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SPLOOOOSH! We're off on an exciting underwater adventure in our submarine to meet the oceans and seas of our blue planet.

Join in with the rhymes and get ready to spot all the smiley-faced, friendly oceans, from the Atlantic and deep Pacific to the sparkling Mediterranean. Little ones will have a whale of a time (and be back in time for bed!) in this striking, story-led picture book.

This bold, bright follow-up to the acclaimed picture book Meet the Planets is packed with sea creatures from dolphins and beluga whales to turtles and manatees. Combining STEM learning with a rhyming twist, it's perfect for all would-be explorers!

The second book in the Harry Potter series, illustrated in brilliant full colour by the iconic design house MinaLima and featuring eight interactive paper-engineered elements, including the Weasleys' Burrow! Prepare to be dazzled by this edition of J.K. Rowling's Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, designed and illustrated by MinaLima. With over 150 full-colour illustrations and eight exclusive, interactive paper-engineered elements, readers can travel via the Floo Network, encounter the Whomping Willow, reveal the spiral staircase to Dumbledore's office and even pull Mandrakes from their pots! This spectacular edition is the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans of all ages, a wonderful addition to any collector's bookshelf and an enchanting way to introduce this beloved series to a new generation of readers.

In the late 1930s, civil war grips Spain. When General Franco and his Fascists succeed in overthrowing the government, hundreds of thousands are forced to flee in a treacherous journey over the mountains to the French border. Among them is Roser, a pregnant young widow, who finds her life intertwined with that of Victor Dalmau, an army doctor and the brother of her deceased love. In order to survive, the two must unite in a marriage neither of them desires.

Together with two thousand other refugees, Roser and Victor embark for Chile on the SS Winnipeg, a ship chartered by the poet Pablo Neruda: "the long petal of sea and wine and snow." As unlikely partners, the couple embraces exile as the rest of Europe erupts in world war. Starting over on a new continent, they face trial after trial, but they will also find joy as they patiently await the day when they might go home. Through it all, their hope of returning to Spain keeps them going. Destined to witness the battle between freedom and repression as it plays out across the world, Roser and Victor will find that home might have been closer than they thought all along.

في عام 1949 يقرر عزرا كوهين كتابة فصول مهمة من حياته. لم تكن كتابة المذكرات تشغل تفكير عزرا ولكنه في هذا المعتقل الذي وصفه قائلاً (هذه المساحة الصغيرة جداً من العالم والمنفصلة عن كل شيء استطاعت أن تفعل ما لم يستطع العالم الواسع أن يفعله) وجد أن ما صنعه في حياته يستحق أن يُدوَّن، فقد كان واحداً من أهم أعضاء الحركة الصهيونية في الشرق الأوسط. يحكي عزرا بالتفصيل عن نشأة حركة إخوان صهيون وكيف أصبحت خلال سنوات قليلة واحدة من أهم الحركات الصهيونية التي كانت سبباً رئيسياً في احتلال #فلسطين. لم يتوقف نشاط عزرا بعد حرب 1948 من أجل تحقيق الحلم الصهيوني ولكنه استمر إلى ما بعد ذلك حتى ظهرت في حياته مديحة، مجففة كؤوس الشمبانيا في القصر الملكي، وعندها فقط انقلبت حياته رأساً على عقب !!؟
في عام 1165 حطت السفينة القادمة من مدينة عكا بميناء الإسكندرية تحمل على متنها الحكيم والفيلسوف موسى بن ميمون. كانت وجهته الأخيرة هي الفسطاط بعد أن ركض فراراً مع عائلته من الاضطهاد الديني لليهود بالأندلس إلى عدة بلدان. وفي مدينة الفسطاط استطاع موسى أن يكون واحداً من أكبر وأشهر الأطباء والفلاسفة في العالم العربي والغربي. كانت مؤلفاته تُترجم لجميع اللغات وأصبح طلاب العلم والمعرفة من جميع أنحاء العالم يتوافدون على مجلسه العلمي، وبالرغم من ذلك، لقي هو وأعماله الكثير من التشويه والتلفيق والكراهية من بني جلدته أنفسهم، فهل كان السبب في ذلك تأثره بالفلاسفة المسلمين، وهو التأثر الذي ظهر بقوة في العديد من مؤلفاته وخاصة عمله الأهم (دلالة الحائرين)، ويا ترى ما السر وراء اختفاء المخطوطة الأصلية من مكتبة معبد موسى بن ميمون بعد وفاته؟
تدور أحداث رواية (قطار الليل إلى تل أبيب) حول ثلاثة محاور رئيسية. ربما لا تربط بينها علاقة مباشرة إلا أنها مرتبطة بعضها ببعض، بشكل أو بآخر من خلال علاقات متشعبة وأحداث متداخلة وجذور ممتدة. كل ذلك يثير أسئلة تجيب الرواية عن بعضها بينما يظل الآخر مفتوحاً على حقائق لم يتم الحسم بشأنها حتى الآن،

Welcome back to Planet Omar! The fourth book in Zanib Mian's laugh-out-loud series, with amazing cartoon-style illustrations. Perfect for fans of Tom Gates and Wimpy Kid.

When Omar's best friend Daniel messes up at school, Omar decides to take the blame to save him from getting in trouble - which makes him feel like a hero!

With this taste of heroism, Omar takes the blame for a couple of small things other kids in the class have done - without realising that when something more serious happens, the signs will point to him since he's been so unusually troublesome.

The teachers are SURE the culprit must be Omar. Can his friends prove his innocence and show that he wasn't responsible for the chaos?

WO EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE. A LOVE THAT DRAWS THEM TOGETHER. A LOSS THAT THREATENS TO TEAR THEM APART. On a summer's day in 1596, a young girl in Stratford-upon-Avon takes to her bed with a sudden fever. Her twin brother, Hamnet, searches everywhere for help. Why is nobody at home? Their mother, Agnes, is over a mile away, in the garden where she grows medicinal herbs. Their father is working in London. Neither parent knows that Hamnet will not survive the week. Hamnet is a novel inspired by the son of a famous playwright: a boy whose life has been all but forgotten, but whose name was given to one of the most celebrated plays ever written.

From Dune to Rakis to Dune, the wheel turns full circle. From burning desert to green and fertile land and on again to burning desert ... the cycle is complete.

The people of the Scattering are returning. Amongst them, mysterious and threatening, are the women who call themselves the Honoured Matres, adepts of an ecstatic cult.

And on Rakis, become Dune, an ancient prophecy is fulfilled with the coming of the she-sheer, Sheeana ...

Among the seminal texts of the 20th century, Nineteen Eighty-Four is a rare work that grows more haunting as its futuristic purgatory becomes more real. Published in 1949, the book offers political satirist George Orwell's nightmare vision of a totalitarian, bureaucratic world and one poor stiff's attempt to find individuality. The brilliance of the novel is Orwell's prescience of modern life--the ubiquity of television, the distortion of the language--and his ability to construct such a thorough version of hell. Required reading for students since it was published, it ranks among the most terrifying novels ever written.