The day before the underwater fancy-dress parade Alfie got that feeling Sometimes it's hard to be brave Sometimes you get that feeling Sometimes you're just not ready until one day you are From a dynamic new picture-book partnership comes the story of Alfie & a big octopus wearing a tiny hat & the things you can only whisper to the cowboys on your wallpaper ...

Pressure As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia Jack Joseph is used to the immense pressures of deep-sea work Nothing however could prepare him for the pressures of impending fatherhood As Jack dives deeper & deeper he seems to pull further & further away from his young wife & their unborn son But then something happens deep on the ocean floor Jack has a strange & mind-bending encounter that will change the course of his life forever! Equal parts blue-collar character study & mind-bending science fiction epic The Underwater Welder explores fathers & sons birth & death memory & truth & the treasures we all bury deep down inside ...

As an underwater welder on an oilrig off the coast of Nova Scotia Jack Joseph is used to the immense pressures of deep-sea work — but not the pressures of impending fatherhood While Jack dives deeper & deeper he seems to pull further & further away from his young wife & their unborn son Then one night deep in the icy solitude of the ocean floor Jack has a mysterious & supernatural encounter that will change the course of his life forever Equal parts blue-collar character study & mind-bending mystery The Underwater Welder is a graphic novel about fathers & sons birth & death memory & reality & the treasures we all bury deep below the surface ...

THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BIG SHORT & FLASH BOYS'A gripping account of how two psychologists reshaped the way we think What a story it is' Sunday Times ' You'll love it full of surprises & no small degree of tragedy' Tim Harford In 1969 two men met on a university campus Their names were Daniel Kahneman & Amos Tversky They were different in every way But they were both obsessed with the human mind
- & both happened to be geniuses Together they would change the way we see the world' An enchanted collaboration During the final pages I was blinking back tears' The New York Times ' My favourite writer full stop Engages both heart & brain like no other' Daily Telegraph' Brilliant a wonderful book a masterclass' Spectator ' Psychology's Lennon & Mc Cartney Lewis is exactly the storyteller they deserve' Observer
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A young man broken down in the fog witnesses a murder he is asked to conceal A full-length novel adapted by Charles Osborne from Agatha Christie's acclaimed play When a stranger runs his car into a ditch in dense fog in South Wales & makes his way to an isolated house he discovers a woman standing over the dead body of her wheelchair-bound husband gun in her hand She admits to murder & the unexpected guest offers to help her concoct a cover story But is it possible that Laura Warwick did not commit the murder after all? If so who is she shielding? The victim's young half-brother or his dying matriarchal mother? Laura's lover? Perhaps the father of the little boy killed in an accident for which Warwick was responsible? The house seems full of possible suspects THE UNEXPECTED GUEST is considered to be one of the finest of Christie's plays Hailed as another Mousetrap' when it opened on 12 August 1958 in the West End it ran for 604 performances over the succeeding 18 months & has been staged many times around the world over the last 40 years ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER ' Not remotely preachy'
- The Times ' Jaunty shrewd & convincing'
- Sunday Telegraph ' Admirably

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An anthology collection from some of the biggest talents in the industry! Stories spotlight a space heist on a ghost ship a spirit who wants to play synthesizer in a techno band a ghost-for-hire haunting agency & others dark twisted tales by some of the comic industry's veteran talents & up-&-coming stars Collects The Unexpected 1 & GHOSTS 1 ...

History is full of strange animal stories invented by the brightest & most influential from Aristotle to Disney & they reveal as much about us & the things we believe as they do about the animals they misrepresent We once thought that eels were born from sand that swallows migrated to the moon & that bears gave birth to formless lumps that were licked into shape by their mothers In The Unexpected Truth About Animals zoologist Lucy Cooke unravels many such myths revealing the fascinating
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- facts she's uncovered while chasing hyenas spying on tobogganing penguins & stalking drunken moose You'll learn why sloths risk their lives to poo how bats joined the Allies in the Second World War & the mystery of the beaver's balls & you'll discover that even the most outlandish theories may have some truth in them after all

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A stunningly beautiful & warm-hearted picture book all about the friendship between a fisherman & whale There was once a little fisherman Every morning he would take his boat out into the wide sea & wait & wait When the little fisherman gets an unexpected (and very large) visitor one day they instantly become friends They have a lot of fun exploring each other's homes but where have all the fishes gone? This picture book is the perfect way to introduce the notion of sharing sustainability & taking care of the creatures in our oceans with young children ages 3 years & up Both boys & girls will love this timeless picture book similar to Benji Davies' The Storm Whale with exquisite & serene artwork from new talent Jessica Courtney-Tickle Jessica Courtney-Tickle graduated from Kingston University in July 2014 where she studied Illustration & animation & found a specialism in children's picture books She loves working with colour texture & lots & lots of characters ...

Commissioned in 1750 the Palazzo Venier was planned as a testimony to the power & wealth of a great Venetian family but the fortunes of the Venier family waned & the project was abandoned with only one storey complete Empty unfinished & in a gradual state of decay the building was considered an eyesore Yet in the early 20th century the Unfinished Palazzo's quality of fairytale abandonment & its potential for transformation were to attract & inspire three fascinating women at key moments in their lives Luisa Casati Doris Castlerosse & Peggy Guggenheim Each chose the Palazzo Venier as the stage on which to build her own world of art & imagination surrounded by an amazing supporting cast from d' Annunzio & Nijinsky via Noel Coward & Cecil Beaton to Yoko Ono Luisa turned her home into an aesthete's fantasy where she hosted parties as extravagant & decadent as Renaissance court operas
- spending small fortunes on her own costumes in her quest to become a 'living work of art' & muse to the artists of the late belle epoque & early modernist eras Doris strove to make her mark in London & Venice during the glamorous hedonistic interwar years hosting film stars & royalty at glittering parties In the postwar years Peggy turned the Palazzo into a model of modernist simplicity that served as a home for her exquisite collection of modern art that today draws tourists & art-lovers from around the world Mackrell tells each life story vividly in turn weaving an intricate history of these legendary characters & the Unfinished Palazzo that they all at different times called home
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