Time Slip

Based in or around Sheffield, this thrilling time-slip adventure tells the story of Michael's stumble into the past one snowy day, back two centuries where he encounters the weavers of the cotton mill

The desecrated Indian’s grave and the dark ominous clouds rolling in off of the choppy Texas bay should have been enough reasons for sixteen year old Sofia Harris and her three classmates to bolt back

A heart-wrenching novel in verse about a poor girl surviving the Irish Land Wars, by a two-time Newbery Honor-winning author.For Anna, the family farm has always been home... But now, things are chan

A heart-wrenching novel in verse about a poor girl surviving the Irish Land Wars, by a two-time Newbery Honor-winning author. For Anna, the family farm has always been home... But now, things are changing. Anna's mother has died, and her older siblings have emigrated, leaving Anna and her father to care for a young sister with special needs. And though their family has worked this land for years, they're in danger of losing it as poor crop yields leave them without money to pay their rent. When a violent encounter with the Lord's rent collector results in Anna and her father's arrest, all seems lost. But Anna sees her chance and bolts from the jailhouse. On the run, Anna must rely on her own inner strength to protect her sister--and try to find a way to save her family. Written in verse, A Slip of a Girl is a poignant story of adversity, resilience, and self-determination by a master of historical fiction, painting a haunting history of the tensions in the Irish countryside of the earl

In this book Philip Bes summarizes the results of his PhD thesis (Catholic University of Leuven) on the analysis of production trends and complex, quantified distribution patterns of the principal tra

Having survived their first time-slip adventure (A Chase in Time), Alex and his sister, Ruby, have tumbled back through the mirror into the freezing-cold winter of 1947. Food is scarce in the aftermat

Full of fascinating information about the English language, Write Every Time will help to conquer spelling slip-ups and punctuation pitfalls. From getting to grips with grammar to discovering the perf

這是一部融合歷史、冒險與幽默的兒童小說。兄妹 Alex 與 Ruby 每次穿越鏡子，都會抵達不同年代，並肩負一項任務，必須完成後才能回到現代。作者 Sally Nicholls 以流暢的敘事與生動細節，將愛德華、維多利亞與攝政時期的背景鮮活再現。故事中不僅有懸疑、誤會與機智的化解，也讓孩子在輕鬆閱讀中接觸歷史文化。例如當一位法國貴族誤入英國，兄妹的冒險便充滿驚喜與喜感。插畫家 Rachael Dean 的圖像更強化了情境，讓文字之外的畫面也鮮明呈現。Fun-filled, action-packed adventures in time from best-selling, award-winning author, Sally Nicholls. When Alex and Ruby fall through the mirror in their aunt's house, they find themselves in a different historical period, each time with a different task to perform before they can return to the present. From Edwardian crime capers to Victorian Christmasses, their time-slip stories are always exciting and beautifully told.When a furious French aristocrat lands in Alex and Ruby's hallway, they have to hide her in Regency England. Can they stop her causing chaos? Probably not... Classic storytelling from a brilliant writer and beautifully illustrated throughout by Rachael Dean, with covers by Isabelle Follath.One of these books is never enough!

This cloth-bound special edition of Danielle Steel’s Until the End of Time is enhanced with gold leaf, comes with a special slip case, and is signed by the author. ? Two couples, four decades apart. O

"The writing is humorous, painful, awesome in its effect on both mind and heart . . . There are few modern novels to match it."—Rolling Stone On an arid Mars, local bigwigs compete with Earth-bound i