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Join the Order of Darkness in their quest to witness the end of the world in the fourth volume of Philippa Gregory's epic adventure series. PRAISE FOR THE ORDER OF DARKNESS SERIES: '…attractive characters, several layers of mystery, and as one might expect, meticulously researched historical detail' The Daily Mail 'The plot is deftly conceived…and the setting richly detailed.' The Daily Telegraph 'This is still one of the most enthrallin...

A lyrical journey of discovery across a reimagined Great Britain, from a debut author. Will appeal to fans of "The Last Wild". Ages: 12+

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Animals / Dinosaurs & Prehistoric Creatures

The Student's Book and Online Practice can be used alongside each other to keep students of all abilities fully engaged and motivated. The Solutions Student's Book is packed full of interesting content. Each unit consists of eight lessons, all of which focus on a particular skill, including vocabulary, grammar, reading, speaking, and writing. The Online Practice component of Solutions offers an array of digital resources, videos, vlogs and ...

An investigation into the murder of Allan Chappelow, whose body was discovered at his house in 2006, buried under four feet of page proofs. Chinese dissident Wang Yam was secretly tried and convicted for the murder, but has always protested his innocence. From the author of "Hanns & Rudolf" and "The House By The Lake".

This is the story of Doaa, an ordinary girl from a village in Syria, who in 2015 became one of five hundred people crammed on to a fishing boat setting sail for Europe. The boat was deliberately capsized, and of those five hundred people, eleven survived including Doaa. A young refugee's story of terror, love and survival.

The amazing stories behind our everyday foods - how they have changed the course of history, triggered wars, created black markets, are the cause for whole industries and have revolutionised our diets

Love is . . . LoudLove is . . . QuietJoin The Moomins for a celebration of love. This delightful little book features all of your favourite Moomin characters and whimsical illustrations by Tove Jansson. The perfect gift for Valentine's Day, or any other day you want to say 'I love you!

Emiliano Ponzi is one of the most sought-after illustrators working today. He is the author and illustrator of the best-selling book The Journey of the Penguin (Penguin, 2015), a unique work that imagines an adventure-filled life for the iconic Penguin logo. A monograph of his work, 10 x 10, was published by Corraini in 2011. His work has been exhibited at the Museu de Arte Moderna da Bahia (Brazil), Society of Illustrators New York Award exhi...

A tender and beautiful new novel that will appeal to fans of Maggie O'Farrell and Sebastian Barry. '...a tender and vivid novel about a failing marriage set in the milieu of the Edwardian music hall' "Sunday Times

A practical guide on using the ancient healing system of reflexology to relieve existing health conditions and detect future ailments.

How in Egypt does a new dynasty deal with the problems of establishing rule in a country with a long history of developed administration? This is the central question informing the historical studies of Volume II based on early Hellenistic taxation registers surviving on papyrus, which are published in Volume I. New light is shed on the taxation system, the occupational and demographic breakdown of the population, and relations between Greeks ...

How in Egypt does a new dynasty deal with the problems of establishing rule in a country with a long history of developed administration? This is the central question informing the historical studies of Volume II based on early Hellenistic taxation registers surviving on papyrus, which are published in Volume I. New light is shed on the taxation system, the occupational and demographic breakdown of the population, and relations between Greeks ...

La forma de organización que adopta la ciudad influye notablemente en la generación de desplazamientos y en los modos de transporte que se utilizan para éstos del mismo modo que el conjunto de desplazamientos diarios que se dan en la ciudad permite comprender la estructura urbana. En particular, esta investigación, caracteriza la estructura urbana del Área Metropolitana de Concepción (AMC) a través de los datos de la Encuesta Origen-Destino de...

Considers how law interacts with economic and social processes to create global gender injustices.

The first collection of its kind, this is the essential anthology of writings by continental philosophers on cinema. The last century of film-making and thinking about film, as well as all of the major schools of Continental thought are represented: phenomenology and existentialism, Marxism and critical theory, feminist and gender theory, psychoanalysis, and postmodernism. Included here are not only the classic texts in continental philosophy ...

The book provides readers with a clear understanding of infrastructure challenges, how Public‐Private Partnerships (PPP) can help, and their use in practice. Infrastructure bottlenecks are generally considered the most important constraint to growth in many countries worldwide. Historically, infrastructure projects have been financed and implemented by the state. However, owing to the fiscal resource crunch, time and cost over‐runs, and the ge...

The Long Night of the Watchman brings into English translation the writings of the renowned Czech anti-Communist dissident and Catholic thinker Vaclav Benda (1946-1999). An early signatory of Charter 77, the Czechoslovak human rights association, Benda would twice serve as a spokesman. He was a founding member of VONS (the Czech acronym for the Committee to Defend the Unjustly Persecuted) and served a four-year prison sentence for his dissiden...

Kev Reynolds is a freelance writer, photojournalist and lecturer whose first title for Cicerone Press (Walks and Climbs in the Pyrenees) appeared in 1978 and is still in print. He has published many books on the Alps, a series of trekkers' guides to Nepal and, nearer to home, several guides on walking in southern England. A member of the Alpine Club, Austrian Alpine Club and the Outdoor Writers' Guild, he is also first honorary member of the B...