Bygone Badass Broads - 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed t...
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Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World
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Fantastically Great Women Who Changed The World - Gift ...
Nominated for the CILIP Carnegie & Kate Greenaway Children...
50 Queer Music Icons Who Changed the World - A celebrat...
Featuring beautifully illustrated portraits and profiles, 50...
Little Heroes - Courageous People Who Changed the World...
Age range 2 5 From the intrepid efforts of Susan B. Anth...
Trailblazers - 33 Women In Science Who Changed The Worl...
Florence Nightingale. Sally Ride. Ada Lovelace. These names ...
Outsiders - Five Women Writers Who Changed the World
Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists Mary Shelle...
I Am Malala - How One Girl Stood Up for Education and C...
Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the w...
The Undoing Project - A Friendship that Changed the Wor...
There are geniuses who work on their own. Together, we are...
The 10 Matches That Changed The World
Few governments have changed the world inthe way that footba...
Bygone Badass Broads - 52 Forgotten Women Who Changed The World
Outsiders - Five Women Writers Who Changed the World
Outsiders tells the stories of five novelists Mary Shelley, Emily Bronte, George Eliot, Olive Schreiner, Virginia Woolf and their famous novels.We have long known their individual greatness but in linking their creativity to their lives as outsiders, this group biography throws new light on the genius they share. Outsider, outlaw, outcast: a womans reputation was her security a...
The Undoing Project - A Friendship that Changed the World
THE NEW INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE BIG SHORT AND FLASH BOYS A gripping account of how two psychologists reshaped the way we think
What a story it is Sunday Times Youll love it
full of surprises and no small degree of tragedy Tim Harford In 1969 two men met on a university campus. Their names were Daniel Kahneman and Amos Tversky. They were different in eve...
Maximum Ride - Saving the World and Other Extreme Sports
Youre about to join the adventures of Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gazzy, and Angel, six extraordinary kids who have powers like no other: they can fly, and theyre being chased no, hunted across America and around the world. THIS IS THE END, MY FRIENDS. But I promise that youll fly higher than ever before in this wild adventure, witness battles worthy of multiplex movie screens, and laugh ...
The Complete Idiot's Guide to the World of Harry Potter
For fans of all ages Here is an entertaining and easily referenced presentation of insider information to the world that J.K. Rowling has created in her spellbinding series of novels. The Complete Idiots Guide® to the World of Harry Potter explores all aspects of the wizarding world and explains factually in terms of their relationship to historical, literary, religious, scientific, o...
Great ANZAC Stories - The Men and Women Who Created the Digger Legend
These stories show the overwhelming blood and honour, heroism and horror that was the Australian experience on our cruellest shores. Peter FitzSimons Accessible, short, often fresh tales capture the spirit and sentiment of Anzac. Roland Perry Over the years, the experiences of soldiers at war become the stuff of legend: tales of great bravery, battlefield wins, and also the tragic ...
Bold - How to Go Big, Create Wealth and Impact the World
A visionary roadmap for people who believe they can change the world-and invaluable advice about bringing together the partners and technologies to help them do it. -President Bill Clinton A radical, how-to guide for using exponential technologies, moonshot thinking, and crowd-powered tools, Bold unfolds in three parts. Part One focuses on the exponential technologies that are disrupting toda...
Women Who Run With The Wolves - Contacting the Power of the Wild Woman
Women Who Run With The Wolves isnt just another book. It is a gift of profound insight, wisdom and love. An oracle from one who knows. Alice Walker In the classic Women Who Run With The Wolves, Clarissa Pinkola Estes tells us about the wild woman, the wise and ageless presence in the female psyche that gives women their creativity, energy and power. For centuries, the wild woman has be...
100 Nasty Women of History - Brilliant, badass and completely fearless women everyone should know
Vital reading STYLISTBecause 100 Nasty Women is so easy to read and witty, I didnt expect it to be the life changing, important book that Im discovering it to be PHILIPPA PERRY * * * * * *These are the women who were deemed too nasty for their times. When you learn about (the very few) women in history, its hard not to wonder: why do they seem so prim and proper? The truth is, (mos...
Atlas, Schmatlas - A Superior Atlas of the World
Atlas, Schmatlas is an absolutely silly, yet decidedly informative and comprehensive atlas of the world. Written and illustrated by Craig Robinson, who got a D on his O level geography exams, Atlas, Schmatlas has over 250 entries covering the globe, and is filled with colourful maps, graphs, illustrations of notable figures and famous residents, and even a quiz to test your knowledge o...
