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Lottie wants to take a bird count to see how many types of birds
visit her garden. She finds sparrows nesting in the ivy, but the
neighbour's cat is on the prowl and is trying to reach the little
fledglings. Lottie has to save the birds. Filled with amazing bird
and nature facts. Includes how to make fat cakes and a bird bath.
Lottie loves wildlife and dreams of becoming a nature show
presenter like Samira, host of her favourite programme Every Little
Thing. Lottie has been reading about the decline in the number of
insects in nature. With the help of her tech neighbour Noah, she
decides to build a bug-hotel to encourage their return. But
buzzing-mayhem, they are interrupted by a swarm of bees invading
Mr. Parfitt's garden next door. Can Lottie help save the bees
before the exterminator arrives? Nature Hooks: bee and bug facts,
pollination, butterfly feeder, how to make a bug hotel.
Inspired by her favourite wildlife show, Lottie is making her
garden night-life friendly. Moths, bats and even hedgehogs need
food, water and space to roam. But when a hedgehog accidentally
gets stuck in her neighbour's golf hole, Lottie has to dig up slimy
slugs to tempt it out - because every little thing matters!
Includes how to make a hedgehog house and a compost heap.
Age range 6 to 10Al is researching the effects on his body of
travelling in a time machine. Trouble is it's hard to experiment
without any mess, especially when your neighbour's cat Precious is
in the same house with Al's naughty dog Einstein.Experiments about
digestion, nutrition, facts about the body, balance and space
travel.
Shortlisted for the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, this is
the bestselling story about a rowing team's quest for Olympic gold
in Nazi Germany. Cast aside by his family at an early age,
abandoned and left to fend for himself in the woods of Washington
State, young Joe Rantz turns to rowing as a way of escaping his
past. What follows is an extraordinary journey, as Joe and eight
other working-class boys exchange the sweat and dust of life in
1930s America for the promise of glory at the heart of Hitler's
Berlin. Stroke by stroke, a remarkable young man strives to regain
his shattered self-regard, to dare again to trust in others - and
to find his way back home. Told against the backdrop of the Great
Depression, Daniel James Brown's The Boys in the Boat is narrative
non-fiction of the first order; a personal story full of lyricism
and unexpected beauty that rises above the grand sweep of history,
and captures instead the purest essence of what it means to be
alive. 'I really can't rave enough about this book . . . I read the
last fifty pages with white knuckles, and the last twenty-five with
tears in my eyes' - David Laskin, author of The Children's Blizzard
and The Long Way Home.
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James Brown - Icon (CD)
James Brown; Produced by James Brown; Performed by Brown;james
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER One of NPR's "Books We Love" of 2021
Longlisted for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award for Biography
Winner of the Christopher Award "Masterly. An epic story of four
Japanese-American families and their sons who volunteered for
military service and displayed uncommon heroism... Propulsive and
gripping, in part because of Mr. Brown's ability to make us care
deeply about the fates of these individual soldiers...a
page-turner." - Wall Street Journal From the #1 New York Times
bestselling author of The Boys in the Boat, a gripping World War II
saga of patriotism and resistance, focusing on four Japanese
American men and their families, and the contributions and
sacrifices that they made for the sake of the nation. In the days
and months after Pearl Harbor, the lives of Japanese Americans
across the continent and Hawaii were changed forever. In this
unforgettable chronicle of war-time America and the battlefields of
Europe, Daniel James Brown portrays the journey of Rudy Tokiwa,
Fred Shiosaki, and Kats Miho, who volunteered for the 442nd
Regimental Combat Team and were deployed to France, Germany, and
Italy, where they were asked to do the near impossible. Brown also
tells the story of these soldiers' parents, immigrants who were
forced to submit to life in concentration camps on U.S. soil. Woven
throughout is the chronicle of Gordon Hirabayashi, one of a cadre
of patriotic resisters who stood up against their government in
defense of their own rights. Whether fighting on battlefields or in
courtrooms, these were Americans under unprecedented strain, doing
what Americans do best-striving, resisting, pushing back, rising
up, standing on principle, laying down their lives, and enduring.
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's "Seabiscuit" and "Unbroken," the
dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world
at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics
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"Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the University
of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest for an
Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and grabbed
the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of loggers,
shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite rivals first
from eastern and British universities and finally the German crew
rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin, 1936.
