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A comic investigation of the stories, quirks and mysteries in and around the Irish language. The author also opens up about how language and Irish identity have featured in his own life.

If I'd told the truth, it would have been fiction'Everyone loves Eva. Beautiful, bright, fun, generous - she's perfect. So when her dead body is found in a ditch in the local woods the only thing anyone wants to know is: Who could have done this?It has to be Luke, her boyfriend. He has the motive, the means, the opportunity and he's no stranger to the police. Even though the picture is incomplete, the pieces fit. But as time passes, stories ch...

The more I see in it the more I fear

She wanted something to happen—something, anything she did not know what

In this important and timely book, Stuart Shanker encourages us to see our children in a whole new light and gives us the tools we need to help nurture our young in order that they can better manage stress, build resiliency and improve their emotional health. Today's pupils are under serious pressure to perform, by helping children recognize, identify and talk about their emotions, we can help them find balance and ultimately realise their tru...

JUVENILE FICTION / Love & Romance

Eine Routinemission wird zum Horrortrip. Das Spezialkommando unter Major Dutch Schaefer (Arnold Schwarzenegger) soll im mittelamerikanischen Dschungel Geiseln aus den Händen von Guerilleros befreien. Doch die Männer bekommen es nicht nur mit einer Handvoll Rebellen zu tun. In der grünen Hölle lauert ihnen ein Gegner auf, der nicht von dieser Welt ist. Eine Kreatur, die das Töten als reine Lust betrachtet - und Elitesoldaten als willkommene Jag...

Round About the Christmas Tree is the perfect Christmas gift for book lovers as all facets of the festive season are represented here in one gorgeous volume. This anthology shows what an inspiration Christmas was for so many famous writers, whether it be a time for celebration, for family, or a chance to remember those in hardship. There are heart-warming stories from Charles Dickens and E. Nesbit, comic fun from G. K Chesterton and Saki, touc...

With cruelty and oppression it is everybody's business to interfere when they see it

Attacking conventional wisdom, Weighill and Gaub argue that NATO's intervention in Libya was soundly conceived and executed.

Amy has exceptionally long hair, but this can often be inconvenient, so her dad comes up with some experimental new hairdos for her, with these hairdos soon the envy of everyone else.

Apprentice monster-hunters Ruby and Jones return to the badlands in this sequel to "The Boy With One Name".

Trade paperback. The "Guardian" columnist and author of "Pretty Honest" packs beauty wisdom into this look back across the beauty products of past, present and imminent future that have contributed (or will contribute) to fashion, health, commerce and culture.

‘But I like the animals better than the “best people”, ’ said the Doctor.

Everyone is already the spell of this charming new series from Kaye Umansky... 'Umansky is one of our most delightful comic writers. Read aloud and chortle together...' The Sunday Times, Book of the Week 'A Bewitching tale, charmingly told and is certain to delight any witch in the making' M.G, Leonard, award-winning author of Beetle Boy 'A gorgeous story that bubbles with charm, wit and magic' Abi Elphinstone, author of The Dreamsnatche...

Rice's Language of Buildings covers the grammar and vocabulary of British buildings, explaining the evolution of styles from Norman castles to Norman Foster. It aims to enable the reader to recognise, understand and date any British building by explaining the language of architecture. With it, buildings break down beguilingly into their component parts, ready for inspection and discussion. Ungainly and inept descriptions will be a thing of the...

‘’Scuse my beastly inquisitiveness, old thing, ’ said Wimsey.

BRAVE THE SHADOWS WIELD THE SWORDA race of warrior angels once defeated a mighty demon horde. Now the victorious Ben-Elim rule the Banished Lands. However, their peace is brutally enforced - and their ancient enemy might not be as crushed as they'd thought. The giantess Sig must head west to investigate disturbing demon sightings, though the Kadoshim are long-defeated. And in the snow-bound north, Drem finds mutilated corpses on a hunting expe...

The book the Spanish national court tried to ban. An illicit history of Galicia, the smuggling gateway to Europe, for readers of "Blitzed" and "St Petersburg".

Adela Framley seems to be a perfect citizen. She's a proud mother, she runs a charity for homes which have been bombed and wants to hold a dinner party in aid of the charity's patron, Gardiner Penrose. But are there dark motives behind her good actions?Adela invites a curious mixture of friends and family to a fancy restaurant nearby and over the course of the dinner party we move between each guest's daily troubles and anxieties . . . until a...