' Now ill-lit almost in darkness the windows of the houses shuttered the water dank the scene appeared altogether different neglected poor & the long narrow boots moored to the slippery steps of cellar entrances looked like coffins'A slow-burning masterpiece of horror recounting a grieving couple's fateful visit to Venice Don't Look Now is accompanied here by further short tales of desire & dread Ten new titles in the colourful small-format portable new Pocket Penguins series ...

Since Don't Make Me Think was first published in 2000 hundreds of thousands of Web designers & developers have relied on usability guru Steve Krug's guide to help them understand the principles of intuitive navigation & information design Witty commonsensical & eminently practical it's one of the best-loved & most recommended books on the subject Now Steve returns with fresh perspective to reexamine the principles that made Don't Make Me Think a classic-with updated examples & a new chapter on mobile usability & it's still short profusely illustratedand best of all-fun to read If you've read it before you'll rediscover what made Don't Make Me Think so essential to Web designers & developers around the world If you've never read it you'll see why so many people have said it should be required reading for anyone working on Web sites" After reading it over a couple of hours & putting its ideas to work for the past five years I can say it has done more to improve my abilities as a Web designer than any other book"-Jeffrey Zeldman author of Designing with Web Standards ...

Don&t Mess with Cthulhu Don’t Mess with Cthulhu is a social deduction game with secret identities Players are either Investigators trying to keep Cthulhu from waking & controlling the world or Cultists that want to bring the world to a disturbing end The game takes place over four rounds The Investigators must uncover all the Elder Signs to win; the Cultists win when Cthulhu is revealed or if the game ends before all the Elder Signs are discovered Before each round players receive a number of Investigation cards which they look at but then shuffle & put in front of themselves so they know what cards they have but they don&t know which card is which Each round has a number of actions equal to the number of players in the game Players take actions to reveal Investigation cards & gather all unrevealed cards are shuffled an redistributed evenly among the players Reveal Cthulhu & the Cultists win instantly Reveal all the Elder Signs & the Investigators win If you want to play multiple rounds (it&s highly recommended) the losers in each game get Insanity tokens Get three tokens & the night is over with the winner (s) being those most sane Timebomb Themed edition In Time Bomb you are playing either a terrorist trying to make a bomb blow up or a SWAT team member trying to defuse it Each player receives a card at the beginning of the game that indicates his role & keep it secret until the end of the game Then at each of the game&s 4 rounds each player receives 5 cards that he shuffles after having a quick look at them & place them face down in front of him Among all of the player&s cards a number of "SUCCESS" cards one "BOOM" card & the rest being "SAFE" card The active player then chooses another&s player card & reveals it that player then becoming the new active player After N cards have been revealed (N being the number of players) all cards are shuffled again & distributed equally to the players for a new round If at any time the "BOOM" card is revealed the terrorist&s team wins If all "SUCCESS" cards are revealed before that happens then the SWAT team members win Will you be able to convince the other player to reveal your own cards among them a SUCCESS is hidden ? Or are you just trying to cheat the SWAT team members into revealing your own cards because the BOOM card is among them ? Only a game of Time Bomb will say Players 4-6 Playing time 1-30 minutes Ages 10 ...

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed with anxiety & unable to cope? Do you wish you could just tell panic attacks to get lost? You are not alone & with a little bit of help you'll be able to learn methods of letting go of anxiety & soothing your mind so you can be your best self in every situation Packed with tips suggestions "es this book will help give you the strength to feel more at ease & LIVE LIFE TO THE FULL ...

Hit the timer how quickly can you name three things in the category on your card try not to panic Three might be easy but can you think of six or will your brain freeze Subjects range for easy to tricky To object of the game is to get the highest score by naming things associated with the subject as quickly as possible In any round it is up to the other players to tell the person playing of something does not fit the subject on the card Place the Don’t Panic timer in the middle of the board set the timer by turning the red ‘ Panic’ button clockwise to ten Each card has 4 colours with the easiest subject at the top & hardest at the bottom these colour correspond to the playing spaces on the board Each subject has a number next to it this is the number of answers you have to give before stopping the timer The colour of the space that you occupy on the board denotes the subject you have to answer on the card To aid younger players they can choose to always answer the top subject (yellow) regardless of what colour they land on The winner is the player that has moved furthest around the board Quick thinking naming game Wide variety of subjects 4 levels of difficulty Wind up timer with bell 200 Don&t Panic cards ...

This is a great reissuing of a classic children's die-cut picture book to tie in with Nick Sharratt's position as official illustrator for World Book Day 2006 Don't put your finger in the jelly Nelly You might upset a jellyphant With a larger format & the best covers yet this reissue will ensure the continuing longevity of Jelly Nelly ...

' Magnificent Vlautin is now one of America's great writers' RODDY DOYLE' Vlautin is one of the bravest novelists writing' URSULA K LE GUINFirst printing

Includes:: exclusive free CD soundtrack by Richmond Fontaine Meet Horace Hopper a twenty-one-year-old farm hand in Tonopah Nevada who works for Mr Reece & his wife the nearest thing he's had to family in years But Horace half-white half-Paiute Indian dreams of bigger things Leaving behind the farm & its fragile stability he heads South to re-invent himself as the Mexican boxer Hector Hidalgo Slowly painfully the possibility emerges that his dreams might not just be the delusions of a lost soul but at what cost & what of those he's left behind? Exploring the fringes of contemporary America Don't Skip Out on Me is an extraordinary work of compassion
- a novel about the need for human connection & understanding
- & essential reading now more than ever



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Don’t Starve Mega Pack
Includes: Don’t Starve Don’t Starve Together Don’t Starve Reign of Giants
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Don’t Starve Mega Pack
Includes: Don’t Starve Don’t Starve Together Don’t Starve Reign of Giants
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This is a celebration of running & what lots of us think about when we run Part escape part self-discovery part therapy part fitness Part simple childlike joy of running when you could be walking Vassos Alexander shares the highs & lows of falling in love with running from his first paltry efforts to reach the end of his street to completing ultra marathons & triathlons in the same weekend Each of the 262 chapters also features a fascinating insight into how others first started from Paula Radcliffe to Steve Cram the Brownlees to Jenson Button Nicky Campbell to Nell Mc Andrew Funny inspiring honest
- the perfect read for anyone with well-worn trainers by the door (or thinking of buying a pair)
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