">>>>> Mr Finchley Takes the Road (Classic Canning Book 3) <<<<<

Book 3 of the classic trilogy of humorous rural adventures through pre-war EnglandMr Finchley takes a fancy to a horse-drawn caravan that he sees for sale, but his new wife does not relish the prospect of a caravan journey, so he sets off alone to explore the countryside and go house-hunting.While learning to handle the horse and the caravan, he encounters a variety of eccentrics and country characters, and several unsuitable houses. It gradually emerges that the caravan contains a secret, and Mr Finchley finds himself in real trouble.This gentle comedy trilogy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today. It has been dramatized twice for BBC Radio, with the 1990 series regularly repeated.What people are saying about the Mr Finchley series:&#8216Wonderful character from a kinder slower England between the wars.&#8217&#8216An overlooked gem. An innocent picaresque novel set in an arcadian version of mid 20th century England. The 

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">>>>> Mr Finchley Goes to Paris (Classic Canning Book 2) <<<<<

Book 2 of the classic trilogy of humorous adventuresAn ebullient&nbspMr Finchley&nbspis about to propose marriage to a lady he had rescued from mishap, when he is sent to Paris by his firm.There he manages to upset a boat, adopt a stray orphan and get himself kidnapped. The fine tangle he gets into takes some unravelling! Only when eventually back in London does he complete the proposal of marriage that was interrupted at the start.This gentle comedy trilogy was a runaway bestseller on first publication in the 1930s and retains a timeless appeal today. It has been dramatized twice for BBC Radio, with the 1990 series regularly repeated.What people are saying about the Mr Finchley series:&#8216Wonderful character from a kinder slower England between the wars.&#8217&#8216An overlooked gem. An innocent picaresque novel set in an arcadian version of mid 20th century England. The literary equivalent of naive painting, it narrates the adventures of a respectable upper middle-aged man who 

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">>>>> Escargot <<<<<

Bonjour! Escargot is a beautiful French snail who wants only two things: 1. To be your favorite animal. 2. To get to the delicious salad at the end of the book. But when he gets to the salad, he discovers that there's a carrot in it. And Escargot hates carrots. But when he finally tries one&#8212with a little help from you!&#8212he discovers that it's not so bad after all!A charming and interactive picture book ideal for picky eaters and animal lovers alike.

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">>>>> The Consolation of Philosophy (Penguin Classics) <<<<<

Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. The Consolation was written in the period leading up to his brutal execution. It is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between the ailing prisoner and his 'nurse' Philosophy. Her instruction on the nature of fortune and happiness, good and evil, fate and free will, restore his health and bring him to enlightenment. The Consolation was extremely popular throughout medieval Europe and his ideas were influential on the thought of Chaucer and Dante.For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700&nbsptitles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the&nbspseries to provide 

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">>>>> The Consolation of Philosophy (Oxford World's Classics) <<<<<

Boethius composed De Consolation Philosophiae in the sixth century A.D. while awaiting death by torture, condemned on a charge of plotting against Gothic rule, which he protested as manifestly unjust. Though a Christian, Boethius details the true end of life as the soul's knowledge of God, and consoles himself with the tenets of Greek philosophy, not with Christian precepts. Written in a form called Meippean Satire that alternates between prose and verse, Boethius' work often consists of a story told by Ovid or Horace to illustrate the philosophy being expounded. The Consolation of Philosophy dominated the intellectual world of the Middle Ages it inspired writers as diverse Thomas Aquinas, Jean de Meun, and Dante. In England it was rendered into Old English by Alfred the Great, into Middle English by Geoffrey Chaucer, and later Queen Elizabeth I made her own translation. The circumstances of composition, the heroic demeanor of the author, and the Meippean texture of part prose, part 

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">>>>> This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends: The Cyberweapons Arms Race <<<<<

