This title explores a range of key materials, their properties and their uses. The title encourages readers to engage with this subject area via accessible text and modern imagery.Discover & Learn is a fascinating series that delves into key areas of learning. Each title features a mixture of diagrams, illustrations and photographs to make the information accessible and

Anna Karenina is a novel of unparalleled richness and complexity, set against the backdrop of Russian high society. Tolstoy charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna, a beautiful married woman, and Count Vronsky, a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. Although she initially resists his charms Anna eventually succumbs, falling passionately

From the aquatic world\'s Anthony Bourdain, Eat Like a Fish is a former fisherman\'s memoir, manifesto and vision for the future of food: restorative ocean

A group of anarchists are under surveillance by Scotland Yard in Chesterton\'s hugely popular metaphysical thriller. The Supreme Anarchists Council is dedicated to overthrowing the world order. To keep their identities a secret, each of them has been named a day of the week. Gabriel Syme, an eccentric poet, is recruited by Scotland Yard to infiltrate the group. He tracks down the six men and manages

Jem\'s friend, Lottie, has come to play, but Jem is taking all the toys for herself. She learns that adventures are more fun when you share.Targeting Subject-Verb-Object sentences and pronouns, this book provides repeated examples of early developing syntax and morphology which will engage and excite the reader while building pre-literacy skills and make learning fun, as well as exposing children to

An in-depth examination of the novel ways young people support and learn from each other though participation in online fanfiction communities.Over the past twenty years, amateur fanfiction writers have published an astonishing amount of fiction in online repositories. More than 1.5 million enthusiastic fanfiction writers--primarily young people in their teens and twenties--have contributed nearly

The first novel in the bestselling Thrush Green

At the age of four, Wilhelm Richard Wagner made his first impression on the theatrical world when he pounded on a bass drum and stopped the performance at the Dresden Playhouse-right in the midst of his stepfather\'s lines. This ill-fated incident put a temporary stop to Richard\'s nights backstage, and the punishment was almost more than exuberant little \"Dicker\" could bear. No more trunks to explore,

Carried to the Americas by slaves, the 8,000-year-old philosophy of Ifa originated with the Yoruba peoples of West Africa. Ifa\'s enduring message of strength and inner peace, one that offers a way to harmonize our spiritual and worldly aims, is enjoying a resurgence of popularity in the West. Written by an avid student and accomplished practitioner, The Way of the Orisa provides an exhilarating introduction

This Newbery-Honor winning tale introduces Whittington, a roughneck Tom who arrives one day at a barn full of rescued animals and asks for a place there. He spins for the animals--as well as for Ben and Abby, the kids whose grandfather does the rescuing--a yarn about his ancestor, the nameless cat who brought Dick Whittington to the heights of wealth and power in 16th-century England. This is an unforgettable

What happens to us when we die? And what does that tell us about being

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A gun smuggler inherits the throne in this Star Wars-style science fiction adventure from debut author K. B. Wagers. Full of action-packed space opera exploits and courtly conspiracy - not to mention an all-out galactic war - Behind the Throne will please fans of James S. A Corey, Becky Chambers and Lois McMaster

Kottick presents technical information in an accessible, but entertaining, way: the forms and styles of harpsichords, advice on purchasing decisions, maintenance techniques (such as voicing, regulating, and changing strings, tongues, plectra, springs, and dampers), aids in troubleshooting common problems, and detailed instructions on tuning and temperament. As builder of some thirty keyboard instruments,

Beginning with the oil blowout in 1922 that is considered the moment that marked Venezuela\'s entry into a \"modern\" era, Refined Material explores the integral relationship between Venezuelan oil industry and artistic production. In this groundbreaking study, Sean Nesselrode Moncada examines Venezuela\'s mid-century art and architecture in an argument that reinforces the inextricability of the rise

Agatha Christies seaside mystery thriller, based on the Devon location of Burgh Island, now reissued as a hardback Special Edition with a gorgeous new artwork

A woman\'s ambitions clash with familial expectations in a captivating novel about generational secrets and self-discovery by the bestselling author of The Candid Life of Meena Dave.Raised by her mother and grandmother and tutored in the healing wonders of spices, Tulsi Gupta is expected to carry on the ancestral tradition from her family\'s Salem spice shop. Restless and reluctant, Tulsi yearns to