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Rowan Williams / Silence and Honey Cakes: The Wisdom of the Desert

The place "where God happens," according to Rowan Williams's striking new reading of the Desert Fathers and Mothers, is between each other . It's a truth that we of the twenty-first century most urgently need to learn in order to heal the...

Jaime Green / The Possibility of Life: Searching for Kinship in the Cosmos

Exploring the fascinating history of our Universe and the possibility of life beyond our planetOne of the most powerful questions humans ask about the cosmos is: Are we alone? Yet this very question is inevitably reduced to yes or no, to odds...

Henri J.M. Nouwen / The Way of the Heart

The wisdom of Henri J.M.SOLITUDE"In solitude we become compassionate people, deeply aware of our solidarity in brokenness with all of humanity and ready to reach out to anyone in need . . ."SILENCE"Silence first makes us pilgrims. Secondly, silence...

Nick Sagan / Idlewild

It is a not-too-distant future in our all-too-recognizable world. It is the late twenty-first century and a deadly virus has seeped into human kind's genetic make-up. In only a few generations this plague will have wiped us off the face of the planet,...

Clive Cussler / The Jungle: Oregon Files #8

Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon are up against their smartest foe yet - but in their midst there is a traitor... After losing their contract with the US government because of a daring raid too far, Cabrillo and his crew of mercenaries with a...

Robert MacDonald / Alexander Technique

A series oof illustrated pocket guides introducing familiar and lesser-known alternative therapies. Each book covers practical techniques supplemented by simple theory and explains when self-diagnosis is appropriate or consulting a professional is a...

Peter Vardy / The Puzzle of Sex

Almost everyone is directly affected by questions involving sex and sexual ethics - yet few are aware of the background to current views on topics such as sex before and after marriage, sex as procreation and fulfilment, homosexuality, sexual abuse, rape...

Noam Chomsky / Media Control: The Spectacular Achievements of Propaganda

Noam Chomsky’s backpocket classic on wartime propaganda and opinion control begins by asserting two models of democracy—one in which the public actively participates, and one in which the public is manipulated and controlled. According to...

Matsuo Bashō / Haiku

By combining the ideals of karumi - lightness of touch - and oneness with nature, Bashō (1644-94) rose above the artificiality of previous haiku poets to become the master of the genre in his time. His exquisite compositions reflect the...

Varsha Bajaj / Thirst

A New York Times BestsellerThe riveting story of a heroic girl who fights for her belief that water should be for everyone.Minni lives in the poorest part of Mumbai, where access to water is limited to a few hours a day and the communal taps have long...

Eanna Ni Lamhna / Our Wild World: From the birds and the bees to our boglands and the ice caps

Wildlife expert Eanna Ni Lamhna takes us on a tour of all things to do with our wonderful natural from a celebration of our fascinating birds and bees, and their powers of migration and pollination, to the thorny challenges of our time, such as climate...

Suzanne Simard / Finding the Mother Tree: Uncovering the Wisdom and Intelligence of the Forest

Raised in the hardy forest communities of British Columbia, scientist Suzanne Simard overturned conventional beliefs in proving that trees and plants are connected underground by an immense web of fungal mycelia, at the centre of which lie the Mother...

Robert Heller / Selling Successfully

  Intended for those in - or aspiring to - a position of responsibility, this book provides practical techniques for selling successfully. The charts and flow diagrams explore different options for action and provide useful examples. Within each...

Derek Landy / Death Bringer

The sixth instalment in the historic, hysterical and horrific Skulduggery Pleasant series. Think you’ve seen anything yet? You haven’t. Because the Death Bringer is about to rise…Meet Skulduggery Pleasant: detective, sorcerer,...

Lynne Francis / Alice’s Secret

Alice is the sole bread-winner for her family, working at the local cotton mill. But when she suddenly begins to attract the wrong attention, her life begins to spiral out of control... 2018 - For Alys, one bad decision after another has left her feeling...

Juliet Marillier / Daughter of the Forest

Juliet Marillier's intensely romantic first novel Daughter of the Forest takes the reader to an Ireland on the edge where history and fairy tale meet. Sorcha, seventh child of a seventh son, finds herself caught up in the manipulations of a...

