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The Trader's Wife (The Traders)
Par Anna Jacobs. 2011
Singapore in the 1860s is exotic and yet terrifying for Isabella Saunders, a penniless Englishwoman, alone and vulnerable after her…
mother's death. Too pretty to obtain a governess's job, she accepts an offer from Mr Lee, a Singapore merchant, to teach him English and live with his family.Two years later Bram Deagan arrives in the country, determined to make his fortune as a trader. Mr Lee sees a way to expand his business connections and persuades Isabella to marry Bram, and she bravely sets sail for a new land and life. But the past casts a long shadow and together they face unexpected dangers. Will they ever be able to achieve their dreams - and find happiness together along the way?*******************What readers are saying about THE TRADER'S WIFE'This is women's fiction at its very best' - 5 stars'I loved this book' - 5 stars'Fantastic, couldn't put it down' - 5 stars'I love Anna Jacobs books and never want them to end' - 5 stars'Like all her books, excellent' - 5 stars
The Bitter Twins: British Fantasy Award Winner 2019 (The Winnowing Flame Trilogy #2)
Par Jen Williams. 2018
**Winner of the British Fantasy Award for Best Fantasy Novel** The electrifying second book in the award-winning Winnowing Flame trilogy…
- the sequel to The Ninth Rain. Epic fantasy for fans of Robin Hobb and Adrian Tchaikovsky.'An absolute joy to read... jam-packed with breath-taking inventiveness' James Oswald'Incredible heroines... incredible fantasy... Escapism at its finest' Stylist The Ninth Rain has fallen. The Jure'lia are awake. Nothing can be the same again.Tormalin the Oathless and the fell-witch Noon have their work cut out rallying the first war-beasts to be born in Ebora for three centuries. But these are not the great winged warriors of old. Hatched too soon and with no memory of their past incarnations, these onetime defenders of Sarn can barely stop bickering, let alone face an ancient enemy who grow stronger each day.The key to uniting them, according to the scholar Vintage, may lie in a part of Sarn no one really believes exists - a distant island, mysteriously connected to the fate of two legendary Eborans who disappeared long ago.But finding it will mean a perilous journey in a time of war, while new monsters lie in wait for those left behind.Join the heroes of THE NINTH RAIN as they battle a terrible evil, the likes of which Sarn has never known.What readers are saying about THE BITTER TWINS:'The sequel to the brilliant Ninth Rain kicks it up a notch with more action, scarier monsters and a more expansive story''Be ready for some great reveals and twists that may break your heart, but that will overall leave you fist pumping the air''The world building continues to blow my mind'
OCR A Level History: Britain 1603-1760 (OCR A Level History)
Par Nicholas Fellows, Mary Dicken. 2015
Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016This is an OCR endorsed resourceBuild strong subject knowledge and…
skills in A Level History using the in-depth analysis and structured support in this tailor-made series for OCR's British period studies and enquiries.- Develops the analytical skills required to succeed in the period study by organising the narrative content around the key issues for students to explore- Enhances understanding of the chosen historical period, supplying a wealth of extracts and sources that offer opportunities to practise the evaluative skills needed for the enquiry- Progressively improves study skills through developmental activities and advice on answering practice exam questions- Helps students to review, revise and reflect on the course material through chapter summaries and revision activities that consolidate topic knowledge- Equips students with transferable critical thinking skills, presenting contrasting academic opinions that encourage A Level historians to make informed judgements on major debatesEach title in the OCR A Level History series contains one or two British period studies and its associated enquiry, providing complete support for every option in Unit Group 1.Britain 1603-1760This title explores the reigns of the Stuart monarchs and Georgian Britain through two British period studies and two enquiries. It allows an in-depth understanding of the key historical knowledge, terms and concepts relevant to the period studied and encourages the critical use of evidence in investigating and assessing historical questions in the associated enquiries: 'The Execution of Charles I and the Interregnum 1646-1660' and 'The Glorious Revolution 1678-1689'.This title covers the following period studies and enquiries:- The Early Stuarts and 1603-1646- The Execution of Charles I and the Interregnum - The Glorious Revolution 1678-1689- The Making of Georgian Britain 1689-c1760
