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The Sunday Times No. 1 Bestseller - an extraordinarily intimate memoir of the the brushes with death that have made Maggie O'Farrell the woman and the writer she is today.AS SELECTED FOR THE ZOE BALL BOOKCLUB, A BOOK OF THE YEAR IN THE SUNDAY TIMES, THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, IRISH TIMES, OBSERVER, RED and THE TELEGRAPH.*SHORTLISTED FOR THE PEN ACKERLEY PRIZE FOR MEMOIR AND AUTOBIOGRAPHY 2018*I AM, I AM, I AM is a memoir with a difference - the unpu...

Glynne Walley is Assistant Professor of Japanese Literature at the University of Oregon. His research interests involve popular literature and how it negotiates the requirements of industry and genre, the demands of mass audience, and the aspirational pull of "serious" literature.

Understand the body's framework, grace and utility, and each vital element in this cunningly guided sketchbook. Anatomical mastery was critical to Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci's success. They understood that to draw a figure you must first learn its underlying architecture. Touching on structural drawing, the skeleton, musculature and modelling, this sketchbook includes 20 pioneering examples of anatomical study alongside helpful directi...

By the late nineteenth century, Japanese readers had access to translations of many of Europe and America's best mystery writers. This volume highlights some of Japan's most creative responses to the mystery genre. Scholars, students and mystery readers alike will find this volume full of surprises.

By the late nineteenth century, Japanese readers had access to translations of many of Europe and America's best mystery writers. This volume highlights some of Japan's most creative responses to the mystery genre. Scholars, students and mystery readers alike will find this volume full of surprises.

Four books - Landscapes, Still Lifes, Nudes and Portraits - are opening a new series called Art of the Soviet Union. This set will examine different genres of art in the USSR, covering the period from the October Revolution in 1917 to the dissolution of the Union in 1991.

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Adventure hero Ben Hope makes his seventeenth appearance, drawing on his SAS experience and kidnap rescue specialism. Further details to be confirmed.

A classic collection of old stories and folk lore from the beginnings of Scottish storytelling, taken from a variety of sources from the Hebridean Gaelic tradition to recordings of Lowland cairds. Continuously in print since 1994, and featuring almost 100 tales.

Spinning off from the bestselling "I Am Number Four" series, "Generation One" begins with Taylor going to the Human Garde Academy to learn to harness her nascent powers, but finding that not everyone is looking to keep their powers in check.

Purposeful Communication in a Digital Age, 2nd Edition provides a practical, step-by-step approach to developing and delivering effective speeches. Offering supplementary articles, case studies, and interviews with key leaders within the text and online, this is an all-in-one resource for the traditional, online, or hybrid classroom.

Four books - Landscapes, Still Lifes, Nudes and Portraits - are opening a new series called Art of the Soviet Union. This set will examine different genres of art in the USSR, covering the period from the October Revolution in 1917 to the dissolution of the Union in 1991.

What's great about technology? What's fun about museums? Where do people work? With a strong focus on the development of reading and writing skills through interactive learning, Bright Ideas Level 4 offers extensive exam and literacy support with the benefit of innovative content and familiar topics. Using 'Big Questions' to challenge students and promote the development of 21st century skills in areas such as critical thinking, the cour...

Jes Baker burst onto the body positivity scene when she created her own ads mocking Abercrombie & Fitch for discriminating against all body types--a move that landed her on the Today Show and garnered a loyal following for her raw, honest, and attitude-filled blog missives. Building on the manifesta power of Things, this memoir goes deeply into Jes's inner life, from growing up a fat girl to dating while fat. With material that will have reade...

A Handbook of Spells, Charms & Potions". Illustrated throughout with original drawings from Melissa West. A guide to make finding love as easy as 1-2-3!

A comprehensive look at the life and continuing influence of 16th-century scientific genius and occultist Dr. John Dee Dr. John Dee (1527-1608), Queen Elizabeth I's court advisor and astrologer, was the foremost scientific genius of the 16th century. Laying the foundation for modern science, he actively promoted mathematics and astronomy as well as made advances in navigation and optics that helped elevate England to the foremost imperial po...

In Modern Motherhood and Women¿s Dual Identities, Petra Bueskens argues that western modernisation consigned women to the home and released them from it in historically unprecedented, yet interconnected, ways. Her ground-breaking formulation is that western women are free as `individuals¿ and constrained as mothers, with the twist that it is the former that produces the latter.

The turn towards vice and decadence in Samuel Beckett's work and the extent to which this was at odds with the hang-ups of the inter-war and postwar artistic establishment is explored in this original assessment of the novelist and playwright.

Break free from anxiety-once and for all! From the authors of The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety, this powerful yet portable guide offers fifty-two in-the-moment mindfulness strategies you can use anytime, anywhere to cultivate calm and radically transform your life.

A dramatic and emotional story about one girl's determination to stand by her beloved animals--and her refusal to give up, even in the face of impossible odds.