Twenty-five stories twenty-five paintings five years to write ten years to paint This is an extraordinary collaboration between artist & artist the Booker Prize-winning writer Ben Okri & the painter Rosemary Clunie Together they have created a world & peopled it with dreams Twenty-five fairy tales for adults these narratives are a response to our times informed by our world but not limited by it imaginative enchanting haunting
- both prescient & prophetic Twenty-five original paintings beautiful playful intimate dreamlike these works pull you in to a land of colour & vision Who can say which came first the word or image when both grew together out of a long friendship & a creative symbiosis What if Calvino & Magritte had combined inspiration? What if we could see our world again with a child's eyes? What if there really is a magic lamp?
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There's been a robbery in Tale Town! Someone has stolen a cutting from the magical Story Tree & it's up to twins Hansel & Gretel to get it back With the help of their new friend Wolfie a not very big or very bad wolf they discover a secret fortress in the forest containing a Magic Looking Glass that promises to help them But things are not always what they seem especially when the Magic Looking Glass starts causing trouble! Can Wolfie & the twins find the Story Tree cutting & save the day or will the Magic Looking Glass have the last laugh? The Magic Looking Glass is the fourth book in this brilliant new highly-illustrated series by Tom Percival featuring all the fairy-tale characters you know & love having br&-new adventures! ...

I adored Magic Misfits This man is far too talented for my liking & needs to be stopped!' David Walliams The first in a funny & magical new children's books series from Emmy award-winning actor Neil Patrick Harris 'I read this book with excitement delight & the increasing suspicion that it was going to make me disappear' Lemony Snicket author of the bestselling series A Series of Unfortunate Events & All the Wrong Questions This book contains a BIG SECRET Read on if you dare Do you believe in magic? Carter doesn't He knows magic tricks are just that
- tricks & as a street magician he's also pretty good at them But then Carter runs away from his conman uncle & he finds himself alone & in danger from dastardly carnival ringleader BB Bosso He could really use some magic now A chance encounter with the mysterious Mr Dante Vernon leads Carter to a magic shop where he teams up with five other like-minded kids & the MAGIC MISFITS are born! Can the gang use their magical talents to save the day & stop BB stealing a priceless diamond? And now for the BIG SECRET Inside this book you will find a treasure trove of tips codes & stage tricks that will help YOU join the Magic Misfits & make some magic of your own (BUT DON'T TELL ANYONE) Perfect for children aged 8 to 12 years old & fans of Lemony Snicket David Walliams David Baddiel My Brother is a Superhero & magic! Cover illustration by David Litchfield winner of the Waterstones Children's Books Prize 2016 for The Bear & the Piano Neil Patrick Harris is an accomplished actor producer director host & author Perhaps best known to audiences for his role as Barney Stinson on the hit comedy series How I Met Your Mother he is currently starring as Count Olaf in the Netflix adaptation of Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events The Magic Misfits is his first book for children
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Hans Castorp is 'a perfectly ordinary if engaging young man' when he goes to visit his cousin in an exclusive sanatorium in the Swiss Alps What should have been a three week trip turns into a seven year stay Hans falls in love & becomes intoxicated with the ideas he hears at the clinic
- ideas which will strain & crack apart in a world on the verge of the First World War
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This Is A Song You Never Had It Take A Chance Carl&s Song Boy Undecided Slow Down (The Way It Goes) Most Of The Time Take Me Or Leave Me Let Somebody In Runnin& Out All I See Goodnight ...

The Magic of Maths is the maths book you wish you had in school Using a delightful assortment of examplesfrom ice cream scoops & poker hands to measuring mountains & making magic squaresthis book empowers you to see the beauty simplicity & truly magical properties behind those formulas & equations that once left your head spinning You'll learn the key ideas of classic areas of mathematics like arithmetic algebra geometry trigonometry & calculus but you'll also have fun fooling around with Fibonacci numbers investigating infinity & marveling over mathematical magic tricks that will make you look like a maths genius!A mathematician who is known throughout the world as the mathemagician" Arthur Benjamin mixes mathematics & magic to make the subject fun attractive & easy to understand In The Magic of Maths Benjamin does more than just teach skills with a tip of his magic hat he takes you on as his apprentice to teach you how to appreciate maths the way he does He motivates you to learn something new about how to solve for x because there is real pleasure to be found in the solution to a challenging problem or in using numbers to do something useful But what he really wants you to do is be able to figure out why for that's where you'll find the real beauty power & magic of maths If you are already someone who likes maths this book will dazzle & amuse you If you never particularly liked or understood maths Benjamin will enlighten you andwith a wave of his magic wandturn you into a maths lover ...

Magic takes many forms The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth These are magical extraordinary tales But there is another kind of magic & it lies in the exhilaration of discovering the real answers to these questions It is the magic of reality
- science Packed with inspiring explanations of space time & evolution laced with humour & clever thought experiments The Magic of Reality explores a stunningly wide range of natural phenomena What is stuff made of? How old is the universe? What causes tsunamis? Who was the first man or woman? This is a page-turning inspirational detective story that not only mines all the sciences for its clues but primes the reader to think like a scientist too Richard Dawkins elucidates the wonders of the natural world to all ages with his inimitable clarity & exuberance in a text that will enlighten & inform for generations to come
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Magic takes many forms The ancient Egyptians explained the night by suggesting that the goddess Nut swallowed the sun The Vikings believed a rainbow was the gods' bridge to earth These are magical extraordinary tales But there is another kind of magic & it lies in the exhilaration of discovering the real answers to these questions It is the magic of reality
- science Packed with inspiring explanations of space time & evolution laced with humour & clever thought experiments The Magic of Reality explores a stunningly wide range of natural phenomena What is stuff made of? How old is the universe? What causes tsunamis? Who was the first man or woman? This is a page-turning inspirational detective story that not only mines all the sciences for its clues but primes the reader to think like a scientist too Richard Dawkins elucidates the wonders of the natural world to all ages with his inimitable clarity & exuberance in a text that will enlighten & inform for generations to come
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What are things made of? What is the sun? Why is there night & day winter & summer? Why do bad things happen? Are we alone? Throughout history people all over the world have invented stories to answer profound questions such as these Have you heard the tale of how the sun hatched out of an emu's egg? Or what about the great catfish that carries the world on its back? Has anyone ever told you that earthquakes are caused by a sneezing giant? These fantastical myths are fun
- but what is the real answer to such questions? The Magic of Reality with its explanations of space time evolution & more will inspire & amaze readers of all ages
- young adults adults children octogenarians Teaming up with the renowned illustrator Dave Mc Kean Richard Dawkins answers all these questions & many more In stunning words & pictures this book presents the real story of the world around us taking us on an enthralling journey through scientific reality & showing that it has an awe-inspiring beauty & thrilling magic which far exceed those of the ancient myths We encounter rainbows our genetic ancestors tsunamis shooting stars plants animals & an intriguing cast of characters in this extraordinary scientific voyage of discovery Richard Dawkins & Dave Mc Kean have created a dazzling celebration of our planet that will entertain & inform for years to come

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More than 6 million readers around the world have enhanced their lives by reading The Magic of Thinking Big First published in 1959 David J Schwartz's classic teachings are as powerful today as they were then Practical empowering & hugely engaging this book will not only inspire you it will give you the tools to change your life for the better
- starting from now His step-by-step approach will show you how to
- Defeat disbelief & the negative power it creates- Make your mind produce positive thoughts- Plan a concrete success-building programme- Do more & do it better by turning on your creative power- Capitalise on the power of NOWUpdated for the 21st century this is your go-to guide to a better life starting with the way you think

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