No Time Like The Past (Chronicles of St. Mary's #5)
Par Jodi Taylor. 2015
The fifth book in the bestselling Chronicles of St Mary's series which follows a group of tea-soaked disaster magnets as…
they hurtle their way around History. If you love Jasper Fforde or Ben Aaronovitch, you won't be able to resist Jodi Taylor.A Fete Worse Than Death...The St Mary's Institute of Historical Research has finally recovered from its wounds and it's business as usual for those rascals in the History Department.From being trapped in the Great Fire of London to an unfortunately timed comfort break at Thermopylae, which leaves the fate of the western world hanging in the balance, Max must struggle to get History back on track.But first, they must get through the St Mary's Fete - which is sure to end badly for everyone.Only one thing is certain, life at St Mary's is never dull! Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Once in a while, I discover an author who changes everything... Jodi Taylor and her protagonista Madeleine "Max" Maxwell have seduced me' 'A great mix of British proper-ness and humour with a large dollop of historical fun' 'Addictive. I wish St Mary's was real and I was a part of it' 'Jodi Taylor has an imagination that gets me completely hooked' 'A tour de force'
The second novel in the gripping supernatural thriller series from international bestselling author Jodi Taylor.Betrayed, terrified and alone, Elizabeth Cage…
has fled her home. With no plan and no friends, she arrives at the picturesque village of Greyston and finds herself involved in an ages-old ceremony that will end in death.And that might be the least of her problems - the Sorensen Institute would very much like to know her whereabouts. And Michael Jones is still out there, somewhere, she hopes. No matter how far and how fast she can run, trouble will always find Elizabeth Cage. Readers love Jodi Taylor: 'Jodi Taylor does brilliant, strong female heroes, and Elizabeth follows on from Max in the St Mary's series''I look forward to another adventure with this quirky and perfectly matched pair''Hold on to your seat and close your eyes if you dare!''Gripping and full of curious plot turns''An on-the-edge-of-your-seat thriller where no assumptions can be made'
Immune to Age: The game-changing science of lifetime health
Par Dr Jenna Macciochi. 2025
"TO AGE WELL, YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM IS THE KEY PLAYER YOU NEED TO HARNESS. READ THIS GREAT BOOK TO UNDERSTAND…
HOW." Professor Tim Spector, Author and Nutrition expert at ZoeFrom gut health to brain health, inflammation to hormonal shifts, Immune to Age is the ultimate preventative care framework that equips readers with the knowledge and tools to reclaim control over their health and ensure every year is a good one.In an era of unprecedented longevity and personalised health information, we have more tools than ever to extend our lives. Yet, despite these advancements, few of us understand the hidden processes that shape our health, leaving many of us struggling to unlock the secrets of staying well and thriving at every life stage.Long misunderstood as merely the body's first line of defence against disease, we are only now beginning to understand the crucial role that the immune system plays in how we age. This mind-bogglingly complex network - intricately woven throughout our entire being, from brain to big toe - drives everything from metabolic function to brain health, and it is the single greatest arbiter of our lifespan and, more importantly, our healthspan.In Immune to Age, immunologist Dr Jenna Macciochi blends cutting-edge scientific expertise with beautiful storytelling and actionable advice to explore the importance of good immune health at every stage of life, from conception right through to our wintering years. This is a paradigm shift in the way we think about time, ageing, and being truly well.
The Library Quarterly, volume 95 number 3 (July 2025)
Par The Library Quarterly. 2025
This is volume 95 issue 3 of The Library Quarterly. The Library Quarterly (LQ) embraces a wide array of original…
research perspectives, approaches, and quantitative, qualitative, evaluative, analytic, and mixed methodology to assess the role of libraries in communities and in society. Through unique and innovative content that positions libraries at the nexus of information, community, and policy, LQ publishes cutting-edge articles, essays, editorials, and reviews that inform, enable, equalize, and lead. Across these areas, all content in the journal ties to contemporary issues impacting libraries and librarianship.
