From Rupi Kaur, the top ten Sunday Times bestselling author of milk & honey, comes her long-awaited second collection of poetry. Illustrated by Kaur, the sun & her flowers is a journey of wilting, falling, rooting, rising & blooming. It is a celebration of love in all its forms. ...

In this preschool collection we have created an anthology of classic stories & less-familiar favorites that younger children will love. With language tailored to be easily understood by two- & three-year-olds, this is a perfect choice for bedtime, storytime or any other time that calls for sharing. This multicultural anthology combines best-loved children's stories such as The Ugly Duckling & The Three Little Pigs with lesser-known favorites like The Timid Hare. Vivid illustrations & easy-to-follow text make this volume perfect for reading aloud to young children. ...

Armed only with a bike & great sense of humour, “ The Sun In My Eyes” sees Josie Dew return to Japan for a second dose of its eccentric & mysterious culture. Japan is a land of contradictions; where snow-topped mountains & picturesque gardens are but a stone’s throw away from concrete, cars & dense pollution; a country whose keyword is peace, yet spends millions each year on high-tech armament But wherever she goes, no matter how remote or industrious the area, Josie encounters the friendly, quirky & unbelievably generous Japanese people, from those who load her down with cabbages & cans of Pocari Sweat to one couple who left her the key to their shop
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It is 1906 & Will Prior is in self-imposed exile on a remote South Pacific isl&, working a small, & failing, plantation. He should never have told anyone about his previous existence as a military foot policeman in the Boer War, but a man needs friends, even if they are as stuffy &, well, German, as Hauptmann Kessler, the local government representative. So it is that Kessler approaches Will one hot afternoon, with a request for his help with a problem on a neighbouring isl&, inhabited by a reclusive, cultish group of European `cocovores`, who believe that sun worship & eating only coconuts will bring them eternal life. Unfortunately, one of their number has died in suspicious circumstances, & Kessler has been tasked with uncovering the real reason for his demise. So along with a `lady traveller`, Bessie Pullen-Burry, who is foisted on them by the archipelago`s eccentric owner, they travel to the island of Kabakon, to find out what is really going on. ...

` Who can I trust in this nest of vipers?`1661 is a year of destiny for France & its young king, Louis XIV. Cardinal Mazarin, the Chief Minister who has governed throughout the King`s early years, lies dying. As a fierce power struggle develops to succeed him, a religious brotherhood, guardian of a centuries-old secret, also sees its chance to influence events. Gabriel de Pontbri&, an aspiring actor employed as secretary to Moliere, becomes unwittingly involved when documents stolen from Mazarin`s palace fall into his hands. The coded papers will alter Gabriel`s life for ever, & their explosive contents have the power to change the course of history for France & the rising Sun King himself. ...

When Londoner JP Floru tags along with three friends running the marathon in Pyongyang, little could have prepared him for what he witnessed. Shown by two minders what the regime wants them to see during their nine-day trip, the group is astounded when witnessing people bowing to their leaders` statues; being told not to take photos of the leaders` feet; & hearing the hushed reverence with which people recite the history invented by the regime to keep itself in power. Often, the group did not understand what they were seeing: from the empty five-lane motorway to the missing fifth floor of their Yanggakdo Hotel on an island in the Pudong River; many answers only came through extensive research of the few sources that exist about this hermit country. Shocking & scary, The Sun Tyrant uncovers the oddities & tragedies at the heart of the world`s most secretive regime, & shows what happens when a population is reduced to near-slavery in the twenty-first century. ...

Reviewing previous theories about the site of Plato's city of Atlantis
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Frances had read of a man who painted with only the colour yellow. He lived in the north of Norway. In the beautiful, barren landscape of the Far North, under the ever-present midnight sun, Frances & Yasha are surprised to find refuge in each other. Their lives have been upended
- Frances has fled heartbreak & claustrophobic Manhattan for an isolated artist colony; Yasha, a Russian immigrant raised in a bakery in Brighton Beach, arrives from Brooklyn to fulfill his beloved father`s last wish: to be buried `at the top of the world`. They have come to learn how to be alone. But in Lofoten, an archipelago of six tiny islands in the Norwegian Sea, ninety-five miles north of the Arctic Circle, they form a bond that fortifies them against the turmoil of their distant homes, offering solace amidst great uncertainty. With nimble & sure-footed prose enriched with humour & warmth, Rebecca Dinerstein`s enchanting debut reminds us that no matter how far we travel to claim our own territory, it is love that gives us our place in the world.
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` Lyrical as a poem, psychologically rich as a thriller, funny, dark, warm, & as knowing of place as any travel book or memoir, The Sunlit Night marks the appearance of a brave talent` Jonathan Safran Foer, author of Everything is Illuminated Frances had read of a man who painted with only the colour yellow. He lived in the north of Norway. In the beautiful, barren landscape of the Far North, under the ever-present midnight sun, Frances & Yasha are surprised to find refuge in each other. Their lives have been upended
- Frances has fled heartbreak & claustrophobic Manhattan for an isolated artist colony; Yasha, a Russian immigrant raised in a bakery in Brighton Beach, arrives from Brooklyn to fulfill his beloved father`s last wish: to be buried `at the top of the world`. They have come to learn how to be alone. But in Lofoten, an archipelago of six tiny islands in the Norwegian Sea, ninety-five miles north of the Arctic Circle, they form a bond that fortifies them against the turmoil of their distant homes, offering solace amidst great uncertainty. With nimble & sure-footed prose enriched with humour & warmth, Rebecca Dinerstein`s enchanting debut reminds us that no matter how far we travel to claim our own territory, it is love that gives us our place in the world.
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William Hutchison Murray (1913
- 1996) was one of Scotland`s most distinguished climbers in the years before & after the Second
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