November 1944. A German rocket strikes London, and five young lives are atomised in an instant.

November 1944. That rocket never lands. A single second in time is altered, and five young lives go on - to experience all the unimaginable changes of the twentieth century. Because maybe there are always other futures. Other chances.

Light Perpetual is a story of the everyday, the miraculous and the everlasting. Ingenious and profound, full of warmth and beauty, it is a sweeping and intimate celebration of the gift of life.

Paris, September 1940.

After three months under Nazi Occupation, not much can shock Detective Eddie Giral. That is, until he finds a murder victim who was supposed to be in prison. Eddie knows, because he put him there. The dead man is not the first or the last criminal being let loose onto the streets. But who is pulling the strings, and why?

This question will take Eddie from jazz clubs to opera halls, from old flames to new friends, from the lights of Paris to the darkest countryside – pursued by a most troubling truth: sometimes to do the right thing, you have to join the wrong side…

Are you looking to supercharge your business and grow your online community?

The key to a booming business is your community. Founder of social media consultancy The Selfhood, Daisy Morris, is here with the ultimate guide for all the side-hustlers, creators, business owners and freelancers looking to build a genuine community on social media.

This book drops the jargon – Daisy will teach you how to take your community on a journey. From brand awareness through to conversion, you will have the confidence to expand your reach while nurturing your existing fans, followers, subscribers and customers to turn them in to loyal and repeat customers. You will learn how to create meaningful connections with your audience, through real-life case studies, simple exercises and top-notch business advice. A must-read for any business owner.

Award-winning journalist and editor-in-chief Cate Sevilla has survived the messy, stressy and sometimes bizarre world of work - just.

In How to Work Without Losing Your Mind, she gives an unflinchingly honest account of the bad bosses, the time spent crying in work loos, the hell and humiliation of her working life but, most importantly, she reveals the solid self-belief, the sage advice and the hard-won lessons that got her through.

Filled with humour, wit and supportive words, this book is your essential guide to fixing your relationship with your work. Press it into the hands of every womxn who is sinking in a toxic work environment, battling burnout, recovering from redundancy or trying to find the right career fit.

Find out how to hold your own with the accountants.

The principles of business finance aren't complicated. Every business is driven by just four figures. Knowing what these four figures are, how they relate to each other and (most importantly) how they can be managed, is the key to understanding the finances of any organisation. Quickly learn how to get to grips with the accounts of any business.

The 4 Figure Trick will show you how, in under one minute, to ascertain whether any business is a success or not and how, in less than five minutes, to identify all its core strengths and weaknesses. Discover the formula for financial success and the practical steps any business can take to enhance financial performance.

Pamela Anderson's blond bombshell image was ubiquitous in the 1990s. Discovered in the stands during a Canadian football game, she was quickly launched into superstardom, becoming Playboy's favourite cover girl and an emblem of Hollywood glamour and sex appeal. Yet the Pamela Anderson we think we know was created through happenstance rather than careful cultivation.

Love, Pamela brings forth her true story, that of a small town girl getting tangled up in her own dreams. Growing up on Vancouver Island, the daughter of young, wild, and unwittingly stylish parents, Pamela lived a hardscrabble childhood but developed a deep love for nature, populating her world with misfits, apparitional friends, and injured animals. Eventually overcoming her natural shyness, Pamela let her restless imagination propel her into a life few can dream of, in Hollywood and the Playboy Mansion. As her star rose, she found herself becoming a fixture of tabloid fodder, at the height of an era when paparazzi tactics were bent on destroying a person's image and self-esteem. Pamela forged ahead with grace, finding sanctuary in her love of art and literature, and emerged a devoted mother and activist.

Now, having returned to the island of her childhood, after a memorable run starring as Roxie in Chicago on Broadway, Pamela is telling her story, a story of an irrepressible free spirit coming home and discovering herself anew at every turn.

With vivid prose interspersed with bursts of original poetry, Love, Pamela is a pensive, layered, and unforgettable memoir.

In this expert-led guide, Dr Harry Barry draws on his decades of experience as a doctor to show readers how we can improve our emotional connections and transform our mental wellbeing.

The Power of Connection will empower you with the fascinating science behind our existing behaviours and all the need-to-know tips and techniques for improving our skills of emotional connection. From the neuroscience behind communication to the role of verbal language, the importance of setting to the power of humour, this book gives you all the tools you need to thrive in any networking or social situation.

