The skeleton is that of a young girl, no more than fourteen years old - and forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is struggling to keep her emotions in check. Coroner Yves Bradette is being ev
This?is an indispensable guide to mastering grammar and improving your writing style. Covering every aspect of good writing—from the correct way to use commas to the most persuasive structure for an
The world's finest living short story writer turns to her family for inspiration; and what follows is a fictionalised, brilliantly imagined version of the past. From her ancestors' view from Edinburgh
Offers advice, support and routines for coping with twins. This book deals with the practical and emotional aspects of parenting two babies, including: what you can expect in a multiple pregnancy; how
Covers the different questions parents may have about weaning, from the initial 'when to wean' to how to establish routines and make sure babies get all the nutrients they need. This guide also contai
Addresses the many problems parents face in the first three years - from feeding and sleeping problems in the first year, including weaning and early-morning waking, to teething and potty training. Th
In this book, children from all around the world remember their past lives, and eminent scientists explain how many of these children's stories have been followed up to verify whether their statement
Mr Cinders was a dressmaker and ran a shop in town. After his wife died, he was left to bring up their daughter, Ella, on his own. They lived happily until Mr Cinders married again. Poor Ella was trea
Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable, except maybe when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's M
It's one of the hottest summers on record and forensic anthropologist Dr Temperance Brennan is looking forward to a long-overdue vacation. But it's not to be... First, the bones of a newborn baby are
Born into the back streets of a small Canadian town, Rose battled incessantly with her practical and shrewd stepmother, Flo, who cowed her with tales of her own past and warnings of the dangerous worl
The characters who populate an Alice Munro story live and breathe. Passions hopelessly conceived, affections betrayed, marriages made and broken: the joys, fears, loves and awakenings of women echo th
Mr. and Mrs. Troutbeck always enjoy three nice big meals a day, but their son Julius is always too busy to eat. Where’s Julius? Well, he could be anywhere—riding Egyptian camels, climbing the Changa B
Annie Rose and Alfie have lots of games they like to play together, like being scary monsters with Bernard, or running their own shop. But there are some things Annie Rose is too little to do and even
A beautiful and unforgettable classic set in 1930s rural China from the Nobel Prize-winning authorA legend in China, where it won major literary awards and inspired an Oscar-nominated film History an
Abel Grable's work takes him into remote jungles with only the moon to guide the way. His children love to hear about his moonlit adventures and, when he's back home, he decides to write them down. Af
On the hottest day of the summer of 1934, thirteen-year-old Briony Tallis sees her sister Cecilia strip off her clothes and plunge into the fountain in the garden of their country house. Watching her
'Six farm eggs, a cake for tea, a pound of pears and don't forget the bacon.'A young boy sets out to do the shopping, determined to remember his simple list but as the sights and sounds of town distra
中文譯名為《誰搬走了我的乳酪》關於一個在工作中或生活中處理變化的絕妙方法，世界上最流行的危機處理及生活、企業管理方法。兩個小矮人和兩隻小老鼠，用寓言說一個心靈的故事。這裡所謂的「乳酪」是一種譬喻，它可以被當作我們生命中最想得到的東西﹔它可能是一份工作、人際關係、金錢、財產、健康或是心靈的寧靜…….Who Moved My Cheese? is an amusing and enlightening
Violence is escalating, and spilling onto the streets of Montreal. A nine-year-old girl is killed in crossfire on her way to ballet class. The body of a teenager killed in North Carolina is found hund
Alice Munro's territory is the farms and semi-rural towns of south-western Ontario. In these dazzling stories she deals with the self-discovery of adolescence, the joys and pains of love and the despa
MINI TREASURES - delightful mini picture books to treasure for ever. SALLY'S SECRET - Sally loves building houses in all sorts of places, and one day she discovers a special place for a special secret
Dave has a very special soft brown toy called Dogger. Dave's very fond of Dogger and takes him everywhere. Until one day Dogger goes missing - and Dave won't rest until he's found. . . &
This first-ever selection of Alice Munro's stories sums up her genius. Her territory is the secrets that cackle beneath the façade of everyday lives, the pain and promises, loves and fears of apparent
A lavish volume of heart-warming verse dedicated to one of Shirley Hughes's most endearing characters - Alfie's little sister, Annie Rose. The gentle rhymes and beautifully detailed illustrations capt
These dazzling and utterly satisfying stories explore varieties and degrees of love - filial, platonic, sexual, parental and imagined - in the lives of apparently ordinary folk. In fact, Munro's chara
One snowy day in Copenhagen, six-year-old Isaiah falls to his death from a city rooftop.The police pronounce it an accident. But Isaiah's neighbour, Smilla, an expert in the ways of snow and ice, susp
Best friends, Chips and Jessie, have got their very own book of stories to star in, and now they want to introduce you to all the special people they know. Read on to meet all their family, friends an
This entertaining and easy-to-understand books looks at the connection between your mind and your health, examining whether meditation can help one enjoy a better health and sense of well-being.
Ranging from the 1850s through two world wars to the present, and from Canada to Brisbane, the Balkans and the Somme, these dazzling stories reveal the secrets of unconventional women who refuse to be
Set in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Havana, Hemingway's magnificent fable is the story of an old man, a young boy and a giant fish. It was The Old Man and the Sea that won for Hemingway the Nobel
Mum and Dad have gone out for the night, leaving Maureen McNally to look after Alfie and Annie Rose. When disaster strikes and a water pipe starts leaking, Alfie helps Maureen halt the flood and also
Join Alfie, his little sister, Annie Rose, and their friend Bernard, in this classic Alfie tale. 'One day Alfie came home from Nursery School with a card in an envelope. His best friend, Bernard, had
Alfie and his mum and baby sister, Annie Rose, arrive home after shopping. While his mum struggles with the pushchair outside, Alfie rushes inside and slams the door behind him. So now Alfie's stuck I
On a remote jungle island, genetic engineers have created a dinosaur game park. An astonishing technique for recovering and cloning dinosaur DNA has been discovered. Now one of mankind's most thrillin
A woman haunted by dreams of her dead mother. An adulterous couple stepping over the line where the initial excitement ends and the pain begins. A widow visiting a Scottish village in search of her hu
Charlie Moon's Auntie Jean runs a joke shop at the seaside. Charlie loves to go and stay there and try out the comic hats, masks, rubber spiders, fake flowers that squirt water, and cushions that sque
After trashing his cherry '72 Corvette, illegally breaking into an ancient burial site, and snacking on 12,000-year-old popcorn, Hank Hannah finds that he's inadvertently unleashed the apocalypse.
A lovesick teenage Cajun girl, a gay astrophysicist, a teenage sniper on Los Angeles police payroll, a post apocalyptic bulletproof-vest salesman - each seeks connection and meaning in landscapes made
Sonic the Hedgehog is the longest-running video game-inspired comic ever! Sonic's legacy is truly an epic one. But when the evil Dr. Eggman enacts a plan to restart all of time and space, our hero mus
