been incredible for England for a long, long time. Glen McGrath

    Stuart Broad is the ultimate Ashes warrior. Ricky Ponting

    One of England’s greatest players of all time. Joe Root

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  • Oh Miriam!: Stories from an Extraordinary Life

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    ‘Oh Miriam! risks the curse of the sequel, and pulls it off . . . A force of nature, a tour de farce. Bold, brave and bright, but also revealing, shocking and touching. Miriam is an icon, a cocksucker – and the star of her show’ ROBERT McCRUM, Independent

    ‘Our naughtiest national treasure . . . famously filthy, funny and phlegmatic . . . Oh Miriam! is Margolyes’s manifesto for a fulfilled life . . . She loves to tell it straight. And the older she gets, the straighter she tells it’ SIMON HATTENSTONE, Guardian

    ‘Irrepressible . . . A life-enhancing rollercoaster of a ride . . . this book is like Margolyes herself – outspoken, ebullient and unexpectedly wise’ EMMA LEE-POTTER, Daily Express

    ‘Snortingly funny . . . deliciously unbridled . . . There is something heroic in her unruliness. Let Miriam take the lead and enjoy the show’ RHIK SAMADDER, Observer

    ‘Insanely interesting, full of profanity and profundity, Oh Miriam!’s title comes from all the people who have ever exclaimed her name in every tone from horror to hilarity; and her unfiltered personality leaps off the page – honesty, kindness, generosity, sanity, erudition, outspokenness’ SUZANNE HARRINGTON, Irish Examiner

    ‘Endearingly eccentric’ WOMEN’S WEEKLY

    From declaring my love to Vanessa Redgrave to being fed cockroaches by Steve Buscemi, from turnip-based comedy with Blackadder to being farted on by Arnold Schwarzenegger, from Graham Norton’s sofa to Alan Cumming’s camper van, my life has been (and continues to be) an uproarious adventure.

    Oh Miriam! has been such a constant refrain in my life, said in all kinds of tones – laughs, surprised gasps and orgasmic sighs (I’m hoping for all of those from you as you read on!) – that it had to be the title of this book. And with a cast list that stretches from Churchill to DiCaprio, Dahl to Dietrich, Princess Margaret to Maggie Smith, I’ve so much more to tell you and so much more to say.

    My chapters range from ‘How to Stay Married’ to ‘Don’t Let the Bastards Get You Down’. Discover how to break the thickest conversational ice; why swearing is actually good for you (though not on the Today programme); the unexpected things I learned at school and what my Spice Girl name would be. Not to mention my Tale of the Unexpected and my very own Vagina Monologue.

    Buckle up and join me on another unforgettable adventure, but this time through my heart and head . . .

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