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A 3-D masterpiece celebrating Harry Potter’s Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry from New York Times best-selling pop-up engineer Matthew Reinhart.
Harry Potter: A Pop-Up Guide To Hogwarts is an exhilarating, interactive guide to the iconic school of witchcraft and wizardry. This book features spectacular pop-up re-creations of key locations inside and outside Hogwarts castle, and it opens flat to form a pop-up map of the castle and its grounds—including the Quidditch pitch, the
Forbidden Forest, and beyond. In addition to large pops on each spread, numerous mini-pops will bring to life beloved elements from the Harry Potter films, such as the Marauder's Map and the Flying Ford Anglia.
Each pop will include insightful text about Hogwarts as seen in the films, making for a must-have collectible for fans of the wizarding world.
Kevin Wilson's characters inhabit a world that moves seamlessly
between the real and the imagined, the mundane and the fantastic.
"Grand Stand-In" is narrated by an employee of a Nuclear Family
Supplemental Provider--a company that supplies "stand-ins" for
families with deceased, ill, or just plain mean grandparents. And
in "Blowing Up On the Spot," a young woman works sorting tiles at a
Scrabble factory after her parents have spontaneously
combusted.
Southern gothic at its best, laced with humor and pathos, these
wonderfully inventive stories explore the relationship between loss
and death and the many ways we try to cope with both.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER Named a Best Book of the Year by: Time * Kirkus
Reviews * USA Today * Entertainment Weekly * Garden & Gun * Vox
* Atlanta Journal-Constitution A Most Anticipated Book of Fall
from: Associated Press * Atlanta Journal-Constitution * BookPage *
Book Riot * The Boston Globe * Entertainment Weekly * Esquire *
Garden & Gun * LitHub * St. Louis Post-Dispatch * Sunset
Magazine * Time * Town & Country * The Millions * USA Today *
Vogue * Vulture * The Week An exuberant, bighearted novel about two
teenage misfits who spectacularly collide one fateful summer, and
the art they make that changes their lives forever Sixteen-year-old
Frankie Budge--aspiring writer, indifferent student, offbeat
loner--is determined to make it through yet another summer in
Coalfield, Tennessee, when she meets Zeke, a talented artist who
has just moved into his grandmother's house and who is as awkward
as Frankie is. Romantic and creative sparks begin to fly, and when
the two jointly make an unsigned poster, shot through with an
enigmatic phrase, it becomes unforgettable to anyone who sees it.
The edge is a shantytown filled with gold seekers. We are
fugitives, and the law is skinny with hunger for us. When the
posters begin appearing everywhere, people wonder who is behind
them and start to panic. Satanists? Kidnappers? The rumors won't
stop, and soon the mystery has dangerous repercussions that spread
far beyond the town. Twenty years later, Frances Eleanor Budge gets
a call that threatens to upend her carefully built life: a
journalist named Mazzy Brower is writing a story about the
Coalfield Panic of 1996. Might Frances know something about that? A
bold coming-of-age story, written with Kevin Wilson's trademark wit
and blazing prose, Now Is Not the Time to Panic is a nuanced
exploration of young love, identity, and the power of art. It's
also about the secrets that haunt us--and, ultimately, what the
truth will set free.
An ideal text-book for students of European Studies, this
collection of essays puts the idea of Europe in its historical
context to provide a context for the understanding of contemporary
developments.
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The Bird's Nest (Paperback)
Shirley Jackson; Foreword by Kevin Wilson
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Elizabeth is a demure twenty-three-year-old wiling her life away at
a dull museum job, living with her neurotic aunt, and subsisting
off her dead mother's inheritance. When Elizabeth begins to suffer
terrible migraines and backaches, her aunt takes her to the doctor,
then to a psychiatrist. But slowly, and with Jackson's
characteristic chill, we learn that Elizabeth is not just one
girl--but four separate, self-destructive personalities. "The
Bird's Nest," Jackson's third novel, develops hallmarks of the
horror master's most unsettling work: tormented heroines, riveting
familial mysteries, and a disquieting vision inside the human mind.
An ideal text-book for students of European Studies, this collection of essays puts the idea of Europe in its historical context to provide a context for the understanding of contemporary developments.
Understanding Quantitative and Qualitative Research in Psychology is the most hands-on, accessible and approachable guide to the entire research process, which fully explores both quantitative and qualitative methods to give students the knowledge and confidence they need.
Students are presented with a practically-focused guide to carrying out psychological research and are taken from formulating a research question through to collecting data, analysing datasets statistically with SPSS or qualitatively with a range of approaches, and finally presenting and thinking critically about research findings.
