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  Strange Telescopes - Following...

  Daniel Kalder

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  The acclaimed author of Lost Cosmonaut “takes us into a world of exorcism, cults and oddballs” living in Ukraine, Siberia, and the catacombs beneath Moscow (The Guardian).   In Lost Cosmonaut, travel writer and anti-tourist Daniel Kalder ventured into the most distant republics of the former Soviet Union. Now Kalder is back in Russia to explore some of its strangest communities and hidden places on a year-long odyssey from Moscow to the Arctic Circle.   The trek begins in the sewers of Moscow, where Kalder encounters a lost city inhabited by people known as “the Diggers.” After exploring the depths of this underground planet and meeting the eccentric Utopians who call it home, Kalder journeys to Ukraine, where exorcists chase down demons in the dubious afterglow of the Orange Revolution. In Siberia, he meets a man called Vissarion—a former traffic cop who is now known at the Jesus of Siberia, and to his thousands of followers, the true messiah.   Salvation and damnation collide in this colorful account of a truly unique adventure that “provides rare glimpses into the odd afterlife of a collapsed superpower” (Publishers Weekly).

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  Kitty Cornered - How Frannie and...

  Bob Tarte

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  Bob Tarte had his first encounter with a cat when he was two and a half years old. He should have learned his lesson then, from Fluffy. But as he says, “I listened to my heart instead, and that always leads to trouble.” In this tell-all of how the Tarte household grew from one recalcitrant cat to six—including a hard-to-manage stray named Frannie—Tarte confesses to allowing these interlopers to shape his and his wife’s life, from their dining habits to their sleeping arrangements to the placement and furriness of their furniture. But more than that, Bob begins seeing Frannie and the other cats as unlikely instructors in the art of achieving contentment, even in the face of illness and injury. Bewitched by the unknowable nature of domesticated cats, he realizes that sometimes wildness and mystery are exactly what he needs.With the winning humor and uncanny ability to capture the soul of the animal world that made Enslaved by Ducks a success, Tarte shows us that life with animals gives us a way out of our narrow human perspective to glimpse something larger, more enduring, and more grounded in the simplicities of love—and catnip.

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  Cats On The Run - a wickedly...

  Ged Gillmore

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  Tuck and Ginger are two cats who really get on each other's nerves. 
  But they'll need to pause the claws to escape from the apartment where they're trapped. And escape they must, for their kidnappers are two warty witches who plan to magic Tuck and Ginger's body parts together to build the best witches' cat in the world: a black Purrari. 
  Tuck (who's a few granules short of a litter-tray) and Ginger (a former street fighter who's now a flabby tabby), will need to work together if they're to escape alive and find their way back to their faraway home. 
  The clock is ticking and the cauldron is bubbling. Will our frightened felines manage to flee before they're zapped in the cat co-mingling spell? 
  Hold on tight! You're about to begin the adventure of a lifetime. 
  Cats On The Run is a wickedly funny adventure story adored by children of all ages. If you like magical mayhem, flying fur and hilarious misadventure, then this tale is for you! 
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  PRAISE FOR CATS ON THE RUN: 
  'Such a funny book for kids aged 8 to 12 or any adults who want a good laugh. It's witty and clever.' -- The Mummy Project  
  'Laugh-aloud funny, quirky and original.' -- Buzzword Books  
  *FIVE STARS* -- Scholastic Reader Review Crew 
  ‘One of the funniest books I have read since Skulduggery Pleasant. The sheer pun-tasticness of it made it a very enjoyable read. Recommended for ages 8+.’ – Bleach House Library 
  ‘Wonderful characters, Entertaining, Action-packed, Funny, Whimsical.’ – Goodreads  
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  Cats On The Run - begin the adventure today!

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  Microgreens and Sprouts: How You...

