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An approved textbook at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry since first publication, Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them is an indispensable guide to the magical beasts of the wizarding world. Muggles who have seen the eponymous film or read the Harry Potter novels will be familiar with some of these beasts – the Niffler, the Thunderbird, the Hippogriff ... This new paperback edition features the recently revised 2017 text, which includes six curious new creatures that inhabit the…

Towards the middle of the nineteenth century, following the example of the Brothers Grimm in Germany, Alexander Afanasyev embarked on the ambitious task of sifting through the huge repository of tales from Russian folklore and selecting the very best from written and oral sources. The result, an eight-volume collection comprising around 600 stories, is one of the most influential and enduringly popular books in Russian literature. This large selection from Afanasyev's work, presented in a new…

Emma is considered by many readers to be Jane Austen's crowning achievement, a timeless comedy of manners that lays bare the limits on women's autonomy in Regency England. The disparity between Emma Woodhouse's self-confidence and self-knowledge, and her determination to arrange marriages for her friends while avoiding one for herself, leads to a painful series of misunderstandings for everyone who suffers from her well-meaning altruism – and with Mr Knightley being the only person of her…

Once a child has learnt all their sounds and is able to decode and blend new words accurately, they need support to develop their reading fluency and confidence. Essentially, they need to go from learning to read, to reading to learn, and to reading independently for pleasure.

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Who Moved My Cheese? is a simple parable that reveals profound truths. It is an amusing and enlightening story of four characters who live in a maze and look for cheese to nourish them and make them happy. Cheese is a metaphor for what you want to have in life – whether it is a good job, a loving relationship, money or a possession, health or spiritual peace of mind. And the maze is where you look for what you want – the organisation you work in, or the family or community you live…

هكذا اكتملت لدى نوح الألفي مواصفات قاتل موظفي وردية المساء في الكول سنتر: قاتل مأجور نفَّذ عمليته بحِرفية لم يشهد لها مثيلًا منذ عمل بالمباحث الجنائية. قاتل لديه من الدقة ما يسمح له باقتناص أرواح ضحاياه برصاصة واحدة تصيب هدفها. قاتل سريع إلى درجة أن ضحاياه لم تُتح لهم فرصة للنهوض عن مقاعدهم ومقاومته أو حتى الهرب. قاتل مخضرم إلى درجة أنه أصاب ضحية من وراء باب، ونرجسي إلى درجة أنه لم يفتح الباب ليتأكد من إصابة الهدف. قاتل طويل، رياضي، بشرته سمراء سمارًا صناعيًّا، شعره كستنائي كثيف، أنفه…

في قلب حارة اليهود في الجنوب التونسي تتشابك الأحداث حول المسلمة اليتيمة التي تربت بين أحضان عائلة يهودية، و بين ثنايا مدينة قانا العتيقة في الجنوب اللبناني تدخل بلبلة غير متوقعة في حياة ندى التي نشأت على اليهودية بعيدا عن والدها المسلم. تتتابع اللقاءات و الأحداث المثيرة حولهما لتخرج كلاً منهما من حياة الرتابة و تسير بها إلى موعد مع القدر. (في قلبي أنثى عبرية) رواية مستوحاة من أحداث حقيقية في قالب روائي مشوق.