This book will help you to:

• Feel less lonely
• Experience deeper friendships and personal relationships
• Be someone who makes others feel comfortable
• Be more effective in the workplace
• Experience all the positive effects of these changes on your mental and physical health

Including case studies and practical exercises, The Power of Connection offers a step-by-step roadmap to improved social confidence, better workplace communication and more fulfilling emotional connections, with ourselves and others.

What we earn today is worth less tomorrow. So, what can we do about it? How can we future-proof our finances? The answer is simple: invest.

When it comes to investing you might have a few assumptions (you have to be rich to invest, it's too risky, you need to be a 'professional'), are bombarded with financial jargon (index, funds, stocks, shares) or are not sure where to start. Kalpana Fitzpatrick, financial journalist and money expert, will help you take control of your finances with this easy-to-understand guide to investing.

Invest Now is an essential book that will teach you:

• What investing is and why you need to care about it
• How investing works and why cash is making you 'poor'
• If investing is for you and how to get started
• How to ethically invest to save the planet
• Break down financial jargon, bust myths and so much more.

Whether you want to make a big purchase or retire early, investing will help you achieve your financial dreams.

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Get ready to rock on with this gemstone jewellery kit! Gemstones are perfect for creating unique accessories because each one is different in size, shape and colour.

This kit has everything you need to create three cool pieces: a one-of-a-kind ring, a wire-wrapped pair of earrings and a choker necklace. The 16-page book includes step-by-step instructions, plenty of tips and four project ideas.

Once you’ve learned the basics of this versatile craft, get creative and make some truly a-stone-ishing pieces!

Rosamund Lupton meets Lupin in this accomplished debut from an eclectic, cut-throat new voice in thriller writing.

Wealthy and privileged, Alex has an easy path to success in the Parisian elite his father mingles with. But the two have never seen eye to eye. Desperate to escape the increasingly suffocating atmosphere of their apartment, Alex seeks freedom on the streets of Paris where his new-found friend Sami teaches him how to survive. But everything has a price - and one night of rebellion changes their lives forever.

A simple plan to steal money takes a sinister turn when Alex's father is found dead. Despite protesting their innocence, both boys are imprisoned for murder. Seven years later Alex is released from prison with a single purpose: to discover who really killed his father. Yet as he searches for answers and atones for the sins of his past, Alex uncovers a disturbing truth with far-reaching consequences.

Playing out against a backdrop of corruption, fake news and civil unrest, The Messenger exposes the gritty reality of a changing city through one son's journey to redemption and the truth.

Prosecutor, Justine Boucher has only asked for the death penalty once, in a brutal murder case.

In doing so, she put her own life on the line. Because, if the convicted are later found innocent, the lawyer who requested the execution will be sentenced to death. Justine had no doubt that the man she sent to the chair was guilty.

Until now.

Presented with evidence that could prove his innocence, Justine must find out the truth before anyone else does.

Her life depends on it.

Tucker is a streetwise city mouse. He thought he'd seen it all. But he's never met a cricket before, which really isn't surprising, because, along with his friend Harry Cat, Tucker lives in the very heart of New York City--the Times Square subway station. Chester Cricket never intended to leave his Connecticut meadow. He'd be there still if he hadn't followed the entrancing aroma of liverwurst right into someone's picnic basket. Now, like any tourist in the city, he wants to look around. And he could not have found two better guides--and friends--than Tucker and Harry. The trio have many adventures--from taking in the sights and sounds of Broadway to escaping a smoky fire.
Chester makes a third friend, too. It is a boy, Mario, who rescues Chester from a dusty corner of the subway station and brings him to live in the safety of his parents' newsstand. He hopes at first to keep Chester as a pet, but Mario soon understands that the cricket is more than that. Because Chester has a hidden talent and no one--not even Chester himself--realizes that the little country cricket may just be able to teach even the toughest New Yorkers a thing or two. "The Cricket in Times Square" is a 1961 Newbery Honor Book.

Hithechurch, a peaceful, out-of-the-way seaside town in Kent.

When Charlie was young, she would visit with her family, making friends and playing down by the beach. Their favourite was telling scary stories; silly games of make-believe that would twist and weave old wife’s tales to scare each other. They would laugh and try to shake off the shiver than ran down their backs and made the hair on their necks stand on end.

