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First Words London is a small padded board book packed full of photographs and illustrations of different things to see around the Capital. Every spread is themed and includes transport, food, people, sights and attractions. Each picture has a simple word label to develop picture recognition skills and vocabulary. Perfect as a companion to young visitors to London

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Tons of tricky tongue twisters will have kids laughing over and over again in this companion to Laugh Attack and Knock Knock! This hilarious humour collection contains over 1,000 kid-friendly tongue twisters, riddles, and cartoons, covering a variety of topics. With funny phrases about animals, school, travel, and more, kids will amuse themselves-and their friends and family-with this ultimate tongue twister collection.

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Packed with rituals, exercises, spells, recipes, history, and lore, this new book in Llewellyn's Elements of Witchcraft series shows you how to enrich your connection to the element of earth. Join Dodie Graham McKay as she digs deep into the deities, sacred sites, animal guides, herbs, crystals, and stones associated with this element. Earth Magic showcases a wide variety of fun and fascinating ways to 'get your hands dirty' as you enhance your magical practice. Explore the recipes, rituals, and spells that help you call upon the earth for greater power and wisdom. Discover how the earth element is used in cultures and myths around the world. Featuring illuminating essays from guest contributors, Earth Magic inspires you to practice magic in ways that create positive changes in your environment and in yourself.

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A richly illustrated natural history of the world's crabs that examines their diversity, ecology, anatomy, behavior, and moreThis lavishly illustrated book offers a remarkable look at the world’s crabs. More than 7,000 crab species, in 100 different families, are known today. Their unique physiology and complex behaviors have made them one of the most diverse and adaptable of all animal groups. They can thrive in the darkness of abyssal seas, on the edges of scalding hot volcanic hydrothermal vents, on sunlit coral reefs, on wave-washed rocky shores, and in tropical rain forests at the tops of mountains. They even persist in some of the harshest desert conditions. Playing a vital role in marine and coastal ecology, crabs have been identified as keystone species in habitats such as coral reefs and coastal tropical swamps.Crabs comprises five chapters: evolutionary pathways; anatomy and physiology; ecology; reproduction, cognition, and behavior; and exploitation and conservation. Individual chapters include a variety of subtopics, each illustrated by exceptional images, and followed by numerous double full-page species’ profiles. Each profile has been chosen to emphasize remarkable and intriguing aspects of the life of these fascinating creatures. Some species may be familiar, but many are beyond anything you have probably seen before and will stretch your understanding of what a crab is.Written by a world authority, Crabs offers an accessible overview of these fascinating crustaceans.More than 190 spectacular color photographsAccessible and well-organized chaptersFull profiles on 42 iconic species from across the world

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The wonderfully nostalgic, vivid and compelling new novel from the Sunday Times top five bestselling author of A Loving Family.From the age of eight, sixteen-year-old Charity Crosse has been living rough with her grandfather and begging on the streets. When he grandfather passes away, Charity is helped by a kindly doctor who introduces her to bookseller, Jethro Dawkins. Jethro takes Charity in to help in his bookshop and keep house in their one room behind the shop. Charity sleeps under the counter and is not well treated, but Jethro instills in her the love of books that began when her grandmother taught her to read. And she starts to hope for a better future for herself. But Jethro dies unexpectedly, and Charity is faced with eviction when the rent is raised by the unscrupulous landlord. Must Charity give up her dream of running the bookshop herself, and worse, be forced to return to the streets...?

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Tussen oorloë, tussen families, tussen wêrelde.Getoë as ’n kampkind tydens die Anglo-Boereoorlog, word Rebekka as arm bywoner groot op Kameeldoornplaas, wat aan die ryk Wright-familie behoort. Bekkie is ’n skrander leerling, lief vir skool en haar boeke. Toe sy noodgedwongedie skool verlaat om na die Wrights se dogtertjies te kyk, dink sy dis tydelik. Maar haar versukkelde, verminkte pa “verkoop” haar aan die Wright-gesin. Nou moet sy haar land en mense agterlaat om in Engeland kinderoppasser te word. In die sprokiesmooi Oxford moet sy haar voete in die volksvreemde vind. Gelukkig is prof. Wright die leergierige Bekkie goedgesind. Onder sy leiding verbreed haar kennis oor alles van Britse kookkuns tot wêreldpolitiek. Dis hier waar haar oë oopgaan. Dis ook hier waar sy die professor se broerskinders, Richard en David, bevriend. Maar oorlog broei op die horison en die noodlot is nog lank nie klaar met Rebekka nie. Waar pas sy in hierdie wye wêreld in? Is sy Boer of Brit? Is sy regtig die jong dame van die herehuis in Oxford?Wat dan van die kaalvoet kind van Kameeldoornplaas?

