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David Griffiths
Vikings of the Irish Sea
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David Roberts
David Roberts was Whitney Houston's bodyguard, the real one. Roberts was hired in 1988 for Houston's UK portion of the Moment of Truth world tour. Accustomed to working for diplomats…
Roberts reveals how Gildon's fusion of biographical study with neoclassical aesthetics and theatrical theory makes The Life an essential text for understanding early eighteenth-century performance.
W. D. Ross is an astute and often informative interpreter of Kant and Mill, of his own immediate predecessors in British moral philosophy, and of major positions of ethical theory…
Sally Gardner
A young soldier, a captive princess, witches, wolves and Death walk hand in hand in COSTA AWARD winner Sally Gardner's exquisitely written new novel inspired by the Hans Christian Andersen…
David Fields, Robert Avery
A definitive history of cooperation between the Royal Navy and Russian Navy from 1988 to 2014. It provides lessons learned by both sides and recommends a pathway to military dialogue…
David Petraeus, Andrew Roberts
THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER
'A rigorous and thoughtful study of what has happened on battlefields over the past eight decades' THE TIMES
'A hugely important book ... elegantly written and persuasively…
Andrea Beaty
The fourth book in the bestselling Questioneers chapter book series starring community leader, Sofia Valdez!
Miss Lila Greer thinks it's time for Grade Two to get a class pet, and…
Lila Greer and the Shrieking Shadow is the seventh Questioneers chapter-book adventure in the series from #1 New York Times bestselling team Andrea Beaty and David Roberts
Lila Greer has…
A chapter book adventure starring Iggy Peck, Architect and friends from the New York Times bestselling Questioneers series-now in paperback
Iggy Peck is an architect at his very core: When…
Richard Ayoade, David Roberts (illus.)
FAIRY-LAND EXCLUSIVE! Discover THE TRUTH about your favourite fairy-tale characters in Richard Ayoade's second children's book.
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David Stabler, Who HQ
Discover why comedian and actress Carol Burnett is one of the most iconic entertainers of the twentieth century.
From an early age, Carol Burnett developed a love for entertainment, teaching…
Discover why comedian and actress Carol Burnett is one of the most…
Ian David Roberts
This story begins in Guangzhou China with the commencement of the Second Opium war. After the British bombardment of their home and city, two teenagers, a brother and younger sister…
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Anthony Griffiths, John Doebley, Catherine Peichel, David Wassarman
Czeslaw Milosz
"A new collection of work from Nobel laureate Czeslaw Milosz that includes previously untranslated poems written during his time in Washington, D.C. and his years in Europe before and after"--
In the past 5 years, there has been a tremendous increase in interest regarding diagnosis and management the cardiac involvement in sarcoidosis. This includes new imaging techniques, new evidence-based guidelines…
Handbook of Blockchain, Digital Finance, and Inclusion, Volume Three: Web3, AI, Privacy and Greentech presents the latest technological developments and innovations occurring in cryptocurrency. The book explores the hottest topics…
Explores the intertwining of the ethical with the sociopolitical across a range of screen media in different contexts internationally.
David Nichols, Robert Freestone
Neighbourhood open space ranks highly as a key component in suburban liveability assessments. This book uniquely connects the past, present and future of planning for small open spaces.
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Kenneth Grahame
Enter the world of The Wind in the Willows, where Mole and Ratty explore the riverbanks with new friend Toad. This heartwarming tale of friendship, with stunning illustrations and a…
Rosie may seem quiet during the day, but at night she’s a brilliant who dreams of becoming a great engineer. When her Great, Great Aunt Rose (Rosie the Riveter) comes…
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A story of the power of curiosity in the hands of a child on a mission to use science to understand her world
1 New York Times bestselling Rosie Revere is back and starring in her first chapter book!
The newest picture book from the New York Times-bestselling creators of The Questioneers series introduces a new member: Sofia Valdez, a community leader who stands up for what she believes.
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New York Times bestseller! Now a Netflix series!
"Packs plenty of information into a high-flying adventure." -School Library Journal
"Adventure, humor, and smart, likable characters make for a winning chapter…
From the #1 New York Times bestselling team Andrea Beaty and David Roberts who created Ada Twist, Scientist and Iggy Peck, Architect comes a spirited story full of adventure, friendship…
Helen Docherty
A deeply moving, vitally important picture book encouraging empathy and kindness.
Julian Clary
Mr and Mrs Bold are just like you and me: they live in a nice house (in Teddington), they have jobs (like writing Christmas cracker jokes) and they love to…
An introduction to the life and work of portrait artist David Griffiths. Covering 50 years of work and study, each portrait is accompanied by a short piece detailing the story…
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Robert Parrino, Thomas W. Bates, Stuart L. Gillan, David S. Kidwell
Roberts Liardon
In this seventh book in the God's Generals series, Roberts Liardon chronicles unexpected, influential, and explosive movements of the Spirit that have shaped the church and the message of the…
Abolitionist thought visualises a world without prisons - or a radical reduction or transformation of prisons and punishment. This fascinating book explores the abolitionist ideas of key early socialists and…
The eastern frontier of the Roman Empire its network of roads, trade routes, towns and forts is often conceived of as an 'edge' of both empire and civilisation but this…
A new and wide-ranging collection of essays by leading international scholars, exploring the concept and practices of virtuosity in Franz Liszt and his contemporaries.
Robert P Savitt
Originally named Shangri-La by Franklin D. Roosevelt, today's Camp David was a well-guarded secret until its existence was revealed after World War II. A US Naval facility set on a…
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With an in-depth interview of Sir Elton John and David Furnish by Russell Tovey and Robert Diament and an afterword from Sam Taylor-Johnson, Fragile Beauty shares images from Sir Elton…
How the Vikings dominated one of the most important stretches of water surrounding the British Isles
The Guards 1915-17: An Elite Division at War' is the first history of this illustrious division during these years to have been written since 1924. Making extensive use of the…
How democracy can be extended to the workplace
A research-based inquiry into how we process, construct, and perceive auditory stimuli
Audio perception is a highly individual phenomenon and there is still much uncertainty about the physics, biology and…
Lynn Roberts
A treasury of fairy tales with a difference - feminist, sparky and set in non-traditional periods, with funky clothes and recognisable settings. All beautifully illustrated by the brilliant David Roberts.
A novel which explores how much we can trust our memories and what this means for one man as his childhood memories threaten to undermine a life which has rarely…
David Ivon Jones
David Ivon Jones was born in Wales in1883 and died in 1924 in the Soviet Union. In his death-bed 'Political Testament', Jones urged his comrades to 'carry out the great…
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"Back him up! Buy Victory Bonds." Boosters and Barkers examines the unrelenting financial demands of Canadian participation in the First World War, exploring the aims, methods, and implications of securing…
Drama on the Soviet border, displacement, a runaway horse and a sleigh ride across virgin snow; much of A Life in Tales plays out against the changing landscape in Ukraine…
The riveting story of one of the greatest but least-known sagas in the history of exploration from David Roberts, the "dean of adventure writing"
