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Will She Do? is the story of a girl from a council estate in Tottenham - born in 1934 to an electric-meter reader and a seamstress - who was determined to be an actress. Candid and witty, this memoir takes her from her awkward performances in working-men's clubs at six years of age as dancing 'Baby Eileen', through the war years in London, to her breakthrough at thirty-two on Broadway with The Killing of Sister George, for which she received t...

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A stunning collection of portraits of favourite trees from around Britain by photographer Adrian Houston.

An all-new graphic novel that ties into the newest game in the Hello Neighbor Universe!

A sweet middle-grade chapter book about two best friends who transform their torn-up street into a world where imaginations can run wild.

A wildly disarming memoir by comedian Alex Wood on how he overcame his multiple addictions.

A comprehensive pocket guide to dinosaurs and prehistoric animals and the world they inhabited millions of years ago. Packed with more than 700 full-colour illustrations, this definitive pocket guide paints a vivid portrait of extraordinary dinosaurs and prehistoric animals, and the ecosystems they lived in millions of years ago. This guide features authoritative text, crystal-clear artwork, and a straight-forward approach to revealing the fas...

A gorgeous, haunting and captivating novel of a century-long family mystery in the wilds of Scotland, and one woman's hunt for the truth.

In Nothing Much Happens Kathryn Nicolai offers a healthy way to ease the mind before bed: through the timeless appeal of classic bedtime stories. These calming tales take place in and around a fictional city, each one revealing those small, sweet moments of joy that may be found in the commonplace. As the unnamed, gender-neutral narrators recount their days they evoke the distinct comforts offered by each of the four seasons and gently lull th...

The Arden Shakespeare Performance Editions are aimed specifically for use in the rehearsal room. Published in association with the Shakespeare Institute, the text features easily accessible facing-page notes - including short definitions of words, key textual variants, and guidance on metre and pronunciation, a larger font size for easier reading, space for writing notes and reduced punctuation aimed at the actor rather than the reader.

Kurz vor der Krönung am Lucia-Fest verschwindet ein junges Mädchen spurlos. Nathalie Svensson begibt sich auf eine düstere Spur ... In der kleinen schwedischen Stadt Svartviken herrscht der kälteste Winter seit Jahrzehnten. Das beliebte Lucia-Fest steht bevor, die sechzehnjährige Ebba Lindgren soll zur Lucia gekrönt werden. Doch am Abend der großen Feier verschwindet Ebba spurlos. Eine Woche vergeht ohne jeden Hinweis auf den Verbleib des M...

The need for exploration, conservation, and sustainable utilization of bioresources is undeniable for the survival and growth of mankind. This new book throws light on new and recent research on and development of effective strategies for sustainable utilization of bioresources using modern tools and techniques to help meet this challenge.

Embracing history and society, literature and theatre, medicine and religion, author and magician Ian Keable reveals our susceptibility to being duped. 'Fake news', 'going viral' and 'social media' may be modern terms, but as this amusing and eye-opening book shows, these concepts have been with us for centuries.

The urban morphology investigates settlement and urban forms. These do not change overnight, but in a process that follows certain principles. There is hardly anything more complex and contradictory than a city. Precisely because of this complexity, there is little agreement on definitions and procedural methods. This applies in particular to urban planning, which is not only concerned with analysis, but also with the design and transformation...

Die Stadtmorphologie untersucht Siedlungs- und Stadtformen. Diese verändern sich nicht von heute auf morgen, sondern in einem Prozess, der bestimmten Gesetzmäßigkeiten folgt. Es gibt kaum etwas Komplexeres und in sich Widersprüchlicheres als Stadt. Gerade aufgrund dieser Komplexität besteht wenig Einigkeit über Definitionen und Vorgehensweisen. Dies gilt in besonderem Maße für den Städtebau, beschäftigt dieser sich ja nicht nur mit der Analyse...

New York Times bestselling author Dr Sara Gottfried shares a new, female-friendly Keto diet that addresses women's unique hormonal needs, so readers can shed pounds and maintain the loss more easily.Most diet plans were created by men for men, but women's bodies don't work the same way. Popular programs can actually make it harder for women to lose weight, because they can wreak havoc on a woman's complex and delicate hormonal system. Dr Sara ...

Collected Stories includes both volumes of National Book Award-winning author Shirley Hazzard's short story collections - Cliffs of Fall and People in Glass Houses - alongside uncollected works and two previously unpublished stories. Twenty-eight works of short fiction in all, Shirley Hazzard's Collected Stories is a work of staggering breadth and talent. Taken together, Hazzard's short stories are masterworks in telescoping focus, 'at once su...

With The Sixteen, Christophers has succeeded in nurturing a choir of exceptional calibre, establishing a business model that includes a record label and extensive tours to capacity audiences, mining a rich variety of repertoire, and combining enormous popular appeal with the stamp of approval from experts.

From bestselling author, racer and stunt driver Ben Collins - the man who was The Stig - comes a story of spies, speed and hard-driving genius: a driver's love letter to one of the world's best-loved machines.Aston Martin's first, wickedly fast models were forged at a time when Ferrari's premises at Maranello was nothing but a ploughed field. This book celebrates a century of innovators who kept the fire burning brightly for over a century, fr...

She never meant to be a hero . . .In fact, Dreckly Jones has made a point her whole life to be exactly not that. The daughter of a forbidden union between an earth elemental and a selkie, her rare powers have meant she has always had a target on her back.So Dreckly - a 40-something oyster shucker according to her fake documents, 140-something sprite if you're going to get all nit-picky about it - has become an expert at many things. Chief amon...