Books Reference Books The more we learn about fungi, the less makes sense without them. Neither plant nor animal, they are found throughout the earth, the air & our bodies. They can be microscopic, yet also account for the largest organisms ever recorded. They enabled the first life on l&, can survive unprotected in space & thrive amidst nuclear radiation. In fact, nearly all life relies in some way on fungi. These endlessly surprising organisms have no brain but can solve problems & manipulate animal behaviour with devastating precision. In giving us bread, alcohol & life-saving medicines, fungi have shaped human history, & their psychedelic properties have recently been shown to alleviate a number of mental illnesses. Their ability to digest plastic, explosives, pesticides & crude oil is being harnessed in break-through technologies, & the discovery that they connect plants in underground networks, the ' Wood Wide Web', is transforming the way we understand ecosystems. Yet over ninety percent of their species remain undocumented. Entangled Life is a mind-altering journey into a spectacular & neglected world, & shows that fungi provide a key to understanding both the planet on which we live, & life itself. Winner of the Wainwright Prize for Writing on Global Conservation 2021 & Royal Society Prize 2021! Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781529929102 •†Author: Merlin Sheldrake  •†Publisher:†  Vintage Publishing •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 368 •†Dimensions:†198 x 129 x 27 mm ...

The morning after a gruelling psychotherapy session in a Warsaw monastery, Henryk Telak is found dead, a roasting spit stuck in one eye. The case lands on the desk of State Prosecutor Teodor Szacki. World-weary, suffering from bureaucratic exhaustion & marital ennui, Szacki feels that life has passed him by, but this case changes everything. ...

Simon Templar is the Saint
- daring, dazzling, & just a little disreputable. On the side of the law, but standing outside it,
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Investigates the business & personal experiences of women entrepreneurs in Harare & Bulawayo, Zimbabwe, to understand their successes, challenges, & contributions to development. This book also advances the literature on gender & development, offering a study of women's role as entrepreneurs in the microeconomic sector. ...

I looked up at Phoenix. I think he loved me once. ' You don't have to do this, ' I whispered. Since violet Eden discovered she was Grigori
- part angel, part human
- her world has been shaken to its core. No longer sure who to trust, violet soon realises that everyone is hiding something. Even her soulmate, Lincoln. Only one thing is certain: dark angel Phoenix has a hold over her more dangerous than ever... In the race to win the battle against the darkness, violet's own powers will be pushed to the extreme. & the ultimate betrayal will be revealed...

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A missing child. A desperate mother. A private investigator running out of time. Mel Sutherland didn't need the help of a fraudulent psychic to find the abducted baby
- & she wasn't about to let a con-artist exploit a grieving mother's vulnerability. Then all the leads dried up. Reluctantly, Mel had to accept Sebastian Donovan's aid. She was cynical about his powers & suspicious of his motives. But as the clock ticked, Sebastian unfailingly knew how to follow the abductor's tracks & Mel had to make up her mind. Was Sebastian's gift real? Or was something far more sinister at work? Passion. Power. Suspense. It's time to fall under the spell of Nora Roberts.
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Twenty years ago, a young woman on the edge of adulthood spent a wondrous season with beings out of legend. Margaret Christmas drank tea with dwarves, befriended elves, questioned reality, & discovered her own unprecedented talents. Now, a conquering horde smashes across the local universe. Dvarsh civilisation mobilises in response. ...

If you flee fate... When Detective Sime Mackenzie is sent from Montreal to investigate a murder on the remote Entry Isl&, 850 miles from the Canadian mainl&, he leaves behind him a life of sleeplessness & regret. Fate will find you... But what had initially seemed an open-&-shut case takes on a disturbing dimension when he meets the prime suspect, the victim's wife, & is convinced that he knows her
- even though they have never met.

& when his insomnia becomes punctuated by dreams of a distant Scottish past in another century, this murder in the Gulf of St. Lawrence leads him down a path he could never have foreseen, forcing him to face a conflict between his professional duty & his personal destiny.

This paperback book has 544 pages & measures 13.4 x 3.6 x 19.9 cm




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From the moment I first met Gideon Cross, I recognized something in him that I needed. Something I couldn't resist. I also saw the dangerous & damaged soul inside
- so much like my own. I was drawn to it. I needed him as surely as I needed my heart to beat. No one knows how much he risked for me.
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Today Enuk is allowed to join his elder brothers on the tramp
- the small eskimo is really excited. He is looking forward to seeing
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