• Scientists: Inspiring tales of the world’s brightest scientific minds (DK Explorers)

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    Meet the people who changed the world of science and technology, biology, chemistry, and physics!

    Read the stories of the brainiest people who ever lived and the scientific discoveries they made. Each page illustrated a famous scientist’s life and what made their contribution to this fascinating field so important.

    Scientists is an exciting book perfect for children ages 7-9 years. Inside you will find:

    – Features the stories of more than 50 scientists such as Isaac Newton both famous and lesser-known
    – Comprehensive coverage of the most important scientific advancements of all time
    – Stories of scientists from all over the world specialising in different areas of science
    – Engaging STEAM information inline with the national curriculum

    The biggest scientific breakthroughs in history have something in common: super smart people who kept looking for the answers to some of the world’s most interesting questions! The pages of this science book are filled with the stories of famous scientists such as physicists Neil DeGrasse Tyson and Stephen Hawking, biologist Marie Curie, palaeontologist Mary Anning and lesser-known trailblazers such as Chika Kuroda, who became Japan’s first female Bachelor of Science.

    Filled with great detail and following a storytelling format, this is a thrilling book that will capture the imagination of young children and encourage them to explore the world of science. Beautiful descriptions of the scientists’ lives are brought to life through stunning watercolour illustrations and fantastic photography highlights the detail of their discoveries.

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  • Gambling Apocalypse: KAIJI, Volume 5

    After surviving Tonegawa’s dastardly schemes set outside of the hotel tower, Kaiji was let inside the building for what may be one last chance to pay off his debts. But while his last two tests were partially physical and emotional, this new game is a test of wills. E-Card is a simple card game but when played against someone who says he can read minds, it may be an impossible game to win at consistently! Kaiji has gone too far now, so he’ll literally put his body on the line as payback!

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  • Until We Meet Again: From Grief to Hope After Losing a Pet

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    A heartwarming story of loss, unconditional love and hope. This book speaks to pet owners of all ages and deeply and compassionately reflects upon the human – animal bond that underlies each relationship. Warmly illustrated and written from the perspective of a beloved pet who has moved on, readers are guided to feel memories, cry if they wish and then move towards living their life deliberately with joy and love.

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  • Teaching Math with Examples

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    Some teachers think that there s little to say about teaching with examples after all, everyone uses them. But here are just some of the questions you might have about teaching with worked examples:

    • How do we introduce an example?
    • What do we ask students to do when studying a solution?
    • Should a solution be presented all at once or revealed step-by-step?
    • After we study an example, what comes next?
    • Does it matter if the solution is presented as if from a fictional student, a real student in class, or from the teacher?
    • How do we help students move from understanding someone else’s ideas towards using it on their own to solve problems?
    • How do we write a solution in a clear way, that students can learn from?
    • When is a good time to offer a worked example? When is it better to let students try a problem?
    • Are worked examples more useful for some mathematical content than others?

      This book will answer all of these questions. In some cases, research offers answers. Other questions represent gaps in the research literature and the book offers solutions arrived at through experience and trial-and-error and the author s own process of classroom problem solving.

      Welcome to the world of teaching with examples!

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  • Developing Child-Centred Practice for Safeguarding and Child Protection: Strategies for Every Early Years Setting (Little Minds Matter)

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    Placing children at the centre of safeguarding principles and practices is vital for ensuring the best child protection. This essential resource provides early years practitioners with all that they need to be confident and competent as they fulfil their roles and obligations to safeguard and protect children.

    Exploring the main factors that impact on the lives of young children in the current safeguarding climate, this book is a starting point for understanding the risks and categories of abuse and neglect. Grounded in best practice, it gives practitioners encouragement and advice to help shape and drive practice forward with child-centred motives, practices and perspectives.

    The book offers:

    • Insights into the current safeguarding climate backed by practical examples
    • An introduction to managing the different safeguarding challenges faced by early years professionals
    • Methods for contextualising these for children in the early years
    • Guidance on supporting vulnerable children, their families and other agencies working alongside them
    • Reflections, case studies and a wide range of example scenarios
    • Voices and insights from across the sector woven throughout for a holistic understanding of safeguarding

    With accessible chapters drawing on best practice from across the sector at every level, this is a valuable resource for all those working in the early years, whether just starting out or highly experienced in the field.

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  • When ‘Jesus’ Came to Hong Kong: The Remarkable Story of the First European Football Star in Asia

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    It took balls to go to Hong Kong. When Scottish footballer Derek Currie was made an offer to travel to Hong Kong to play against the one sportsman he had dreamed of meeting on the field, he couldn’t say no. From apprentice printer in Glasgow to playing football against Pelé in the Far East, singing with Stevie Wonder and shadow-boxing with Marvelous Marvin Hagler, Currie enjoyed a magical life as one of the first three European professional footballers in Asia. He was quickly nicknamed ‘Jesus’ by Hong Kong football fans. Here he traces the early development of professional football in the then-British colony through his own career – the games, the places and the characters he met along the way – as well as a season playing for the San Antonio Thunder in Texas. Given a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity, he didn’t think twice – traveling 6,000 miles across the world to pursue his dream of professional football. In the years that followed, he met international stars from music, showbusiness, boxing and horse racing. Here in words and pictures is his amazing story – if not for the photographic proof you could be forgiven for thinking it might be a fairy tale! It isn’t.

