The award-winning debut title from Chris Haughton, the acclaimed author-illustrator of Oh No, George! and Shh! We Have a Plan, this is the heart-warming story of Little Owl - who must be more careful when he is sleeping...Uh-oh! He has fallen from his nest, and with a bump he lands on the ground. Where is his mummy? With the earnest assistance of his new friend Squirrel, Little Owl sets off in search

The year is 2033. The world has been reduced to rubble. Humanity is nearly extinct. The half-destroyed cities have become uninhabitable through radiation.A few score thousand survivors live on in the Moscow Metro - the biggest air-raid shelter ever b uilt. It is humanity\'s last refuge. Stations have become mini-statelets. It is a world without a tomorrow, with no room for dreams or hopes.VDNKh is

This title is a fabulous sequel to \"Bright Young Things\". Scandal, intrigue, and romance follow three beautiful young women, Letty, Cordelia and Astrid, as they each try to find love and fortune in glamorous Jazz Age New York.

No. 1 international bestseller and Swedish crime sensation Camilla Lackberg\'s new psychological thriller featuring Detective Patrick Hedstrom and Erica Falck - irresistible for fans of Stieg Larsson and Jo Nesbo. YOU CANNOT CHANGE THE PAST Easter 1974. A family vanishes from their home on an idyllic island off the Swedish coast. They have left everything behind - including their one-year-old daughter,

What can you do to make the world a better place? Libby and her husband Jason have moved back to his hometown to turn the family B&B into a boutique hotel. They have left London behind and all the memories - good and bad - that went with it. The injured woman Libby finds lying in the remote country road has lost her memory. She doesn\'t know why she came to be there, and no one seems to be looking

A concise introduction to the twenty-seven most common photographic and photomechanical processes, from albumen print to Woodburytype.Since the announcement of photography’s invention in 1839, various methods of making photographs have been practiced. Until the advent of digital photography at the end of the twentieth century, all of these methods required three elements: light-sensitive materials

The impact of more than one hundred years of aesthetics, form, and content on developments in graphic communications.This unique history of design, documenting over a century of creative brilliance, has now been brought into the twenty-first century. Showcasing the most influential designs and designers from 1900 to the present, this outstanding collection illustrates how the best ideas perpetuate

The best architects are known by the emblematic buildings they create. This book evaluates some of the top architects of the world on the basis of their most recent projects - constructed, under construction or non-constructed.

For the first time since the events of the Knightfall storyline, Bruce Wayne returns to his role as Gotham City\'s protector, Batman! The Knightfall Saga reaches its conclusion as Bruce Wayne returns to Gotham City in the never-before-collected Batman: Troika! A new era begins, as Batman reinvents himself to take on a new breed of foe. When the Bat-Family declares war against former KGB operatives

Rebus is back on the force, albeit with a demotion and a chip on his shoulder. A 30-year-old case is being reopened, and Rebus\'s team from back then is suspected of foul play. With Malcolm Fox as the investigating officer are the past and present about to collide in a shocking and murderous fashion? And does Rebus have anything to hide? His colleagues back then called themselves \'the Saints\', and

Blossom Buddies are the endearing creations of illustrator Elsa Mora. She carefully reconfigures plants to create a universe of unique characters. Inspired by time spent with her young autistic son, Mora’s one-of-akind characters combine vivid imagination with a careful appreciation of nature’s forms. These floral personalities will draw you into their world of wonder and whimsy.

From the first moving pictures (the Lumiere brothers\' 1895 L\'arrivé d\'un train), early westerns, fantastic pictures, and nickelodeons all the way through the golden age of silent film in the 1920s, this book covers the first three decades of the movi ng picture around the world. In America, we witness the birth of Hollywood, circa 1910, where film quickly became a powerful industry and D. W. Griffith

This is the winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. The matchless Munro makes art out of everyday lives in this exquisite collection. Here are men and women of wildly different times and circumstances, their lives made vividly palpable by the nuance and empathy of Munro\'s writing. Runaway is about the power and betrayals of love, about lost children, lost chances. There is pain and desolation beneath

The place is St Oswald\'s, an old and long-established boys\' grammar school in the north of England. A new year has just begun, and for the staff and boys of the school, a wind of unwelcome change is blowing. Suits, paperwork and Information Technology rule the world and Roy Straitley, Latin master, eccentric, and veteran of St Oswald\'s, is finally - reluctantly - contemplating retirement. But beneath

Behind the legend stands a being hungry for justice and vengeance as the adventure, intrigue, and heroism of World of Warcraft, the global phenomenon, rise to a new level. You are not prepared. Illidan Stormrage is one of the most powerful beings ever to walk the lands of Azeroth. He is also one of the least understood. Behind his legend, beneath his enigmatic mission, lies a brilliant mind whose machinations

When all questions of space, time, matter and the nature of being have been resolved, only one question remains - Where shall we have dinner?\" \"The Restaurant at the End of the Universe\" provides the ultimate gastronomic experience, and for once there is no morning after to worry about. This is volume two in the Trilogy of five.\"

This is from number one international bestselling author Sylvia Day. The final chapter in the global blockbuster Crossfire quintet Gideon Cross. Falling in love with him was the easiest thing I\'ve ever done. It happened instantly. Completely. Irrevocably. Marrying him was a dream come true. Staying married to him is the fight of my life. Love transforms. Ours is both a refuge from the storm and the

From our earliest childhood experiences, we learn to see the world as contested space: a battleground between received ideas, entrenched conventions and myriad Authorised Versions on the one hand, and new discoveries, terrible dangers, and everyday miracles on the other. As we grow, that world expands further, to include new species, lost continents, the realm of the dead and the lives of others: cosmonauts

The perfect gift for little astronauts with big imaginations! This space-age set contains everything an explorer needs to create the ultimate Mars colony, from colourful astronauts and space vehicles to adorable astro-pets. Simply unfold the poster to reveal the surface of Mars, pop out the pieces and assemble them (no scissors or glue required) for hours of extraterrestrial fun. Easy to put together