The summer stretches ahead of you & you want to make the most of it but don't know where to begin. The Book of Summer comes to the rescue with pleasurable & entertaining suggestions for those halcyon days. From the cool breezes of the beginning of the season, through its heady midsummer days & up to the final lazy moments of warmth before autumn, there are ideas aplenty, including: How to whip up dishes to eat al fresco for the first picnic of the year How to catch glow worms Suggestions for midnight walks Tips for organizing a street party When to make a splash in the cool water, whether lounging at the lido or night swimming under the stars How to capitalize on the good weather by growing your own summer food As well as practical tips there are evocative"es & facts about summer scattered throughout the book, with attractive black & white line illustrations. ...

The Spanish Civil War is drawing to its end. Desperate Republican soldiers holding hostages in a cathedral plan a last, explosive act of death & destruction. One of their prisoners, ex-government minister Professor Pinzon, has already lost his son to the war. He determines to save his grandson at any cost. The discovery of an ancient book in a hidden space beneath the cathedral is a welcome distraction. But as Professor Pinzon reads aloud to the frightened hostages, he discovers that this tale of medieval Andaluz & the friendship between three young men
- an alchemist, a mason & a prince
- besides connecting two ideologically torn worlds 1000 years apart, might also offer a route to freedom.

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From bestselling authors Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris
- a nugget of wisdom in the phenomenal Ladybirds for Grown Ups series.




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From bestselling authors Jason Hazeley & Joel Morris
- a nugget of wisdom in the phenomenal Ladybirds for Grown Ups series.




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On July 20th 1969, in one of the most iconic moments of the twentieth century, Neil Armstrong took his first steps on the moon. The distant object that had fascinated mankind for millennia suddenly got much closer. The Book of the Moon is an utterly original & absorbing account of all things lunar, a book that celebrates the physics that created the moon & the technology that took us there, as well as its magic & mystery. From Babylonian astronomers to the scientists who paved the way for the Renaissance, to the astronomers & astronauts of our time, Rick Stroud delves into the mythology & astrology that have inspired civilizations & cultures the world over, alongside the scientific & medicinal advances that have come from our lunar connection. Packed with original lists, intriguing statistics, & compelling images, this book will take you as close to the moon as you can get without actually standing on it. ...

In The Book of Time we see how philosophers, religions & scientists have tried to explain time as everything from a perfect cycle to ever-increasing chaos. We see how time works in the natural world & in our own bodies & minds, & how we've tried to measure it
- first with calendars, then with increasingly sophisticated devices, from the Ancient Indian ghati & to the latest atomic clock. & from Aristotle to Einstein, we explore how time has been essential for scientists in their quest to understand the universe & everything in it. Not forgetting the deliciously weird world of time travel, explaining what is fact & what is fiction. This is the kind of book that you can dip into or read in depth
- but either way we promise time will just fly by...

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Who would you be, if you hadn't turned out to be the person you are now?

Dawn is a death doula, & spends her life

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How were the hunter-gatherers of Göbekli Tepe able to build a series of stunning stone monuments six thousand years before

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Part 1 is an encyclopaedic index of words, phrases & terms concerned with time. Part 2 takes the 366 days of the Gregorian leap year one by one & looks at observances & holidays. Part 3 discusses a number of different types of calendars, including Fijian, French Revolutionary, Jewish, Muslim & Roman. Ages 8+. ...

A series for everyone who loves quizzes, mind games & puzzles, these books after up everyday knowledge that we know but might not realize we know. What focus on a thesaurus format, offering variations on a particular subject. Who provides brief narratives about famous people throughout history & Where employs places both real & imaginary to describe words & phrases as well as provide a list of countries & their capitols. ...