New Releases by BEN HUBBARD

Connections made with other people affect the way we grow and thrive. But it can be hard to make new friends and maintain old relationships. Learn how to connect with people, be a good friend, and get the most out of friendships.

Whether it’s school, extracurricular activities, jobs, or home life, stress and anxiety find ways to overwhelm our minds. It can be easy to get lost in problems. Being mindful and living in the present moment can help. Learn techniques to clear your mind, relax, and shut out distraction. Take the next step to being mindful.

Travel back in time to Londinium and find out all about the Romans in Britain. Like modern travel guides, the books in this series highlight must-see features and explain local culture. Each highlighted destination contains an explanation of what took part in these areas, as well as a look at important artefacts found there providing a bigger picture of life in the past. Typical travel guide notes include, ''best time to visit'', ''what to eat'' and ''where to stay''. Perfect for the KS2 history curriculum.

A window into history through the lives of children through time, showing the clothes they wore, the food they ate, the games they played, and the amazing worlds they lived in.

Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding vocabulary. Meet the super hunters of the sea in this photographic non-fiction book filled with facts about sharks. Green/Band 5 books offer early readers patterned language and varied characters. The focus sounds in this book are: /igh/ i, i-e /ai/ ay, ey, a-e /oa/ o, ow, o-e /oo/ ue, ew, u-e /ee/ ea /ow/ ou /oo/ oul /or/ aw, augh, al /er/ or, ear /e/ a /u/ o, our, o-e Pages 22 and 23 allow children to re-visit the content of the book, supporting comprehension skills, vocabulary development and recall. Reading notes within the book provide practical support for reading Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds with children, including a list of all the sounds and words that the book will cover.

“Brilliant . . . a detailed and disturbing portrait” (The New York Times Book Review, Editors’ Choice) of Saudi Arabia’s secretive and mercurial ruler, a key player in Trump’s vision for the Middle East “Revelatory . . . a vivid portrait of how MBS has altered the kingdom.”—The Washington Post Finalist for the PEN/Jacqueline Bograd Weld Award • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, Foreign Affairs, Kirkus Reviews MBS is the untold story of how a mysterious young prince emerged from Saudi Arabia’s sprawling royal family to overhaul the economy and society of the richest country in the Middle East—and gather as much power as possible into his own hands. Since his father, King Salman, ascended to the throne in 2015, Mohammed bin Salman has leveraged his influence to restructure the kingdom’s economy, loosen its strict Islamic social codes, and confront its enemies around the region, especially Iran. That vision won him fans at home and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley, in Hollywood, and at the White House, where President Trump embraced the prince. But over time, the sheen of the visionary young reformer has become tarnished, leaving many struggling to determine whether MBS is in fact a rising dictator whose inexperience and rash decisions are destabilizing the world’s most volatile region. Based on years of reporting and hundreds of interviews, MBS reveals the machinations behind the kingdom’s catastrophic military intervention in Yemen, the bizarre detention of princes and businessmen in the Riyadh Ritz-Carlton, and the shifting Saudi relationships with Israel and the United States. And finally, it sheds new light on the greatest scandal of the young autocrat’s rise: the brutal killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi by Saudi agents in Istanbul, a crime that shook Saudi Arabia’s relationship with Washington and left the world wondering whether MBS could get away with murder. MBS is a riveting, eye-opening account of how the young prince has wielded vast powers to reshape his kingdom and the world around him.

Illustrated with more than 200 colour and black-and-white photographs, maps and artworks, The Plantagenets is an expertly-written account of a medieval dynasty who have long captured the popular imagination.

Are you ever overwhelmed with the amount of information online? Find out how to navigate the online world easily and safely.

Digital technology can sometimes be overwhelming. Find out what computers are used for. Learn how to store information, search online, play games, and more.

What are the current issues facing our digital world? How do digital communities and the problems they face change and expand? Discover the challenges and opportunities our digital world provides in this topical guide.

The digital world is always changing and evolving—what will your digital presence look like in the future? How can you prepare? Help young readers think about the future of their online presence with video game-style illustrations and clear text.

