In this celebration of our Earth, distinguished anthologist Wendy Cooling has chosen poems to make children look, think, & ask questions. Why are trees so important? How are motorways damaging our countryside? What can we do about rubbish? What can we do to protect our Earth for the future? Strong, colourful illustrations combine to make this a gift book with a difference. ...

In his debut Fire Season, Philip Connors recounted with lyricism, wisdom, & grace his decade as a fire lookout high above remote New Mexico. Now he tells the story of what made solitude on the mountain so attractive: the years he spent reeling in the wake of a family tragedy. At the age of twenty-three, Connors was a young man on the make. He`d left behind the Minnesota pig farm on which he`d grown up & the brother with whom he`d never been especially close. He had a magazine job lined up in New York City & a future unfolding exactly as he`d hoped. Then one phone call out of the blue changed everything. All the Wrong Places is a searingly honest account of the aftermath of his brother`s shocking death, exploring both the pathos & the unlikely humor of a life unmoored by loss. Beginning with the otherworldly beauty of a hot-air-balloon ride over the skies of Albuquerque & ending in the wilderness of the American borderlands, this is the story of a man paying tribute to the dead by unconsciously willing himself into all the wrong places, whether at the copy desk of the Wall Street Journal, the gritty streets of Bed-Stuy in the 1990s, or the smoking rubble of the World Trade Center. With ruthless clarity & a keen sense of the absurd, Connors slowly unmasks the truth about his brother & himself, to devastating effect. Like Cheryl Strayed`s Wild, this is a powerful look back at wayward years-and a redemptive story about finding one`s rightful home in the world. ...

Reportage resists easy definition & comes in many forms
- travel essay, narrative history, autobiography
- but at its finest

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The Reformation which engulfed England & Europe in the sixteenth century was one of the most highly-charged, bloody & transformative periods in their history, & has remained one of the most contested. In this dazzling book, Diarmaid Mac Culloch explores a turbulent & endlessly fascinating era. ...

` Set to be one of the coolest novels of the year` Stylist When journalist `MS` interviews the mysterious `XX` for a job at her magazine, she hires him straight away
- because he`s gorgeous. As one date leads to another, her obsession spirals. MS finds herself writing letters to Facebook (to see if XX can tell how many times she views his page), to her phone company (can they delete messages she regrets sending?) & to XX`s favourite author (who is dead), whilst the object of her affection remains aloof, a moodily seductive Vespa-riding urbanite. All This Has Nothing To Do With Me by Monica Sabolo is an expose of a broken heart. With full access to MS`s photos, diary extracts & emails, it documents MS & XX`s relationship from jubilant start to painful finish, & lays out her life
- & past
- for our scrutiny. Highly original, extremely funny, & darkly moving, this is an unputdownable glimpse into the depths of one woman`s psyche.


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The Bridgeford Community Choir is in crisis. Numbers are down. The choir leader is in hospital. The tea urn is behaving in an ominous fashion. Something must be done. New joiners Tracey Leckford & Bennett Parker might just be able to save the day. But Tracey is hiding a huge secret about her past. & Bennett
- while equipped with a beautiful singing voice
- is entirely baffled by the world & everything in it. Can they really fit in with dependable old regulars like Annie? As the choir suffers through fights, feuds & the perils of the school fair, it becomes clear that their struggles are not just about music, but the future of their community. In order to save their singing group & their town, the Bridgeford Singers will have to find a way to work together
- in harmony.


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` Martin Toppy is the son of a famous Traveller & the father of my unborn child. He`s seventeen, I`m thirty-three. I was his teacher. I`d have killed myself by now if I was brave enough. I don`t think it would hurt the baby. His little heart would stop with mine. He wouldn`t feel himself leaving one world of darkness for another, his spirit untangling itself from me.` Melody Shee is alone & in trouble. Her husband doesn`t take her news too well. She doesn`t want to tell her father yet because he`s a good man & this could break him. She`s trying to stay in the moment, but the future is looming
- larger by the day
- while the past won`t let her go. What she did to Breedie Flynn all those years ago still haunts her. It`s a good thing that she meets Mary Crothery when she does. Mary is a young Traveller woman, & she knows more about Melody than she lets on. She might just save Melody`s life. Donal Ryan`s new novel is breathtaking, vivid, moving & redemptive.

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All I want for Christmas is...a new GEEK GIRL story! Harriet Manners knows a lot about Christmas. She knows that every year Santa climbs down 91.8 million chimneys. She knows that Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer was almost definitely a girl. She knows that the first artificial Christmas trees were made out of goose feathers. But this Christmas is extra special for Harriet, because four days ago she had her First Ever Kiss. Now she just needs to work out what`s supposed to happen next...A romantic festive treat from the internationally bestselling award-winning author of the GEEK GIRL series. Also

Includes:: a BONUS previously unpublished GEEK GIRL short story TEAM GEEK!

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No one understands the music business & the changes it has undergone in recent years better than LA lawyer Donald Passman. For 20 years his book has offered detailed advice to artists & executives, novices & experts alike on how to thrive in these volatile times. This completely revised 7th edition sets out recent developments in record deals, copyright, new technologies & film music. It also offers unique advice on how to navigate your way through the ins & outs of songwriting, music publishing, merchandising & performing. Whether you`re a newcomer or an established professional, All You Need to Know about the Music Business is an essential companion. ...

This is a portrait of a wife betrayed, at first desperate to save her marriage but then intent on violent revenge, also an unrelenting dissection of family life among the Argentine middle class. Ines is convinced that every wife is bound to be betrayed one day, so she is not surprised to find a note in her husband`s briefcase with a heart smeared in lipstick crossed by the words All Yours A” & signed Your true love A”. She follows him to a park on a rainy winter evening & witnesses a violent quarrel he has with another woman. The woman collapses; Ernesto sinks her body in a nearby lake. When Ernesto becomes a suspect in the case she provides him with an alibi. After all, hatred can bring people together as urgently as love. But Ernesto cannot bring his sexual adventures to an end so Ines concocts a plan for revenge from which there is no return. ...