John Follain, who covers Italy for the Sunday Times, tells the definitive inside story of this extraordinary

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As the flames of revolution scour the Tearmoon Empire, itsever-selfish princess, Mia Luna Tearmoon, meets her doom by way of publicbeheading...only to wake up in the past as her twelve-year-old self! It\'s timeto shape up, recruit some allies, and exploit her knowledge of the future tosave her empire! Is she up to the task? No, not even slightly! But it\'s heronly choice if she hopes to spare herself

Since the 1600s, travelers, scientists, and doctors have claimed that \"hermaphroditism\" and intersex are disproportionately common among black South Africans. In Envisioning African Intersex Amanda Lock Swarr debunks this claim by interrogating contemporary intersex medicine and demonstrating its indivisibility from colonial ideologies and scientific racism. Tracing the history of racialized research

Are you truly in danger or has your brain simply \"tricked\" you into thinking you are? In The Worry Trick, psychologist and anxiety expert David Carbonell shows how anxiety hijacks the brain and offers effective techniques to help you break the cycle of worry, once and for all.Anxiety is a powerful force. It makes us question ourselves and our decisions, causes us to worry about the future, and fills

Elizabeth Smart\'s passionate fictional account of her intense love-affair with the poet George Barker, described by Angela Carter as \'Like Madame Bovary blasted by lightening ... A

Prepare to be spellbound by the stunning illustration inside this new collector\'s edition of Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix. Troubled times have come to Hogwarts in a year filled with secrets, subterfuge and suspicion. The deliciously dark fifth instalment of Jim Kay\'s inspired reimagining of J.K. Rowling\'s Harry Potter series is an epic artistic achievement, featuring over 160 illustrations

There was an old lady who swallowed a fly . . . But in this book, the animals are hungry too, and they start eating the old lady\'s clothes Adults and children alike will enjoy this hilarious rhyming twist on the well-loved tale.The book has die-cut holes with felt teeth on every page, so children can put their hands through the mouths to mimic feeding the creatures. Fun illustrations bring the rhyme

The third installment of the gripping Sacramento series from Sunday Times bestselling author Karen

London, 1918. Billy Prior is working for Intelligence in the Ministry of Munitions. But his private encounters with women and men - pacifists, objectors, homosexuals - conflict with his duties as a soldier, and it is not long before his sense of himself fragments and breaks

In What A Time To Be Alone, The Slumflower will be your life guru, confidante and best friend. She\'ll show you that being alone is not just okay: it\'s just about the best freaking thing that\'s ever happened to you. As she says, \'You\'re bad as hell and you were made with intention.\' It\'s about time you realized. Peppered with insightful Igbo proverbs from Chidera\'s Nigerian mother and full of

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With environmental concerns at an all-time high, many of us are looking to promote sustainability in everyday ways, especially at home. It is more important than ever that our kitchen and dining spaces allow us to live in harmony with nature. This glimpse into the home kitchens and dining areas of twenty of the world\'s top chefs, food bloggers, and restauranteurs reveals inspiring ways that the food-obsessed

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Psychoanalysis is a valuable tool to add to the sciences and the arts: all contain unconscious hidden depths that can become insight and understanding and contribute to humanity as culture. Using the prism of art, music, and storytelling, Jonathan Sklar takes psychoanalytic thought to a wide audience to enable a greater understanding of

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