But what if it wasn’t all make-believe?

Years later Charlie returns to Hithechurch with her niece, researching a book on folklore. As she delves deeper into the history of the area, she finds something disturbing: a decades long history of women going missing. Could the stories be true?

Charlie is about to find out some games are deadlier than others.

At an army base close to Voortrekkerhoogte in Pretoria, at the height of summer and South Africa’s Border War, 18-year-old recruits endure an appalling drill sergeant bent on turning them into killing machines for the sadf. They are sleep deprived, and tension mounts in this group of disparate individuals – boys from all walks of life – expected to function as a unit.

Andrew Howard-Smythe, a surfer from Durban, is the first to notice the giant Afrikaans boy Riejkardt Jurgens, whom he describes as a cross between a heavyweight wrestler and an orangutan. After a particularly gruelling training session on a shooting range, it is Riejkardt who snaps, severely injuring three officers before he is restrained.

The investigation that follows is suspicious right from the start. It turns out that, instead of being prosecuted, Riejkardt will be recruited for a sinister military outfit when his propensity for violence is recognised. Thus, this short, hard-hitting novel tracks the making of a henchman. Written in staccato, pointillist prose, Sons of Mud is deeply poetic and original, and a powerful anti-war manifesto.

Dare To Believe is a poignant narrative of resilience, courage and hope in the face of adversity. Mmusi Maimane invites readers on a journey through his personal experiences, from the hardships of Apartheid-era Soweto to the corridors of power in post-liberation South Africa.

With insights drawn from his political career and a deep commitment to justice, Maimane shares the travails of party politics, the difficult task of transforming the DA, and his vision for a South Africa where all races can live and prosper together.

This book challenges us to confront the realities of inequality and division while daring to envision a nation united in prosperity and peace. It is a call to restore democracy back to the people and a compelling articulation of Maimane's belief in the transformative power of unity and the promise of a better tomorrow.

A ground-breaking and deeply moving report from the front lines of the battle to protect a woman's right to abortion.

On Friday 24 June 2022, women's rights suffered an extraordinary and unprecedented blow. Five US Supreme Court justices made a decision that will impact millions of lives for years to come. In this gripping blend of reportage and history, journalist Becca Andrews tells the story how we have arrived at this devastating turning point.

NO CHOICE introduces the origin of abortion and its practice in global cultures, before focusing its gaze on the battle that has been waged for the past century across America, shining a light on the eerie ways in which life before Roe will be mirrored in life after. The wealthy and privileged will still have access, low-income people will suffer disproportionately, and pregnancy will be heavily policed.

Taking us to the frontlines - to clinics, courtrooms, local communities, charities - Andrews tells the deeply moving stories of those who have had abortions, and those who have fought - and are fighting - for the right to abortion. There is a glimmer of faint hope, though. As the battle moves to state legislatures around the country, the book profiles the people who are doing ground-breaking, inspiring work to ensure safe, legal access to this fundamental part of healthcare.

Die Leer my lees (Vlak 1) kurrikulumstel bevat opvoedkundige speelkaarte en aktiwiteite met woordeskat uit die eerste tien boeke in die LEER MY LEES-reeks.

• 70 flitskaarte,
• 26 alfabetmuurkaarte (A5) en ’n alfabetspeletjie (78 kaarte),
• 20 speelkleimatte vir letter- en woordvorming,
• 50 kaarte vir storiebegrip en kreatiewe skryfwerk,
• 10 dubbelkant skryf-en-afvee-aktiwiteite en
• ‘n persoonlike prentjie-woordeboek, alles verpak in ʼn maklik-om-te-dra-bokstassie

Writing to women in a busy, do-it-all culture, husband-and-wife team Shona and David Murray offer practical tips for avoiding and recovering from exhaustion, depression, and anxiety-centered on grace.

Lo ngumdlalo osekwe kwelentlanzi, phantsi kweNtab'etafile. Ibali eli liqulethe umbandela obalulekileyo nobilis'ibunzi kuluntu luphela - isifo esigqugqisayo uGawulayo, kwanentsholongwane engunozala weli gongqongqo lesifo. Libali elingoPhumela intwazana esakhulayo. Njengoko igama layo lisitsho, iphumela kumanzinzithi neenzima zobomi. This play takes place in Cape Town. It is about a very important and disturbing issue that affects the entire community - the issue of HIV and AIDS.

