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The true story of how Britain won the First World War.The popular view of the First World War remains that of BLACKADDER: incompetent generals sending brave soldiers to their deaths. Alan Clark quoted a German general's remark that the British soldiers were 'lions led by donkeys'. But he made it up.Indeed, many established 'facts' about 1914-18 turn out to be myths woven in the 1960s by young historians on the make. Gordon Corrigan's brilliant, witty history reveals how out of touch we have become with the soldiers of 1914-18. They simply would not recognize the way their generation is depicted on TV or in Pat Barker's novels.Laced with dry humour, this will overturn everything you thought you knew about Britain and the First World War. Gordon Corrigan reveals how the British embraced technology, and developed the weapons and tactics to break through the enemy trenches.

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Winston Churchill's six-volume history of the cataclysm that swept the world remains the definitive history of the Second World War. Lucid, dramatic, remarkable both for its breadth and sweep and for its sense of personal involvement, it is universally acknowledged as a magnificent reconstruction and is an enduring, compelling work that led to his being awarded the Nobel Prize for literature. Closing the Ring chronicles the period between June 1943 and July 1944 as the Allies consolidated their gains towards a drive to victory the fall of Mussolini, Hitler's secret weapon', the mounting air offensive on Germany, strategies to defeat Japan and the plans for D Day.

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When life throws you off pointe, love helps you find your balance. As a principal dancer with a prestigious New York ballet company, Devyn Lee is far from her hometown of Hope Harbor on the Oregon coast. But when a family emergency compels her to return, her visit turns into an extended stay after complications arise. Widowed mill worker Aaron Steele pays no attention to the buzz in Hope Harbor about the famous dancer in town. Until his grieving nine-year-old daughter takes a fancy to Devyn after she agrees to help with a fundraising show for a local charity in which the young girl is performing. As the show--and Devyn--begin to lift his daughter's spirits, his own life is brightened by the beautiful ballerina as she slowly but surely captures his heart. But what are the odds that such an accomplished, polished woman from the city could ever fall for a small-town lumberman with two left feet? Come home to Hope Harbor--where hearts heal . . . and love blooms. Praise for Sunrise Reef "The tender romance between the small-town girl and big-city boy charms."--Publishers Weekly "A tale of love and sweet beginnings."--Library JournalIrene Hannon transports readers to the beloved small coastal town of Hope Harbor in a heartwarming contemporary romance with opposites attract, single dad, and fish out of water tropes. Each book in the Hope Harbor series can be read on its own and will appeal to fans of Virgin River, Sweet Magnolias, Debbie Macomber, Robyn Carr, and Sheryl Woods.

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Start with Yourself is a game-changing, no-BS guide for anyone seeking meaningful success on their own terms. It's an essential framework that will give you the tools and mindset to unlock your full potential in life and business--straight from a woman who defied all the odds to become a serial entrepreneur, a cofounder of culture-defining global businesses, a nonprofit champion, and the host of the Aspire with Emma Grede podcast. All while raising a family of four children. Based on the factors of her early life--she's the child of a working-class single mother and grew up in a rough neighborhood in East London and dropped out of high school--you'd never guess that Emma Grede would go on to become one of America's richest self-made women. This makes Grede unique, but she's convinced you can do it, too: Start with Yourself is a blueprint to her mindset and how she thinks about business and life, structured in easy takeaways, so you can immediately apply her philosophy to what you're trying to build and create. Among her most blazing insights, Grede identifies what she calls "Old Thoughts" stale thinking, outdated ideas; set-in-stone rules ingrained into the culture about work-life balance, the crassness of money, and the unseemliness of ambition--that aren't actually rules at all. They're biases, Grede insists, system errors, and we must strike them from our minds so that we can gain a greater sense of control, even mastery, over our day-to-day and long-range goals. Ultimately, this is a book for everyone tired of feeling like a bystander or passenger in their own life. Grede offers tangible and applicable-right-now solutions to create a mindset, an overall system of thought to manage emotions, clarify ideas, and illuminate the right next step--while always staying positive. It's about gathering yourself after failure. It's about being accountable but also forgiving yourself. It's about not expecting shortcuts while never being bashful about grabbing them when they appear. It's about pushing hard for wins and never apologizing for your dreams. Above all, Grede offers a new vision for work and life that encourages readers everywhere to take responsibility for their own thinking in order to achieve personal and professional success at the highest levels.

