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Professor Stephen Hawking was a brilliant theoretical physicist, an influential author and thinker, and a great popular communicator. Throughout his career he was asked questions by business leaders, politicians, entrepreneurs, academics and the general public on a broad range of subjects, from the origins of the universe to the future of the planet. Brief Answers to the Big Questions  brings together his thinking on the most timeless and the most-timely questions in science: Where did we come from? What is inside a black hole? Is there other intelligent life in the universe? How will we survive on earth? How can we colonise space? Will we ever be able to go beyond the Solar System? For both the scientific and the intellectually curious, this book celebrates the mind, humour, and achievements of one of the most inspiring figures in recent history.

Waterstones Fiction Book of the Month  for April 2019 Shortlisted for the  Women's Prize for Fiction 2019 When I was born, the name for what I was did not exist. In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Yet, in the golden halls of gods and nymphs, Circe stands apart, as something separate, something new. With neither the look nor the voice of divinity, and scorned and rejected by her kin Circe is increasingly isolated. Turning to mortals for companionship, she risks defying her father for love, a path that leads her not to the marriage bed but to a discovery of a power forbidden to the gods: witchcraft. Banished by Zeus to the remote island of Aiaia, Circe refines her craft, fate entwining her with legends: the messenger god, Hermes. The craftsman, Daedalus. A ship bearing a golden fleece. And wily Odysseus, on his epic voyage home. As her power increases and her knowledge grows, so Circe must make the ultimate choice: to

Welcome to the museum that is always open to explore...  Step inside the pages of this beautiful book to discover galleries of galactic matter, expertly curated to bring you the experience of a fascinating exhibition from the comfort of your own home.  Planetarium features all aspects of space, from the Sun and our Solar System, to the lives of stars, the Milky Way and the Universe beyond.  With stunning artwork from Chris Wormell and informative text by Professor Raman Prinja, Planetarium is the perfect gift for anyone with an interest in this fascinating field.

The 12 th  year of these unique book awards, which are the only national awards judged by active classroom teachers, sees a revision of the age boundaries and the creation of a new award category for information books, as well as revised judging criteria seeking to make the awards more diverse and inclusive. Submissions were particularly sought from small publishers and a record 422 submissions were received. These were read by an experienced panel of past teacher judges, ex-teachers, librarians and consultants and the resulting longlists reveal a strong showing for poetry and works in translation and featuring debut authors and debut publishers as well as more familiar names. Longlist 3-6+ Title Author Illustrator Translator Imprint When Sadness Came to call Eland, Eva Andersen Press Splash Day Sharratt, Nick Barrington Stoke I Can Fly Kuo, Fifi Boxer Books The Hug McLaughlin, Eoin Dunbar, Polly Faber & Faber If all the World were… Coehlo, Joseph Colpoys, Allison Fran

Thomas Harris’s first standalone novel in over four decades,  Cari Mora  marks the welcome return of a true master of the novelist's craft. With both  Red Dragon  and  The Silence of the Lambs , Harris delivered thrillers that rewrote the genre. In  Cari Mora  he directs his eye on the shady underground of the Miami Beach waterfront for a tension-soaked thriller that turns a hunt for hidden cartel gold into a ruthless, adrenaline-shot struggle for survival. In Hannibal Lecter,  Thomas Harris  revealed the face of true evil. In  Cari Mora , he reveals the face of ultimate courage. Somewhere, buried beneath the Miami Beach waterfront, lies millions of dollars in cartel gold. On its trail is the ruthless, twisted Hans-Peter Schneider. Standing in his way is a woman born to survive. His first stand alone novel in over four decades,  Cari Mora  marks the welcome return of a true master of the craft. With both  Red Dragon  and  The Silence of the Lambs , Thomas Harris

I am not who I say I am, and Marla isn't who she thinks she is. I am a girl trying to forget. She is a woman trying to remember. Allison has run away from home and with nowhere to live finds herself hiding out in the shed of what she thinks is an abandoned house. But the house isn't empty.  An elderly woman named Marla, with dementia, lives there - and she mistakes Allison for an old friend from her past called Toffee.  Allison is used to hiding who she really is, and trying to be what other people want her to be. And so, Toffee is who she becomes. After all, it means she has a place to stay. There are worse places she could be.  But as their bond grows, and Allison discovers how much Marla needs a real friend, she begins to ask herself - where is home? What is a family? And most importantly, who am I, really?

When daydreamer Clementine discovers a mysterious house standing in the middle of town that was never there before, she is pulled towards it by the powerful sense of a mother she never knew.  The place is full of snowglobes, swirling with stars and snow and each containing a trapped magician, watched over by Gan, the bitter keeper of the house. One of these is Dylan, a boy who teases her in the real world but who is now desperate for her help. So Clem ventures into the snowglobes, rescuing Dylan and discovering her own powerful connection to the magic of these thousand worlds.  Vowing to release the magicians from the control of their enchantments, Clem unknowingly unleashes a struggle for power that will not only put her family, but the future of magic itself in danger.  Snowglobe by Amy Wilson is a beautifully spellbinding story from the author of  A Girl Called Owl  and  A Far Away Magic.