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The Peculiars

By: Jen Thorpe

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Phobias abound at the Centre for Improved Living, where Nazma goes for help. She’s crazy about baking and desperately wants to become a pastry chef, but her fear of driving keeps her stuck working in a train-station kiosk, where she sells stale food to commuters while dreaming of butter croissants and fresh strudel. The Centre is also a lifeline for Sam, who is scared to death of being robbed and spends his days in his pyjamas in front of his computer, his house alarm always armed. Like the rest of the patients, Nazma and Sam want to face their fears, but will four weeks at the Centre be enough to change their lives? And will the two allow their budding romance to bloom without letting their phobias get in the way? Meanwhile, the Centre risks losing its funding, a fear that Ruby, the Centre’s eccentric director, must face while she tries to manage the patients’ fears. Set in a Cape Town as peculiar as its characters, The Peculiars is Jen Thorpe’s heart-warming and humorous debut.

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Penguin Random House South Africa

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High Vaultage

The Sunday Times bestselling scifi mystery perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett

By: Chris Sugden,Jen Sugden

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High Vaultage

The Sunday Times bestselling scifi mystery perfect for fans of Terry Pratchett

By: Chris Sugden,Jen Sugden

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER 'A joyously funny and absurd steampunk frolic that satirises both the era in which it is set and our own age' FINANCIAL TIMES From the creators of the acclaimed audio drama podcast Victoriocity comes a cozy scifi mystery set in the chaotic metropolis of Even Greater London - unmissable for fans of Ben Aaronovitch's Rivers of London series and Terry Pratchett's Discworld. EVEN GREATER LONDON, 1887: a vast, uninterrupted urban plane encompassing the entire lower half of England and, for complex reasons, only the upper third of the Isle of Wight... The immense Tower casts electricity across the sky itself, powering the mind-boggling mechanisms of the city below; the notorious engineer-army swarms through its very veins, building, demolishing, and rebuilding whatever they see fit; and - at the heart of it all - sits the country's first ever private detective agency. Archibald Fleet and Clara Entwhistle hoped things would pick up quickly for their new enterprise. No one is taking them seriously, but their break will come soon. Definitely... Probably. Meanwhile, police are baffled by a series of impossible bank robberies, their resources wholly absorbed by the case. Which means that when a woman witnesses a kidnapping, Fleet-Entwhistle Private Investigations is the only place she can turn for help. Luckily they're more than happy to oblige. But what's the motive behind the kidnap? As Clara and Fleet investigate, they find more than they could ever have imagined... READERS ARE LOVING HIGH VAULTAGE: 'One of the most original stories I've read' NetGalley review 'Clever, original, funny, sharp, satirical and incredibly entertaining' NetGalley review 'My favourite steampunk/humorous alt history novel' NetGalley review 'A wonderful escape from real life' NetGalley review 'Great fun and endlessly inventive. This was a riotously imaginative read' NetGalley review 'Reminds me of the Discworld books, which is NOT a comparison I use lightly' NetGalley review __________________ Chris and Jen Sugden's book 'High Vaultage' was a No. 5 Sunday Times bestseller w/c 18-03-2024.

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Gollancz

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139960418X

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9781399604185

More After the Break

A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories

By: Jen Maxfield

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More After the Break

A Reporter Returns to Ten Unforgettable News Stories

By: Jen Maxfield

A reporter uncovers the rest of the story In More After the Break, Jen Maxfield revisits ten memorable stories from her career as a TV news reporter, describing in heart-pounding detail how the events unfolded and revealing what happened after the cameras went away. She introduces readers to unforgettable people who will inspire you with their hopefulness, even when confronting life’s greatest heartbreaks: a young man who lost both legs in a ferry crash, an endurance athlete with stage-four lung cancer, a fifth grader on a doomed field trip, an Ivy League undergrad sentenced to decades in prison, a young woman who gave her life for an animal, a Wall Street executive on an ill-fated bike ride, a preschooler whose health hinged on an immigration battle, a family who lost everything in a hurricane, a mother who fought back against domestic violence, and a man who stood up for his rights while seated in his wheelchair. Returning to find these people years—even decades—after she featured their stories on the news gives Maxfield an opportunity to ask the burning questions she had always pondered: What happened after the live truck pulled away? What is the rest of the story?