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'An indelible and enthralling work of moral witness' PATRICK RADDEN KEEFE 'These questions of memory and impunity are forever timely' FINANCIAL TIMES'An extraordinary achievement . . . I read with open mouth and thumping heart' STEPHEN FRYThe house at 38 Londres Street in Santiago, Chile, is home to the legacies of two men whose personal stories span continents, nationalities and decades of atrocity: Augusto Pinochet, President of Chile, and Walther Rauff, a Nazi SS officer responsible for the use of gas vans. In 38 Londres Street, Philippe Sands blends personal memoir, historical detective work and gripping courtroom drama to probe a secret double story of mass murder, one that reveals a shocking link between the horrors of the 1940s with those of our own times. In so doing, he reveals an untold and astonishing tale of the legacy of unchecked criminality and the road to impunity.'Combines the tone of the thriller with an astute and dramatic account of a most complex and fascinating legal case. A brilliant and important book' COLM TOIBIN

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17-year-old Lucy is an attractive mage-in-training who wants to join a magician's guild so that she can become a full-fledged magician. The guild she dreams about joining is the most famous in the world and it is known as the Fairy Tail. One day she meets Natsu, a boy raised by a Dragon who mysteriously left him when he was young. Natsu has devoted his life to finding his Dragon father. When Natsu helps Lucy out of a tricky situation, she discovers that he is a member of the Fairy Tail magician's guild and our heroes' adventure together begins.

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Yoruzuya Trio Hunting and Gathering List 1. Zombie bear with mysterious mushroom growing out of head [magic?] 2. Crab chock-full of food poisoning [yum ] 3. Hot nurse in hospital [where we wind up due to Number 2] 4. Goro, queen of the human-size cockroaches [no comment] 5. 100 ice cream mini-cups [yum ] 6. The truth behind a cult that purports to make your dreams a reality [dream on...]

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - 'A meditation on sense-making when there's no sense to be made, on letting go when we can't hold on, and on being unafraid even when we're terrified.' LUCY KALANITHI'Belongs on the shelf alongside other terrific books about this difficult subject, like Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air and Atul Gawande's Being Mortal.' BILL GATESNAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY REAL SIMPLELondon-born Kate Bowler, a thirty-five year-old professor at the school of divinity at Duke, had finally had a baby with her childhood sweetheart when she began to feel jabbing pains in her stomach. She lost thirty pounds, guzzled antacid, and visited doctors for three months before she was finally diagnosed with Stage IV colon cancer.As Kate navigates the aftermath of her diagnosis, she pulls the reader into her life and her history – affectionately filled with a colourful retinue of friends, mega-church preachers, parents, and doctors – and shares her irreverent, laser-sharp reflections on faith, friendship, love, and death. She wonders why suffering makes her feel like a loser and explores the burden of positivity. Trying to relish the time she still has with her son and husband, she realizes she must cure her habit of ‘skipping to the end’ and planning the next move. An historian of the American Prosperity Gospel (the creed of the megachurches that promises believers a cure for tragedy, if they just want it badly enough) Kate finds that she craves these same 'outrageous certainties'. Why is it so hard to surrender when she knows there are no spiritual guarantees?In Everything Happens for Reason we encounter one of the talented, courageous few who - like Paul Kalanithi - can articulate the grief we feel as we contemplate our own mortality.

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Disney's newest animated feature, Zootopia, is a comedy-adventure starring Officer Judy Hopps, a rookie bunny cop who has to team up with fast-talking scam-artist fox Nick Wilde to crack her first case in the all-animal city of Zootopia. This lushly illustrated book offers a behind-the-scenes view of the elaborate artistry involved in creating the film. Copyright (c)2016 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved.

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25th Anniversary Edition Linnea has been in Paris. And she has visited the painter Claude Monet's garden! She even stood on the same little Japanese bridge that Monet painted so often in his pictures. In Paris, Linnea got to see many of the real paintings. Now she can understand what it means to be called an Impressionist, and she knows a lot about Monet's life in the pink house where he lived with his eight children. Twenty-five years after its original publication, this celebration of the wonder of art is available once again in an enlarged keepsake edition. The joy and inspiration Linnea discovers in Monet's garden will be eagerly embraced by a new generation of readers. "Original and charming."-New Yorker

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Vera is a vulture. Like most vultures, she has large wings for soaring through the sky, a bald head to keep her cool when it’s hot and a strong beak for – well, that’s the thing . . . unlike most vultures, Vera doesn’t eat meat!Join the unique and lovable feathered friend in this unlikely tale about embracing the things that make you different.Promotes a message of self-acceptance and celebrates being different, with bright, modern illustrations by Stuart Lynch.

