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The girls of PAWS have a bone to pick with a group of rival dog walkers in the fifth book of this heartwarming and hilarious graphic novel series that is the Baby-Sitters Club for pets!It's been seven whole dog years of PAWS (or just one if you're a human), and business is at an all-time high! But after a regrettable run-in with Gabby's arch-nemesis, Leo, things take an unfortunate turn. The two have an argument and Leo leaves the girls with an ominous message: "You're not the only one who can walk dogs..." It's not long before the girls notice flyers advertising a new dog walking business, SCAMPS. Sure enough, Leo and friends Brandon and Nolawi are behind it. And when Gabby and Mindy take some not-so-righteous retribution on these PAWS copycats, what could just be a little healthy competition turns into an all-out turf war.In the midst of it all, Mindy gets stuck doing a group project with Brandon, bringing her face to face with the enemy. But is it possible they have more in common t

The spectacular illustrated picture book for children aged 3+, from the creator of internationally bestselling Here We Are and What We’ll BuildThe captivating new companion to international bestsellers Here We Are and What We’ll BuildA father takes his two children on a thrilling out-of-this-world adventure into space and invites them to look back at Earth and the conflicts that have taken place since the beginning of time. This becomes a brief history of the world and a whistle-stop guide to the universe, all rolled into one – and told with Oliver Jeffers's inimitable perspective, wit and exquisite artwork.Meanwhile Back on Earth gives a unique look at life on Earth with a cosmic perspective – and an enduring message that what binds us together matters more than what sets us apart. A timely story for families everywhere.

Celebrate the generous love of extended families – and beards of all shapes and sizes! – in this playful and funny love letter to uncles and positive male role models."The book's unmistakable message about the many things that men (and boys) can and should be proud of being: playful, pretty, and powerful, all at once." Booklist (starred review)This highly original picture book for bedtime celebrates those less-immediate family members who kids may not live with, but who always show up and give their time, energy and love.Young Eli gets to spend a whole day with his eight adoring uncles – each with a different personality and unique, enviable beard! With lively text from an Emmy-nominated TV writer and bright, imaginative pictures from an award-winning illustrator, join Eli as he says his goodnights one by one after a busy day of treasured time together."A fun book to share with little ones. The illustrations and positive male role models are especially commendable." Inclusive Books for

★《Artemis Fowl》遇上《Dogman》的瘋狂火花，爆笑又失控的全新圖像小說系列登場！★ 顛覆你對仙子的所有想像──這裡沒有夢幻仙塵，只有背叛、混戰與橡實大戰！★ 荒唐英雄 Pip 正式出任務，在花園世界掀起一場最混亂也最精彩的冒險！一部顛覆童話印象的爆笑圖像小說，把仙子寫得壞壞的、吵吵的，卻也讓人一看就愛上。主角 Pip 誤打誤撞闖進權力鬥爭核心，在陰謀、預言與大戰中一路失控前進。節奏快、笑點密、畫面鬧翻天，特別適合喜歡《Dogman》式瘋狂幽默與奇幻冒險的孩子。Artemis Fowl meets Dogman in the first book of this madcap graphic novel series following factions of sneaky, double-crossing fairies who will do anything for control of their world, The Garden. Everyone knows that fairies are gentle, beautiful, and kind creatures who live in flowers and dress in pastels, right? WRONG! Fairies are horrible, disgusting backstabbers constantly at war with each other for power and control. They're not even magical for pete's sake. And then there's Pip, a cheeky, impulsive tree fairy who could give two hoots about power and is really just looking for a party. But after being tasked with delivering an important message to the higher ups at the top of the tree, she's thrown into a breakneck adventure involving a dubious an

You two go together like puzzle-based puns and love. This shaped mini-puzzle by Brass Monkey is the perfect way to get your message across, loud and clear. It even comes in a small giftable box, with a place to write your own clever* note on the back.*Actual cleverness of your message not guaranteed.• 100 piece shaped mini-puzzle.• Features two-color 'You Complete Me' artwork w/ gold foil accents.• Completed puzzle measures 7.25" wide by 6.8" tall.• Box measures 3.75" wide by 4.375" tall (and 1.25" thick btw).• Includes a dedicated area to write a personal message on the box.

