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#1 New York Times bestselling author Sarah J. Maas started a worldwide phenomenon when she published her debut novel, Throne of Glass. To date, Sarah's books have spent more than 92 weeks on the New York Times bestseller list and she has hit #1 on charts around the world. Her books have sold more than seven million copies and have been translated into 36 languages. Throne of Glass alone has sold over one million copies. Now you can own this epic fantasy classic in a deluxe hardcover collector's edition. 'One of the best fantasy book series of the past decade' TIME Enter the realm. Unleash the darkness. Live the legend. In a land without magic, an assassin is summoned to the castle. Celaena Sardothien has no love for the vicious king who rules from his throne of glass, but she has not come to kill him. She has come to win her freedom. If she defeats twenty-three murderers, thieves, and warriors in a deadly competition, she will be released from prison to serve as the King's Champion. But something rotten dwells in the castle - and it's there to kill. When her competitors start dying mysteriously, one by one, Celaena's fight for freedom becomes a fight for survival - and a desperate quest to root out the evil before it destroys her world, and the people she has come to love. Now available in this gorgeous new package, the Throne of Glass Collector's Edition features unique foil-stamped cover art, a ribbon marker, beautiful new interior page designs, colour endpapers and a new map of Erilea.

Discover Geography Workbook 8 is designed to support learners to consolidate their learning in class or for homework. It provides structured, engaging and practical activities that help students check their understanding, develop geographical thinking and reflect on their learning journey. As a companion to Student Book 8, this write-in Workbook has a rich variety of activities to encourage students to connect prior knowledge, explore new ideas and apply their learning to real-world contexts. Through tasks such as climate graph sketching, atlas-based investigations, and reflective writing, students are supported to think critically and creatively about the world around them. Easy to use with a unit matched to each lesson in the Student Book Deepen understanding of core geographical concepts, while developing key skills in map reading, data interpretation and fieldwork planning Enhance independence by encouraging students to make predictions, draw diagrams, annotate maps, and reflect on their learning, fostering metacognition Build confidence and promote meaningful topic connections through scaffolded tasks categorised under the headings Revisit, Expand, and Predict Support self- and peer-assessment with end-of-chapter reflections that help students assess their progress and identify areas for improvement Bring geography to life with practical fieldwork tasks and opportunities to use atlases, geospatial tools and live data Support all learners, including those with English as a second or additional language, with the clear layout, engaging visuals, and accessible text

The tech lead role is one of the most pivotal--and puzzling--in the tech world. Are you a coder at heart? A project manager in disguise? A mentor, strategist, or problem-solver-in-chief? The truth is, you're often all of these rolled into one. Yet, with so few resources tailored to this multifaceted role, many tech leads find themselves navigating a sea of expectations and constant challenges without a clear map. This book serves as your definitive guide, helping you cut through the confusion, understand the unique demands of the role, and tackle each responsibility with confidence and clarity. Whether you're an aspiring tech lead exploring your next step, a new lead seeking strategies to navigate the steep learning curve, or an experienced leader refining your approach, you'll benefit from the actionable advice and real-world examples this book offers. Author Anemari Fiser shares insights on how to balance competing priorities, foster team collaboration, and lead with impact--empowering you to stop merely surviving and start thriving. Understand the challenges and varying expectations of the tech lead role Develop strategies for managing teams, aligning projects, and making decisions Strengthen core soft skills like mentoring, communication, and conflict resolution Apply tools to balance technical problem-solving with people leadership Build a personalized growth plan for sustainable career development Refine your leadership approach to foster high-performing, collaborative teams

An extraordinary selection of the letters of Che Guevara 'Always be capable of feeling deeply any injustice committed against anyone, anywhere in the world' Che Guevara was an inveterate letter writer and diarist throughout his short but extraordinary life. This selection of his letters begins with his youthful motorcycle travels around Latin America as a wide-eyed medical student, and goes on to cover the Cuban Revolutionary War - including his letter to Castro after its success - his subsequent role as a government leader, travels to the Congo and finally Bolivia at the end of his life. Together they map the emergence of a dedicated revolutionary, but also reveal him as a master narrator: honest and insightful, with a razor-sharp wit, an iron will and, in his intimate writings to his family, a great capacity to express affection for those closest to him.

Rand McNally 2027 Large Scale Road Atlas 35% Larger Maps Than the Regular Road Atlas If having the most up to date and accurate maps developed by the #1 map company are important to you, then Rand McNally is your only choice. We have a 150+ year history of providing not just road and route guidance, but detailed information about states, points of interest, historic sites, and much more. Plus, this updated edition is packed with fresh reasons to pack the car and go this year! 27 Reasons to Hit the Road: Navigating America's Biggest Year Yet Between the FIFA World Cup turning cities into international festivals and America250 turning our historic corridors into living museums, the roads will be humming with energy in 2026. For the road-tripper, this means our national arteries--such as the legendary Route 66, which turns 100 this year--will be the front row to a yearlong celebration. Whether you are chasing the roar of a stadium or the quiet dignity of a new presidential library in the Badlands, we'll share all the reasons why this is the year to plan your all-American road trip. Secret Escapes: 7 Stunning Detours for a Smarter Road Trip Experience the joy of the "road trip dupe"--trading the tourist track for a pace that lets you slow down. Instead of the chaos of major hubs, discover the wild reaches of West Virginia, western Colorado or the hidden side of the Alabama Gulf Coast. By leaning into these off-peak windows, you trade long lines for serene vistas and soul-stirring beauty that feels entirely your own. The Journey Continues Ready to hit the road? Scan the included QR codes on our seven road trip itineraries for more hidden gems, expert travel hacks and the perfect soundtrack for your trip. Why Choose Rand McNally Over the Competition? Always Up-to-Date Updated annually - unlike competitors who update only 2-3 years or more. Larger, More Readable Maps State maps are 35% larger than our regular Road Atlas and up to 170% larger than the competitor for easier navigation and planning. 80% More Pages 304 pages vs. just 169 pages of a distant competitor- offering easier to read maps with more map detail, more destinations, and more travel insight. More City Inset Maps 378 detailed city insets vs. 345 - nearly 10% more. Brand-New Editorial Content 16 pages of our editors' pics for best travel experiences updated annually - not a rerun of past content. Expertly Crafted Maps Created by our in-house cartographic team in Chicago vs. third party outsourced by competitors. Easier on the Eyes Clean white backgrounds and vibrant, user-friendly color palette vs. darker, less readable designs. Travel Planning Information Tourism, construction, and toll info for each U.S. state and Canadian province. QR Codes for Each Trip and on Each State Map Page Provides info on more hidden gems, expert travel tips, and tourism information. Page Locater Map Quick and easy access to the map you need. Updated, Accurate Location Names Reflects the latest naming standards from the U.S. Board on Geographic Names and the Department of the Interior - ensuring the most accurate, reliable information, while others do not. Tough Spiral Binding and UV Coated Cover Spiral binding allows pages to lay flat, and UV coating adds durability. Made in the USA Proudly made and printed in the United States, while others are printed in Canada. Product Details ISBN: 0528029509 UPC: 070609029504 EAN: 9780528029509 Dimensions: 10 3/8 " x 15 3/8" Page Count 304 Paperback Spiral Bound SRP: $32.99

FROM USA TODAY BESTSELLING AUTHOR HOLLY RENEE COMES A **LIMITED TIME DELUXE EDITION** OF AN EMOTIONALLY COMPELLING ROMANTASY DRENCHED IN SALT AND MAGIC. THIS DELUXE EDITION INCLUDES A STUNNING DESIGNED EDGE, A DETAILED WORLD MAP, AND GORGEOUS INSIDE-COVER ART. A cursed sea king, a stolen bride, and a fate meant for another. They say madness dwells in the ocean's depths...and in the eyes of the Drowned King. Cursed to take a human bride and break her mind the moment she sees his face, the Drowned King spends his life in torment, watching. Waiting. Lou was never meant to be chosen. Branded from birth as a saltwitch, she has always been seen as the cursed shadow of her moonblessed twin. Now, veiled and bound in marriage to a man she must never see, she's thrust into a life of ancient gods and unraveling fate...and unspeakable desire. Yet even as fear becomes tangled with a perilous longing for the Drowned King's heated touch, the truth of her choosing looms over her like a siren's song. It rages louder with every breath she takes as whispers travel through the kingdoms: rumblings of war, of ancient goddesses awakening, of a queen with saltwater on her lips who will change everything. There is no stopping fate, for though she was never meant to be chosen, the moon has already summoned the tide.

