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Nailed It!: The Essential Guide to Do It Yourself
Dreaming of a beautifully decorated home, but never been taught the practical skills to execute your plans? Laura Deller of @houseprojectuk teaches you everything you need to know in this handy step-by-step guide, for house projects big and small, in any space.
Say goodbye to DIY disasters and hello to a relaxing home that reflects your personal style and your amazing new skills.
With Laura's expert, easy-to-follow instructions, you'll learn how to finally hang those frames with confidence, pick the perfect kid-friendly paint, and impress visitors with your DIY shelves.
The projects are super budget-friendly and doable, covering everything from upcycling to flat-pack hacks. Learn how to apply caulk, fill holes in the wall, sand a surface and wallpaper around a socket. Laura's projects include no-fuss bookshelves, different styles of panelling, and a simple but gorgeous no-sew bench cushion.
Large DIY stores can be overwhelming with their endless aisles and jargon-laden signage, but Laura reimagines tools as a 'capsule collection', with key staples and nice-but-not-necessary additions. Each project features a Toolbox so you can easily identify which tools are needed for each project.
Every activity also comes with a time estimate, from quick tweaks to a weekend-long renovation, so you can fit everything in and make each project a success.
Laura's genius tips are accompanied throughout by gorgeous, helpful illustrations. With her know-how in hand, you'll feel calm, secure and empowered to pick up your toolkit and know exactly what you're doing!
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Female Body in Art
From the Renaissance to the present day, this is the history of art told through the female form, with over 80 works of art. A cultural mirror of the times, the female body has captivated both artists and audiences for centuries. But what can we learn from these pieces of art? What are they trying to tell us about the world we live in? And how has that changed over time? Explore the luminous portraiture of Gustav Klimt, astonishing wartime photography from Lee Miller and the ground-breaking performance art of Marina Abramovic. Meet Leonor Fini's shepherdess, Barkley L. Hendricks's 'Madonna', Graciela Iturbide's 'Medusa', Toyin Ojih Odutola's adventuresses and Hayv Kahraman's 'army of fierce women'. Discover the idealized female body as envisioned by Sandro Botticelli and the gender non-conforming portraits of Zanele Muholi and Yuki Kihara, as Amy Dempsey looks at how and why the female body has been depicted time and time again, and why its portrayal has often delivered important messages about - and to - the world. With a foreword by writer and curator, Hettie Judah. -
Ruins Beneath Us
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER LIMITED FIRST PRINT RUN―featuring sprayed edges with a stenciled design. This stunning first edition is available for a limited time only. She saved the prince. Now she must survive his world. Lyria and her mother have been on the run from the human kingdom of Verdinae for as long as she can remember. She's an elf born with magic--a double offence in a kingdom determined to eradicate both. Under her mother's watchful protection, Lyria learns the rules that keep her alive: stay inside, stay hidden, stay safe, and above all stay calm, lest her magic flair out of control. But when she finds a human boy being attacked by a deadly monster in the forest, Lyria risks everything by using magic to save him. She doesn't expect his broken body to survive, and she definitely doesn't expect him to be the crown prince. Offered a position at the palace as the royal apothecary, Lyria seizes the chance to step into the light and prove to her mother she can control her unwieldly magic. But Verdinae is not the paradise it at first seems. The nobles are ruthless, the secrets are deadly, and Cygnus--the brooding royal healer--seems determined to expose Lyria's every flaw. As she navigates a world of glittering gowns, deadly secrets, and stolen kisses, Lyria must keep her identity hidden. . . even from the prince who's falling for her. But beneath the palace lies a darkness far more dangerous than any secret. And when Lyria and Cygnus uncover a hidden world that could change everything, she must decide who to trust and how much she's willing to risk for a love that was never meant to be. -
Play Proud: Fiercely Fabulous Queer Athletes
Tall and short. Straight and queer. Sports has got a new frontier.
A rhyming romp through professional and amateur sports, Play Proud highlights sixty historic and modern queer athletes, from Billie Jean King to Megan Rapinoe, Johnny Weir to Carl Nassib. Readers will be on a first-name basis with each of them as they race through the wide world of sports, discovering role models who play hard, play fair, and play proud. The triumphs of these athletes--both on and off the field, court, rink, ring, and pitch--serve as powerful inspiration for everyone who seeks to live their life authentically. Back matter provides key stats on the athlete lineup, as well as a glossary and author's note about how sports can become accepting of everyone.