Clare Jackson / Devil-Land: England Under Siege, 1588-1688

Among foreign observers, seventeenth-century England was known as A Diabolical Country of Fallen Angels , torn apart by seditious rebellion, religious extremism and royal collapse. Clare Jackson's dazzling, original account of English history's most...

Noel Coughlan / The Unconquered Sun

AscendantSun has spilt the blood of his own kind. He has chosen his side. There’s no going back.The burgeoning ambition of his fickle ally, Gascarp Torp, is as deadly as the invaders swarming through the mountains, but AscendantSun still dreams of...

Susan Travers / Tomorrow to Be Brave

Autobiografisch avonturenverhaal dat wegleest als Indiana Jones - maar dan waargebeurd - over de enige vrouw die met het legendarische Franse vreemdelingenlegioen in de Tweede Wereldoorlog ten strijde trok en daar haar grote liefde ontmoette.   This...

Claire Allen / The Affair

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Steve Brusatte / The Rise and Reign of the Mammals

n his acclaimed bestseller The Rise and Fall of the Dinosaurs, American paleontologist Steve Brusatte enchanted readers with his definitive history of the dinosaurs. Now, picking up the narrative in the ashes of the extinction event that doomed T-rex and...

Jenny Pearson / Speedwheels 3000: The Race Against Crime

The high-speed, family-bonding road trip adventure of a lifetime, from bestselling and award-winning author Jenny Pearson.Evie Clutterbuck is ready for the adventure of a lifetime! She's joining her dad on the Speedwheels 3000 - the most exciting, most...

Luke O'Neill / To Boldly Go Where No Book Has Gone Before: A Joyous Journey Through All of Science

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Alastair H. Fitter / Collins Gem Trees: How to Identify the Most Common Species

The unrivalled beginner's guide to identifying the most common species of tree in northern Europe. This is the perfect pocket guide for anyone who wants to identify those deciduous or evergreen species they may come across on hill or in dale, in the town...

Sue Tyson-Ward / Beginner's Portuguese

"Teach Yourself Beginner's Portuguese" is the right course for you if you really want to learn Portuguese but are daunted by the prospect of complicated grammar, classes and coursebooks. This book starts right from the beginning and explains everything...

Richard R. Skemp / Psychology Of Learning Mathematics

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Camilla Sacre-Dallerup / Reinvent Me: How to Transform Your Life & Career

Camilla is the real someone who has overcome adversity and simply wants to share what she's learned so others might do the same ' Daily MailIn 2008 at the top of her game as a professional dancer Camilla left  Strictly Come Dancing . And has since...

Ved Mehta / The Ledge Between the Streams

In the summer of 1943, an Indian public-health official (Daddyji) and his wife (Mamaji) were traveling with their six children to the Vale of Kashmir for a holiday.During a break in the journey, their blind nine-year-old son, Ved, the author of this...

Janay Brown / Love Puppies #6: The Fast and the Furriest

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Masha Gessen / Blood Matters: A Journey Along The Genetic Frontier

In 2004, genetic testing revealed that Masha Gessen had a mutation that predisposed her to ovarian and breast cancer. As she wrestled with a wrenching personal decision - what to do with such knowledge? - Gessen explored the landscape of this brave new...

Harry Benson / Let's Stick Together: The relationship book for new parents

This practical book is based on a very successful course that equips young parents with the skills they need to stick together through the transition into becoming parents. It focuses on a wide range of areas, including good and bad habits, love...

Ann Jungman / Siege!

In one day, Ivan's life is turned upside down. One moment he is daydreaming in school, the next he finds himself fighting for survival during the Leningrad siege. A gripping and haunting tale about one boy's heroic struggle to protect his family, his...

Edward W. Said / Parallels and Paradoxes : Explorations in Music and Society

This is a series of discussions between Daniel Barenboim and Edward Said covering topics such as: the differences between writing prose and music; the compromising politician versus uncompromising artist; Beethoven as a sonata composer; Wagner; and the...

ZIP Reads / Summary & Analysis of Factfulness: Ten Reasons We're Wrong About the World—and Why Things Are Better Than You Think | A Guide to the Book by Hans Rosling

PLEASE NOTE: This is a summary and analysis of the book and not the original book. If you'd like to purchase the original book, please paste this link in your browser: https: //amzn.to/2qfdagmHans Rosling challenges everything you thought you knew...