International bestselling and award-winning author Umberto Eco's Foucault's Pendulum is "an intellectual adventure story, as sensational, thrilling, and packed with arcana as Raiders of the Lost Ark or The Count of Monte Cristo" (The Washington Post Book World).Bored with their work, three Milanese editors cook up "the Plan," a hoax that connects the medieval Knights Templar with other occult groups from ancient to modern times. This produces a map indicating the geographical point from which all the powers of the earth can be controlled — a point located in Paris, France, at Foucault’s Pendulum. But in a fateful turn the joke becomes all too real, and when occult groups, including Satanists, get wind of the Plan, they go so far as to kill one of the editors in their quest to gain control of the earth.Orchestrating these and other diverse characters into his multilayered semiotic adventure, Eco has created a superb cerebral entertainment. "An encyclopedic detective story...An intellectual triumph"—Anthony Burgess"Endlessly diverting . . . Even more intricate and absorbing than his international bestseller The Name of the Rose."—Time

'Magical and transporting . . . Wayward proves that Bunyan has lived the best possible life, on her own idiosyncratic terms' Maggie O'Farrell 'A gorgeous account of outsiderness and survival: a map of how to live outside the boundaries and of striving for an authentic artistic life. A quietly defiant and moving work' Sinéad Gleeson 'An epic in miniature . . . I loved - and lived - every sentence ' Benjamin Myers In 1968, Vashti Bunyan gave up everything and everybody she knew in London to take to the road with a horse, wagon, dog, guitar and her then partner. They made the long journey up to the Outer Hebrides in an odyssey of discovery and heartbreak, full of the joy of freedom and the trudge of everyday reality, sleeping in the woods, fighting freezing winters and homelessness. Along the way, Vashti wrote the songs that would lead to the recording of her 1970's album Just Another Diamond Day, the lilting lyrics and guitar conveying innocent wonder at the world around her, whilst disguising a deeper turmoil under the surface. From an unconventional childhood in post-war London, to a fledgling career in mid-sixties pop - recording a single written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards - to the despair and failure to make any headway with her own songs, she rejected the music world altogether and left it all behind. After retreating to a musical wilderness for thirty years, the rediscovery of her recordings in 2000 brought Vashti a second chance to write, record and perform once more. One of the great hippie myths of the 1960s, Wayward, Just Another Life to Live, rewrites the narrative of a barefoot girl on the road to describe a life lived at full tilt from the first, revealing what it means to change course and her emotional struggle, learning to take back control of her own life.

Twin Peaks, David Lynch and Mark Frost's cult television series, has attracted a devoted worldwide following since it first aired in 1990. Fans still travel from across the globe to visit the real locations behind the fictional town, and this map and guide takes them there. The series was filmed almost entirely in and around the Snoqualmie Valley in Washington State, where Lynch transformed a stretch of Pacific Northwest forest, river and small-town America into one of the most atmospheric settings in television history. The fictional town of Twin Peaks exists nowhere on any map, but its buildings, roads and landscapes are all real, and many are unchanged since the cameras rolled more than three decades ago. The guide covers the key locations in detail. Twede's Café in North Bend, which doubled as the Double R Diner, where Agent Cooper ordered his coffee and cherry pie, still serves both. The Salish Lodge, perched dramatically above the 82-foot drop of Snoqualmie Falls, stood in for the Great Northern Hotel of the opening credits. Ronette's Bridge, the old mill buildings, the roads threading through Douglas fir forest: all of it is here, mapped and described for visitors who want to walk the ground Lynch walked. For anyone who has ever wanted to stand in the woods where Laura Palmer's body was found, or drink coffee at the actual Double R, this is the guide that gets them there. The guide is built on serious on-the-ground research by Tree and Adam Carr, devoted fans who hosted marathon screenings of episode of the show during their years running a video shop in London, and who have visited the locations multiple times. They are among the most knowledgeable guides to this strange world you will find.

F ans won't want to miss this ultimate guide to Five Nights at Freddy’s – bursting with theories, lore, and insights from the games, books and more! This all-encompassing guidebook concentrates material from The Freddy Files (Updated Edition) and adds over 100 pages of new content exploring Help Wanted, Curse of Dreadbear, Fazbear Frights, the novel trilogy, and more! Fans hungry for fresh Five Nights at Freddy's lore can sink their teeth into this massive guidebook packed with mythology , gameplay and secrets to help unwind the twisted mysteries lurking behind the smiling face of Fazbear Entertainment. Delving into each game, players can map the animatronics' paths , learn how timed elements of the games work , and discover how to trigger unique events . Special sections throughout highlight FNAF fans' most talked-about topics, from the alternate endings in Help Wanted and Curse of Dreadbear, to the new technology introduced in Fazbear Frights, to the ways that Easter eggs, rare screens, and hidden content can shed light on some of the more elusive questions in the FNAF universe. A comprehensive animatronics inventory and reproduced content from the Fazbear Entertainment Archives complete this compendium, helping fans bring their theories straight to the source. All the evidence, along with every detail of the games, books and more, is laid out for fans to explore in this one-of-a-kind guide to the warped world of Five Nights at Freddy's. Over 100 pages of new content The ultimate guide, full of gameplay, secrets and mythology Perfect for gamers and fans of horror.