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  • Amazing Muslims Who Changed the World

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    Do you think you know who first thought of the theory of evolution?
    Have you ever wondered who created the oldest university in the world?
    Is Joan of Arc is the only rebel girl who led an army that you’ve heard of?

    If so, then you need this stunningly illustrated treasure trove of iconic and hidden amazing Muslim heroes!

    You’ll find people you might know, like Malala Yousafzai, Sir Mo Farah and Muhammad Ali, as well as some you might not, such as:

    Hasan Ibn Al-Haytham: the first scientist to prove theories about how light travels, hundreds of years before Isaac Newton.

    Sultan Razia: a fearsome female ruler.

    G. Willow Wilson: the comic book artist who created the first ever Muslim Marvel character.

    Ibtihaj Muhammad: the Olympic and World Champion fencer and the first American to compete in the games wearing a hijab.

    Noor Inayat Khan: the Indian Princess who became a British spy during WWII.

    There are so many more amazing Muslim men and women who have changed our world, from pirate queens to athletes, to warriors and mathematicians. Who will your next hero be?

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  • The Beauty Insider: Effortless Skincare and Beauty Advice that Works

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    ‘The most powerful woman in British beauty’ Daily Mail

    ‘This woman is the best advert for the advice she gives to all of us’ Ruth Langsford

    If there is one thing my experience in the beauty industry has taught me, it’s that a beauty regime should be as individual as you are. Having no cosmetic work myself allows me to truly understand what results are achievable for people at home.

    Trusted and award-winning beauty expert Alison Young has worked in the industry for over 35 years. She has pretty much tried every beauty product on the market so you don’t have to, and she knows what works and what doesn’t. Her no-nonsense approach cuts through the hard sell and tells it how it is. Whether you want to look fresher or younger, need advice on brows, haircare or body basics, or struggle with skin issues such as dry skin, oily skin or a more serious condition, Alison has the answer.

    With this book, you will never waste money on beauty products again; instead, you will be able to look and feel your best self, every day. Find out:

    – The insider secrets that supercharge your daily routine, whatever your skin type
    – How to manage (and embrace) signs of ageing
    – The make-up techniques that boost confidence, at every stage of life
    – Simple steps for year-round glowing skin and beautiful hair

    Whatever your gender, ethnicity, budget or stage of life, Alison will give you the knowledge to create a beauty regime that works for you and the confidence to step out as your best self, every day.

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  • Kingston-Upon-Hull: Images of a Rich Transport Heritage

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    Over 200 superb black and white photos depicting the rich and varied forms of transport to be seen in Kingston-Upon-Hull during the 20th century. Illustrated are trams, buses, electric trolley buses, steam trains, the docks as they once were, the wonderful paddle steamers that plied the Humber estuary before the bridge was built, the steamships that sailed between Hull’s town docks and the Continent plus barges on the River Hull, trawlers, tugs and other support vessels. The bus pictures especially incorporate fascinating views of the city streets before and after destruction by bombing in the second world war. The author also relates his own experiences of the Hull transport scene.

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  • Every Night of the Week Veg: Meat free beyond Monday; a zero-tolerance approach to bland

    It’s a daily slog to get veg into the mouths of every member of the household. Welcome to your sanity solution: delicious meals that vegetarians and meat-eaters will love in equal measure, served with a generous dollop of Lucy Tweed’s trademark wit.

    Choose your own daily adventure!
    Monday Cowboy Pasta Dreams Pasta every which way, because there’s nothing as truly weeknight
    Toned-down Tuesdays Big, bold flavours with a laid-back attitude; one-pan where possible
    Saucy Wet Wednesdays Soups and curries and slurries and spice
    Carbs-Filled-With-Things Thursdays From loaded buns and spuds to lovely things squashed into dough, this is comfort central
    Phat Snack Fridays Throw-it-together munchies with two criteria: 1. Use it up, and 2. Make it irresistible
    The Bold and the Beautiful Saturday Salads Show-off salads that take the spotlight come BBQ day
    Sunday Oeufs If you say it in French, it’s sexier. All your egg needs for Sunday
    Sweet Anytime Treats Just because

    Recipes include:

    • Zucchini Carbonara
    • Vegan Pad Thai
    • Bombay Wish Potatoes
    • Fennel Ragu on Polenta
    • Minute Noodles
    • Kimchi Rice Cakes
    • Massaman Skewers
    • Miso Pine Lime Tarte Tatin
    • Yogalatte
    • Borrowed Banana Pancakes

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  • White Water Safety and Rescue

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    This work includes white water safety and rescue for canoeists, kayakers and rafters. This is a completely revised new 2006 2nd edition now in full colour throughout. What’s new in the 2nd Edition? This work includes: full colour and new photos throughout; the text has been completely revised and numerous small but significant improvements have been made; the principles of safety and rescue have been unified and the mneumonic C.L.A.P. adopted. This is to make it easier to remember them and fall in line with current practice in the teaching of white water safety. The rescue section has been reorganized to fit in more closely with the TRTTG ‘low to high risk’ model. The rafting sections have been completely rewritten by Geraint Rowlands. The chapter ‘Planning a Descent’ has been extended to cover factors to be considered when travelling abroad. One-handed signals as used by Paul O’Sullivan in his chapter in the BCU Canoe and Kayak Handbook have been adopted.

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  • Your Mental Health: Understanding Depression, Anxiety, PTSD, Eating Disorders and Self-Destructive Behaviour

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    Today in the UK, one in four of us are impacted by mental illness. But while awareness has increased rapidly in recent years, not enough is being done to widen our understanding of these conditions.

    With expert research from MQ, one of the UK’s leading mental health charities, and Enigma Wellness, Your Mental Health shines a spotlight on the symptoms, triggers and treatments you need to know about.

    Focusing on five mental health conditions – depression, anxiety, PTSD, eating disorders and self-destructive behaviour – Your Mental Health explains the science behind these conditions with engaging graphics, figures and facts.

    Combined with real life experiences from figures including podcaster Gemma Styles and political strategist Alastair Campbell, this clear, accessible guide will demystify the complexities of mental health to give you a better understanding of the ‘quiet crisis’.

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  • Never Let Go: How to Parent Your Child Through Mental Illness

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    How to help your child with mental illness through partnering, not parenting.

    Never Let Go is a supportive and practical guide for parents looking after a child with a mental illness. Suzanne Alderson understands the agonising struggle of bringing a child back from the brink of suicide, having spent three years supporting her own daughter through recovery. Her method of ‘partnering, not parenting’ has now helped thousands of other parents through her charity, Parenting Mental Health.

    Combining Suzanne’s honest personal experience with expert input from psychologists, this book provides parents with the methods and knowledge they need to support, shield and strengthen their child as they progress towards recovery. Chapters include a background to the mental health epidemic, why a new method of parenting is crucial, how to change your thinking about mental health and practical advice on solutions to daily problems including accepting the new normal, dealing with others, and looking after yourself as well as your child.

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  • Parenting with Theraplay®: Understanding Attachment and How to Nurture a Closer Relationship with Your Child (Theraplay® Books & Resources)

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    Theraplay® is an attachment-focused model of parenting that helps parents to understand and relate to their child. Based on a sequence of play activities that are rooted in neuroscience, Theraplay offers a fun and easy way for parents and children to connect. Theraplay is particularly effective with looked after and adopted children.

    By providing an overview of Theraplay and the psychological principles that it is based on, parents and carers will gain an understanding of the basic theory of the model along with practical ideas for applying Theraplay to everyday family life. Through everyday case studies and easy language, parents will gain confidence and learn new skills for emotional bonding, empathy, and acceptance in the relationship with their child.

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  • My Family, My Journey: A Baby Book for Adoptive Families (Susie Ghahremani)

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    For the growing audience of adoptive families, Chronicle Books is proud to offer a baby book thatsuits the wide array of experiences and choices that bring a family and their new child together. This lovely keepsake album contains sections to record all the joyful milestones and cherished family moments that mark a new baby’s life, pages to chart the adopted child’s unique journey, as well as a sturdy pocket in which to store important documents and memorabilia. Inside the pocket are over 60 stickers you can use to customize the family tree pages. As the pages of the journal fill with memories,My Family, My Journey will stand as a lasting testament of love for the entire family.

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  • Toddler Adoption: The Weaver’s Craft Revised Edition

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    “Toddler Adoption” looks at the unique joys and challenges of adopting and parenting a toddler. When a child aged is adopted between the ages of 12 to 36 months, they often show signs of cognitive and emotional immaturity, which can cause behavioral and relational issues. This book offers support and practical tools to help parents prepare for and support the toddler’s transition between the familiar environment of their biological parent’s home or foster home to a new and unfamiliar one, and considers the issues that arise at different developmental stages. It highlights the challenges that parents are likely to encounter, but also gives positive guidance on how to overcome them. Written by a specialist in children’s development who is also an adoptive parent herself, this fully revised and updated edition of the go-to-source on adopting toddlers is essential reading for both parents and professionals working with adoptive families.

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  • The Actor And The Text

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    Cicely Berry, Voice Director of the Royal Shakespeare Company, is world-famous for her voice teaching. The Actor and the Text is her classic book, distilled from years of working with actors of the highest calibre.

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    The Actor And The Text

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  • Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses, Premium Fifth Edition

    Improve your skills with the bestselling workbook on Spanish verbs―now updated and enhanced with new audio exercises

    Verbs are the cornerstone of active language proficiency, so making sure you get a firm grasp on their forms and use is vitally important. In Practice Makes Perfect: Spanish Verb Tenses, Premium Fifth Edition, you’ll find all the instruction and practice you need to achieve written mastery and feel more confident conversing in Spanish.

    Written with extensive expertise and relatable humor by the veteran teacher and bestselling author Dorothy Richmond, this premium edition provides more than just the rules: You’ll find clear explanations on when and why particular verb tenses should be used, so you’ll gain a deeper understanding and find them easier to remember. You’ll also find powerful learning tools in addition to the vigorous workbook exercises, including audio exercises, unique to the app, that test recognition of verb forms, extensive recordings (including 110 conjugations), and the ability to record yourself (and replay) so that you can compare your pronunciation against native speakers. 

    You’ll also find: 

    • Streaming audio recordings of the answers to 106 exercises in the book, via digital support through iOS, Android, and the web
    • Sets of flashcards for all the verb and vocabulary lists, now with Text-to-Speech for pronunciation guidelines
    • Convenient digital auto-fill glossary makes look up quick and easy
    • NEW: Audio exercises to test recognition of verb forms

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  • Jane Grigson’s Fish Book

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    Jane Grigson’s book on fish cookery takes the reader through the alphabet from anchovies to zander giving recipes and historical, geographical and culinary information. The text also gives advice about the preparation and cooking of fish.

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  • The Complete Fishing Manual: Tackle * Baits & Lures * Species * Techniques * Where to Fish

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    Whether you’re an experienced angler or have only just picked up a rod, this is an indispensable reference guide to fishing.

    The Complete Fishing Manual is your definitive guide to all things fishing, covering everything from strategies and techniques to bait, tackle, and kit. This manual will assist you every step of the way.

    Within the pages of this manual you’ll find:

    – Fully illustrated with high-quality photography and illustrations
    – Information covering fishing techniques in all types of conditions and waters, from freshwater to saltwater
    – Essential advice on anatomy, behaviour, and habitats
    – Assistance from the very beginning all the way to the final catch, including getting your licence and reeling in your line
    – Step by step diagrams on how to prepare your rod for different types of fish
    – Includes how to fit and use different types of accessories to enhance your chances of catching fish
    – Diagnostic spreads go from symptom to solution – the manual will answer all of your fishing questions
    – The world’s best fishing locations and the species you can find there

    Whether you’re a pro, fly-fishing in the rivers of the UK or a novice figuring out the reel, this manual has all the information you need to plan your next fishing adventure. Vivid illustrations and detailed photographs draw you in, offer essential advice on anatomy, habitat and behaviour. Details of every fishing strategy and technique can be found within these pages, ensuring you are ever-ready.

    Casting your net further to the north of Italy and beautiful Spain, this book also takes you on a journey through the world’s best fishing destinations, acquainting you with once-in-a-lifetime species found in this region.

    Complete the series:
    The Complete Manual series is an exciting, informative and vividly illustrated series of books. With titles such as The Complete Bike Owners Manual, The Complete Sailors Manual, and The Complete Gardener’s Manual, this series offers a beautiful cross-section of titles for keen hobbyists.

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  • Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea: Jules Verne (Penguin Clothbound Classics)

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    New to Penguin Classics, the great underwater adventure story in a stunning clothbound edition with original images.

    In this thrilling adventure tale by the ‘Father of Science Fiction’, three men embark on an epic journey under the sea with the mysterious Captain Nemo aboard his submarine the Nautilus. Over the course of their fantastical voyage, they encounter the lost city of Atlantis, the South Pole and the corals of the Red Sea, and must battle countless adversaries both human and monstrous. Verne’s triumphant work of the imagination shows the limitless possibilities of science and the dark depths of the human mind.

    This new version by award-winning translator David Coward brings Verne’s novel vividly to life for a new generation of readers.

    Jules Gabriel Verne (1828-1905) was a French author and a pioneer of the science-fiction genre. His novels include Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea (1869-70), and Around the World in Eighty Days (1873), all available in Penguin Classics.

    David Coward is Emeritus Professor of French at the University of Leeds. He is the author of studies of Marcel Pagnol, Marguerite Duras, Marivaux and Restif de la Bretonne, and of a History of French Literature (2002). He has translated numerous French classics, including Molière’s plays, Simenon’s novels and Albert Cohen’s Belle du Seigneur, for which he was awarded the Scott-Moncrieff prize in 1996.

    ‘We are all, in one way or another, the children of Jules Verne’ – Ray Bradbury

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  • The Complete War Walks

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    This one-volume edition comprises both Richard Holmes’ well-loved War Walks and War Walks 2. Dates such as 1066 and names such as Dunkirk often strike a chord of nostalgia, but the details of the historic events associated with them are forgotten. In The Complete War Walks Richard Holmes takes us on fascinating journey through time to visit twelve battlefields throughout Britain, Northern France and Belgium that mark crucial moments in Britain’s bloody and turbulent history. From Hastings to Dunkirk, Agincourt to The Somme, Richard vividly recreates the atmosphere of these key battles in our history. With his expert knowledge of weapons and warfare and using specially commissioned maps, Richard Holmes provides a brilliantly clear picture of the events which led up to each battle, the conflicts themselves, and the people who fought them. Using practical ‘views of the field’, he travels the battlefields as they exist today, pointing out their places of interest, paying tribute to the men who fought there, and bringing history to life. This book focuses on a selection of battles, six fought in Britain – or, in one case, on a struggle that straddled the Channel. A further six are set in a few hundred square miles of northern France and southern Belgium, a space so confined that a single day’s drive could take us across all our battlefields. Choosing the battles from a long list of potential candidates was far from easy, but a certain logic prevails. Battles that had far-reaching consequences, historically and politically, were brought to the forefront of the possible choices. In some cases, because of a battle’s importance, it entered part of an enduring mythology that demands attention. There were other obvious considerations that favoured certain battles over others: battles that were particularly decisive, or ones that were well documented, or have battlefields that remain striking today. I shied away from some battles that had already been described so well in print or on film, that I felt there was nothing new to add. In the twentieth-century France: Hastings, Agincourt, Bosworth, Naseby, The Boyne, Waterloo, Mons and Le Cateau, the Somme, Arras, Dunkirk, the Blitz and Operation Goodwood.

