Richard Scarry`s classic title, What Do People Do All Day? is packed with pictures & things to spot on every page, this classic book brings the world of Richard Scarry to a new generation of readers. What do people do all day? Everyone is busy in Busytown
- from train drivers to doctors, from mothers to sailors, in police stations & on fire engines. Follow a colourful collection of busy people working through their busy days. Captain Salty & his crew are getting ready to go on a voyage; Doctor Lion is busy at the hospital; Sergeant Murphy is working very hard to keep things safe & peaceful; & engineers are building new roads. Another busy day in Busytown!
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Along with the beautiful Eric Carle art work that children know & love, this book features a real magnifying glass equiped with sound buttons to help them look for hidden critters. As children explore page after page they can press the 5 sound buttons to bring the adventure to life. With this interactive book set, your little explorer can get a closer look at click beetles, ladybugs, fireflies, & more! ...

An invigorating book about the debates raging within China. We all know about the fast pace of change in this country. This book brings us the ideas being fought over in the country itself -- from democracy to the idea of a `peaceful rise`. It challenges all of our assumptions about China. We know everything & nothing about China. We know that China is changing so fast that the maps in Shanghai need to be rewritten every two weeks. We know that China has brought 300 million people from agricultural backwardness into modernity in just 30 years (something that took 200 years in Europe). China`s voracious appetite for resources is gobbling up 40% of the world`s cement., 40% of its coal, 30% of its steel, & 12% of its energy. It has become so integrated into the global economy that its prospects have immediate effects on our everyday lives: simultaneously doubling the cost of the London Olympics while halving the cost of our computers; keeping the US economy afloat but sinking the Italian footwear industry. We have an image of China as a dictatorship; a nationalist empire that threatens its neighbours & global peace. But how many people know about the debates raging within China? What do we really know about the kind of society China wants to become? What ideas are motivating its citizens? We can name America`s Neo-Cons & the religious right, but cannot name Chinese writers, thinkers or journalists -- what is the future they dream of for their country, or the world it is shaping? Because China`s rise -- like the fall of Rome or the British Raj -- will echo down generations to come, these are the questions we increasingly need to ask. Mark Leonard asks us to forget everything we thought we knew about China & start again. He introduces us to the thinkers that are shaping China`s wide open future & opens up a hidden world of intellectual debate that is driving a new Chinese revolution & changing the face of the world. ...

A colourful picture book about noise & sound, & a poor little crocodile who is really not looking forward to nursery. The first day of starting school is hard for everyone, even for a crocodile. & on top of this, there are just so many sounds & noises to be heard! How does little Crocodile deal with it all? Follow him as he journeys through the sounds he encounters on his first day at nursery, & tries to make it through to the end of the day, when he will be back with his mum again. ...

A New York Times bestseller Our ancestors crossed deserts, mountains, & oceans without even a whisper of what anyone today might consider modern technology. Those feats of endurance now seem impossible in an age where we take comfort for granted. But what if we could regain some of our lost evolutionary strength by simulating the environmental conditions of our forebears? Humans like to be comfortable. When it`s hot we switch on the air conditioning & when it`s cold we crank up the central heating. Yet thousands of us take part in challenges like Tough Mudder, Total Warrior & Survival of the Fittest, which take us well & truly out of our comfort zones. Scott Carney spent his days sitting at a desk staring at a screen. Approaching his mid-30s, he told himself that it was normal for his stomach to sag & for his legs to ache from under-use. Then he came across a picture of a nearly naked man twenty years his senior sitting on a glacier: Dutch guru Wim Hof, whose remarkable ability to control his body temperature in extreme cold has sparked a whirlwind of scientific study. Carney signed up to Hof`s one-week course, not realising that it would be the start of a four-year journey to unlock his own evolutionary potential. From hyperventilating in a dilapidated Polish farm house, to underwater weight-lifting with celebrities in California, What Doesn`t Kill Us sees Carney interview athletes, trainers & scientists about the astonishing & sometimes dangerous world of body transformation. He takes part in the UK`s original
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- obstacle course: Tough Guy, & completes a record-bending, 28-hour climb to the snowy peak of Mt Kilimanjaro, wearing nothing but a pair of shorts & running shoes. Above all, he learns that getting a little less comfortable might actually be the key to living a healthier, happier life.

