Warning: this book contains giggles10 very funny authors - some of the best known in the kids' world.9 very funny, wildly inventive stories, from a big brain blockage to a Martian encounter and rock, paper and scissors as you've never seen before, to a brother who has gone bananas.The Giggle Guts QuizDo you like to laugh?YesNoIf you answered YES, then this is the book for y...

A FESTIVE MURDER MYSTERY NOVELLA FEATURING ALI DAWSON'Most writers of popular fiction would love to invoke the spirit of Dickens at Christmas but Elly Griffiths does this like literally no one else' Rev. Richard Coles'Mulled Wine Crime - warming and intoxicating' Ian Moore'Dickens and Dawson make a great sleuthing combination' Lucinda HawksleyNo-one is more surprised than time-travelling det...

A FESTIVE MURDER MYSTERY NOVELLA FEATURING ALI DAWSON'Most writers of popular fiction would love to invoke the spirit of Dickens at Christmas but Elly Griffiths does this like literally no one else' Rev. Richard Coles'Mulled Wine Crime - warming and intoxicating' Ian Moore'Dickens and Dawson make a great sleuthing combination' Lucinda HawksleyNo-one is more surprised than time-travelling det...

When locum doctor Jess Miller starts a new post at a hospital, she never expects to be held at knifepoint by a man who mistakes her for Zoe Furniss, the consultant she's covering.Shaken but determined, Jess accepts an offer to stay with Zoe, a brilliant but enigmatic paediatrician whose past is linked to a tragic event at a previous hospital twenty years earlier.Inside the impressive home of Zoe and her husband Scott, Jess senses tension, mistrust and something dangerous lu...

From the acclaimed author of the “wonderful” (R. F. Kuang, #1 New York Times bestselling author) First Sister trilogy, a stand-alone fantasy novel set in a realm where gods devour each other to fuel their power, following a crew of unlikely allies on a desperate quest to stop the god of War from conquering the known world.How are gods made?Years ago, the god of War took everything from aging mercenary Mordrena Halfheart—he...

Libraries and archives are liminal spaces between what once was and what might be remembered.This edited collection explores this dynamic through international case studies, theoretical discussions and practical guidance, considering how these spaces activate moments of grief through preservation and documentation. Drawing on cultural, personal and literary perspectives, this volume examines grief across temporalities and the ephemerality of digital and material memory spaces....

Queer Studies: The Basics offers a concise and accessible introduction to the foundational principles, history, and contemporary concerns of queer studies. Organized across eight themed chapters, the book traces the development of queer theory from the late twentieth century to the present, while exploring key topics such as identity, health, media, sex, and temporality. It takes a multidisciplinary and intersectional approach, introducing listeners to key debates, concepts, and c...

Resilience in Emergency Management: Core Concepts and Practical Applications delivers essential knowledge and practical tools for navigating the complexities of emergency management and resilience.This comprehensive handbook provides readers with the tools to understand and apply core concepts of resilience and emergency management, including societal resilience, crisis communications, recovery strategies, and the integration of innovative technologies like VR and AI. It o...

Autographs for Freedom is a stirring anti-slavery gift book that gathers essays, poems, letters, and testimony from leading American reformers, writers, and public figures in a united moral assault on slavery. Led by Harriet Beecher Stowe and supported by a Rochester ladies' society, the volume presents abolition as a Christian duty and a national necessity, warning that slavery endangers the United States politically, socially, and spiritually while offering hope through truth, sympathy, ...

From Edgar Wallace's relentless pacing to John Buchan's espionage classic The Thirty-Nine Steps, this sweeping collection gathers thirty stories of danger, pursuit, and hidden agendas. Erskine Childers's proto-spy intrigue, Louis Joseph Vance's gentleman-crook capers, Mary Roberts Rinehart's had-I-but-known suspense, and William Le Queux's invasion thrillers sit alongside contributions from Henry Rider Haggard, G. K. Chesterton, and Edgar Rice Burroughs, tracing the suspense and thriller s...

The highly anticipated conclusion to the Sunday Times bestselling Hurricane Wars trilogy makes landfall – and as the winds of war sweep through Lir, Talasyn and Alaric must confront the truth of their hearts and decide whether duty or desire will lead them forward.When the storm swallows the world, who will be left standing?Throughout their political marriage, Alaric and Talasyn struggled to resist the undeniable pull betw...

Youth, Disability, and Resistance offers a powerful account of how young disabled people across Europe are reshaping disability activism and reimagining the future of social change. Drawing on rich empirical research, Miro Griffiths examines why activism matters to young disabled people, what restricts their participation, how social movements can become more inclusive, what forms of resistance are needed to challenge unjust social worlds, and what needs to be considered regarding...