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      • Trusted Partner
        Children's & YA

        Explorer Team (1). The Adventure Begins!

        by Björn Berenz / Christoph Dittert

        Become an explorer! Go with Lias on an exciting mission and solve the puzzles that will lead you to your goal. Eventually you must decide: how will the adventure continue? 3 paths – 3 adventures – which of them is for YOU? Join Lias, Mojo and Cookie on a mission to the Himalayas: together they must find out what has happened to Lias’s father. He disappeared six months ago and the only thing he left behind was his expedition diary, which is full of strange clues and puzzles. The reader will be able to move onto the next stage only if you can decipher them. A great adventure awaits you! And you decide In the end, you must decide: How should the adventure continue for you and the Explorer Team? Hunt with Lias through the forgotten world. Go with Tashi to discover the eternal ice or follow Cookie and Mojo through fire and lava. You will have to choose which of the Explorers you want to accompany on the next adventure.

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        The Arts
        March 2006

        Art history

        A critical introduction to its methods

        by Michael Hatt, Charlotte Klonk

        Art History: A critical introduction to its methods provides a lively and stimulating introduction to methodological debates within art history. Offering a lucid account of approaches from Hegel to post-colonialism, the book provides a sense of art history's own history as a discipline from its emergence in the late-eighteenth century to contemporary debates. By explaining the underlying philosophical and political assumptions behind each method, along with clear examples of how these are brought to bear on visual and historical analysis, the authors show that an adherence to a certain method is, in effect, a commitment to a set of beliefs and values. The book makes a strong case for the vitality of the discipline and its methodological centrality to new fields such as visual culture. This book will be of enormous value to undergraduate and graduate students, and also makes its own contributions to ongoing scholarly debates about theory and method. ;

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        April 2024

        Climate Change and Global Health

        Primary, Secondary and Tertiary Effects

        by Colin Butler, Kerryn Higgs, Ågot Aakra, Khaled Abass, Robyn Alders, Kofi Amegah, Janetrix Hellen Amuguni, Gulrez Shah Azhar, Katherine Barraclough, Barbara Berner, Alex Blum, Justin Borevitz, Menno Bouma, Devin C. Bowles, Mark Braidwood, Anne Lise Brantsæter, Cyril Caminade, Katrina Charles, Fiona Charlson, Moumita Sett Chatterjee, Matthew Chersich, Rebecca Colvin, Namukolo Covic, Christopher B Daniels, Richard Dennis, Cybele Dey, Hubert Dirven, Yuming Guo, Tari Haahtela, Ivan C Hanigan, Andrew Harmer, Budi Haryanto, Kerryn Higgs, Susanne Hyllestad, Christine Instanes, Ruth Irwin, Ollie Jay, Solveig Jore, Ke Ju, Tord Kjellstrom, Marit Låg, Jason KW Lee, Shanshan Li, Irakli Loladze, Rosemary A. McFarlane, Martin McKee, Helle Margrete Meltzer, Glen Mola, Andy Morse, Juliet Nabyonga-Orem, Nicholas H. Ogden, Johan Øvrevik, Rebecca Patrick, Rezanur Rahaman, Delia Randolph, Shilpa Rao, Arja Rautio, Mary Robinson, Tilman Ruff, Subhashis Sahu, Jonathan Samet, Photini Sinnis, Julie P Smith, Jes

        There is increasing understanding that climate change will have profound, mostly harmful effects, on human health. In this authoritative book, international experts examine long-recognized areas of health concern for populations vulnerable to climate change, describing effects that are both direct, such as heat waves, and indirect, such as via vector-borne diseases. Set in a broad international, economic, political and environmental context, this unique book expands these issues by reviving and championing a third ('tertiary') category of longer term impacts on global health: famine, population dislocation, conflict and collapse. This edition has an expanded foundation, with new chapters discussing nuclear war, population and limits to growth, among others. This lively yet scholarly resource explores all these issues, finishing with a practical discussion of avenues to reform. As Mary Robinson, former UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, states in the foreword: 'Climate change interacts with many undesirable aspects of human behaviour, including inequality, racism and other manifestations of injustice. Climate change policies, as practised by most countries in the global North, not only interact with these long-standing forms of injustice, but exemplify a new form, of startling magnitude.' The book is dedicated to Tony McMichael, Will Steffen and Maurice King. This book will be invaluable for students, post-graduates, researchers and policy-makers in public health, climate change and medicine.

