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On 27 October 2018 Bari Weiss's childhood synagogue in Pittsburgh became the site of the deadliest attack on Jews in American history. For most of us, the massacre came as a total shock. But to those who have been paying attention, it was only a more violent, extreme expression of the broader trend that has been sweeping Europe and the United States for the past two decades. No longer the exclusive province of the far right and far left, anti-Semitism...
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Collins
Pub. Date
2020
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Español
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A step-by-step guide to Spanish pronunciation that will help you build your confidence and communicate better in Spanish.Aimed at beginners and intermediate students this short course focuses on spoken Spanish, and will help you improve your pronunciation, confidence and fluency. The free booklet will show you how to pronounce each sound and give real-life examples of where these sounds are used. You will recognize why you mispronounce certain words...
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Penguin
Pub. Date
2021
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English
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Brought to you by Penguin. **Longlisted for the National Book Awards 2020** Les Payne, the renowned Pulitzer Prize-winning investigative journalist, embarked in 1990 on a nearly thirty-year-long quest to interview anyone he could find who had actually known Malcolm X - including siblings, classmates, friends, cellmates, FBI moles and cops, and political leaders around the world. His goal was ambitious: to transform what would become hundreds of hours...
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Picador
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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This is not a new book but a specially adapted version of Adam Kay's bestseller This is Going to Hurt for Quick Reads. These short books are perfect for adults who are discovering reading for pleasure for the first time. Welcome to the life of a junior doctor. You work 97 hours a week. You make life and death decisions. You are often covered in blood (or worse) from head to toe. And the hospital parking meter earns more money than you do. Adam Kay's...
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Tantor Audio
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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Neither an advocate nor a critic of cultured meat, Benjamin Aldes Wurgaft spent five years researching the phenomenon. In Meat Planet, he reveals how debates about lab-grown meat reach beyond debates about food, examining the links between appetite, growth, and capitalism. Could satiating the growing appetite for meat actually lead to our undoing? Are we simply using one technology to undo the damage caused by another? Like all problems in our food...
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New Harbinger Publications
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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We can?t deny it any longer: there is a Black mental health crisis in our world today. Black people die at disproportionately high rates due to chronic illness, suffer from poverty, under-education, and the effects of racism. This book is an exploration of Black mental health in today?s world, the forces that have undermined mental health progress for African Americans, and what needs to happen for African Americans to heal psychological distress,...
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earworms MBT
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2010
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English
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Earworms MBT Rapid Portuguese - your personal audio language trainer with 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music! Volume 1 is your survival kit for use when travelling abroad on a business trip or vacation Volume 2 for more conversational items allowing you to talk about yourself, past, present and future, express opinions, chat and even flirt. Volume 3 another lexically rich set of words and phrases,...
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Penguin
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2021
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English
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Trans people in Britain today have become a culture war 'issue'. Despite making up less than one per cent of the country's population, they are the subjects of a toxic and increasingly polarized 'debate' which generates reliable controversy for newspapers and talk shows. This media frenzy conceals a simple fact: that we are having the wrong conversation, a conversation in which trans people themselves are reduced to a talking point and denied a meaningful...
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earworms MBT
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2006
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English
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Earworms MBT Rapid Chinese - your personal audio language trainer with 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music! Volume 1 is your survival kit for use when travelling abroad on a business trip or vacation Volume 2 for more conversational items allowing you to talk about yourself, past, present and future, express opinions, chat and even flirt. Volume 3 another lexically rich set of words and phrases, this...
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earworms MBT
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Earworms MBT Rapid Chinese - your personal audio language trainer with 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music! Volume 1 is your survival kit for use when travelling abroad on a business trip or vacation Volume 2 for more conversational items allowing you to talk about yourself, past, present and future, express opinions, chat and even flirt. Volume 3 another lexically rich set of words and phrases, this...
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earworms MBT
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2011
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English
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Earworms MBT Rapid French - your personal audio language trainer with 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music! Volume 1 is your survival kit for use when travelling abroad on a business trip or vacation Volume 2 for more conversational items allowing you to talk about yourself, past, present and future, express opinions, chat and even flirt. Volume 3 another lexically rich set of words and phrases, this...
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earworms MBT
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2006
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English
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Earworms MBT Rapid German - your personal audio language trainer with 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music! Volume 1 is your survival kit for use when travelling abroad on a business trip or vacation Volume 2 for more conversational items allowing you to talk about yourself, past, present and future, express opinions, chat and even flirt. Volume 3 another lexically rich set of words and phrases, this...
54) What's going on inside my head: starting conversations with your child about positive mental health
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Featherstone
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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We all know that healthy minds are really important but how do we make sure we look after our mental health from a very young age? What's Going On Inside My Head? is a book for children that explores practical ways we can keep our minds in good shape as well as our bodies. By talking about positive self-image, emotional intelligence, relationships and mindfulness, this book will help children develop healthy habits and good coping strategies from...
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Fourth Estate
Pub. Date
2020
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English
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An important and timely anthology of black British writing, edited and curated by the authors of the highly acclaimed, ground-breaking Slay In Your Lane. Slay in Your Lane Presents: Loud Black Girls features essays from the diverse voices of twenty established and emerging black British writers. Being a loud black girl isn't about the volume of your voice; and using your voice doesn't always mean speaking the loudest or dominating the room. Most of...
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HarperElement
Pub. Date
2022
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English
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The police and social services had no choice after a neighbour reported Jamey had been left alone all night while his mother went out partying. Scared, hungry and withdrawn, Jamey has spent so much time in his cot that his leg muscles haven?t developed, and he can barely walk. He is craving affection, and Cathy and her family find him very easy to love. However, as Jamey begins to settle in and make progress a new threat emerges. Coronavirus and lockdown...
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earworms MBT
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2006
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English
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Earworms MBT Rapid Greek - your personal audio language trainer with 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music! Volume 1 is your survival kit for use when travelling abroad on a business trip or vacation Volume 2 for more conversational items allowing you to talk about yourself, past, present and future, express opinions, chat and even flirt. Volume 3 another lexically rich set of words and phrases, this...
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Children have strong feeling and they can't always handle them very well. Perfect for sharing, How Are You Feeling Today? is packed with fun, imaginative ways to help children understand and cope with a whole range of different emotions. This delightful book gives parents the tools they need to help their child deal with those feelings - without it all ending in tears! A great dip-in book where children can choose a feeling that relates to them and...
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