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    The Complete War Walks

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  • Napoleon’s Wars: An International History, 1803-1815

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    No other soldier has provoked as much anger or as much fervour as Napoleon Bonaparte. Was he a monster, driven on by an endless, ruinous quest for military adventure – or was he a social and political visionary, brought down by petty reactionaries clinging to their privileges?

    Charles Esdaile’s major new work reframes our understanding of Napoleon. Napoleon’s Wars looks beyond the insatiable greed for glory to create a new, genuinely international context for Napoleon’s career. The battles themselves Esdaile sees as almost side-effects, the consequences of rulers being willing to take the immense risks of fighting or supporting Napoleon – risks that could result in the extinction of entire countries and regimes.

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  • A History of the First World War

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    Liddell Hart’s History of the First World War first appeared in 1930 and is widely regarded as one of the greatest, most cogent accounts of the conflict ever published.

    A leading military strategist and historian who fought on the Western Front, Liddell Hart combines astute tactical analysis with compassion for those who lost their lives on the battlefield. He provides a vivid and fascinating picture of all the major campaigns, balancing documentary evidence with the testimony of personal witnesses to expose the mistakes that were made and why.

    From the political and cultural origins of war to the twists and turns of battle, to the critical decisions that resulted in such devastating losses and to the impact on modern nations, this magnificent history covers four brutal years in one volume and is a true military classic.

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  • Civil War: The History of England Volume III (The History of England, 3)

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    In Civil War, Peter Ackroyd continues his dazzling account of England’s history, beginning with the progress south of the Scottish king, James VI, who on the death of Elizabeth I became the first Stuart king of England, and ends with the deposition and flight into exile of his grandson, James II.

    The Stuart dynasty brought together the two nations of England and Scotland into one realm, albeit a realm still marked by political divisions that echo to this day. More importantly, perhaps, the Stuart era was marked by the cruel depredations of civil war, and the killing of a king.

    Ackroyd paints a vivid portrait of James I and his heirs. Shrewd and opinionated, the new King was eloquent on matters as diverse as theology, witchcraft and the abuses of tobacco, but his attitude to the English parliament sowed the seeds of the division that would split the country in the reign of his hapless heir, Charles I. Ackroyd offers a brilliant – warts and all – portrayal of Charles’s nemesis Oliver Cromwell, Parliament’s great military leader and England’s only dictator, who began his career as a political liberator but ended it as much of a despot as ‘that man of blood’, the king he executed.

    England’s turbulent seventeenth century is vividly laid out before us, but so too is the cultural and social life of the period, notable for its extraordinarily rich literature, including Shakespeare’s late masterpieces, Jacobean tragedy, the poetry of John Donne and Milton and Thomas Hobbes’ great philosophical treatise, Leviathan. Civil War also gives us a very real sense of the lives of ordinary English men and women, lived out against a backdrop of constant disruption and uncertainty.

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  • Britain’s War: A New World, 1942-1947

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    WINNER OF THE TEMPLER MEDAL BOOK PRIZE 2020

    A SPECTATOR, FINANCIAL TIMES AND DAILY TELEGRAPH BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020

    ‘A stunning achievement’ Max Hastings, Sunday Times

    Part Two of Daniel Todman’s epic history of the Second World War opens with one of the greatest disasters in British military history – the fall of Singapore in February 1942. Unlike the aftermath of Dunkirk, there was no redeeming narrative available here – Britain had been defeated by a far smaller Japanese force in her grandly proclaimed, invincible Asian ‘fortress’.

    The unique skill of Daniel Todman’s history lies in its never losing sight of the inter-connectedness of the British experience. The agony of Singapore, for example, is seen through the eyes of its inhabitants, of its defenders, of Churchill’s Cabinet and of ordinary people at home. Each stage of the war, from the nadir of early 1942 to the great series of victories in 1944-5 and on to Indian independence, is described both as it was understood at the time and in the light of the very latest historical research.

    Britain’s War is a triumph of narrative, empathy and research, as gripping in its handling of individual witnesses to the war – those doomed to struggle with bombing, rationing, exhausting work and above all the absence of millions of family members – as of the gigantic military, social, technological and economic forces that swept the conflict along. It is the definitive account of a drama which reshaped our country.

    ‘I cannot recommend this history highly enough’ Keith Lowe, Literary Review

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  • You Are Your Own Gym: The bible of bodyweight exercises

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    Elite trainer Mark Lauren has been at the front lines of preparing US Special Operations soldiers for action, getting them lean and strong in record time. Now, he shares the secrets to his simple, yet amazingly effective regimen to get you into the best shape of your life.

    – Rapid results with minimum time commitment – work out for only 30-minutes a day, four times a week
    – No gym or equipment required – simple bodyweight resistance exercises you can do anywhere
    – Build muscle and burn fat – get more effective results than weightlifting and aerobics
    – Suitable for men, women and all abilities – choose your level from Basic, 1st Class, Master Class and Chief Class
    – Safe and effective – develop balance, stability and prevent injuries

    With 125 clear exercises to work every muscle in your body, motivation techniques and nutritional advice, Mark Lauren’s method will get you the body you want simply by using the body you have.