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THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER'Beautiful, atmospheric . . . you must read this book' 5* reader reviewIn the small mountain town of Jasper, North Carolina, June Farrow is waiting for fate to find her. The Farrow women are known for their thriving flower farm - and the mysterious curse that has haunted them for generations.The madness that led to Susanna Farrow's disappearance left her daughter, June, to be raised by her grandmother. Everyone in Jasper is certain it's only a matter of time before she finds the same end, but June has kept secret that her unravelling has already begun.After her grandmother's death, June follows a series of clues that link her mother's disappearance to the town's dark history, leading finally to a mysterious door.Behind it may lay the answer to the mysteries that have always lingered like a dark shadow. Upon crossing the threshold, June embarks on a journey that will not only change both the past and the future, but entangle her fate and her heart in a star-crossed love.With The Unmaking of June Farrow, Adrienne Young delivers a brilliant story with romance, mystery, and a touch of the impossible: a story you will never forget.HEAR WHAT EVERYONE'S SAYING ABOUT ADRIENNE YOUNG'Spellbinding' JODI PICOULT'Delightful' 5* READER REVIEW'Bewitching' REBECCA ROSS'Addictive' 5* READER REVIEW'Thrilling' STEPHANIE GARBER'Captivating' 5* READER REVIEW'Immersive' SUE LYNN TAN

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Now in its 6th year, the #1 bestselling Carbs & Cals book is better than ever! Nationally recognised as the "carb & calorie counting bible", our visual method of showing hundreds of food photos makes counting carbs and calories a breeze. The essential resource for diabetes management, weight loss, portion control and healthy eating. FEATURES; Over 1,700 food and drink photos. Nutrients in colour-coded circles. Values for carbs, calories, protein, fat, saturated fat, fibre and 5-a-day. Up to 6 portions photos for each food. Introduction on healthy eating, nutrients, weight loss & diabetes. NEW! Updated nutritional values. NEW! Tables showing nutritional values per 100g for selected foods.

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The most celebrated English biography is a group portrait in which extraordinary man paints the picture of a dozen more. At the centre of a brilliant circle which included Burke, Reynolds, Garrick, Fanny Burney and even George III, Boswell captures the powerful, troubled and witty figure of Samuel Johnson, who towers above them all. Yet this is also an intimate picture of domestic life, which mingles the greatest talkers of a talkative age with the hero's humbler friends in a picture which is, before all things, humane. This is a new, corrected, rest and reprinted edition. At 14. 99 for the complete edition of the Life in 1344 pages, it compares with Penguin's abridged edition of just 300 pages of text at 6. 99 and OUP's World Classics unabridged edition printed on newsprint at 10. 99.

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Before he was president, he was senator. Written two years prior to the election that would change the face of the United States, The Audacity of Hope discusses the importance of empathy in politics, Obama's hopes for a different America and how the ideals of its democracy can be renewed. With intimacy and self-deprecating humour, he describes his experiences balancing his family life with his public vocation. A senator and a lawyer, a professor and a father, a Christian and a sceptic, Barack Obama has written a book of transforming power that will inspire people the world over.

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From the Sunday Times bestselling author of A Maiden's Voyage; perfect for fans of Dilly Court, Katie Flynn and Catherine Cookson.'Goodwin is a master of her craft. The perfect book for a cold winter's evening' Lancashire Evening Post'Goodwin is a fabulous writer' Worcester Evening News'A vibrant page-turner with entrancing characters' Margaret Dickinson'Rosie writes such heartwarming sagas' Lyn Andrews1874.Growing up in extreme poverty in London, Pearl thinks life can get no worse. But when her parents discover there's yet another baby on the way, they have to tighten the belt even further. Pearl's mother decides to send her and her younger sister Eliza to the workhouse, where they are forced into a new life of hardship and struggle. Pearl's hopes are raised when the workhouse offers the sisters a new life in Canada and they board an orphan ship transporting unwanted children across the seas. Pearl hopes their luck has finally changed when she and Eliza are hired by the kindly Mrs Forbes to work in her grand house together. But when Pearl meets their mistress's bullying son Monty he reveals he will stop at nothing to make her life a misery.Will Pearl ever find the home she so craves?

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