From antiquity, the strangest of systems attempting to reveal the universe has been that of numbers. This book goes back to the mystical meaning and inherent virtue of numbers. It discusses the Qabalistic writings contained in the Sepher Yezirah, and correlates the teachings of Pythagoras, Plato, Hermes Trismegistus, Philo, Plotinus, Boehme, Bacon, Fludd, and others who have explored this fascinating subject.

Have fun with colors, patterns, and counting in a search-and-match adventure filled with vibrant, colorful illustrations and a bouncy rhyming text.Every morning, same but new,hear the COCK-A-DOODLE-DOO!Hens jump down, stretch their legs.Can you help them find their eggs?Amid a kaleidoscope of colors, chickens with spots, stripes, and zigzags are scritching and scratching and looking for their eggs. Th...

A young girl must navigate her promise to be a vegetarian without sacrificing her family’s delicious, traditional Cuban food.Paulina has had the birthday of her dreams with the gift of a visit to an animal sanctuary, and to make it even better, her whole family gathers for a celebratory dinner at Cocina de Nana. But when Nana starts passing around her famed Cuban picadillo, Paulina turns it down. It’s made from animalitos, like the ones Paulina was visiting earlier...

I’m a wild child. Wilful, moody, destructive.You could say my reputation blows—literally.Other teens skip class or experiment with drugs. I wreck classrooms.Not on purpose. But when I cry, the wind answers. Loudly. Violently.Now I’m down to my last chance: the Wyld Lands Academy.It looks like some posh boarding school I’ve got no business setting foot in.But inside those ancient stone walls? There’s magic.Fire, water, earth, air—the s...

When an undead movie star asks you for a small favour, you know you’re gonna be in deep trouble.Seeing ghosts is just something I’ve learnt to live with. They’re everywhere I go, especially since I chose to study history at the Sorbonne, one of the oldest universities in the world. While on a class trip to the Pantheon, where France’s great men—and women!—reside, I get introduced to the fabulous Josephine Baker! One of her war medals has gone missing, and she wants...

When BBC Radio 4's Material World programmeannounced a search for the UK's top amateur scientist, little did anyone expect that the winning experiment would comprise one of our humblest garden pests. Ruth Brooks posed this question: Do snails have a homing instinct? The nation was gripped by the unexpected thesis and by Ruth's online diaries, which catalogued her trials and tribulations as she got to grips with these slimy little gastropods.A Slow Passion is Ruth'...

The Strange Tools of Human Communication: The Voice, the Pen, and the Lyre is a thought-provoking exploration of the everyday tools of communication that weaves together history, art, and science to reveal how the voice, hand, and mind shape our shared experiences.Through a blend of scholarly research, personal insights, and field experiences – from the oral tales of Sierra Leone's Limba storytellers to ancient cave art and modern iconography – this book offers fresh persp...

Ruth Winstone retells Britain's history through the great diarists of the last century, drawing back the curtain on the lives of political classes, their doubts, ambitions, and emotions. She moves deftly among those in the thick of it, showing the elation, anger, doubts, jealousy, joys and fears of people as they record their own and the nation's triumphs and disasters. To this potent mix she adds the mordant perceptions of observers like Virginia Woolf, Cecil Beaton, Peter Hall and Roy St...

The uplifting, inspiring memoir from beloved Loose Women presenter Ruth Langsford'Such a lovely easy read. Ruth writes with such openness and honesty. I smiled (and cried) throughout it; what an absolutely lovely sensitive person she is.' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'Really enjoyed this book - gutted to get to the end of it. If you are struggling with anything this is one to read.' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'This book ...

This stunning sequel to The Bookseller at the End of the World continues Ruth Shaw's story with more heartwarming tales from a woman who has lived a brave and fascinating life.The Bookseller at the End of the World described the first part of Ruth Shaw's tumultuous life, touching readers in powerful ways. It became an international bestseller, translated into eleven languages.Three Wee Bookshops at the End of the World picks up Ru...

Glenmorie Chronicles moves ahead several years to bring the major parts of the series that began long ago with Auld Acquaintance to a conclusion.Re-unite with old friends and find some new ones, as we visit some familiar places and find out what has happened there in the intervening years.

Dystopia down under. It is 2028, Northern Rivers, NSW. Amidst a backdrop of drought, pandemic and resource scarcity, an automated robo-guard patrol system tears through the region and rounds up members of the community. Three friends - Gale, Lis and Sara - persevere through separate hardships as their stories of family violence, stolen generation, and gender dysphoria emerge. With Gale in a cell in a quarantine facility, Lis with two children holed up at the edge of town and Sara stuck out...