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The Treasure of the Poison King - A Sherlock Holmes Adventure

A two thousand year old secret leads Sherlock Holmes and Doctor Watson along a dark & death laden path to the lair of a ruthless master criminal. Even Holmes cannot foresee the final

Do Not Enter Alarmed Area

Opening a conversation with paintings and sculptures from the 16th Century to the present, this second collection by Nigel Hutchinson displays all his hallmark wit and insight. Artists as diverse and Brueghel (elder and younger), Lautrec, Paul Nash, Barbara Hepworth and Cezanne find themselves taking a skewed but searching view of the points at which life and art rub together, sometimes harmoniously, sometimes with greater friction. Humane, wry, always spirited, Do Not Enter Alarmed Area is a testament to the power of both words and

What\'s Inside A Flower?

From the creator of the New York Times bestseller Women in Science, comes a new nonfiction picture book series ready to grow young scientists by nurturing their curiosity about the natural world--starting with what's inside a flower.Budding backyard scientists can start exploring their world with this stunning introduction to these flowery show-stoppers--from seeds to roots to blooms. Learning how flowers grow gives kids beautiful building blocks of science and inquiry.In the launch of a new nonfiction picture book series, Rachel Ignotofsky's distinctive art style and engaging, informative text clearly answers any questions a child (or adult) could have about

My Little Book of Manatees

My Little Book of Manatees is a delightful story about a new family of manatees. From the newborn manatee s first lessons in taking care of himself to the manatees playful adventures in warm spring waters, this beautifully illustrated book is ideal for introducing young children to the wonders of

His Royal Hopeless

Robbie is heir to the evilest dynasty in the world: the Sinistevils. The thing is, Robbie is ... well ... nice. He embarks on a quest to claim his wicked destiny and secure Mother's pride at last. But Mother has other ideas

What\'s Left Unsaid

An enthralling novel of secrets, second chances, and confronting the past by the Wall Street Journal bestselling author of When I'm Gone.After a series of devastating losses, Chicago journalist Hannah Williamson has landed in Senatobia, Mississippi, to care for her bedridden grandmother and endure grunt work at a small newspaper. But in cleaning out its archives, Hannah discovers a compelling distraction from her life: a series of rejected articles from the 1930s that illuminate a long-hidden mystery.The articles, penned by a young woman named Evelyn, are haunting accounts of first love, trauma, and surviving a mysterious shooting that left Evelyn paralyzed at the age of fourteen. The articles stir up more questions than answers, and Hannah becomes consumed by what's left unsaid. Encouraged by Guy Franklin, a local middle school teacher, Hannah's

Rightful Heritage

Douglas Brinkley's The Wilderness Warrior celebrated Theodore Roosevelt's spirit of outdoor exploration and bold vision to protect 234 million acres of wild America. Now, in Rightful Heritage, Brinkley turns his attention to another indefatigable environmental leader--Teddy's distant cousin Franklin Delano Roosevelt--chronicling his essential yet undersung legacy as the founder of the Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) and premier protector of America's public lands. FDR built from scratch dozens of state park systems and scenic roadways. Pristine landscapes such as the Great Smokies, the Everglades, Joshua Tree, the Olympics, Big Bend, the Channel Islands, Mammoth Cave, and the slickrock wilderness of Utah were forever saved by his leadership.Brinkley traces FDR's love for the natural world back to his youth spent exploring the Hudson River Valley and

MORE THAN JUST A GAME

Kirkus Best Informational Picture Books of 2021STARRED REVIEW! "Moore's succinct and musical prose pairs well with Ollivierre's dynamic, movement-focused illustrations to outline a rich history of the sport's growth in popularity due to the unique circumstances of the early 20th century."--Kirkus Reviews starred reviewA look at how Black players came to shine on the basketball court.Today, the NBA is around 74% Black but, when basketball first started to catch on, it wasn't easy for Black people to play. They couldn't enter segregated YMCAs or attend privileged colleges. So Black Americans made their own spaces, playing in dance halls before the dancing started, and eventually forming teams called the Black Fives. More than Just a Game celebrates the history of basketball from a Black