Special collectors' hardback editions lovingly restored to original designs 'I love these editions-so beautifully produced, so solid and permanent, just as Tove Jansson deserved.' Philip Pullman A beautiful collectors' edition of this classic Moomin story, using original 50s and 60s cover artwork, a fold out map and gorgeous endpapers. Moomins always sleep through the winter while the snow settles all around them, waking up in time for spring and the arrival of Snufkin and other friends. Or they did until one year when Moomintroll happened to wake up and find himself all alone in a sleepy, dusty house in a silent, snow-covered valley. In this moving story of a small, brave Moomin finding his way in the mysterious world of winter we discover that there are always new friends to be found - like the calm and wise Too-ticky and the irrepressible Little My - and new ways to play and be kind. From the publisher of The Invisible Child and The Fir Tree (all proceeds to Oxfam) here's the Moomin gift editions.

Whether you're a startup founder trying to disrupt an industry or an entrepreneur trying to provoke change from within, your biggest challenge is creating a product people actually want. Lean Analytics steers you in the right direction. This book shows you how to validate your initial idea, find the right customers, decide what to build, how to monetize your business, and how to spread the word. Packed with more than thirty case studies and insights from over a hundred business experts, Lean Analytics provides you with hard-won, real-world information no entrepreneur can afford to go without. Understand Lean Startup, analytics fundamentals, and the data-driven mindset Look at six sample business models and how they map to new ventures of all sizes Find the One Metric That Matters to you Learn how to draw a line in the sand, so you'll know it's time to move forward Apply Lean Analytics principles to large enterprises and established products

Tradition and contemporary art meet within this stylish Tarot set, bringing simplicity to your personal story. The spirits within the shadows of your life are dancing through this symbolic collection of 78 mesmerizing Tarot cards. Find characters from your past, present, and future, offering reflections of your childhood or glimpses of a potential future. The card silhouettes transcend age, gender, and ethnicity as the figures effortlessly morph into friends or enemies, family and colleagues, or even the most intimate aspects of yourself. They provide a mirror for your intuition and act as a light to follow. Each of the 78 Tarot "voices" are described within the accompanying handbook along with keywords and meanings--a road map for the seeker. The symbols, set in a world we can all identify with, are easy to interpret, and recognized as traditional. This long-awaited deck is your traveling companion--whether a beginner or seasoned reader--for the journey ahead. Card dimensions: 3" x 4 1/2"

Whether you're exploring an ancient relic of a lost skyfaring civilization or piloting your own airship through the clouds, Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Airship has you covered. Each side of the Flip-Mat features a lavishly illustrated view of a high fantasy airship. One side features the exterior of this futuristic vehicle, designed to resemble a flying dragon, while the second takes your players onto the contraption's deck! Don't waste your time sketching when you could be playing. With Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Airship, you'll be ready next time your players want to take off into the wild blue yonder. This portable, affordable map measures 24" x 30" unfolded, and 8" x 10" folded. Its coated surface can handle any dry erase, wet erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master's arsenal! On tabletops across the world, the Flip-Mat Revolution is changing the way players run their fantasy roleplaying games! Why take the time to sketch out ugly scenery on a smudgy plastic mat when dynamic encounters and easy cleanup is just a Flip away?

Whether the vessel of alien invaders or a labyrinth from the far future, battles from beyond time and space unfold on Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Tech Dungeon. With a distinct technological dungeon on each side, this durable accessory can serve as a setting for exploration, battle, or anything in-between in any tabletop fantasy or sci-fi campaign. This portable, affordable map measures 24" x 30" unfolded, and 8" x 10" folded. Its coated surface can handle any dry erase, wet erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master's arsenal! On tabletops across the world, the Flip-Mat Revolution is changing the way players run their fantasy roleplaying games! Why take the time to sketch out ugly scenery on a smudgy plastic mat when dynamic encounters and easy cleanup is just a Flip away?

'It was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now, and the world lay spread before me’ A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter, decaying Miss Havisham and her beautiful, cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor – these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip’s life forever, and he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens’s haunting late novel depicts Pip’s education and development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his ‘great expectations’. This definitive edition uses the text from the first published edition of 1861. It includes a map of Kent in the early nineteenth century, and appendices on Dickens’s original ending and his working notes, giving readers an illuminating glimpse into the mind of a great novelist at work.