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Greenleaf Book Group

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1626349614

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Freedom Music

Wales, Emancipation and Jazz 1850-1950

By: Jen Wilson

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Freedom Music

Wales, Emancipation and Jazz 1850-1950

By: Jen Wilson

The stories within its pages will attract not only social and political historians, but feminists, jazz fans, academics interested in African American cultural interchange, and general readers fascinated by the cast of characters who played and danced to the music, despite warnings from the pulpit that degenerate youth were destined for hell and damnation. Freedom Music will enable readers to learn of an innovative side of Wales previously hidden from history. The music appealed to Wales’ vibrant youth, and those not part of the mainstream culture of chapels, choirs and male voice choirs. This study highlights gender, misogyny and discrimination within jazz music in Wales. This studies focuses on the history of African American music in Wales, Welsh women’s contribution to jazz in Wales. Cultural innovation by women entrepreneurs during and from the First World War.

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University of Wales Press

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178683409X

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9781786834096

Speak Up, Speak Out (HBR Women at Work Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Francesca Gino,Amy Jen Su,Laura Morgan Roberts,Ella F. Washington

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Speak Up, Speak Out (HBR Women at Work Series)

By: Harvard Business Review,Francesca Gino,Amy Jen Su,Laura Morgan Roberts,Ella F. Washington

Make yourself heard. Having your voice heard at work can be challenging, whether you're confronting a colleague about an inappropriate comment or trying to avoid being talked over by a male peer. But you can find ways to raise issues without raising your voice. Speak Up, Speak Out provides the research, advice, and practical tips you need to address issues large and small. From talking about sexual harassment to handling microaggressions to breaking through subconsciously gendered conversational patterns, you'll find the insight and sample language you need to be heard. This book will inspire you to: Address and redirect an inappropriate conversation Step in when you witness questionable behavior Break ingrained conversational habits like apologizing and complimenting Deal with interrupters and those who habitually speak over others The HBR Women at Work Series spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout their careers. With interviews from the popular podcast of the same name and related articles, stories, and research, these books provide inspiration and advice for taking on issues at work such as inequity, advancement, and building community. Featuring detailed discussion guides, this series will help you spark important conversations about where we're at and how to move forward.

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Harvard Business Press

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1647822238

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9781647822231

Staging the UK

By: Jen Harvie

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Staging the UK

By: Jen Harvie

This text examines some of the most important performance in Britain from the mid-1980s into the new millennium. It considers contemporary British theatre in relation to national and supranational identities, critical concepts like globalisation and diaspora, and contemporary contexts such as the election of New Labour.

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Manchester University Press

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0719062136

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9780719062131

100 Great Walks with Kids

Fantastic stomps around Great Britain

By: Jen Benson,Sim Benson

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100 Great Walks with Kids

Fantastic stomps around Great Britain

By: Jen Benson,Sim Benson

This book features 100 wonderful walks right across Britain suitable for families with children from 0 upwards, including carrier- and buggy-friendly routes and themes such as mini mountains, walks with paddles, beaches, woodland, wildlife, circumnavigations of lakes, and walks from child-friendly cafes. Starting with a useful and informative introduction with advice on making walks with kids successful and enjoyable (best clothing and equipment, food and drink, the countryside code, and a light-hearted troubleshooting guide for commonly-encountered problems), the book divides the walks themselves by geographical area: - England: south-west, south-east, central north-west, north-east - Wales: south, central, north - Scotland: borders and south,central, north and islands Each route is graded according to its relative difficulty but all will be short to moderate in length, and very achievable for anyone with a good level of fitness and symbols will indicate hazards, refreshments, toilets, dog-friendliness and buggy suitability. As well as being themed, each walk will include other points of interest along the way to keep the children engaged and encourage the idea that spending time outdoors is enjoyable and fun. Illustrated throughout with the authors' photography showcasing the beauty of Britain, this will be an attractive and inspiring guidebook for all families wanting to make the most of the great outdoors.

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1844865762

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9781844865765

Chalcogenide

Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Composites

By: Abhay Kumar Singh,Tien-Chien Jen

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Chalcogenide

Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Composites

By: Abhay Kumar Singh,Tien-Chien Jen

This is introductory book for researchers, scientists and students in the area of organic and inorganic composite materials. This book has addressed timely the innovative topic "chalcogenide-multiwalled carbon nanotubes and chalcogenide-bilayer graphene" composite materials under a glassy regime. This book will give a clear idea on the concepts of the newly established composite materials area, by providing interpretations of inside physio-chemical mechanism. The remarkable landmark innovations related to this newly introduced research field are included in this book. Additionally, the possible futuristic applications in the area of nanoelectronics, optoelectronics, biomedical etc are also addressed.

