Inside this book bursts a kaleidoscope of characters in historical settings from the Balkans to Scandinavia, which they seek to escape, fit in, or change. Following a few female leads after they leave war-torn Bosnia, this book compresses simmering emotions ranging from loss, fear, love, hate, revenge, displacement, regret, humor, & hope. Almasa, the main character in most stories, is feisty & funny, & she suffers no fools. She will go to any length to take charge of her broken life & avoid being labeled a victim. Fatima is like her subtler sister, but no less determined to turn the tables on her horrible fate. In between them are pieces of the author`s life, as fictionalized as the lives of the two women are real. Each story, although compact & unique on its own, is tied to all other stories, chronologically, emotionally, or thematically. Together they probe the margins of our contemporary history & give voice to people pushed to the edge of life. ...

Dragons vs Humans: is this the end? Find out in the twelfth book in the How to Train Your Dragon series. It is the Doomsday of Yule. At the end of this day, either the humans or the dragons will face extinction. Alvin the Treacherous is about to be crowned the King of the Wilderwest on the island of Tomorrow. His reign of terror will begin with the destruction of dragons everywhere. The fate of the dragon world lies in the hands of one young boy as he stands on the nearby isle of Hero`s End with nothing to show, but everything to fight for. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third`s Quest is clear. First he must defeat the Dragon Guardians of Tomorrow & prove that he is in fact the rightful king, even though Hiccup has none of the King`s Things & Alvin the Treacherous has all ten of them. & then he faces his final battle: Hiccup must fight the Dragon Furious & end the Rebellion.. .ALONE. As Doomsday draws to an end can Hiccup be the Hero of the hour? Will the dragons survive? How to Train Your Dragon is now a major Dream Works franchise. How to Train Your Dragon 3 is scheduled for 2017 starring Cate Blanchett & Jonah Hill & the TV series, Defenders of Berk, can be seen on CBBC & Netflix. Read all of Hiccup`s exploits in the series: How to Train Your Dragon, How to Be a Pirate, How to Speak Dragonese, How to Cheat a Dragon`s Curse, How to Twist a Dragon`s Tale, A Hero`s Guide to Deadly Dragons, How to Ride a Dragon`s Storm, How to Break a Dragon`s Heart, How to Steal a Dragon`s Sword, How to Seize a Dragon`s Jewel & How to Betray a Dragon`s Hero. Check out the brilliant website at www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com It`s the place to go for games, downloads, activities & sneak peeks! ...

Dragons vs Humans: can Hiccup save the dragons? Find out in the EPIC finale to the How to Train Your Dragon series. It is the Doomsday of Yule. At the end of this day, either the humans or the dragons will face extinction. Alvin the Treacherous is about to be crowned the King of the Wilderwest on the island of Tomorrow. His reign of terror will begin with the destruction of dragons everywhere. The fate of the dragon world lies in the hands of one young boy as he stands on the nearby isle of Hero`s End with nothing to show, but everything to fight for. Hiccup Horrendous Haddock the Third`s Quest is clear. First he must defeat the Dragon Guardians of Tomorrow & prove that he is in fact the rightful king, even though Hiccup has none of the King`s Things & Alvin the Treacherous has all ten of them. & then he faces his final battle: Hiccup must fight the Dragon Furious & end the Rebellion.. .ALONE. As Doomsday draws to an end can Hiccup be the Hero of the hour? Will the dragons survive? How to Train Your Dragon is now a major Dream Works franchise. How to Train Your Dragon 3 is scheduled for 2017 starring Cate Blanchett & Jonah Hill & the TV series, Defenders of Berk, can be seen on CBBC & Netflix. Read all of Hiccup`s exploits in the series: How to Train Your Dragon, How to Be a Pirate, How to Speak Dragonese, How to Cheat a Dragon`s Curse, How to Twist a Dragon`s Tale, A Hero`s Guide to Deadly Dragons, How to Ride a Dragon`s Storm, How to Break a Dragon`s Heart, How to Steal a Dragon`s Sword, How to Seize a Dragon`s Jewel & How to Betray a Dragon`s Hero. Check out the brilliant website at www.howtotrainyourdragonbooks.com It`s the place to go for games, downloads, activities & sneak peeks! ...

