- -0%Amy Liptrot has published her work with various magazines, journals and blogs and she has written a regular column for Caught by the River out of which The Outrun has emerged. As well as writing for her local newspaper, Orkney Today, and editing the Edinburgh Student newspaper, Amy has worked as an artist's model, a trampolinist and in a shellfish factory. This is her first book.
The Outrun
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -0%We believe in the power of discovery. That's why we create books for everyone that explore ideas and nurture curiosity about the world we live in.From first words to the Big Bang, from the wonders of nature to city adventures, you will find expert knowledge, hours of fun and endless inspiration in the pages of our books.www.dk.com
DK Super Phonics My Big Book of Phonics
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -0%Mette Johansson (MBA, CSP, PCC) is a highly awarded author, speaker and consultant. She worked in leadership roles for multinational corporations for fifteen years before founding MetaMind, a training consultancy providing consulting and learning programmes in the people side of leadership skills.Mette has spoken internationally on authentic, inspirational and inclusive leadership at a wide variety of global conferences, corporations and business schools. Her clients include Citibank, Airbnb, Microsoft, UPS, Pfizer, CapitaLand, and many more.
Narratives: The Stories that hold Women back at Work
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -0%Edward W. Said (1935–2003) was one of the world’s most influential literary and cultural critics. Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University, he was the author of twenty-two books, including Orientalism, Culture and Imperialism and Out of Place. He was also a music critic, opera scholar, pianist and the most eloquent spokesman for the Palestinian cause in the West.Saree Makdisi teaches English literature at UCLA. His most recent book is Tolerance Is a Wasteland: Palestine and the Culture of Denial.
The Question of Palestine
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -0%Preti Taneja's novel We That Are Young won the UK's Desmond Elliott Prize for the finest literary debut of the year, and was listed for international awards including the Folio Prize, the Prix Jan Michalski, and the Shakti Bhatt Prize. It has been translated into several languages. Aftermath won the Gordon Burn Prize, and was shortlisted for a British Book Award. It was a New Yorker Book of the Year. In 2022 Preti Taneja was awarded the Philip Leverhulme Prize in Languages and Literatures. She is a Professor of World Literature and Creative Writing at Newcastle University, UK and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature.
Aftermath
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -1%Charles John Huffam Dickens was an English novelist, journalist, short story writer and social critic. He created some of literature's best-known fictional characters, and is regarded by many as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
A Christmas Carol
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -1%Lyman Frank Baum was an American author best known for his children's fantasy books, particularly The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, part of a series.
The Wizard of Oz
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -1%The son of a professional cricketer and a lady's maid, H. G. Wells (1866-1946) served apprenticeships as a draper and a chemist's assistant before winning a scholarship to the prestigious Normal School of Science in London. While he is best remembered for his groundbreaking science fiction novels, including The Time Machine, The War of the Worlds, The Invisible Man, and The Island of Doctor Moreau, Wells also wrote extensively on politics and social matters and was one of the foremost public intellectuals of his day.
The Invisible Man
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -1%Defoe was a prolific and versatile writer, producing more than three hundred works—books, pamphlets, and journals—on diverse topics, including politics, crime, religion, marriage, psychology and the supernatural. He was also a pioneer of business journalism and economic journalism.
Robinson Crusoe
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -1%Jules Verne (1828-1905) was a French author best known for his tales of adventure, including Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea, Journey to the Center of the Earth, and Around the World in Eighty Days. A true visionary, Verne foresaw the skyscraper, the submarine, and the airplane, among many other inventions, and is now regarded as one of the fathers of science fiction.
Around the World in Eighty Days
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -1%Ashwitha Jayakumar has written and adapted over a dozen books for young readers on history, mythology and science. After graduating with a master’s degree in Literature and Society: 1688–1900 from the University of Edinburgh, she taught English literature to secondary school students and worked in publishing before doing an MA in medieval studies from the University of Leeds entirely for fun. She’s mad about history, fantasy novels, chocolate and dogs.
My Little Book Of Festivals (Box Set)
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -15%Udayan Mukherjee was born in Calcutta. He had a two-decade-long career as a television anchor and editor and continues to be an occasional commentator and newspaper columnist. He divides his time between the Uttarakhand Himalayas and Mumbai. He is the author of the novel Dark Circles. This is his second novel.
Scarlet Sands
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -28%Amelia Marshall is an avid reader and writer of children's books. She has worked in primary education and publishing for over 10 years. As well as specialising in fairy tale twists and retellings she loves to write playful rhymes. As a parent of a toddler son, she saw an opportunity to create a unique rhyming picture book set combining photographic and illustrative elements and came up with four books in Digger and Friends (Digger's Busy Day, Tractor's FarmYard Fun, Big Truck's Road Adventure & Emergency! Emergency!).
The Wow and How of Space
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -28%Callie Hart is the author of the bestselling international phenomenon, Quicksilver, along with many other bestselling dark romance and dark academia titles. A British ex-pat now living abroad, Callie can most likely be found sequestered away in the corner of a library, fantasizing about exciting new realms and the brooding anti-heroes who occupy them.She wouldn't think twice about striking a questionable bargain with a Fae warrior if the opportunity presented itself.
Quicksilver
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -22%Mala Kumar is a freelance writer, editor and author of over 40 books for children. A former editor with Pratham Books, a not-for-profit multilingual publisher, she has conducted many storytelling sessions and workshops on recreational mathematics in schools. Her books include Up the Mountains of India, Crazy Mazy’s Maths Puzzles, Miss Laya’s Fantastic Motorbike, Paper Play, the Happy Maths series, the Rupaiya Paisa series and a biography of Sir M. Visvesvaraya. She writes about education, culture, environment, lifestyle, people, gardening and the social sector for various publications.
Travelling Treasures
Estimated delivery on 9 - 15 January - -22%Bankimchandra Chatterji (1838-94) is called the father of the Bengali novel and considered by many as its greatest novelist. He was a key figure of the Bengal Renaissance and closely associated with the Indian independence movement. Durgeshnandini (The Chieftain's Daughter) was his first novel in Bengali and the first complete novel in Indian literature.Julius J. Lipner is Professor in Hinduism and the Comparative Study of Religion and Chairman of the Faculty Board of Divinity at the University of Cambridge. He is the author of several books, including Hindus: Their Religious Beliefs and Practices and Brahmabandhab Upadhyay: The Life and Thought of a Revolutionary.
Anandamath, Or The Sacred Brotherhood
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