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From acclaimed Algerian author Yasmina Khadra, a powerful tale of a doctor taken hostage by Somali pirates.

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A glittering history of fashion in the 1990s, told through the lives of Kate Moss, Marc Jacobs and Alexander McQueen

Millie Marotta is a hugely popular illustrator and her idiosyncratic drawings of the world's strange, cute, weird and lovely creatures will draw you in. Millie's Animal Kingdom offers a range of beautiful illustration to personalise and make your own. The artist's intricate style of illustration will get you itching for a pen, whether it's to add to the fine line hatching on the birds, the flowing tendrils of a jellyfish, or the composite of f...

A leading expert shows how to use the power of social media and crowd wisdom to improve our work and personal lives. Whether we need to make better financial choices, find the love of our life, or transform our career, crowdsourcing is the key to making quicker, wiser, more objective decisions. But few of us even come close to tapping the full potential of our online personal networks. Lior Zoref offers proven guidelines for applying what he...

Sensitive, narrative text from illustrated animal characters shows readers what emotional bullying is and provides possible solutions to stop it"--

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The international bestselling memoir of how a 21 year old woman was diagnosed with rhabdomyosarcoma, but took a cancer holiday by becoming different people with the help of her wigs. With refreshing candor and a keen eye for the absurd, Sophie van der Stap's The Girl With Nine Wigs makes you smile when you least expect it.

A surprising, page-turning account of how the wars of the future are already being fought today. As recent revelations have shown, government agencies are joining with tech giants like Google and Facebook to collect vast amounts of information. The military has also formed a new alliance with tech and finance companies to patrol cyberspace.

NATIONAL BESTSELLERIn the spring of 1978, a young Haruki Murakami sat down at his kitchen table and began to write. The result: two remarkable short novels-Hear the Wind Sing and Pinball, 1973-that launched the career of one of the most acclaimed authors of our time. These powerful, at times surreal, works about two young men coming of age-the unnamed narrator and his friend the Rat-are stories of loneliness, obsession, and eroticism. They bea...

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Greg Grandin argues that to understand the crisis of contemporary America, its wars abroad and political polarization at home, we have to understand Henry Kissinger. Going beyond accounts focusing on Kissinger's crimes or accomplishments, Grandin offers a compelling new interpretation of the diplomat's continuing influence on the United States.

Newly arrived in New Fiddleham, New England, 1892, and in need of a job, Abigail Rook meets R. F. Jackaby, an investigator of the unexplained with a keen eye for the extraordinary--including the ability to see supernatural beings. Abigail has a gift for noticing ordinary but important details, which makes her perfect for the position of Jackaby’s assistant. On her first day, Abigail finds herself in the midst of a thrilling case: A serial kill...

One stormy night, a prisoner is on the loose. When Hamid starts seeting and hearing terrifying things, is it just a nightmare?

Confidence with Colorwork Jazz up your knitting with the complexity and visual appeal of multicolor patterns. Margaret Radcliffe's practical advice and step-by-step instruction unravel the intricacies of combining two or more yarn colors and reveal a beautiful world of limitless design possibilites. From simple tricks for making multicolor yarns more exciting to the precise details of managing stranding and intarsia, here are all the inspiring...

Lose Weight and Feel Great by Indulging in the World’s Healthiest and Most Delicious Diet!Ancient Greeks enjoyed wine and rich ingredients like olive oil and honey, and their bodies were immortalized in sculpture as a standard of beauty and sensuality. Today new studies prove that the Mediterranean diet is the healthiest food plan in the world. Research shows that it is noted for reducing the risk of diabetes, improving heart health, and sharp...

The stories in this 100th instalment of The Best American Short Stories will be selected by award-winning and best-selling author T. C. Boyle. A master storyteller with a delightfully subversive streak, Boyle mixes "brilliance with high-concept pyrotechnics, meditations with whiz-bangery" (Los Angeles Times) and he is "always enjoyable, virtually incapable of dullness" (New York Times Book Review.

The fifth entry in Oliver Pötzsch's bestselling Hangman's Daughter series follows the Kuisl family as they investigate a series of killings that the locals blame on a werewolf. In 1668, hangman Jakob Kuisl, his daughter Magdalena and her husband Simon are traveling to the town of Bamberg.

Two fearless Olympians sled to victory in this delightful new picture book Max and Marla are best friends. And aspiring Olympians! With their eyes on the prize, they know exactly what it'll take to reach sledding success: preparation, practice and perseverance. So when rusty blades, strong winds and difficult slopes get in their way, Max and Marla realize true joy lies not in winning but in friendship. Obstacles turn into victories!With deligh...

For graduates, for their parents, for anyone facing change, here is a gorgeously illustrated and stunningly heartfelt ode to the challenges of growing up and letting go. A story of the seasons and stepping stones as poignant for parents as for their kids, from the creator of Otis the tractor and illustrator of Love by Matt de la Pena. "Long's gentle but powerful story about a young tree who holds tight to his leaves, even as everyone else let...