Very Short Introductions Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Four o\'clock in the morning, and the lights are on and still there\'s no way we\'re going to sleep, not after the film we just saw. The book we just read. Fear is one of the most primal human emotions, and one of the hardest to reason with and dispel. So why do we scare ourselves? It seems almost mad that we would frighten ourselves for fun, and

\"An absolutely first-rate thriller.\" --New York Times Book ReviewSeattle PD sex-crimes detective Livia Lone knows the monsters she hunts. Sold by her Thai parents along with her little sister, Nason; abused by the men who trafficked them; marooned in America...the only thing that kept Livia alive as a teenager was her determination to find Nason.Livia has never stopped looking. And she copes with

The intention of this book is to teach Christians how to use the Bible to live well. It has eight sections - living faithfully, distinctively, emotionally, imaginatively, discerningly, purposefully, infectiously and hopefully. Each provides an introduction to a different kind of literature within the Bible and follows with questions for discussion and five days of daily

For schools that follow a separate science route, the Oxford Smart Activate Chemistry Student Book provides a clear route through to GCSE. Students build on prior learning, identify the areas they need to develop, and know what they are working towards. This student book supports all learners to think like and see themselves as future

Whether writing of the Alps, the high seas, or the North Pole, Fergus Fleming has won acclaim as one of today\'s most vivid and engaging historians of adventure and exploration. The Sword and the Cross takes us to the Sahara at the end of the nineteenth century, when France had designs on a hostile wilderness dominated by deadly Tuareg nomads.Two fanatical adventurers, Charles de Foucauld and Henri

The AQA GCSE German Foundation Practice Papers include 3 sets of exam papers for listening, reading, writing and speaking. Plus, there are model answers with commentary to show students how to target their best possible

The highly acclaimed cult classic about family, friendship and first love, from award-winning author Benjamin Alire

Lord Purdey was shaking with anger. \'Bring back the lynx? Over my dead body \'The environmental protestors murmured, and Rory stepped forward. \'Your hunting has destroyed our hills and left them treeless wastes, devoid of wildlife. It\'s time that changed.\'\'Listen, you lentil-eating cat lover, \' Purdey barked through the megaphone, \'men like me own Scotland. If we want to kill anything that moves

Meet Baby Penguin How does Baby Penguin stay cozy and warm? Where does Baby Penguin play? Follow along as she experiences her world, from playtime to bedtime. The simple, comforting stories in this go-to baby gift series have made it a multimillion seller. Featuring a permanently attached plush finger puppet, each volume offers parents and children a fun, interactive way to play and read as they build

Dashing around Europe and sleeping in a converted van with her family, including all three brothers, doesn\'t sound like a holiday to Izzy. Can they make it back in one piece?Prompt thoughtful discussions and support development of higher-level comprehension skills with Reflect - emotionally powerful stories with realistic

\"Above all, do not lose your desire to walk: every day I walk myself into a state of well-being and walk away from every illness.\" --S ren Kierkegaard Duncan Minshull has always walked and in the last twenty years has made use of it by writing and publishing books on the subject. He has described the whys, hows, and wheres of traveling on foot for various magazines and newspapers, including The Times

Founded by Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre Berg in 1962, shortly after the young couturier left his post at the helm of Christian Dior, Yves Saint Laurent would soon become one of the most successful and influential haute couture houses in Paris. Introducing Le Smoking, the first tuxedo suit for women, in 1966, Saint Laurent also presented iconic, art-inspired creations, from Mondrian dresses to precious

Over the last two centuries, collectors from around the world have historicized, politicized, and digitized media in the pursuit of knowledge and education. This collected volume explores collections of educational media and their bearing on the ways in which people learn in both the present and future, how and why material objects have been used worldwide to store and maintain knowledge for politically

Travel back to dinosaur times to discover fearsome meat-eaters, gentle leaf-eaters and early creatures of the sky and sea. Add stickers to the landscapes to create some exciting prehistoric

One of the main difficulties today for the academic and industrial scientist and engineer when modelling corrosion is how to go from the discontinuous simulation of corrosion (atomistic and molecular dynamic scales) to continuous modelling made with finite element methods. Corrosion Modelling with Cellular Automata will aim to bridge that gap between the finer scales based on atomic physics and the

In this debut contemporary YA romance by bestselling author Alisha Rai, a girl with undocumented family members goes viral after saving her crush\'s life in disguise. A must read for fans of Sandhya Menon and Nicola Yoon. A Phenomenal Book Club Pick!It\'s a classic story: girl meets boy, girl falls for boy, boy finally notices girl when he sees her in a homemade costume. At least, that\'s what Sonia

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