Fifteen-year-old Colie is spending the summer with her eccentric Aunt Mira while her mother travels. Formerly chubby and still insecure, Colie has built a shell around herself. But her summer with her aunt, her aunt`s...
Kidnapped is a classic adventure story, as thrilling today as when it was first published. As he sets off into the world to seek his last remaining kinsman, Uncle Ebenezer, young David Balfour has no idea of the...
Okay, okay. So spank my furry little bum. I held a party. It was my birthday. How was I supposed to know it wouldn`t be the only party around town on that dark and dreary Halloween night? So things ended up in a bit...
In 2060, