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A brilliant work of historical true crime charting a pivotal event in the l9th century that gripped the world and forever altered the course of Irish history.

Breed Predispositions to Dental and Oral Disease in Dogs offers a practical guide to breed predispositions to dental disease. Designed to support veterinarians in making clinical decisions and communicating with clients, the book provides a thorough understanding of the differences between large and small dogs as they relate to dental treatment. Including both information on dental therapy and anesthetizing dogs for dental procedures, the book...

A perfect companion to Ballet Shoes, Circus Shoes, Theatre Shoes and Tennis Shoes, this family war-time story was first published in 1946, reissued now in A Puffin Book.There's great excitement when an unexpected parcel arrives for Selina. A beautiful long evening-dress and shiny satin party shoes - the best present a girl could ever wish for! She can hardly wait for a special occasion to wear them, but there's still a war on and all the grown...

Discover Europe's capital of cool.Whether you want to explore the jumbled streets of Alfama, take in the fantastic views from Castelo de São Jorge, or simply sample the city's iconic custard tarts at Belém, your DK Eyewitness travel guide makes sure you experience all that Lisbon has to offer.As one of the world's oldest cities, Lisbon's ancient buildings and stately museums exude history and tradition. But Lisbon also has a well-deserved repu...

In the tumultuous 1970s while women, African Americans, and the gay and lesbian communities march for equality, three sisters wrestle with the legacy of their family's Holocaust past. Memory's Shadow is a compelling story of sisterly conflict and loyalty, the broader politics of sisterhood, and the power of the human spirit to rise when faced with the unimaginable recurrence of tragedy.

Wherever you go in the world, Russia is rarely out of the news. At the same time, the birch - a pioneer species and Russia's unofficial national emblem - is one of the most widespread and easily recognisable of trees: able to thrive in an array of different environmental conditions across the northern hemisphere. In The White Birch, art historian Tom Jeffreys grapples with the riddle of Russianness through numerous interlocking journeys, encou...

The birch, genus Betula, is one of the northern hemisphere's most widespread and easily recognisable trees. A pioneer species, the birch is also Russia's unofficial national emblem, and in The White Birch art critic Tom Jeffreys sets out to grapple with the riddle of Russianness through numerous journeys, encounters, histories and artworks that all share one thing in common: the humble birch tree.We visit Catherine the Great's garden follies a...

The first in an exciting new historical crime series from the bestselling author of the Baby Ganesh Agency books.

Often considered to be Robert Sheckley's best short story collection, Untouched By Human Hands displays all of the author's signature surreal humour and eye for the unreal. Featuring human space exploration from the perspective of appalled aliens, darkly comic dystopias and wry fables of technological disaster, this slim collection is rich in wit, invention and provocative insight, and includes the classic stories 'The Monsters', Specialist' a...

Did you know that: . A giraffe can lick its own ears clean? . You can weigh your head by putting it in a bucket of water? . Astronauts urinate into a vacuum cleaner? What the encyclopaedia was to the 20th century, this book is to the 21st. Twelve elegantly designed chapters brim with 321 fascinating - and often surprising - facts, enabling people to dazzle their friends and family with their encyclopaedic knowledge of sports, science, plants a...

Explores the rise of scientific medicine and its impact on Victorian popular culture.

Meet Mabel - she's MAGNIFICENT. Sometimes life isn't fair for Mabel Chase. because Mabel is still MAGNIFICENT. The second book in a hilarious new series, highly illustrated throughout and with three short stories, this is ideal for newly-confident readers.

When Luna's family won an island, their dreams came true - Luna opened a donkey sanctuary, her sister flew a plane, and her brother won a sheep pageant.

The very latest information on diseases and clinical problems in dogs and cats Blackwell's Five-Minute Veterinary Consult: Canine and Feline, 7th Edition provides up-to-date information on feline and canine disease in the familiar, popular, and trusted 5-Minute Veterinary Consult format. This reference puts all the necessary information regarding common diseases and conditions in dogs and cats at the reader's fingertips. Covering 845 specific...

A gripping, surprising and funny story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo.Anna grew up in London with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her fath...

A gripping, surprising and funny story of a mixed-race British woman who goes in search of the African father she never knew, by award-winning author Chibundu Onuzo.Anna grew up in London with her white mother and knowing very little about her African father. In middle age, after separating from her husband and with her daughter all grown up, she finds herself alone and wondering who she really is. Her mother's death leads her to find her fath...

Comic, dark and insightful, What Happened? is the new and essential collection of Hanif Kureishi's finest literary essays and fiction. No topic is too fringe or too mainstream for this insatiable-and much-loved-author. From social media to the ancient classics, from appraisals of David Bowie to Georges Simenon to Keith Jarrett, this is the latest literary 'event' in a unique body of work that displays Kureishi's characteristic boundless curi...

Enthralling. I was left with such an unusual feeling that I didn't at first realise what it was, and then I remembered: optimism. I hope everyone with the slightest interest in the way the world works will read it' PHILIP PULLMAN ______Good news: the solutions to our problems already exist.Great news: a once-in-a-generation appetite for change means we can make them happen.The challenges we face are daunting, but in Go Big Ed Miliband shows th...

An honest and compulsive novel which unveils the common misconceptions and prejudices surrounding HIV in the twenty-first century, showing how far we've come while shining a light on how just far we have yet to go.

Now in paperback, this book tells the true story of the Christian priests who dared to stand up to fascism during WWII. Written by the Assistant Curate at Liverpool Parish Church and author of "A Field Guide To The English Clergy", it focuses on the lives of 15 men and women, including Father Kir and Archbishop Damakinos.