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This is the story of Marcel Duchamp and how the Dada art movement changed the way people thought about what art could be, and what could be art. From drawing a moustache on the Mona Lisa to attaching a bicycle wheel to a stool, Duchamp's work challenged...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780688131159Author Yoko Kawashima WatkinsFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollinsWeight(grams) 141gDimensions(mm) 193mm *...

Rebel Voices: Disruptive Stories from Trailblazing Women - a new Puffin Classics collection, celebrating International Women's Day 2023To me, writing was pure pleasure. It thrilled me to be able to escape the horrors of my daily life in such a simple way...

From the world of Good Night Stories for Rebel Girls comes a historical novel based on the life of Dr. Wangari Maathai, the Nobel Peace Prize-winning activist and environmentalist from Kenya.Wangari lives in the lush, green, land of rural Kenya where the...

Between the deserts of Mali and the rivers of Mauritania is a song known only to Africa itself. It is a song that can be heard every day, as long as the wind isn't blowing too hard. It is the song of the Luminaries, a group of women with powerful magic...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781506486406Author Linda Ravin LoddingFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Beaming BooksPublisher 1517 MediaWeight(grams) 318g

Now available in paperback, Dasha Tolstikova's acclaimed graphic novel A Year Without Mom follows twelve-year-old Dasha through a year full of turmoil after her mother leaves for America. It is the early 1990s in Moscow, and political change is in the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780553534931Author Kate KlimoFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Random House Books for Young ReadersPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams)...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777117955Author Ekiuwa AireFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Our AncestoriesPublisher Our AncestoriesWeight(grams) 408gDimensions(mm) 257mm * 203mm *...

At school, I learned that words, More than weapons, Could destroy bodies, Could break hearts More than fists or fury. This is the story of Chris, what happened to him at age eleven and how that would change the rest of his life. A...

A board book based on Green Eggs and Ham! for Dr. Seuss's youngest fans!In this sweet, sturdy board book, Sam-I-Am shares the story of how he persuades his friend to try green eggs and ham. (What's Sam's secret? He never stops trying, of course!) Written...

What creepy, creaky, pop-up secrets lurk within Dracula's Journals? Peek inside if you dare!Have you ever wondered what Dracula was really like? This hilarious horror novelty book reveals all! Open the pages to pore over the journals of Count Dracula...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780060562250Author Lemony SnicketFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint HarperCollinsPublisher HarperCollinsWeight(grams) 363g

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsShort-listed for Lillian Shepherd Memorial Award 2021 and TD Canadian Children's Literature Award 2021 and Vancouver Children's Literature Roundtable - Sheila Barry Best...

In 2019, Islamic State lost its last remaining sliver of territory in Syria, and its Caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, was killed. These setbacks seemed to herald the Caliphate's death knell, and many now forecast its imminent demise. Yet its affiliates...

Find out what cats get up to at home and when they are out and about exploring. Using the world's largest known database of writing for and by children, our experts have defined 300 ambitious words to help children succeed at school. We've combined...

The unforgettable story of a man and his alligator. When Faoro the clockmaker adopts a baby alligator, he has no idea that someday their story will travel far and wide. But the town of San Fernando de Apure would never forget this kind young man and...

Nobody is perfect and that is the beauty of life and, crucially, what makes us all so amazingly unique. Just like Tamoye. Being young can be hard enough, but for Tamoye, navigating school and everyday life can be even harder because of her disability -...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Horn Book Fanfare 2011 and National Science Teachers Association Outstanding Science Trade Books for Children. Nominated for Bank Street Child Study Children's...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780062470744Author Laura Ingalls WilderFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint HarperCollins PublishersPublisher HarperCollins Publishers IncWeight(grams)...

In an engrossing historical novel, the Newbery Medal-winning author of Bridge to Terebithia follows a young Cuban teenager's mission to teach others how to read.When thirteen-year-old Lora tells her parents that she wants to join Premier Castro's army of...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781728439037Author Susan TarcovFormat PaperbackPage Count 24Imprint Kar-Ben PublishingPublisher Lerner Publishing Group

The raid on the secret rocket research establishment at Peenemunde on the Baltic coast in August 1943 has gone down in history as one of the most successful and remarkable of the war. The site was virtually obliterated, and the Germans forced to move...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsCommended for Stonewall Book Award (Children/Young Adult) 2020.Book InformationISBN 9780062866417Author Maulik PancholyFormat HardbackPage Count 336Imprint CollinsPublisher...

In this detailed study, Kevin F. Kiley looks at artillery in use throughout the Napoleonic period. He examines Napoleon's own artillery as well as that employed by his enemies, and he evaluates the gunners' contribution to warfare in the period. By...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780439269988Author Pam Munoz RyanFormat PaperbackPage Count 384Imprint Scholastic USPublisher Scholastic US

Positive Affect Treatment for Depression and Anxiety: Workbook is intended to be used by clients with clinical presentation of depression, anxiety or a loss of interest in activities. Results show that Positive Affect Treatment not only improves positive...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781988903897Author Lovern KindzierskiFormat HardbackPage Count 64Imprint Renegade Arts Canmore LtdPublisher Renegade Arts Canmore Ltd

The hilarious adventures of the acclaimed mystery writer Agatha Christie as a child-a curious little girl who treats the everyday world as one big crime scene!As an unusual child with a penchant for puzzles, Young Agatha imagines thrilling twists on the...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780316498166Author James PattersonFormat HardbackPage Count 320Imprint Little, Brown Young ReadersPublisher Little, Brown & CompanyWeight(grams)...

The deep sea covers more than half the surface of the Earth, but until the circumnavigation made by the HMS Challenger almost nothing was known about the animals that live there. Full Fathom 5000 gives an account of the remarkable discoveries that were...

No weapon platform sank more U-boats in the Second World War than the Allied aircraft. Whether it was an American 'plane operating from American escort carriers, US aircraft from Royal Air Force bases, or British aircraft from bases throughout the world,...

Jeska doesn't know why her mother keeps the curtains drawn so tightly every day. And what exactly is she trying to drown out when she floods the house with Mozart? What are they hiding from? When Jeska's grandmother accidentally calls her by a...

Hop on board our amazing train for a fun-filled learning journey! We're at the station and ready to go. We're off to explore weather, the seasons, and the different sounds all around us. All aboard everyone! Take a sunny trip to the seaside, splash in...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of California Young Reader Medal (Intermediate) 2000 and WILLA Literary Award (Young Adult) 1999 and Grand Canyon Reader Award (Intermediate) 2000. Short-listed for...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781525300592Author Helaine BeckerFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Kids Can PressPublisher Kids Can Press

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781606867853Author Roald DahlFormat HardbackPage Count 225Imprint Turtleback BooksPublisher Turtleback BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm) 193mm * 127mm *...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781777117900Author Ekiuwa AireFormat HardbackPage Count 40Imprint Our AncestoriesPublisher Our AncestoriesWeight(grams) 386gDimensions(mm) 259mm * 203mm *...

Patricians and Emperors offers concise comparative biographies of the individuals who wielded power in the final decades of the Western Roman Empire, from the assassination of Aetius in 454 to the death of Julius Nepos in 480. The book is divided into...

for SATB and piano or orchestra This arrangement for choir and piano of a traditional American spiritual conjures a deep fervency, belying its simple appearance. The opening instruction is 'With hushed awe', and that encapsulates perfectly the gentle...