YOUCAT Foundation / DOCAT: What to do

DOCAT is the latest title in the international best-selling YOUCAT series for young people. With its focus on the social teaching of the Catholic Church, DOCAT shows young people how to work towards building a 'civilisation of love'. This title tackles...

Ben Stevens / A Gaijin's Guide to Japan: An alternative look at Japanese life, history and culture

In this alternative look at Japanese life, history and culture, Ben Stevens looks at the good, the bad and the plain weird from a Westerner's viewpoint. His book is an A-Z that covers all aspects of Japanese life.   This book is second hand, and...

Beano / Dennis and Gnasher: Double trouble - spot the difference

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Alice Walker / Horses Make a Landscape Look More Beautiful

However much we like Alice Walker's fictional characters, it's still a treat when she speaks in her own voice, whether in essays or poems. The poems in this work show the impressive range that voice has, from the outrage of "First, They Said," to the...

Beth Macy / Dopesick

Beth Macy takes us into the heart of America's struggle with opioid addiction. From distressed small communities in Central Appalachia to wealthy suburbs and once-idyllic farm towns, this powerful and moving story illustrates how a national crisis became...

Glenn Adamson / Fewer, Better Things: The Hidden Wisdom of Objects

Things matter. So why are we losing touch with them?From the former director of the Museum of Arts and Design in New York comes a timely and passionate case for the role of the well-designed object in the digital age. In this delightful exploration of...

Stephen Bungay / Alamein

For Great Britain, there were two pivotal battles in the Second World War. One was the Battle of Britain. The other was El Alamein. There, in October 1942, in a remote part of the desert between Libya and Egypt, the British army won an epic battle of...

Nick Arnold / Famously Foul Experiments

This work contains experiments with the squishy bits left in. Ever wanted to be a horribly famous scientist? Why not follow in their famously foul footsteps? Make your own drinkable blood. See through a giant eyeball. Breed some sewer rats. It includes...

Felice Picano / Like People in History

Flamboyant, mercurial Alistair Dodge and steadfast, cautious Roger Sansarc are second cousins who are both gay and whose lifelong friendship begins when they first meet as nine-year-old boys in 1954. At crucial moments in their personal histories their...

Sally Morgan / Want to Read Shop this series Rate this book My Best Friend The Evacuee

Join two best friends as history is made in 1941. Teddy and Harriet have been joined at the hip for as long as they can remember - but then the WAR started. Teddy is EVACUATED all the way across the ocean to the United States and Harriet is left in...

Peter Lantos / The Boy Who Didn't Want to Die

“Deeply moving” - Booktrust“A gripping story of love, courage and triumph over evil” - The Bookseller“Can, and should, be read by an audience of any age.” - Jewish NewsA story of survival, of love between mother and...

William Blake / Songs of Innocence and Songs of Experience

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Anthony Trollope / Nina Balatka and Linda Tressel

The heroines of these two short novels combat intense social pressure for the sake of love. The Catholic heroine of Nina Balatka loves a Jew. In Linda Tressell a stern Calvinistic matriach tries to ensure her niece's spiritual salvation by marrying her...

Iris Origo / Images and Shadows: Part of a Life

Iris Origo was born in 1902 and spent her youth in the ancestral estate on Long Island and in her grandfather's castle in Ireland. Her father died tragically when she was eight, and she continued her peripatetic life with her indefatigable mother and...

Rupert Sheldrake / Dogs That Know When Their Owners Are Coming Home & Other Unexplained Powers of Animals

Many people who have ever owned a pet will swear that their dog or cat or other animal has exhibited some kind of behavior they just can't explain. How does a dog know when its owner is returning home at an unexpected time? Filled with captivating...

Duncan Clark / The Rough Guide to Ethical Shopping

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Ian Parker / Radical Psychoanalysis and Anti-Capitalist Action

Politicians of all stripes now talk about 'mental health'. They tell us how they have suffered, and promise more resources to put things right. At the same time, welfare services are being cut, people are told to sort problems out for themselves, and the...

Christopher Fowler / Seventy-Seven Clocks

The odd couple of detection — the brilliant but cranky detectives of London's Peculiar Crimes Unit — return in a tense, atmospheric new thriller that keeps you guessing until the final page. This time Bryant and May are up against a series of...