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The 2-Hour Cocktail Party

How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings

by Nick Gray ...

You know that well-connected friend who only exists in the movies? The one who throws the best parties and can set up any introduction you need? Everyone wants to know someone magical like this who brings people together. The secret is: you can be that person. You should be that person. The 2-Hour Cocktail Party will show you how. Discover a simple formula with step-by-step instructions to host ... Read more

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You know that well-connected friend who only exists in the movies? The one who throws the best parties and can set up any introduction you need? Everyone wants to know someone magical like this who brings people together. The secret is: you can be that person. You should be that person. The 2-Hour Cocktail Party will show you how. Discover a simple formula with step-by-step instructions to host
... Read more

Also available as: Audiobook
How Things Work

The Inner Life of Everyday Machines

by Theodore Gray ...

Million-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, real-time experiments, and stunning photography to the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty, and rich history of everyday things.Theodore Gray has become a household name among fans, both young and old, of popular ... Read more

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Million-copy bestselling author of The Elements, Molecules, and Reactions Theodore Gray applies his trademark mix of engaging stories, real-time experiments, and stunning photography to the inner workings of machines, big and small, revealing the extraordinary science, beauty, and rich history of everyday things.Theodore Gray has become a household name among fans, both young and old, of popular
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Daisy: 006 and a Bit

by Kes Gray ...

Illustrated by Nick Sharratt ...

Series Book 5 - Daisy Picture Books
Daisy is back and this time she's not just Daisy, she's 006 and a Bit, spy extraordinaire. With her black felt-tip moustache, dark glasses, secret spy gadgets and special spy code, she's poised and ready for action. There's just one problem, nobody can understand a word she's saying! Mrs Pike the neighbour, Tiptoes the cat and even Gabby, Daisy's best friend, are all baffled by her spy language ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

Daisy is back and this time she's not just Daisy, she's 006 and a Bit, spy extraordinaire. With her black felt-tip moustache, dark glasses, secret spy gadgets and special spy code, she's poised and ready for action. There's just one problem, nobody can understand a word she's saying! Mrs Pike the neighbour, Tiptoes the cat and even Gabby, Daisy's best friend, are all baffled by her spy language
... Read more
Ghost in the Cogs

Steam-Powered Ghost Stories

by Siobhan Carroll, Folly Blaine, Randy Henderson, Jessica Corra, Howard Andrew Jones, Emily C. Skaftun, Elsa S. Henry, Eddy Webb, Nayad Monroe, Jonah Buck, Erika Holt, Wendy Nikel, Parker Goodreau, Christopher Paul Carey, T. Mike McCurley, Scott Fitzgerald Gray, Richard Dansky, Nick Mamatas, Spencer Ellsworth, Liane Merciel, Richard Pett, James Lowder, Cat Hellisen, Scott Gable, C. Dombrowski ...

Ghosts. Gaslight. Gears.Welcome to a wondrous age of steam where pirates, rust, and syphilis aren’t all you need to worry about. Ghosts abound!In this hissing and clanking steampunk anthology, there are moments that science just can’t explain. All the mechanical geniuses scratch their heads and whisper words of ghosts and powers, of spirits and demons. Possessed automatons take on lives of their ... Read more

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Ghosts. Gaslight. Gears.Welcome to a wondrous age of steam where pirates, rust, and syphilis aren’t all you need to worry about. Ghosts abound!In this hissing and clanking steampunk anthology, there are moments that science just can’t explain. All the mechanical geniuses scratch their heads and whisper words of ghosts and powers, of spirits and demons. Possessed automatons take on lives of their
... Read more
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2-Hour Cocktail Party, The

How to Build Big Relationships with Small Gatherings

by Nick Gray ...

Narrated by Nick Gray ...

Unabridged

3 hours 57 min

"A must read for anyone who wants to host a great event. Practical, actionable, and useful."— James Clear, Atomic Habits“An encouraging, upbeat, and useful call to host parties and make friends. Gray provides innumerable helpful hints and tips for prospective hosts and a new strategy for meeting people and networking. "—Kirkus Reviews, Best New Books of 2022You know that well-connected ... ... Read more

$17.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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"A must read for anyone who wants to host a great event. Practical, actionable, and useful."— James Clear, Atomic Habits“An encouraging, upbeat, and useful call to host parties and make friends. Gray provides innumerable helpful hints and tips for prospective hosts and a new strategy for meeting people and networking. "—Kirkus Reviews, Best New Books of 2022You know that well-connected ...
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Heartbeat and Beyond

Memoirs of 50 Years of Yorkshire Television

by John Fairley, Graham Ironside ...

Narrated by John Fairley, Graham Ironside, Clive Jones, Kathryn Apanovicz, John Wilford, Keith Richardson, Tom Willis, Nick Gray, Peter Kosminsky0, David Green1, Christine Talbot2, Robert Charles3, Simon Welfare4, Hajni Domokos5, Chris Jelly6, Alan Hardwick7, Robert Hall8 ...

Unabridged

6 hours 16 min

In 1968 a group of young people took over a derelict trouser factory in a rundown part of Leeds and set about producing programmes that were to define the British television world of the late 20th Century.These included the investigative documentary series First Tuesday, Darling Buds of May, Whickers World, Do'nt Ask Me and Heartbeat.At the same time they attracted, indeed often created, stars of ... Read more

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In 1968 a group of young people took over a derelict trouser factory in a rundown part of Leeds and set about producing programmes that were to define the British television world of the late 20th Century.These included the investigative documentary series First Tuesday, Darling Buds of May, Whickers World, Do'nt Ask Me and Heartbeat.At the same time they attracted, indeed often created, stars of
... Read more

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Retail and Community

Business, Charity and the End of Empire

by Nadia Awal, Jessica Field, Triona Fitton, Majorie Gehrhardt, Jenny Gilbert, Nick Gray, Harshad Keval, Ruth MacDonald, Ian Mitchell, Massimiliano Papini ...

