In On the Loom Maryanne Moodie brings the ancient art of weaving to the modern day in a sumptuous guide packed with step-by-step tutorials & beautiful photography Learn the basics of this simple & beautiful craft with valuable information on basic stitches tools needed & even how to make your own looms Split by loom type-circular rectangular & even found objects-25 lush bohemian & uniquely modern projects for the home & to wear draw deeply on the nostalgic quality of vintage textiles In addition to the how-to this is the ultimate resource for finding your own creativity & style through this medium from learning which materials to use for different effects to discovering how to style your vintage-inspired projects in a modern way ...

Maps fascinate us They chart our understanding of the world & they log our progress but above all they tell our stories From the early sketches of philosophers & explorers through to Google Maps & beyond Simon Garfield examines how maps both relate & realign our history With a historical sweep ranging from Ptolemy to Twitter Garfield explores the legendary impassable (and non-existent) mountains of Kong the role of cartography in combatting cholera the 17th-century Dutch craze for Atlases the Norse discovery of America how a Venetian monk mapped the world from his cell & the Muppets' knack of instant map-travel Along the way are pocket maps of dragons Mars murders & more with plenty of illustrations & prints to signpost the route From the bestselling & widely-adored author of Just My Type On The Map is a witty & irrepressible examination of where we've been how we got there & where we're going ...

This is a new title in the fantastic " First Reading" series part of ' The Usborne Young Reading Programme' It is aimed at children who are beginning to read Let your imagination fly
- soar into space & take a trip to the moon It features photographs with real images of the moon & fun puzzles after the story to consolidate learning Developed in consultation with Alison Kelly who is a Principal Lecturer in Education & an early reading specialist from Roehampton University Every title in this series features clear & compelling text accompanied by highly appealing illustrations It is designed to motivate children as they learn to read
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This is an artist-led picture book which introduces young children to the vastness of the universe how far away the moon is what gravity is & the concept of space travel through a gentle & captivating story about an imaginative little girl Combining full colour illustrations with NASA photographs from the surface of the moon this beautifully illustrated picture book takes young children on an amazing journey into outer space The story's use of rhythmic text generates an evocative & friendly tale taking children on a magical & informative journey ...

When Oliver Sacks was twelve years old a perceptive schoolmaster wrote in his report ' Sacks will go far if he does not go too far' It is now abundantly clear that Sacks has never stopped going From its opening pages on his youthful obsession with motorcycles & speed On the Move is infused with his restless energy As he recounts his experiences as a young neurologist in the early 1960s first in California & then in New York where he discovered a long-forgotten illness in the back wards of a chronic hospital as well as with a group of patients who would define his life it becomes clear that Sacks's earnest desire for engagement has occasioned unexpected encounters & travels
- sending him through bars & alleys over oceans & across continents With unbridled honesty & humour Sacks shows us that the same energy that drives his physical passions
- bodybuilding weightlifting & swimming
- also drives his cerebral passions He writes about his love affairs both romantic & intellectual his guilt over leaving his family to come to America his bond with his schizophrenic brother & the writers & scientists
- Thom Gunn A R Luria W H Auden Gerald M Edelman Francis Crick
- who influenced him On the Move is the story of a brilliantly unconventional physician & writer
- & of the man who has illuminated the many ways that the brain makes us human





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Alice the firefighter needs to put out the fire quickly Max the police officer is chasing a burglar & Freddy the ambulance driver needs to take someone to hospital Can you help everyone do their work today by picking the right vehicle for each job? When you've found all the right vehicles choose your favorite & pick the rescue job you would like to do! Pre-schoolers can lift the flaps match vehicles to jobs explore busy scenes & learn key first words in this interactive board book series Children will love choosing the right vehicle to help the emergency teams save the day With 16 colorful sturdy flaps to lift perfect for little hands this is a great board book for toddlers learning to read combining interactive play story & learning ...

Cicero (Marcus Tullius 10643 BCE) Roman lawyer orator politician & philosopher of whom we know more than of any other Roman lived through the stirring era which saw the rise dictatorship & death of Julius Caesar in a tottering republic In his political speeches especially & in his correspondence we see the excitement tension & intrigue of politics & the part he played in the turmoil of the time Of about 106 speeches delivered before the Roman people or the Senate if they were political before jurors if judicial 58 survive (a few of them incompletely) In the fourteenth century Petrarch & other Italian humanists discovered manuscripts containing more than 900 letters of which more than 800 were written by Cicero & nearly 100 by others to him These afford a revelation of the man all the more striking because most were not written for publication Six rhetorical works survive & another in fragments Philosophical works include seven extant major compositions & a number of others; & some lost There is also poetry some original some as translations from the Greek The Loeb Classical Library edition of Cicero is in twenty-nine volumes ...

Martin Ferguson Smith's work on Lucretius is both well known & highly regarded However his 1969 translation of De Rerum Natura --long out of print--is virtually unknown Readers will share our excitement in the discovery of this accurate & fluent prose rendering For this edition Professor Smith provides a revised translation new Introduction headnotes & bibliography ...

A charming picture book about loneliness & making friends from an bestselling author & illustrator From bestselling author Amy Hest & illustrator Jenni Desmond comes a charming picture book about loneliness & making friends Bunny & Dog live on opposite sides of the fence No one says hello Or hi But on the night of the shooting star two doors open ...

On the night you were bornthe moon smiled with such wonderthat the stars peeked in to see youand the night wind whispered Life will never be the same On the night you were born the whole world came alive with thanksgiving The moon stayed up till morning The geese flew home to celebrate Polar bears danced On the night you were born you brought wonder & magic to the world Here is a book that celebrates you It is meant to be carried wherever life takes you over all the roads through all the years This debut picture book by Nancy Tillman has touched the hearts of readers of all ages from the youngest readers to new mothers to grandparents A New York Times & Publishers Weekly bestselling book On the Night You Were Born is sure to be a beloved addition to family libraries ...