      • Poetry

        Lonely Wilds

        In the Shadows of the Ephrata Cloister

        by Elizabeth Breese (author)

        “Traveling from her pastoral America to Neruda’s Chile and the Ireland of St. Kevin, Elizabeth Breese sings the lonely-wild lyric of ditch flowers and raw honey, tornados and radios, broken birds and sailors lost at sea. Her ars poetica: ‘little bee hand in pocket editions, the rough- / cut paper combs, dancing for the things it loves.’” —Harryette Mullen“As with Dickinson and Stevens, to understand an Elizabeth Breese poem is beside the point; one apprehends it, the way one does a scent or strain of music. Roving, impure, funny, brainy, and passionate, hers is work I want to keep beside me for the good company and generous pleasures it offers line by gorgeous line.” —Kathy Fagan

      • Crime & mystery
        March 1999

        Special Commission

        A Medieval Murder Mystery

        by John Hall

        John Hall, acclaimed author of several books on Sherlock Holmes, has written a spellbinding medieval murder mystery. Special Commission is set in the middle of the 15th Century. The old feudal system was giving way and there were stirrings of unrest which could lead to the War of the Roses and the accession of the Tudors. In a remote fortified manor house, the May Day celebrations are rudely interrupted when a man is found murdered. The obvious suspect, an uninvited and unwanted guest, refuses to appear before a judge and jury. The only hope of solving the crime is for the Lord Chancellor to appoint a Special Commission to look into the matter. But, as the reader will discover, things are not quite as simple as that! Breese Books are delighted to release this book, the first in a series, which introduces the reader to the unworldly Martin Byrd and his earthy servant Clement. John Hall will even further enhance his reputation with this unusual mystery.

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        Health & Personal Development

        THE DETOX MIRACLE SOURCEBOOK

        Raw Food and Herbs for Complete Cellular Regeneration

        by Robert Morse N.D.

        The Detox Miracle system is based on the power of specific raw foods, herbs and juices to cleanse and purify individual systems of the body which allows cellular regeneration! The premise of raw food detoxification is that having an acid system will kill you, while gradually reaching an alkaline system will allow healing and unexpected levels of health! This book includes a textbook primer on each system of the body, what symptoms mean, and, most importantly, how to detoxify and regenerate using only raw foods and herbs. The Detox Miracle Sourcebook shows you how to cleanse your body of the poisons that are destroying your health, and start the process of complete cellular regeneration that leads to true healing. Based on 30 years of clinical experience, treating thousands of people with conditions ranging from overweight to cancer, Dr. Robert Morse reveals his ultimate healing system – the Detox Miracle! • Covers the A-Z of Detoxification, including: Why do it? When to do it? What to expect? How it works, and how long it takes. • Explains the uses of specific raw foods and herbs for cleansing and healing every organ, system, and unbalanced condition in the body. • Details the interface of body, mind and soul in the achievement of lifelong health. • Presents the Detox Miracle Diet, and how to adapt it for life. • Includes dozens of easy-to-use References: lists of herbs, herbal formulas, properties of foods, minerals, phytochemicals, and cell salts, etc.; along with raw food recipes; a detailed Index; broad-based Resource Guide; and extensive Glossary and Bibliography.

      • Television
        June 2011

        Inspector Morse on Location

        by Antony Richards

        The Companion to the Original and Bestselling Guide to the Oxford of Inspector Morse Including Lewis Fully Illustrated with Location maps.

      • Places & peoples: pictorial works
        June 2012

        The Oxford of Inspector Morse

        Including the Lewis Series Location Map & Oxford Walk

        by Antony Richards and Philip Attwell

        From The Ashmolean Museum to the White Horse public house, The Oxford of Inspector Morse, is the official guide published in conjunction with the Inspector Morse Society, and the companion to Inspector Morse on Location which covers all the locations outside of Oxford itself, and the original guide to the various Oxford locations most associated with the books and television productions of Inspector Morse as well as all six series of Lewis and not forgetting the new Endeavour film either. It not only gives the Morse and Lewis connections, but concentrates on the historical aspects to more than fifty places used in filming the adventures. Now in its 12th edition, regularly updated, fully illustrated, indexed by place and episode, and with a location map and Oxford walk, this publication featured at number six in the Blackwell's Bestseller List. A must for all Inspector Morse and Lewis enthusiasts.

      • Crime & mystery
        December 2010

        The Disappearing Prince

        And Other Stories

        by Edmund. Hastie

        Readers will be interested to know that this collection of short pastiches featuring Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson has been written by a fourteen-year-old schoolboy, Edmund Hastie. In H.R.F. Keating's introduction to this unusual book he says, '... a triumph ... Sherlock Holmes is present in all his characteristic arrogance and all his inevitability of success'. Edmund Hastie has been writing since the age of seven and was inspired to create this work when he discovered Doyle's great detective on the shelves of his public library. In Sherlock Holmes and the Disappearing Prince, Sherlock Holmes is set four mysteries to solve. The title story is set in the university town of Cambridge and features the Crown Prince of Japan who apparently vanishes without trace from his rooms. As always Dr. Watson relates the stories and describes the events in his usual ripping style.

