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This title is the ultimate escape from the endless screen scroll, offering 66 engaging games to reconnect with friends and family. Whether you’re planning a birthday party, a relaxed get-together, or a lively street gathering, this book provides the perfect antidote to screen overload. With games that fit any occasion – from quick, on-the-go activities to more energetic group challenges – you’ll never be at a loss for fun. Each game is designed for easy learning, quick play and maximum enjoyment.
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Raymond Antrobus was first diagnosed as deaf at the age of six. He discovered he had missing sounds – bird calls, whistles, kettles, alarms. Teachers thought he was slow and disruptive, some didn’t believe he was deaf at all. ‘The Quiet Ear’ tells the story of Raymond’s upbringing at the intersection of race and disability. Growing up in East London to an English mother and Jamaican father, educated in both mainstream and deaf schooling systems, Raymond explores the shame of miscommunication, the joy of finding community and shines a light on the decline of deaf education in Britain. Throughout, Raymond sets his story alongside those of other D/deaf cultural figures – from painters to silent film stars, poets to performers – the inspiring models of D/deaf creativity he did not have growing up.
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Born in working-class Liverpool in 1952 to devoted members of the British Communist Party, Alexei Sayle has spent a lifetime walking down the middle of the street shouting. ‘How I’ve Tried to Change the World’ is a memoir of his life on the Left, covering seven decades of social history told through key marches and rallies. From the demonstrations against the Vietnam War in 1969 and the first Miners’ strike in 1974, to the demonstration against the 2003 Iraq invasion and the recent marches in support of Gaza, Sayle traces the enduring struggle for a better, fairer world. He explores Left ideas, why they matter and why it’s still worth taking them seriously. Along the way, we encounter The Other Alexei (a bitter, retired media studies lecturer from Clitheroe Polytechnic), his imaginary daughter Tanita, and learn how a Samurai philosophy called Bushido can teach us how to behave at an all-you-can-eat buffet.
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From the artist and social media sensation, featuring original artwork never seen before, explore the absurdity and silliness of everyday life – the habits and thoughts that guide each one of us, from growing up to surviving work, from cultivating friendships to marrying your best friend. Why are the hardest battles given to the silliest sausages? How can we do more of the things we love? And, most importantly, why are you always hungry? Weaving philosophical theories with his hand-drawn cast of animal characters, ‘You Deserve The Little Treat’ invites you to find the joy again in modern life.
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The Middle East has forever been the source of religions, prize of empires, spark-wheel of conflicts, well of radicalism and epicentre of our tumultuous world. No other region has such a hold on our imagination nor such a propensity to unleash mayhem. Yet few know its real history; fewer still understand its variety and cosmopolitanism, its complexity and interconnectedness. In ‘The Cauldron’, Simon Sebag Montefiore delivers a fresh and unique history of the entire region in all its diversity, from 1900 up to the present day. Taking the reader on a spectacular journey from the Ottoman sultanate to the Trump presidency, from Morocco to Iran, this is a dazzling panorama of faith and fanaticism, creativity and tolerance, dictatorship and democracy brought to life by an extraordinary cast of kings, warriors, poets, terrorists and peacemakers.
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In 2024, Nina’s small aircraft crashes into a lake in the Wyoming mountains. Lost, freezing and alone on the shore, Nina stumbles upon Sunrise – an abandoned frontier town that is strangely well-maintained. In 2003, Sunrise’s golden boy Coll is about to start rehearsals for the town’s annual historical re-enactment when he is linked with a scandalous incident at a local bar. And when an author comes to him with questions about one of Sunrise’s most beloved figures, Coll is forced to reassess everything he thought he knew about the city – and himself. In 1902, town founder, gunslinger and adventure-novel hero Anton Vargas returns to Sunrise and helps the search for a missing boy. But who really is Vargas? What does he know about the boy’s disappearance? And why has he returned after so many years away? These three are strangers, separated by time. But Sunrise has secrets which lie in waiting like gunpowder: quiet, until they encounter a
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In a near-future London where technology affects everything from our bodies to our politics, journalist Pels Badmus wants to make a real difference. She’s desperate to solve a spate of disappearances of young Black kids – including her friend’s brother. But her boss doesn’t want to hear it. Instead, he assigns her to cover the ‘unreasonable’ protests thousands of miles away in Benin, against culturally oblivious tourists travelling to partake in sacred Spirit Vine rituals. But when Pels takes the Spirit Vine herself, she experiences something mind-boggling – something that points to an unfulfilled destiny that could change the course of her life.
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Hannah looks more like a kindergarten teacher than someone who could kill you with her bare hands. But the truth is, she’s an Executive Protection Agent (aka. bodyguard) and she’s just been hired to protect superstar Jack Stapleton. Jack’s an impossibly handsome actor who looks like he has everything. Including a creepy, corgi-breeding stalker. When Jack’s mom gets sick, he heads home to the family’s Texas ranch to help out. Only one catch: He doesn’t want his family to know about his stalker. Or the bodyguard thing. And so Hannah – against her better judgment – finds herself pulling on her cowboy boots and pretending to be Jack’s girlfriend as a cover. It’s easy for Hannah to protect Jack. But protecting her own heart? That’s the hardest thing she’s ever done.
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In this entertaining and accessible exploration of love, Oxford anthropologist Dr Anna Machin dives into the science behind the myriad types of love that exist in the world, including romantic love, parental love, friendships, love for pets, football teams, religious love and even love for our smartphones. Through original research brought to life by interviews and case studies, and encompassing such fascinating areas as polyamorous relationships, parasocial (love for a celebrity) and sacred loves, this book argues that it is time to stop putting romantic love on a pedestal.