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Emily Chappell never meant to be a cycle courier. She planned to earn her living using her mind rather than her legs. She thought it`d be a useful stopgap while searching for a `real` job. Instead, she kept pedalling. ` It`s my most enduring love affair; the career that`s shaped my life, made me what I am, & entirely derailed any hope of a normal existence.` As she flies through the streets of the capital, dancing with the traffic, Chappell records the pain & pleasure, both mental & physical-of life on wheels: the hurtling, dangerous missions; the ebb & flow of seasonal work; the moments of fear & freedom, anger & exhaustion; the camaraderie of the courier tribe & its idiosyncratic characters; the conflict & harmony between bicycle & road, body & mind. At the same time it is a hymn to London; its changing skyline, its chaos & interconnectedness: `the unlikeliest street corners will have some tattered threads of memory fluttering from them like a flag... It`s almost as if the memories have overflowed from my head & scattered themselves about the city. Some parts of my life I can recall simply by thinking of them; others I think I`d remember better if I went back to a certain part of London & plucked them up from the tree I`d hung them from, or retraced them from the park bench I`d scratched them on, or snatched them up as they blew around in circles in an alleyway like a discarded carrier bag`. This is a book about discovery & belonging, connection & memory, choosing life`s uncharted course & the delicious sensation of just riding. ...

At twenty-five, Emily Chappell took up cycle couriering while she searched for a `real job`. Eight years on, she is still riding. As she flies through the streets of London, dancing with the traffic, Chappell records the pains & pleasures of life on wheels: the dangerous missions; the moments of fear & freedom, & ultimately the simple joy of pedalling onward. ...

` In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I`ve often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I`m letting my guard down.`
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What Happened For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking & feeling during one of the most controversial & unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs & infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference & an opponent who broke all the rules. This is her most personal memoir yet. In these pages, she describes what it was like to run against Donald Trump, the mistakes she made, how she has coped with a shocking & devastating loss, & how she found the strength to pick herself back up afterwards. With humour & candour, she tells readers what it took to get back on her feet
- the rituals, relationships & reading that got her through, & what the experience has taught her about life. She speaks about the challenges of being a strong woman in the public eye, the criticism over her voice, age & appearance, & the double standard confronting women in politics. She lays out how the 2016 election was marked by an unprecedented assault on democracy by a foreign adversary. By analysing the evidence & connecting the dots, Hillary shows just how dangerous the forces are that shaped the outcome, & why Americans need to understand them to protect their values & democracy in the future. The election of 2016 was unprecedented & historic. What Happened is the story of that campaign & its aftermath
- both a deeply intimate account & a cautionary tale.


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The Sunday Times Number One Bestseller Complete with new afterword where she discusses the past eighteen months since President Donald Trump has been serving in office. `A compelling read`
- Financial Times `A sporadically absorbing, pleasingly vengeful & often darkly funny account of one woman`s bid for presidential history.` Sunday Times ` Her new book is more gossipy, it is meaner, more entertaining & more wrong-headed than anything she or her speechwriters have written before.` Observer ` What Happened is highly entertaining. It is spirited, well-written & informative.` Guardian` In the past, for reasons I try to explain, I`ve often felt I had to be careful in public, like I was up on a wire without a net. Now I`m letting my guard down.`
- Hillary Rodham Clinton, from the introduction of What Happened For the first time, Hillary Rodham Clinton reveals what she was thinking & feeling during one of the most controversial & unpredictable presidential elections in history. Now free from the constraints of running, Hillary takes you inside the intense personal experience of becoming the first woman nominated for president by a major party in an election marked by rage, sexism, exhilarating highs & infuriating lows, stranger-than-fiction twists, Russian interference & an opponent who broke all the rules. This is her most personal memoir yet. In these pages, she describes what it was like to run against Donald Trump, the mistakes she made, how she has coped with a shocking & devastating loss, & how she found the strength to pick herself back up afterwards. With humour & candour, she tells readers what it took to get back on her feet
- the rituals, relationships & reading that got her through, & what the experience has taught her about life. She speaks about the challenges of being a strong woman in the public eye, the criticism over her voice, age & appearance, & the double standard confronting women in politics. She lays out how the 2016 election was marked by an unprecedented assault on democracy by a foreign adversary. By analysing the evidence & connecting the dots, Hillary shows just how dangerous the forces are that shaped the outcome, & why Americans need to understand them to protect their values & democracy in the future. The election of 2016 was unprecedented & historic. What Happened is the story of that campaign & its aftermath
- both a deeply intimate account & a cautionary tale.



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History as you`ve never seen it before, walk through the past & find out what happened when. Step into What Happened When in the World, a unique historical atlas for kids & discover the global events that shaped our world. Watch the key moments in our history unravel on the page in front of you through colourful, illustrated 3D maps. Follow the devastating spread of the black death through Europe, the Roman Empire`s expansion to North Africa & the Middle East, & the impact of world war II on the globe. What Happened When in the World reveals our history through 60 stunning, specially commissioned historical maps which chart the migration of humans, the spread of the black death, D-day landings & much more. ...