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FROM THE MASTER STORYTELLER WHOSE BOOKS HAVE TOUCHED THE HEARTS OF OVER 40 MILLION READERS'Mitch Albom sees the magical in the ordinary' Cecilia AhernWill you do my eulogy?With those words, Mitch Albom begins a remarkable eight-year journey to honour the request of a beloved rabbi.Feeling unworthy of such a responsibility, Albom sets out to know the man better and unexpectedly finds himself drawn to two seemingly disparate worlds: Christian and Jewish, African-American and white, impoverished and well-to-do. Over the course of his exploration, he is compelled to consider life's biggest questions.On Albom's voyage of discovery he explores forgiveness, doubt and how to endure when the unimaginable happens. Have a Little Faith is the result: a book about the indominable strength of the human spirit and the power of genuine connection.WHAT READERS SAY ABOUT HAVE A LITTLE FAITH'You cannot fail to be uplifted by this touching story that I will continue to read again and again''A beautiful book full of hope''Albom writes with pure honesty, passion and sensitivity. I get lost in his books''A treasure . . . Beautifully written and uplifting! Wow!''Sweet, simple, effortless writing'

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Recognised by women and their caregivers as simply the best pregnancy guide available, this latest edition of Your Pregnancy Bible has been updated to take account of recent changes in antenatal and newborn care. Given a fresh design, it still contains special fold-out sections on each of the trimesters and the birth process; week-by-week images of the developing baby; in-depth chapters dealing with all aspects of antenatal care, labour preparation, delivery experiences and care of the newborn; comprehensive reference sections on medical treatments and procedures in both pregnancy and the postnatal period and an extensive glossary of ante- and neonatal terminology. Written by a team of eminent specialists under the direction of a leading UK obstetrician, Your New Pregnancy Bible is filled with everything prospective parents need to know about creating the optimum environment for a developing baby and safeguarding the health and wellbeing of the mother.

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For the right price, these professional troubleshooters can solve any problem, whether they’re taking out the scum of the earth or destroying human-eating monsters!The troubleshooters of Gokurakugai are open for business! In a run-down town without law and order, Alma and Tao accept work from clientele of all creeds and cultures, and they’re always ready to dole out justice against human-devouring monsters that lurk in the shadows. They’ll take on any case—as long as the price is right!After Alma’s ferocious battle with Utsuro, the lovesick blood-loss maga, Alma and Tao head to an abandoned mansion to investigate a series of unnatural deaths. There they encounter Nei, but she wasn’t part of the mission briefing. Why is she here—and how does she know the culprit behind these deaths?

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Curated and written by her great-nieces, who lived in the house throughout their lives, this book offers an unparalleled glimpse into Frida Kahlo, opening a new perspective into this iconic artist s family home and refuge. Casa Kahlo was more than a second home it was a place where Frida could truly be herself away from the house she shared with her husband, the artist Diego Rivera. At Casa Kahlo surrounded by her artistic family and the vibrant Indigenous culture she immersed herself in she spent time with her closest confidantes (her sisters), her friends, and her lovers. The house also served as an additional studio space for Kahlo where she taught art classes to a legion of loyal students who referred to themselves as Los Fridos. Remarkably, Casa Kahlo has been occupied by Frida s family since they bought the house in 1930. Meticulously documenting the interiors, this book features a rich array of personal items and never-before-published letters and postcards to her sisters, her mother, and her most beloved niece Isolda. Hundreds of personal items offer an intimate view into her artistic environment and personal life: from her early drawings and paintings (including the first painting she showed Rivera at eighteen years old) to later drawings; her distinctive jewelry and clothing; key documents, including her birth and marriage certificates; artworks; and keepsakes ranging from dolls to her taxidermy butterfly collection. Written by her closest family members, the book presents a very fresh and deeply personal perspective on the artist s life, enriched by their unique connection to her legacy.

