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Learn how to make comics from one of the most prolific comics artists working today. How Comics Work is a masterclass taught by Britain's first Comics Laureate, Dave Gibbons. Packed...

Just as children must learn the alphabet before they can read, future programmers must understand certain concepts before they can write their first program. This unique book uses full-color illustrations...

For the truly curious or merely confused, here is an easily understood, yet detailed explanation of microcomputers. Suitable for everyone from senior school students to adults, the text is fundamental....

we are all just one small disaster away from sinking, and sometimes you only realise when you're gasping for air On a daylight street in Minneapolis Minnesota, a Black man...

If you're a man of a certain age you'll know there comes a point in life when getting a sports car and over-analysing your contribution to society sounds like a...

From author Ame Dyckman and illustrator Jenn Harney comes a hilarious faux-cautionary tale featuring dad jokes and tantrum-throwing dinosaurs! In this outrageous "safety guide," a child in a museum asks...

Birds don't need maps! Many birds make long journeys twice each year as they migrate between their winter and summer homes. Arctic terns fly more than 10,000 miles from the...

It's naptime, and all the animals are curling up to get some rest. Whether it's snoozing under the sea or nesting high in the trees, little ones will enjoy learning...

Continuing the odyssey that began ten years ago in Returning: A Spiritual Journeywhich Bill Moyers called one of the most important memoirs of the spirit I have ever readDan Wakefield...

How do you feel? is a picture book to help children express their feelings. Different emotions are illustrated using colour-coded balloons in red, yellow, green or blue relating to the...

Alongside the number-one 2023 Netflix series At Home with the Furys, bestselling author of Love and Fury Paris Fury reveals the answers to the question she's always asked. How does...

An eye-opening exploration of American policy reform, or lack thereof, in the wake of the murder of George Floyd and the Black Lives Matter movement and how the country can...

How did we get here? All cultures have a creation story, but a little over 150 years ago Charles Darwin introduced a revolutionary new one. We, and all living things,...

. Intriguing questions about our monarchs, with surprising answers Ever wondered how fat Henry VIII really was? Or what made Mary I 'Bloody'? Over many hundreds of years royalty has...

A deep, practical anatomy of the novel from 'the strongest ... literary critic we have' (New York Review of Books) Rediscover this deep, practical anatomy of the novel from 'the...

In David Weber's How Firm a Foundation , the fifth book in the Safehold series, the Charisian Empire, born in war, has always known it must fight for its very...

The hard work required to make god real, how it changes the people who do it, and why it helps explain the enduring power of faith How do gods and...

"If there were a quick fix for our troubled globe, it would be the profoundly tolerant message, teeming with humanity, at the heart of this book." --Thomas MooreFrom the author...

In this blistering evisceration of celebrity culture and literary fame, a roguish loser sets out to write the best-sellingest best seller of all time. When he actually pulls it off,...

In this remarkable and often unsettling book, Sumana Roy gives us a new vision of what it means to be human in the natural world. Increasingly disturbed by the violence,...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'Of all the sleep a man can have, the fisherman's sleep is the sweetest. It is the greatest of luxuries -...

This book features a number of autobiographical accounts as to how various persons have come to change their minds about women in leadership. Well-known Evangelical leaders-individuals and couples, males and...

Starting with an interview at the Cauldron of Peace Health Food Restaurant, continuing through her early apprenticeship at the J&W Exotic Food Emporium (for every bite you take, you need...

What has two eyes, a mouth, and wrinkly green skin? Mark's shrunken head. It's a present from his Aunt Benna. A gift from the jungle island of Baladora.

In the rural Ohio of the late 1980s, social outcast Barry Nadler begins his freshman year of high school with low expectations. He resolves to go unnoticed as much as...

When Eva wakes up one morning to discover that her husband has died in his sleep, she is overwhelmed- with anger, with disbelief, with fear. For Adam was only thirty-one,...

SELLING POINTS: This is the first in a three-book series entitled The Widows of Standon, which features characters from Elizabeth's beloved Bachelor Chronicles. Confessions of a Little Black Gown spent...

'The sky didn't fall, and our family didn't fall apart. We just started using different pronouns. Oh, I had to change the name stored in my phone with his number....

What are the selling secrets that raised Frank Bettger from initial failure to unparalleled success, and fame, as one of the highest paid salesmen in America? Encouraged to tell his...

After their successful book speculating on What Killed Jane Austen, Dr Jim Leavesley and Dr George Biro turn their attention to How Isaac Newton Lost His Marbles and more medical...

The wonderful new novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively The wonderful new novel from Booker Prize winner Penelope Lively When . . . Charlotte is mugged and breaks her...

Discover how money makes the world go around in this bright, bold lift-the-flap book. Lift the flaps to find out all about money and what it can do, from earning...

Expert authors engage young readers in a love of learning in this exciting reference book. The amazing world of plant life is full of incredible surprises. Discover how plants are...

A lively introduction to the science of sound, with flaps to lift and experiments to try Sssh, listen... what can you hear? From musical harmonies to sonic booms, discover the...

Dive into the science of water with lots of flaps to lift and experiments to do. All living things need water to survive. But what actually IS water, and WHY...

Beautifully repackaged at a fantastic price for the limited print run Vintage Booker promotion Sammy's had a bad week - his wallet's gone, along with his new shoes, he's been...

How Many Kisses? begins by inviting the reader to give one kiss to the cat, two kisses to the dogs, three kisses to the flowers and so on, following a...

How many licks to the center of a Tootsie Pop? How many people are having sex at this moment? How long would it take a monkey on a typewriter to...

The human world sits on the brink of potentially catastrophic environmental change. If we do not drastically reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and start that process now, it is projected that...

To many outsiders, mathematicians appear to think like computers, grimly grinding away with a strict formal logic and moving methodically--even algorithmically--from one black-and-white deduction to another. Yet mathematicians often describe...

'Sobering, thought-provoking and action-provoking ... I can't recommend it highly enough' Nihal Arthanayake, BBC Radio Five Live 'Thoughtful, empowering and important' Mishal Husain Have you ever... seen a report on...

Your brain is shrinking. Does it matter? How Much Brain Do We Really Need? challenges us to think differently about the brain. Rather than just concentrating on the many wonderful...

A wise and witty guide to starting and finishing those projects we keep meaning to get to someday.

For fans of The Social Network , the story of an accidental pirate, a mastermind, and a mogul. How Music Got Free is a blistering story of obsession, music and...