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Really Relating: How to Build an Enduring Relationship
Good relationships of all kinds are made - they don't just happen. Relating to another person is a skill which can be learned - and this book gives sound, practical advice which works....
The Metaphysics
"All men by nature are actuated with the desire of knowledge," declared Aristotle. The philosopher's works are foundational to the history of science, and his treatise on metaphysics, or "first philosophy," is divided into sections of previous philosophical thought and theories; a refutation of skeptici...
Slinky Malinki Catflaps
Slinky Malinki is asleep in front of the fire but moonlight and the catflap beckon and he goes outside to call up his friends. www.hairymaclary.com...
Building Great Sentences: How to Write the Kinds of Sentences You Love to Read
Based on the bestselling series from The Great Courses, "Building Great Sentences" celebrates the sheer joy of language--and will forever change the way you read and write. Great writing begins with the sentence. Whether it's two words ("Jesus wept.") or William Faulkner's 1,287-word sentence in "Absal...
Richard Scarry's Best Nursery Tales Ever
Richard Scarry illustrates a mix of well-known and obscure folk tales, from "The Three Little Pigs" and "Little Red Riding Hood "to "The Teeny-Tiny Woman "and "The Three Wishes." Characters from his Busy World populate these gently told stories, and children will delight in the rich, engaging scenes....
A Shorter History of Australia (PB)
After a lifetime of research and debate on Australian and international history, Geoffrey Blainey is well placed to introduce us to the people who have played a part and to guide us through the events which have created the Australian identity: the mania for spectator sport, the suspicion of the tall po...
Jinny and Cooper Revenge of the Stone Witch
Warning! This story contains magic, witches, talking animals (well, at least one), salt circles and a lot of bad acting. For Jinny, it's not easy owning Cooper, her annoying talking, disappearing guinea pig with a love of biscuits and a talent for sniffing out trouble. Especially trouble of the witch ki...
Letters to Friends, Family, and Editors
Letters from throughout his adult life offer a glimpse of Kafka's complex personality and his most important relationships....
Beautiful Failures
Nothing will ever be as easy as your school years,' well-meaning adults told her, but I knew for my daughter, and for many kids who have struggled as square pegs trying to make themselves round, this was dead wrong. When Lucy Clark's daughter graduated from school a 'failure', she started asking questio...
365 Days of Firsts: A Daily Record of Baby's First Year
Filled with inspirational quotes on babyhood and parenthood, 365 Days of Firsts is a slim and accessible journal that provides a daily writing space to reflect on all the moments of baby's first year. Filled with gorgeous art, this utterly giftable package features a simple, unprompted space to reflect ...
On Grand Strategy
A master class in strategic thinking, distilled from the legendary Yale course co-taught by the author for decades For almost two decades, Yale students have competed for admission each year to the "Studies in Grand Strategy" seminar taught by John Lewis Gaddis, Paul Kennedy, and Charles Hill. Its p...
Grimsdon (#1 Grimsdon)
Grimsdon is in ruins. Three years ago a massive wave broke its barriers and the sea flooded this grand city. Most were saved, some were lost - and some were left behind.Isabella Charm and her best friend, Griffin, live with three other children in the top of an opulent mansion. They've survived with the...
They'll Never Catch Us
From rising star Jessica Goodman, author of They Wish They Were Us, comes a new fast-paced thriller about two sisters vying for the top spot on their cross-country team--the only way out of their stifling small town. But their dreams are suddenly thrown into peril when a new girl threatens to take away ...
Small Town Monsters
The Conjuring meets The Vow! This terrifying paperback original tells the unputdownable story of a girl, a dark angel, and the cult hellbent on taking over her small, coastal town. Vera Martinez wants nothing more than to escape Roaring Creek and her parents' reputation as demonologists. Not to mentio...
Burn: The Misunderstood Science of Metabolism
A myth-busting tour of the body's hidden foundations from a pioneering evolutionary biologistWhy do so many diets lead to more weight gain? Do more active people have faster metabolisms? Is exercise essential for weight loss?Over the past twenty years, evolutionary biologist Herman Ponzter has conducted...
The Day the World Stops Shopping: How ending consumerism gives us a better life and a greener world
We can't stop shopping but we must stop shopping - the consumer dilemma that defines our lives and our future. This ground-breaking work of reporting and thought-experiment explores what would happen if we did.We can't stop shopping but we must stop shopping - the consumer dilemma that defines our lives...
DK Eyewitness Cambodia and Laos
Unearth the jungle-shrouded temples and lively cities of Cambodia and Laos.Whether you want to be awed by Angkor Wat, cruise along the mighty Mekong, or sip on a coffee in a chic Vientiane café, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Cambodia and Laos has to offer. Cambodia a...
The Furrows - An Elegy
A powerful new novel about grief and mourning from the acclaimed and prize-winning author of The Old DriftA BARACK OBAMA BOOK OF THE YEAR and NEW YORK TIMES BOOK OF THE YEARI don't want to tell you what happened. I want to tell you how it felt.Cassandra is twelve; her little brother Wayne is seven. One ...
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