Landscapes of Hope

Winner of the Frederick Jackson Turner AwardWinner of the George Perkins Marsh PrizeWinner of the John Brinckerhoff Jackson Book Prize "A beautifully written, smart, painstakingly researched account that adds nuance to the growing field of African American environmental history." --Colin Fisher, American Historical Review "A major work of history that brings together African-American history and environmental studies in exciting ways." --Davarian L. Baldwin, Journal of Interdisciplinary History "Uncovers the untold history of African Americans's migration to Chicago as they constructed both material and immaterial connections to nature." --Teona Williams, Black Perspectives "The way nature helped African-Americans endure the segregated spaces they inhabited in and around Chicago forms the subject of Landscapes of Hope...If

Why Can\'t You Hear Me?

In the early hours of 28th July 2016, Colette McCulloch was hit by a lorry and killed on the A1. Eighteen hours earlier she had walked out of the specialist care facility for autistic adults where she was being treated.Here, Andy and Amanda McCulloch tell the story of their daughter's life and untimely death: the years in which her autism went undiagnosed, her lifelong battle with eating disorders and the lack of support for her complex needs. The book is interspersed with Colette's own vivid and eloquent writing, her poetry and prose articulating her experiences grappling with a world forever at odds with her. Colette's story is a call to action and ultimately leaves a message of hope for a future in which autistic people will be better understood and able to

American Traitor

New York Times Bestseller "Brad Taylor is the best action writer in the business today, and Pike Logan is the right hero for our time." -- William H. McRaven, Adm, U.S. Navy (Ret.) and author of Make Your BedPike Logan is on the desperate hunt for a man who is about to betray his country--and ignite a horrific new world war--in this pulse-pounding thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor.Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill are enjoying a sunny vacation down under when they get disturbing news: their friend and colleague Clifford Delmonty is in serious trouble. While working as a contractor at an Australian F-35 facility, the former Taskforce member--callsign Dunkin--saw something he

Cedric Vol. 7: Isn\t It Past Your Bedtime?

Childhood is a time to learn about life. We discover love, but also such things as disease and death. We learn to share and be generous, but we also learn about the dangers of excesses, greed and gluttony. In other words, every day is a new adventure - especially when, like Cedric, you have a somewhat clumsy father, a grumpy but loveable grandfather ... and a strong-willed almost-girlfriend with an occasionally volatile

In-Laws and Outlaws

She knows what's best for her son, and it's not youEve has an idiosyncratic relationship with the truth, is a borderline psychopath (according to her psychologist friend Claire), and has a rather colourful past. But her heart is in the right place. Having recently met Gideon everything seems, at last, to be working out rather well for her. Then he introduces her to his mother. Marjorie clearly believes that she knows what's best for her son, and it's definitely not Eve.Over the next few months Eve struggles as Marjorie seems hell-bent on undermining her relationship with Gideon at every opportunity. Then, a chance meeting with someone very close to Marjorie confirms Eve's worst fears - there are literally no lengths to which Marjorie will not go to get Eve out of her son's life. Using her own ingenuity, and with help from some very unexpected quarters,

The War of the Worlds

Now in paperback, and accompanied by Edward's Gorey's masterful, timelessly haunting illustrations, H. G. Wells's classic story of alien invasion.When massive, intelligent aliens from Mars touch down in Victorian England and threaten to destroy the civilized world, humanity's vaunted knowledge proves to be of little use.First published in 1898, H. G. Wells's masterpiece of speculative fiction has thrilled and delighted generations of readers, spawned countless imitations, and inspired dramatizations by such masters as Orson Welles and Steven Spielberg. The War of the Worlds is a fantasy that is startlingly up-to-date yet in touch with the most ancient of human fears.In 1960, Edward Gorey prepared a set of his inimitable pen-and-ink drawings to illustrate a new edition of The War of the Worlds for the legendary Looking Glass Library.

