In Heroic Leaders & Activists you will meet the early feminists who first stood up for women`s rights around the world, including Mary Wollstonecraft & Qiu Jin. Read about the astonishing Helen Keller, who despite being born deaf & blind, became a political activist & writer. Discover the women who have used their art to promote social justice, such as poet Maya Angelou. These inspiring activists for peace, human rights & the environment have all, in their own ways, made their mark on history. Curious, provocative, engaging, brave, & funny
- women who change the world are diverse, intriguing & brilliant. Created by an all-women team & filled with wonderful illustrations, & engaging activities that will nurture your own varied skills, the Brilliant Women series compiles the stories of inspiring women from every field. Retelling their triumphs & adversities, this beautiful series of four books reveals & celebrates the women who have shaped the world we live in now. Perfect reading for the next generation of brilliant girls & boys. Suitable for readers aged 9 & up.
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In Incredible Sporting Champions, you will meet just a few of the incredibly talented, dedicated & brave women who have refused to let people decide for them what they are capable of achieving. Travel back to meet Babe Didrikson Zaharias, who single-handedly took on a team of 22 athletes & won. Be inspired by Tatyana Mc Fadden, who spent her early years without a wheelchair & having to crawl on the floor of her orphanage but went on to win 17 Paralympic medals. Learn from legendary wrestler Kaori Icho, who won 189 contests in a row to go undefeated for 13 years straight. Whether you already live for sports or are just starting to catch the bug, this book is full of ideas & tips to help you think & play like a pro. You can be the next sporting champion, & learning from the experiences of some of the greatest ever sportswomen will surely help you along the way! Curious, provocative, engaging, brave, & funny
- women who change the world are diverse, intriguing & brilliant. Created by an all-women team & filled with wonderful illustrations, & engaging activities that will nurture your own varied skills, the Brilliant Women series compiles the stories of inspiring women from every field. Retelling their triumphs & adversities, this beautiful series of four books reveals & celebrates the women who have shaped the world we live in now. Perfect reading for the next generation of brilliant girls & boys. Suitable for readers aged 9 & up.
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In Pioneers of Science & Technology you`ll say hello to Hypatia, an ancient Greek mathematician & astronomer. You`ll learn about Lise Meitner, the heroic Jewish physicist who escaped the Nazis. You`ll join Jane Goodall who lived in the jungle studying apes. These women are just a few of the many who followed their passion for science & technology, & weren`t put off by people telling them they couldn`t or shouldn`t. & along the way they discovered radiation, wrote the first computer program, expanded our knowledge of the universe & flew into space. Curious, provocative, engaging, brave, & funny
- women who change the world are diverse, intriguing & brilliant. Created by an all-women team & filled with wonderful illustrations, & engaging activities that will nurture your own varied skills, the Brilliant Women series compiles the stories of inspiring women from every field. Retelling their triumphs & adversities, this beautiful series of four books reveals & celebrates the women who have shaped the world we live in now. Perfect reading for the next generation of brilliant girls & boys. Suitable for readers aged 9 & up.
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A major book on classic Spanish ingredients & home cooking. Brindisa, the renowned Spanish fine food import company, has become a byword for excellent Spanish food. The Brindisa Spanish Cook Book is the ultimate in contemporary Spanish cooking, including classic regional recipes, tapas dishes & information about the very best ingredients & food producers. Ranging from the most unusual artisan dishes to the classics of Spanish cooking, this recipe collection draws on Brindisa`s specialist knowledge to introduce you to delights such as jamon iberico de bellota, chorizo, cured ham & fish, fumet (rich Catalan fish stock), farmhouse cheeses, prepared pulses, olive oils & vinegars, sweet treats & storecupboard basics that are essential for Spanish & Mediterranean cooking. Covering the unique way good food is integral to everyday Spanish life, ranging from traditional breakfasts to substantial lunches, small plates of Spanish food & very simple suppers for during the week, to big family get-togethers at the weekend, this is not just a book about recipes, but a true celebration of Spain, its food & people, countryside & producers. ...

Brindisi at 1:10, 000 on indexed street plan from Litografia Artistica Cartografica, with a detailed enlargement of the city’s historic centre at 1:6, 000. 27 monuments including historic buildings & churches, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed on the plans. Litografia Artistica Cartografica (LAC) are Italy’s leading publishers of street plans with an extensive range of titles. Where appropriate, the plans include an enlargement showing the historic centre in greater detail. On each plan monuments including historic buildings & churches, archaeological sites, cultural or educational institutions, & important municipal buildings or facilities are numbered & listed next to the plan. Unless indicated to the contrary in the individual description, one way streets are not marked. Street index is on the reverse. ...

