Rachel Ward – författare

A scorching debut and pyschological thriller, perfectfor fans of Black Mirror.Since her mother's death, fifteen-year-old Jem has kept a secret.When her eyes meet someone else's, a number pops into her head- the date on which they will die.Knowing that nothing lasts forever, Jem avoids relationships,but when she meets a boy called Spider, and they plan a day out together,her life takes a new twist and turn. Waiting for the LondonEye, she sees everyone in the queue has the same number - somethingterrible is going to happen. Over 1,000,000 copies sold worldwide. ‘First-time author Rachel Ward is certainly one to watch.But I’d avoid eye-contact if I were you.’PHILIP ARDAGH, THE GUARDIAN'Even the idea of this book gave me chills! How would youlike to know someone’s fate just by looking in their eyes?Creepy and original!’ R. L. STINE

Practical strategies, checklists, and planning tools to help couples navigate the pregnancy, childbirth, and newborn stages together Preparing for the birth of your child is a life-changing experience, but it doesn’t have to be an overwhelming one. Couples can tackle everything that needs to get done if they work together as a team, all while setting the foundation for a strong partnership that carries them through the next stage as first-time parents. The Couples' Pregnancy Guide offers supportive advice, strategies, and checklists couples need to create a plan that works for their unique relationship. There’s no script for how things will go in pregnancy, but you can get through it with confidence and optimism when you do it together.     The Couples' Pregnancy Guide features:    • A month-by-month breakdown of discussion-worthy topics, from prenatal screenings and parental leave to childcare options and birth plans    • Guidance on how to support your partner to improve communication, strengthen emotional attunement, and lay the groundwork for a strong parenting team     •Checklists and worksheets to share responsibilities and empower non-birthing partners, and brainstorm solutions when joint decisions are particularly tricky    •Practical advice for challenges like easing tight finances, moving past communication impasses, and advocating for yourself in medical settings

Accompanying a major scholarly exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery, this book explores one of the most beautiful and enigmatic objects in The Courtauld's collection: the so-called 'Courtauld wallet', a brass container richly inlaid with gold and silver, imitating a lady's textile or leather bag, and probably made in Mosul in northern Iraq around 1300. No other object of this kind is known. Decorated all round with courtly figures and on the top with an elaborate banqueting scene featuring an enthroned couple, it has long been recognized as a masterpiece of Arab metalwork. Yet, despite the superb quality of its design and craftsmanship and its status as a unique object, this exceptional metalwork bag has never been properly published. Thus it remains little known outside a small circle of specialists, and little understood even within that circle. Encompassing a variety of multidisciplinary essays by distinguished historians and art historians - on subjects ranging from music at the Mongol court, Mosul under Mongol governorship and Mongol marriage customers to the role of women under the Ilkhanids - this publication aims to explore the origins, function and iconography of this splendid luxury object as well as the cultural context in which it was made and used. It will bring together other images of enthroned Mongols with female consorts, as well as scenes of hunters, revelers an musicians in a variety of media, including illustrated manuscripts, ceramics, textile, and metalwork. By presenting the bag alongside carefully selected contemporary material, it will provide an insight into courtly life under the Mongols in the newly conquered areas of their empire, and will also provide an unrivaled opportunity to investigate the inlaid brass tradition in Mosul after the Mongol Conquest. Objects made before and after this seismic event will be reproduced side by side to demonstrate how the Mosul metalworkers adapted their work for their new patrons.

Wenn Jem in fremde Augen blickt, sieht sie eine Zahl. Genauer gesagt: ein Datum. Das Datum, an dem ihr Gegenüber sterben wird. Seit Jem das weiß, ist sie am liebsten allein. Bis sie Spinne kennenlernt – und mit ihm das Leben. Sie ist glücklich, zum ersten Mal. Doch als die beiden zum London Eye, dem Riesenrad, fahren, passiert es: Um sie herum tragen alle dieselbe Zahl. Jem weiß: Etwas Furchtbares wird passieren. Heute. Hier. Fluchtartig verlassen Spinne und sie das Gelände – und werden zu Gejagten …Ein atemberaubender Thriller mit Tiefgang, nominiert für den Jugendliteraturpreis

«CHisla» Rejchel Uord zavorozhili ves'' mir. Istoriya o podrostkah, sposobnyh videt'' datu smerti cheloveka, porazila voobrazhenie chitatelej v samyh raznyh chastyah planety — ot Brazilii do Pekina. Esli razobrat''sya, v «CHislah» rech'' idet ne o smerti. EHto kniga o tom, kak zhit'' s ehtoj sposobnost''yu, s ehtim opasnym znaniem.

Like his mother, Jem, when he looks in people's eyes, Adam can seethe dates of their deaths. It's hard enough living with this terriblegift, but life is about to get tougher. Adam sees that everyonearound him has the same date - January 2027.Something huge is going to happen. Something bad. But what is it?And what can he do about it?