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Green Sahara: Regaining Paradise in the Face of Climate Change
A thoughtful exploration of how the Sahara Desert can be returned to its former glory as a green paradise while actively combating climate change.
A green Sahara is something the world has not seen since 10,000 BC when the Sahara was a wet, lush region. By 3,000 BC though the climate changed, the rains stopped, and the ancient green Sahara dried into today's desert. It was the victim of a phenomenon that reminds us today of global climate warming. But what if we could reverse the desertification of the Sahara, and bring back the green paradise of days passed? In The Green Sahara: Regaining Paradise in the Face of Climate Change, John Gaudet explores the process by which climate change in ancient times converted a green paradise into an arid desert land, highlighting parallels to what is happening in our time. But he also illuminates how an intense effort to create green energy is being made by several Saharan countries to build and operate enormous solar and wind farms. As a result, a wave of green energy generated in the Sahara, the largest desert on earth, is about to swamp the world, and could lead to a regreening of the Sahara Desert. If a new green Sahara happens, how will the world benefit? Covering just 20% of the Sahara Desert with wind turbines and solar panels would generate almost five times more energy than is currently needed worldwide. Gaudet highlights further benefits of deploying climate technology to the desert such as sequestering large amounts of carbon from the atmosphere and eliminating negative health and ecosystem effects felt worldwide from desert dust. Gaudet's manifesto demonstrates how, in this fascinating case, climate change induced by man actually has the power to save the world and restore a beautiful piece of ancient history. -
Suki Cat: Baker
Who will Suki be today? Peek inside the box and play! Toddlers will love discovering who Suki Cat will become at the start of each story before joining in with her dressing-up adventure--where she always saves the day!
Join Suki Cat as she puts on her pastry chef hat to make some very special birthday treats. But when a cake accident happens, can Suki save the day?
From dancer to dinosaur and farmer to firefighter, this interactive series of vibrant board books with robust mechanisms is perfect for developing motor skills and inspiring imaginative play. Toddlers will enjoy pushing, pulling, and turning the chunky sliders to take part in the story and bring the action to life! The narrative-driven, rhyming text is perfect for reading aloud to help build book confidence and engagement, while the high level of interaction develops gross and fine motor skills.
Features a free "Stories Aloud" audiobook--just scan the QR code on the cover and follow along!
Other titles in the series include: Suki Cat Astronaut (2024), Suki Cat Dancer (2024), Suki Cat Farmer and Suki Cat Doctor (Spring 2025), Suki Cat Dinosaur and Suki Cat Unicorn (coming August 2025), and Suki Cat Firefighter (coming February 2026). -
Sold outCopland: A Story about America
A spirited picture book biography about composer Aaron Copland and the birth of modern America This is a story about music.
But it's also a story about America. Aaron Copland was born in Brooklyn in 1900 at the dawn of a new generation. In a community of immigrants, he had a front-row seat to the many ways that the United States was growing and changing. During this electrifying time, Aaron began making music as dynamic and innovative as the people and progress around him. While some didn't understand his style or appreciate his desire to break the rules in his compositions, he endeavored to create a sound that reflected the America he knew and loved. Vibrantly brought to life by the words and illustrations of Veronica Mang, Copland: A Story About America is an ode not only to the composer known as the Dean of American music but also to a century of dramatic cultural and social change that created a new world.Sold out -
Friend Is a Friend Is a Friend
In this companion to best-selling titles A Family Is a Family Is a Family and A Kid Is a Kid Is a Kid, a child explores how to make a friend.
When a child arrives at summer camp, they see a lot of other kids. Will any of them want to be their friend?
One by one, the kids share their thoughts on friendship. One child makes friends by asking questions, while another says you can be friends even if you don't speak the same language! Listening to each other's stories, liking the same things and showing kindness are among the many ways of being a friend. And in the end -- whoever you are -- the best way to make a friend is to be one!
Author Sara O'Leary and illustrator Qin Leng have created a delightful, heartfelt, inclusive book about making and being a friend -- the final title in the Who We Are trilogy.
