Detectives chase a man with a cord--a rope---and a dagger--a creese. Exciting, fast moving detective and espionage tale by James De Mille. Views: 143
Katy's life changes in dramatic and unexpected ways after a serious accident.Inspired by the classic novel, What Katy Did, Jacqueline Wilson creates an irresistible twenty-first-century heroine. Fans of Hetty Feather and Tracy Beaker will fall in love with Katy and her family too. Views: 143
In 2014, after a brief orientation course and a few fingerprinting sessions, Nicholson Baker became an on-call substitute teacher in a Maine public school district. He awoke to the dispatcher's five-forty a.m. phone call and headed to one of several nearby schools; when he got there, he did his best to follow lesson plans and help his students get something done. What emerges from Baker's experience is a complex, often touching deconstruction of public schooling in America: children swamped with overdue assignments, overwhelmed by the marvels and distractions of social media and educational technology, and staff who weary themselves trying to teach in step with an often outmoded or overly ambitious standard curriculum. In Baker's hands, the inner life of the classroom is examined anew—mundane worksheets, recess time-outs, surprise nosebleeds, rebellions, griefs, jealousies, minor triumphs, daily lessons on everything from geology to metal tech to the Holocaust to... Views: 143
Witty, wise and wonderful . . . such fun!' - Miranda Hart on TABITHA BAIRDFrank and fabulous - Arabella Weir on tricky teen life in the hilarious follow up to THE RISE AND RISE OF TABITHA BAIRD.Tabitha Baird and her friends Emz and A'isha reckon they're the coolest, most popular girls in their year. But they have a rival in new girl, Bea. She's a seriously scary Goth who quickly attracts a following - and she doesn't like Tab at all!That's only the start of Tab's problems. Basil, Gran's beloved dog, races off and Tab catches him with Sam's dog Fifi. There's absolutely no doubt who the father is when Fifi's puppies are born two months later - and Gran wants custody! Then Tabitha's mum is offered a job because of her blog about life with a teenage daughter. She only had about two followers before, but not any more! To top it all, Mum's got a new boyfriend. He might be OK if Tab could only see beyond his huge, thick beard . . .ABOUT THE... Views: 143
An exciting, eye-catching repackage of acclaimed author Walter Dean Myers' bestselling paperbacks, to coincide with the publication of SUNRISE OVER FALLUJA in hardcover. Seventeen-year-old Greg "Slam" Harris can do it all on the basketball court. He's seen ballplayers come and go, and he knows he could be one of the lucky ones. Maybe he'll make it to the top. Or maybe he'll stumble along the way. Slam's grades aren't that hot. And when his teachers jam his troubles in his face, he blows up. Slam never doubted himself on the court until he found himself going one-on-one with his own future, and he didn't have the ball. Views: 143
"Recalling the diaries of . . . Anne Frank, Ginz's diaries reveal a budding Czech literary and artistic genius whose life was cut short by the Nazis" (International Herald Tribune). Not since Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl has such an intimately candid, deeply affecting account of a childhood compromised by Nazi tyranny come to light. As a fourteen-year-old Jewish boy living in Prague in the early 1940s, Petr Ginz dutifully kept a diary that captured the increasingly precarious texture of daily life. His stunningly mature paintings, drawings, and writings reflect his insatiable appetite for learning and experience and openly display his growing artistic and literary genius. Petr was killed in a gas chamber at Auschwitz at the age of sixteen. His diaries—recently discovered in a Prague attic under extraordinary circumstances—are an invaluable historical document and a testament to one remarkable child's insuppressible hunger... Views: 142
Some secrets you take to the grave... some secrets take you there. Annie is a detective for the Ayser County Sheriff's Department. She's investigating the homicide of a victim chopped into pieces. She finds a list of five names written in blood at the crime scene, and a stone with a familiar face drawn across it—stitched eyes and stitched lips forced into a painful smile. It was the mask the killer wore the night of Masked Massacre a year ago. Did they arrest the wrong person for the gruesome crimes? Is there a copycat killer in their small town? Can Annie find the killer before another murder takes place? Savannah has seen the murderer. She knows who it is. Except she's rotting in a psychiatric hospital, and no one will believe her claims. Can they sacrifice everything to destroy a monster? Views: 142
Alan Monteith sets out to help a friend and finds his life taking a drastic turn. A deadly blizzard. . .a lovely young woman. Will his journey end in love or disaster? Views: 142
Business is tough. And now, I know why. I
thought I knew what I was doing, but when Asher introduced me to his
friend, a serial entrepreneur worth several billions, I realized I had a
lot to learn. Much more than I expected. In fact, he nearly
destroyed my dream and I’ll have to make a very important decision; one
that will determine my entire life. With or without Asher. Note: this is the last book in the series. Contains explicit language for a mature audience only. Views: 142
Lies Broke Them. The Truth Will Heal Them ... If Time Doesn't Run Out.When Fritz Brokken robbed the bank with his brothers, he did more than steal the meager resources of the town of Brokken. He also shattered Lydia Walsh's heart.When Fritz returns to Brokken to recruit reinforcements to save his brothers' lives, no one believes his outlandish story. The sheriff throws him in jail. And he's running out of time. Lydia is a distraction he does not need or want.Or does he? The truth of her love may be exactly what he needs to complete his mission. Views: 142
Colt and Julia were secretly together for a year, and no one ever knew, not even Julia's boyfriend. Why would they-they were from two different crowds. Julia lived in her country club world and Colt . . . didn't. Then Julia dies in a car accident. Colt is devastated but can't mourn openly, and he's tormented that he may have played a part in her death. And when Julia's journal ends up in his hands, he is forced to relive their year together-just when he is trying to forget. The problem is, how do you get over someone who was never really yours to begin with? Views: 142
