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Superstar, author and illustrator Rob Biddulph dazzles in Peanut Jones and the Illustrated City, the first title in a brand new adventure series for boys and girls of 8+. Fizzing with magic, danger, friendship and art, this exciting, fun, middle-grade debut is from the bestselling creative genius behind #DrawWithRob. Some legends are born, some are drawn . . . Drawing feels like magic to Peanut Jones. But art can't fix her problems. Her dad has gone missing, and she's stuck in a boring new school. Until the day she finds a unique pencil turbo-charged with special powers. Suddenly she's pulled into a world packed with more colour, creativity, excitement and danger than she could ever have imagined. And maybe, just maybe, she might find out what happened to her dad.
'A tense rollercoaster' Sarah Vaughan 'Brilliantly plotted!' Liz Nugent 'Compelling' Shari Lapena 'I raced through' Claire Douglas 'Packs a punch' Sarah Pearse 'Wonderfully atmospheric' BA Paris 'Lures you in until you can't escape' Jane Corry 'Explosive' Samantha Downing 'Dazzlingly clever' Chris Ewan 'Ominous, absorbing and atmospheric' Christina McDonald 'Upredictable and pacy' Tim Weaver 'A tense page turner' Jane Shemilt 'Completely absorbing' Will Dean _______________________________________________ By the time you read this, I'll have killed one of your husbands. In an isolated retreat, deep in the Northumbria moors, three women arrive for a weekend getaway. Their husbands will be joi...
The First World War followed a period of sustained peace in Europe during which people talked with confidence of prosperity, progress, and hope. But in 1914, Europe walked into a catastrophic conflict that killed millions, bled its economies dry, shook empires and societies to pieces, and fatally undermined Europe’s dominance of the world. It was a war that could have been avoided up to the last moment—so why did it happen? Beginning in the early nineteenth century and ending with the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand, award-winning historian Margaret MacMillan uncovers the huge political and technological changes, national decisions, and just as important, the small moments of human muddle and weakness that led Europe from peace to disaster. This masterful exploration of how Europe chose its path toward war will change and enrich how we see this defining moment in our history.
For over one hundred and fifty years, since its founding in 1843, Macmillan has been at the heart of British publishing. This collection of essays, representing recent research in the archives at the British library, examines the firms' astute business strategy during the nineteenth century, its successful expansion into overseas markets in America and India, its complex and intriguing relations with authors such as Matthew Arnold, Thomas Hardy, Alfred Lord Tennyson, W.B.Yeats, and J.M.Keynes, with additional chapters on Macmillan Magazine and the work of a modern children's editor.
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