Kate Bush The Dreaming: In-depth

When Kate Bush shot to fame in 1978, her public image was that of a sweet young woman who sang about Cathy out on the windy moors, full of melancholy and yearning for Heathcliff. It was charming, inoffensive and, although eccentric, subtle enough to come across as endearing or at least, not challenging. When Kate's fourth studio album, The Dreaming, was released in 1982, all of that changed. It is an album that some critics loved to hate - and that's why it matters.In this book, author Laura Shenton MA LLCM DipRSL offers an in-depth perspective on The Dreaming from a range of angles including how the album came to be, how it was presented and received at the time, and what it means in terms of Kate Bush's legacy

Say Goodbye The Sacramento Series Book 3

The third installment of the gripping Sacramento series from Sunday Times bestselling author Karen

The New Science of Consciousness

This book explains in layperson's terms a new approach to studying consciousness based on a partnership between neuroscientists and complexity scientists. The author, a physicist turned neuroscientist, outlines essential features of this partnership. The new science goes well beyond traditional cognitive science and simple neural networks, which are often the focus in artificial intelligence research.It involves many fields including neuroscience, artificial intelligence, physics, cognitive science, and psychiatry. What causes autism, schizophrenia, and Alzheimer's disease? How does our unconscious influence our actions? As the author shows, these important questions can be viewed in a new light when neuroscientists and complexity scientists work together. This cross-disciplinary approach also offers fresh insights into the major unsolved challenge of our age: the origin of self-awareness.Do minds emerge from brains? Or is something more involved? Using human social networks as a metaphor, the author explains how brain behavior can be compared with the collective behavior of large-scale global systems. Emergent global systems that interact and form relationships with lower levels of organization and the surrounding environment provide useful models for complex brain functions.By blending lucid explanations with illuminating analogies, this book offers the general reader a window into the latest exciting developments in brain research.

Alchemical Tantric Astrology

Reveals the hidden order between the signs of the zodiac, alchemy, and the Tantric yoga chakra system to unlock spiritual opportunitiesShows how the astrological cycle around the signs of the zodiac represents the alchemical transformation of consciousness and chakra awakeningExpands the meaning of each astrological sign based on its association with the chakras and the alchemical transmutation cycle from lead to goldOffers sample chart analyses to show how you can discover your spiritual challenges and opportunitiesDemonstrating the connections between astrology, alchemy, and yoga, Frederick Baker reveals how he discovered their correspondences by rotating the natural order of the zodiac, placing Aquarius and Capricorn at the bottom and Cancer and Leo at the top, to reflect the alchemical order of metals from lead to gold. is Alchemical Tantric Arrangement

Branding & AI

This book explains in-depth theories, tools, and models explaining the core ingredients of creating a successful brand. It also discusses how branding on an organizational and personal level is directly proportional to profit and return on investment along with measuring tools. The text includes case studies that dissect successful and unsuccessful marketing strategies of huge brands and the author covers the role of AI in branding, with its potential in facilitating companies in achieving their goals through targeted

Every Little Kindness

Follow the trail of good deeds in this beautiful wordless picture book to learn how small acts of kindness can make all the difference!When one act of kindness sparks another, anything is possible! As a girl searches for her lost dog, a simple act of generosity ripples into a wave of good deeds. In the course of a single day, each considerate action weaves lives together and transforms a neighborhood for the better.This wordless story, told in beautiful illustrations reminiscent of a graphic novel, demonstrates how every little kindness, shared from person to person, can turn a collection of strangers into a community, and--even though we might not always see it--make the world a more vibrant and compassionate place to be.SHOWS CHILDREN WHY KINDNESS MATTERS: By demonstrating how each kind act leads to another, this heartfelt book shares an important message with

Betrayal

Jonathon Kendrick's life was all going very well and to plan. A happy home life and a promising career in finance, a dream life for a normal person. Then came a chance meeting, and that's when everything began to fall

Instant Pot Bible: The Next Generation

Enjoy more than 350 brand-new recipes for family favorites and weeknight suppers for every model and size of Instant Pot with this delicious guide from the bestselling authors of The Instant Pot Bible.The Instant Pot is America's new favorite cooking appliance: twenty percent of households (and growing) have one, and its millions of fans love the appliance for its convenience, simplicity, and the incredible results that it delivers in just a short period of cooking time.Bruce Weinstein and Mark Scarbrough are the bestselling authors of The Instant Pot Bible, and are returning with an even more useful and comprehensive guide to Instant Pot cooking that shows how to get even more out of your machine. These recipes include all-new suggestions for:Pot-in-pot (PIP) cooking -- setting a smaller dish inside the pot to cook delicate ingredients