Introductory Discrete Mathematics (Dover Books on Computer Science)
Par V. K Balakrishnan. 1991
This concise text offers an introduction to discrete mathematics for undergraduate students in computer science and mathematics. Mathematics educators consider…
it vital that their students be exposed to a course in discrete methods that introduces them to combinatorial mathematics and to algebraic and logical structures focusing on the interplay between computer science and mathematics. The present volume emphasizes combinatorics, graph theory with applications to some stand network optimization problems, and algorithms to solve these problems.Chapters 0-3 cover fundamental operations involving sets and the principle of mathematical induction, and standard combinatorial topics: basic counting principles, permutations, combinations, the inclusion-exclusion principle, generating functions, recurrence relations, and an introduction to the analysis of algorithms. Applications are emphasized wherever possible and more than 200 exercises at the ends of these chapters help students test their grasp of the material.Chapters 4 and 5 survey graphs and digraphs, including their connectedness properties, applications of graph coloring, and more, with stress on applications to coding and other related problems. Two important problems in network optimization - the minimal spanning tree problem and the shortest distance problem - are covered in the last two chapters. A very brief nontechnical exposition of the theory of computational complexity and NP-completeness is outlined in the appendix.
ITV This Morning's GP Dr Nighat Arif brings you the essential guide to female health from puberty to menopause.This book…
tackles important topics including:- Planning for pregnancy, including specific advice for LGBTQ+ parents- How pregnancy affects your body and complications to know about- Facing infertility and your options, including medicine to improve fertility and assisted conception- Health concerns including endometriosis, polycystic ovary syndrome and gynaecological cancersThe Power of Female Health, Fertility & Pregnancy encompasses all experiences, including the perspectives of women of colour, people of all cultures, and the transgender community to ensure that all groups affected by female health concerns are a part of vital conversations.For all women and people assigned female at birth, whether you are navigating your pregnancy journey or exploring your symptoms and wondering what to check, when, this book covers everything you need to know.Content from this book previously appeared in the hardback edition of The Knowledge: Your Guide to Female Health from Menstruation to the Menopause
ITV This Morning's GP Dr Nighat Arif brings you the essential guide to perimenopause, menopause and beyond.This book tackles important…
topics including:- Perimenopausal symptoms such as bladder irritation, vaginal atrophy, headaches and hot flushes- How to relieve symptoms, including lifestyle changes and hormone replacement therapy (HRT)- Understanding the risk of breast cancer and how to spot it- Guidance for discussing menopause and championing your symptoms with your doctorThe Power of Menopause & Midlife encompasses all experiences, including the perspectives of women of colour, people of all cultures, and the transgender community to ensure that all groups affected by female health concerns are a part of vital conversations.For all women and people assigned female at birth, whether you are dealing with uncomfortable symptoms of menopause or concerned about signs of breast cancer, this book will guide you through it.Content from this book previously appeared in the hardback edition of The Knowledge: Your Guide to Female Health from Menstruation to the Menopause
Overcoming Body Dysmorphic Disorder 2nd Edition: A self-help guide using cognitive behavioural techniques (Overcoming Books)
Par Rob Willson, David Veale, Alexandra Clarke. 2025
Don't allow a negative body image to ruin your life.'Not only a truly comprehensive self-help guide but an enormously helpful…
resource for professionals. With this book, the authors have made a great contribution to the alleviation of suffering' Kevin Gournay CBE, emeritus professor, King's College LondonFew of us are happy with our bodies, but three in every hundred people have a body image problem. One that frequently occurs is body dysmorphic disorder (BDD) - a recognised psychological condition when people become fixated on perceived defects in their appearance, very real to them but not apparent to others.Other body image problems can arise from difficulty in dealing with a disfigurement, eating disorders or dissatisfaction with weight or shape. Such preoccupations not only cause distress but can lead to anxiety or social phobia.This guide is written by authors who are highly experienced in treating BDD and will provide you with:- A clear, step-by-step course based on cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) techniques - The tools to enable you to understand, work through and take control of your life againOvercoming self-help guides use clinically proven techniques to treat long-standing and disabling conditions, both psychological and physical. Many guides in the Overcoming series are recommended under the Reading Well scheme.