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  • Gym Membership Sales: Tripple your growth, develop your team, change your life

    Are you tired of experimenting with what might work to have more members in the current environment? Would you like to have a process for growing your gym, thriving in chaos and increasing your time freedom?

    In Gym Membership Sales you’ll find:

    ① Membership growth strategies for having more members with less effort that are currently being used in hundreds of gyms and studios right now

    ② Practical tools for training your team to grow your business and manage operations for you

    ③ The principles that will liberate your bandwidth as an owner

    ④ Accompanying templates, step-by-step guides and the most cutting edge resources for brining more people in through your doors

    “I’ve never found such a clear guide to helping people make a powerful but authentic choice to enrollment. If you want more enrollments without being pushy or slimy, I highly recommend reading this book ASAP.” – Christopher D.

    “I’ve read it two times. My ability to train people has improved immeasurably by reading this book… I’m buying 15 copies. My son is in a different type of sales and uses this stuff, and is killing it!” – Lou F.

    “It’s both empowering and practical… You walk away with practical tools, actionable steps, and you can put a full system together from this book, but you’re also going to be equipped for running that system.” – Laura L.

    A note from the Author:

    “There’s nothing magical about what you’ll find in this book… but it is my very best shot at giving you the most effective catalyst for growth and freedom based on what I use in my own gym and my client’s gyms. I hope you’ll use this to change the lives around you for the better by starting with your own, passing that on to your team and lastly to the rest of the world. Here’s to the growth of your business, more lives changed and your expanding success as the natural result. The Members on Demand team and I will see you on the other side!”

    Don’t wait, start having more members now… Scroll to the top & click the “Buy Now” button!

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  • Gym Membership Sales: Tripple your growth, develop your team, change your life

    Are you tired of experimenting with what might work to have more members in the current environment? Would you like to have a process for growing your gym, thriving in chaos and increasing your time freedom?

    In Gym Membership Sales you’ll find:

    ① Membership growth strategies for having more members with less effort that are currently being used in hundreds of gyms and studios right now

    ② Practical tools for training your team to grow your business and manage operations for you

    ③ The principles that will liberate your bandwidth as an owner

    ④ Accompanying templates, step-by-step guides and the most cutting edge resources for brining more people in through your doors

    “I’ve never found such a clear guide to helping people make a powerful but authentic choice to enrollment. If you want more enrollments without being pushy or slimy, I highly recommend reading this book ASAP.” – Christopher D.

    “I’ve read it two times. My ability to train people has improved immeasurably by reading this book… I’m buying 15 copies. My son is in a different type of sales and uses this stuff, and is killing it!” – Lou F.

    “It’s both empowering and practical… You walk away with practical tools, actionable steps, and you can put a full system together from this book, but you’re also going to be equipped for running that system.” – Laura L.

    A note from the Author:

    “There’s nothing magical about what you’ll find in this book… but it is my very best shot at giving you the most effective catalyst for growth and freedom based on what I use in my own gym and my client’s gyms. I hope you’ll use this to change the lives around you for the better by starting with your own, passing that on to your team and lastly to the rest of the world. Here’s to the growth of your business, more lives changed and your expanding success as the natural result. The Members on Demand team and I will see you on the other side!”

    Don’t wait, start having more members now… Scroll to the top & click the “Buy Now” button!

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  • Decoded: The Science Behind Why We Buy

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    A groundbreaking exploration of purchasing behaviour and its essential role in smarter marketing practices to benefit your organization

    If you understand why people buy, you are already one step ahead in reaching out to them effectively with your products and services. Decoded: The Science Behind Why We Buy offers a groundbreaking exploration into the science of purchasing. The book specifically demonstrates why decision science has proven invaluable to the field of marketing by helping to explain purchasing behaviours.

    Decoded delivers a practical framework and guidelines for applying science to the marketing practices you use every day. As a marketing professional, you can look to this book for behavioural knowledge, timely case studies, and an understanding of methodologies. You’ll gain advice on how to employ knowledge about behaviours for more effective brand management, from strategy to implementation to new product development.

    You’ll also gain useful insight into the latest research on consumer motivations that lead to purchasing decisions. Learn more about what happens in the human brain as buyers make their choices. This updated edition of Decoded provides new material that marketers can apply to informed, successful practices.

    • Gain an understanding of the Jobs to Be Done (JTBD) approach
    • Take a closer look at the Ferrero neuroscience study that supports JTBD
    • See updated and relevant case studies of JTBD at work
    • Discover how to engage customers through digital touchpoints

    If you’re a marketing practitioner, an understanding of decision science will enhance your day-to-day work. Decoded helps you see how science and marketing come together. Immerse yourself in the science of why people buy and gain a stronger base of knowledge as you develop strategies, implement marketing plans, and meet customer needs through innovation.

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  • Ultimate Guide to LinkedIn for Business: Access more than 500 million people in 10 minutes (Ultimate Series)

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    Find and Network with the Right Professionals

    You know it’s smart to connect with over 500 million business professionals on LinkedIn, but you may not know how to do it without wasting tons of time and money. LinkedIn expert and trainer Ted Prodromou delivers a step-by-step guide to using LinkedIn to grow your business, find profitable clients and customers, and hire the perfect employees. With more than a decade of experience helping businesses and entrepreneurs grow using SEO, pay-per-click management, and LinkedIn, Prodromou shares the most effective ways to keep you and your business in front of decision makers and build strong referral networks.