This is a book about how to take working life in new directions how to negotiate the labyrinth of choices, how to think about personal ambitions & motivations, & ultimately how to take concrete steps to finding a fulfilling career. It is a self-help book with a difference. Standard career guides are filled with pop psychology & bullet-point advice for writing CVs & making action plans, but How to Find Fulfilling Work casts its net wider. While not ignoring the insights of psychology or the need for practical planning, it reveals wisdom about work found in sociology, history, literature, film & philosophy. It may be a false illusion that there is some perfect dream job out there for us, an ideal calling or vocation. But this book is premised on the idea that it is possible to find work that is life-enhancing. This is a book that inspires as much as it instructs & will aid self-reflection about the wider quest of how to live a good life. ...

Discover how to find, befriend & protect magical creatures in this novelty-packed & lavishly illustrated guide.

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Find out how a pilot was instructed in flying a Battle of Britain fighter, using the original Pilot`s Notes for the Supermarine Spitfire & Hawker Hurricane, as well as Air Ministry flying notes on captured Messerschmitt Bf 109s. See how each compares, view their cockpits & learn how they fly. All three aircraft handled superbly, & the Pilot`s Notes help give an idea of what it was like to fl y in a real Second World War fighter aircraft. The aircraft were designed & first flew within months of each other, & all served throughout the war. More than 300 pilots on the Eastern Front shot down over 100 Soviet aircraft, each using Messerschmitt Bf 109s, while British aces in the Spitfire & Hurricane included Douglas Bader, Roland Beaumont, Neville Duke & Richard Hillary. ...

The training aid for many a pilot from one of the leading instructors of the First World War. There are 160 pages with many illustrations of leading aircraft of the period. Chock full of handy tips for the budding aviator. Nothing could ready you for the world of combat, where pilots` lives were measured in hours rather than years but Captain Barber of the Royal Flying Corps could prepare you for your first solo flight in the primitive aircraft of the time. Taking you through the various types, he shows you how to fly a World War One biplane. ...

Everyone knows elephants can`t fly: they`re too heavy, & they have no wings! But what happens when three elephants work together to design a flying machine? How to Fly Like an Elephant combines an introduction to design & engineering with a timeless story about persistence & teamwork. Featuring interactive folding elements & flaps, the elephants will need YOUR help to finally get off the ground in this first picture book from Puffin & the V&A Museum. ...