Key Text Features
dialogue
illustrations
speech bubbles
vignettes
Correlates to the Common Core States Standards in English Language Arts:
CCSS.ELA-LITERACY.RL.1.2
Retell stories, including key details, and demonstrate understanding of their central message or lesson.
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Clifford Goes to Kindergarten
Head to kindergarten with Clifford and Emily Elizabeth in this jacketed hardcover edition of the classic story!Clifford joins Emily Elizabeth for her first day of kindergarten! Emily Elizabeth is nervous about making new friends and missing home. But with Clifford by her side in class to sing songs and play games, Emily Elizabeth learns how much fun kindergarten can be!This perennial back-to-school favorite is finally in jacketed hardcover and makes the perfect gift! -
Classic Starts(r) the Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
An abridged and illustrated chapter book retelling of The Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, part of the bestselling Classic Starts series that has sold more than 8 million copies! Set in the foggy streets of Victorian London, Robert Louis Stevenson's tale depicts Dr. Jekyll's transformation into the evil, amoral Mr. Hyde, after drinking a serum that he created in his laboratory. While at first Jekyll revels in the freedom of his alter ego, gradually Hyde begins to take over Jekyll's entire being--with devastating consequences. -
Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850
Draws on the Yale Center for British Art's rich collection to critically reconsider the vibrant creative exchanges between artists in India, China, and Britain during a period ruthlessly driven by commerce
Painters, Ports, and Profits: Artists and the East India Company, 1750-1850 tells the story of the remarkable creative exchanges that coincided with the rise of one of the most ruthless and powerful corporations in history. Scholarship on this period often separates Indian, Chinese, and British artists; Painters, Ports, and Profits instead foregrounds the vital interactions between their practices. Artistic experimentation with papers, pigments, and other materials produced works of astonishing beauty and variety. Compelled by new subjects and techniques, these artists, many now unknown, had a profound effect on visual and material culture within and beyond Asia.Edited by curators Laurel O. Peterson and Holly Shaffer, Painters, Ports, and Profits features more than one hundred objects drawn primarily from the Yale Center for British Art's collection, including architectural drafts, burnished opaque watercolors, hand-colored aquatints, small and large-scale portraits, and a spectacular thirty-seven-foot-long scroll depicting the city of Lucknow. An international group of scholars, curators, and conservators provide rich commentary based on new research.
Published by the Yale Center for British Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule: Yale Center for British Art
(January 8-May 31, 2026)
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How to De-Stress in Five Minutes a Day: Inspiring Ideas to Help You Unwind Every Day
Packed with tips to help you pause, unwind and take a break from your stresses, this book will help you de-stress in no longer than five minutes a day Life can be stressful, and we often spend so much time juggling our responsibilities that we forget to take time out for ourselves. Luckily, pockets of calm exist all around us, even on the busiest of days - and they're easy to find when you know where to look. All you need is five minutes. The soothing rituals in this book are easy to practice and can fit around any schedule, helping you to switch off stressful thoughts, calm your mind and free yourself from tension and anxiety. Each chapter focuses on a different time of day, meaning you can begin, end and experience each day with a stress-free mindset. Even the smallest moment of calm can allow you to completely reset, so whether you follow one tip or many, you're sure to soothe your mind and body, and find clarity and peace every day. -
She Knows All the Names
The sequel to the ***INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER** His Face Is the Sun.
Fresh to the throne, the cunning new pharaoh schemes to bring unprecedented power to the Kingdom of Khetara. He commands absolute allegiance, leaving bloodshed in his wake as he searches for the missing Princess Sitamun, and at his side, the young priestess Nefermaat serves as divine counsel. Having witnessed the king's merciless acts, Neff furtively plots to free the kingdom from his grip, though she knows the heavy price of treason.
Meanwhile, the rebellion in Low Khetara grows, and Raetawy, a courageous farm girl, leads the resistance. Her quest is clear: infiltrate the capital and free the imprisoned rebels--including her beloved father. Yet in her desperation, Rae agrees to a plan that could destroy all she is fighting for....
In the Red Lands, the thief Karim grapples with the new life he's been given. Is it a blessing or a curse? He fears what lurks within him, yet he and his unlikely companion, Princess Sita, grow ever closer as they search for a lost city believed to harbor the secret to saving Khetara from destruction.
