Do you have some crazy inventions up your sleeve?! This book is jam-packed with Andrew Rae's amazing drawings showing all sorts of real inventions that seem too weird to work. How about a dog umbrella? A submarine that looks like a plane... or even a shark. A swimming machine where you don't get wet? A car wash for people? Someone has even made a device to charge your phone using a hamster! There is plenty of inspiration to get kids' minds going, and plenty of room to add their own crazy inventions to the mix. They can design the best dune buggy ever, create a brand new sweet to share with the world, or even draw their very own Transformer dinosaur! Includes a patent certificate for their very own crazy invention!

The sixth title in the hugely successful Totally Brilliant series is the most exciting yet, packed with really wild games, puzzles, conundrums and quizzes, and more for boys and girls aged 7 and up. Great puzzles include classics, such as spot the difference, picture suduko, odd ones out, logical puzzles, secret codes, number puzzles, and memory quizzes, as well as some exciting new games that kids will soon be hooked on. There are also lots of fantastic pictures for kids to finish using their imagination. Wild themes run throughout the book, including nature, animals, bugs, birds, under the sea, the weather, natural wonders, and explorers—with lots to appeal to both boys and girls. Amusing illustrations by Beccy Blake accompany every activity. The puzzles have been carefully crafted so that kids work on key literacy and arithmetic skills as they have lots of fun.

In quale modo la società italiana ha celebrato e celebra tuttora il culto dei Caduti della Grande Guerra? La presente indagine, compiuta da due studiosi con competenze simili ed esperienze diverse, intende ricostruire le vicende del Commissariato per le Onoranze ai Caduti in Guerra, con particolare riferimento ai morti del Primo Conflitto mondiale, dalla sua istituzione ad oggi. Lo sguardo adottato è duplice e riflette la molteplicità dei saperi e degli approcci che contraddistinguono la ricerca. Da un lato viene presa in esame la storia giuridica e amministrativa, dalle prime leggi per la salvaguardia delle sepolture promulgate già durante la guerra - quando il Commissariato ancora non esisteva - a quelle attuali, atte a tutelarne il patrimonio come bene culturale del Paese. Dall'altro lato viene tracciato un percorso incentrato sui risvolti emotivi, che mette in evidenza come il culto dei Caduti, nel corso degli anni, sia andato incontro a una serie di mutamenti nella sensibilità collettiva. Un volume che, prendendo le mosse da una tematica molto dibattuta, stimola la comunità scientifica ad affrontare una questione finora poco indagata, ma soprattutto tratteggia una pagina della nostra storia che merita di essere riletta.

After years as a patrol cop, detective Jocelyn Rush is almost immune to the depravity that stalks the meaner streets of Philadelphia…almost. After saving her three-year-old daughter from a carjacking, she ends up in the emergency room—and discovers that Anita, a former prostitute and acquaintance from her old days on the beat, has been hideously mutilated in a brutal assault.

With the help of her partner and Philadelphia’s Special Victims Unit, Jocelyn discovers that Anita isn’t the first victim of these attacks and it looks like she won’t be the last. When the violence hits closer to home, Jocelyn knows she must do whatever it takes to stop the sadistic attacker—even if it means confronting a terrible secret from her painful past.

Award-wining author Lisa Regan’s Hold Still is a captivating thriller that crackles with intensity.