100 Women Who Made History - Remarkable Women Who Shape...
Celebrating the fantastic females who changed history, this ...
Who Is J.K. Rowling?
Women Who Dared: 52 Fearless Daredevils; Adventurers; and Rebels
Women have been doing amazing; daring; and dangerous things for years; but theyâre rarely mentioned in our history books as adventurers; daredevils; or rebels. This new compilation of short biographies features women throughout history who have risked their lives for adventureâmany of whom you may not know; but all of whom you SHOULD know; such as:⢠Annie Edson Taylor; the first per...
Fairytales Gone Wrong: Who's Bad and Who's Good, Little Red Riding Hood? - A Story about Stranger Danger
In Whos Bad and Whos Good, Little Red Riding Hood? our red-cloaked heroine is ready to set off with a basket of delicious cakes to Grandmas house. Be good, and dont talk to strangers, Little Red Riding Hoods mum reminds her, and if a stranger does talk to you, yell, run and tell! On the way, Little Red Riding Hood bumps into a wolf, who tries to speak to her. Immediately remember...
The Camel Who Crossed Australia
Third in Jackie Frenchs Animal Stars series, featuring the animals who contributed to historys most famous events. the story of the famous Burke and Wills expedition
as it has never been told before the humans called him Bell Sing, but to the other camels he is known as He Who Spits Further than the Wind. transported from the mountains and deserts of the Northwest Frontier (p...
Something in the Blood - The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula
An essential examination (New York Times Book Review), this revelatory biography exhumes the haunted origins of the man behind the immortal myth. In this sumptuous (Publishers Weekly) portrait of the man who birthed an undying cultural icon, David J. Skal pulls back the curtain to reveal the author who dreamed up this vampire (Time). A fascinating character whose own anxieties and ...
Miss Muriel Matters - The Australian actress who became one of London's most famous suffragists
The Australian actress who became one of Londons most famous suffragists. Discover the most inspiring woman youve never heard of
In 1909, a young Australian actress made headlines around the world when she took to the sky over London in an airship emblazoned with the slogan Votes for Women and dropped leaflets over the city. Muriel Matters was dubbed that daring Australian girl, an...
Boo Who?
Praise for Rex Wrecks It!: A delirious roar
original, perfectly paced, animatedly drawn and wonderfully lacking in any sort of improving message. A blast Observer . From the creator of Rex Wrecks It! comes a funny story about feeling invisible and finding a way to be seen and appreciated for who you are. Boo is new. And even if the other kids are welcoming, it can be scary being new, espe...
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...
The Boy Who Set Sail on a Questionable Quest
Princess Lois has been kidnapped by Anatoly the Handsome, who wants to marry her. Cue damsel in distress to be rescued by none other than our own heroic Blart. He sets out on the good ship The Golden Pig with Olaf the innocent who believes what everyone says all the time and Kupverstich the Strange an explorer-come-scientist whose ingenious explanations for the natural world have one ...
Dingo - The Dog Who Conquered a Continent
Jackie Frenchs critically acclaimed and best-selling ANIMAL STARS series looks at history through the eyes of an animal. Ages: 9-13 All of Australias dingoes may be descended from one south-east Asian rubbish dog who arrived here over 5,000 years ago. this is a story about the first dingo. It is also the story of Loa, who heads off across the sea in his canoe when the girl he loves ma...
Time and Space - The Tactics That Shaped Australian Rules - and the Players and Coaches Who Mastered Them
An accomplished book about the genius and ingenuity of the games greats (and the forgotten) and how they have shaped the game through the innovation of tactics. From Pagans Paddock to Clarksons Cluster, from Fitzroys huddle to Sydneys flood, the tactics of Australian football have become part of the vernacular. In this groundbreaking book, ABC journalist James Coventry reveals the...
The Man Who Listens to Horses
Monty Roberts is a real-life horse whisperer-an American original whose gentle Join-Up® training method reveals the depth of communication possible between man and animal. He can take a wild, high-strung horse who has never before been handled and persuade that horse to accept a bridle, saddle, and rider in thirty minutes. His powers may seem like magic, but his amazing horse sense is based o...
