A special anniversary edition, with a striking new cover design, to celebrate 10 years of the Chaos Walking trilogy. Prentisstown isn`t like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else`s thoughts in a constant, overwhelming Noise. There is no privacy. There are no secrets. Then Todd Hewitt unexpectedly stumbles on a spot of complete silence. Which is impossible. & now he`s going to have to run... This new edition marks the 10th anniversary of the award-winning modern classic, soon to be a major motion picture starring Tom Holland & Daisy Ridley. ...

More than half a century ago, George Orwell wrote an essay about the decline of the English murder. Since the 1990s, Theodore Dalrymple has witnessed its modern variety in real life. For over a quarter of a century he has treated & examined many more murderers than most as a prison doctor, psychiatrist, & court expert in some of Britain`s most deprived areas. Here, he delves deep into his life of personal encounters with the murderous underclass to determine what has changed overtime & what has not. Inimitably, his unique portrait of modern criminals is at the same time a parable of dysfunction in our own culture. Through his experiences, he exposes today`s vicious cult of denial, blaming & psychobabble that hides behind a corrosive sentiment of caring. Illustrated with scores of eye-opening, true-life vignettes, The Knife Went In is in turn hilariously funny, chillingly horrifying, & always unexpectedly revealing. Taken together, this lifetime of experience is a clear & unsentimental mirror in which we view modern progress without its varnish. ...

Ned the knight ALWAYS does exactly what he`s told. When his parents ask him to pick up his toys, dig up the cabbages or go to bed on time, he does it all with a smile. & when the dragon swoops into town every night, he always runs inside just as he`s asked. But one morning, instead of saying, ”yes, ” he says, ”NO!” He will NOT help his dad find his shield, his arrow or his bow, & he will certainly NOT let the butcher go past. That night, he refuses to go inside, & in doing so he confronts the dragon, making a very unlikely friend... ...

This title helps you learn how to apply the right knot in any situation
- secure & strong enough for the job. Such skill can be
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This book shows you how to tie 50 knots. Some have been chosen for their fame, some for their beauty & some because they are knots that everyone should know how to tie. On every great theme, there are always possible variations, &, as the text makes clear, from time to time people come up with new effective methods of tying. Some of us may be destined to create knots that will bear our names for eternity, but first we need to study the time-honoured techniques: an intricate art that has been practised since before poetry or painting were dreamt of, which can`t be mastered in five minutes. Many of the knots featured are strongly associated with
- & probably originated
- from sailing, but even the saltiest of them have extensive applications on land: adhesive tape & Velcro have their uses, but they have not rendered knots redundant; no technological advance ever will.

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Train your brain with the secrets behind the world`s toughest feat of memory: the London Knowledge The Knowledge is a unique book: a guide to getting more out of your brain & your city. A fully illustrated, lovingly detailed look at London`s best kept secrets, it will also take you down the pathways of your mind & teach you how to keep your memory sharp. Written by a licensed London cab driver & tour guide, The Knowledge is the first ever book to take readers inside the legendarily difficult
- & fast-vanishing
- set of skills that all licensed cab drivers must have: a perfect, thoroughly tested knowledge of every street, alley, turning & landmark of London. The black cab is an iconic symbol of London, but to drive it, prospective cabbies must take what is often considered the world`s hardest exam, involving learning every street, turning & waypoint along 320 different routes across London, along with every landmark within 1/4 of a mile of the start & end of each route: altogether 25, 000 streets & 2, 000 places of interest. Learning the Knowledge takes years, & dozens of appearances at gruelling oral exams, but those who pass become part of a unique partnership, with no parallel anywhere in the world. Scientific studies have consistently shown that London cabbies who have passed the Knowledge have enlarged brains & near-superhuman memory capacities. The Knowledge is the first book to take readers inside the extraordinary mind of the cabbie, with 50 real Knowledge routes across London, beautifully mapped & illustrated to show the streets & landmarks, with notes on their hidden histories & popular associations, & sections allowing the reader to test their memory on these routes, accompanied with an introduction discussing the history & science of the Knowledge & guides to memory-training techniques used by cabbies & memory champions around the world.

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Fans of The Gruffalo & Giraffes Can`t Dance will love this feelgood rhyming story portraying a positive message about facing up to change, something that young children can sometimes struggle with. Sometimes change comes along whether we like it or not.. .but if you let it, change can be the making of you. Kevin the Koala discovers this & more in this delightful picture book from the bestselling creators of The Lion Inside! Stylish art with Jon Klassen appeal & vibrant storytelling from two contemporary stars make this a story to shout about
- it will make you laugh, cry & read it every bedtime. `A feel-good rhyming tale.. . Field`s Australian animals are a treat`
- Bookseller

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Fans of The Gruffalo & Giraffes Can`t Dance will love this feelgood rhyming story portraying a positive message about facing up to change, something that young children can sometimes struggle with. Sometimes change comes along whether we like it or not... but if you let it, change can be the making of you. Kevin the Koala discovers this & more in this delightful picture book from the bestselling creators of The Lion Inside! Stylish art with Jon Klassen appeal & vibrant storytelling from two contemporary stars make this a story to shout about
- it will make you laugh, cry & read it every bedtime.WINNER of the Evening Standard Oscar`s Book Prize 2017!` Fabulous rhymes, I`m in love with Kevin & would like to buy this for all my friends` children.` Claudia Winkleman`A feel-good rhyming tale.. . Field`s Australian animals are a treat`
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Cambridge, 1961. A group of students set off on the trip of a lifetime. Against the backdrop of the Cold War they travel through the Soviet Union to the Middle East, South Asia & on to Africa. Their mode of transport? The iconic VW Kombi. This book tells the story of that trip, not just the people they met & the places they saw, but the many experiences
- sometimes nerve-wracking, sometimes bizarre
- that they encountered along the way. It provides a fascinating insight into a world on the brink of change
- seen through the eyes of nine young men fresh from university. The two VW Kombis doggedly traversed treacherous mountain passes, near-impossible roads, jungle tracks & river crossings on their journey through Anatolia, the Middle East, Asia & Africa. This book is an affectionate & highly entertaining re-creation of the relationship between the nine young travellers & their companions, the two VW Kombis which functioned as transport, shelter, canteen & home. It is also a tribute to the determined & rugged determination of the VW Kombi whose descendants still tackle the highways & the more daunting roads of the world.


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The Konyaks
- a once fearsome headhunting tribe in Nagaland on the border of Myanmar in northeast India
- are well known for

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