Vincent van Gogh drew thousands of images to better his style. He believed that drawing was “the root of everything”.In just over a decade, he produced more than 2100 artworks, consisting of 860 oil paintings and more than 1,300 watercolors, drawings, sketches and prints. He produced nearly 150 watercolor paintings during his life. Similar to his drawings, Van Gogh often did watercolors as studies before doing an oil painting or as practice. As he continued to refine his technique, he used...

She thought she was alone.She was wrong.What was meant to be a romantic escape becomes a chilling descent into paranoia when one woman finds herself stranded in a remote cabin deep in the woods.After a car accident leaves her injured, her phone useless, and her memory fractured, she quickly realises just how truly alone she is… or is she?As the days stretch on and solitude gnaws at her sanity, strange noises echo through the trees, shadows fl...

**Book Band: Purple (**Ideal for ages 6+)A funny family story, ideal for children practising their reading at home or in school, by Ben Bailey Smith, author of World Book Day book The Last Word.It's Monday morning and there's chaos at Maxine's house. Dad's got ketchup on his sleeve and has lost his yellow sock. Mum can't get the car to start. But there's time for a puppet show and maybe even a third piece of marmalade toast, right?...

"Wake up! Wake up! Wake up! The sky is breaking!" Emmet is shaken when puffs of cloud-like white fall from the sky.Snow angels, snow-a suaruses, sledding, snowball fights - Charlie shows Emmet how to have a fun snow day until she laces up her skates and Emmet can't join her on the ice.Follow Charlie and Emmet on this fun snow day adventure and discover how Charlie and Emmet make the impossible possible.

THE #1 SCANDINAVIAN CRIME SERIES: The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo meets Sharp Objects in this Danish police procedural mystery for fans of Jo Nesbø and Henning Mankell.“Gripping, endearing, dark, and funny . . . Kaldan and Schafer are my new favorite crime-solving duo. Highly recommended.” —Harlan CobenDanish journalist Heloise Kaldan is in the middle of a nightmare. One of her sources has been caught lying, and she could ...

**READ WITH JENNA JR. SUMMER READING PICK AS FEATURED ON TODAYCome along with a tech-obsessed Panda as he goes from having a "boring" no-screens day to a joyful, out-and-about day. The New York Times bestselling creator of Awkward Family Photos wants you to know: being bored is not boring!**For Panda, there is NOTHING worse than being bored. It's just so...boring.But what's a tech-loving panda to do when there's no electricity? Skeptical t...

With the intensity of The Handmaid's Tale, the drama of Divergent and the political intrigue of The Darkest Minds series, this is a captivating, fast-paced thriller set in a dystopian world not so different from our own.Sixteen-year-old Ally is one of 400 homeless young people who have been promised new and better lives in exchange for their votes.The once homeless children and teenagers are now warm and fed. But they are forced to work for the new adminis...

"A collection of wistful, witty stories." --Esquire"Hilarious, deep and a little bit dirty." --Harper's BazaarA grief-stricken librarian decides to have sex with every man who enters her library. A half-mad, unbearably beautiful heiress follows a strange man home, seeking total sexual abandon: He only wants to watch game shows. A woman falls in love with a hunchback; when his deformity turns out to be a prosthesis, she leaves him. A wife wh...

**One of NPR's "Books We Love"New York Times Book Review's "The Best True Crime of 2022""Rich in historical perspective and graced by novelistic touches, grips the reader from first to last.”—Wall Street JournalA suspense filled tale of murder on the American frontier—shedding new light on a family of serial killers in Kansas, whose horrifying crimes gripped the attention of a nation still reeling from war.**In 1873 the people of Labette Cou...

In the world of dogs, there is now more awareness than ever of the need to provide enrichment, especially in shelters. But what exactly is enrichment? The concept is pretty straightforward: learn what your dog’s needs are, and then structure an environment and routine that allows the dog to engage in behaviors they find enriching. To truly enrich your dog’s life, you should offer them opportunities to engage in natural or instinctual behaviors. Aside from the limitations we have to place o...

Discover the Basics of the Danish Language Quickly and EasilyAre you interested in the Danish language but do not have the time or money that it takes to learn in a traditional classroom setting?Learning a new language is an incredibly enriching experience and something that everyone should do, but expensive and time-consuming classroom courses are not for everyone.Download "Shortcut to Danish" if you are looking to quickly learn the bas...