Sketchbooks

- Presents stories behind the sketches including exclusive artwork and previously unseen imagesGeorge Saumarez Smith, a director of ADAM Architecture, is celebrated for the elegance of his work as one of Britain's foremost classical architects. As a student at Edinburgh University, he belonged to the last year group to be taught the skill of measured drawing as part of the core syllabus and it would become a passion for him. Sketchbooks: Collected Measured Drawings and Architectural Sketches, presents a selection of the drawings that he has made in the last twenty-five years in a series of sketchbooks each of which is named after one of the Roman emperors. The drawings display a supreme mastery that goes beyond technique and assumes the status of art. They constitute a series of concentrated observations on buildings from different parts of the world which unlock the secrets of their

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Mental Fitness

"An important read for anybody who is sick of covering up the underlying problems with medications and explore non-pharmaceutical solutions." --Emeran A. Mayer, MD, Distinguished Professor at UCLA and author of The Mind Gut Connection and The Gut-Immune ConnectionAchieve a balanced mood, clear thinking, and abundant energy through transformative methods based on groundbreaking research on the gut-heart-brain-axis.Depression, anxiety, and burnout are the plague of modern times. Mental wellness issues afflict millions of people worldwide and account for billions of dollars spent on pharmaceuticals and "feel better" products. Unfortunately, most of these solutions make us feel "different" but not really "better"-and certainly not how we want to feel. Nurturing the Brain-Body-Biome is the superhighway

Cloud Defense Strategies with Azure Sentinel

Use various defense strategies with Azure Sentinel to enhance your cloud security. This book will help you get hands-on experience, including threat hunting inside Azure cloud logs and metrics from services such as Azure Platform, Azure Active Directory, Azure Monitor, Azure Security Center, and others such as Azure Defender's many security layers.This book is divided into three parts. Part I helps you gain a clear understanding of Azure Sentinel and its features along with Azure Security Services, including Azure Monitor, Azure Security Center, and Azure Defender. Part II covers integration with third-party security appliances and you learn configuration support, including AWS. You will go through multi-Azure Tenant deployment best practices and its challenges. In Part III you learn how to improve cyber security threat hunting skills while increasing your ability to defend against

A Spell in the Wild

Witches occupy a clear place in contemporary imagination. We can see them, shadowy, in the corners of the past: mad, glamorous, difficult, strange. They haunt the footnotes of history - from medieval witches burning at the stake to the lurid glamour

THROUGH THE CELLAR DOOR

- Showcases 40 of Australia's world-renowned wineries, each demonstrating a uniqueness in their approach to their design visions - Delves into how the architect responds to a winery brief, budget constraints and the restrictions and opportunities presented by the site during these stages that leads to an architectural style as individual as the wine itself - Offers details on how each wine destination and wine-tasting experience has been enhanced, where winemakers, owners, architects and designers provide personal insights, perspectives and individual stories - Details the processes of melding existing structure and new building techniques, building a journey to the cellar door, and the incorporation of local materials or specific winemaking techniques - Includes wineries from renowned regions, such as Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Margaret River, McLaren Vale, Barossa Valley,

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Tarot for Change

Unlock the transformative power of tarot with this unique investigation into the psychology of its secrets, symbols and stories.Symbols have been used in modern psychology for generations, from the interpretation of fairy tales to inkblot tests. Although tarot is often thought of as a spiritual tool for divination and fortune-telling, it too contains a set of symbols that can help us better understand our selves and align with our values. In this book, Jessica Dore reveals years of secrets and insights about how to work with tarot to activate your potential.You'll discover:· The importance of choosing the right deck and how to find it· how the mythic imagery of tarot supports evidence-based therapeutic concepts such as mindfulness, acceptance and compassion· the skill of interpreting specific images and symbols· how to build a meaningful relationship with the cardsJessica's reflections on each of the 78 cards breathe new language into ancient wisdoms about what it means to be human. Whether you're new to tarot or have worked with the cards for years, this book will provide a path towards reclaiming your imagination and true sense of self.