Why, after thirtyyears of international climate negotiations to reduce carbon emissions, has theUN process failed to deliver a survivable outcome? Nick Breeze goes behind thescenes at the UN COPs, from Paris to Dubai, to find out what on Earth is goingon Most people tend to turn away, perhaps understandably, from the key existential issue of the day: climate change or, somewould say more accurately, climate collapse. Nick Breeze tells the engaging, very human story ofsuccessive COP conferences over the past decade: it is a tale of imperfection, failure even, but not yet defeat. So far, the UN process has achieved almostthe exact opposite of what it first set out to achieve at the Rio Earth Summitin 1992. Nick shows clearly that it is not Extinction Rebellion, JustStop Oil nor any other climate protesters who are the extremists; the trueextremists are the policymakers who consistently undermine faltering efforts toreduce emissions. Repeatedly claiming to be saving us whilst allowing carbonemissions to continue rising, governments have failed their people on climate. Nick shows us how, why and what we can do about it. Thepublic remains largely uninformed about climate change and, for the most part, those who seek to draw attention to the issue are seen as 'crazy'. Thereremains a terrifying gap between scientific reality and political action. Packed with his own experiences and insights from expertinterviewees, this page-turning account is less about the intricacies of thescience and more about the mainstream perception of how we are understandingand responding to the problem.
Inspired by the true story of pianist Mosha Gebert's struggles in Nazi death camp Majdanek. Refusing to play for the camp commandant, Mosha faces a heartbreaking choice: she must share her music - or suffer crippling torture.
How to grow and harvest an abundant supply of edible ingredients from your garden Flowers have probably been used in cooking for as long as people have been preparing and flavoring food. In China cooks were experimenting with chive flowers in 3000 BC and the Romans frequently added blooms to their dishes. Today flowers are often seen as an exotic extra, employed only by professional chefs. While we are all taking a greater interest in the provenance of our food, adding more plant-based ingredients to our diets, experimenting with growing our own vegetables and eating to follow the seasons, edible flowers remain a bit of an unknown quantity. This book demystifies the idea of eating flowers and introduces readers to a whole range of blooms, leaves, flowering herbs and edible seeds that can be home-grown and used in a new way - by adding them to food. From drying hibiscus petals to concocting a soothing tisane, harvesting nigella seeds to use in savory biscuits, or baking a lemon-scented pelargonium cake, garden-grown flowers make wonderful ingredients - and align directly with the important current message of seasonal, sustainable growing. Dunster shows how to grow an abundance of flowers to guarantee a regular and plentiful supply of chemical-free ingredients. Includes information on harvesting, drying and preserving methods, and a wide range of culinary uses and techniques.
This interactive book is full of dinosaurs - big dinosaurs, loud dinosaurs, stinky dinosaurs, and silly dinosaurs - and each one is trying to show you that they are the roariest and greatest dinosaur, ever! But which one is the roariest? YOU decide! Push, pop, and count the soft, silicone stars to rank each dinosaur from 1 to 5, and choose!
Little ones will love to lift each large, soft felt flap to discover which friendly animal is hiding underneath on each page. With five soft-to-touch flaps to lift, adorable animal illustrations by Damien Barlow, and a noisy animal word to shout out on each page there is plenty of interactive reading fun in this first storybook for little ones.
This interactive book is full of unicorns - clever unicorns, dancing unicorns, leaping unicorns, and speedy unicorns - and each one trying to show you that they are the sparkliest and greatest unicorn, ever! But which one is the sparkliest? YOU decide! Push, pop, and count the soft, silicone stars to rank each unicorn from 1 to 5, and choose!
Little ones will love to lift each large, soft felt flap to discover which friendly animal is hiding underneath on each page. With five soft-to-touch flaps to lift, adorable animal illustrations by Damien Barlow, and a noisy animal word to shout out on each page there is plenty of interactive reading fun in this first storybook for little ones.
Beaver is ready for bed, but first he wants to say goodnight to his animal friends in this magical bedtime story book. Young children will love to help Beaver find his friends in this interactive novelty book. Insert the included 'magic torch' between the pages to find Beaver's friends in each night-time scene and watch children glow with delight.
Koala is ready for bed, but first she wants to say goodnight to her animal friends in this magical bedtime story book. Young children will love to help Koala find her friends in this interactive novelty book. Insert the included 'magic torch' between the pages to find Koala's friends in each night-time scene and watch children glow with delight.
