Offers a summation of the history of happiness, & its evolution from divine gift to natural human entitlement. This title shows how our modern quest for the 'holy grail' of happiness continues to generate various forms of pleasure, but also, paradoxically, different forms of pain. ...

Traces the whole history of the Italian peninsula. This title is full of stories & observations from personal experience, & is peopled by many of the great figures of the Italian past, from Cicero & Virgil to Dante & the Medici, from Cavour & Verdi to the controversial political figures of the twentieth century. ...

This popular guide has been fully updated & redesigned to reflect exactly what today's students want to know. It is the most accessible guide to higher education & student life in the UK & provides reliable, lively & unbiased information on what universities really offer. ...

Be a part of the hugely popular trend with this Push Popper Dinosaur – the fidget toy that behaves like bubble wrap! 



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Small children love to make things happen & this novelty book will appeal to their sense of play. A star-shaped dial, which shows through the die-cut pages, becomes a flower's center, a helicopter's propeller, a firefighter's hose & the crank on a jack-in-the-box. Kids turn the dial, then turn the page...and see what magic unfolds! This is a perfect way to introduce cause & effect. ...

Encourages scientific enquiry with an interactive, investigative & visual approach to a range of core curriculum topics. This title helps students to use scientific processes such as prediction, hypothesis & evaluating evidence. It features puzzle spreads to elicit knowledge or encourage children to predict an answer, with the help of clues. ...

The bottom line is this: the workplace is a minefield of business jargon that people bandy about on a daily basis. This title takes a look at office jargon, uncovering the origins & meanings of many useful
- & some not so useful
- phrases that can be heard in the workplace & in everyday life.

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What if the last person you should fall in love with is only one who can save you? I won't tell anyone, Echo. I promise. Noah tucked a curl behind my ear. It had been so long since someone touched me like he did. Why did it have to be Noah Hutchins? His d ...

No one knows what really happened the night Echo Emerson went from popular girl with jock boyfriend to gossiped-about outsider with "freaky" scars on her arms. Even Echo can't remember the whole truth of the horrible night that changed her life forever. But when Noah Hutchins, the smoking-hot loner in the black leather jacket, explodes into her life with his tough attitude & surprising understanding, Echo's world shifts in ways she could never have imagined. Yet the crazy attraction between them refuses to go away. & now Echo has to ask herself just what she'll risk for the one guy who might teach her how to love again. ...

Showing anything is possible when determination meets talent, two-time World Moto GP champion Casey Stoner shares his incredible journey from Queensland toddler with an extraordinary ability on a motorbike, to his decision to retire at twenty-seven with nothing left to prove. For the first time, he tells of his early family life, the development of his riding skills & why his parents decided to sell everything & travel from Australia to Europe to chase the dream & support his aim to become World Champion when he was only fourteen years old. As fearless with his opinions as he is on the racetrack, Casey

Includes:: all the highs & lows of his life so far: the real reason he left for Europe so young, his thoughts on racing as it stands today, the riders' hierarchy, the politics of racing, the importance of family, his battle with illness & why he decided to turn his back on a multimillion-dollar contract when he was still winning. & he will let us in on some of the new goals he has set for himself. PUSHING THE LIMITS is a unique & remarkable account of self-sacrifice & tenacity to succeed against the odds, the uplifting story of a young Australian who took on the world on his terms, his way.. . & won.

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