With forewords by Professor Tanya Byron and Octavius Black, Educating Ruby: What Our Children Really Need To Learn is a powerful call to action by acclaimed thought-leaders Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas. It is for everyone who cares about education in an uncertain world and explains how teachers, parents and grandparents can cultivate confidence, curiosity, collaboration, communication, creativity, commitment and craftsmanship in children, at the same time as helping them to do well in public examinations. Educating Ruby shows, unequivocally, that schools can get the right results in the right way, so that the Rubys of tomorrow will emerge from their time at school able to talk with honest pleasure and reflective optimism about their schooling. Featuring the views of schoolchildren, parents, educators and employers and drawing on Guy Claxton and Bill Lucas' years of experience in education, including their work with Building Learning Power and the Expansive Education Network, this... Views: 72
The memory of war will stay with a man longer than anything else. Dawn, mist clearing over the rice fields, a burning Vietnamese village, and a young war photographer gets the shot that might make his career. The image, of a staring soldier in the midst of mayhem, will become one of the great photographs of the war. But what he has seen in that village is more than he can bear, and he flees.Jonathan drifts on to Japan, to lose himself in the vastness of Tokyo, where there are different kinds of pictures to be taken: peacetime pictures of crowds and subways and cherry blossom. And pictures of a girl with whom he is no longer lost: innumerable pictures of Kumiko, on the streets and in the rain and in the heat of the summer.Yet even here in this alien city, his history will catch up with him: that photograph and his responsibility in taking it; his responsibility as a witness to war, and as a witness to other events buried far... Views: 72
Talented ten-year-olds Emily, Bella, Chloe and Grace are sick of people treating them like helpless princesses.Science star Chloe Karalis's favourite person in the universe is her grandmother - so she's thrilled when Yiayia comes along for a fab summer holiday with Chloe and her three besties. But when Yiayia goes missing on her daily walk, the foursome know that they're faced with their biggest mission yet. Can they combine their unique talents to rescue their beloved mentor? Views: 72
Tashlyn Younglove has returned to Blackthorn Ridge, the town where her dad died sixteen years earlier. As she unravels the mystery behind her father's death, dark secrets are revealed, putting her in grave danger. All the while, Tashlyn finds herself falling hard for Jem Wolfe, the youngest son of the town's most notorious family. Can she trust the man who has stolen her heart?
Jem Wolfe returned to Blackthorn Ridge to keep his brother, Dane, out of trouble. When Tashlyn Younglove moves to town, she dredges up the town's dark history, a history that involves Jem's dad. At the same time, Jem finds himself falling hard for her. Will a long buried ugly truth push Tashlyn from his arms for good?
A sinful romantic suspense novel. New adult romance Views: 72
They say good intentions pave the road to Hell. 1890: A killer stalks the Isle of Faxfleet - a tiny, independent kingdom on the River Humber in Yorkshire. Faxfleet is inhabited by eccentrics, oddballs and Victorian dropouts, and is ruled by King Ludwig, a man obsessed with creating an academy of geniuses. When one of the academy members is killed by an arrow while climbing a tree, Scotland Yard despatches Inspector Abberline, the world-famous 'Ripper Detective', and his assistant Thomas Lloyd, to investigate. The case is as fascinating as it is perplexing, and leads to a series of decidedly peculiar crimes and a thrilling climax that plunges both men into danger. Views: 72
Chloe Martin, Band Geek. Holden Reece, Popular Jock. These are their labels. But it's not who they are. Chloe Martin loves music. It's her passion. But being involved in the school band offers more heartache than fulfillment. Football defines Holden Reece. It always has. He wins football games – not for himself, but for everyone else. A random encounter at the gym throws Chloe and Holden together. Stripped of their labels they are able to be themselves. With social statuses and expectations set aside, a relationship begins to blossom. But when they return to school can they abandon the roles that have been forced on them in order to embrace the rush of being together? Views: 72
Broken Souls- Book 2 in the Unfortunate Souls Series
I finally cracked Guy Stone’s tough-guy exterior, revealing a kind and tortured soul akin to my own. But just as I found myself falling for the stone-cold Captain was when our journey came to a close, ripping us apart as fast as we’d first met. I was taken to the City of Unfortunate Souls and, amongst an assortment of underworld creatures, I was to be integrated with others like me; vampires. But my hope for finally fitting in came to a screeching halt when suspicions arose of my intentions and I was taken prisoner in the old ghost town, my only wish being that Guy Stone was somewhere out there in the human world safe from harm, and that I might live another day so I could see him again.
If someone had told me only a few short weeks ago I’d fall for the likes of a vampire -me being the brutal hunter of Unfortunates as I was- I’d have laughed in their face. But despite my previous disposition, it had happened, and I was falling in love with teenage-vampire Ruby Carter. My bond to her was what made it so hard to let her go, but I knew there was no other choice, that she needed to be with her own kind. Yet, just when I thought I could go back to life as usual, I was captured and taken to Tombstone, AZ, The City of Unfortunate Souls, to await my sentencing and, more than likely, my execution. I could only pray that Ruby was safe and could go on happy without me, living the life of greatness she was destined to fulfil.
*This book is recommended for ages 14 and up due to a little bit of kissing, cursing, and mild violence.
The Unfortunate Souls Series:
Unfortunate Souls (Book 1)
Broken Souls (Book 2)
Rogue Souls (Book 3)
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