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Review: How to draw a giraffe the Alice May Way, by Alice G May

How to Draw A Giraffe – The Alice May Way

There is only one rule when you draw the Alice May Way and that is to have FUN!

Follow along with Alice, step by step, and learn how to draw a giraffe.

Packed with interesting facts about giraffes, the environment and what we can do to protect our planet, this all-age book is a must-have for those who love to draw animals.

Purchase Links

https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Draw-Giraffe-Alice-May-ebook/dp/B0CB3Y4RNR

https://www.amazon.com/How-Draw-Giraffe-Alice-May-ebook/dp/B0CB3Y4RNR

Review: Unladylike Lesson in Love, by Amita Murray

20 July 2023 | Paperback Original | £8.99 | 9780008598013 |

Blurb

Not every Regency lady is looking for a husband…
Meet Lila Marleigh.

As the daughter of an English earl and his Indian mistress, impulsive Lila Marleigh has already broken the rules of society into tiny pieces.

When a face she never thought she would see again appears and begs for help, Lila must court notoriety once more and pit her wits against the annoyingly handsome aristocrat, Ivor Tristram.

But does she risk opening her heart to the one person who can break it…?

The start of a fun, fiesty new series featuring the Marleigh sisters

Review: Don’t Disturb The Dragon, by Rhiannon Findlay & Sian Roberts

**Information about the Book**
**Title:** Don’t Disturb the Dragon
**Author:** Rhiannon Findlay
**Illustrator:** Siân Roberts
**Release Date:** 22^nd June 2023
**Genre:** Picture Book
**Page Count:** 32
**Publisher:** Puffin

Summary

Somewhere near, a huge beast lies,
with giant claws and great big eyes . . .
DO NOT DISTURB THE DRAGON!

Oh no – the Princess’s little brother has gone missing! Can YOU help her find him?

A brilliantly interactive rhyming read-aloud adventure before bedtime from the bestselling author of the Ten Minutes to Bed series.

Tiptoe over, under, round and through the book, just . . . don’t disturb the DRAGON!

Fans of Ten Minutes to Bed, Little Unicorn will love helping the Princess on her quest in this immersive, interactive adventure with a wind-down-to-bedtime ending!

Review: Karakorum, by Don McVey

Review: Heal your Body and Mind with Yin Yoga, by Miranda Mattig Kumar

Format: 202 pages, Paperback
Published: March 1, 2023 by Quadrant Books
ISBN: 9781739864545 (ISBN10: 1739864549)
Language: English

BLURB

This new book by Yin Yoga expert Miranda Kumar helps achieve deep relaxation in an overstimulated world through the power of Yin Yoga.

This simple, well-designed, and fully colour illustrated guidebook is a detailed handbook to practising Yin Yoga relaxation techniques with ease, and its many benefits are provided by comprehensive Yin Yoga illustrations, diagrams and additional interactive online exercise sessions available via our YouTube channel, which can be easily accessed by QR codes through your mobile phone.

Stress, pain, anxiety is all a result of our fast-paced and sometimes impersonal and unforgiving society. If you add a lack of physical activity, recurring ailments like back, hip, or shoulder pain may affect your quality of life. It is important to understand how essential it is to adopt regular movement and activity that helps to reintegrate the mind-body connection. You will then begin to experience the benefit of that integration in your daily life through better sleep and enhanced mood. That is why Yin, a Yoga discipline, can be beneficial to young and old, male, and female alike and is easily accessible to everyone.

Practising Yin Yoga postures which are maintained for several minutes allows the mind to calm and reconnect. You will also discover a particular meditation or creative visualization that works well for you to integrate your mind, body, and spirit. See more at www.yin-yoga.pro

Review: Whisperwood, by Alex Woodroe

● Genre – **Fiction > Dark Fantasy >** **Fairy Tales, Folklore & Mythology**
● ISBN hardcover – **9781787588431**
● ISBN paperback – **9781787588424**
● ISBN ebook – **9781787588448**
● Pricing [USD] **$26.95 (HC) / $16.95 (PB) / $4.99 (EB)**
● Releases **July 11 2023**
● Published by **Flame Tree Press**
● Distributed by **Simon & Schuster**

SYNOPSIS

A must-read dark fantasy debut for fans of “The Witcher”, woodland survival guides, the gruesome original Grimm Brothers stories, and dark folklore from around the world…

A journey into the wild woods with a character who just needs a break—and the terrible things that stare back at her.

When curious nomad Anna hears about Whisperwood, a town that’s not on any maps, that nobody goes to, and nobody comes from, she sees an opportunity to hide from her violent witch-hunting ex.