Retail has never existed in a vacuum.This interdisciplinary volume explores how English commercial, co-operative and charity retailing were shaped by and in turn influenced their social and political environments, from the local to the global, between the late nineteenth and early twenty-first centuries.Historians, sociologists, archivists and heritage professionals engage with current debates on ... Read more

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Retail has never existed in a vacuum.This interdisciplinary volume explores how English commercial, co-operative and charity retailing were shaped by and in turn influenced their social and political environments, from the local to the global, between the late nineteenth and early twenty-first centuries.Historians, sociologists, archivists and heritage professionals engage with current debates on
... Read more
Nocturnal Desires: Erotic Tales for the Sensual Soul

by Camille Towe, Lucy Lastic, S.A. Reid, Oscar Gray, Nick Keeler, J. Harrison Kemp, Daniel E. Tanzo, Hollie Bolster, Gypsy Lahore, Veronica Veil ...

Nine sizzling erotic short stories by various authors, with bits of erotic poetry sprinkled in between to spice things up even further.Explicit adult content combined with compelling storylines makes this the ideal bedside book for couples to enjoy together. Makes a wonderful gift for your spouse or lover.This anthology is also a charity fundraiser. For each copy sold, a percentage will be donated ... Read more

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Nine sizzling erotic short stories by various authors, with bits of erotic poetry sprinkled in between to spice things up even further.Explicit adult content combined with compelling storylines makes this the ideal bedside book for couples to enjoy together. Makes a wonderful gift for your spouse or lover.This anthology is also a charity fundraiser. For each copy sold, a percentage will be donated
... Read more
Daisy and the Trouble with Life

by Kes Gray ...

Illustrated by Garry Parsons, Nick Sharratt ...

Series Book 1 - A Daisy Story
The trouble with life is it's SOOOOOOOOO unfair. Daisy's been grounded. No HOPPING or SKIPPING, FLYING or PARACHUTING. She's lucky she's even been allowed out of her bedroom after what she's done. But what HAS she done that is SOOOOOOOOOOO naughty? You'll have to read the book to find out! ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

The trouble with life is it's SOOOOOOOOO unfair. Daisy's been grounded. No HOPPING or SKIPPING, FLYING or PARACHUTING. She's lucky she's even been allowed out of her bedroom after what she's done. But what HAS she done that is SOOOOOOOOOOO naughty? You'll have to read the book to find out!
... Read more
Audiobook

Daisy and the Trouble with Life

by Kes Gray ...

Narrated by Jadie-Rose Hobson ...

Series Audiobook 1 - A Daisy Story
Unabridged

1 hour 30 min

Brought to you by Penguin.The trouble with life is it's sooooooo not fair. And the trouble with being grounded is it's sooooooo boring. You absolutely can't go anywhere at all. No hopping jumping, flying or parachuting . . . Daisy's got ever so much time to think about what she's done. Really, if her pocket money hadn't run out and if someone hadn't dropped a strawberry dib-dab on the pavement and ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

Brought to you by Penguin.The trouble with life is it's sooooooo not fair. And the trouble with being grounded is it's sooooooo boring. You absolutely can't go anywhere at all. No hopping jumping, flying or parachuting . . . Daisy's got ever so much time to think about what she's done. Really, if her pocket money hadn't run out and if someone hadn't dropped a strawberry dib-dab on the pavement and
... Read more
Invocations

by David Annandale, Justin D Hill, Lora Gray, Nick Kyme, Steven Sheil, Peter McLean, Richard Strachan, Jake Ozga, C L Werner, Ray Cluley ...

Series series Warhammer Horror
A Warhammer Horror anthologyDiscover tales of terror from the nightmare hellscape of the 41st Millennium and the darkest corners of the Mortal Realms. From doomed pilgrimages to monstrous confessions, this collection will chill your soul and leave you quaking in fear…READ IT BECAUSEReturn to the dark places of the worlds of Warhammer for a new anthology of sinister stories that dive into the ... Read more

$11.99 CAD

A Warhammer Horror anthologyDiscover tales of terror from the nightmare hellscape of the 41st Millennium and the darkest corners of the Mortal Realms. From doomed pilgrimages to monstrous confessions, this collection will chill your soul and leave you quaking in fear…READ IT BECAUSEReturn to the dark places of the worlds of Warhammer for a new anthology of sinister stories that dive into the
... Read more
Daisy and the Trouble with Coconuts

by Kes Gray ...

Illustrated by Garry Parsons, Nick Sharratt ...

Series Book 7 - A Daisy Story
'The trouble with coconuts is they are the worst type of nuts in the whole wide world. If you ask me, coconuts shouldn’t be allowed in a funfair. If you double ask me, they shouldn’t even be allowed to grow. Coconuts are too big. Coconuts are too hairy. Plus, if you try to win one, they just get you into trouble. Which isn’t my fault!'Get up to no good with Daisy as she heads to the funfair - for ... Read more

$8.99 CAD

'The trouble with coconuts is they are the worst type of nuts in the whole wide world. If you ask me, coconuts shouldn’t be allowed in a funfair. If you double ask me, they shouldn’t even be allowed to grow. Coconuts are too big. Coconuts are too hairy. Plus, if you try to win one, they just get you into trouble. Which isn’t my fault!'Get up to no good with Daisy as she heads to the funfair - for
... Read more