The emotional heart of the story lies with one rower, Joe Rantz, a
teenager without family or prospects, who rows not for glory, but
to regain his shattered self-regard and to find a place he can call
home. The crew is assembled by an enigmatic coach and mentored by a
visionary, eccentric British boat builder, but it is their trust in
each other that makes them a victorious team. They remind the
country of what can be done when everyone quite literally pulls
together--a perfect melding of commitment, determination, and
optimism.
Drawing on the boys' own diaries and journals, their photos and
memories of a once-in-a-lifetime shared dream, "The Boys in the
Boat "is an irresistible story about beating the odds and finding
hope in the most desperate of times--the improbable, intimate story
of nine working-class boys from the American west who, in the
depths of the Great Depression, showed the world what true grit
really meant. It will appeal to readers of Erik Larson, Timothy
Egan, James Bradley, and David Halberstam's "The Amateurs."
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Elephant Island (Paperback)
Leo Timmers; Illustrated by Leo Timmers; Translated by James Brown
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A shipwrecked elephant makes his tiny island a home for the many
friends who come to the rescue, in the new picture book from New
York Times Illustrated Book Award winning author. Caught in a
storm, Arnold the elephant washes up on a tiny island. Along comes
Mouse in a little dingy and Arnold steps aboard...uh-oh! They use
the wreckage to make the island bigger. And here's Dog-can this
boat take Arnold's weight? Uh-oh! None of the animals can save the
shipwrecked elephant but each broken vessel provides new materials
for another intricate construction. Wheels and pulleys create a
Ferris wheel, an elevator, a waffle maker. All the animals work as
a team to build increasingly intricate constructions that turn the
desert island into a fun park city. Soon there is a whole community
and enough space for everyone! As with all Leo Timmers picture
books, Elephant Island has many layers of discovery. Tapping into
the childhood pleasure of contraptions, this cheerful picture book
is full of complex and playful visual detail and humour that Leo
Timmers' readers love. Preschoolers who enjoy Meccano and Lego will
find joy on every page with the creation of each new imaginative
construction, packed with mechanical detail on bright double page
spreads. Elephant Island is a runaway hit in Europe. Other books by
Leo Timmers: Monkey On The Run Where Is The Dragon? Who's Driving?
Gus's Garage Franky Bang! Praise for Elephant Island: "This
light-tension, winking tale of a makeshift homecoming is sure to
delight audiences at story time." Foreword Reviews, Starred "A
picture book tribute to the power of collective, constructive play,
and to heeding the call to freedom." Publishers Weekly Praise for
Leo Timmers: Where Is The Dragon? "A lilting Seussian singsong,
with wonderful, surprising rhymes, and little readers and their
grown-ups will have a great time combining their voices and
giggling through the proceedings." -Kirkus Reviews, Starred Monkey
On The Run "The silly antics of the little monkey provide forward
momentum, but the details in each illustration kept calling us back
for a more thorough examination." - A New York Times / New York
Public Library Best Illustrated Children's Book 2019 Gus's Garage
"Clearly, one animal's clutter is another pig's livelihood in this
buoyant, rhyming tale." -The New York Times Who's Driving? "Belgian
illustrator Leo Timmers creates a delightful play on the fable of
"The Tortoise and the Hare", which sees the hare driving a racing
car." - The Telegraph, Book of the Year 2020 Franky "On top of
delivering a tender, funny friendship story, Timmers leaves readers
with the impression that Sam's creativity and faith have allowed
him to tap into a truth far bigger than himself." - Publishers
Weekly Bang! "Watching vehicles bash into one another is a
perennial rib-tickler for kids, and Timmers exploits this with a
marvellously loony series of fender benders... Timmers never
skimps, painting with devoted attention every automotive detail and
gleam in every chicken's eye, and providing a plausible cause for
every new accident." - Publishers Weekly, Starred Review
Age range 5-8 Lottie loves wildlife and dreams of becoming a nature
show presenter like Samira, host of her favourite programme Every
Little Thing. Lottie decides to make a pond in her back garden to
encourage local wildlife. She enlists her techy neighbour Noah's
help, but is distracted by his neat-freak golf-mad dad, who is
determined to rid their garden of annoying ants. Suddenly Noah's
dad's golfing green is swarming with ants and a multitude of frogs
- hopping mayhem! Noah is convinced that escaping to Mars would be
easier than facing his dad, but Lottie is keen to save the planet
one creature at a time!