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Know someone with a case of the Mondays? Tell them to never use that phrase again, and then give them this. This shaped mini-puzzle by Brass Monkey is the perfect way to get your message across, loud and clear. It even comes in a small giftable box, with a place to write your own clever* note on the back.*Actual cleverness of your message not guaranteed.• 100 piece square shaped mini-puzzle.• Features full-color 'Mondays, Am I Right?' artwork w/ black foil accents.• Completed puzzle measures 7.25" wide by 7.25" tall.• Box measures 3.75" wide by 4.375" tall (and 1.25" thick btw).• Includes a dedicated area to write a personal message on the box.

Seriously though, we're asking. Sparkling personalities? Check. Movie star good looks? Oh. Hmm. Well, we're sure you qualify. This shaped mini-puzzle by Brass Monkey is the perfect way to get your message across, loud and clear. It even comes in a small giftable box, with a place to write your own clever* note on the back.*Actual cleverness of your message not guaranteed.• 100 piece shaped mini-puzzle.• Features two-color 'How Are We Not Famous?' artwork w/ gold foil accents.• Completed puzzle measures 7.25" wide by 6.72" tall.• Box measures 3.75" wide by 4.375" tall (and 1.25" thick btw).• Includes a dedicated area to write a personal message on the box.

INSTANT #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER! "Prepare to meet your next obsession." -- Rebecca Ross, author of Divine Rivals From New York Times bestselling author Rachel Gillig comes the next big romantasy sensation, a gothic, mist-cloaked tale of a young prophetess forced on an impossible quest with the one knight whose future is beyond her sight. Perfect for fans of Jennifer L. Armentrout and Leigh Bardugo. Sybil Delling has spent nine years dreaming of having no dreams at all. Like the other foundling girls who traded a decade of service for a home in the great cathedral, Sybil is a Diviner. In her dreams she receives visions from six unearthly figures known as Omens. From them, she can predict terrible things before they occur, and lords and common folk alike travel across the kingdom of Traum's windswept moors to learn their futures by her dreams. Just as she and her sister Diviners near the end of their service, a mysterious knight arrives at the cathedral. Rude, heretical, and devilis

Available in a beautiful print edition for the first time, this brilliant lecture delivered by László Krasznahorkai, winner of the 2025 Nobel Prize in Literature, reads like an unforgettable short storyAddressed to a rapt audience in Stockholm two days before being awarded his Nobel Prize, L嫳zl?Krasznahorkai's moving lecture asks: "Human being--astonishing creature--who are you?" In a message about hope (or his lack thereof), Krasznahorkai compassionately considers humanity and how, from our degraded current epoch, destruction might emerge --or rebellion.

The New York Times bestselling author illustrator of The Wonderful Things You Will Be creates an enchanting picture book about a child finding their "wild" self. What would you do if you let the wild in? Eleanor loved wild things. Every wing and wild sprout. There was somthing wild inside of herthat wanted to come out. With gorgeous illustrations, this book is the ideal addition to any bedtime reading routine or read aloud. The Wildest Thing beautifully expresses a timeless message about little ones unleashing their inner "wild" and encouraging their budding imagination and unique individuality.

The Andy Warhol Flowers Greeting Card Puzzle from Galison is a 60-piece postcard puzzle featuring the iconic Andy Warhol Flowers series from 1970. Package comes with the puzzle fully assembled. Write the message on the back, break up the pieces, place in the envelope and mail.• A greeting card and puzzle in one!• Size: 5.5 x 7.375 x 0.375", 140 x 187 x 10 mm• 60 Piece Puzzle• Sticker Seal• Colored Envelope