*Winner Moonbeam Children''s Book Award * *Winner Armed with the Arts Inc. Creative Book Award* *Winner Creative Child Magazine Preferred Choice Award* Head downtown to build and play with your own origami cars, trucks, trains and planes! From the author of bestselling My First Origami Kit, this imaginative kit contains 40 colorful paper folding sheets to create an entire cityscape of origami models?like trains, cars, firetrucks, helicopters, motorcycles, delivery vans, trees and houses, plus bonus instructions for an origami tower and a bridge! It also has over 100 stickers and a large fold-out City Map to play with the models on. Kids will have hours of fun playing in the city, and it''s a great way for them to experience the tactile joys of paper folding while fueling their imaginations! Beginning origami folders can create their own world with the exciting origami models and stickers in this origami-for-kids kit, including: A Train Locomotive with a Conductor A Firetruck with Dalmatian and Firefighter A Sailboat with a Captain A Helicopter with a Pilot And many more! Each colorful model comes with simple instructions and matching double-sided origami papers that can be easily folded in a few minutes. Once the models are folded, kids add finishing touches to their work with the colorful stickers provided. This origami kit includes: Over 100 Colorful Stickers 40 Double-Sided, High-Quality Origami Papers A 48-Page Full-Color Instruction Book A Fold-Out City Map 12 Exciting Origami Models

Do you want to achieve success in your personal and professional endeavours? The first step is to see a reality where success is possible. Only when we choose to believe we live in a world in which challenges can be overcome, in which our behaviour matters, and in which change is possible can we summon all our drive, energy, and emotional and intellectual resources to make that change possible. In Before Happiness, Shawn Achor, former Harvard professor, and bestselling author of The Happiness Advantage introduces a groundbreaking new theory about success and human potential. Achor shows how a positive mindset is the best predictor of motivation, engagement and performance in the workplace and in your personal life and offers five practical, actionable strategies for creating this mindset that will make us more successful at work and at home: 1)Add vantage points - how to select the most valuable reality 2)Map to success - mapping success greatly increases the chance you will get there 3)Finding the X Spot - proven techniques for harnessing your cognitive abilities 4)Boost the signal by cancelling the noise - how to cancel negative noise 5)Positive Inception - how to spread positive reality to others Backed by science, great stories, and research-based strategies, by the time you finish this book, you will have a complete understanding of exactly how to create a better reality and magnify the volume of happiness and success in your life, and equally important, transfer that positive reality to others.

Tradition and contemporary art meet within this stylish Tarot set, bringing simplicity to your personal story. The spirits within the shadows of your life are dancing through this symbolic collection of 78 mesmerizing Tarot cards. Find characters from your past, present, and future, offering reflections of your childhood or glimpses of a potential future. The card silhouettes transcend age, gender, and ethnicity as the figures effortlessly morph into friends or enemies, family and colleagues, or even the most intimate aspects of yourself. They provide a mirror for your intuition and act as a light to follow. Each of the 78 Tarot "voices" are described within the accompanying handbook along with keywords and meanings--a road map for the seeker. The symbols, set in a world we can all identify with, are easy to interpret, and recognized as traditional. This long-awaited deck is your traveling companion--whether a beginner or seasoned reader--for the journey ahead. Card dimensions: 3" x 4 1/2"

A fascinating guide to Ancient Greek civilisation from the Minoans to Alexander's empire. Includes information on the key figures, battles and geography of the Ancient Greek empire, as well gods and goddesses, the Olympic games and the day-to-day life of its citizens. Features stunning photographs and illustrations, a comprehensive factfinder section with a time chart, who's who and glossary, making it perfect for reference use. Internet links to websites with virtual tours, reconstructions and more information. Chapters in this book include: - How we know about the Greeks - Map of Ancient Greece Early Greece - The first Greeks - The Minoans - Minoan palaces - Minoan religion - Explosions and Invasions - The Mycenaeans - Mycenaean royal tombs - Warriors and traders - Troy and the Trojan War - Things fall apart - The Dark Ages Archaic Greece - The Archaic Period - Greek City-states - Sparta - a warrior state - Greek armies - Hoplites - Greek warships - The Persian Wars - The decline of Persia - The birth of literacy Classical Greece - The gold age of Athens - The Acropolis - The first democratic states - Life in Sparta - The Peloponnesian Wars - The end of an era Everyday Life - Growing up - Women and the home - Greek Houses - Clothes and fashion - Farming and food - The marketplace - Architecture - Building - Sculpture - Pottery - Metalwork - Travel by land and sea - Feasting and fun - Plays and players - The Games - Religion and mythology - Temples and worship - Talking to the gods - Death and the Underworld - Funerals and burials Macedonia and the Hellenistic World - The rise of Macedonia - Alexander the Great - The Hellenistic World - Alexandria - Inquiring minds - The Roman conquest Factfinder - Gods and goddesses - Greek myths - Greek philosophy - Greek lays - Battles and battle formations - Who's who - Time chart