The incredible true story of the origin of human flight, by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author David McCullough. On a winter day in 1903, in the Outer Banks of North Carolina, two unknown brothers from Ohio changed history. But it would take the world some time to believe what had happened: the age of flight had begun, with the first heavier-than-air, powered machine carrying a pilot. Who were these men and how was it that they achieved what they did? David McCullough, two-time winner of the Pulitzer Prize, tells the surprising, profoundly human story of Wilbur and Orville Wright. Far more than a couple of unschooled Dayton bicycle mechanics who happened to hit on success, they were men of exceptional courage and determination, and of far-ranging intellectual interests and ceaseless curiosity, much of which they attributed to their upbringing. In this thrilling book, McCullough draws on the immense riches of the Wright Papers, including private diaries, notebooks, scrapbooks and more than a thousand letters from private family correspondence to tell the human side of the Wright Brothers' story, including the little-known contributions of their sister, Katharine, without whom things might well have gone differently for them.

For use with the Test of Integrated Language & Literacy Skills (R) (TILLS (R)) Examiner's Kit, the TILLS Student Rating Scale can be completed by parents, teachers, and students. It's a simple one page checklist that helps identify students' strengths and weaknesses in language and literacy skills and other non language areas (though it's not a pragmatics checklist). Sold in a pack of 50, this scale is also included in the TILLS Examiner's Kit. The TILLS Student Rating Scale is part of the Test of Integrated Language & Literacy Skills (R) (TILLS (R)) the groundbreaking assessment professionals need to test listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in students ages 6 - 18, and to assess the role of memory in how students perform. Reliable, valid, and comprehensive, TILLS will help you streamline assessment, monitor progress, and reach your ultimate goal: improving students' communication skills so they can succeed in school. TILLS is the only test that assesses both spoken and written language and shows how these skills relate to each other. You'll get a meaningful profile of skills for each learner, so you can be sure you understand a student's strengths and needs and aren't overlooking something crucial. Unlike most other tests, TILLS also provides diagnostic accuracy in "age bands" meaningful to the development of language and literacy skills, so you'll have the evidence base you need to determine if test scores reflect typical or impaired performance. And if you're an experienced clinician, you can finish TILLS in just 90 minutes or less-which means you'll spend less time testing and more time helping students and planning interventions. Here is a link to a video introducing TILLS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJh9qtkkLQs

A convenient laminated trifold that provides an overview of the test, basic instructions for test administration, summaries of the individual subtests, and scoring information. One Quick Start Guide is included in the TILLS Examiner's Kit, and additional copies are sold in packs of 5. TILLS (TM) is the groundbreaking assessment professionals need to test listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills in students aged 6 through 18, and to assess the role of memory in how students perform. TILLS (TM) is the only test that assesses both spoken and written language and shows how these skills relate to each other, developing a meaningful profile of skills for each learner, to help understand a student's strengths and needs. Reliable, valid, and comprehensive, TILLS (TM) will help professionals streamline assessment, monitor progress, and reach the ultimate goal of improving students' communication skills so they can succeed in school. TILLS is the only test that assesses both spoken and written language and shows how these skills relate to each other. You'll get a meaningful profile of skills for each learner, so you can be sure you understand a student's strengths and needs and aren't overlooking something crucial. Unlike most other tests, TILLS also provides diagnostic accuracy in "age bands" meaningful to the development of language and literacy skills, so you'll have the evidence base you need to determine if test scores reflect typical or impaired performance. And if you're an experienced clinician, you can finish TILLS in just 90 minutes or less-which means you'll spend less time testing and more time helping students and planning interventions. Here is a link to a video introducing TILLS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rJh9qtkkLQs

DK is reissuing some of its most beloved Readers with a fresh new look, perfect for 21st century kids! From the eruption of Mount Vesuvius to the San Francisco earthquake of 1906, "Earthquakes and Other Natural Disasters" brings readers face to face with some of the deadliest natural disasters of all time and teaches the scientific forces that cause these incredible events.

In The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, author Stephen R. Covey presents a holistic, integrated, principle-centered approach for solving personal and professional problems. With penetrating insights and pointed anecdotes, Covey reveals a step-by-step pathway for living with fairness, integrity, honesty, and human dignity -- principles that give us the security to adapt to change and the wisdom and power to take advantage of the opportunities that change creates.