The Andy Warhol Marilyn Greeting Card Puzzle from Galison is a 60-piece postcard puzzle featuring Warhol's iconic illustration of the famous actress, a pop art masterpiece. Package comes with the puzzle fully assembled. Write the message on the back, break up the pieces, place in the envelope and mail.• A greeting card and puzzle in one!• Size: 5.5 x 7.375 x 0.375", 140 x 187 x 10 mm• 60 Piece Puzzle• Sticker Seal• Colored Envelope

The Frank Lloyd Wright Saguaro Forms & Cactus Flowers Greeting Card Puzzle from Galison is a 60-piece postcard puzzle featuring Wright's colorful and iconic geometric design. Package comes with the puzzle fully assembled. Write the message on the back, break up the pieces, place in the envelope and mail.• A greeting card and puzzle in one!• Size: 5.5 x 7.375 x 0.375", 140 x 187 x 10 mm• 60 Piece Puzzle• Sticker Seal• Colored Envelope

The Frank Lloyd Wright Hoffman Rug Greeting Card Puzzle from Galison is a 60-piece postcard puzzle featuring an adaptation of Frank Lloyd Wright's iconic Rug Design. Package comes with the puzzle fully assembled. Write the message on the back, break up the pieces, place in the envelope and mail.• A greeting card and puzzle in one!• Size: 5.5 x 7.375 x 0.375", 140 x 187 x 10 mm• 60 Piece Puzzle• Sticker Seal• Colored Envelope

The MoMA Starry Night Greeting Card Puzzle from Galison is a 60-piece postcard puzzle featuring Vincent van Gogh's iconic work from the Museum of Modern Art collection. Package comes with the puzzle fully assembled. Write the message on the back, break up the pieces, place in the envelope and mail.• A greeting card and puzzle in one!• Size: 5.5 x 7.375 x 0.375", 140 x 187 x 10 mm• 60 Piece Puzzle• Sticker Seal• Colored Envelope

The MoMA Mondrian Greeting Card Puzzle from Galison is a 60-piece postcard puzzle featuring Piet Mondrian's iconic work from the Museum of Modern Art collection. Package comes with the puzzle fully assembled. Write the message on the back, break up the pieces, place in the envelope and mail.• A greeting card and puzzle in one!• Size: 5.5 x 7.375 x 0.375", 140 x 187 x 10 mm• 60 Piece Puzzle• Sticker Seal• Colored Envelope

If you knew you didn''t have long to live, who would you tell? What would you say? And how would you deliver the message?Reito Naoi has just been fired. Enraged and fuelled by feelings of revenge, he tries to steal a valuable device from his workplace, but things don''t go to plan, and he ends up arrested.In jail, Reito is paid an unexpected visit by a lawyer who offers to arrange for his release, if he complies with the wishes of the lawyer''s client. Seeing no alternative, Reito accepts and soon discovers that the lawyer''s client is his aunt. When Reito tells her that he has no plans for the future, she gives him an order: ''What I want you to do is to guard a camphor tree.'' And thus begins Reito''s custodianship of a camphor tree standing on the grounds of a shine - a camphor tree with a mysterious legend associated with it...

''A new Simon Brett novel is an event for mystery fans!'' P.D. James''Simon Brett writes stunning detective stories. I would recommend them to anyone'' Jilly Cooper''Few crime writers are so enchantingly gifted'' Sunday Times_______________________For Major Bricket, attending church in his village of Stunston Peveril in Suffolk is a good way to keep up with the village gossip. Having only recently retired from a career where he was privy to many international secrets, the Major likes to stay in the know.Events take a turn one Sunday though when, after the morning service, Major Bricket notices the door to the bell tower open... and finds a body at the bottom of the stairs.The dead man is dressed in a suit and dog collar. But who is he? And could someone in Stunston Peveril have killed him?Perhaps predictably, most of the village residents seem more concerned with the Parish Council flower arranging rota than the mysterious corpse. Major Bricket will have to rely on his long-nurtured de

Instant New York Times Bestseller - A USA Today Bestseller - An Indie Bestseller - A Good Morning America Book Club Pick"Under the Same Stars will leave you shattered and wildly hopeful." --E. Lockhart, author of We Were Liars and Genuine Fraud"Stirring and absolutely unforgettable" --Samira Ahmed, New York Times-bestselling author of Internment and Hollow Fires"Full of banter, romance, humor and a little bit of magic" --Gayle Forman, author of Not Nothing and After Life From New York Times-bestselling and Printz Award-winning author Libba Bray comes a propulsive historical mystery that examines truth, rebellion, reconciliation, and what must be sacrificed for a better world. It was said that if you write to the Bridegroom's Oak, the love of your life will answer back. Now, the tree is giving up its secrets at last. In 1940s Germany, Sophie is excited to discover a message waiting for her in the Bridegroom's Oak from a mysterious suitor. Meanwhile, her best friend, Hanna, is sending me

The first systemic analysis of time travel as narrative device, Edward Royston's Transgressing Time argues that as a fictional conceit, time travel can most fruitfully be understood from a narratological perspective that sidesteps questions of its plausibility. In service of this goal, Royston identifies the precise narrative device, "anachronic metalepsis," that powers time travel. Existing at the confluence of narrative's power to manipulate temporality and fiction's power to transgress and displace across ontological boundaries, anachronic metalepsis demonstrates that the power of narrative itself is what enables time travel. Royston bolsters this concept through readings of classics such as Back to the Future and Octavia E. Butler's Kindred, contemporary works such as the video game Outer Wilds and Scott Alexander Howard's The Other Valley, and lesser-known works such as the nineteenth-century Spanish novel El Anacron鏕ete. These readings demonstrate how time travel functions acro

Adored by readers, the million-copy Japanese magical realist mystery for fans of BEFORE THE COFFEE GETS COLDIf you could meet any dead person of your choosing for one night, who would it be?When Hirase, a young woman from Tokyo arranges an appointment with The Go-Between, she doesn't expect a teenager to show up. Dressed preppy-style in a duffel coat and carrying a notebook, he communicates with the dead - at least, this is what Hirase has pieced together from the Internet - offering them a chance to travel back into the real world. He quickly lays down some ground-rules: you are allowed only one meeting with the dead, for a single night; the dead person must not have been called back by anyone else before, plus they have the right to refuse.Lastly, the service is entirely free. Four more characters will enlist the Go-Between for an emotional encounter with the dead. What is the mystery behind this smart young man with the notebook and why does he insist on meeting in, of all places, a

In the second installment of this full-color, fantasy adventure series perfect for beginning readers, Gus the Mushroom Dragon discovers a special Mushroom Power!Pick a book. Grow a Reader!This series is part of Scholastic's early reader line, Acorn, aimed at children who are learning to read. With easy-to-read text, a short-story format, plenty of humor, and full-color artwork on every page, these books will boost reading confidence and fluency. Acorn books plant a love of reading and help readers grow!Gus hasn't gotten the hang of his powers yet, and he's feeling a bit down. His best friend Ember tries to cheer him up with a trip to the orchard. On the way, Gus gets an important message from a nearby patch of flowers: the flowers need help! Will Gus figure out how to use his new power to connect with plants? Gus and Ember also meet a new friend along the way!Gus and Ember's adventure is told through five full-color short stories with easy-to-read text throughout, making this book a pe

The dangerous belief that granting women reproductive freedom poses a threat to "traditional" values is a myth that has long prospered in American politics, playing an especially vicious role in the development of totalitarianism in the West. How did such damaging ideas arise?In Reproductive Wrongs, acclaimed translator and cultural historian Sarah Ruden exposes how ideologies that oppress women and families in the service of power took hold. Ruden traces a sweeping history through her trenchant analysis of seven pieces of literature that, she argues, marked key inflection points across two thousand years. From propagandistic poetry written by Ovid in the early Roman Empire to the biography of an evangelical American "abortion survivor," Ruden lays bare how doctrines of control over women were invented and propagated.Scathing and vital, Reproductive Wrongs unearths the evolution of a right-wing radicalism that endures to this day, when half of the US population is losing access to basi

The heartwarming, magical Japanese bestseller about grief, love and a cat who will do anything to see his beloved owner againThe heartwarming Japanese bestseller about grief, love and a cat who will do anything to see his beloved owner again'A much-needed dose of comfort and positivity' SHANNA TANAfter a long and happy life with a loving human family, tabby cat Fuuta has passed into the afterlife. But he is not as far from his owner Michiru as it seems. Sometimes the divide between the lands of the living and the dead can be traversed.Eager to see Michiru again, Fuuta interviews for a position at Café Pont, which sits in the liminal space between the two worlds. The café is known for its unique service: its living customers can request meetings with the person they'd most like to see again, through the specially selected spirits of messenger cats.Fuuta must investigate and deliver his messages without unnerving the living, or worse, upsetting the balance of the universe itself. It is a

A companion book to the bestselling Go Show the World, this is another joyous picture book celebration of 13 Indigenous heroes from the past and present. We are who we are. There's strength in this too. We kept this place free, so you can be you. Author Wab Kinew expresses this essential message and continues his work from Go Show the World by celebrating the triumphs of 13 more Indigenous heroes throughout history -- and how their struggles and successes have made not just their communities but the world a better place for today's youth. From engineer Mary Golda Ross to interpreter George Bonga, from actor Chief Dan George to author Tasha Spillett, Kinew explores how each of these heroes embraced their most authentic selves (alongside gorgeous illustrations by Janine Gibbons) . . . and encourages young readers to do the same.

Stay ahead of the curve with this essential book, offering a concise, comprehensive and up-to-date analysis of the Prospectus Regulation (including its recent amendment by the EU Listing Act) and the pathbreaking Regulation on European Crowdfunding Service Providers (ECSPR). Placing the discussion in the context of the Capital Markets Union (CMU), this book provides a fresh and insightful perspective on the ever-evolving regulatory landscape of EU primary capital markets, setting out a practical roadmap for achieving effective and inclusive regulation. With a keen focus on the dynamic relationship between legal uniformity and differentiation, the book addresses 2 pivotal questions: how can the imperative of investor protection be balanced with the goal of providing businesses with improved and cost-effective access to EU primary securities markets, and how can the pursuit for greater unification be practically reconciled with the growing demand for regional solutions in a post-Brexit e

GEORGE FALLS THROUGH TIME IS. . ."Incredibly entertaining and intelligent." —GARRARD CONLEY"Big-hearted and inspired." —STEVEN ROWLEY"Funny, surprising, profound." —GRANT GINDER"Unputdownable." —LUNA MCNAMARALess meets the year 1300 in this exhilarating and thoughtfully genre-defying literary novel about a man transported through time in a moment of extreme stress, whose modern anxieties are replaced by medieval brutalitiesNewly laid off George’s internet bill is in his ex-boyfriend’s name. He’s got a spider-infested apartment, and two of the six dogs he’s walking in London have just escaped. It’s pure undiluted stress that sends him into a spiral, all the way to the year 1300.When he comes to, George recognizes the same rolling hills of Greenwich Park. But the luxuries and phone service of modernity are nowhere. In their place are locals with a bizarre, slanted speech in awe of his foreign clothes, who swiftly toss him in a dungeon. Despite the barbarity of a medieval world, a servant

With love, we can do anything! A joyful picture book about love and kindess, from international bestselling illustrator, Axel Scheffler Love is a feelingThat wraps you up tightLike a hug when you're lonelyOr a light in the night. Love is a feeling That comes from the heart. It's easy to share it,Come on - let's start! With its warm text and playful animal characters, Love shows us that sharing love and kindness is easy and fun - and makes our world a better place.Axel Scheffler's fabulous, endearing animals are the perfect ambassadors to share his message of kindness Axel is much-loved for his characters such as the Gruffalo, Stick Man and Zog A donation from every copy of Love sold goes to Three Peas, a charity which supports refugees who have had to flee their homes. Love follows Axel's picture books Kind and Welcome which have enjoyed huge critical and international success. Kind has been translated into 22 languages Praise for Kind: The Times 'Children's Book of the Week' on 6th Ap