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Return to Mary\'s world in the stunning new novel of dread and hope from international bestseller Carrie

In-vitro fertilization (IVF) is a procedure practised worldwide, with patients and practitioners expecting higher live birth rates and excellent standards of quality as methodologies become more established. This practical book covers every stage in the life of an IVF laboratory, from designing and planning the laboratory to training the embryologists and ongoing management and troubleshooting, providing

The best stories by the one of the twentieth century\'s greatest and most influential writers No one has captured the modern experience, its wild dreams, strange joys, its neuroses and boredom, better than Franz Kafka. His vision, with its absurdity and twisted humour, has lost none of its force or relevance today. This essential collection, translated and selected by Alexander Starritt, casts fresh

In a comprehensively revised and updated new edition, James Naremore provides an illuminating critical account of the films of Stanley Kubrick, from his earliest feature, Fear and Desire (1953), to the posthumously-produced A.I. Artificial Intelligence (Steven Spielberg, 2001). Naremore offers provocative analyses of each of Kubrick\'s films, considering his emphasis on the absurdity of combat, as

Somewhere between Mike Mignola, A Fistful of Dollars, and Johnny Cash\'s Ghost Riders in the Sky, this tale is an adventurous take on the existential hitman, set against a dreamy western backdrop populated by witches, spirits, ghouls, and other monsters. Joe Death explores what it means for Death to undo what he does best. More importantly, what is the true cost of salvation? After surviving a brutal

*Longlisted for the ALCS Gold Dagger award for non-fiction, Crime Writers\' Association Awards 2023* *Shortlisted for Best New True Crime Author, CrimeCon UK True Crime Awards 2023*The gripping true story of how Detective Superintendent Julie Mackay brought Melanie Road\'s murderer to justice. BATH, 1984 Jean Road, a 49-year-old mother of three, awakens to news that her daughter Melanie has been murdered

This beautiful coffee table book is the companion to the nationally distributed IMAX film of the same name. Wings Over Watercelebrates and promotes the preservation of the prairie wetlands and the birds that live and breed there through inspiring text from some the nation\'s foremost conservations of bird habitat and more than 300 stirring images. The Prairie Pothole Region is critical breeding and

In seventh century Wales, a young man must fight to prove himself. As the kingdoms of post-Roman Britain struggle for a new order, his chieftain father is called away to war and Rhun is left to care for his people. But soon he is tasked with a dangerous mission of his own. Gathering a small band of friends, he sets out into the unknown to face a deadly enemy, battle, and

For the first time the complete financial history of Berkshire Hathaway is available under one cover in chronological format. Beginning at the origins of the predecessor companies in the textile industry, the reader can examine the development of the modern-day conglomerate year-by-year and decade-by-decade, watching as the struggling textile company morphs into what it has become today. This comprehensive

Stunning images of mandalas as they appear in our universe illustrate the story of unity, making this book an uplifting visual treat that reveals our connection to the world and to one another. The mandala is an archetypal symbol of wholeness that is replicated on a cosmic scale, not only in art, architecture, and religion, but throughout the universe. The concepts and primal patterns it represents

Twice Carnegie medal winning Geraldine McCaughrean\'s enthralling new novel is a brilliant and darkly funny commentary on our present times by one of our greatest

The definitive pilgrim\'s guide to the sites visited by St Paul on his missionary journeys. This new edition has been fully updated and redesigned with new maps and plans, and many new colour photographs. Expanded, with new sections on St John and his writing of the Book of Revelation on the island of Patmos, together with other Greek

A love letter to the beautiful city of Lviv, by the author of Death and the Penguin and Grey

Japan\'s avifauna is uniquely varied, owing to the remarkable mix of ecosystems and altitudes in this East Asian nation that stretches from the subarctic to the subtropics. Astounding migration spectacles throughout the year make for some of the most memorable experiences, as do encounters with iconic specialties like white-eyes, cranes, storks, needletails, and honeyeaters. Because birds are often

In this captivating new memoir, award-winning writer Jessica B. Harris recalls her youth \"surrounded by some of the most famous creative minds of the seventies and eighties...James Baldwin, Maya Angelou, Toni Morrison, Nina Simone\" (New York magazine)--in a vibrant, lost era of New York City.In the Technicolor glow of the early seventies, Jessica B. Harris debated, celebrated, and danced her way

In her lifetime, African American composer Margaret Bonds was classical music\'s most intrepid social-justice activist. Furthermore, her Montgomery Variations (1964) and setting of W.E.B. Du Bois\'s iconic Civil Rights Credo (1965-67) were the musical summits of her activism. These works fell into obscurity after Bonds\'s death, but were recovered and published in 2020. Since widely performed, they

If you think baby brain is bad for you, think again - because neuroscientist Dr Sarah McKay (author of The Women\'s Brain Book) has looked at studies and talked to experts from all over the world and the proof is in: giving birth is one of the best things to ever happen to a woman\'s brain. Moreover, the positive effects of baby brain last well beyond the baby stage - even into old age, with elderly