ITV This Morning's GP Dr Nighat Arif brings you the essential guide to navigating puberty for women.This book tackles important…
topics including:- Physical changes during puberty such as unexpected body hair or acne outbreaks- How periods work and how to handle them- Taking care of your vulva and vagina- Sexual health, sexually transmitted diseases & contraceptionThe Power of Puberty & Periods encompasses a range of experiences, including the perspectives of women of colour, people of all cultures, and the transgender community to ensure that all groups affected by female health concerns are a part of vital conversations.For all women and people assigned female at birth, whether you are hoping to understand your first period or helping your family navigate these vital years, this book is a no-nonsense reference book packed with clear-sighted, compassionate advice.Content from this book previously appeared in the hardback edition of The Knowledge: Your Guide to Female Health from Menstruation to the Menopause
'Turns female celebrity inside-out. One of the most enjoyable books of the year' Nicole Flattery, author of Show Them A…
Good Time'A brutal and brilliant study of female celebrity ... a joy to read, fizzing with intelligence' Megan Nolan, Telegraph---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------How does an icon become an icon? How did Anna Nicole Smith model herself on Marilyn Monroe? What connects Lindsay Lohan with Elizabeth Taylor? How is self-made beauty Pamela Anderson like trans bond girl Caroline 'Tula' Cossey?In a series of interconnected essays about pairs of famous women, award-nominated essayist and art critic Philippa Snow explores the echoes and connections between a constellation of female stars and lays bare the artful and gruelling demands of femininity - from the golden age of Hollywood to the Instagram era. Full of the fascinating, entertaining and lurid details you might expect from the lives of mega-famous celebrities, dissected with icicle-sharp intelligence and rendered in stylish, flamboyant prose, Philippa Snow's first full-length non-fiction work is a radically insightful book about the complex meanings and layers of femininity in a male-dominated world.
How to Make Dating Not Suck: Brutal Truths from First Dates to Heartbreaks
Par Carina Maggar. 2025
Don't Get Your Panties in a Pickle | Eager Beavers | Ex_cuse Me? | Red, Orange and Beige Flags |…
Sexy Triangles | No More Sad Songs | Rose-tinted Glasses | Surviving & Thriving | I've got a Text! | The Cold-Hearted TruthFrom dating disaster to heartbreak healing, this straight-talking guide to the modern world of romance will show you how dating really doesn't have to suck that much. Whether it's tackling the apps, first date nerves and breakup tragedies, or embracing single life, nurturing with self love and healing from heartbreak, discover the hilarity in the universal experience of modern dating. With 120 irreverent and witty entries, this book will make you realise it's definitely them, not you.
Operation Sandworm: The Hunt for the Kremlin's Elite Cyber Army
Par Andy Greenberg. 2025
*This book is published in the US as Sandworm: A New Era of Cyberwar and the Hunt for the Kremlin's…
Most Dangerous Hackers. The text is unchanged for this edition, except for the addition of a new foreword.*'With the nuance of a reporter and the pace of a thriller writer, Andy Greenberg gives us a glimpse of the cyberwars of the future while at the same time placing his story in the long arc of Russian and Ukrainian history.' -Anne Applebaum, bestselling author of Twilight of Democracy'A chilling account of a Kremlin-led cyberattack, a new front in global conflict" -Financial TimesThe true story of the most devastating act of cyberwarfare in history and the desperate hunt to identify and track the elite Russian agents behind it.In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen. They culminated in the summer of 2017, when the malware known as NotPetya was unleashed, penetrating, disrupting, and paralyzing some of the world's largest businesses. At the attack's epicenter in Ukraine, ATMs froze. The railway and postal systems shut down. Hospitals went dark. NotPetya spread around the world, inflicting an unprecedented ten billion dollars in damage - the largest, most destructive cyberattack the world had ever seen.This is the true story of the hunt to unmask Sandworm: the group of hackers behind the attacks working in service of Russia's military intelligence agency. Following the years-long, globe-spanning work of the detectives tracking them, Operation Sandworm also exposes the larger story of a new global arms race, and the geopolitical chaos it is unleashing on the world. A narrative full of twists and turns, it captures a chilling new reality: in a war without borders, all of us live on the frontline.
The Dilemmas of Working Women: The Japanese Bestseller
Par Fumio Yamamoto. 2000
The classic Japanese bestseller published in English for the very first time - a darkly funny and relatable book portraying…
the lives of five women'Witty, wise and thought-provoking' Cecelia Ahern'Crackles and pops with humour, empathy and intelligence' Lisa Owens, author of Not Working'So brilliantly written that I kept trying to memorise sentences in order to repeat them to people later' Roxy Dunn, author of As Young as ThisIzumi needs to get a job. Haruka needs to stop talking about how she once had cancer. Katō needs to get through a shift at the convenience store without being harassed. Mito needs to break up with her boyfriend - or marry him. Sumie just needs somewhere to live. In this classic Japanese bestseller, published in English twenty-five years after it took Japan by storm, the lives of five ordinary women are depicted with irresistible humour and searing emotional insight.
