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A memoir from the writer of "The Times Magazine"'s 'Spinal Column'. Describes how she was paralysed from the top of her chest down at the age of 52 in 2010, by falling from her horse and breaking her neck, and how she coped in the year following the accident. With an introduction by Andrew Marr.

`This is my manifesto for morning. There is an energy in the earlier hours, an awareness I enjoy. In today's world we tend to wake as late as we can, timed to when we have to work. But we don't need to chase the day.

Sam Gayton lives in Margate. In 2009 he completed the Writing for Young People MA at Bath Spa University and not long after published his first book, The Snow Merchant. He loves American novels, Italian food and the English countryside. When he's not writing, he likes playing old board games, strumming his guitar and joining as many rock bands as possible (currently at seven).

Paul Stewart (Author) Paul Stewart is a highly regarded author of books for young readers - everything from picture books to football stories, fantasy and horror. Together with Chris Riddell, he is co-creator of the bestselling Edge Chronicles series, which has sold over three million books and is now available in over thirty languages. They are also co-creators of the Far-Flung Adventure series, which includes Fergus Crane, Gold Smarties Priz...

Paul Stewart (Author) Paul Stewart is a highly regarded author of books for young readers - everything from picture books to football stories, fantasy and horror. Together with Chris Riddell, he is co-creator of the bestselling Edge Chronicles series, which has sold over three million books and is now available in over thirty languages. They are also co-creators of the Far-Flung Adventure series, which includes Fergus Crane, Gold Smarties Priz...

Cat Faulkner (Author, Illustrator) Jelly Armchair aims to bring you the stinkiest puns, beautifully illustrated, and printed onto high quality greetings cards to makeit as easy as possible for you to share a grin/grimace with your friends andloved ones. Jelly Armchair is a family run business comprising of two sisters, Cat and Liz. All the illustrations are created by Cat, and the puns are devised by Cat with occasional input by their Dad (gen...

Set in the near-future where biotech has removed the burden of childbirth from women, this is a moving, thought-provoking and topical novel about family, loss and what our future might hold.

Kids are invited to board the spaceship "School of Math" for an incredible intergalactic journey that will introduce them to key concepts including arithmetic, shapes, fractions, percentages, and sequences. Full color.

This book illustrates the EU-wide Solvency II framework for the insurance industry,  which was implemented on January 1, 2016, after a long project phase. Analogous to the system for banks, it is based on three pillars and the authors analyze the complete framework pillar by pillar with a consistent data model for a non-life insurer, which was developed by the Research Group Financial & Actuarial Risk Management (FaRis) at the Institute for In...

Good Faith in International Investment Arbitration offers a comprehensive study on both the theory and application of the principle of good faith in the international arbitration process. It is an essential book for both practitioners and academics.

A funny and filmic crime caper in which fifteen-year-old Dylan resolves to make things up to the object of his affections (following his burning down of her house) with a grand gesture, with chaos ensuing.

With bright and fun illustrations and high-quality die-cut pages, this is a new picture book from the creative team behind "10, 9, 8... Owls Up Late!

Like clusters of blooming rosebushes, too much of a good thing can be wonderful! To many, the garden is a place for self-expression. The walkways, the flowers, and the décor that adorn the yard are as much a reflection of the homeowner's personality and creativity as anything placed indoors. Lifelong gardener and garden designer Marianne Svärd Häggvik knows this and shares her favorite ideas for creating unique, personalized spaces in Rustic ...

The 31st instalment of the successful series about a boy with terrible habits. Bertie accidentally unleashes a massive spider at school, tries to smuggle Whiffler into a posh hotel, and loses a jumper his Gran knitted him. Illustrations from David Roberts.

This book teaches solid state physics in a comprehensive way, covering all areas. It begins with three broad topics: how and why atoms bind together to form solids, lattice vibrations and phonons, and electrons in solids. It then applies this knowledge to interactions, especially those between electrons and phonons, metals, the Fermi surface and alloys, semiconductors, magnetism, superconductivity, dielectrics and ferroelectrics, optical prope...

Arguing that gendered violence is inflected with sexuality, class, race, ethnicity and many other factors, this book rethinks victimhood and agency from a feminist perspective and resists the spectacularization of violence against women often graphically depicted in cinema, news and pornography.

Meticulously researched and drawing on many original interviews with close friends and associates, Elton John: The Biography is a serious and weighty, but also page-turningly entertaining, biography of one of the most important musical icons of the 20th century. His enormous influence on the music business is hard to quantify, and the work he has done over the years for LGBT rights is just as important.

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The second novel from Orlagh Collins explores themes of bisexuality and bisexual visibility in a fresh and nuanced manner. For readers of Holly Bourne and Louise O'Neill. Authentic in its assessments of issues faced by teenage girls today.

Ben und Lasse sind mit dem Zug auf dem Weg zur Oma, als ihnen ein fremder Reisender Handy und Portemonnaie stiehlt und damit am nächsten Bahnhof aussteigt. Die beiden Brüder verfolgen den Dieb und finden sich bald vor einer verlassenen Villa im Wald wieder. Hier hält eine Gangsterbande ein Entführungsopfer gefangen. Können Ben und Lasse helfen?Übrigens: Die Einzelbände dieser Reihe sind in sich abgeschlossen und können in jeder beliebigen Reih...