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DIE BOEK“Ek wil uitmaak, Ellie. Ek is jammer, maar dit is dit.”En net daar spat Ellie se lewe soos sy dit ken aan stukke. Maar die vernietiging is erger as wat sy ooit sou kon droom.Nie net verloor sy vir Gustav, haar steunpilaar van die afgelope paar maande nie, maar ook haar vriende, haar skoollewe en die vrede wat sy tot dusver as vanselfsprekend aanvaar het.Haar ma is in Oekraïne en haar pa word deur die Valke ondersoek.En die swart wolk van haar boetie se ongeluk hang nog steeds swaar oor die gesin.Vir haar eie veiligheid moet sy plaas toe gaan. Wat op aarde het haar pa besiel om hulle so in gevaar te stel?Is die oplossing regtig om nou Lisa in ‘n ander skool te word? Hoe lank voordat Liam van die buurplaas haar geheim begin ontrafel?’n Pragtige tienerroman oor self-ontdekking, genesing ná ‘n familielid se dood en om jou identiteit te vind wanneer baie dinge onseker voel.THE BOOK"I want to break up, Ellie. I'm sorry, but that's it."And just like that, Ellie's life as she knows it shatters into pieces. But the destruction is worse than she could ever have imagined.Not only does she lose Gustav, her pillar of support for the past few months, but also her friends, her school life, and the peace she had taken for granted until now.Her mother is in Ukraine, and her father is being investigated by the Hawks.And the dark cloud of her brother's accident still hangs heavily over the family.For her own safety, she has to go to the farm. What on earth was her father thinking by putting them in such danger?Is the solution really for her to become Lisa at another school now? How long before Liam from the neighbouring farm starts to unravel her secret?A beautiful teen novel about self-discovery, healing after a family member’s death and finding your identity when many things feel uncertain.

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DIE BOEKSpiene-kelientjies: Taalmusiek vir kleintjiesEk was my goed met Omo ek spoel dit uit met Sta-Softek hang dit op met pennetjies en môre is dit droogJik Jak spiene-kelientjies Jik Jak spiene-kelientjies Jik Jak spiene-kelientjiesmôre is dit droog.Spiene-kelientjies is ‘n verseboek wat deur Antjie Krog saamgestel is. Lees en leer ou bekende versies soos “Trippe trappe tone” asook ‘n paar oorspronklike versies uit die pen van die Antjie Krog.‘n Pragtige bundel wat sorgvuldig saamgestel is om jong kinders aan die taalmusiek van versies bloot te stel. ‘n Moet-hê versameling vir elke huis!THE BOOKSpiene-kelientjies: Taalmusiek vir kleintjiesEk was my goed met Omo ek spoel dit uit met Sta-Softek hang dit op met pennetjies en môre is dit droogJik Jak spiene-kelientjies Jik Jak spiene-kelientjies Jik Jak spiene-kelientjiesmôre is dit droog.Spiene-kelientjies is a poetry collection that has been compiled by Antjie Krog. Read and learn old verses like “Trippe trappe tone” as well as a few new poems exclusively written for the book by Antjie Krog.A beautiful collection that has been carefully compiled to introduce young children to the music you hear when poetry is read aloud. A must-have book for every household!

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Belladonna, Krista Joubert se dating-agentskap, moet so gou moontlik vir Andreas Meyer ’n vrou vind. Hy moet binne ses weke trou, of hy verbeur ’n groot erfporsie.Toe Krista nie betyds iemand kan vind nie, bied sy self aan om ’n ring aan sy vinger te steek. Andreas maak dit duidelik: Hy glo nie juis in die liefde nie.Die hart weet egter wat die hart wil hê en Krista moet uiteindelik vra: Hoe lank is Andreas se “vir altyd”?

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Alana Rothman se lewe verander toe Roux op die masseertafel in haar skoonheidsalon beland. Die volgende week daag hy weer vir ’n ander behandeling op. Gou besef Alana sy is verlief op hom.Toe dit duidelik word dat iemand die salon saboteer, verdink Alana heel eerste vir Roux, omdat die eerste insident plaasgevind het op die dag wat hy vir sy eerste behandeling daar was en omdat hy nie ’n tipiese kliënt is nie.Wat steek hy weg? En is hy werklik die saboteur?

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Sofie Olivier hou van haar werk as sekuriteitsbeampte en het nie tyd vir romanse nie. Toe sy saam met kolonel Jordaan Wessels van die polisie moet werk, vryf hy haar dadelik verkeerd op. Hy is arrogant, ’n beheervraat en skynbaar ’n rokjagter.Trou is nie deel van Jordaan se toekomsplanne nie, maar Sofie se groen oë vang hom elke keer. Toe hy en Sofie in ’n veilige woonstel moet bly en voorgee hulle is verloof, verander sake.Is dit net die vreemde omstandighede, of iets meer?

