Alessandra Cecchi is not quite fifteen when her father, a prosperous cloth merchant, brings a young painter back from northern Europe to decorate the chapel walls in the family’s Florentine palazzo. A
Corpus - Michael Symmons Roberts' fourth collection - centres around the body. Mystical, philosophical and erotic, the bodies in these poems move between different worlds - life and after-life, death
Thomas is convinced that he can drive himself! When he heads off on his own, he learns that stopping can be harder than starting. This classic story, originally by the Reverend W Awdry, has been adapt
Christopher Boone is a 15-year old autistic savant in Swindon, England. He hates being touched, cannot tell a lie, or understand metaphors or jokes. He is a whiz at math and enjoys puzzles. When the n
Young children help Arthur, his little sister D.W., and four of their friends search for his missing puppy, Pal, throughout the neighborhood, in a colorful picture book that comes complete with punch
Arthur the aardvark imagines what it would be like to drive a fire truck, a tow truck, a big, noisy garbage truck, and others, in an innovative board book which includes flaps to lift and two pages of
When D.W.'s??teacher announces that they will have a fire drill, D.W. is afraid the school is going to burn down! So Arthur gives her his fire fighter's hat, a whistle, and a few tips on fire safety,
Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher named Azar Nafisi secretly gathered seven of her most committed female students to read forbidden West
Harry Houdini was a great escape artist, but perhaps his greatest trick was becoming the famous magician that we have come to know. As a child, Houdini worked hard--and even quit school--to help suppo
Peanut is a small dog with a big interest in the way things smell. When the toddler in his family wanders off in the grocery store Peanut?s sniffing skills pay off and make him a huge hero. Features b
Look! Look! The Cat wants to cook! Told with simple rhymes and rhythms, this jaunty illustrated tale gives very young readers a taste of the Cat in the Hat’s flamboyant cooking skills as he slaps on a
Another Spencer Johnson #1 Bestseller#1 New York Times Business#1 Wall Street Journal#1 BusinessWeekFrom the Author of Who Moved My Cheese?Dr. Spencer Johnson’s stories of timeless, simple truths have
Illustrated in full color. Brother Bear is a master at teasing--until the tables are turned and he's the one being heckled for being the principal's pet. And when Brother finally understands that teas
An epic tale of impossible love, of families torn apart and a whole world of hidden secrets—"And to my daughter in France, I bequeath the remainder of my Estate." These words, read from the wil
They call themselves the Brethren: three disgraced former judges doing time in a Florida federal prison. One was sent up for tax evasion. Another, for skimming bingo profits. And the third, for a care
Jealousy and greed form a deadly alliance in the highly charged world of international showjumping.Ross Wakelin, a talented American rider with a checkered past, has come to England hoping for a fresh
Here is a Leo Lionni book for the very youngest! “What shall we do today?” two mice ask each other. “Read a book? Pick flowers? Go swimming? Play ball? Climb a tree or gather leaves? Play hide-and-see
Carmen got the jeans at a thrift shop. They didn’t look all that great: they were worn, dirty, and speckled with bleach. On the night before she and her friends part for the summer, Carmen decides to
During Christmas vacation week, D.W. volunteers to take the classroom pet gerbil, Speedy, home for the holidays. D.W. plans to teach him some new tricks to show her class, but soon learns that taking
Once in while a book is produced that captures the energy and spirit of the rock world. Somebody Someday was published to massive popular and critical acclaim in September 2001. It shot straight to
The Breast Cancer Book is the book Val Sampson looked for in vain when she was first diagnosed with breast cancer. Based on her own experience, that of other breast cancer patients and also on interv
During her career in MI5, which lasted from 1969 to 1996, Stella Rimington worked in all the main fields of the Service's responsibilities—counter-subversion, counter-espionage and counter-terr
Representing the best of10 books and20 years' work,thiscollectionis a magical tour into Sweeney'sstrange, unsettling world. Readers familiar with his poetry will b
Until that September of 1952, Luke Chandler had never kept a secret or told a single lie. But in the long, hot summer of his seventh year, two groups of migrant workers — and two very dangerous men —
Timothy Good is one of the world's most respected authorities on the alien phenomenon?and in this book he makes startling revelations. Provided by Good's high-level sources, the information contained
This is a story of the discovery of a lost civilization that spanned five centuries?a civilization that now lies mostly beneath the fields of Southern England. Mike Pitts, an archaeologist, asks what
A funny, entertaining introduction to Ben Franklin and his many inventions, including the story of how he created the "magic square." A magic square is a box of nine numbers arranged so that any line
Baby Bear asks his parents for all kinds of hugs--wet hugs, dry hugs, fly up to the sky hugs--in search of the best hug of all. Mile 1 books entice brand-new readers with rhyme, rhythm, and repetition
Food Optimising by Slimming World enables you to make the most of healthy yet delicious food. No foods are banned, there’s no calorie counting and there are hundreds of ‘Free Foods’
Speak and write correctly and confidently with the first All-American English learner's dictionaryRandom House Webster's Dictionary of American English is specially written for beginning learners of m
In 1838, settlers moving west forced the great Cherokee Nation, and their chief John Ross, to leave their home land and travel 1,200 miles to Oklahoma. An epic story of friendship, war, hope, and betr
Black Bugs. Green Bugs. Fat Bugs. Buggy Bugs., I like Bugs!, , A rhyming ode to insects, penned by none other then Margaret Wise Brown. This poem was originally published in The Friendly Book., , Mile
When a hot-tempered dragon seizes the local bridge, the people of Berryville are cut off from their supply of beloved strawberries until they can correctly answer three questions related to weight. Th
This text looks at the mystery and social stigma of migraine from various perspectives, details its symptoms, and addresses the question of whether it is hereditary. The book discusses how it relates
Although not a new disease, M.E. (also known as 'yuppie flu') is at last being recognised and taken seriously. M.E. is short for Myalgic Encephalomyselitis, a term which relates to the parts of the b
Maybe it was a grandparent, or a teacher, or a colleague. Someone older, patient and wise, who understood you when you were young and searching, helped you see the world as a more profound place, gave
Illus. in full color. Chris, the biggest and funniest of all the second graders, decides not to go to a swim party because of his fear of deep water. Chris's father patiently helps him conquer his fea
When eight-year-old Georgia gets a short haircut, the kids at school mistake her for a boy, and she must enlist the help of a friend to prove she's a girl. Simultaneous.