What do you do online? What digital communities do you belong to? Learn how your digital activity makes you part of a digital community in this timely book, and examine what it means to be a part of an online culture and digital society.

What does it mean to be digitally healthy? This instructive book takes a look at what digital health is and offers tips and strategies for maintaining it.

In a growing digital world, how can you remain safe and secure? How can you protect yourself and your information? Learn all about your digital security in this eye-opening guide to staying safe online.

What are your rights as a digital citizen? What rules must you follow to be a good one? Learn all about your digital rights and rules and explore different digital scenarios through fun, video game-style illustrations.

Do you know how fast a space rocket blasts through the sky? Or how deep under the sea submarines have ventured? How about the number of electric cars on the road? Or the top speed of NASA''s crawler transporter (hint - it''s not very fast!) Discover the answers to all these questions and much more in this book. From the mind-bogglingly large to smallest and most precious, this series helps us understand that it''s not just our days that are numbered.

This book takes the mystery out of computer programming. Learn about coding, algorithms and more.

The Gladiator is an icon of Roman culture, of sports economy, and of brave and brutal combat. This title in the Conquerors and Combatants series reveals the importance of gladiators as cultural heroes, enslaved athletes who were vital to the economy, and as political actors whose victories and sacrifices both entertained and subdued the Roman population. Illustrations, photos, and artifacts complement details about the gladiatorsu0092 lives, fighting styles, revolts, and political impacts. In Gladiators readers discover who gladiators were, how they shaped their society, and why they remain glorified icons of combat and culture.

For kids itching to know their Jurassic from your Triassic, and their Diplodocus from your Dilophosaurus, look no further! How many teeth did the T. Rex have? What''s the oldest dinosaur fossil ever discovered? Did birds evolve from dinosaurs? Find the answers to these and hundreds of other dinosaur puzzlers inside this fantastic, fact-packed book. Perfect for curious and dino-crazy kids aged 8 and up.

From Spartacus’s slave revolt to the real Emperor Commodus who liked to play at being a gladiator, from female gladiators to the great combats involving hundreds of exotic animals, Gladiator is a colourful, accessible study of the ancient world’s famous warrior entertainers.

Join Neil Armstrong on his journey to the moon! This book examines the extraordinary life of the first astronaut to set foot on the moon, from his early life to his first trip aboard an American spacecraft. Discover what the space race was and other developments happening at the time. Find out about the rigorous training that astronauts undergo and how they prepare for a journey into the unknown.

Join Yuri Gagarin on his journey into space! This book examines the extraordinary life of the first astronaut in space, from his early life to his first trip aboard a Russian spacecraft. Discover what the space race was and other developments happening at the time. Find out about the rigorous training that astronauts undergo and how they prepare for a journey into the unknown.

The true nature of the Japanese samurai warrior is an elusive and endlessly fascinating enigma for those in the West. From their inauspicious beginnings as barbarian-subduing soldiers, the samurai lived according to a code known as bushido - or ''way of the warrior''. Bushido- advocated loyalty, honour, pride and fearlessness in combat. Those who broke the code were expected to perform seppuku, or suicide through stomach-cutting. By its very design, seppuku aimed to restore honour to disgraced warriors by ensuring the most painful of deaths. However, the bushido- virtues of loyalty and honour fell into question as the samurai grew powerful enough to wrest control from the emperor himself. Accompanied by vivid colour illustrations, The Samurai offers a complete, concise account of samurai history and culture. It tells the story of the rise of the samurai as a martial elite, the warriors'' centuries long struggle for power and their long slide into obsolescence.

How to Improve at Rugby is a fantastic addition to this best-selling series of guides for sports enthusiasts and is specially designed to show you how to master your game and get maximum enjoyment from this sport. Study clear introductions to the rules and regulations of the sport, follow step-by-step photography to help you master difficult skills such as scrums and drop goals, and discover the right way to get fit and stay fit. How to Improve at Rugby does not promise instant success. It simply gives you the know-how to get on top of every aspect of your game. The How to Improve at... series is specially designed to show you how to master sports and get maximum enjoyment from them. Using a combination of easy to follow text, step-by-step photography and diagrams, difficult skills are made easy and taking part in sport becomes even more fun.