My Cousin Maria Schneider
Par Vanessa Schneider. 2018
"Lovingly written" Deborah Harry"An exquisite portrait of a tragic heroine" Violaine HuismanA spare, heartbreaking memoir and tribute to Maria Schneider,…
the 1970s movie starlet who catapulted to fame in the controversial film Last Tango in Paris-only to live the rest of her life plagued by scandal-as told from the perspective of her adoring younger cousin.The late French actress Maria Schneider is perhaps best known for playing Jeanne in the provocative film Last Tango in Paris, directed by Bernardo Bertolucci and released to international shock and acclaim in 1972. It was Maria's first major role, alongside film legend Marlon Brando, when she was barely eighteen years old. The experience would haunt her for the rest of her life, traumatizing her and sparking a tabloid firestorm that only ceased when she began to retreat from the public eye nearly two decades later.To Maria's much younger cousin, Vanessa Schneider, Maria was a towering figure of another kind-a beautiful and fearsome fixture in Vanessa's childhood, a rising star turned pariah whose career and struggles with addiction won the family shame and pride in equal measure. Here, Vanessa recounts the challenges of their overlapping youths and fraught adulthood and reveals both the tragedy and inevitability of Maria's path in a family plagued by mental illness and in a society rife with misogyny.Unsentimental and suffused with deep love, My Cousin Maria Schneider is the story of a talented artist and the cousin who admired her, and of exploitation and how its lingering effects can reverberate through a lifetime.
Migraine
Par Samuel Fisher. 2025
'An essential contribution to modern storytelling' Emma Glass'With elegance and humanity, Migraine sheds light on some of our darkest and…
most urgent questions... What type of life can we hope to build in the aftermath of collapse? How might we love one another when we are walled off by the solitude of pain?' Keiran GoddardOpening in East London, Migraine follows two men as they cross the weather-ravaged city pursuing a doomed love.The snow has melted, but the thaw reveals a world transformed. London is in ruins, its population a fraction of its pre-freeze level. The weather has become wildly unpredictable - huge pressure swings leading to powerful localised storms. And this has led to an epidemic of migraine. When a storm hits, the pain comes, along with a wide range of visual and haptic hallucinations named migraine 'aura'. The novel starts with Ellis, one of a very small proportion of the population who don't suffer from weather-induced migraines, being struck by a migraine attack for the first time. After being blinded by hallucinations, he wakes in a ruined bookshop with its former owner, Sam, who pulled him to safety from the storm. No longer excluded from the migraine epidemic, Ellis decides to find his ex-girlfriend, Luna, and win her back. With Sam tagging along, he sets out from the bookshop and heads south.Compelling and insightful, Migraine is concerned with questions such as: what does a society look like, if it's organised around chronic pain? What kind of culture would this set of conditions produce?
A collection of thirty positive birth stories brought together in a beautiful book to offer positivity and confidence to anyone…
about to give birth'Glorious, uplifting and empowering' Giovanna FletcherThe idea of giving birth can be daunting - if not outright terrifying. So many of the stories we hear about birth are negative or frightening, but in fact many women and birthing people feel positive and satisfied after their birth, however their births have unfolded. What's more, reading positive birth stories during pregnancy can help women to feel calm, confident and prepared, and so increase the chances that they'll have an experience they'll look back on positively.Collected here by doula and hypnobirthing coach Claire Fulton are thirty true stories from a diverse group of ordinary people, representing a wide array of experiences. There are hospital births and home births; inductions, caesareans and vaginal deliveries. Things don't always go quite to plan, and there are moments of surprise, frustration and unexpected comedy along the way, but all of the stories deliver comfort, reassurance and a happy ending.
Meet the Whales (Meet The… #1)
Par Kate Peridot. 2025
An around-the-world trip to meet eight species of whale and learn all about them and their habitats. Includes a map…
of the world showing whale hotspots and a size comparison spread!