Discover the incredible, fact-packed new book shining a light on the world's biggest engineering challenges, and what they tell us about our future. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW SCIENTIST BEST NEW POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK OF 2026 'A ceaselessly uplifting and positive book.' - Mark Cooper-Jones, author of This Way Up by the Map Men 'Reveals the feats shaping the 21st century.' - Chris Broad, bestselling author of Abroad in Japan --- Modern engineering is rewriting the rulebook and revolutionising how we live. In Mega Builds, Fred Mills - the founder of global construction platform The B1M - takes you inside ten of the most extraordinary engineering projects that are reshaping our modern world. From a 170km-long smart city in Saudi Arabia, to Japan's levitating railway and France's bold quest for limitless energy, Mills delivers an eye-opening tour of the biggest engineering challenges set to change the world as we know it. By the end of this book, you'll learn: Why the world's biggest city has been built in the worst place imaginable. Where the vision of a single ruler in the desert is rewriting our understanding of what's possible. What drives us to build ever-higher buildings and design ever-faster trains. And above all, how the dizzying scale of human imagination will inform the future of the man-made world. Written in Fred's signature accessible style, Mega Builds demystifies the complexities while exploring the economic, environmental and societal stakes of building at unprecedented scale. The trajectory of our civilisation is being authored today all around us, not in words on a page, but in steel and concrete. Meet the projects and people set to transform our very experience of life on earth. Praise for Mega Builds: 'A fascinating exploration of the world's biggest and boldest construction projects .' - Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London 'Fred has a gift for turning megaprojects into stories you can feel.' - Grady Hillhouse, author of Engineering in Plain Sight and creator of Practical Engineering ' Superb... Mills rightly celebrates how thinking big is often the right answer.' - Christian Wolmar, author of British Rail and The Rise of the Railway

The Zodiac Academy series from the Twisted Sisters and Amazon and Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling authors Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti is a Booktok phenomenon. This print re-issue includes an exclusive bonus chapter, brand new world map, and a new cover. As well as the stunning interior chapter pages which were included in the previous edition. The fate of all rests on the shoulders of the True Queens in the highly anticipated final installment to the Booktok phenomenon, the Zodiac Academy series, from the Twisted Sisters and Amazon and Wall Street Journal #1 bestselling authors Caroline Peckham and Susanne Valenti. Orphans. Changelings. Princesses. Queens. We are all and nothing now, our fate weighed on the scales of the stars and counterbalanced by the forces that oppose us. The shadow of the false king spreads as thick as oil across the kingdom we were born to rule, and none remain untouched by its darkness. Our crowns lay within reach if only we can claim them. All souls are at risk now and when the final battle dawns, a new regime will rise. The time for the true reckoning is upon us and we have proven ourselves as savage as our father, as brutal as our mother, and as wild as the Elements which roar through our veins. We can only hope it is enough. When the last sword strikes the final death in this game of fate and fortune, only one side will be victorious. The Starfall Legion charges at first light. And our destiny rides upon our shoulders as we rush into the end. All hail the True Queens. May our rule last longer than this night. > Slow burn romance Dark Academia Enemies to lovers Found family Elemental powers Morally grey characters Bully romance Fated/Rejected mates Dragons, Vampires, Werewolves, Sirens, Pegasus and more Forbidden Love

