With our 24/7 news cycle and constant access to the latest headlines, the world can be a scary place. Now imagine you're a child trying to make sense of it all! What does this news mean? How does it affect me? That's where Children in Our World can help. This beautifully illustrated non-fiction series takes a timely look at today's biggest issues and sensitively explains the crises that dominat…
It shows what a complex and magnificient world we have inherited, how it works, what bad stewards, we have been, and most important, how we can mend our ways before it is too late. It is in fact a sort of blueprint for our survival.'
Drawing on Dale Carnegie’s years of experience as a business trainer, this book will show you how to overcome the natural fear of public speaking, to become a successful speaker, and even learn to enjoy it.
Written after Woolf had finished her emotionally draining work on The Waves, Flush purports to be an autobiography of Elizabeth Barrett Browning s eponymous cocker spaniel, charting the dog s early days in the countryside, his adoption by the famous poet, his subsequent life in London and his travels with his owners to Italy. While the resulting narrative is light-hearted and playful on the sur…
Essential Kafka by Franz Kafka. Like George Orwell, Franz Kafka has given his name to a world of nightmare, but in Kafka's world, it is never completely clear just what the nightmare is. The Trial, where the rules are hidden from even the highest officials, and if there is any help to be had, it will come from unexpected sources, is a chilling, blackly amusing tale that maintains, to the very e…
Just arrived in Paris and looking for adventure, D'Artagnan finds more than he bargains for. Within hours he has offended three of the King's musketeers - and has to duel with all of them! Within days he's in love...and embroiled with spies, politicians, English noblemen, and being seduced by the most beautiful - and deadly - woman in France: Milady de Winter! Filled with intrigue, mystery, pas…
Using gentle humour, delightful characters and beautifully-observed scenarios, this lift-the-flap book explores the power of saying sorry, when to do it and how to really mean it. A handy tool which supports social and emotional development, and helps parents and carers to navigate tricky moments with little children.
Get set for a journey across the globe, visiting every country - from Afghanistan to Zimbabwe - to find out what makes each one unique. Along the way, you'll explore mountains, deserts, forests, and rivers, and spot some wildlife. You'll discover, too, what life is like for the many different peoples of the world and learn about their food, festivals, and flags.