Burning Chair Publishing

Please Note That The Following Individual Books As Per Original ISBN and Cover Image In this Listing shall be DispatchedThe Wishing-Chair Short Story Collection 8 Books Box Set By EnidOff on a Holiday AdventureWhen Mollie and Peter go to buy their mother a birthday present, they discover the most extraordinary a chair that can fly and grant wishes!The Royal Birthday PartyTogether with their friend Binky the Pixie, Mollie and Peter wish to become a prince and princess for the day, celebrating the birthday of Princess Peronell at the royal palace. But whatever do you give a princess for their birthday?A Daring School RescueBut on a mission to find their missing toys, the children are captured and made to attend the very strict school for bad brownies! However will they escape and find the wishing-chair again?The Witch's Lost CatAnd so when their little black cat, Whiskers, goes missing, they know just who to call upon to help them find her!Home for Half-TermMollie and Peter are very luck

#1 New York Times bestselling author Greg Iles returns with his most eagerly anticipated novel yet—Natchez Burning—the first installment in an epic trilogy that interweaves crimes, lies, and secrets p

Perhaps no other object of our daily environment has had the enduring cultural significance of the ever-present chair, unconsciously yet forcefully shaping the physical and social dimensions of our l

A fantastically funny rhyming picture book, from the bestselling and award-winning author and illustrator, Ross Collins. Poor Mouse! A bear has settled in his favourite chair and that chair just isn't big enough for two. Mouse tries all kinds of tactics to shift Bear but nothing works and tired old Mouse eventually gives up.Once Mouse has gone, however, that cheeky Bear just gets up and walks home! How dare he? But what's that? Is that a MOUSE in Bear's HOUSE?! A hilariously funny family story to share at bedtime, or any time, to make children (and parents!) laugh out loud. A brilliant, brightly coloured book in sturdy board for the very youngest of readers. Winner of the Amnesty CILIP Honour 2016 and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2016.Look for the sequel, There's a Mouse in My House. This time, the tables are turned and Mouse is the very unwelcome guest who just won't leave! Can't get enough? Look out for more brilliant picture books by Ross Collins: This Zoo is Not for You

Rejection letters. Cryptic reviewer comments. APA nightmares.Sound familiar?Ten Moments of Chaos, Ten Lessons Learned is a behind-the-scenes tour of the academic publishing world, told through the misadventures of a rookie researcher named Ted. Each chapter dives into a moment of confusion, panic, or quiet triumph that every scholar eventually faces-whether it's deciphering a revise-and-resubmit decision or realizing that even your file name tells a story. This isn't your typical dry guide to publishing; it's honest, relatable, and surprisingly funny.But beyond the chaos lies something deeper: the quiet, meaningful process of becoming a scholar who writes with purpose and resilience. With a mix of practical tips and heartfelt storytelling, this book is for anyone who's ever stared down a rejection email, questioned their worth, or dared to hope that their work might matter to someone. Flip to any chapter-and you just might find the inspiration you didn't know you needed.

An unconventional vicar must exorcise the dark past of a remote village haunted by death and disappearances in this explosive and unsettling thriller from the acclaimed author of The Chalk Man. "Hypnotic and horrifying . . . Without doubt Tudor's best yet, The Burning Girls left me sleeping with the lights on."--Chris Whitaker, New York Times bestselling author of We Begin at the End A dark history lingers in Chapel Croft. Five hundred years ago, Protestant martyrs were betrayed--then burned. Thirty years ago, two teenage girls disappeared without a trace. And a few weeks ago, the vicar of the local parish hanged himself in the nave of the church. Reverend Jack Brooks, a single parent with a fourteen-year-old daughter and a heavy conscience, arrives in the village hoping for a fresh start. Instead, Jack finds a town rife with conspiracies and secrets, and is greeted with a strange welcome package: an exorcism kit and a note that warns, "But there is nothing covered up that will not be

Little Kangaroo and her friends feel ready to do things by themselves. Little Croc wants to go down the steps. Little Cat wants to get out of her high chair. But do they know the safe way to do things

A breakout contemporary fantasy that's "1984 meets The Umbrella Academy with a pinch of Douglas Adams thrown in." (Gail Carriger)A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.Linus Baker leads

The tables have turned in this hilarious follow-up to There’s a Bear on My Chair – this time it’s Bear who has an unwelcome guest, and this cheeky mouse just won’t leave! He’s making a real commotion