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Melanie se modelloopbaan lê aan skerwe nadat sy haar enkels tydens ’n fotosessie breek. Ben, die helikoptervlieënier, wat die noodvlug beman waarmee sy uit die klowe gevlieg word, dring haar lewe – en haar hart – binne terwyl sy herstel.Nie net moet sy drastiese loopbaanbesluite neem nie, maar sy moet haar biologiese pa ná twintig jaar weer in haar lewe toelaat. Sy moet uitvind haar ma het nie altyd die waarheid oor hom gepraat nie.Kan Melanie op die dodelike aantreklike Ben vertrou in ’n moeilike tyd, of het hy verskuilde motiewe?

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Zivah werk op Ezra se plaas in Galilea waar sy geurige olies leer meng en parfuum maak. Sy dra swaar aan 'n verlore liefde en is 'n gevangene van 'n donker geheim uit haar verlede, maar hoop dat haar stukkende emosies heel sal word terwyl sy haar passie uitleef.Barabbas met sy charismatiese persoonlikheid, onwrikbare avonturiersgees en vreeslose najaag van sy ideaal om die Jode van Romeinse heerskappy te bevry, vergestalt vir haar die vryheid en geluk waarna sy verlang. Maar sy obsessie om die Jode van Romeinse onderdrukking te bevry dryf hom al dieper die verderf in en verder van Zivah af weg. Ezra ontferm hom al hoe meer oor Zivah, maar sy is vasgevang in haar pyn en hoop vir 'n tweede kans met Barabbas toe Pontius Pilatus hom vrylaat in plaas van die misterieuse Messias-man wie sy ontmoet het ... Maar dit verander steeds nie Barabbas se verterende haat, wraaksug en begeerte om vir sy mense 'n held te wees nie.In 'n wêreld verskeur deur bloedvergieting, verlies en onvervulde hoop soek Zivah en Barabbas elkeen na heling, liefde en 'n tweede kans. Hul paaie kruis telkens in liefde en pyn, maar net God se belofte van herstel - om weer te dans - kan hulle ware vryheid bring. Sal Sy liefde genoeg wees om twee gebroke siele te heel en hul verledes in hoop te omskep?Slegs die tyd sal leer of Zivah haar uitdagings hierdie keer in die gesig sal staar en Barrabas kan leer om die skynbaar onvergeeflike te vergeef vir hul liefde om te seëvier."Ek sal aan jou kinders gee, Israel, jy sal kinders in die wêreld bring. Jy sal weer jou tamboeryne dra, jy sal uitgaan om te dans saam met dié wat bly is." (Jeremia 31:4, AFR83)

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Ontmoet die Calitze: vier uiteenlopende vroue, elkeen in ’n ander lewensfase, elkeen met haar eie geite en ’n verlede – met ’n hoofletter V. Die Maanschijnbaaiers sit behoorlik regop toe die Calitz-vroue die dorpie in oorlede Casper se pienk Cadillac binnevaar. As dit maar al was. Casper het egter sy afskuwelike turkoois kasarm ook aan hulle bemaak.Die Maanschijnbaaiers glo dit moet platgeslaan word, maar vir die Calitze kan dit dalk net uitkoms bied. As hulle die kasarm leefbaar maak, kan hulle dalk die onlangse verlede ontvlug. Jo kan 'n verhouding wat haar finansieel en emosioneel geruïneer het, verwerk. Sue kan ontsnap aan al haar eks-lovers. Nan kan oor die skok kom dat sy afgelê is. En Jeannie kan wegkom van die Maidens of Sappho.Maar op Maanschijnbaai haal die verre verlede hulle in. Want daar is iemand wat reken Casper se erfenis kom die “Calitz-slette” nie toe nie.

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Award-winning SPU Creative Writing lecturer, Mr Sabata-mpho Mokae's new historical novel explores memory, land, identity, and social justice. Published in Setswana, Mokae drew inspiration from Sol Plaatje’s Native Life in South Africa (1916). His book invites readers to reflect on dispossession and spiritual disconnection, while opening space for healing, restoration, and hope, a powerful contribution to historical storytelling and social transformation in the South African context.

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Bubbly, energetic first-year high school student Himari falls head over heels for her senpai Yori after hearing her band perform on the first day of school. Himari tells Yori she just loves her, and, to Himari's surprise, Yori says she loves Himari back! But when Himari realizes that she and her senpai are feeling two different kinds of love, she begins to ask herself what "love" really means.