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CRC Press

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0429522940

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9780429522949

Trivia Why's, Volume 1

By: Robert Jen

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Trivia Why's, Volume 1

By: Robert Jen

More than 2,000 questions with short answers are each accompanied by a related factoid in this excellent supplement to trivia board games. Answers are hidden from view while the questions are being read. Updates and corrections will be posted to the triviawhys.com web site.

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Sebesta Enterprises, Inc.

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0974900362

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9780974900360

Trivia Why's, Volume 2

By: Robert Jen

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Trivia Why's, Volume 2

By: Robert Jen

Trivia Why's will make you trivia wise with these great features: 1) Over 2,000 questions with multiple-choice answers are each accompanied by a related factoid. Why is this answer correct (and not that one)? Why else is this person famous (or infamous)? Why was this event historically significant? 2) By cycling through six standard genus categories, this book makes an excellent supplement to your favorite trivia board game while providing a healthy variety of topics for your reading pleasure. Answers are hidden from view while the questions are being read and appear in the same block on the same side of the book two pages later. 3) Every question and answer has been carefully researched for accuracy and recently updated to include the latest available data. Since trivia is a moving target, however, updates and corrections will be posted to the triviawhys.com web site.

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0974900370

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9780974900377

HBR Women at Work Series Collection (3 Books)

By: Harvard Business Review,Amy C. Edmondson,Dorie Clark,Laura Morgan Roberts,Amy Jen Su

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HBR Women at Work Series Collection (3 Books)

By: Harvard Business Review,Amy C. Edmondson,Dorie Clark,Laura Morgan Roberts,Amy Jen Su

Inspiring conversations, advancing together. Women often face unique challenges in the workplace, from navigating the wage gap and facing unfair biases to coping with interrupting colleagues and worrying about imposter syndrome. How can you rise above it all and forge a clear path to success? The HBR Women at Work Series Collection brings together strategies and advice to help women advance in their careers. This specially priced collection features You, the Leader, which examines how you can stand out as an aspiring female leader while overcoming the obstacles you face as you chart your way to the top; Speak Up, Speak Out, which will help you be heard in conversations large and small and discover ways to raise issues without raising your voice; and Making Real Connections, which will take you beyond transactional networking and superficial small talk to create valuable work relationships built on trust. Featuring detailed discussion guides, this collection will spark important conversations about where we're at and how to move forward. The HBR Women at Work series spotlights the real challenges and opportunities women experience throughout their careers. With interviews from the popular podcast of the same name and related articles, stories, and research, these books provide inspiration and advice for taking on topics at work like inequity, advancement, and building community. Featuring detailed discussion guides, this series will help you spark important conversations about where we're at and how to move forward.

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Harvard Business Press

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1647824427

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9781647824426

Women in True Crime Media

The Spectacle of Female Victims and Perpetrators

By: Jen Erdman

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Women in True Crime Media

The Spectacle of Female Victims and Perpetrators

By: Jen Erdman

While many people think true crime is a new phenomenon, Americans have been obsessed with the genre for over a century, and popular culture continuously tries to cash in. The names of infamous serial killers are well-known, but the identities of their often-female victims are frequently lost to history. This text flips the script and focuses on the women to keep their identities known and remembered. This is the first book to examine how popular culture has mistreated women as both perpetrators and victims of crime, covering a hundred-year span from 1920 to 2020. Detailed is popular culture's interest in true crime and how women in true crime documentation have largely been sexualized and victim-blamed over the decades.

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McFarland

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147664618X

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9781476646183

Awakening the Conscious Cell

Change Yourself, Change the World

By: Jen Sackley

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Awakening the Conscious Cell

Change Yourself, Change the World

By: Jen Sackley

The answers we need to lead strong and healthy lives can be found within ourselves. In Awakening the Conscious Cell, author Jen Sackley shows you how to gain an understanding of yourself in order to pave the way for that satisfying life. She introduces the concept of concellogy, which she defines as a practice of combining your essence and energy to achieve and succeed. In Awakening the Conscious Cell, she discusses how knowing how to create a pathway to your inner intelligence is twofold. First, its accepting that as people we are of two mindsconscious and subconscious. Second, the right of entry to the answers of life is made possible by holding tension between the two. Awakening the Conscious Cell is not only a journey of how you were created but rather how you operate as a human. It not only raises your conscious state, it gives you the opportunity to rewrite your scripts by your life choices. Through the practice of concellogy you can raise your level of self awareness and embrace a pathway to integration.