They are shown the importance of research ethics, and coverage of the replication crisis and the open science movement is considered throughout.
Wilson's ambition alone is exciting. . . . [His] writing has a
Houdini-like perfection, wherein no matter how grim the variables,
each lovely sentence manages to escape with all its parts intact."
--Boston Globe The eagerly-anticipated follow-up to the New York
Times bestseller The Family Fang--a warm-hearted and moving story
about a young woman making a family on her own terms. When Isabelle
Poole meets Dr. Preston Grind, she's fresh out of high school,
pregnant with her art teacher's baby, and totally on her own. Izzy
knows she can be a good mother but without any money or relatives
to help, she's left searching. Dr. Grind, an awkwardly charming
child psychologist, has spent his life studying family, even after
tragedy struck his own. Now, with the help of an eccentric
billionaire, he has the chance to create a "perfect little
world"--to study what would happen when ten children are raised
collectively, without knowing who their biological parents are. He
calls it The Infinite Family Project and he wants Izzy and her son
to join. This attempt at a utopian ideal starts off promising, but
soon the gentle equilibrium among the families disintegrates:
unspoken resentments between the couples begin to fester; the
project's funding becomes tenuous; and Izzy's growing feelings for
Dr. Grind make her question her participation in this strange
experiment in the first place. Written with the same compassion and
charm that won over legions of readers with The Family Fang, Kevin
Wilson shows us with grace and humor that the best families are the
ones we make for ourselves.
Learn Office the easy way, no jargon. Clear, concise and to the
point... Using Microsoft Office 365, is the essential step by step
guide to getting the most out of the traditional Microsoft Office
applications (not SharePoint), providing a complete resource for
both the beginner and the enthusiast.Techniques are illustrated
step-by-step using photography and screen prints throughout,
together with concise, easy to follow text from an established
expert in the field, provide a comprehensive guide to office
applications. Whether you are new to Microsoft Office, an
experienced user or studying a computer skills course this book
will provide you with a firm grasp of the underpinning foundations
and equip you with the skills needed to use Office like a pro.
Learn to use your Mac the easy way: no jargon, just clear, concise
and to the point. Using Mac OS Mavericks is your handy guide to
using a computer running Mavericks, providing a quick resource for
both the beginner and the enthusiast. Using Mac OS Mavericks is
your handy guide to using a computer running Mavericks, providing a
quick resource for both the beginner and the enthusiast.
Step-by-step techniques supported by photography and screen prints,
and easy to follow text, make using a Mac a cinch. Whether you have
just bought your first Mac, switched from Windows, or are a keen
computer user, this lean reference will provide you with the
underpinnings needed to use a Mac like a pro.
Using Windows 8.1 is the essential step by step guide to using a
computer running Windows 8, providing a complete resource for both
the beginner and the enthusiast. Techniques are illustrated in
step-by-step using photography and screen prints throughout,
together with concise, easy to follow text from an established
expert in the field, provide a comprehensive guide to Windows.
Whether you have just bought your first computer, laptop or are a
keen computer user who has just upgraded to Windows 8, this book
will provide you with a firm grasp of the underpinning foundations
and equip you with the skills needed to use a computer like a pro.
Annie and Buster Fang have spent most of their adult lives
trying to distance themselves from their famous artist parents,
Caleb and Camille. But when a bad economy and a few bad personal
decisions converge, the two siblings have nowhere to turn but their
family home. Reunited under one roof for the first time in more
than a decade and surrounded by the souvenirs of their unusual
upbringing, Buster and Annie are forced to confront not only their
creatively ambitious parents, but the chaos and confusion of their
childhood.
Written with tremendous heart, wit, and honesty, Kevin Wilson's
The Family Fang is a "comedy, a tragedy, and a tour de force....The
best single-word description would be genius" (Ann Patchett,
bestselling author of Bel Canto and State of Wonder).
The poor town of Enigma, Georgia awaits the return of its most
famous son - the Gospel Singer. With the voice of an angel and, it
is said, the touch of a healer, he is fresh from the cover of LIFE
and the cheers of the Carnegie Hall crowd. And yet, for all his
fame, something drives him back to his obscure past, to small-town
idolization and half-forgotten deeds. There, before the crowds that
have gathered at his feet, he will reveal the cruelty at the heart
of his act ... The Gospel Singer, Harry Crews' extraordinary debut
novel, is at once a surreal investigation into the nature of the
American South, as well as an intricate mediation on faith and its
place in the community.
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