From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Boys in the
Boat comes the gripping untold story of one of the most heroic
units that fought in World War II On December 7th 1941, the
Japanese Navy bombed Pearl Harbor. For many Americans, the surprise
attack was a call to arms - but for the soldier sons of
Japanese-American immigrant parents, it brought prejudice and
scrutiny over where their loyalties lay. In Facing the Mountain,
Daniel James Brown tells the unforgettable story of the 442nd
Regimental Combat Team, the Japanese-American heroes who displayed
incredible courage on the brutal battlefields of Europe. Achieving
the impossible in often near-suicidal missions, including rescuing
a 'lost battalion' surrounded by Nazis in the French mountains, the
442nd went on to become one of the most decorated units in history.
Yet at the same time, their parents were put in camps and stripped
of their livelihoods, and an equally brave battle was being fought
in the courtroom back home. A cinematic tour de force, Facing the
Mountain puts a real-life band of brothers in the history books
where they belong and reminds us that victory is rarely as simple
as we think.
For readers of Laura Hillenbrand's Seabiscuit and Unbroken, the
dramatic story of the American rowing team that stunned the world
at Hitler's 1936 Berlin Olympics
Daniel James Brown's robust book tells the story of the
University of Washington's 1936 eight-oar crew and their epic quest
for an Olympic gold medal, a team that transformed the sport and
grabbed the attention of millions of Americans. The sons of
loggers, shipyard workers, and farmers, the boys defeated elite
rivals first from eastern and British universities and finally the
German crew rowing for Adolf Hitler in the Olympic games in Berlin,
1936.
The emotional heart of the story lies with one rower, Joe
Rantz, a teenager without family or prospects, who rows not for
glory, but to regain his shattered self-regard and to find a place
he can call home. The crew is assembled by an enigmatic coach and
mentored by a visionary, eccentric British boat builder, but it is
their trust in each other that makes them a victorious
Music, Magazines & Mayhem Between 1994 and 1997, James Brown's
loaded magazine became the must-buy and must-be-in publication of
the decade. It won every award going, year after year, and came to
define not only its audience but also a generation. Bright, loud,
funny, provocative, ambitious and careless, loaded was read from
the barracks of Afghanistan to the England dressing room at Euro
'96. It captured a hedonistic lifestyle of alcohol, cocaine and
more. The last great hurrah before the end of the century. It was
the biggest noise in the golden generation of magazine publishing,
rocketing from zero to half a million sales in a matter of months.
What MTV had been to the 80s, loaded was to the 90s. ANIMAL HOUSE
follows James Brown's remarkable career from a high school drop-out
fanzine writer with few qualifications to NME features editor aged
22, and loaded founder at 27. In between, his mother died in tragic
circumstances and gradually his own drug and alcohol use began to
take over. Loaded's unexpected success legitimised (and paid for)
James's lifestyle, and it wasn't until he crashed and burned at GQ,
and went through rehab, that any sense of perspective kicked in.
Recuperating on the island of Mustique whilst plotting his return
with Oz founder Felix Dennis, James was asked by neighbour Lord
Patrick Lichfield: "How on earth did you manage to sell so many
magazines whilst taking so many drugs?" This book is his answer.
Mud, Blood and Studs is a special story of sporting excellence
passed from generation to generation. An alcoholic father abandons
his family in Troon, Scotland, and sails for America, but against
the odds his offspring prosper, as his four boys have natural
athletic ability. Oldest son, Jim, travels to America to track down
his father and finds a country in the throes of the Great
Depression. However, his superb soccer skills win him selection for
the 1930 US World Cup team. In 1932, he signs for Manchester
United, and later for Spurs. Jim passes his skills on to his son,
George, who becomes a USA All-Star and USMNT player. Jim's
brothers, John and Tom, shake up Scottish football, and John hands
down his sublime hand-to-eye coordination to sons Peter and Gordon,
who make their mark in international rugby. Then there are Peter
and Gordon's cousins, the Lambies, who impact South African rugby.
