In these breathtaking intellectual adventure stories covering everything from criminology to ketchup job interviews to dog training Malcolm Gladwell looks under the surface of everyday life to show how the most ordinary subjects can illuminate the most extraordinary things about us & our world' Masterpieces in the art of the essay' Steven Pinker The New York Times' Beautiful brings together the writing that made Gladwell the extraordinary figure he is today one of the most imaginative non-fiction writers of his generation' Ian Sample Guardian ' Chatty perceptive impish & amiable Comes exuberantly close to what goes on inside other people's heads' Philip Womack Daily Telegraph ' Gladwell makes the world seem fresh & exciting again' Evening Standard ...

A collection of astonishing photos from around the world which the editors stumbled upon during their many hours on the world wide web 180 pages 180 colour ...

A beautifully designed & darkly comic collection of work this book gathers together the best of Shrigley's work old & new It is a celebration of the surreal world of one of our finest contemporary artists ...

Is something that happened to you weighing you down? If so this picture book for adults is the pick-me-up you need With Richy K Chandler's artistic flair warmth & humour it shows how to face the past & embrace the future providing pragmatic advice about how to get back on your feet 56 pages Fully illustrated Chandler Richy K ...

The jackdaw wants all his friends to come to his party but when he calls out his invitation the animals just touch their heads Why won't they answer? & what do their actions mean? Luckily a brown owl can help him with the puzzle! This book about friendship & sign language was created by Julia Donaldson author of The Gruffalo with a group of deaf children in a workshop organised by the not-for-profit organisation Life & Deaf which helps deaf children to explore their identities through poetry film performance & art Featuring Nick Sharratt's bright & accessible illustrations What the Jackdaw Saw is another beautiful picture book from the team behind Goat Goes to Playgroup & Toddle Waddle ...

Two crafty robbers one crime-busting ladybird & a whole farmyard of fun
- a brilliant rhyming adventure perfect for reading aloud
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Once upon a farm lived a ladybird And these are the things that she saw & heard Those crafty robbers Hefty Hugh & Lanky Len are out of jail & they're heading back to the farm with another cunning plan to cause trouble They've been stealing eggs from the fat red hen but now they're setting their sights higher & are planning to steal the fat red hen herself! Fortunately the quiet clever ladybird is on their trail & she & her farm animal friends have a plan of their own Join the cow the goose the horse the sheep the cat & everyone's favourite ladybird in this fantastically funny farmyard caper
- a much anticipated sequel to the hugely successful What the Ladybird Heard which has sold over a million copies worldwide This board book edition is perfect for little hands
- children will love the gorgeously glittery eye-catching cover & spotting the sparkly ladybird on every page With slapstick action animal noises & a mysterious Snuggly Snerd bird What the Ladybird Heard Next is destined to become yet another classic in the Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks collection Praise for What the Ladybird Heard" Bursting with colour & verve"
- Daily Telegraph"A terrific & witty adventure"
- The Guardian



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The ladybird & her farm animal friends have a clever crime-busting plan in this fantastic farmyard story the second in the What the Ladybird Heard series with an audio CD of the story read by Alexander Armstrong 32 pages Donaldson Julia ...

Those two bad men Lanky Len & Hefty Hugh are back! They may be in the city instead of the farm but they haven't changed their thieving ways In fact they've got even more ambitious They're planning to steal a monkey from the zoo & use it to pinch the Queen's crown It's a pity for them that a certain crime-busting ladybird is holidaying in the very same city & she's got a good idea that will ensure the dastardly pair won't get away with it! With a whole host of noisy new zoo-animal characters to meet & even a cameo from the Queen What the Ladybird Heard on Holiday from stellar picture book partnership Julia Donaldson & Lydia Monks is a sure-fire hit Featuring glitter on every page & a gorgeously glittery cover Praise for What the Ladybird Heard " Bursting with colour & verve"
- Daily Telegraph"A terrific & witty adventure"
- The Guardian Praise for What the Ladybird Heard Next" Donaldson's trademark rhyming couplets bounce along & are perfectly complemented by Lydia Monks's bright & sparkly illustrations"
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A delightful addition to the stuff-you-think-you-know-that's-wrong genre a la Freakonomics Outliers & The Black Swan' Kirkus The world is filled with curious facts intelligent women tend to marry men who are less intelligent Students who get the highest scores in year-three generally get lower scores in year-four Pilot trainees who are praised achieve worse results in their next exercise while trainees who are shouted at perform better later on But it would be wrong to assume that smart women are more attracted to unintelligent men or that schools are failing their students or that shouting is the best way to get results The unifying reason for each of these curious cases is a concept called regression to the mean' which explains how we can be easily misled by random chance in our daily lives Luck can wreak all kinds of havoc in sports business education politics & everywhere in between so that we attach meaning to the meaningless & make ill-advised decisions In What the Luck? statistician Gary Smith & authorof Standard Deviations (The Times Book of the Week) explains how an understanding of luck changes the way we see the world so we can make better choices by using statistics to our advantage ...