Bloomsbury presents This Is How They Tell Me the World Ends by Nicole Perlroth, read by Allyson Ryan.Zero day: a software bug that allows a hacker to break into your devices and move around undetected. One of the most coveted tools in a spy's arsenal, a zero day has the power to silently spy on your iPhone, dismantle the safety controls at a chemical plant, alter an election and shut down the electric grid (just ask Ukraine).For decades, under cover of classification levels and non-disclosure agreements, the United States government became the world&#8217s dominant hoarder of zero days. US government agents paid top dollar - first thousands and later millions of dollars - to hackers willing to sell their lock-picking code and their silence.Then the United States lost control of its hoard and the market.Now those zero days are in the hands of hostile nations and mercenaries who do not care if your vote goes missing, your clean water is contaminated or our nuclear plants melt 

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">>>>> Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, Reimagining Life <<<<<

Bloomsbury presents Elderhood by Louise Aronson, read by Eliza Foss.A New York Times best sellerLonglisted for the CarnegieAs revelatory as Atul Gawande&#8217s Being Mortal, physician and award-winning author Louise Aronson&#8217s Elderhood is an essential, empathetic look at a vital but often disparaged stage of life.For more than 5,000 years, 'old' has been defined as beginning between the ages of 60 and 70. That means most people alive today will spend more years in elderhood than in childhood, and many will be elders for 40 years or more. Yet at the very moment that humans are living longer than ever before, we&#8217ve made old age into a disease, a condition to be dreaded, denigrated, neglected and denied.&nbspReminiscent of Oliver Sacks, noted Harvard-trained geriatrician Louise Aronson uses stories from her quarter century of caring for patients and draws from history, science, literature, popular culture and her own life to weave a vision of old age that&#8217s neither 

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">>>>> Everybody Lies: Big Data, New Data, and What the Internet Can Tell Us About Who We Really Are <<<<<

Blending the informed analysis of The Signal and the Noise with the instructive iconoclasm of Think Like a Freak, a fascinating, illuminating, and witty look at what the vast amounts of information now instantly available to us reveal about ourselves and our world - provided we ask the right questions.&nbspBy the end of an average day in the early 21st century, human beings searching the Internet will amass eight trillion gigabytes of data. This staggering amount of information - unprecedented in history - can tell us a great deal about who we are - the fears, desires, and behaviors that drive us and the conscious and unconscious decisions we make. From the profound to the mundane, we can gain astonishing knowledge about the human psyche that less than 20 years ago seemed unfathomable.&nbspEverybody Lies offers fascinating, surprising, and sometimes laugh-out-loud insights into everything from economics to ethics to sports to race to sex, gender, and more, all drawn from the world of 

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">>>>> Cosmogenesis: The Secret Doctrine: Volume 1 <<<<<

Blavatsky&#8217s masterwork on theosophy, covering cosmic, planetary, and human evolution, as well as science, religion, and mythology. Based on the Stanzas of Dzyan, with corroborating testimony from hundreds of sources.Originally published 1888, the first part of the book explained the origin and evolution of the universe itself, in terms derived from the Hindu concept of cyclical development. The world and everything in it is supposed to alternate between periods of activity (manvantaras) and periods of passivity (pralayas). Each manvantara lasts many millions of years and consists of a number of Yugas, in accordance with Hindu cosmology. Blavatsky attempted to demonstrate that the discoveries of &quotmaterialist&quot science had been anticipated in the writings of ancient sages, and that materialism would be proven wrong.

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">>>>> Paint by Sticker Kids: Outer Space: Create 10 Pictures One Sticker at a Time! Includes Glow-in-the-Dark Stickers <<<<<

Blast off into outer space with this mess-free sticker craft!Includes everything you need to create ten sticker paintings on sturdy card stock.&nbspKids will love stickering a Mars rover, a space shuttle, an astronaut, iconic celestial bodies like Saturn, Jupiter, and the Sun, and more! Plus, the back of each image includes a fascinating scientific fact about each galactic subject. Includes glow-in-the-dark stickers!&nbspStep 1: Find the sticker.Step 2: Peel the sticker.Step 3: Place the sticker.&nbsp Add the next, and the next,&nbspand watch your enchanting paintings come to life!&nbsp&nbsp&nbspAll the pages are perforated, making it easy to tear out each finished work to frame and share! &nbsp &nbsp

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