      • Crime & mystery
        October 1999

        Sherlock Holmes and the Frightened Golfer

        by J. M. Gregson

        London, February 1896. A bright crisp day. But as Watson welcomes the sun and tries to cheer up a restless Holmes, there is an urgent knocking at the door of 221B Baker Street. A moment later, a large man bursts into the living quarters of the famous pair. Alfred Bullimore is a very frightened golfer.   What had seemed at first to be no more than tasteless horseplay at Royal Blackheath Golf Club is now threatening to escalate into serious violence. Already there has been an attack upon an elderly member walking his dog at dusk, and soon this is followed by an attempt at murder, which brings Holmes and Watson swiftly to the scene of the crime at the famous old golf club.   Bullimore is a good enough golfer to plan a serious attempt to win the Open Championship of 1896. But as his successes accumulate in the month before the Open, the threat to his safety seems ever greater. The climax of the tale is set thrillingly on the last day of the Open Championship, with the solution as unexpected as it is timely.

      • Crime & mystery
        June 1995

        Sherlock Holmes and the Houdini Birthright

        by Val. Andrews

        Again two areas of mystery are linked: the exploits of Sherlock Holmes and the secrets of master escapologist, Harry Houdini. Dr. Watson’s collaborator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, finds himself drawn into the world of the fake psychics and Houdini is anxious for Holmes to unmask the perpetrators who prey on the innocent believers.   Once he has been torn away from his beekeeping activities, Holmes’s investigations lead him to some surprising locations including a Ruritanian castle. Sherlockians, historians and magic buffs will all be intrigued and delighted with this classic detective story, which links fact and a little fiction, to suggest what may have happened to Houdini after his death.   Since the manuscript was completed it has been rumoured by investigators and reported in various newspapers that Houdini’s coffin is actually empty; Val Andrews  has provided an answer that will amaze all readers.   Again … the game is afoot.

      • Crime & mystery
        May 2001

        Sherlock Holmes and the Hammerford Will

        by John Hall

        In this new novel, Holmes is engaged by a personal friend of King Edward VII to investigate a very curious will written by an eccentric millionaire. The will contains a series of puzzles, the solution to which will take Holmes, Watson and the reader on an unusual and eventful journey through Edwardian London.

      • Crime & mystery
        December 2010

        Sherlock Holmes: The Tandridge Hall Murder and Other Stories

        And Other Stories

        by Eddie Maguire

        “Yes you see Mr. Holmes, I have been witness to a horrible and grisly murder …” And so begins an adventure that will take Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson to the very door of an aristocratic gentleman who seems to be thoroughly implicated in cold-blooded murder. This is the first collection of Eddie Maguire’s short stories but it will come as no surprise to the reader that they are created with a love of the subject and close attention to the era, in which Holmes worked and flourished. One of Eddie Maguire’s greatest fans is the noted cricket expert Freddie Trueman who said ofDeath at the Cricket, the second story in this collection, ‘This story really brings to life the big country house cricket matches of the 19th century’.

      • Crime & mystery

        The Torment of Sherlock Holmes

        by Val. Andrews

        Holmes has fallen into a state of deep depression and Watson is distressed to find that there is absolutely nothing that he can do to help Holmes shake off his dreadful malaise.   Watson takes himself off to Regent’s Park for a breath of fresh air and whilst there his attention is drawn to a black clad and heavily veiled woman who drops a ticket on the round. The ticket is for property lodged at the Victoria railway station. In an effort to help Holmes regain his interest in life and to shake off his state of gloom, Watson decides to use the ticket and to claim whatever may have been left in the property office. The item in question turns out to be a large and heavy hat box.   The box intrigues Holmes and when it is opened it is found to contain some bloodstained clothing together with a most vicious butchers knife. This dreadful discovery and the baffling mystery surrounding it is just what is required to help Holmes out of his depressed state and starts him on what well may be considered to be his most unusual adventure!

      • Crime & mystery
        May 2001

        Sherlock Holmes and the Abbey School Mystery

        by John Hall

        A Sherlock Holmes Murder Mystery that commences when a young schoolmaster apparently commits suicide and his sister, suspecting foul play, calls in Sherlock Holmes.

      • Crime & mystery
        December 1998

        Sherlock Holmes and the Sandringham House Mystery

        by Val. Andrews

        A famous entertainer is invited by the King to give a command performance at Sandringham and tragically the brilliance of the performance is marred by the unexpected disappearance from the music room of a priceless painting. Holmes's powers of deduction are stretched to the absolute limit as he unravels yet another mystery.

      • Thriller / suspense
        August 2001

        Sherlock Holmes and the Adler Papers

        by John Hall

        When Sherlock Holmes recovered a compromising photograph and saved the reputation of the King of Bohemia he thought the case was closed. However, the attractive villainess, Irene Adler - now a respectable married woman - summons Holmes a year after her marriage to further assist the King who was now being threatened by even more determined enemies.

      • Crime & mystery
        December 1998

        Sherlock Holmes and the Chinese Junk Affair

        And Other Stories

        by Val. Andrews

        Three short stories each involving Sherlock Holmes and Dr Watson and each taxing their powers of observation and detection to the absolute maximum.

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