This fascinating book brings you the inside track on a remarkable
family who overcame adversity to thrive at the top level of sport.
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A World Of Art (Hardcover)
Helena Hunt; Illustrated by James Brown
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A gorgeously illustrated and engaging guide to the world of art.
Immerse yourself in the amazing world of art in this beautiful book with text by Helena Hunt, stylishly illustrated by the inimitable print-maker James Brown.
What is art, and how have we used it to express ourselves throughout history? From cave painting right up to pop art; the Renaissance to twentieth-century sculpture, discover the stories behind great movements, processes and artists – both the household names and the perhaps not-so-familiar. Covering thirty topics, including printing, pigment, ceramics and pattern and photography, as well as Impressionism, Romanticism and Surrealism, this is a thoughtful and easily digestible approach to a huge subject.
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Rocky 4 (DVD)
Sylvester Stallone, Talia Shire, Burt Young, Carl Weathers, Brigitte Nielsen, …
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Fourth instalment in the 'Rocky' saga. Rocky (Sylvester Stallone)
heads to the Soviet Union after Russian boxer Drago (Dolph
Lundgren) beats his friend and trainer Apollo Creed (Carl Weathers)
to death in the ring. However, will the Italian Stallion be able to
vanquish a fighter whose punches can deliver a one tonne-per-square
inch impact?
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Gus's Garage (Paperback)
Leo Timmers; Illustrated by Leo Timmers; Translated by James Brown
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Leo Timmers at his best: effortlessly simple text, intricately
detailed illustrations, and vehicles galore Gus's workshop is
chockful of useless odds and ends. But when his friend Rico comes
over with a problem-his scooter seat is way too small for a
rhino-Gus finds just the thing to solve it. One by one his friends
come to Gus's Garage and he solves their troubles with ingenious
solutions-a cooling system made with a fridge that doubles as
ice-cream machine, a burst of speed from a rocket blaster trombone.
Soon the workshop is almost empty. Is anything left to solve Gus's
own problem at the end of a long day?
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Ironopolis (Paperback)
Glen James Brown
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New edition of one of Parthian’s most acclaimed recent titles,
complete with a stunning redesigned jacket. Ironopolis is a warren
of streets, memories and people with secrets... Glen James Brown
orchestrates a remarkable novel across these streets as Ironopolis
tells its own story across three generations. Jean unveils a secret
on her deathbed... Alan unravels the truth of his father, a man who
has haunted the Burn Council Estate for a lifetime... Corina is
just trying to get through one last day at the hairdressers before
she closes it for good. And then there is the ageless Peg Powler,
myth and reality, stalking them all...
From playing in the park to cuddles at bedtime, being with Mummy
makes every moment of every day special. With My Mummy is a
heartwarming picture book and the perfect gift to share time and
time again. Days with my mummy are always such fun, and ever so
special together, as one. A touching celebration of the special
relationship between mother and child. Warmly told in gentle rhyme
by James Brown and brought to life with charming illustrations by
Cally Johnson-Isaacs. Companion title, With My Daddy, is also
available to enjoy together.
Many generous people deserve special thanks for their assistance in
the preparation and completion of this project. I wish to express
my gratitude to each of the contributors for agreeing to tackle a
difficult and inherently controversial subject. I am only sorry
that C.I. Eugene Kim did not live long enough to see the fruits of
his labor; he will be sorely missed by all of us who knew him. The
Third World and the military do not respond easily to scrutiny by
social scientists. Many colleagues and referees read all or part of
the manuscript; I am grateful to Professors Richard Lane, Roy
Christman, and Bob Kumamoto of San Jose State University and
Timothy Lukes of Santa Clara University, who offered numerous
helpful* comments. My parents, Panos and Athanasia Danopoulos, my
brother George and his wife, Niki, my aunt Areti Paraskevopoulou,
and my koumbaro George Nikoletopoulos have provided boundless moral
support. Polly Taylor's expert typing and coding made the
preparation of the typescript possible. Finally, my wife, Vickie,
and our two sons, Panos and Andreas, deserve special thanks for
their willingness to endure the long hours that writing and
manuscript preparation entail. Though helpful, none of these people
bear any responsibility for any problems associated with this
volume. Responsibility for the accuracy and scholastic quality of
what follows belongs to the contributors and myself.
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