Emily Thomas Boeken

It will tug at your heartstrings' Dawn O'PorterIt's 1979, and thirteen-year- old Lydia has no idea how she'll cope when her dad announces that the family has to sell up and move onto a Thames sailing barge in Essex.

The first ever history of the places where history and philosophy meet, from the Age of Discovery in the sixteenth century to contemplation of how space travel will affect our understanding of who we are in the twenty-first. This book will reshape your understanding of travel.

Emily Thomas, mother of newborn baby Griff, was 38 when she received the life-changing news that she had stage IV de novo metastatic breast cancer.Following her diagnosis, Emily began writing poetry, documenting her experience with searing vulnerability and authenticity. She shared her poems via her Instagram page, quickly gaining a following of women going through similar experiences.Now, posthumously collated and curated by her husband Lee, with the help of close friends and family, Not Much Rhymes with A Book of Healing Poems is, in Emily’s own words, “an outpouring of emotion, a place to vent and expel negative thoughts – but mostly a tale of hope, positivity, and gratitude”.Emily gives a voice to those who have experienced, or are living with, secondary breast cancer. Through moments of disbelief, shock, anger, guilt, hope and even joy, she provides a unique insight into her journey and how it affected the lives of everyone around her.In partnership with Make 2nds Count, and with illustrations by Emily’s sister Megan, this collection of healing words represents the author’s immense gratitude and unfaltering zest for life, embodying her “whatever happens, all this will be okay”.

A beautiful, illustrated book full of ideas to get you back in touch with nature.Spending time in nature is scientifically proven to be good for us - the benefits are endless and it has the power to make us feel better both physically and emotionally.Organized by season, The Wild Handbook provides a thoughtful collection of activities to get you back in touch with nature and improve your physical and mental wellbeing. It's an antidote to the stresses of modern life - activities include stargazing, wild swimming, various seasonal crafts, forest bathing, foraging and filling your home with natural materials and air purifying plants.Whether you live in the middle of a city or out in the countryside, you'll find practical ideas to suit your lifestyle. Illustrated with atmospheric color artwork, this beautiful gift book makes a wonderful present for the nature-seeker in all of us.

In 1880s Britain, Victoria Welby (1837-1912) began creating a rich, wide- ranging metaphysical system. At its heart lies Motion, 'the great fact, the supreme category'. Drawing extensively on archive materials, this Element offers the first study of Welby's metaphysics.