They Wish They Were Us meets The Queen's Gambit in the world of competitive Scrabble when a teen girl is forced to investigate the mysterious death of her best friend a year after the fact when her Instagram comes back to life with cryptic posts and messages. Catalyst 13 points noun: a person or thing that precipitates an event or change When Najwa Bakri walks into her first Scrabble competition since her best friend's death, it's with the intention to heal and move on with her life. Perhaps it wasn't the best idea to choose the very same competition where said best friend, Trina Low, died. It might be ... |
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Anguished art: The tortured talents of a post-Impressionist master. Today, the works of Vincent van Gogh (1853 - 1890) are among the most well-known and celebrated in the world. In Sunflowers, The Starry Night, Self-Portrait with Bandaged Ear, and many, many paintings and drawings beyond, we recognize an artist uniquely dexterous in the portrayal of mood and place through paint, pencil, charcoal, or chalk. Yet as he was deploying the lurid colors, emphatic brushwork, and contoured forms that would subsequently make his name and inspire generations of expressionist artists, van Gogh battled not only the disinterest of ... |
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Uncover the sidesplitting life of cucumber scaredy-cats, non-stop pooping hamsters, exploding fish and everything in-between (and some things that have nothing to do with pets but are still ridiculously funny). This hilarious book answers all the big questions, like: do sausage dogs eat sausages? Why has my cat done a poo behind my wardrobe? And how can I persuade my parents to get me a pet? For real-life pet facts, imaginary stories, and a generally laugh-so-hard-snot-comes-out-your-nose read, this is the only pet book you'll ever need! Written by the outstanding children's comedian James Campbell, prepare ... |
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The classic biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, updated and revised for the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death. ... Bob Marley left an indelible mark on modern music, both as a reggae pioneer and as an enduring cultural icon. Catch a Fire, now a classic of rock biography, delves into the life of the leader of a musical, spiritual, and political explosion that continues today. Under the supervision of the author’s widow and with the collaboration of a Marley expert, this fourth edition contains a wealth of new material, including many revisions made by the author before his untimely death. An appendix to the new ... |
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Winner of the Royal Society Insight Investment Science Prize 2018. ... Up to the minute brain science from a world class scientist. Sarah-Jayne Blakemore explains how the adolescent brain transforms as it develops and shapes the adults we become. Drawing upon her cutting-edge research Professor Blakemore explores: What makes the adolescent brain different? Why does an easy child become a challenging teenager? What drives the excessive risk-taking and the need for intense friendships common to teenagers? Why it is that many mental illnesses - depression, addiction, schizophrenia - begin during these formative years. ... |
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Тази книга поднася методите за връзка с ангелите и разчитането на техните послания към хората. Тя също ще ви даде отговори колко вида ангели има, как се хранят ангелите, от какво са изградени, както и кои са условията за това, ангелите да устроят твоя живот."Ангелите са звукът на лекотата и ароматът на светлината. Когато винаги ти е приятно със себе си - ти си в уюта на своята ангелска душа, ти имаш дом. Ангелите изливат мислите си в душата на човека. Ангелското сърце е Вселена на чистата Светлина. Ангелите познават Любовта само като духовно Сияние." Елеазар Хараш ... |
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From the creator of viral Tiktok sensation, @MammyBanter, comes a hilarious warts-and-all novel about modern motherhood - and how having it all sometimes isn't what you think it might be. She used to want it all. Now she just wants a nap. Tara Gallagher is knackered. She used to dream of being Beyonce but suddenly she's thirty-six - with three kids, a loving husband, a very boring job - and instead of headlining Glastonbury, she's in her pyjamas on a Friday night, watching Gogglebox. It's time for a mammy makeover. She's going to show her teenage daughter she's still cool. She's going to ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... Designed to appeal to the booklover, the Macmillan Collector's Librar y is a series of beautiful gift editions of much loved classic titles. Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love and treasure. Chosen and introduced by the playwright J. B. Priestley, these twelve marvellous sketches are accompanied by George Cruikshank's evocative illustrations. Charles Dickens was one of the great chroniclers of London life. From the colourful chaos of dances and gin-shops to the sparse destitution of the pawnshop and the penitentiary, he captured ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... One of the first great spy novels, "The Riddle of the Sands" is set during the long, suspicious years leading up to the First World War. In spite of good prospects in the Foreign Office, sardonic civil servant Carruthers is finding it hard to endure the boredom of his life in London. He accepts an invitation from a college friend, Davies, a shyly intrepid yachtsman, and joins him on a sailing holiday in the Baltic, and there, amidst the sunshine and bright blue seas, they discover a German plot to invade England... Like much contemporary British ... |
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Complete and unabridged with an afterword by Ned Halley. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... A baby is found by wood nymphs in the forest of Burzee. They raise him as their own and give him the name Neclaus. When he grows up, Neclaus has to leave the forest so he makes a home for himself in the laughing valley of Hohaha, where he lives amongst humans for the first time. He discovers there that many children are very poor and neglected so, to cheer them up, he whittles wooden toys as gifts. Eventually he makes presents for all the children and so the story of Santa Claus is born. Fashioned as a whimsical fairy tale, & ... |
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Двуезично издание на български и английски език. ... Книгата разказва за бита и душевността на българина в периода 1850 - 1950 г. Във филмите ще намерите много исторически факти и информация, възстановки на бита и ежедневието на българите от времето. Разказани са интересни случки, пълни с интригуващи факти и облагородени с чувство за хумор. Това са филми, които не дават оценки - те само разказват истории. В книгата ще откриете кадри от четири уникални, документални филма за историята на България: Копнеж по нови неща Как Европа влезе в България Френската жена на българския подофицер Биографията на една снимка ... |
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Inspired by deities, folklore and fairy tales from around the world. The path to enlightenment is unique for each of us, but many of the lessons we learn are shared stories passed among cultures and generations. "Tarot of Divine" brings traditional tarot archetypes to life with a lustrous series of fables, including the Little Mermaid, Aladdin, the Crane Wife, Sleeping Beauty, King Arthur, and the stories of many lesser-known legends and deities from all over the world. Just as the as the tarot provides ways to interpret the world around us, so too, do these illuminating folktales. ... |
