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A Kids Book About Consent

Asking for – and choosing whether or not to give – consent is a daily practice that it’s never too early to learn about.

This is a kids’ book about consent. (If you’re not ready to learn about it, don’t worry – we’ll wait until you are!). This book was made to help kids aged 5-9 understand the concept of consent and how to apply it daily. Consent is a two-way conversation that always starts with a question. It’s something that one person asks for, and the other chooses to grant or deny, every single time. Learn what consent is and what it’s not, and even practice it yourself, in this book about the importance of both sides of consent. A Kids Book About Consent features: A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages. A friendly, approachable, empowering, and child-appropriate tone throughout. An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic. Tackling important discourse together! The A Kids Book About titles are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart important, challenging, and empowering conversations for kids and their grown-ups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic. A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way, with a growing series of books, podcasts, and blogs made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.

A Kids Book About Being Scientist

Teach kids that they can be scientists in their everyday lives!

This is a kids’ book about being a scientist. Are you curious? Do you ask “why” a lot? Do you like discovering new things? Then I have a secret for you…you may be a scientist! This book was made to help kids aged 5-9 understand what it’s like to be a scientist – and why it’s such a fascinating and fulfilling job. The author – who is a scientist himself – talks about what being a scientist is all about and how kids can celebrate the scientist within them: keep wondering, keep asking questions, and never stop learning! A Kids Book About Being A Scientist features: A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages. A friendly, approachable, empowering, and child-appropriate tone throughout. An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic. Tackling important discourse together! The A Kids Book About titles are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart important, challenging, and empowering conversations for kids and their grown-ups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic. A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way, with a growing series of books, podcasts, and blogs made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.

A Kids Book About Empathy

A clear explanation of what empathy is, and understanding the emotions of those around you.

This is a book about empathy. Feelings aren’t always easy, especially when they are other people’s. This book teaches kids (and grownups) how to feel “with” someone, and not just for them. This book teaches kids aged 5-9 to understand the importance of empathy, and how they can apply it to their everyday lives. Teaching about emotions can reduce conflict, miscommunications and misunderstandings, which can be helpful in life. A Kids Book About Empathy features: – A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages. – A friendly, approachable, yet empowering, kid-appropriate tone throughout. – An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic. Tackling important discourse together! The A Kids Book About series are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart challenging, empowering, and important conversations for kids and their grownups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic. A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way. With a growing series of books, podcasts and blogs, made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.

A Kids Book About Anger

Help your kid understand what anger means and how to deal with it in healthy and positive ways.

This is a kids’ book about anger. Anger is a part of life – but we never really talk about it other than to say, ‘don’t be angry.’ Too often, this is why kids don’t fully understand what they’re feeling or what to do about it. This book was made to help kids aged 5-9 understand anger better. It helps them understand what it means to feel angry and gives insight into how to manage and process their anger in healthy, helpful ways that might even inspire positive change. A Kids Book About Anger features: A large and bold, yet minimalist font design that allows kids freedom to imagine themselves in the words on the pages. A friendly, approachable, empowering and child-appropriate tone throughout. An incredible and diverse group of authors in the series who are experts or have first-hand experience of the topic. Tackling important discourse together! The A Kids Book About titles are best used when read together. Helping to kickstart important, challenging, and empowering conversations for kids and their grown-ups through beautiful and thought-provoking pages. The series supports an incredible and diverse group of authors, who are either experts in their field, or have first-hand experience on the topic. A Kids Co. is a new kind of media company enabling kids to explore big topics in a new and engaging way, with a growing series of books, podcasts and blogs made to empower. Learn more about us online by searching for A Kids Co.

Mountain Dharma: MeditaRetreat and the Tibetan Ascetic Self

An emphasis on practicing meditation in yearslong retreats―whether in a cave or a cloister, alone or with a small number of peers―has been a defining feature of Tibetan Buddhism throughout its entire history. Although the life stories and writings of the Himalaya’s most famous hermits are well known, the history of this tradition and the details of its practice have largely remained a mystery.

A groundbreaking exploration of individual long-term meditative retreat in Tibetan Buddhism, Mountain Dharma tracks developments in ascetic discourse and practice from the twelfth century to the twentieth. David M. DiValerio provides a comprehensive reading of texts that offer instruction on the eremitic endeavor, comparing how dozens of authors have treated six key orienting concerns: place, people, food, sources of danger, the spiritual lineage, and time. The book traces a genealogy of the Tibetan ascetic self, demonstrating an increasing tendency to adopt practices that contrast the meditator with earlier generations of enlightened masters, defining the latter-day retreatant as a being in time. By viewing instructions for how to live in retreat as technologies of self, this book sheds new light on how the history of this tradition has been driven by evolving notions of personhood.

Methodologically innovative and richly sourced, Mountain Dharma sets a new standard for the historical study of asceticism.

Ascent of the Thunder Dragon: The Surprising Spiritual Life and Legacy of Bhutan’s Founder

Sasha Wakefield intertwines the life and legacy of Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651) with her own personal spiritual journey as she explores Bhutan’s rich history.

The seventeenth century was a pivotal time for the tiny but culturally vibrant kingdom of Bhutan—marked especially by the life of the influential political and spiritual leader Zhabdrung Ngawang Namgyal (1594–1651), including his remarkable past lives. Sasha Wakefield traces the life and profound spiritual accomplishment of this master in the context of her own spiritual journey from Australia to Bhutan. While unveiling the cultural and spiritual landscape of Bhutan, Wakefield delves into the fundamental Buddhist concepts of reincarnation, karma, bodhisattvas, buddhas, and enlightenment to underscore the significance of Zhabdrung’s spiritual attainment, including reaching the tenth bhumi, or level, of a bodhisattva, and deliberately choosing his own rebirth.

