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  • Audiobook

    No Heart for a Thief

    by James Lloyd Dulin ...
    Narrated by Daniel Cryer-Muthedath Ryder ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - Malitu

    Unabridged

    15 hours 34 min

    We are the stories we tell ourselves...even the lies.The Thief, a great spirit, and her descendants have abused their ability to steal magic for centuries. When Kaylo starts to hear the song of other people’s magic, he must learn to hide from his people as well as the invaders. A gift or a curse, Kaylo may be able to save his people from the Gousht Empire that claimed their land with this stolen ... Read more

    $20.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Common Phrases

    And the Amazing Stories Behind Them

    by Max Cryer ...
    In day-to-day speech we use words and phrases without a passing thought as to why we use them or where they come from. Max Cryer changes all that by showing how fascinating the English language really is. Did you know that the former host of Today, Jane Pauley, claims to have coined the term “bad hair day,” or that a CBS engineer named Charley Douglass invented the name and use of “canned laughter ... Read more

    $10.99 USD

  • Is It True?

    The facts behind the things we have been told

    by Cryer, Max ...
    In Is It True?, Max Cryer explores the truth or otherwise of facts and beliefs we may have always been told are true, but which on closer examination may not be. In a wide-ranging book encompassing social history, language, music, politics, the natural world and much more, we discover the truth behind some of our most cherished beliefs. Always fresh and amusing, Max Cryer will take you on a ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Curious English Words and Phrases

    The Truth Behind the Expressions We Use

    by Max Cryer ...
    Have you ever wondered where terms like ‘end of your tether’, ‘gets my goat’ or ‘letting ones hair down’ come from? Or why we call some people ‘geezers’, ‘sugar daddies’ or ‘lounge lizards’? Or where the words ‘eavesdropping’, ‘nickname’ and ‘D-Day’ come from? They are just a few of the many words and phrases that language expert Max Cryer examines in this fact-filled and fun new book. Max ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • New Perspectives in Adipose Tissue

    Structure, Function and Development

    Edited by A. Cryer, R. L. R. Van ...
    New Perspectives in Adipose Tissue: Structure, Function and Development reviews the state of knowledge on adipose tissue. The book begins with discussions of the anatomy and morphology of adipose tissue. This is followed by separate chapters on the nervous control of circulation and metabolism in white adipose tissue; hormonal regulation of biosynthetic activities in white adipose tissue; hormonal ... Read more

    $65.99 USD

  • Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems

    23rd Annual Conference, TAROS 2022, Culham, UK, September 7–9, 2022, Proceedings

    Edited by Salvador Pacheco-Gutierrez, Alice Cryer, Ipek Caliskanelli, Harun Tugal, Robert Skilton ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings Computer Science
    The volume LNAI 13546 constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 23rd Annual Conference Towards Autonomous Robotic Systems, TAROS 2022, held in Culham, UK, in September 2022.The 14 full papers and 10 short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 38 submissions. Organized in the topical sections "Algorithms" and "Systems", they discuss significant findings and advances in the following ... Read more

    $67.49 USD

  • Social Work Practice with Fathers

    Engagement, Assessment, and Intervention

    Edited by Jennifer L. Bellamy, Brianna P. Lemmons, Qiana R. Cryer-Coupet, Jennifer A. Shadik ...
    Series series Behavioral Science and Psychology (R0)
    Social workers need to work with fathers across many service systems, but lack guidance on how to do so, and most engagement, assessment, and intervention work for family-serving systems is mother- and child-focused. Father-inclusive readings and resources are also limited. Drawing on the expertise of well-regarded research and practice experts in the field, this comprehensive book provides ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • International Criminal Law Documents

    Edited by Robert Cryer ...
    This carefully edited text collects the major documents on International Criminal Law, through the early practice after the First World War, the Nuremberg and Tokyo International Military Tribunals up to the present. It includes the statutes of the ad hoc Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda, as well as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and its associated documents, ... Read more

    $22.19 USD

  • The Cat's Out of the Bag

    Truth and lies about cats

    by Cryer, Max ...
    We cannot get enough of cats: from ancient times they have occupied a special place in many different cultures around the world. They have also generated a fascinating array of words, expressions and observations, as well as poems, books, movies, cartoons and artworks. In this witty and entertaining book, Max Cryer celebrates cats and all they have given to us. He describes the many words and ... Read more

    $8.69 USD

  • The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary

    I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue

    by Graeme Garden, Tim Brooke-Taylor, Barry Cryer, Jon Naismith ...
    Do words fail you? Never again, once you've become the proud owner of The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary.Every word has a meaning, but over the years those meanings change. Dip into these helpfully illustrated pages and you'll find many of the words you use every day without ever realising that their up-to-date definition is something entirely different.Words like 'bunny' (rather like a bun) ... Read more

    $13.69 USD

  • Preposterous Proverbs: Why fine words butter no parsnips

    by Max Cryer ...
    Proverbs ... weve all grown up with them and we probably repeat them without much thought. Yes, a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush and absence makes the heart grow fonder, but these sayings have almost become clichés and it is the same in every country and culture. Such pearls of wisdom play a key role in the moral guidance of societies everywhere. Sometimes the wisdom is distinctly odd, ... Read more

    $7.19 USD

  • Audiobook

    Fall of Magic, The

    by Phoenix Rokni ...
    Narrated by Daniel Cryer-Muthedath Ryder ...
    Series Audiobook 1 - The Master's Core

    Unabridged

    11 hours 32 min

    The world still carries its wounds from the first age as it heals from the devastation caused by the War of Strife and Sorrow. A new danger looms, threatening to plunge the world of Auro into an age of darkness, yet amidst the gloom, there exists hope—a fragile thing, either rewarded or punished by fate.A once noble prince, infected by the corruption of the fade, leads his sinister army across the ... Read more

    $18.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook