This book is open access under a CC-BY licence.What makes a book 'academic'? What spaces, physical and digital, can they be found in? How are they made, bought, and read? These questions are tackled b
The Know the Game: Complete Skills series is a perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player. Each book aims to teach young players the basic skills they need to start enjoying the sport, b
A maverick in the history of photography, Ishiuchi Miyako (b. 1947) burst onto the scene in Tokyo during the mid-1970s, at a time when men dominated the field in Japan. Working prodigiously over the l
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The work of Chen Fei (b. Shanxi, China, 1983; lives and works in Beijing)is part of a new trend in contemporary Chinese art that represents a clearthematic as well as aesthetic departure from the avan
In Launch a Teaching Career: Secrets for Aspiring Teachers, Dr. Peter Leibman explains in great detail how to avoid the resume pile, enhance your candidacy, and move to the head of the class. A step-b
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Seventh-grader Lewis "Shoe" Blake from the Tuscarora Reservation has a new friend, George Haddonfield from the local Air Force base, but in 1975 upstate New York there is a lot of tension and hatred b
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A tale of immense bravery, endurance and great leadership against overwhelming odds Gold Run is the true story of arguably one of the greatest gold snatches in history. It is a tale of immense b
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When two sisters feud over the family business, medium Emma Whitecastle doesn’t need a Ouija board to know it spells trouble. But with a little help from the spirited ghost of Granny Apples, she may b
For fans of Siri Hustvedt and Nicole Krauss, THE AFFAIRS OF OTHERS is an exceptional debut about the awakening of a young widow and 'carries a considerable erotic charge, but there's much more to it b
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In "Jelly Beans the Cheetah and Hope," the unlikely pairing of a sad little girl and a captured cheetah discover how much they share in common when they embark on an adventure in friendship. They've b
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Teen spy Zak Archer takes a thrilling ride on the Orient Express to discover the identity of an MI5 mole in his fourth adventureBelieved guilty of a murder he didn't commit, Zak Archer finds himself b
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Straight from the Van Gogh Museum in Amsterdam, comes a gorgeous 16-month wall calendar for 2015 filled with works of Vincent Van Gogh. The museum, founded in 1973 and located in a building designed b
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Four small water voles are about to embark upon a long and perilous journey along the Great River, but will they ever find a safe place to call home? Features beautiful black and white illustrations b
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China’s inexorable rise as a major world power is one of the defining features of the contemporary political landscape. But should we heed the warnings of a so-called ‘China threat?’ Is China set to b
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First published in 1970, this book is a faithful representation of the original edition of Beltaine a literary magazine edited by W. B. Yeats from May 1899 to April 1900. Beltaine was the first of sev
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A new novel from Ben Bova, creator ofthe New York Times best-selling Grand Tour science fiction series. Bova is a six time Hugo award winner, and past president of the National Space Society. Here, B
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