    You’ll learn how to:

    • Make online connections that are as strong as those made in person
    • Use content marketing to build and promote your thought leadership profile
    • Build trust with prospective clients by exploring similar interests and groups
    • Develop a closing process that convert connections to clients
    • Leverage your LinkedIn presence to drive you and your business to the top of the results page on multiple search engines―even GoogleAs the definitive social network for people doing business, entrepreneurs ignore LinkedIn at their own peril. Take the direct approach to reaching the movers and shakers by listening to what Ted has to say.
      ―Joel Comm, New York Times bestselling author of Twitter Power 3.0: How to Dominate Your Market One Tweet at a TimeIf you want to know the behind-the-scenes, real-world strategies, you need to read this book filled with applicable tips and tricks to save you time and money, and to give you a roadmap to actually making money on LinkedIn.
      ―Scott Keffer, bestselling author and founder of Double Your Affluent Clients®

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    £13.60£15.20
  • A Handbook for Trainee Nursing Associates

    A Handbook for Trainee Nursing Associates provides a concise introduction to the essential background knowledge that aspiring nursing associates need as a foundation for their training.

    Each chapter is linked to the outcomes of the NMC Standards of proficiency for nursing associates. This book will underpin your studies and enable you to support registered nurses in caring for people in a variety of health and care settings. It will also give a solid grounding for nursing associates who want to follow the progression route into graduate nursing.

    Packed with activities to help you apply theory to contemporary practice, A Handbook for Trainee Nursing Associates covers the core of your studies:

    • Study skills
    • Professional and communication skills
    • Values and ethics
    • Society and health
    • Psychology and health
    • Public health and health promotion
    • Research and evidence-based practice
    • Mental health
    • Learning disabilities

    A Handbook for Trainee Nursing Associates gives you an accessible introduction to the knowledge and understanding you will need at the start of your training and into your healthcare career.

    Contents

    Preface; Acknowledgements; About the authors; Introduction: background and context

    Chapter 1: Study skills
    Neil Davison

    Chapter 2: Professional skills
    Linda Bale

    Chapter 3: Values and ethics
    Anneyce Knight and Nevin Mehmet

    Chapter 4: Society and its impact upon health
    David Matthews

    Chapter 5: Psychology and health
    Graham Jones

    Chapter 6: Public health and health promotion
    Anneyce Knight

    Chapter 7: Research and evidence-based practice
    Neil Davison and David Matthews

    Chapter 8: Mental health
    David Matthews

    Chapter 9: Learning disability
    Josh Hodgson

    Index

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    £13.60£14.20
  • The Money-Saving Gardener: Create Your Dream Garden at a Fraction of the Cost

    Beat the rising cost of living and transform your garden on a budget with Anya the Garden Fairy.

    The Money-Saving Gardener reveals the tips and tricks to keeping costs down without compromising on style or impact. Learn how to repurpose what you have, make the most of so-called garden “waste”, and boost your plant collection for next to nothing with seed-saving and propagation hacks.

    Revealing the plants that will give you the best long-term value for money, cost-cutting tips for every season, and projects for making the most of your propagated cuttings and seedlings, The Money-Saving Gardener proves that a stunning garden doesn’t need to cost the earth or break the bank.

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    £13.60£16.10
  • Island in the Sun: From the #1 bestselling author of uplifting feel-good fiction

    A tale of friendship, courage and romance, the latest novel from bestselling author Katie Fforde is here.

    ‘The queen of uplifting, feel good romance’ AJ PEARCE
    ‘Top-drawer romantic escapism’ DAILY MAIL
    ‘Warm, brilliant and full of love’ HEAT
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    When Cass is asked by her father to take on an unusual photography project in the Caribbean Island of Dominica, she really can’t see a reason to say no.

    But the remote island has just been hit be a severe hurricane, leaving destruction in its wake. Cass is travelling with Ranulph who is searching for the rare stone carvings her father wants her to photograph.

    Their hunt leads Cass down a path of bravery and self-discovery, and she soon falls for Ranulph, who has been by her side every step of the way.

    But does he feel the same way about her?

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    £13.60£16.10
  • Break the Cycle: A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma

    How to pass on strength not pain to those you love.

    When a physical wound is left unhealed, it continues to cause pain and can infect the whole body. When emotions are left unhealed, they similarly cause harm that spreads to other parts of our lives, hurting our family, friends and colleagues. Eventually, this hurt spreads further, affecting entire communities and families across generations.

    This is intergenerational trauma. It can lead us to become people-pleasers, co-dependent in relationships and even estranged from our families. The wounds are complex and continue to invade our minds, bodies and spirits long after.

    In Break the Cycle, Dr Mariel Buqué delivers the ground-breaking guide to healing inherited trauma. Weaving scientific research with practical exercises and stories from her therapy room, Dr Buqué will help you understand how trauma is inherited from one generation to the next, break the cycle and disrupt the flow of intergenerational trauma with therapeutic exercises, and encourage you to pass on strength – not pain – to future generations.

    With a holistic approach to healing that has been absent from the field of psychology for too long, Break the Cycle will help you shift intergenerational trauma to intergenerational abundance.