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A timely and powerful guide to masculinity, purpose, and responsibility  In Father of Man: The 5 Ideals to Build Better Men, author Dr Njabulo James Nkosi delivers a compelling and deeply reflective exploration of what it truly means to be a man in today’s world. Drawing on faith, lived experience, and moral leadership, the book offers a blueprint for shaping men who lead with integrity, compassion, and accountability. At a time when conversations around masculinity are increasingly complex, Father of Man cuts through the noise with clarity and purpose. Dr Nkosi introduces five core ideals that speak directly to men as fathers, leaders, partners, and members of society. These ideals challenge destructive patterns while offering practical guidance for personal growth, strong families, and healthier communities. Rooted in values of responsibility, self-discipline, respect, and service, the book is both a call to action and a source of encouragement. Dr Nkosi addresses the absence of positive male role models and the consequences this has on families and society, while firmly asserting that men have the power - and obligation - to redefine their legacy. Written in an accessible yet thought-provoking style, Father of Man will resonate with:• Men seeking purpose and direction• Fathers and future fathers• Faith-based readers• Mentors, educators, and community leaders• Anyone invested in raising principled, emotionally grounded me

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***A SPECTATOR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021***"An intriguing, memorable book."―The Times“Like a Kafka story and a Wes Anderson movie combined.”―Literary Hub “Terrifying, comic and heart-breaking.”—Sigrid Nunez“This beautifully written and wonderfully droll novel brilliantly captures the frustrations and unease of being in a foreign environment.”—The Spectator “Full of foreboding, What Happens At Night draws the reader on without questioning. A rich experience.”―Literary ReviewA couple travel to a strange, snowy European city to adopt a baby, who they hope will resurrect their failing marriage. Their difficult journey leaves the wife desperately weak, and her husband worries that her apparent illness will prevent the orphanage from releasing their child.The couple check into the cavernous and eerily deserted Borgarfjaroasysla Grand Imperial Hotel where they are both helped and hampered by the people they encounter: an ancient, flamboyant chanteuse, a debauched businessman, an enigmatic faith healer, and a stoical bartender who dispenses an addictive, lichen-flavoured schnapps. Nothing is as it seems in this baffling, frozen world, and the longer the couple endure the punishing cold the less they seem to know about their marriage, themselves, and even life itself.

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“Het jy geweet ...?”Die beste manier om jouself uit te daag en pret te hê is deur hierdie boek te koop; jou brein is gewaarborg om bollemakiesie te slaan!In hierdie prettige aktiwiteitsboek is daar blokraaispeletjies, syfer-speletjies en ander raaisels wat perfek is vir ouer kinders in die laerskool!

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Inside Rick Steves Sicily you'll find:* Comprehensive coverage for spending a week or more exploring Sicily* Rick's strategic advice on how to get the most out of your time and money, with rankings of his must-see favourites* Top sights and hidden gems, from Mount Etna and the Byzantine mosaics of Monreale to the Ballarò street market and Siracusa's puppet museum* How to connect with culture: Savour seafood-centric cuisine made from ancient recipes, catch an opera performance at the Teatro Massimo, or sample authentic Marsala wine* Beat the crowds, skip the lines, and avoid tourist traps with Rick's candid, humorous insight* The best places to eat, sleep, and relax with a glass of local Nero d'Avola* Self-guided walking tours of lively neighbourhoods and incredible museums* Detailed maps for exploring on the go* Useful resources including a packing list, a historical overview, and useful Italian phrases* Over 450 bible-thin pages include everything worth seeing without weighing you down* Complete, up-to-date information on Palermo, Cefalù, Trapani and the West Coast, Agrigento and the Valley of the Temples, Ragusa and the Southeast, Catania, Taormina, and moreMake the most of every day and every dollar with Rick Steves Sicily.Expanding your trip? Check out Rick Steves Italy.

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The Good Soldier tells the stories of two outwardly happy couples who meet at a health spa in Germany just before the start of the First World War, and whose loveless, adultery-ridden relationships are strained and gradually disintegrate, with tragic consequences.Drawing inspiration from his personal life, Ford Madox Ford innovatively used non-chronological flashbacks as well as an unreliable narrator to reveal the scandalous affairs, lies and betrayals behind the facade of respectability, and craft a masterly work of fiction and a subtle investigation of the notions of truth and deception.

