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A kaleidoscopic literary exploration of extinction and conservation, inspired by the latest scientific researchCreature Needs is a polyvocal call to arms about animal extinction and habitat loss that harnesses the power of literature and scientific...

Are some patterns destined to be repeated? "Spellbinding and decadent . . . an astonishing debut" SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN, author of PANDORA___________________Paris, 1789. The Oberst Factory, which crafts exquisite wallpaper for the most fashionable French...

Get swept away by the dual-POV sequel to the instant Sunday Times bestseller Spice Road, a romantic, action-packed fantasy set in an Arabian-inspired land. Once, Imani swore to protect her home from the monsters roaming the desert. But now an even...

A deeply felt and humorous collection examining a year in the wake of extraordinary loss. In November 2010, on the morning after election day, Mirsky lost her three-year-old son, Lev. In the year that followed, she produced a profound and provocatively...

Seven years after the publication of the first Dior by Mats Gustafson, the Swedish illustrator returns to capturing the sophistication and glamour of the House of Dior. In this sublime volume, Gustafson s ethereal watercolors and vibrant collages focus...

'A modern day classic. Full of heart and hope' - Hannah Gold, bestselling author of The Last Bear'As unforgettable as Hans Christian Andersen's "The Snow Queen" . . . a whirlingly imaginative storyline full of wonder and hope as well as warning.' - The...

Birds of Arizona and New Mexico is a comprehensive field guide to commonly found birds in the region, including local favorites and rare curiosities. This full-color guide includes precise descriptions of voices, behaviors, and habitats and details the...

Celebrates the British Museum's rich collection of artworks created as part of Japanese cultural salonsIn early modern Japan, cultural salons were creative spaces for people of all ages and social levels to pursue painting, poetry, and other artistic...

Declared a ‘contemporary masterpiece’ on its original publication in 2007, Sascha Aurora Akhtar's debut collection is a work of post-modern Gothic. Its poems are concerned with mythology, meaning-making, the magical and mystical; a grimoire is a magic...

Charlotte Calhoun has avoided Hayden Porter, her older brother's sexy-as-sin best friend, ever since that mortifying night when he flat-out rejected her. She's crushed on him forever, while he's made it crystal clear he only sees her as a silly kid...

An entertaining and charming collection of stories, poems and quotes, in celebration of cats.For eons, cats and humans have enjoyed a special bond. With their aloof yet undeniably adorable personalities, they have long been the object of fascination and...

The first comprehensive study of the two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is one of the leading innovators in American theater today. In settings ranging from seventeenth-century France (Las Meninas) to twenty-first century conflicts in the...

Meet the Spellcasters, who can change the world with their ancient magic and girl power! Four friends channel the magical abilities of their ancestors to protect their community in this empowering, action-packed new illustrated series for readers aged 7+...

THE CAPTIVATING, HEART-RENDING STORY OF TWO WOMEN IN 1800S CHINA'Brilliantly written, masterful storytelling, and hard to put down. This story will stay with me for a very, very long time' HEATHER MORRIS, author of The Tattooist of AuschwitzLove and loss...

The Truly Terrible History of the Toilet is full of horrible facts about the loo. Read all about how the ancient Romans used sponges on sticks to wipe each other down, and who invented the first flushing toilet. This book is the bog standard guide to...

An illuminating profile of one of today’s most innovative and forward-looking architects, whose materials-based practice explores how space can provoke emotional response Frida Escobedo’s (b. 1979) designs for public spaces have received global...

From the bestselling author of The History of Bees Longyearbyen, 2110: Far to the North, buried deep in the mountains, is a massive vault filled with seeds from every corner of the Earth. Tommy grows up in the brutal landscape of Spitzbergen alongside...

Made in Puerto Rico: Studies in Popular Music serves as a comprehensive introduction to the history, culture, and musicology of twentieth and twenty-first century popular music in Puerto Rico. The essays in this volume, written by both local experts and...

Folding Fun for Everyone, with Pikachu & One Pokémon from Every Region! It's always a treat to see Pokémon in new shapes and styles, and throughout this book, you'll learn to create your very own Pokémon origami! With Pikachu, plus nine more friends to...

