Young building worker, Toni V, finds a diary buried in a water can in the rubble of a construction site. He knows he should just hand it in to the Supervisor - that's the rule. But curiosity gets the better of him and he starts reading. At first the diarist, Pelly D, seems like any ordinary girl, writing about clothes, parties, boys. But underneath the light, sassy, often sarcastic narrative, Toni V begins to sense that something very different, sinister, and scary is unfolding.Set...

In 1979, from the basement of a London squat, the Raincoats reinvented what punk could be. They had a violin player. They came from Portugal, Spain, and England. Their anarchy was poetic. Working with the iconic Rough Trade Records at its radical beginnings, they were the first group of punk women to actively call themselves feminists.In this short book – the first on the Raincoats – author Jenn Pelly tells the story of the group's audacious debut album, which Kurt Cobain once call...

Whenever the author-illustrator runs in a field, climbs a hill, or swims in the sea in Israel, she looks for something small to hold in her hand. She finds a basalt pebble from the ice-cold Dan River, formed from lava over 100,000 years ago. Israel's national bird, the hoopoe, leaves a feather in the grass at HaYarkon Park. Dead hood coral grows in the Red Sea, where fish play hide-and-seek. She holds small things in her hand and then leaves them in their habitats . . . for the reader to f...

Embark on an unforgettable journey through the land of pharaohs, pyramids, and ancient wonders with Egypt Travel Guide 2024.Written by experienced traveler Betsy J.Pelly. This comprehensive guide is a must-have guide when exploring Egypt's fascinating wonders.In this carefully curated travel guide, you'll discover:"Rich Cultural Insights": Egypt's fascinati...

The classic Roald Dahl story with fabulous full-colour illustrations by Quentin Blake.Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe, a pelly and a monkey living inside - they're the Ladderless Window Cleaners! Who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe? They become best friends and when they meet the richest man in all England, there's a chance Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true . . .

A 2025 BOOK OF THE YEAR PICK IN: The Guardian, The Telegraph, GQ and The Wire'Passionate and rigorous... riveting' Financial Times'[a] cool-headed but powerful polemic...' Sunday Times' A studs-up assault on streaming economics' The Guardian'A vital addition to the genre... arrives not a moment too soon' The TelegraphAn unsparing investigation into Spotif...

David Pelly tells the Thelon's story, exploring the mystery of Man's relationship with this special place in the heart of Canada's vast Arctic barrenlands. From Thanadelthur and Telaruk to J.W. Tyrrell, John Hornby and Eric Morse, the history is detailed, complete and exciting. The Thelon is the setting for a compelling Canadian adventure tale -- with all its drama, intrigue, joy and tragedy. But the writer goes beyond that to contemplate the significance of the Thelon wil...

NATIONAL BESTSELLERFinalist for the National Book Critics Circle John Leonard PrizeWinner of a Certificate of Merit from the 2025 ARSC Awards for ExcellenceA New Yorker, GQ, The Daily Telegraph (London), and Library Journal Best Book of 2025A 2025 Washington Post Notable NonfictionAn NPR Books We Love Most pickA...

Inuit elders say that the ancestors are happy when stories are told, retold, and preserved. In this “landscape of stories” about Canada’s Arctic — rooted in oral history — ethnographer and historian David F. Pelly continues his exploration of Inuit cultural tradition. Drawing on his more than forty years of experiences and encounters in the North, he takes the reader on a journey through the region — from a dog sled trek across Boothia to a spring seal hunt on the sea ice of Pelly Bay — an...

Ladybird Readers is an ELT graded reader series for children aged 3-11 learning English as a foreign or second language. The series includes traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction.- Beautifully illustrated books, carefully written by language learning experts.- Structured language progression to develop children's reading, writing, spe...

Haskalah and Beyond deals with the Hebrew Haskalah (Enlightenment) - the literary, cultural, and social movement in the 18th and 19th centuries in Europe.It represents the emergence of modernism and perhaps the budding of some aspects of secularism in Jewish society, following the efforts of the Hebrew and Jewish enlighteners to introduce changes into Jewish culture and Jewish life, and to revitalize the Hebrew language and literature.The author classifies these acti...

This book is a collection of poems and short stories that discuss growing up, coming of age, motherhood and more.