With texture patches, bumpy patterns, & tactile glitter, babies & toddlers will find this touch-&-feel wild animals book really fun & really feely! Meet the stripy tiger cub, the elephant calf with big flappy ears, the scaly chameleon, & other favourite wild animals. Gentle text builds knowledge, & invites you to explore as you find out the name of each wild animal & learn about its features. From the amazing, 3-D, raised-picture effect cover, to the incredibly tactile insides, Really Wild Animals is beautifully made & sure to delight preschoolers. ...

A book that will delight every cat lover, full of wise & unforgettable life lessons, each paired with the perfect photo. Cats are the ultimate savants, possessing intelligence, poise, & sass in equal measure. They know when to play it cool, & when to pounce; when to fly solo, & when to cuddle up. Entertaining, unpredictable, & just a bit wild, cats encourage us to explore, take chances, & live on the edge—just as if we too had nine lives. Cynthia L. Copel&, author of the bestselling Really Important Stuff My Dog Has Taught Me & Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me, now turns her attention to our mysterious feline friends. Every page of this full-color gift book is a joyful reminder of what’s important in life. Like Confidence: “ Insist on a seat at the table.” Curiosity: “ Have more questions than answers.” Adventure: “ Sometimes you have to leap before you look.” Individuality: “ You’ll be remembered for what sets you apart.” Kindness: “ Recognize the power of your purr.” & Solitude: “ Find your own square of sunshine.” ...

Playful spaniels completely covered with snow There`s no such thing as bad weather. Two happy dogs sleeping, one on top of the other Sometimes you need a pillow. Sometimes you ”are” the pillow.” The bulldog who s headfirst in her bowl Every meal is THE BEST MEAL EVER. Cynthia L. Copeland has a gift for discovering those sorts of simple, timeless lessons. She did it when her children were younger with ” Really Important Stuff My Kids Have Taught Me.” Now she distills all-new wisdom from her lifelong love of dogs. ” Really Important Stuff My Dog Has Taught Me” is tender, funny, warm, & utterly inspiring. Pairing an irresistible photograph with just the right sentiment, every page delivers a life lesson that appeals as much to our hearts as our minds. It reminds us again & again of what is important, like love. ...

Elizabeth Roberts’ “ Realm of the Black Mountain” is a history of Montenegro that traces the history of the tiny Balkan state from its earliest roots in the medieval empire of Zeta. It also focuses on its troubled 20th century history. Going from pre-Slavic times, Roberts also

Includes:: Montenegro’s part in the battle of Kosovo, & its unique role in resisting the Ottomans. It recounts Montenegro`s development under its Prince Bishops towards the independence achieved at the Congress of Berlin (with the public support of Gladstone & the poet Tennyson) & lost after the Versailles Conference when the Montenegrin Assembly voted, under the shadow of Serb bayonets, to join what was to become Yugoslavia. Elizabeth Roberts also analyses Montenegro`s largely unsung role in Yugoslavia`s demise, during which it made the perilous transition from being Milosevic`s staunchest ally to becoming a major thorn in his side, & the prospect of its becoming the first newly independent state this century.

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Culled from Max Milligan's 15 years of Andean travel, this remarkable set of photographs celebrates the extraordinary diversity of Peru. stunning images document every aspect of life, from natural history to magical festivals & bizarre rituals. The dramatic mountainous landscape surrounding Machu Picchu & the dense forests of the Manu National Park are also captured here, in what is essentially an ode to this beautiful, fabled country. ...

Aged 24, Matt Haig`s world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him & learned to live again. A moving, funny & joyous exploration of how to live better, love better & feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth. `I wrote this book because the oldest cliches remain the truest. Time heals. The bottom of the valley never provides the clearest view. The tunnel does have light at the end of it, even if we haven`t been able to see it.. . Words, just sometimes, really can set you free.` ...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER WINNER OF THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARD FOR NON-FICTION WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO FEEL TRULY ALIVE? Aged 24, Matt Haig`s world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him & learned to live again. A moving, funny & joyous exploration of how to live better, love better & feel more alive, Reasons to Stay Alive is more than a memoir. It is a book about making the most of your time on earth. ”I wrote this book because the oldest cliches remain the truest. Time heals. The bottom of the valley never provides the clearest view. The tunnel does have light at the end of it, even if we haven`t been able to see it.. . Words, just sometimes, really can set you free.” ...

Last night I dreamt I went to Manderley again.. . Working as a lady`s companion, the heroine of Rebecca learns her place. Life begins to look very bleak until, on a trip to the South of France, she meets Maxim de Winter, a handsome widower whose sudden proposal of marriage takes her by surprise. She accepts, but whisked from glamorous Monte Carlo to the ominous & brooding Manderley, the new Mrs de Winter finds Max a changed man. & the memory of his dead wife Rebecca is forever kept alive by the forbidding Mrs Danvers.. . Not since Jane Eyre has a heroine faced such difficulty with the Other Woman. An international bestseller that has never gone out of print, Rebecca is the haunting story of a young girl consumed by love & the struggle to find her identity. ...

The first book in Bernard Cornwell`s bestselling series on the American Civil War. It is summer 1861. The armies of North & South stand on the brink of America`s civil war. Nathanial Starbuck, jilted by his girl & estranged from his family, arrives in the capital of the Confederate South, where he enlists in an elite regiment being raised by rich, eccentric Washington Faulconer. Pledged to the Faulconer Legion, Starbuck becomes a northern boy fighting for the southern cause. But nothing can prepare him for the shocking violence to follow in the war which broke America in two. ...

London, Paris & New York in the eighteenth century, as today, were places where political authority, commerce & money, art & intellectual life intersected. They straddled an Atlantic world where ships powered by nothing more than wind, currents & human muscle criss-crossed the sea, carrying with them goods, ideas & above all people: men & women, bewigged aristocrats & lawyers, rough-handed craftworkers, quill-wielding bluestockings & doughty fishwives. But the cities were also home to dangerous criminals, corrupt politicians-
- & slaves. Rebel Cities explores the stormy debate about the nature of cities in the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries: were they places of enlightenment, sparkling wells of progress & civilisation, or were they dens of vice, degeneracy & disorder? Against a backdrop of accelerating urban expansion & revolution in both Europe & North America, revolutionary burghers of these extraordinary cities expended ink, paint, breath &, sometimes, blood in their struggle to underst&, control & master the urban world. Drawing on hundreds of letters, travelogues & eye-witness accounts, Mike Rapport vividly evokes the sights, sounds & smells of these cities, masterfully weaving their history with the politics of revolution. When New Yorkers & Parisians experienced their revolution, when their cities went to war, & when Londoners engaged in political protest, they underwent the whole torrent & exhilaration of human emotions. Determining the character of the cities through their inhabitants, as well as their architecture, topography & the events that shaped them, this magnificent book evokes what it was like for all parts of society to live in London, Paris & New York in one of the most transformative periods in the history of civilisation.
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