A large fold-out map showing the long-distance cycle networks of the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg also detailing suggested touring routes throughout the area and all major traffic-free greenways. The Netherlands has a justified reputation as one...

Little Godwit hatches late and learns that his flock has left to escape the cold Arctic. Soon, he meets different birds who try to make him fit in with them. Little Godwit has to decide if he should stay with these birds or keep flying. How will he find...

Kerry Brown began his life in nineties China almost by chance, cutting his teeth in its northern backwaters. He went on to become a British diplomat in Beijing and then one of the world's foremost sinologists. Since then, the Middle Kingdom has...

In 1960s New York, Edward Ives is a picture of the American dream. Adopted as a child by a widowed print shop manager, who helped him cultivate a love of drawing, he now has a successful career as an illustrator in advertising, a beautiful home with his...

Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781399719735Author Lucy DillonFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Hodder PaperbackPublisher Hodder & Stoughton

The Bible is the living word of God. More than 2,000 times in the Old Testament alone, the Bible asserts that God spoke what is recorded in its pages. The phrase "the Word of God" occurs more than forty times in the New Testament. The Bible claims...

Welcome to the Merfolk chronicles, an underwater fantasy world. Dive beneath the waves and discover the world of mer and sirens. Briet has adjusted to her life as a mer; at least she's had her sister with her. But when Briet comes home to find the cave...

 Turin, with its roots dating back to ancient Roman times, bears the indelible marks of its storied past in its meticulously laid-out checkerboard streets and its archaeological remnants. As the inaugural capital of Italy, its grandeur echoes through...

The psalms help us to find refuge in God in the midst of trouble, and model how we can respond to the ups and downs of life in the context of our covenant relationship with him.Showing not only how each psalm might be read or preached, but also how it...

Not all guests know when to check out . . . A young waitress at a country hotel finds herself with a decades' old mystery to solve - one she hopes will help rid the hotel of its most troublesome guests. Its ghosts. ***When Ballinadrum Hotel's elderly...

The concept of participation in a transcendent domain of existence is central to the Platonic and the Judaeo-Christian traditions. It is how thinkers throughout history have justified existence itself, explaining temporal being vis-à-vis God. Yet in the...

The wonder of birds has charmed and inspired poets down the centuries and across the globe. From Shakespeare's 'feathr'd king' to Ted Hughes 'butterfly lightness', of swifts, this is a collection to stir the soul of any nature lover. Our emotional and...

The first comprehensive study of the two-time Pulitzer-winning playwright Lynn Nottage is one of the leading innovators in American theater today. In settings ranging from seventeenth-century France (Las Meninas) to twenty-first century conflicts in the...

In the course of forty years an increasingly subtle conversation has evolved between words and silence at the core of Philip Gross's poetry. This is never more so than in the poems of this edgy homage to Estonia, the country of his refugee father’s birth...

'Intriguing, propulsive and profoundly disturbing, this is a fearless look into the dark heart of family politics from a naturally gifted storyteller'JONATHAN COE'Magnificent, indelible . . . That a young British novelist, on his first try, should have...

Monster is a bold and lyrical exploration of the Black female body as a site of oppression and resistance. At its heart is a study of the world of Sarah Baartman, aka the Hottentot Venus, a Khoikhoi woman from South Africa who was displayed in freak...

Gender and Emotion in Eighteenth-Century Britain: Raging Women and Crying Men investigates emotional excess from the perspectives of performance studies, gender studies, and cultural studies. For the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries in Britain,...

This informative guide to the most iconic works in The Frick Collection's holdings is published on the occasion of the fall 2024 reopening of the museum following its renovation. From paintings and sculpture to decorative arts, this publication...

This seminal photography text, now in its 11th edition, has been revamped, reorganized, and modernized to include the most up-to-date and need to know information for photographers. Introducing all the key concepts and fundamentals of photography, this...

The volume collects studies in the linguistic, exegetical and historical traditions found in Samaritan texts or pertaining to our understanding of the Samaritans, from antiquity to the present. Apart from the Hebrew Pentateuch, a special focus is laid on...

Inspired by traditional animal stories from Africa, find out WHY Leopard has spots!Once upon a time, Leopard didn't have a wonderfully spotty coat. Until he rescued a firebird from the flames and she left her sooty mark on his golden fur.A vibrant animal...