'A sublime piece of literary detective work that shows us once and for all how to be precisely the sort of reader that Austen deserves.' Caroline Criado-Perez, Guardian Almost everything we think we k
As the cyber world continues to grow it is becoming increasingly important for children to stay safe online and learn what sort of things to avoid or report. This book provides clear and helpful guide
It's summer. I'm in a supermarket. It's hot and I'm sweaty. Damp. And I'm watching this couple shopping. I'm watching you. And you're both smiling. You see me and you know sort of straight away that I
The 2014-2015 Ebola outbreak in West Africa shocked the world with its devastation and its rapid migration to multiple continents. As the systems meant to respond to this sort of epidemic failed, the
How does a bookish lady bring an arrogant lord to his knees? Entice him to Scotland, strip him of titles and riches, and make him prove what sort of man he truly is.Opposites…Handsome, wealthy, and su
The real me? I thought. What was I now, the fake me? Would I suddenly wake up and discover I’d dreamt up this entire year or had been in some sort of coma?Eighteen-year-old Simon Peters wants to stand
Khari Brooks never planned on falling for her cousin's ex. It sort of just happened, but the two cannot deny they were meant to be. Unfortunately, the enemies that they share think otherwise and will
“Captivity is a complex and fast-paced tale of Jewish life in the early first century, a sort of sword-and-sandals saga as reimagined by Henry Roth. The narrative follows Uri from Rome to Jerusalem an
Twenty-year-old Skyler saw the incident out her window: Some sort of metallic object hovering over the Golden Gate Bridge just before it collapsed and a mushroom cloud lifted above the city. Like ever
If you practice any sort of magic?or plan on giving it a try?you probably know that for most people, card tricks are often the starting point. If you have a deck of cards readily available, as many co
Juliet Milagros Palante is leaving the Bronx and headed to Portland, Oregon. She just came out to her family and isn't sure if her mom will ever speak to her again. But Juliet has a plan, sort of, one
Now sixteen, Anne is grown up—sort of. The second novel in L. M. Montgomery's classic series follows Avonlea's red-headed darling as she begins her new job as a schoolteacher, and becomes curious abou
As we live our lives, we repeatedly make decisions that shape our future circumstances and affect the sort of person we will be. When choosing whether to start a family, or deciding on a career, we of
Young Chris is an astronaut. A very busy astronaut. Saving the planet from aliens is much more important than taking baths or going to bed. Because at bedtime the worst sort of alien appears - darknes
The Pelé Harbour for Odd Birds takes place in an out-of-step sort of place on an island in the South of Canada. The narrator has embarked on a journey of discovery to find an Englishman of an earlier
The topic of "too many lawyers" is timely. The future make up and performance of the legal profession is in contest. What do we mean by "too many"? Is there a surplus of lawyers and what sort of lawye
Upper Quintern is the sort of Little English Village that is home mostly to the very rich and the servants who make their lives delightful. But Sybil Foster's life is not delightful; exhausted from he
America will remain the world’s only superpower for the foreseeable future. But what sort of superpower? What role should America play in the world? What role do you want America to play?Ian Brem
Branded with Lulu's signature lips, eye and hand motifs, this is an essential accessory for every girl about town. The wood/free pages are tabbed into 8 sections to help sort your notes and it include
Many business sectors have been, and are being, forced to compete with new competitors-disrupters of some sort-who have found new ways to create and deliver new value for customers often through the u
On the right side of the law. Sort of. Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather cha
On the right side of the law. Sort of. Sebastian Rudd is not your typical street lawyer. He works out of a customized bulletproof van, complete with Wi-Fi, a bar, a small fridge, fine leather cha
When schoolteacher Elsie Mitchell meets rugged William Benton on a train platform in Albany, it appears they have nothing in common. He isn’t the sort of fellow a proper young woman of the 1890s would
"A young girl likes to collect and sort object such as buttons, rocks and stamps. She arranges objects by color, shape or size and shares in the fun with her parents and friends. Original edition revi
I always get away with it when I try stuff like this. Partly it comes down to sort of assuming that I'm going to. I've got loads of confidence. And Loki got away with everything. Well, almost everythi
One little guine-pig and a whole lot of mischief! 'From the very beginning there was not the slightest doubt that Olga da Polga was the sort of guinea-pig who would go places.' Michael Bond's guinea-p
"It's the sort of book which children have to plead with the adults to let them have a look at. Everything about it is superb. Highly recommended." -- The Bookbag.co.uk Being able to identify a
When Bill Oddie was growing up one of his favourite books was a collection of essays called The Bird-Lover's Bedside Book. His new book, Bill Oddie Unplucked, is just that sort of book. It contains 50
On vacation in a tiny village, Miss Silver investigates a murder with a decades-old motive.The citizens of Melling are perfectly ordinary—exactly the sort one finds in just about every cozy English vi
In the 1980s, a small man is pulled up out of the Indian Ocean in Port Pallid, SA, claiming to have been kidnapped as a baby. The Sergeant, whose job it is to sort the local people by color, and there
It is the polluted and gritty future, saved—sort of—by technofixes. Young skydiver Orr Sitka wants no more from life in future Alaska than he already has: a woman he loves and the chance to dive. When
In this modern-day take on the classic Frankenstein tale, as told from the monster's perspective, Jolene Hall is dead sort of. She can walk, think and talk, but her heart doesn't beat and her lungs st
Just wanna be a better mother, that's all… some sort of a decent mother.Tina can't get through to her son. Stuck on the drink and tormented by her past, what will she do to get his attention? Paddy is
In 1976 Andre Norton was invited to play a new sort of adventure game by its creator. It was the game that launched the role-playing game industry, Dungeons & Dragons. The creator, E.Gary Gygax, w
In our rapidly changing world of social media, everyday people are more and more able to sort themselves into affnity groups based on finer and finer criteria. In the near future of Robert Charles Wil
Death has always stalked single mother Allie Callahan. For the first time in her life, she has found a fragile sort of happiness living a quiet, peaceful existence in East Texas with her young son, Sa
Haruki Murakami’s first two novels, available for the first time in English outside Japan. With a new introduction by the author. 'If you’re the sort of guy who raids the refrigerators of silent kitch
"I know a good sort when I see one. That's why I've taken him on. That's why I took you on."When a young lad strays into bad behavior and thieving, he soon finds himself in Borstal prison for young me
First published in 1985. What sort of poem is Don Juan, and how does it maintain its momentum through its long and often struggling narrative? These are the questions that Bernard Beatty proposes in t
The concept of needs works to sort out social policies. Yet the idea is in disrepute with many thinkers who, led by economists, accuse it of being too fluid, or too narrow, or of serving no purpose th