A breakout contemporary fantasy that's "1984 meets The Umbrella Academy with a pinch of Douglas Adams thrown in." (Gail Carriger)A magical island. A dangerous task. A burning secret.Linus Baker leads

Sitting cat, spitting cat, tangled-in-your-knitting cat, paw cat, claw cat ruining your chair!New cat, shoo cat! Living in the zoo cat, swing cat, cling cat . . . HANG IN THERE!This laugh-out-loud pic

There used to be an empty chair at the back of my class, but now a new boy called Ahmet is sitting in it. He's eight years old (just like me), but he's very strange. He never talks and never smiles an

With an Introduction and Notes by Dr Emily Alder, Lecturer in Literature and Culture at Edinburgh Napier University 'Each time I dip a living creature into the bath of burning pain, I say: this time I

The sandy cat by the Farmer's chair Mews at his knee for dainty fare; Old Rover in his moss-greened house Mumbles a bone, and barks at a mouse. Carolina Rabei's stunning illustrations beautifully illu

She is the girl with the dragon tattoo. Lisbeth Salander. An uncompromising misfit whose burning sense of injustice and talent for investigation will never respect boundaries of state or status. He is

Greg Iles continues the electrifying story begun in his smash New York Times bestseller Natchez Burning in this highly anticipated second installment of an epic trilogy of blood and race, family and j

'But I, while vineyards ring with the cicadas' scream,Retrace your steps, alone, beneath the burning sun.'Virgil's lyrical, wistful and often witty pastoral poems.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80

Chicago, 1920: Hadley Richardson is a shy twenty-eight-year-old who has all but given up on love and happiness when she meets Ernest Hemingway and is captivated by his energy, intensity and burning am

One day, a girl came into our house, ate my porridge, broke my chair and fell asleep in my bed. I wonder who she was? A thought-provoking take on the Goldilocks story from award-winning author and ill

In the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, thousands of women confessed to being witches and were put to death. This book is a gripping account of the pursuit, interrogation, torture, and burning of

With an Introduction and Notes by Merry M. Pawlowski, Professor and Chair, Department of English, California State University, Bakersfield. Virginia Woolf's Orlando 'The longest and most charming love

Two fuzzy creatures both want to sit in the same comfy chair. The trouble is, they can’t agree who it belongs to. They get madder and madder, until…With expressive illustrations and simple text, this

My tiger loved cake, and I went with him to the cake shop. Then he got a bad tooth, so I went with him to the dentist.My tiger didn't like sitting in the waiting room, climbing onto the dentist chair, or being told by the dentist what to eat. Especially when she said no more cake!What's a tiger supposed to eat?A bossy adult is made to look silly and a charming tiger wins the reader's heart in this subversively funny story about a love of cake and the pull of natural tiger instincts.

The engaging story of a child who finds it difficult to read.World Illustration Awards - Children's Publishing Winner 2024From the creator of the Waterstones Prize-shortlisted Wolf and Bear, an inspiring story about a child lost in a forest of letters. The perfect book to share with children with dyslexia and other neurodivergence to encourage problem-solving and build confidence.Verbs, also known as action words, can be pesky things to master and nobody understands the struggle better than the young child in Wiggling Words. Skip, trip, fumble and fall with them as they discover that even though words can be tricky, they can be fun too!Written and illustrated by Kate Rolfe, winner of the prestigious V&A Student Illustrator of the Year and Macmillan Prize for Illustration runner-up.

Join Professor Goose as she travels through the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, exposing the flaws and explaining the science: bears live in dens, not houses! Did you know, the smallest bowl of porridge would have been the coldest, not 'just right' according to the laws of thermodynamics? Plus, find out what force broke baby bear's chair.

