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Over the course of four celebrated works of fiction and almost forty years, Richard Ford has crafted an ambitious, incisive and singular view of American life as lived. Unconstrained, astute, provocative, often laugh-out-loud funny, Frank Bascombe is, here, once more our guide to the great American midway • Now in the twilight of life, a man who has occupied many colourful lives - sportswriter, father, husband, ex-husband, friend, real estate agent - Bascombe finds himself in the most sorrowing role of all; caregiver to his son, Paul, diagnosed with ALS. On a shared winter's odyssey to Mount Rushmore, Frank in typical Bascombe fashion faces down the mortality that is assured each of us, and in doing so confronts what happiness might signify at the end of days

Richard Ford returns with four deftly linked Christmas stories narrated by the iconic Frank Bascombe. Now sixty-eight, Frank resides again in the New Jersey suburb of Haddam, and has thrived – seemingly but not utterly – amidst the devastations of Hurricane Sandy. The desolations of Sandy, which left countless lives unmoored, are the perfect backdrop for Ford – and Bascombe. With a flawless comedic sensibility and unblinking intelligence, these stories range over the full complement of universal subjects: ageing, race, loss, faith, marriage, the real estate debacle – the tumult of the world we live in

Ford Madox Ford's great masterpiece exploring love and identity during the First World War, in a Penguin Classics edition with an introduction by Julian Barnes. A masterly novel of destruction and regeneration, Parade's End follows the story of aristocrat Christopher Tietjens as his world is shattered by the First World War. Tracing the psychological damage inflicted by battle, the collapse of England's secure Edwardian values - embodied in Christopher's wife, the beautiful, cruel socialite Sylvia - and the beginning of a new age, epitomized by the suffragette Valentine Wannop, Parade's End is an elegy for both the war dead and the passing of a way of life

Do you know that rabbits eat their own poo? That butterflies taste with their feet? Or that starfish aren't actually fish? This trusty companion guide uncovers all the mysteries of the extraordinary wildlife that surrounds us • From gorgeous foxgloves and strong oaks to wild foxes and slow snails, get ready to find out about over 195 different animals, plants and other wildlife. There are so many wonderful living things to meet in this children's spotter's field guide, published in collaboration with the RSPB, the largest wildlife conservation charity in Europe • You will learn what a butterfly's lifecycle looks like, what pretty flowers grow commonly in gardens and which mushrooms are best to steer clear from … they may be poisonous! This guide covers all grounds when it comes to nature

Learn all about identifying trees with this beautifully illustrated spotters guide. With 35 common trees to learn about, the RSPB First Book of Trees is perfect for budding wildlife explorers and naturalists • Through beautiful full-page illustration accompanied by key information about each tree, this book is designed to encourage young children's interest in the outside world and the wildlife around them • Includes a spotter's chart for children to fill in, key facts about each tree and accurate illustrations to make identifying trees easy • Part of a series of collectible spotter's guides published in partnership with the RSPB, the largest wildlife conservation charity in Europe

A woman and man, parted a quarter of a century, reunite in a bar in New Orleans as the St Patrick's Day parade goes by. A group of friends, all once promising, reunite for dinner when one of their number loses her husband, but the gathering splinters when bitter revelations about their shared past emerge. Two teenage boys sit in a drive-in, the air thick with the scent of gin and popcorn and longing • A visionary collection of luminous stories, imprinting landscape, and great moments in small lives – and of the people we carry with us long after they are gone – Sorry For Your Trouble reconfirms Richard Ford as the master of contemporary American fiction

Frank Bascombe has a younger girlfriend and a job as a sportswriter. To many men of his age, thirty-eight, this would be a cause for optimism, yet Frank feels the pull of his inner despair and especially of his recent losses - his preferred career has ended, his wife has divorced him, and a tragic accident took his elder son. In the course of this Easter weekend, Frank will lose all the remnants of his familiar life, though he will emerge heroic with spirits soaring. This is a magnificent novel that propelled Richard Ford into the first rank of American writers

Learn all about identifying birds with this beautifully illustrated spotter's guide. With 35 British birds to learn about, the RSPB First Book of Birds is perfect for budding birdwatchers and naturalists • Through beautiful full-page illustration accompanied by key information about each creature, this book is designed to encourage young children's interest in the outside world and the wildlife around them • Includes a spotter's chart for children to fill in, key facts about each bird and accurate illustrations to make spotting birds easy • Part of a series of collectible spotter's guides published in partnership with the RSPB, the largest wildlife conservation charity in Europe. Other topics include: flowers, birds, mammals and minibeasts

A beautiful picture book about garden birds that will appeal to families with young children. Rachel Lockwood's wonderful illustrations will delight children aged from two to seven, and will help them to discover and identify the most common birds in their everyday surroundings • Each bird is introduced on a right-hand page in an illustration where it is partly obscured or turned away from the viewer. The text gives some clues and invites readers to guess the bird's identity. The reader then turns the page to find out more • With twenty common garden birds to learn about, My First Book of Garden Birds is perfect for budding wildlife explorers. Published in collaboration with the RSPB, the largest wildlife conservation charity in Europe

Play spot the difference with the owls, help the blackbirds find the worms, draw a fox and much more! Encourage your child's appreciation of the natural world with this fun activity book, bursting with colourful stickers and brilliant activities. Bloomsbury Activity Books provide hours of colouring, doodling, stickering and activity fun for boys and girls alike. Every book includes enchanting, bright and beautiful illustrations which children and parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!

Рожденный от отца-немца и матери-русской, Рихард Зорге жил в мире меняющихся союзов и бесконечных возможностей. В годы, предшествовавшие Второй мировой войне, и во время нее он стал фанатичным коммунистом – и самым грозным шпионом Советского Союза • Сочетая обаяние с безжалостным манипулированием, он проник в высшие эшелоны немецкого, китайского и японского общества и оказал на них влияние. Его разведданные сыграли ключевую роль в советском контрнаступлении в битве за Москву, которое, в свою очередь, определило исход самой войны • Опираясь на множество рассекреченных советских архивов, это большая биография одного из величайших шпионов, когда-либо живших на свете • Книга на английском языке • Born of a German father and a Russian mother, Richard Sorge moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility

Imagine a world with limitless vegan options; a place where anything and everything can be made vegan. Mac 'n cheese? Proper English fry up? Decadent ice cream sundae? Imagine no more – you can find them all here! • Anything You Can Cook, I Can Cook Vegan is a guide to truly creative plant-based cooking with zero sacrifices. With over 100 innovative recipes, along with tips, techniques and ingredient guides, this book will teach you how to feel more confident than ever in a plant-based kitchen • With cleverly marked difficulty levels, recipes range from quick, school-night classics to fun weekend baking projects. You'll learn to make delicious meat alternatives and proper, grateable vegan cheeses, and find out just how versatile tofu can be. Incredible veganised recipes include • - Vegan Fried Eggs • - Mushroom Brisket Sandwiches • - Tempeh Nuggies • - Beefless Bourguignon • - Chocolate Pretzel Pie • Richard Makin packs each recipe with genius vegan “hacks” to help everyone from novice cooks to plant-based pros