The nation`s much loved careers guide book is back! How To Get A Job You Love is a blueprint for anyone looking for work or planning a career change. Whether you`re looking for your first job, a graduate or an experienced professional, this book will guides you through the process accompanied by a series of exercises to help you decide what kind of role suits you. New Features in the 2017-18 edition include: * The changing nature of jobs & careers
- including the ever-growing `hidden` job market * A wealth of practical tips to help you understand the kind of work that would suit you best
- & how to find it * Everyone`s obsessed with finding their dream job
- how realistic should your expectations be? * Are you currently feeling over-worked in an organisation where there`s little scope for progression & everyone`s experiencing job fragility? * Developing career `agility` -reinvent yourself as the market demands ” When I read John`s writing, two things happen. First, I feel as if he`s standing right there, personally advising me. & second, I always come away thinking over the issue in a new way. It`s a rare, but very useful, gift.” Sarah Green, Associate Editor, Harvard Business Review ” This book is an excellent guide to enable students & professionals to understand themselves & apply this knowledge to create fulfilling & impactful careers in today`s global employment market. The exercises within are a great combination of pragmatic & reflective & we have utilised these to support our MBA students, from a diverse range of international & professional backgrounds, to define the milestones & actions they need to achieve careers success.” Yasmina Mallam-Hassam, Careers Consultant Team Manager, Imperial College Business School ”A positive, practical & readable guide, packed with creative tools & common sense advice from an author who understands careers from all angles. This book will support & encourage you throughout your working life, from making your initial career decision to helping with long term career management. It will challenge your preconceptions of yourself & of the world of work, & help you to a more fulfilling career.” Julia Yates, Programme Leader, MSc Career Coaching, University of East London ” This updated edition of my favourite career book reveals the results of important new research which emphasises the increasing importance of word of mouth referrals as a primary job hunting tool. John Lees` approach works, because he gives readers simple, practical steps to help flip their mindsets into the more daring, exploratory & confident mode needed for career transition success.” Stuart Lindenfield, Head of Transitions Practice, Reed Consulting ” An absolute cracker of a book that will quite literally change your life as well as your career. I am always excited to try out the new ideas, concepts & intelligence presented in this essential career book every time it is revised, & am always inspired. Wherever you are on your own career path, just buy this book
- & have John by your side as you navigate your way to a place you didn`t think was possible.” Kathryn Jackson, New Zealand Executive Career Coach & author of How to Keep Your Cool if You Lose Your Job ”I love the way that this book evolves; & it`s important that John has set this edition in the context of the changing nature of organisations & careers. Most of us will no longer be in a job for life. Many will find their values & life goals change, & so we need to review & consider what`s best for us right now. Inside this book are many helpful activities to get you thinking & moving to a more satisfying option.” Denise Taylor, Career Psychologist with Amazing People & Author of Find Work at 50+ ”I frequently recommend job seekers or those at a career crossroads to read How to Get a Job You Love as it offers practical & easily accessible advice from someone with vast experience in the area.” Joelle



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How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia is Mohsin Hamid's spectacular, thought-provoking novel of modern Asia. In this keenly-awaited follow-up to his bestselling The Reluctant Fundamentalist, Mohsin Hamid confirms his place as a radically inventive story-teller with his finger on the world's pulse. The astonishing & riveting tale of a man's journey from impoverished rural boy to corporate tycoon, it steals its shape from the business self-help books devoured by youths all over 'rising Asia'. It follows its nameless hero to the sprawling metropolis where he begins to amass an empire built on the most fluid & increasingly scarce of goods: water. Yet his heart remains set on something else, on the pretty girl whose star rises alongside his, their paths crossing & re-crossing in a love affair sparked & snuffed out again by the forces that careen their fates along. The hero of the story could be any one of us, hungry for a different life. & ours too could be the fate that awaits him... Fast-paced, vivid & emotionally absorbing, How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia creates two unforgettable characters who find moments of transcendent intimacy in the midst of shattering change. Praise for How to Get Filthy Rich in Rising Asia: Even more intriguing, compelling & moving than The Reluctant Fundamentalist. A marvellous book. (Philip Pullman). This brilliantly structured, deeply felt book is written with the confidence & bravura of a man born to write. Hamid is at the peak of his considerable powers here, & delivers a tightly paced, preternaturally wise book about a thoroughly likable, thoroughly troubled striver in the messiest, most chaotic ring of global economy. Completely unforgettable. (Dave Eggers). Mohsin Hamid is one of the best writers in the world, period. Only a master could have written this propulsive tale of a striver living on the knife's edge, a noir Horatio Alger story for our frenetic, violent times. (Ben Fountain). Written in the most compelling second person since Jay Mc Inerney's Bright Lights, Big City, with which it also shares a sharp take on our frenetic, urban lives, Hamid's novel proves that the most compelling fiction today is coming from South Asia. (Daily Beast). Mohsin Hamid is the author of The Reluctant Fundamentalist & Moth Smoke. His fiction has been adapted for the cinema, translated into over 30 languages, received numerous awards, & been shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has contributed essays & short stories to publications such as the Guardian, The New York Times, Financial Times, Granta, & the New Yorker. Born & mostly raised in Lahore, he spent part of his childhood in California, studied at Princeton University & Harvard Law School, & has since lived between Lahore, London & New York. ...