技術往往藏在看不見的細節裡，透過拆解、剝離、組裝、修復的步驟，了解大師名椅之所以是名椅的理由！ 審定　實踐大學工業產品設計學系 林曉瑛主任大師推薦　行一設計 彭文苑建築師木介設計主理人 黃家祥「究方社」（JOEFANGSTUDIO）創意總監 方序中設計觀察家 吳東龍 看不見的地方才是技術所在！本書針對被稱為大師名椅作介紹，並拆解它，將其座面剝離，再重新修復，與此同時，更深入地介紹每一把椅子的特徵以及設計師的靈感巧思。在這些名椅之中，最為有名的是吉歐龐堤的「超輕單椅」（Superleggera）、漢斯韋格納的「The Chair」（JH501）、「Y Chair」（CH24）、阿納雅各布森的「蛋椅」（Egg Chair）、「貝殼椅」（Series 7 Chair）或是芬尤的「45 Chair」（No.45）。除了上述眾所周知的名椅之外，還介紹了出自韋格納之手，卻鮮為人知的JH504，以及設計師或製造商不詳的紙繩編織折疊椅。要被譽為名椅，其中必有某些理由，可能我們對名椅都只感受到其造型美以及坐在上面的舒適感，但當你見證椅子的解體、修復、剝除椅面的過程之後，才能明白為什麼這些椅子如此美麗，才能深感設計師與製作者對工藝品、雕塑品的細膩精神。在我們從旁見證拆解與修復的過程時，需要熟知三個重點：．這些名椅應用了哪些技術，例如讓接榫加強強度的方法，無法從外觀了解的細節等。．使用的材料，諸如木材、五金的種類、座面或編織座面的材質等。．經年累月產生的變化。現今生活環境各類產品充斥，而有森林資源不斷減少以及環境汙染等問題源源而生，心中總有「如果不要再生產用完就丟的產品，而是生產能長久使用的產品」、「生產讓人願意修理，繼續使用的產品」，及「不要只是因為生產者想生產而製造產品」，或許是解決上述問題的方法之一。因此對於從事設計、製造與修理這類工作的人來說，「了解素材」以及「了解構造」絕對是缺一不可的事情。

A hilariously funny, read-aloud story with cut-through reveals, from an internationally celebrated author-illustrator.Once there was a mysterious thing. Nobody knew how it got there, it just was. “It’s mine, all MINE!” say Mouse, Frog, Fox and Bear. But is it a piece of fruit, a wheel, a ball, a chair or something else altogether? And who will get to keep it in the end?

The long awaited sequel to the award-winning favourite, There's a Bear on My Chair, from bestselling author and illustrator, Ross Collins. The tables have turned in this fantastically funny rhyming picture book. This time, it's Bear who has an unwelcome guest, and that cheeky mouse just won't leave.He's making a real commotion in Bear's house - eating all the food, listening to loud music and even spilling bathwater all over the floor! But when there's an unexpected knock at the door, Bear decides that perhaps mice are actually rather nice! A funny family story to share at bedtime (or any time!) From the bestselling creator of There's a Bear on My Chair, winner of the Amnesty CILIP Honour 2016 and shortlisted for the Kate Greenaway Medal 2016. Can't get enough? Look out for This Zoo is Not for You, What Does An Anteater Eat and This is a Dog. A brilliant, brightly coloured gift that will make children laugh out loud.Every Nosy Crow paperback picture book comes with a free 'Stories Alou

Children's picturebooks are the very first book we encounter and play a major role in introducing us to both art and language. But what does it take to create a successful picturebook for children?Children's Picturebooks, Second Edition is the revised edition of a bestselling title that carries invaluable insight into a highly productive, dynamic sector of the publishing world. Featuring interviews with leading illustrators and publishers from across the world, it remains essential reading for students and aspiring children's book illustrators and writers.Aimed at arts and literature students as well as aspiring children's book illustrators and writers. This book covers everything from the change in children's picturebooks over time to a breakdown of the children's publishing industry including, the editorial process, approaching publishers and literary agents and the printing process. With 15 new case studies from well-known illustrators like Jon Klassen, Oliver Jeffers and Beatrice A

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King, the most riveting and unforgettable story of kids confronting evil since It—publishing just as the second part of It, the movie, lands in theate

Today, translated crime fiction is in vogue - but this was not always the case. A century before Scandi noir, writers across Europe and beyond were publishing detective stories of high quality. Often

Publishing simultaneously in PB, HC and eBook editions.CONTINUING OUR STELLAR SCIENCE SERIES: Lucy's Lab kicked off with Nuts About Science and Solids, Liquids, Guess Who's Got Gas? in August 2017, an

At publication date, a free ebook version of this title will be available through Luminos, University of California Press’s Open Access publishing program. Visit www.luminosoa.org 

That's not my Unicorn is the 50th title in the popular That's not my series which sold millions throughout the world! To celebrate, Usborne is publishing a special limited edition of TNM Unicorn, with

Charlie and Lola are 10! To celebrate this momentous birthday, we are publishing three superly special birthday editions of the original and classic Charlie and Lola picture books. With a beautiful de