Maps That Changed The World
A stunning compilation of the most important, dramatic, beautiful and inspirational maps. An ancient Chinese proverb suggests, They are wise parents who give their children roots and wings and a map. Maps That Changed the World features some of the worlds most famous maps, stretching back to a time when cartography was in its infancy and the edge of the world was a barrier to explora...
Children's Book of Philosophy - An Introduction to the World's Greatest Thinkers and their Big Ideas
This book explains philosophy to kids in an easy-to-understand way, using simple text and fun illustrations. It is the perfect introduction to the great thinkers who, from ancient times to the modern day, have tried to make sense of the world by asking questions such as: Who am I?, Is the world real?, Is it ever right to tell a lie?. Meet Socrates and Confucius, Kant and Sartre, and ...
Women Who Work - Rewriting the Rules for Success
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! Ivanka is donating the unpaid portion of her advance and all future royalties received from Women Who Work to the Ivanka M. Trump Charitable Fund, a donor advised fund that will make grants to organizations that empower and educate women and girls.* This is a chatty step-by-step guide to living a happy life and getting ahead in a career. USA Today The advice is ...
100 Nasty Women of History - Brilliant, badass and completely fearless women everyone should know
100 fascinating and brilliantly written stories about historys bravest, baddest but little known nasty women from across the world.In the final debate of the 2016 US presidential election, Donald Trump leaned into the microphone as Hillary Clinton spoke about social security and called his opponent such a nasty woman. The phrase has stuck around and has since become something of a badge ...
The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World
Meet classic comic-strip character Big Nate The Boy with the Biggest Head in the World as he stars in his own super-funny series. Big Nate is created by Lincoln Peirce, who inspired Jeff Kinney, author of `Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Big-head Nate Wright truly believes he is destined for greatness! Hes a table tennis champ, a genius comic book artist and the self-proclaimed king of his class....
The Best Women's Travel Writing, Volume 11 - True Stories from Around the World
Since publishing the original edition of A Womans World in 1995, Travelers Tales has been the recognized national leader in womens travel literature, and with the launch of the annual series The Best Travel Writing in 2004, the obvious next step was an annual collection of the best womens travel writing of the year. This title is the tenth in that series-The Best Womens Travel Writing-pr...
Welcome to the World - A Keepsake Baby Book
This stunning keepsake baby book awes and inspires, reaching parents who appreciate design and elegance and who want to treasure the memories of their babys first year in living color, connecting the birth of a new child to the beauty of the world he or she is entering. Sweet, tender, and inspirational entries help parents fill out a memory scrapbook for their children that goes far beyond fir...
Greatest Mystery In The World
During his career as an inspirational lecturer and bestselling author, Og Mandino made many friends around the world. One of the most cherished, who always held a special place in Ogs heart, is Simon Potter, ragpicker and salvager of human lives whom readers first learned to love in Ogs book The Greatest Miracle in the World. In The Greatest Mystery in the World, we once again meet this...
Race to the End of the World - The Mapmaker Chronicles Book 1 - a bestselling adventure for fans of Emily Rodda and Rick...
A map of the world? Why did the King need one of those? Besides, everyone knew that if you went too far in either direction youd fall off the edge, and if that didnt kill you Genesi the dragon of death would be waiting. The King is determined to discover what lies beyond the known world, and has promised a handsome prize to the ships captain who can bring him a map of the whole globe. To do ...
A Brief History of the End of the World
Most peoples concept of the end of the world comes from the book of Revelation. Alternative apocalypses can be found in the Zoroastrianism of ancient Persia, in ancient Hindu scriptures and Norse myths. Today, there are an estimated 25 million Christian fundamentalists in the US who believe it will come with the Rapture; others point to an ecological catastrophe, the AIDS pandemic or nuc...
I Am Malala - How One Girl Stood Up for Education and Changed the World
Malala is an inspiration to girls and women all over the world. J.K. Rowling Written by Malala in collaboration with critically acclaimed author, Patricia McCormick, this childrens edition tells the remarkable story of a girl who knew from a young age that she wanted to change the world and did. Her journey will open your eyes to another world and will make you believe in hope, truth,...
Photos That Changed the World
Now available in an updated and revised edition, Photos that Changed the World gathers together images of pivotal moments in world history in one stunning volume. In lavish two-page spreads, this book presents nearly one hundred of historys most memorable photographs from the Wright Brothers first flight to the bombing of Pearl Harbor, from Martin Luther Kings I Have a Dream speech to Nels...