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Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. This book is about a strange object—strange in part because it is something that we all have been, and that many of us eat. Nicole Walker's Egg relishes in sharp juxtapositions of seemingly fanciful or repellent topics, so that reproductive science and gustatory...

Broaden your Samoan language skills by learning numbers! Each Samoan word magnet shows the English translation in small text as a learning aid. Translations are listed on the back of the packet to help teachers. Each magnet is 5cm tall. The full product in packaging is 26cm x 27.5cm. Made from durable magnets, this product adhere to any metal surface...

Supercharge your productivity at the office and at home Looking to familiarise yourself with the world's most popular and effective productivity apps? Then look no further than the latest edition of Office 365 All-in-One For Dummies, packed with 9 mini-books covering each of the super-apps included in the famous productivity suite from Microsoft. In the books, you'll get a handle...

BOSTON GLOBE BESTSELLER LOS ANGELES TIMES BESTSELLER BOSTON.COM BOOKCLUB SELECTION A celebration and meditation on the season for drinking hot chocolate, spotting a wreath on a neighbour's door, and experiencing the change in light of shorter days. All aspects of winter, from the meteorological to the mythological, are captured in this masterful essay, told in wise and luminous prose that...

A multilayered exploration of poetry, authorship, and digital intelligence by "a writer of immense poetic power" (The Guardian) In the late 1980s, French poet and psychologist Jon-Perse finds himself in possession of one of the most promising inventions of the century: a computer. Enchanted by snippets of Persian poetry he learns from his Uzbek translation partner, Abdulhamid Ismoil, Jon-Perse builds...

“A sharp and affecting meditation on the contours of friendship, the seams of our digital lives, and the elasticity of memory. Both wickedly funny and deeply impactful, Gordon has written a novel that dazzles and illuminates: from aging, to dying, to living and loving, See Friendship illuminates and explores the impossibility and joy of navigating modern life. It's a literal...

Age range 3 to 6 Elephant has an exceptionally long trunk, and Hippopotamus never tires of telling him that "That's not normal!". A laugh-out-loud story about differences, acceptance, kindness, and friendship. A White Ravens selection. Whether helping an old monkey climb a tree or keeping Giraffe's neck warm on a cold day, Elephant is always ready to lend a hand,...

From its early days as an unknown start-up, The Conversation published landmark essays such as Patrick Stokes's No, you're not entitled to your opinion, which saw the organisation grow into an important and valued part of the news media. It has since expanded to eight regions around the world and is published in four languages. Contained within this ten-year anniversary...

The personal development book for people that don't have time for personal development. Bailed on your routine? Struggling to build a habit? Tired of feeling stuck? Let's start with the good news: despite what your brain might tell you, you are not a failure. You are a human who has failed at something. Life is messy, unexpected, and can surprise...

Jason Marchand has everything a CEO is supposed to want, and something inside him is starting to crack. Four years of relentless momentum. A seven-figure exit on the horizon. He's built everything a CEO is supposed to build: the deals, the team, the strategy, the empire. But the 3 a.m. panic attacks won't stop. The sleep won't come. And the...

We all know size doesn't matter, that is until you get shrunk to the size of an ant... or even smaller. Kids will delight in another adventure with Wizz, navigating the world as he gets smaller and smaller, every time you turn the page! Wizz is back again - and what disaster is he trying to avoid this time? He's...

Honest, funny, moving conversations about mental health, identity and contemporary issues between bestselling author and her teenage daughter. Fascinating... a much needed conversation between generations THE TIMES How can we communicate when things are so painful? How can we connect when generational differences are extreme? How do parents and teenagers - and all of us - have real conversations? When...

A spooky new Middle-Grade series from Sibeal Pounder, bestselling author of Witch Wars, Bad Mermaids and Wonka. The night Joe Bones spots a cloaked figure leaving his gran's house, he's sure that something is afoot. So, when he hears that his gran has passed away he's convinced the mysterious man has something to do with her death . . ....

“Extraordinary... beautifully precise...[an] earnestly ambitious debut.” —The New York Times Book Review “A wild, angry, and devastating masterpiece of a book.” —NPR “[A] descendent of the Dickensian ‘social novel’ by way of Jonathan Franzen: epic fiction that lays bare contemporary culture clashes, showing us who we are and how we got here.” —O, The Oprah Magazine “A book that has...

Meet Gabby Greene: Housewife. Glorified taxi driver and maid. Burner of meatloaf. Recently divorced, Gabby Greene spends most of her days listening to self-help books while wrangling her loving yet erratic kids. During a decade of marriage, Gabby shoved aside her own career and ambitions to make room for mountains of laundry, running errands, and investigating the case of the...

Transforma tu vida de la mediocridad al éxito extraordinario con las estrategias probadas de superación personal que han cambiado millones de vidas. Descubre cómo romper las barreras invisibles que te detienen y construye una vida significativa llena de propósito y resultados tangibles. ¿Sientes que tu vida está destinada para algo más grande? Dante Gebel te guía en un viaje transformador...