Doctor Who, The Lost Dimension Vol 2
The most epic Doctor Who event ever, as every incarnation of the Doctor and friends and enemies old and new unites to push back the threat of the Void: the empty space between universes that has inexplicably become sentient
and hungry! In this second of two volumes collecting 2017s giant Doctor Who crossover event, the lives of the Twelfth Doctor and the Tenth Doctor collide in the most u...
Rad American Women A-Z - Rebels, Trailblazers, and Visionaries who Shaped Our History . . . and Our Future!
This is not a book. This is a guest list for a party of my heroes. Thank you for inviting us.Lemony Snicket, author of A Series of Unfortunate Events books Like all A-Z books, this one illustrates the alphabet-but instead of A is for Apple, A is for Angela-as in Angela Davis, the iconic political activist. B is for Billie Jean King, who shattered the glass ceiling of sports; C is for Ca...
Where Poppies Grow - Quilts and Projects Honoring Those Who Served in World War I
Denniele Bohannon and Janice Britz joined forces to create The Kansas City Stars block-of-the-month quilt, Remembering Almo, to honour those who have served their country. Dennieles great-grandfather Almo OKell served as a medic during World War I and was one of the many soldiers who never came home. Along with each beautiful block pattern, you get a little peek into OKells life as a sol...
The Viscount Who Loved Me
1814 promises to be another eventful season, but not, This Author believes, for Anthony Bridgerton, Londons most elusive bachelor, who has shown no indication that he plans to marry. And, in all truth, why should he When it comes to playing the consummate rake, nobody does it better . . . Lady Whistledowns Society Papers, April 1814But this time the gossip columnists have it wrong. Anthony Bri...
The Gifts Of Imperfection - Let Go of Who You Think You're Supposed to Be and Embrace Who You Are
Each day we face a barrage of images and messages from society and the media telling us who, what, and how we should be. We are led to believe that if we could only look perfect and lead perfect lives, wed no longer feel inadequate. So most of us perform, please, and perfect, all the while thinking, What if I cant keep all of these balls in the air? Why isnt everyone else working harder ...
Doctor Who - The Doctor Who Book of Whoniversal Records
The Doctor Who Book of Whoniversal Records is a celebration of the greatest and strangest achievements from the brilliant, impossible world of Doctor Who. Bursting with firsts and bests both human and alien from the biggest explosion in the universe to the first human to time-travel; from the longest fall through space to the shortest life-form that ever lived this book will answer all...
The Owl Who Was Afraid of the Dark
A heart-warming classic full of animal antics by Jill Tomlinson. Plop, the Baby Barn Owl, is like every Barn Owl there ever was, except for one thing he is afraid of the dark. Dark is nasty he says and so he wont go hunting with his parents. Mrs Barn Owl sends him down from his nest-hole to ask about the dark and he meets a little boy waiting for the fireworks to begin, an old lady, a sc...
The Puppy who was Left Behind
A brand new tale in the Animal Stories series from best-selling author, Holly Webb. The Puppy Who Was Left Behind is the 25th book in Holly Webbs Animal Stories series, a must for any puppy loving, Holly Webb fan. Anna and her new puppy, Fred, go to spend time on her grandparents canal boat during the summer holidays. Anna loves the boat, and so does Fred, but her grandparents have a black ...
Who Rules the World?
If I were a voter in Britain, I would vote for [Jeremy Corbyn] Noam Chomsky, 2017 Who Rules the World is the essential account of geopolitics right now including an afterword on President Donald Trump Noam Chomsky: philosopher, political writer, fearless activist. No one has done more to question the hidden actors who govern our lives, calling the powers that be to account. Here he pr...
The Ten Types of Human - A New Understanding of Who We Are, and Who We Can Be
This book will introduce you to ten people. In a way, you already know them. Only you dont not really. In a sense, they are you. Only theyre not entirely. They inform and shape the most important decisions in your life. But youre almost certainly unaware of their intervention. They are the Ten Types of Human. Who are they? What are they for? How did they get into your head? We want to b...