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Science is a huge topic, but this book breaks it down into bite-sized chunks, making it an accessible introduction for anyone who wants to find out about this fascinating subject. Highly illustrated, in a pictorial, ‘infographics’ style, with snippets of information about all aspects of science from particle physics to genes and DNA.
One rainy afternoon in Istanbul a women walks into a doctor’s surgery and announces that she wants an abortion. She is 19 years old and unmarried. What happens that afternoon is to change her life and the lives of everyone around her.
100,000 years ago, at least six human species inhabited the earth. Today there is just one. Us. How did our species succeed in the battle for dominance? Why did our foraging ancestors come together to create cities and kingdoms? How did we come to believe in gods, nations and human rights; to trust money, books and laws; and to be enslaved by bureaucracy, timetables and consumerism? And what will our world be like in the millennia to come? Bold, wide-ranging and provocative, ‘Sapiens’ challenges everything we thought we knew about being human: our thoughts, our actions, our power … and our future.
Now celebrating 10 years of sensational silliness, this timeless bestseller is full of crazy, clever and chaotic fun. Follow an ensemble of animals as they attempt to ride all sorts of thoroughly unsuitable vehicles in this hilarious, one-of-a-kind rhyming text.
Bonbon Palace was once a stately apartment block in Istanbul. Now it is a sadly dilapidated home to ten wildly different individuals and their families. When the rubbish at Bonbon Palace is stolen, a mysterious sequence of events unfolds that result in a soul-searching quest for truth.
When a group of explorers stumble upon a girl living in the forest, they bring her to their concrete apartment block. But our little girl was raised by animals, taught to talk by birds, to eat by bears, to play by foxes. Her captors are in for quite the surprise. They’ll soon learn you cannot tame something so happily wild!
A sensational classic: this chilling tale of Siberian espionage is ‘the best thriller I’ve ever read’ (Philip Pullman) ranking with ‘The Silence of the Lambs, Casino Royale and Smiley’s People’ (Spectator).’Hugely thrilling, brilliantly written, perfect … I didn’t want this book to end.’ (Anthony Horowitz)WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PHILIP PULLMANKolymsky Heights. A Siberian hell lost in endless night: the perfect setting for an underground Russian research station. It’s a place so secret it doesn’t officially exist; once there, the scientists are forbidden to leave. But one scientist is desperate to get a message to the outside world. So desperate, he sends a plea across the wildness to the West in order to summon the one man alive capable of achieving the impossible … ‘Sensationally good … One of the great thrillers of the last century.’ (Charles Cumming)’As significant as … le Carré in bringing a gritty new realism to the thrille
Bond English 10 Minute Tests for 11+-12+ years have been designed by Bond, the number 1 provider of 11+ practice materials. This book provides practice questions that establish the core skills for success in English.
Pip and Posy are typical toddlers: they’re best friends and have fun but sometimes they get cross and sad, so it takes friendship, sharing and understanding to make things better. In this book, Posy snatches Pip’s scooter and tries to ride it but she falls off and hurts her knee. Though Pip is very cross, he comes running to help.
Life at Wigglesbottom Primary is often lived on the edge. A class talent show becomes a thing of great mystery and intrigue when it turns out that Jacob Barry’s stinky shoe can PREDICT THE FUTURE! Or filled with peril when the boys’ toilets become HAUNTED! And then there’s the CURSE that lives in the story-time carpet…
Alfie and Grandma are very special friends, and together they have lots of adventures! Whether it’s saving the day and finding a lost pet, or exploring indoors and out, Alfie loves being with his grandma. A special collection of stories celebrating grandmas and grandchildren from Shirley Hughes, creator of ‘Dogger.’
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