During Zhabdrung’s time as early nation-builder of the kingdom and state of Bhutan, he faced adversity and attacks from adversaries but responded with meditation, diplomacy, and unwavering commitment to serve the people of Bhutan. Wakefield shows the nature of ritual and ceremony that are inherent in the history of the Bhutanese state, weaving in the verse texts of liturgies and praises for the offering ceremonies and consecrations that were central to establishing the Drukpa Kargyu Buddhist lineage in Bhutan and establishing Bhutan as a sovereign land.

The Ocean of Yoga: A Complete Guide to Living Teachings, Tradition, and Practice

A definitive guidebook to the core principles and practice of yoga—from its traditional roots to the latest contemporary developments.

Immerse yourself in the timeless practice of yoga with this essential and accessible guide. With a commitment to honoring rather than modifying the tradition of yoga, experienced teacher Amy Landry unveils the vast ocean of yoga—from its rich history, texts, and traditions to the core principles and practice.

Explore:
· A captivating overview of the history and evolution of yoga
· Key facets of subtle yogic anatomy, including prana, koshas, nadis, kundalini, chakras, vayu, and a map of the mind
· A practical framework inward that expands beyond the popularized eight-limbed approach
· Teachings on the tangible techniques, such as traditional joint movements, purification practices, mudra, meditation, mantra, and approaching yoga through an Ayurvedic lens
· Diverse paths, including Bhakti, Karma, Jnana, Raja, Hatha, Laya, and Tantra
· Guidance on living (and teaching) yoga through stewardship and lineage, while using the four aims and stages of life as anchors
· Foundational yoga texts, featuring the revered Bhagavad Gita and Patanjali’s Yoga Sutra, alongside some lesser-known treasures
· The sanctity of Sanskrit, sound, and so much more

With a clear and inspiring voice, Landry offers pivotal insight to any student or teacher seeking a genuine connection to the depths of yoga.

Flesh: WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025

‘WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE 2025, David Szalay’s captivating and astonishingly moving novel about the forces that make and break our lives

‘Brilliant and wise on chance, love, sex, money’ David Nicholls

‘I was tearing through [Flesh], I never once slowed down’ Jennette McCurdy

‘Brilliance on every page’ Samantha Harvey

‘So much searing insight into the way we live now’ Observer

Through chance, luck and choice, one man’s life takes him from a modest apartment in Hungary to the elite society of London – in this captivating new novel about the forces that make and break our lives

Fifteen-year-old István lives with his mother in a quiet apartment complex in Hungary. New to the town and shy, he becomes isolated, with his neighbour – a married woman – as his only companion. When a clandestine relationship begins between them, his life spirals out of control.

As the years pass, István moves from the army to the circles of London’s elite. His competing impulses for love, intimacy, status and wealth win him unimaginable riches, until they threaten to undo him completely.

‘An astonishingly moving portrait of a man’s life’ Booker Prize Judges, 2025
‘A revelatory novel’ Sunday Times
‘Pure brilliance from the first to the (devastating) last sentence’ India Knight
‘Refreshing, illuminating and true’ Financial Times
‘One of the most astonishing books I’ve ever read’ Dua Lipa
‘Hugely entertaining, gripping like a thriller’ The Times
‘Visceral and compelling’ Gary Stevenson
‘Exciting, propulsive, emotional’ Sarah Jessica Parker

*A BOOK OF THE YEAR for the Guardian, Observer, Financial Times, Sunday Times, Independent, GQ and Daily Telegraph*

Swayamsevak

In September 2025, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS) completed a hundred years. Founded in 1925 by Dr Keshav Baliram Hedgewar with a small group of handpicked young men, the Sangh sought to reinvigorate Hindu society through sangathan (organization) and seva (service).

What sustains the RSS a hundred years on? Who are the individuals who animate this vast and enduring organization? Are they conservative or modern, privileged or marginal, urban or rural? Swayamsevak explores these questions in depth.

At its heart are ten compelling life stories of nine swayamsevaks and one sevika. Through these intimate portraits, the book foregrounds the everyday experiences, moral worlds, and motivations that shape their journeys, revealing the discipline, commitment to service, and quiet conviction that sustain the Sangh’s remarkable continuity and expansion.

By restoring the swayamsevak to the centre of the narrative, this book opens up a rich and largely unexplored terrain and offers a nuanced and deeply human window into the RSS.

The Divorce: A Gripping Psychological Thriller of Marriage, Betrayal, Obsession and Revenge | TikTok Sensation | Addictive Domestic Suspense with Shocking Twists

‘A marriage destroyed. A woman pushed too far. A revenge no one sees coming.

From #1 New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden comes a twisty, unputdownable psychological thriller that will keep you guessing until the final page.

Naomi had the perfect life—loving husband, beautiful home, a family that felt like forever.

Until everything falls apart.

Her husband doesn’t just leave—he destroys her. He hires top lawyers, drains their finances, and replaces her with someone younger, leaving Naomi with nothing but the ruins of her life.

She should walk away. Start over. Move on.

But Naomi isn’t ready to let go.

What begins as curiosity about her husband’s new girlfriend soon spirals into a dangerous obsession. And the more Naomi digs, the more she uncovers shocking secrets—secrets that put her life at risk.

Now, staying silent isn’t an option.

Because this divorce?
It’s far from over.

Why you’ll love this book:

• Addictive, fast-paced storytelling with jaw-dropping twists
• Psychological tension that keeps you hooked till the last page
• A dark, emotional exploration of marriage, betrayal, and revenge
• Perfect for fans of The Housemaid and binge-worthy thrillers
• A strong, complex female lead who refuses to be the victim

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