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The Slavonic and East European Review, the journal of the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies, is published quarterly by the Modern Humanities Research Association (MHRA). Issues are…
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DK
Welcome to the Explanatorium, where amazing photography shows and explains how chemistry, physics, and biology work!
Open up this book to reveal how science really works! Watch as mixtures merge…
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William Shakespeare
Richard III is one of Shakespeare's enduring villains as the troubled and troubling figure at the heart of this popular succession drama. Traversing the familiar terrain of scheming plots, proposals…
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Richard Scarry
Jump into Busytown and learn your ABCs with Lowly Worm and his friends!
Celebrate Dad with this adorable book featuring Huckle Cat, Lowly Worm and friends from Richard Scarry's Busytown! A perfect gift for Father's Day!
Show Dad just how much he means…
Monika Michalowska, Michael W. Dunne
The first book to contain a critically edited text by FitzRalph dealing with debates on the will in his Oxford lectures. Besides showcasing the contribution FitzRalph's Oxford lectures made to…
Chris Whitaker
A missing persons mystery, a serial killer thriller, and an epic love story - with a unique twist on each...
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Jonny Sweet
The perfect country house crime novel: Knives Out in book form, packed with deadly charm.
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34 LGBTQ+ Poets explore what Queer Joy means - an explosion of 'I see you' moments by and for our communities.
A Busytown book about numbers! Willy Bunny has learned to count and he wants to practice with readers like you! A great way to introduce young children to numbers from…
Martin Volken, Margaret Wheeler, Scott Schell
"A backcountry bible." --Skiing Magazine
Janet Boddy
Drawing from longitudinal research, this book shows how the perspectives of people who have been in care can help us redefine the concept of family. Through a narrative analysis of…
Hermann Hesse
A classic meditation on artistic creation and the quest for spiritual transcendence from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Siddhartha
Ellis Cashmore, Kevin Dixon, Jamie Cleland
This comprehensive review of the relationship between sport and crime explains how the experience of sport can lead to behaviour that's harmful to others and is sometimes self-destructive. It challenges…
Nanako Tsujimura
This beautifully illustrated mystery series is based on the highly acclaimed light novels that also inspired a popular anime!
Oliver Jeffers, Sam Winston
The much-anticipated new picture book from the bestselling and award-winning creators of A Child of Books.
This collection of 3,000 Herefordshire words and phrases draws on a number of nineteenth- and twentieth-century glossaries and sources, to illustrate the extraordinary richness of language once heard across the…
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Richard Welsh
An incisive examination of the school discipline crisis and a strategic, evidence-driven playbook for educational decision-makers who aim to resolve disciplinary disparities
Richard Fish
Bridge Failures and Lessons Learnt uses case studies from history, as well as more recent events, to analyse in detail the causes and consequences of these failures, shedding light on…
Baxter Richard
An abridged edition of the classic Christian devotional that was written by Richard Baxter in 1650.
Paul Richards
Originally published in 1985, this book argues forcefully and practically for new relationship between science and the small farmer. It advocates scientific research seeking out changes which are already taking…
Originally published in 1986, Coping with Hunger demonstrates that effective agricultural development in resource-poor regions must be based in a respect for the indigenous farmer's understanding of the environment. The…
Richard Smyth
With plague and disease in the city slums, dreadful disasters in Roundhay Park, and riots in the city centre, this is the real story of Yorkshire’s first city.
Richard Carr
Using extensive and fresh archival material, this book places the relationship between the United Kingdom and Ireland after 1921 in a new light, encouraging us to rethink the dominant narrative…
Richard McLauchlan
A captivating history of the pipes-once considered a tool of the Devil, inspiring terror on battlefields, today more popular than ever across cultures worldwide.
Richard Sakwa
This title analyses the deeper structures and mindsets of the Second Cold War.
Dan Richards
An exploration of night - the nocturnal world, insomnia, the creative potential of the dark hours, the work that happens at night to keep the modern world moving - by…
Richard Hylton
A detailed account of the Black British artist Donald Rodney (1961-1998), one of the most important multi-media artists of his generation whose career spanned the 1980s and the 1990s.
Richard Anderson
This unique and rich collection of narratives, written or dictated by formerly enslaved Africans between 1820 and 1876, offers a rare snapshot of African voices in the history of slavery…
Jacques Richard
The concept of a 'megamachine' - a closed system operating to a pre-established utilitarian purpose which results in the machinization of humanity - has existed in various forms since late…
Richard Freadman
High Noon at Starbucks is an eloquent and compelling exploration of human particularity in diverse cultural settings: the author's hometown of Melbourne, Trumpite Florida, post-handover Hong Kong, and Switzerland. Its…
Richard Yaxley
Malt's life is turned upside down when his mother announces they are moving yet again. But this time, it's to her home town of Pembrooke. And Malt will be meeting…
Richard Jenkins
This short critical introduction to Pierre Bourdieu's thought has been comprehensively brought up to date for the third edition.
Richard Strachan
'Beautifully written' Michelle Paver 'Stunning' Rebecca Netley 'Eerie' Naomi Kelsey 'Compulsive' Martin MacInnes
What the years have buried, is about to be exposed...
The gloomy fortress of Gallondean lies on…
Richard Duggins
In this book, Dr Richard Duggins, leading expert on burnout prevention, reveals everything you must know to achieve a healthy work-life balance. Burnout-Free Working will transform the way you tackle…
Anthony Richards
Published to mark the 150th anniversary of the birth of the man voted 'the Greatest Briton', Churchill: A Visual History tells the incredible story of Winston Churchill's long life and…
Richard Mills
The Road of Excess leads to the Palace of Wisdom: Blake's line had become a slogan for the hippie generation. The dramatic differences between the hippies' way of life and…
Richard Sennett
A compelling exploration of public performance in everyday life, by the leading cultural and social thinker
The Performer explores the relations between performing in art (particularly music), politics and everyday…
Richard Coyne
This book offers a novel exploration of how AI, particularly large language models (LLMs), is transforming urban environments. By merging practical knowledge of AI algorithms with an understanding of urban…
Richard Pillsbury
Mapping out the development of the great American restaurant, the author takes us on a nostalgic journey in From Boarding House to Bistro (originally published in 1990) through the history…
Richard Butterwick
The first popular history of a small post-Soviet state, and a very old European power.
Richard Lobo
The world of work, the way we work and we, who work, will continue to evolve. From commuting to large industrial units, to operating from structured cabins and now from…