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Balboa Press

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1504302931

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Smart Running

The ultimate guide to becoming a fitter, stronger, more confident runner

By: Jen Benson,Sim Benson

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Smart Running

The ultimate guide to becoming a fitter, stronger, more confident runner

By: Jen Benson,Sim Benson

Have you ever wondered about the secret to becoming a better runner? Has your training plateaued and you don't know why? Do you keep getting injured or are you struggling to get back into running after some time out? Have you done a few shorter races but want to progress up to a marathon? Smart Running by Jen and Sim Benson will cut through the jargon and answer all your running questions, helping you to become a fitter, faster and stronger runner. Jen and Sim delve into the science of physiology, psychology, training and nutrition before carefully and clearly explaining how to build yourself a bespoke and customisable training plan – one that moulds around your life and will help you smash your running goals. Thorough workout descriptions are included, so you'll be confident in your training and get the results you're after. The science behind recovery, hydration, and strength and conditioning work is explained, along with how to choose the best and most sustainable kit for your adventures. Tips for race-day nerves, psychological skills to help your running, how to prevent and deal with injuries, running in the heat and cold, and finding the best routes are all covered, along with specific considerations for female and older runners.

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Vertebrate Publishing

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1839812117

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9781839812118

Stirring Up Hatred

Myth, Identity and Order in the Regulation of Hate Speech

By: Jen Neller

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Stirring Up Hatred

Myth, Identity and Order in the Regulation of Hate Speech

By: Jen Neller

This book critically examines the development of the ‘stirring up hatred’ offences which are currently found within the UK’s Public Order Act 1986. Through a critical discourse analysis of key excerpts of parliamentary Hansard, the book constructs a detailed genealogy of the offences from the perspectives that shaped them. A novel application of theory on 'myth' is used to navigate the complex arguments and to trace ideas about identity and order across parliamentary debates, from fears of Fascism in the 1930s to condemnations of homophobia in the early 21st century. The story of the stirring up hatred offences told in this book therefore extends far beyond the traditional frame of a dilemma between regulating hate speech and safeguarding free speech: it is inextricably entwined with myths about law, race and national identity, and speaks to wider themes of coloniality, neoliberalism, white entitlement, British-Christian exceptionalism and the innocence of law. Written in an accessible and engaging style, this book challenges a wide range of assumptions about hate speech law and raises a series of considerations for developing forms of accountability that are less complicit in the harms that they are supposed to redress.

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Springer Nature

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3031192427

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9783031192425

Bug Camp

Where Every Day's an Adventure

By: Tim Forrest,Jen Hamel

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Bug Camp

Where Every Day's an Adventure

By: Tim Forrest,Jen Hamel

Welcome to Bug Camp, where every day is full of crawly, fascinating adventure! Grab your nets, because catching crickets and butterflies is just the beginning. Every summer, entomologists around the world offer bug camps to kids, hoping to share the wonders of insects with the next generation of explorers and creative thinkers. Now, biologists Tim Forrest and Jen Hamel bring their decades of bug camp experience to a book filled with games, experiments, cool facts, stories, and good, old-fashioned fun. Rain or shine, indoors and out, Bug Camp is filled with adventures and wonder. Discover insect mouth parts that chew, siphon, pierce, and absorb and antennae that smell and hear. Learn how to identify crickets and katydids from their songs and how to find firefly signals and honeybee waggle dances. Collect caterpillars, and watch them morph into butterfliesand moths. Go on scavenger hunts to find cool predators, prey, and parasites. Conduct experiments and collect Citizen Science data. With hundreds of insect photos from around the world and millions of real insects in every neighborhood, kids will never get bored with Bug Camp. Start packing!

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Moondance Press

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1633223167

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9781633223165

A2 English Language and Literature for AQA B

By: Alison Ross,Jen Greatrex

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A2 English Language and Literature for AQA B

By: Alison Ross,Jen Greatrex

Includes material that covers the AQA English literature and English language specification B syllabuses. Offering exam and coursework tips, this title focuses on assessment objectives to help students learn how to achieve maximum results.

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Heinemann

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0435109804

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9780435109806

The Peculiars

By: Jen Thorpe

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The Peculiars

By: Jen Thorpe

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Penguin Random House South Africa

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1485903416

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The Fall

By: Jen Thorpe

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The Fall

By: Jen Thorpe

When Thuli reveals her secret – that she can see into the near future – to journalist Helen, the latter is skeptical. But as Thuli believes she’s seen that #FeesMustFall protest leader, Hector, will be assassinated, Helen looks into the matter. What she finds is odd behaviour by the police on campus. Police sent by President Noné, who wants no trouble from pesky students while she launches her zoo of magical creatures. If what Thuli say is true, they have only seven days to change the future."--Publisher's description.

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