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The spellbinding story of Merlin's rise to power.Vivid, enthralling, absolutely first-class - Daily MailSo begins the story of Merlin, born the illegitimate son of a Welsh princess in fifth century Britain, a world ravaged by war. Small and neglected, with his mother unwilling to reveal his father's identity, Merlin must disguise his intelligence - and hide his occasional ability to know things before they happen - in order to keep himself safe.While exploring the countryside near his home, Merlin stumbles across a cave filled with books and papers and hiding a room lined with crystals. It is the home of Galapas, who becomes Merlin's tutor and friend, and who teaches Merlin to understand the world around him... and to harness the power of the crystal cave to see the future.Merlin will rise to power and enter history - and legend - as advisor to King Arthur. But all stories must begin somewhere. And this is his. The Crystal Cave is the first of Mary Stewart's brilliant Arthurian Saga, telling the story of King Arthur from the perspective of the extraordinary, mysterious Merlin.

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'Jurassic Park with dragons' NEIL OLIVER'Completely believable' WASHINGTON POSTGET READY FOR ACTION ON A GIGANTIC SCALEThe Chinese government has been keeping a secret for forty years: they have found a species of animal no one believed even existed.Now the Chinese are ready to unveil their astonishing discovery within the greatest zoo ever constructed. A small group of VIPs and journalists has been brought to the zoo deep within China to see its fabulous creatures for the first time. Among them is Dr Cassandra Jane 'CJ' Cameron, a writer for NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC and an expert on reptiles.The visitors are assured by their Chinese hosts that they will marvel at these beasts, that they are perfectly safe, that nothing can go wrong . . .READERS LOVE THE GREAT ZOO OF CHINA'A thrill-a-minute rollercoaster ride''Reilly delivers every time''Sit back and escape into the world of Matthew Reilly''Reads like a Hollywood blockbuster from start to finish''The master of high octane thrillers''Strap yourself in and enjoy the ride!'

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From the team behind the #1 New York Times bestseller The King Arthur Baking Company Big Book of Bread, comes the definitive book dedicated to the key elements of making pizza in any home oven, countertop pizza oven, or backyard oven or grill. The bakers at King Arthur Baking Company researched, tested--and tasted!--hundreds of pizzas and cooking methods to develop the most comprehensive book yet dedicated to the art and science of making pizza at home. Organized around twelve distinct styles--New York, New Haven, Chicago Tavern, Grandma, Neapolitan, and more--King Arthur Baking Company's Book of Pizza goes deep on every element of a great pie, from dough and sauce to the cheese and the bake. Comprehensive yet accessible, the book is packed with innovative topping suggestions to match each crust style (don't sleep on the Prosciutto and Hot Honey Neapolitan pie). But it also empowers bakers to mix and match sauces and toppings, allowing them to customize pizzas exactly to their liking. Rounding out the pizza recipes are four quintessential pizza night salads and an entire chapter of desserts, including Spumoni Semifreddo, an array of Italian-inspired cookies, and simple cakes, like Olive Oil Cake with Chocolate Ganache, to end pizza night with a bang.

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In this fully revised edition of South Africa’s bestselling property book, Retire Rich through Property, Jason Lee provides up-to-date information on how to build a property portfolio that will allow you to take charge of your financial security for a stress-free retirement. Retire Rich through Property takes readers through every step of the property process, but goes further by focusing on:- finding the right deals for retirement purposes;- how to negotiate and finance a property with retirement requirements in mind;- whether to hold onto or sell a property for financial gain; and- how to protect yourself and profit from buying off-plan from developers.With myriad insider tips from a property-investment expert, this book will allow the reader to push aside reliance on state- and employer-sponsored retirement benefits and work towards a secure retire­ment through property. This easily accessible guide is a must-read for first-time property purchasers and experienced inves­tors alike who are looking to fast-forward their retirement or to retire comfortably at their chosen age.

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Move Over Miss Marple . . .The great and the not-so-good are gathered at Skirivour Castle Hotel, in the heart of the Highlands, for the wedding of the year – but they weren’t expecting Detective Sergeant Roberta Steel to crash their party. And get horribly, horribly drunk.The whole valley’s been cut off by a massive thunderstorm and the phone lines are down, so when the father-of-the-bride’s body is discovered – decoratively impaled on a stag’s head in the hotel lobby – it’s up to DS Steel to find out whodunit. Which isn’t easy when you’ve got a monstrous hangover and only a world-weary sergeant and a halfwit police constable for backup.With no witnesses and every wedding guest a suspect, Roberta will need to use every one of her little grey cells if she’s going to catch the killer and get out of there alive.Praise for Stuart MacBride:‘MacBride is a damned fine writer’ – Peter James, author of Picture You Dead‘Dark and brilliantly written’ – Linwood Barclay, author of I Will Ruin You‘Crime fiction of the highest order’ – Mark Billingham, author of The Last Dance

