Just A Little Mynah Book 2

Little Mynah loves to help, so when her friends Jen and Jay are bored eating the same old noodle dish at the hawker centre, she comes up with a makan surprise for everyone! Join in the second adventure of the multilingual picture book series that features the plucky Little Mynah and familiar people and places in the neighbourhood. BONUS: Listen to everyday words and phrases from the story in English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil, and enjoy other fun activities with Little Mynah and her friends. Simply scan a QR code at the back of the book to get started. A great way to introduce children to the diversity of languages and cultures—and yummy hawker food—in Singapore!

Little Mynah wishes she was not so ordinary. But when her friend, the magnificent Heron, gets into trouble she flies into action and discovers that even ordinary little birds can do extraordinary things. This is the first multilingual picture book in a series to be published by Epigram Books that introduces preschoolers and early primary kids to the diverse languages and cultures of Singapore. Underlying this first adventure with Little Mynah is the importance of environmental conservation. The book includes a link (via QR code) to an audio recording of everyday words and phrases used in the story in English, Mandarin, Malay and Tamil. A useful glossary is provided at the back of the book for easy reference. The QR code also links readers to free games and activities so the fun and learning keeps going.

Everybody loves a story.Children, in particular, find stories fascinating and this set of six books in multicolour is a collection that would satisfy any child.

From Michael Ondaatje: an electrifying novel, by turns thrilling and deeply moving—one of his most vividly rendered and compelling works of fiction to date. In the early 1950s, an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner bound for England. At mealtimes, he is placed at the lowly "Cat's Table" with an eccentric and unforgettable group of grownups and two other boys. As the ship makes its way across the Indian Ocean, through the Suez Canal, into the Mediterranean, the boys find themselves immersed in the worlds and stories of the adults around them. At night they spy on a shackled prisoner—his crime and fate a galvanizing mystery that will haunt them forever. Looking back from deep within adulthood, and gradually moving back and forth from the decks and holds of the ship to the years that follow the narrator unfolds a spellbinding and layered tale about the magical, often forbidden discoveries of childhood and the burdens of earned understanding, about a life-long journey that began unexpectedly with a sea voyage.

JAMES BEARD AWARD WINNER • An illustrated collection of nearly 300 cocktail recipes from the award-winning NoMad Bar, with locations in New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas. Originally published as a separate book packaged inside The NoMad Cookbook, this revised and stand-alone edition of The NoMad Cocktail Book features more than 100 brand-new recipes (for a total of more than 300 recipes), a service manual explaining the art of drink-making according to the NoMad, and 30 new full-color cocktail illustrations (for a total of more than 80 color and black-and-white illustrations). Organized by type of beverage from aperitifs and classics to light, dark, and soft cocktails and syrups/infusions, this comprehensive guide shares the secrets of bar director Leo Robitschek's award-winning cocktail program. The NoMad Bar celebrates classically focused cocktails, while delving into new arenas such as festive, large-format drinks and a selection of reserve cocktails crafted with rare spirits.

Books 1 & 2 of the Dive Shack Mysteries. Shelby and Jesse are back on the island they love, living at a dive resort while Jesse delves into research for his dissertation. Shelby’s life gets interesting after the quirky and colorful resort baker takes her under her wing, a scruffy beach dog moves onto her porch, and she adopts an adorable kitten. ★In Book One, a disagreeable tourist dies, and suspicion is cast on Shelby’s new friends and acquaintances. Wanting to clear their names, she dives into tracking down the real killer. But it may be perilous for Shelby! ★In Book Two, a cute young exercise instructor is found dead at the bottom of the stairs, and one death leads to another. Pretty soon Shelby is embroiled in a puzzling murder case. The investigation takes her to one of the New Seven Wonders of the World, the Underground River. But what she finds there raises more questions than it answers.

In The Apex Book of World SF 2, editor Lavie Tidhar collects short stories by science fiction and fantasy authors from Africa and Latin America. An expedition to an alien planet; Lenin rising from the dead; a superhero so secret he does not exist. In The Apex Book of World SF 2, World Fantasy Award nominated editor Lavie Tidhar brings together a unique collection of stories from around the world. Quiet horror from Cuba and Australia; surrealist fantasy from Russia and epic fantasy from Poland; near-future tales from Mexico and Finland, as well as cyberpunk from South Africa. In this anthology one gets a glimpse of the complex and fascinating world of genre fiction—from all over our world. Featuring work from noted international authors such as Will Elliot, Hannu Rajaniemi, Shweta Narayan, Lauren Beukes, Ekaterina Sedia, Nnedi Okorafor, and Andrzej Sapkowski. Don't miss the first volume of great international fiction in volume one of The Apex Book of World SFedited by Lavie Tidhar. Table of Contents: “Alternate Girl’s Expatriate Life” by Rochita Loenen-Ruiz (Read for free at Apex Magazine!) “Mr Goop” by Ivor W. Hartmann “Trees of Bone” by Daliso Chaponda (Read for free atApex Magazine!) “The First Peruvian in Space” by Daniel Salvo (translated by Jose B. Adolph) “Eyes in the Vastness of Forever” by Gustavo Bondoni “The Tomb” by Chen Qiufan (translated by the author) “The Sound of Breaking Glass” by Joyce Chng “A Single Year” by Csilla Kleinheincz (translated by the author) “The Secret Origin of Spin-Man” by Andrew Drilon “Borrowed Time” by Anabel Enríquez Piñeiro (translated by Daniel W. Koon) “Branded” by Lauren Beukes “December 8th” by Raúl Flores (translated by Daniel W. Koon) “Hungry Man” by Will Elliott “Nira and I” by Shweta Narayan “Nothing Happened in 1999” by Fábio Fernandes “Shadow” by Tade Thompson “Shibuya no Love” by Hannu Rajaniemi “Maquech” by Silvia Moreno-Garcia “The Glory of the World” by Sergey Gerasimov “The New Neighbours” by Tim Jones “From the Lost Diary of TreeFrog7” by Nnedi Okorafor "The Slows” by Gail Hareven (translated by Yaacov Jeffrey Green) “Zombie Lenin” by Ekaterina Sedia “Electric Sonalika” by Samit Basu “The Malady” by Andrzej Sapkowski (translated by Wiesiek Powaga) “A Life Made Possible Behind The Barricades” by Jacques Barcia

Inspired by the exploits of ill-fated country-rock visionary Gram Parsons, this mid-60s tale of idealism and escape traces the trials of a fictionalized draft-dodging flower child from the United States to Canada and back. It is the late 1960s in Yorkville, Toronto's hippie ghetto of artists, intellectuals, drunken poets, and would-be rock stars. In this idyllic haven, narrator Bill Hansen, a drummer, meets Thomas Graham, an American musician on the lam from the draft. The two form a band, but even as they revel in music and freedom, Graham is hobbled by another love: a drug habit that becomes his reason for living and, eventually, for dying. Graham's emotional trip and failed, revolutionary life reflect the rise and fall of an entire generation's aspirations.