  Dion Rosser

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  Two manuscripts in one audiobook:Microgreens: How to Grow Organic Superfood Indoors and Create Your Own Profitable BusinessSprouts: The Ultimate Sprouting Guide on How to Grow Sprouts and Sprout Almost Anything at Home 
  In part one of this audiobook, you will:Understand the fundamentals of microgreen farming from the comfort of your own home.Discover insider knowledge on how the microgreen business works.Learn about the core principles of starting a microgreens business and scaling it up into a profitable enterprise.Find out more about everything you need to know to grow microgreens and all required accessories.Understand the different techniques used for growing microgreens.Learn how to accurately identify your target audience, reach them, and create a proper business from these farming operations. 
  In part two of this audiobook, you will:Learn what sprouting isMaster the skill of using different sprouting toolsUnderstand more about superfood sproutingGrasp the sprouting procedure step-by-stepFind out the best seeds you need and organic and non-organic seed careExplore various recipes to tryLearn how to start and scale your sprouting businessAnd much more! 
  Add this audiobook to your cart now to learn more about Microgreens and Sprouts!

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  Now We Are 40

  Tiffanie Darke

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  What happened to Generation X? Millenials dominate our Facebook feeds and people bang on about the baby boomers – but what about us? The lost generation, the middle youth, the middle child of today. Are we still cool?				 
  Generation X? Remember them? The kids who believed they'd never grow up. The generation Douglas Coupland immortalised in his novel of the same name. The wry, knowing navel-gazers obsessed with cool and being cool who today are sandwiched between the boomers of the 60s and the millennials.				 
  Gen X'ers came of age against a backdrop of Britpop and the Spice Girls, Tarantino and Pulp Fiction, Madchester and the Stone Roses, acid house and rave, super clubs, Ministry and Cream. They holidayed in Ibiza high on hooch and E and never ever believed there'd be a comedown.				 
  So whatever happened to them?				 
  We turned 40. And as Tiffanie Darke points out in this witty exploration of the generation who defied generalisation, we're not handling it all that well…				 
  Where once we wore floaty skirts and Doc Martins, now we’re sporting Scandi fashion and 'interesting' trainers. We still party in Ibiza but now bodyboard in Cornwall. Where once mixtapes were the ultimate mating call, now we take selfies and swap Spotify playlists – all the while conspicuously wearing large Dr Beats headphones and casually leaving old packets of Kingsize Rizla lying round our open plan kitchens.				 
  More to the point, Gen X are now in charge. In government, in business and the creative industries. The most anti-establishment of generations has now become the establishment. But as tech overtakes the arts as society's great shaping force, Tiffanie ponders – does cool and its pursuit still matter? If Gen X had it sorted, gave us Barack Obama and downward facing dogs, why is stress the new flu? Why are we working not for love anymore – or cool – but to avoid negative equity and depleting pension pots?				 
  In Now We Are 40, Tiffanie interviews some of the most iconic Gen X’ers such as Pearl Lowe, Richard Reed and Blur’s bassist Alex James to look at how Gen X live their life in between being young and old, and how it feels to want to burn down the establishment only to realise that now you are the establishment.				 
  Tiffanie Darke's Now We Are 40 is a best-seller that humorously tackles the topic of ageing in Generation X. It's a cultural and social commentary, wrapped in comedy and sprinkled with self-help advice, making it a popular choice among readers seeking a unique take on history.				 
  For fans of Paul Mccartney (The Lyrics), Sinéad O'Connor (Rememberings), and Katriona O'Sullivan (Poor).

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  Trip to Russia

  Stefan Zweig

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  "What journey within our immediate world today would be remotely as interesting, enchanting, instructive and exciting as that to Russia? While our Europe, and especially the capitals, are subject to the inexorably contemporary process of mutual assimilation and resemblance, Russia remains utterly unparalleled." Stephen Zweig, 1928. After Stefan Zweig's bourgeois world collapsed with the First World War, he went searching for alternative forms of society, which culminated in a journey through the at that time still young Soviet Union. His perceptions and impressions during the trip remained ambivalent and moved between the generally prevailing glorification of the USSR by parts of the Western European intelligentsia and the harsh reality of life among the population. Stefan Zweig's non-political trip to the USSR is probably one of the most extraordinary travelogues of the 1920s and appears today almost 90 years later as a kaleidoscope into a past that is once again up-to-date.

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