But not everything is peaceful in the isolated community. A vanishing town, a gruesome funeral rite, an emergency field surgery—these surprises and more test Anna’s resolve.

Prevented from leaving the frontier settlement by folk magic she doesn’t understand, Anna lends helping hands everywhere she can, but quickly finds that investigating the forest too closely could end up being the last thing she does.

Review: You Can’t See Me, by Eva Bjorg AEgisdottir

P U B L I C AT I O N DATE: 6
th JULY 2023
PA PE RB AC K O R I G I N A L | £9.99 | ORE N DA BOOKS

The wealthy, powerful Snæberg clan has gathered for a family reunion at a futuristic hotel set amongst the dark lava flows of Iceland’s remote Snæfellsnes peninsula.

Petra Snæberg, a successful interior designer, is anxious about the event, and her troubled teenage daughter, Lea, whose social media presence has attracted the wrong kind of followers. Ageing carpenter Tryggvi is an outsider, only tolerated because he’s the boyfriend of Petra’s aunt, but he’s struggling to avoid alcohol because he knows what happens when he drinks … Humble hotel employee, Irma, is excited to meet this rich and famous family and observe them at close quarters … perhaps too close…

As the weather deteriorates and the alcohol flows, one of the guests disappears, and it becomes clear that there is a prowler lurking in the dark.

But is the real danger inside … within the family itself?

Review: Mr Stoker and the Vampires of the Lyceum, by Matthew Gibson

Format: 280 pages, Paperback
Published: May 28, 2023 by Book Guild
ISBN: 9781915603869 (ISBN10: 1915603862)

Blurb

London, September 1888. Jack the Ripper roams the streets. A scream rings out from beneath the stage of the Lyceum Theatre…

A young ‘actress’ has been attacked, suffering peculiar bite wounds to her neck; an event that announces a series of strange, vampiric happenings, and thrusts an unwitting Bram Stoker – acting manager of the Lyceum and aspiring author – into the limelight, and the action.

Increasingly perplexed by the unsettling behaviour of his ‘Guv’nor’, the brilliant but mercurial actor, Henry Irving, and Irving’s acclaimed leading lady, Ellen Terry, Stoker soon starts suspecting the worst. And then, another attack reveals a vicious Prussian baron, returned to London as a vampire seeking revenge…

Alive with Gothic intrigue, reversal and surprise, Mr Stoker will keep the reader enthralled and confounded until its final, shocking scene – indeed, until its very last word.

‘This is a fully realised Gothic world, a stimulating mix of homely familiarity and lurking menace which will engage readers of all ages.’ David Punter, author of The Literature of Terror

Review: Voices Of The Dead, by Ambrose Parry

ISBN: 9781838855475
Publication date: 15/06/2023
Price: £16.99
416 Pages
Hardback
Series: A Raven and Fisher Mystery
Historical fiction, Crime & mystery, Scotland

Blurb

EDINBURGH, 1853.
In a city of science, discovery can be deadly . . .

In a time of unprecedented scientific discovery, the public’s appetite for
wonder has seen a resurgence of interest in mesmerism, spiritualism and
other unexplained phenomena.#

Dr Will Raven is wary of the shadowlands that lie between progress and
quackery, but Sarah Fisher can’t afford to be so picky. Frustrated in her
medical ambitions, she sees opportunity in a new therapeutic field not already closed off to women.

Raven has enough on his hands as it is. Body parts have been found at
Surgeons’ Hall, and they’re not anatomy specimens. In a city still haunted by the crimes of Burke and Hare, he is tasked with heading off a scandal.
When further human remains are found, Raven is able to identify a prime
suspect, and the hunt is on before he kills again.

Unfortunately, the individual he seeks happens to be an accomplished actor, a man of a thousand faces and a renowned master of disguise.

With the lines between science and spectacle dangerously blurred, the stage is set for a grand and deadly illusion . . .

Review: An Adventure For Lia And Lion, by Al Rodin

Format: Paperback
Expected publication: June 1, 2023 by Puffin
ISBN: 9780241450833 (ISBN10: 0241450837)

Lia is off on an adventure, and she’d like a pet to take with her.
In another corner of the meadow is Lion – who is also looking for an adventure, and for a pet of his own . . .
What will happen when they meet?

A story from a stunning new author-illustrator about a special friendship, the nature of play, conflict and compromise, and about how much richer life is when you work out how to share it.

Goodreads Link: https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/62208132-an-adventure-for-lia-and-lion

Amazon Link:https://www.amazon.co.uk/Adventure-Lia-Lion-Al-Rodin/dp/0241450837

Waterstones:https://www.waterstones.com/book/an-adventure-for-lia-and-lion/al-rodin/9780241450833