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This Progress with Oxford: Fractions, Multiplication and Division Age 5-6 workbook will help your child to progress with number skills, such as multiplication, division and fractions, while having fun. They will quickly learn to recognise and find a half and a quarter of an object and an amount and to solve problems using multiplication and division skills.The Progress with Oxford series has been created to help every child develop essential skills at home, with minimal help and support. Picture clues are used to show very young children how to complete activities, whilst reminder boxes, tips and advice support older children to become self-sufficient learners. A lively character accompanies your child through all the colourful and engaging activities, and fun stickersare included to reward their work. A handy progress chart at the end of each book captures their achievements, so you both know what to do next.You can find even more practical advice, free eBooks and fun activities to help your child progress on our award-winning website, oxfordowl.co.uk. Let's get them flying!

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From the Arthur C. Clarke award winner, Adrian Tchaikovsky, comes the third instalment of the DOGS OF WAR science fiction series, a future where genetically engineered “Bioforms” have inherited not the Earth, but the Solar System. The end of the world has been and gone. There was no one great natural disaster, no all-consuming world war, no catastrophic pandemic. Only scores of storms, droughts, and selfish regional conflicts. Humanity was not granted a heroic end. Instead, it bled to death from a thousand cuts.But where Earth fell apart, Mars pulled together. Engineered men and beasts, aided by Bees – an outlawed distributed intelligence – survived through co-operation, because there was simply no alternative.Fast forward to today. A signal – ‘For the sake of what once was. We beg you. Help.’ – reaches Mars. How could they refuse? A consortium of Martian work crews gather the resources for a mission: a triumphal return to the blue-green world of their ancestors. And now here they are – three hundred million kilometres from home.And it has all already gone horribly wrong.

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The ultimate collection of street photography from the world-famous Magnum Photos Agency. Magnum Streetwise is an unmissable tour through the photographs and practices that have helped define what street photography is and can be. Magnum photographers such as Henri Cartier-Bresson pioneered ‘modern’ concepts of street photography before the term was even coined – but their influence is far from historic. A rich seam of street photography runs through the heart of Magnum to this day, both in the work of recognized masters of street photography – such as Erwitt, Parr, Gilden and Kalvar – and of those who might not even consider themselves street photographers; a continued influence that has not gone unnoticed among the current generation of budding street photographers and fans. Magnum Streetwise is a true visual feast, interleaving insightful texts and anecdotes within an intuitive blend of photographer- and theme-based portfolios, exploring not only the work of outstanding photographers, but how common subject matter (places of leisure, marketplaces, travel) and locations (Paris, New York, Tokyo) have been addressed, conceptually and practically, across the agency and through the ages. Magnum Streetwise is an essential addition to the bibliography of street photography, showcasing hidden gems alongside many of the genre’s most famous images.

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BOOK 5 IN THE BESTSELLING CANON CLEMENT MYSTERY SERIES'Another clever, twisty read' i Paper'You'll want to take a front row pew in Champton while this delicious series unfolds' Janice HallettIt's spring 1990, and in Champton the whole village is aflutter as a glamorous Hollywood movie has taken over Lord de Floures' Champton House as its set location. As the actors and extras hired from the village don their farthingales, gowns and crowns for a masque set in the 1600s, a murder interrupts filming on set - and it's an ingenious one . . . Can Daniel solve the mystery with help from his sidekick, Detective Sergeant Neil Vanloo - even when things are so sticky between them?

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Harness the power of the elements with the Moonlight Riders! An exciting series for young readers from bestselling author Linda Chapman, author of MY SECRET UNICORN and UNICORN ACADEMY.Could you be a True Rider?The Moonlight Stables friends are heading to the seaside for a week long pony training camp - and Willow's coming too! Unfortunately, the Storm Stables riders aren't far behind and they're determined to ruin the week for Willow and Amara after they bested them at summer camp. To make matters worse, Bea's dad wants to move her to Storm Stables. The friends have to find a way to convince him to let her stay. Can a new Storm Stables ally help them and will Sandy finally choose Bea to be her True Rider?Don't miss the other Moonlight Riders stories!Fire HorseStorm StallionPetal PonySea FoalSnow Mare

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