Against the Flow

Daniel's story is one of extraordinary faith in God lived out at the pinnacle of executive power. It tells of four teenage friends, born in the tiny state of Judah about twenty-six centuries ago, but

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“Dee has inspired the imagination of a worldwide audience. She has joined only four men who have achieved this feat. Other women may follow, but she will always remain the first.”&

The abolition movement in the United States―the fight against slavery―likely would have been less powerful and effective without the women of the movement. Yet, even in this fight for freedom, women were often sidelined by their male counterparts. Still, certain mission-driven American women were tenacious in their quest to free the enslaved peoples on American soil. This important book introduces readers to the significant groups and individuals who spoke out and put their lives at risk to halt American slavery. Fact boxes, sidebars, and historical images aid in supporting key curricular content.

全新爆笑賽車冒險小說！暢銷作家 Jenny Pearson 帶來高速又離奇的故事！Evie Clutterbuck 誤打誤撞參加世界最盛大的賽車比賽 Speedwheels 3000，問題是──★ 她是偷藏進爸爸車後廂的「非法乘客」！★ 後車廂裡還有價值四百萬英鎊的失竊黃金！賽道上對手虎視眈眈，賽道外警察與竊賊緊追不放！父女檔能否一邊破案，一邊衝向冠軍？節奏明快、幽默滿點，結合賽車競速、親情與推理，讓你笑著翻到最後一頁！Strap yourselves in for the crime-solving adventure of a lifetime, from bestselling and award-winning author Jenny Pearson. Evie Clutterbuck is on the starting line of the most famous, most extraordinary car race in the whole world - the Speedwheels 3000. There are just two small problems:* Evie's not supposed to have snuck into her dad's car boot.* And four million pounds worth of stolen gold isn't supposed to be in there either... With both cops and robbers on their tail, can Evie and her dad solve the mystery of the missing gold before it's too late? Or are their hopes of becoming the Ultimate Speedwheels Racing Champions about to go speeding by... Praise for Jenny Pearson:SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA BOOK AWARD, WATERSTONES CHILDREN'S BOOK PRIZE, LAUGH OUT LOUD BOOK AWARD and

The lowly, downtrodden Paris civil servant Jean Folantin seeks respite from the boredom and isolation of his life in the small joys of food and the occasional embraces of a prostitute. But whatever he

Join a group of adventurous children on their ever-changing journey across the sea in this delightfully illustrated book that playfully teaches impermanence, change, and acceptance.Enjoy things with p

Prani is the comedian of the Gems. She never takes anything too seriously, even netball, and loves having fun with her teammates. But when Coach Janet enters the Gems in a netball tournament and asks

The leading art theorist takes on art in the age of the Internet In the early twentieth century, art and its institutions came under critique from a new democratic and egalitarian spirit. The notion o

The adventure continues in this fifth book in the New York Times bestselling series.The sun is shining in the Hundred Isles, and yet the path forward seems crowded with shadows. Conor, Abeke, Meilin,

“What happened here last night isn’t allowed,” said Madame Dubois.It was such an extraordinary thing to say it stopped the ravenous Inspector Beauvoir from taking another bite of his roast beef on bag

The Book: On the Taboo Against Knowing Who You Are explores an unrecognised, but mighty taboo - our tacit conspiracy to ignore who, or what, we really are... Alan Watts, key thinker of Zen Buddhism,