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    £13.60£16.10
  • A Long Walk Up the Water Slide: 4 (Neal Carey Mysteries)

    30th Anniversary Edition with a new introduction by the author

    Neal Carey has to keep the mob, the FBI, and a major television personality from killing his newest client, but he’s tempted to do the job himself.

    Sometime student and ever-reluctant detective Neal Carey would rather be finishing a dull doctoral thesis than staring down the nose of a loaded gun, but his new assignment doesn’t sound dangerous. All he has to do is pull off the ultimate makeover: turn Polly Paget, a gum-chewing, foul-mouthed, big-haired broad, into a perfect lady in time to testify in a rape case against Jack Landis, head of the Family Cable Network and America’s most beloved family man. But Polly isn’t cooperating, and everyone (including a former FBI agent, an obsessive-compulsive hit man, the Mafia, a porn prince, and a slew of tabloid reporters) is on her trail, turning Neal’s “simple” assignment into a deadly game of duck-duck-goose.

    In a hellish and hilarious escapade that takes him from the deserts of Nevada to the bright lights of Las Vegas and finally to a hair-raising climax in a shoddily built amusement park, Neal tries to escape the mob’s big guns while taking a slippery walk up the world’s biggest water slide.

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    £13.65
  • Instructions for Traveling West: Poems

    A vivid and inspiring poetry collection about what’s possible when we heed our instincts and honor our intuition, allowing ourselves to strike out for new territories of love, pleasure, and peace.

    First, you must realize you’re homesick for all the lives you’re not living. Then, you must commit to the road and the rising loneliness. To the sincere thrill of coming apart.

    So begins Joy Sullivan’s Instructions for Traveling West–a lush debut collection that examines what happens when we leave home and leap into the deep unknown. Mid-pandemic, Sullivanleft the man she planned to marry, sold her house, quit her corporate job, and drove west. This dazzling collection tells that story as it illuminates the questions haunting us all: What possible futures lie on the horizon? What happens when we heed the call of furious reinvention?

    A book for anyone flinging themselves into fresh starts, Instructions for Traveling West grapples with loss, loneliness and belonging. These poems teach us that naming our desire is profound alchemy. Each of us holds the power to set our own course forward.

    Expansive and heart-opening–exquisite in their specificity, galvanizing in their scope–the poems in Instructions for Traveling West speak to the longing that lives within us all. They remind us that “joy is not a trick.”

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    £13.69
  • Critical Role: The Mighty Nein Origins–Beauregard Lionett

    From Mae Catt, and Critical Role’s Matthew Mercer and Marisha Ray, comes Mighty Nein member Beauregard Lionett’s origin story in a hardcover graphic novel.

    Despite her origins with a “traditional” family, Beau’s penchant for troublemaking was legendary.

    Outraged by her criminal activity, Beau’s father arranged for her to be kidnapped and turned over to the order of monks known as the Cobalt Soul for some much-needed discipline and direction. But the direction Beau takes–toward the Mighty Nein–isn’t what anyone anticipated!

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    £13.70
  • The Husky and His White Cat Shizun: Erha He Ta De Bai Mao Shizun (Novel) Vol. 3

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    NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER! Also known as 2ha, the wildly popular danmei/Boys’ Love novel series from China that inspired a multimedia franchise! A historical fantasy epic about a tyrant’s second chance at life and the powerful cultivation teacher he can’t get out of his mind. Massacring his way to the top to become emperor of the cultivation world, Mo Ran’s cruel reign left him with little satisfaction. Now, upon suffering his greatest loss, he takes his own life… To his surprise, Mo Ran awakens in his own body at age sixteen, years before he ever began his bloody conquests. Now, as a novice disciple at the cultivation sect known as Sisheng Peak, Mo Ran has a second chance at life. This time, he vows that he will attain the gratification that eluded him in his last life: the overly righteous shall fall, and none will dare treat him like a dog ever again! His furious passion burns most fiercely for his shizun, Chu Wanning, the beautiful yet cold cultivation teacher who maintains a cat-like aloofness in his presence. Yet despite Mo Ran’s shameless pursuit of his own goals, he begins to question his previously held beliefs, and wonders if there could be more to his teacher-and his own feelings-than he ever realized. This Chinese fantasy (xianxia) epic built around the desire between two men (danmei) has been translated into multiple languages and inspired a multimedia franchise in China. The Seven Seas English-language edition will include exclusive, all-new covers and interior illustrations from artist St with a translation by Rynn & Jun.

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    £13.70£17.10
  • Subway Art: (reduced format edition) (Street Graphics / Street Art)

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    In 1984, photographers Martha Cooper and Henry Chalfant captured the imagination of a generation with Subway Art, a groundbreaking book documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City. The 2009 edition of the book is now available in a new, slightly reduced format. Henry Chalfant’s images of the trains retain their impact, while Martha Cooper’s narrative pictures tell the story. In the introductions, the authors recall how they gained entry to the New York graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s and describe the techniques that they used to photograph it. Afterwords report how the lives of the original subway artists have unfolded, and chronicle the end of the subway graffiti scene in the late 1980s and its unexpected rebirth as a global art movement. This is an essential book for all fans of graffiti, stunning photography and 1980s-cool.

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    £13.70£17.10

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