Boop Puppy's nose for lots of squeaky story fun! Yappy Puppy loves to play tricks on his friends. He creeps up behind them and...SQUEAK...Puppy boops his nose and squeaks to make them jump! With a soft-to-touch fabric covering a squeaker that makes a super-cute sound, there is lots of giggle-out-loud fun with this read-and-play book.
Boop Pig's nose for lots of touch-and-squeak story fun! Hungry Pig is buying food for a picnic with friends. Every time pig finds a tasty treat...SQUEAK...Pig boops her nose with happiness. With a soft-to-touch fabric covering a squeaker that makes a super-cute sound, there is lots of giggle-out-loud fun with this read-and-play book.
Applying the science of ecology to wildlife promotion and conservation in gardens.
Scrupulously researched, this is as full an account as is possible of his life now that Peter Sutcliffe is dead. Inside the Mind of the Yorkshire Ripper uncovers a number of crimes which Peter Sutcliffe was never charged with. The full number of his victims is unknown
April Ashley was a trailblazing figure in the fight for trans visibility and acceptance, one of the first British people to undergo gender-reassignment surgery, in 1960 - this is her remarkable story
The thrilling story of the conservationist who pioneered the use of dogs in combating poachers to protect wildlife in South Africa's game reserves
The essential, illustrated, song-by-song story of one of the most enduring acts in rock music history.
Let professional baker Manuel Monade show you how to use your breadmachine to produce awesome breads you can be proud of. A bread machine will make only the bread you enable it to make;sub-standard ingredients and quick, over-yeasted fermentation can only everproduce a less than exceptional loaf. But if you use your bread machinedifferently, respecting the basic principles of artisan baking -- understandingfermentation; the need to knead; the importance of proving; shaping; and how toget the best bake for a perfect loaf - then your bread machine will deliverfantastic results. Recipes include a basic pain de mie for a sandwich loaf;granary; ciabatta; blue-cheese-and-hazelnut bread; sourdough; pumpernickel; andspelt.
This 100% complete kit includes 8 cloud clay projects to make and special lightweight air-dry clay to make the featured models and your own creations. The included 48-page full colour book features simple crafting instructions, themed puzzles, and lots of super cute activity fun! Paints, a mould and a paintbrush are also included.
This bug detective kit includes a magnifying glass for spotting bugs up close, binoculars for spying bugs further away and a 48-page full colour activity book featuring tips on using the kit, facts about favourite creepy-crawlies and a spot-it section for keeping notes of all the amazing bugs spied near and far!
Boys and girls age 8 and up will find everything they need inside to paint four beautiful unicorns: Rainbow Dancer, Starbeam, Heartbeat and Daisy Dream! The colourful instruction book is packed with unicorn folklore, fun and fantastic puzzles.
Get ready to create colourful fuzzy works of art!Fuzzy Art Ocean is the world's first activity book to feature soft-to-touch under-the-sea pictures to colour, and also includes lots of colouring-in fun for budding artists to create amazing works of art. Each book includes a chunky stackable marker pen that features five colours.
Get ready to create colourful fuzzy works of art!Fuzzy Art Farm is the world's first activity book to feature soft-to-touch farm animal and vehicle pictures to colour, and also includes lots of colouring-in fun for budding artists to create amazing works of art. Each book includes a chunky stackable marker pen that features five colours.
Short, quick-fire jokes have been popular for centuries. Indeed the world's oldest surviving joke book, the Philogelos, which was written in Ancient Greek, contains this classic doctor joke: Patient: "Doctor! When I wake up I'm all dizzy. Then after half an hour I feel fine." Doctor: "Well, wait half an hour before waking up." Meanwhile in Rome, they had a gag for every occasion, from senate orations and lavish feasts to throwing Christians to the lions. A Cicero stand-up gig was the hottest ticket in town. Shakespeare readily slipped one-liners into his comedies, while medieval jesters used pithy quips to amuse the royal court, well aware that if the joke backfired and somehow offended the monarch, their next audience might be with the executioner. "Dying on stage" carried a more sinister meaning for comedians in those days. It's not hard to see why one-liners remain in vogue with today's comedians. They are easy to remember, quick to deliver and if one gag dies on its feet, the next is waiting in the wings, hopefully to a better reception. Here is a compilation of the best one-liners around - a heady mix of old and new favourites, Dad jokes, thoughtful musings, corny puns and witty observations, covering a vast range of topics from Families to Fish, Money to Music, Relationships to Religion and Technology to Travel. They can be used to brighten up business conferences where the delegates are as tired as the sandwiches; dinner parties where the conversation is threatening to slide into a discussion about spreadsheets; seemingly interminable Zoom calls; and, of course, speeches at weddings that are so emotional that even the cake is in tiers.
The astonishing true story of the Scottish coal miner's daughter who fought the Mafia-backed creators of the world's biggest financial fraud - and helped the FBI to convict them.
"I was two when the woman I called Mummy told me, 'You came out of another mummy's tummy.' I grew up thinking that my birth mother didn't want me. I assumed there must've been something inherently wrong with me - why else would a mother give up her baby?"In 1974, Liz Harvie - born Claire Elaine Watts - was given up for adoption by her birth mother Yvonne. Claire was just eight weeks old when her adoptive parents took her in - and renamed her Elizabeth. Although brought up in a 'perfect' household, the emotional - and physical - trauma of being taken from her biological mother would never leave Liz. She constantly wondered: what does my real mum look like? Will she come back for me? Why did she abandon me? But whenever Liz voiced such questions, she invariably received the same response: "Your birth parents were not married. They couldn't look after you."Years later, aged twenty-eight, Liz reconnected with her birth mother - and finally learned the shocking truth surrounding her adoption. Yvonne had not abandoned her daughter. A social worker had snatched her ten-day-old baby from her arms. "I didn't even get a final cuddle. She just took her away from me," says Yvonne. Liz became one of 185,000 victims of forced adoption between 1949 and 1976 in England and Wales. As a young unmarried mum, Yvonne was deemed unfit as a parent by the government, churches, adoption agencies and her father - and made to give up her child against her will. Although reunited, Liz and Yvonne are still struggling to cope with the agony resulting from their devastating separation. As Liz says, "We can't just skip hand in hand into the sunset. The trauma of being a forced adoptee is lifelong."
The biggest annual sports event in the world is the Tour de France. In the wake of its overwhelming popularity, itâ¿s easy to forget that there is much more to cycling than whoever gets to wear the yellow jersey. Cycling is rich with legends and pioneers, and it is their stories which light up this compelling account of the sport. This is the story of British cycling as told through the lives of the people who built it. From the first recorded race in a Paris park in 1868 to the present day, Great British Cycling Legends profiles the true originals. Follow the most glorious exponents of road and track cycling, the mountain bikers and the cyclo-cross riders. There were the Victorians such as George-Pilkington Mills, a multi long-distance record holder, including that of Landâ¿s End to John Oâ¿Groats on a penny farthing bicycle. Then there have been the significant firsts. Dave Marsh was the first British road-race world champion in 1922 and Maurice Burton was the first black British cycling champion in the 1970s. Eileen Sheridan was one of the first female professional cyclists and a major record-breaker into the 1950s. Great British Cycling Legends examines the personalities and their background of the key cyclists, to show what makes each of them legendary. All of them have, in their own ways, shown why cycling continues to exert such an extraordinary grip on the popular imagination.
A compendium of the key elements of bidding, declarer play and defence, amusing hands and bridge stories, written for the social bridge player, but with much for more experienced players too.
This new and revised edition of Hilary Macaskill's classic book, with many new illustrations, offers an insight into the life and work of the world's bestselling author. Hilary Macaskill examines the houses that meant most to Agatha Christie, including her childhood home, Ashfield, in Torquay; Winterbrook in Oxfordshire, and, above all, Greenway, soaring above the River Dart and Agatha's favorite home from 1938 to the end of her life in 1976 (though requisitioned in the Second World War by the Admiralty, and from 1943 to 1945 home also to the United States Coast Guard). The author also explores more temporary abodes, not only a succession of flats and houses in London (mainly in Kensington and Chelsea) but also the homes she set up at the digs (mostly in the Middle East) that she traveled to with her archaeologist husband, Max Mallowan, and the hotels - notably the Moorland Hotel on Dartmoor, to which she adjourned in the grip of writer's block to complete her first detective novel, The Mysterious Affair at Styles, and the Burgh Island Hotel, a major inspiration for And Then There Were None and Evil Under the Sun.
Add sparkle to your sticker books with beautiful jewel art!Decorate 8 foiled cards with shiny, colourful jewel stickers and become a jewel art superstar in no time. Simply take the sheet of special stickers and create pawsome patterns on the adorable animal pictures.
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