William Davies
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Hiccup is a Viking teenager who aspires to hunt dragons, but doesn't exactly fit in with his tribe's longstanding tradition of heroic dragon slayers. His world gets turned upside down when he encounters a dragon that challenges him and his fellow Vikings to see the world from an entirely different point of view.
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It's hard enough to adjust to a big move -- even harder when it's to New York City -- and harder still when there's a singing crocodile living in your attic! Josh Primm isn't making friends easily, so he's glad that Lyle is willing, but their menacing neighbor is determined to rid the neighborhood of the reptile.
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A story about the events leading up to the sword-fighting cat's meeting with Shrek and his friends. Lover, fighter, and outlaw Puss in Boots is off on the adventure of his nine lives as he teams up with Kitty Softpaws and Humpty Dumpty for the ultimate showdown with the notorious Jack and Jill. Here's the true story of the cat, the myth, the legend!
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“Deeply researched and pithily argued.” —New York Magazine
“A brilliant, and sometimes eerie, dissection” of ‘the science of happiness’ and the modern-day commercialization of our most private emotions (Vice)
Why are we so obsessed with measuring happiness?
In winter 2014, a Tibetan monk lectured the world leaders gathered at...
“A brilliant, and sometimes eerie, dissection” of ‘the science of happiness’ and the modern-day commercialization of our most private emotions (Vice)
Why are we so obsessed with measuring happiness?
In winter 2014, a Tibetan monk lectured the world leaders gathered at...
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The UK is in peril. Five days before the PM is to host her first G12 summit, MI7's security is breached and every agent in the field identified and exposed. The only hope of finding the perpetrator is to bring an agent out of retirement, but with most of them either dead or close to it, the head of MI7 is left with only one choice, and his name is English.
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In this age of intense political conflict, we sense objective fact is growing less important. Experts are attacked as partisan, statistics and scientific findings are decried as propaganda, and public debate devolves into personal assaults. How did we get here, and what can we do about it? In this sweeping and provocative work, political economist William Davies draws on a four-hundred-year history of ideas to reframe our understanding of the contemporary...
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Working for the MI7 agency, Johnny English is suddenly promoted to super spy after Agent One is assassinated and every other agent is blown up at his funeral. When entrepreneur Sauvage sponsors an exhibition of the Crown Jewels and the valuable gems disappear on the opening night, the newly designated agent must jump into action. Tracking the thieves' underground escape route, English locks in on Sauvage despite repeated assurances by boss Pegasus...
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Lamp Chop's special Chanukah: Tells the story of Chanukah and it's traditions - from potato latkes to searching for the best online superhero. Affirm the spirit of this joyous holiday.
Shari's Passover surprise: A celebration of a traditional Jewish Seder. Lamp Chop rehearses her Four Questions and Hush Puppy practices sniffing out the hidden matzah. Learn the story of Passover and all the wonderful traditions surrounding this special holiday.