The ancient oracle that once whispered to these four strangers now speaks with an urgency as powerful as the mighty Iteru. The current of destiny is strengthening, but will it bring redemption...or annihilation?
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Converts: From Oscar Wilde to Muriel Spark, Why So Many Became Catholic in the 20th Century
Why did Catholicism attract so many unlikely converts in Britain during the twentieth century? The twentieth century is understood as an era of growing, inexorable secularism, yet in Britain between the 1890s and the 1960s there was a marked turn to Rome. In the first half of the century, Catholicism became an intellectual and spiritual fashion attracting more than half a million converts, including fascinating artists, writers, and thinkers. What drew these men and women to join the church, and what difference did conversion make to them? Melanie McDonagh examines the lives of these notable converts from the perspective of their faith. For the Decadent circle of Aubrey Beardsley and Oscar Wilde--who converted on his deathbed--artists such as Gwen John and David Jones, the philosopher Elizabeth Anscombe, and novelists including G. K. Chesterton, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, and Muriel Spark, Catholicism offered stability in increasingly febrile times. McDonagh explores their lives and influences, the reaction to their conversions, and the priests who initiated them into their faith. -
America's Comfort Foods: Hearty Feel-Good Favorites Shared by Cooks Across the USA
Hearty feel-good favorites shared by cooks across the USA From coast to coast, food spells comfort to all of us. Whether we're at a community dinner, a family reunion or a simple supper with our family, we all have favorite dishes that mean "home" and "comfort" to us. For this cookbook, we've rounded up lots of family-pleasing recipes for America's best-loved comfort foods, shared by home cooks just like you. Start everyone's day right with Amish Breakfast Casserole and Irresistible Crumb Buns on the breakfast table. Lunchtime brings Fried Green Tomato Sandwiches and Fresh Fiesta Corn Salad, or how about a piping-hot bowl of Slow-Cooker Cincinnati Chili? For dinnertime, you'll find recipes for regional favorites like Speedy Chicken Pie, Bacon-Cheeseburger Meatloaf, Southern Fried Chicken, Deep-Dish Pizza, Salsa Verde Enchiladas and much, much more. Round out the menu with Seasoned Greens & Bacon, Calico Cowboy Beans and Arkansas Tomato Slaw...yum! Special occasions and get-togethers call for special treats to share. You'll wow 'em with Hot Wisconsin Cheese Dip, Garden-Fresh Shrimp Salsa and a big chilled pitcher of Kassie's Sweet Tea. And save room for dessert...Dutch Apple Pie and Texas Toffee Pecan Bars can't be beat! You'll find easy-to-follow directions using familiar ingredients, plus lots of tips for making every meal special. 242 Recipes. -
Gray's Anatomy: The Anatomical Basis of Clinical Practice
First published in 1858, and in continual publication since that date, Gray's Anatomy has been trusted by generations of clinicians around the world as the pre-eminent anatomical reference book. Building on this tradition of excellence and authority, the 43rd edition of Gray's Anatomy has been meticulously revised and updated by world-leading anatomists, scientists and surgeons, to provide unrivalled, evidence-based coverage of regional anatomy, neuroanatomy, cell biology, embryogenesis and development. A systems-based perspective is provided via additional chapters in the accompanying eBook. Succinct text, lavish illustrations, stunning photos and modern medical imaging are combined with an enhanced range of supplementary electronic materials to create a complete, integrated package, in an attractive, accessible format. Gray's Anatomy 43rd edition provides new insights, plus the depth, relevance and accuracy that readers have come to expect from this renowned publication.- Each chapter has been updated by international field leaders to cover the evidence-based, clinically relevant anatomy that underpins safe and effective practice
- Features the latest radiological images, including high-resolution X-ray, multiplanar CT and MRI views, using state-of-the-art cinematic rendering for clarity and improved understanding
- Acclaimed Gray's artwork further honed to enhance consistency, clarity and anatomical precision
- The printed book comes with the complete, enhanced eBook - including additional text, Tables and illustrations, two chapters on the systemic anatomy of the peripheral nervous system and the vascular and lymphatic systems, 2D and 3D videos, an annotated list of eponyms, and many specially commissioned 'Commentaries' discussing new and emerging topics related to clinical anatomy