In development circles, there is now widespread consensus that social entrepreneurs represent a far better mechanism to respond to needs than we have ever had before--a decentralized and emergent force that remains our best hope for solutions that can keep pace with our problems and create a more peaceful world. David Bornstein's previous book on social entrepreneurship, How to Change the World, was hailed by Nicholas Kristof in The New York Times as "a bible in the field" and published in more than twenty countries. Now, Bornstein shifts the focus from the profiles of successful social innovators in that book--and teams with Susan Davis, a founding board member of the Grameen Foundation--to offer the first general overview of social entrepreneurship. In a Q & A format allowing readers to go directly to the information they need, the authors map out social entrepreneurship in its broadest terms as well as in its particulars. Bornstein and Davis explain what social entrepreneurs are, how their organizations function, and what challenges they face. The book will give readers an understanding of what differentiates social entrepreneurship from standard business ventures and how it differs from traditional grant-based non-profit work. Unlike the typical top-down, model-based approach to solving problems employed by the World Bank and other large institutions, social entrepreneurs work through a process of iterative learning -- learning by doing--working with communities to find unique, local solutions to unique, local problems. Most importantly, the book shows readers exactly how they can get involved. Anyone inspired by Barack Obama's call to service and who wants to learn more about the essential features and enormous promise of this new method of social change, Social Entrepreneurship is the ideal first place to look.

Take the first step into an amazing world of fantasy adventure! Pathfinder Beginner Box: Secrets of the Unlit Star contains everything you need to learn how to play the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, including rules to create your own fantasy hero and tools to make your own amazing stories. This new version of the Beginner Box revitalizes player options, including more ancestries and four different classes, and includes all-new adventure scenarios, maps, and setting details for even more adventures! Will you be a mighty barbarian, cutting down your foes in a furious rage, or a nimble monk, darting in and out of the fray with precise martial arts strikes? Maybe you’ll choose a bard’s music, soothing and supporting your allies, or perhaps you’ll channel the ancient magic of your bloodline as a powerful sorcerer. It’s all up to you! Inside you will find a rich toolbox, filled with everything you need to get started, including rules for character generation, an introductory adventure, guidelines to build your own campaign, character sheets, a full-color map, character pawns, and dice. This deluxe box set is the ideal introduction to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, leading the way to a lifetime of adventure! Pathfinder Beginner Box: Secrets of the Unlit Star includes: A 72-page Hero's Handbook, including rules for character generation, a solo adventure, skills, spells, and equipment. An 88-page Game Master's Guide, containing an introductory adventure, over 20 pages of monsters, rules for building your own adventure, and magic items. Four premade characters so you can jump right into the action and four blank character sheets if you want to make your own hero. Over 100 sturdy paperboard character and monster pawns to use on the full-color double-sided adventure map. Four game reference cards to help players remember their available actions. A complete set of polyhedral dice, including a d20, d12, d10, d8, d6, and d4. Whether you’re new to Pathfinder or tabletop roleplaying games in general or a seasoned veteran, Pathfinder Beginner Box: Secrets of the Unlit Star is an all-inclusive on-ramp to the game and the danger-filled world of Pathfinder’s Lost Omens setting, and a springboard for countless adventures for you and your friends and family.

THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLER AND MODERN CLASSIC: NOW A MAJOR TV SERIES 'A phenomenon, a prodigy, a marvel' Evening Standard ONE OF THE BBC'S 100 NOVELS THAT SHAPED OUR WORLD A modern classic, this epic tale of families, romance and political intrigue, set in India, never loses its power to delight and enchant readers. At its core, A Suitable Boy is a love story: the tale of Lata - and her mother's - attempts to find her a suitable husband, through love or through exacting maternal appraisal. At the same time, it is the story of India, newly independent and struggling through a time of crisis as a sixth of the world's population faces its first great general election and the chance to map its own destiny. 'Seth is the best writer of his generation' The Times 'Fiction on a grand scale. By the time you reach the last page you will have absorbed a splendid story, full of the tangle and perfume of India' Sunday Telegraph ' The greatness of the novel, its unassailable truthfulness, owes less to research than to imagination, an instinctive knowledge of the human heart' Observer 'You should make time for it. It will keep you company for the rest of your life' The Times

The most magical gift for anyone who loves the wizarding world! A stunning, interactive collector',s set featuring the first three books in J.K. Rowling',s spellbinding Harry Potter series, designed and illustrated by MinaLima - the acclaimed studio behind the iconic graphics of the Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts films. Experience J.K. Rowling',s first three Harry Potter stories as never before! Each hardback edition is brimming with MinaLima magic and features J.K. Rowling',s complete and unabridged text accompanied by full-colour illustrations on nearly every page and eight brilliant paper-engineered elements: - Open up Harry',s Hogwarts letter - Pull Mandrakes out of their pots - Fold out the Marauder',s Map - Spin the Time-Turner . and more! This box set includes Harry Potter and the Philosopher',s Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets and Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban , collected together in one gorgeous slipcase, embellished with decorative gold foil. This is a truly spectacular collection, perfect for gifting, and sure to enchant both lifelong fans and new readers at the start of their Harry Potter journey.