If you could bring back just one animal from the past, what would you choose? It can be anyone or anything from history, from the King of the Dinosaurs, T. rex, to the King of Rock `n` Roll, Elvis Presley, & beyond. De-extinction
- the ability to bring extinct species back to life
- is fast becoming reality. Around the globe, scientists are trying to de-extinct all manner of animals, including the woolly mammoth, the passenger pigeon & a bizarre species of flatulent frog. But de-extinction is more than just bringing back the dead. It`s a science that can be used to save species, shape evolution & sculpt the future of life on our planet. In Bring Back the King, scientist & comedy writer Helen Pilcher goes on a quest to identify the perfect de-extinction candidate. Along the way, she asks if Elvis could be recreated from the DNA inside a pickled wart, investigates whether it`s possible to raise a pet dodo, & considers the odds of a 21st century Neanderthal turning heads on public transport. Pondering the practicalities & the point of de-extinction, Bring Back the King is a witty & wry exploration of what is bound to become one of the hottest topics in conservation
- if not in science as a whole
- in the years to come. READ THIS BOOK
- the King commands it.




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On a switchback ride through the USA, riding pillion with America's founding fathers, Jonathan Freedland searches out the qualities that made America the land at the end of his childhood rainbow, the place his grandfather & he conspired to run off to because of its open promise & unbounded potential. Noisy, crass, greedy, riddled with crime, riven by race, obsessed by money: America, exporter of junk to the UK. Or is it? From Lesbianville in New Hampshire to Tent City in Arizona, from the high kitsch celebration of Liberace to the Bible Belt austerity of Iowa, from the paranoid militia of rural Montana to Florida's Condo Canyon, this is a journey to the heart of modern America -- to Normal, Illinois. On his travels Freedland reveals how Americans control of their own lives, shape their own communities & vibrantly assert their rights. & there's even a twist: the spirit that inspires the American secret is actually our own -- a British revolutionary fervour mislaid across the Atlantic. This what has made America the diverse, freedom-loving, self-sufficient, independent icon to the world: the place where socialism never took hold because it is inherent in the founding vision, where capitalism at the same time has reached its apogee; where many cultures contribute to the national fabric & yet the sense of belonging to the nation & reverence for its symbols is unmatched across the globe. It's time Britain shared the vitality: time to reclaim the revolution & bring it home. ...

We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds & on occasion delights us. Our national conversation is dominated by the weather, but how much do we really know about it? In Bring Me Sunshine, Charlie Connelly sets off on the trail of our island obsession. He breezes through the lives of meteorological eccentrics, geniuses, rainmakers & cloud-busters & brings vividly to life great weather events from history. He sheds light on Britain's weirdest wind, why we have the wettest place in England to thank for the trusty pencil, the debt that umbrella owners owe to Robinson Crusoe & why people once thought firing cannons at clouds was a great idea. Having adventured round the shipping forecast areas for his bestselling Attention All Shipping, Connelly is the perfect guide through a melange of gales, blizzards, mists, heatwaves & the occasional shower of fish. By turns informative, entertaining & hilarious, Bring Me Sunshine answers all your weather questions as well as helping you to distinguish your graupel from your petrichor. ...

We talk about the weather a lot. It exasperates, confounds & on occasion delights us. Our national conversation is dominated by the weather, but how much do we really know about it? In Bring Me Sunshine, Charlie Connelly sets off on the trail of our island obsession. He breezes through the lives of meteorological eccentrics, geniuses, rainmakers & cloud-busters & brings vividly to life great weather events from history. He sheds light on Britain`s weirdest wind, why we have the wettest place in England to thank for the trusty pencil, the debt that umbrella owners owe to Robinson Crusoe & why people once thought firing cannons at clouds was a great idea. Having adventured round the shipping forecast areas for his bestselling Attention All Shipping, Connelly is the perfect guide through a melange of gales, blizzards, mists, heatwaves & the occasional shower of fish. By turns informative, entertaining & hilarious, Bring Me Sunshine answers all your weather questions as well as helping you to distinguish your graupel from your petrichor. ...

Oli Sykes is not one to bite his tongue, & when it comes to music, Bring Me the Horizon take no prisoners. One of the most polarising & eclectic bands to emerge from the UK rock scene, Bring Me the Horizon have refused to sit still. Taking their sound from its brutal roots & bonecrunching riffs to ever more unexpected places, they have expanded the horizons of their own music whilst fighting their way from niche scene-clubs to main stages worldwide. But the band has been the source of much controversy to match its acclaim. With notoriously fractious, rowdy live shows driven by the effervescent energy of frontman Oli Sykes, the band have overcome Sykes` drug addiction, onstage assaults, clashes with critics, & the pressure of being considered figureheads of a new musical movement to become Britain`s best metalcore b&. Behind the noise, there is a restless, pulsing creative spirit which, coupled with a brilliant business acumen; saw the band break out of the underground to become a sensation. For the first time, this book details their rise from hardcore shows in their native Sheffield to sellout arena tours across the globe. Together, they have been through hell, & have come out the other side swinging. For Bring Me the Horizon, the sky is the limit now. ...