Hold space for your dreams & manifest your greatest desires with this inspiring journal from 1 New York Times bestselling author Gabrielle Bernstein Be inspired by 108 beautiful original watercolour designs & mantras from The Universe Has Your Back & let love flow through your pen as you write knowing that the Universe will deliver 108 pages Bernstein Gabrielle ...

Imagine if The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy were a real practical book about the mysteries of the universe The Universe In Your Hand takes us on a wonder-filled journey to the surface of our dying Sun shrinks us to the size of an atom & puts us in the deathly grip of distant Black Holes Along the way you might come to understand really understand the mind-bending science that underpins modern life from Quantum Mechanics to Einstein's theory of General Relativity Through brilliant storytelling & humour rather than graphs & equations internationally renowned astrophysicist Christophe Galfard has written an instant classic that brings the astonishing beauty of the universe to life
- & takes us deep into questions about the beginning of time & the future of humanity
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A journey through 55 alternative realities parallel worlds & possible futures It's lucky you're here But for a series of incredible coincidences & roads not taken your life could be very different The same goes for reality We live in just one of many possible worlds In others dinosaurs still rule the Earth the Russians got to the Moon first time flows backwards & everyone is vegetarian And that's just for starters What if the laws of physics were different? If we really did live in a multiverse? If robots became smarter than us? If humans were wiped off the face of the planet? Join New Scientist on a thrilling journey through these & dozens of other incredible but perfectly possible alternative realities thought experiments & counterfactual histories
- each shining a surprising & unexpected spotlight on life as we know it
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International best-selling author of Love & Misadventure Lullabies (Goodreads Readers Choice Award) & Memories Lang Leav presents a completely new collection of poetry with a celestial theme in The Universe of Us Planets stars & constellations feature prominently in this beautiful original poetry collection from Lang Leav Inspired by the wonders of the universe the best-selling poetess writes about love & loss hope & hurt being lost & found Lang's poetry encompasses the breadth of emotions we all experience & evokes universal feelings with her skillfully crafted words International Bestseller Over 26K copies sold in the UK of Love & MIsadventure (2013) 9781449456146 Hits the sweet spot of YAAdult crossover appeal
- hitting both the teen fiction & love poetry bestseller lists at multiple online retailers This is the perfect keepsake book for fans of Haruki Murakami David Levithan John Green & Jenny Han Facebook 837K likes (August 2017) Instagram 374K followers (August 2017 Twitter 214K followers (August 2017)
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Perfect for fans of A BOY made from BLOCKSRICHARD & JUDY summer bookclub read 2013 Amazon Rising star & shortlisted for the Desmond Elliott Prize A funny & touching story of an unlikely friendship & an improbable journey Alex Woods knows that he hasn't had the most conventional start in life He knows that growing up with a clairvoyant single mother won't endear him to the local bullies He also knows that even the most improbable events can happen
- he's got the scars to prove it What he doesn't know yet is that when he meets ill-tempered reclusive widower Mr Peterson he'll make an unlikely friend Someone who tells him that you only get one shot at life That you have to make the best possible choices So when aged seventeen Alex is stopped at Dover customs with 113 grams of marijuana an urn full of ashes on the passenger seat & an entire nation in uproar he's fairly sure he's done the right thing A tale of an unexpected friendship an unlikely hero & an improbable journey Alex's story treads the fine line between light & dark laughter & tears & it might just strike you as one of the funniest most heartbreaking novels you've ever read
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Award-winning original fiction for learners of English At seven levels from Starter to Advanced this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student's capabilities Billy Marr a local misfit claims he has murdered someone in an Edinburgh park Inspector Logan & Sergeant Grant don't believe him
- Billy has lied many times in the past about crimes he hasn't committed But then a young woman is found dead in the park Soon there is another body Perhaps Billy is not so innocent after all Paperback-only version Also available with Audio CDs including complete text recordings from the book
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The University of Oxford was a medieval wonder After its foundation in the late 12th century it made a crucial contribution to the core syllabus of all medieval universities
- the study of the liberal arts law medicine & theology
- & attracted teachers of international calibre & fame The ideas of brilliant thinkers like innovative translator of Greek Robert Grosseteste pioneering philosopher Roger Bacon & reforming Christian humanist John Colet redirected traditional scholasticism & helped usher in the Renaissance In her concise & much-praised new history G R Evans reveals a powerhouse of learning & culture Over a span of more than 800 years Oxford has nurtured some of the greatest minds while right across the globe its name is synonymous with educational excellence From dangerous political upheavals caused by the radical & inflammatory ideas of John Wyclif to the bloody 1555 martyrdoms of Hugh Latimer & Nicholas Ridley; & from John Ruskin's innovative lectures on art & explosive public debate between Charles Darwin & his opponents to gentler meetings of C S Lewis J R RTolkien & the Inklings in the ' Bird & Baby' Evans brings Oxford's revolutionary events as well as its remarkable intellectual journey to vivid & sparkling life

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Miles from anywhere Darracott Place is presided over by irascible Lord Darracott The recent drowning of his eldest son has done nothing to improve his temper For now he must send for the unknown offspring of the uncle whom the family are never permitted to mention Yet none of that beleaguered family are prepared for the arrival of the weaver's brat & heir apparent Yet again Georgette Heyer shows the qualities that made her one of the most successful & best-loved romantic novelists of her age & why her popularity endures to this day ...

An action-oriented medium comics have long used wars—real & fictional—as narrative fodder often with a strong message attached Buried in rare comics published during the Cold War were powerful war fantasy & sci-fi stories that strongly condemned war & the bomb boldly calling for peace While a few comics of the time portrayed the horrors of war the more blatant anti-war stories were largely unappreciated or so cloaked in metaphor that they went unnoticed by contemporary audiences Today we can more fully appreciate the efforts of the fine writers & cartoonists who were crying out for peace in their—and our—time Journey back with us now & discover the secret surprising history of anti-war comics with this marvelously curated collection About the Author Steve Ditko is best known as the artist & co-creator with Stan Lee of the Marvel characters Spider-Man & Doctor Strange He began his professional career in 1953 working in the studio of Joe Simon & Jack Kirby as an inker During the late 1950s he began working for Atlas Comics a forerunner of Marvel Comics where he continued to contribute work in the 1960s He went on to work for Charlton & DC Comics where he created or co-created such characters as the Question the Creeper the Changing Man & Hawk & Dove Ditko was inducted into the Jack Kirby Hall of Fame in 1990 & the Will Eisner Award Hall of Fame in 1994 ...

Only one person knows what happened that day Julia was the only person who knew what happened that day But she didn't tell the police & then it was too late Now years later her secret looms large Is it really too late? & if she does tell can she bear the consequences? ...