George Bassett's family are delighted when they hear that they have inherited a lot of money. But then, out of the blue, comes a letter from long-lost relatives. For centuries, the eldest sons of the
Apart from Amaryllis, the Flowerdew family is seriously uncool. Things even manage to go from bad to worse. Her Dad wins a major competition with a painting of a naked lady who resembles Amaryllis's m
A strange beast has been spotted in the night, a peculiar print found in the mud near Crowsfoot Cottage. Then Sophie and her stepfather go missing from their cottage. The army is called in to capture
Meadowbrook Middle School is an ordinary school with ordinary students - queen bees, jocks, nerds, brains, all the usual suspects. With nine exceptions. These students look like the others, but each o
One morning, the Matheson family come downstairs to find that their living room is unnaturally tidy. Obsessively tidy thieves, perhaps? But the blame is put on Hairy Bill, the family's very own house
When the Matheson family come downstairs to find that their living room is unnaturally - indeed frighteningly - tidy, they assume it's a break-in. But it turns out to be their own house spirit, Hairy
Focuses on concepts which have changed the world, from money to religion, from votes for women to reading your stars. This book is filled with facts, figures and fantastic photos from the Science Muse
Meadowbrook Middle School is an ordinary school with ordinary students -- queen bees, jocks, nerds, brains, all the usual suspects. With nine exceptions. These students look like the others, but they'
Meadowbrook Middle School is an ordinary school with ordinary students -- queen bees, jocks, nerds, brains, all the usual suspects. With nine exceptions.
Considered by many to the greatest novel ever written, Tolstoy's masterpiece is a story of family life set against the backdrop of war. The novel begins in 1805 in the crowded and gossip-filled rooms
Roget's Thesaurus is the world's most famous and trusted word-finder. First published in 1852 it has now sold over 32 million copies worldwide and has become the indispensable desk companion for gener
With two jobs and two children, Jess Thomas does her best day after day. But it's hard on your own. And sometimes you take risks you shouldn't. Because you have to... One chaotic family Jess' gifted,
'My mother died today. Or maybe yesterday, I don't know.' Sandra Smith's new translation, based on close listening to a recording of Camus reading his work aloud on French radio in 1954, sensitively r
A brand new series of five of Woolf's major works, in beautifully designed hardback editions. A Room of One's Own, based on a lecture given at Girton College Cambridge, is one of the great feminist po
Our world is changing. Globalization is not working. It is hurting those it was meant to help. This title exposes of the all-powerful organizations that control our lives. Our world is changing.
Erendira was bathing her grandmother when the wind of misfortune began to blow. While her grotesque and demanding grandmother retires to bed, Erendira still has floors to wash, sheets to iron, and a p
