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Broad Band
If you loved Hidden Figures or The Rise of the Rocket Girls, you'll love Claire Evans' breakthrough book on the women who brought you the internet--written out of history, until now. "This is a radically important, timely work," says Miranda July, filmmaker and author of The First Bad Man. The history of technology you probably know is one of men and machines, garages and riches, alpha nerds and brogrammers--but from Ada Lovelace, who wrote the first computer program in the Victorian Age, to the cyberpunk Web designers of the 1990s, female visionaries have always been at the vanguard of technology and innovation. In fact, women turn up at the very beginning of every important wave in technol...
The Graves of Whitechapel
'An enthralling read' -- DAILY MAIL In the gripping new novel by the author of The Fourteenth Letter, a lawyer in Victorian London must find a man he got off a murder charge - and who seems to have killed again . . . Victorian London, 1882. Five years ago, crusading lawyer Cage Lackmann successfully defended Moses Pickering against a charge of murder. Now, a body is found bearing all the disturbing hallmarks of that victim - and Pickering is missing. Cage's reputation is in tatters, and worse, he is implicated in this new murder by the bitter detective who led the first failed case. Left with no other alternative, Cage must find Pickering to prove his innocence. Did Cage free a brutal murder...
The Three Little Superpigs: Once Upon a Time
Learn how the Three Little Pigs became the Three Little SUPERPIGS in this hilarious story set in Fairyland! Everyone thinks they know how the Three Little Pigs defeated the Big Bad Wolf. But that's not the whole story. The Three Little Pigs always dreamed of being superheroes. They wore superhero outfits and played superhero games. But when they move to Fairyland, they finally get to put their superhero skills to use! When the Big Bad Wolf blows down the houses of the first little pig and the second little pig, all seems lost. But, luckily, the third little pig comes up with a SUPER plan to save the day! The hilarious twist on the Three Little Pigs story teaches readers how exactly the Three Little Pigs became the superpigs who protect Fairyland from the Big Bad Wolf.
The Bear and the Hair
Bear just wants a cool new hairstyle to impress his friends, but finding a style that suits him proves very difficult. Time after time, Bear changes his locks with dramatic results but ends up being laughted at. Can he find the perfect hair and please his woodland friends, or do they like him just the way he is?
The Fourteenth Letter
'Exuberant plotting and witty prose. Great fun.' The Times Phoebe Stanbury was killed in the summer of secrets... One balmy June evening in 1881, Phoebe Stanbury stands before the guests at her engagement party: this is her moment, when she will join the renowned Raycraft family and ascend to polite society. As she takes her fiancé's hand, a stranger holding a knife steps forward and ends the poor girl's life. Amid the chaos, he turns to her aristocratic groom and mouths: 'I promised I would save you.' The following morning, just a few miles away, timid young legal clerk William Lamb meets a reclusive client. He finds the old man terrified and in desperate need of aid: William must keep saf...
The Poet of Whitechapel
In the gripping new novel by the author of THE FOURTEENTH LETTER, a lawyer in Victorian London must find a man he got off a murder charge - and who seems to have killed again . . . Victorian London, 1882. Five years ago, crusading lawyer Cage Lackmann successfully defended Moses Pickering against a charge of murder. Now, a body is found bearing all the disturbing hallmarks of that victim - and Pickering is missing. Did Cage free a brutal murderer?Cage's reputation is in tatters, and worse, he is implicated in this new murder by the bitter detective who led the first failed case. Left with no other alternative, Cage must find Pickering to prove his innocence. His increasingly desperate search...
The Three Little Superpigs and Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Join the Three Little Superpigs on another adventure in Fairyland! Everyone thinks they know the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears, but when the Three Little Superpigs are involved, nothing is as it seems! When the Three Bears come home from their walk, they discover an intruder in their home. Their porridge has been eaten, their chairs have been sat in, and oh no! The intruder is sleeping in Baby Bear's bed! Enter the Three Little Superpigs. They know just what to do to stop Goldilocks from continuing her scheme. But when they arrive, they realize the villain is not who she appears to be. The Three Little Superpigs will have to think quickly if they want to save the day. The hilarious story reimagines the story of Goldilocks and the Three Bears and continues the exciting Fairyland adventures of the Three Little Superpigs!
Apollo's Dream
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Development and the African Diaspora
There has been much recent celebration of the success of African 'civil society' in forging global connections through an ever-growing diaspora. Against the background of such celebrations, this innovative book sheds light on the diasporic networks - 'home associations' - whose economic contributions are being used to develop home. Despite these networks being part of the flow of migrants' resources back to Africa that now outweighs official development assistance, the relationship between the flow of capital and social and political change are still poorly understood. Looking in particular at Cameroon and Tanzania, the authors examine the networks of migrants that have been created by makin...
Handbags
An exploration of the role of the handbag in the history of culture, fashion, and material production