A major new evaluation of the trailblazing Miami-based architecture firm upon the advent of its fortieth anniversary. Arquitectonica is the design firm that put Miami on the map for the cool, hip, very now architecture that was first celebrated on TV in Miami Vice. Since their founding four decades ago, the firm has grown exponentially in stature, and its energies have only increased. Arquitectonica is a major presence on the world architectural stage, with offices in New York, Los Angeles, Paris, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Manila, Dubai, Lima, and São Paulo. Founded in 1977, the firm received critical and popular attention and acclaim almost from its inception, thanks to a bold modernism that was immediately identified with a renaissance in Miami's urban landscape. Principals Bernardo Fort-Brescia and Laurinda Spear continue to this day exploring and pushing the limits of materials and design with their innovative use of geometry, pattern, and color. The first book on this major international architectural design firm since Rizzoli's own Arquitectonica (2004), this volume is a retrospective of the firm's forty-year history, considering its earliest projects-the archetypal and hugely influential Pink House and Babylon Apartments-to Regalia Condominium tower, its twenty-first-century masterwork of undulant glass and steel.

Discover the incredible, fact-packed new book shining a light on the world's biggest engineering challenges, and what they tell us about our future. THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER A NEW SCIENTIST BEST NEW POPULAR SCIENCE BOOK OF 2026 'A ceaselessly uplifting and positive book.' - Mark Cooper-Jones, author of This Way Up by the Map Men 'Reveals the feats shaping the 21st century.' - Chris Broad, bestselling author of Abroad in Japan --- Modern engineering is rewriting the rulebook and revolutionising how we live. In Mega Builds, Fred Mills - the founder of global construction platform The B1M - takes you inside ten of the most extraordinary engineering projects that are reshaping our modern world. From a 170km-long smart city in Saudi Arabia, to Japan's levitating railway and France's bold quest for limitless energy, Mills delivers an eye-opening tour of the biggest engineering challenges set to change the world as we know it. By the end of this book, you'll learn: Why the world's biggest city has been built in the worst place imaginable. Where the vision of a single ruler in the desert is rewriting our understanding of what's possible. What drives us to build ever-higher buildings and design ever-faster trains. And above all, how the dizzying scale of human imagination will inform the future of the man-made world. Written in Fred's signature accessible style, Mega Builds demystifies the complexities while exploring the economic, environmental and societal stakes of building at unprecedented scale. The trajectory of our civilisation is being authored today all around us, not in words on a page, but in steel and concrete. Meet the projects and people set to transform our very experience of life on earth. Praise for Mega Builds: 'A fascinating exploration of the world's biggest and boldest construction projects .' - Sadiq Khan, Mayor of London 'Fred has a gift for turning megaprojects into stories you can feel.' - Grady Hillhouse, author of Engineering in Plain Sight and creator of Practical Engineering ' Superb... Mills rightly celebrates how thinking big is often the right answer.' - Christian Wolmar, author of British Rail and The Rise of the Railway

The most complete photographic field guide to hoverflies of Britain and North-west Europe ever written. An essential part of our eco-systems, hoverflies are the second most important pollinators after bees but sadly, more than a third of all European species are now under threat of extinction. Written by two leading experts, Hoverflies of Britain and North-west Europe is the first and only photographic field guide to cover all 400 hoverfly species occurring in Britain and neighbouring countries in such detail. Each species account contains a description, population status, ecology and habitat, an up-to-date map of its distribution across North-western Europe, a flight time diagram and guidance on differentiating similar species. There are also detailed illustrations and stunning full-colour macro photographs in each account, showing key features of the species to aid accurate identification. This is the ultimate photographic field guide to hoverflies, and a perfect introduction into the world of these important pollinators, both for amateur and expert entomologists alike.

A Jasmine Journey by Dr. Evangeline Rand, contains the actual map and specific researched details of Jung's journey through India and Ceylon at a turning point in world history. Rand elaborates the often understated but enormous influence of Jung's lifelong relationship with India on the overall body of his work. Additionally, highlighting Jung's vision during illness, when "something new" emerged, Rand shows us Jung's enterprise in a surprisingly new context, that is, in the polluted cluster/industrial area of deepest ecological crisis off India's northeast coast where "root people," indigenous people, confront state, national, and global corporate forces. Dr. Rand is a psychologist and artisan based in Edmonton, Canada, and has studied Jung's work for the last 35 years. With an international perspective and her personal engagement with the later Colonial times of India, Rand has woven an audio book that is "poetic history."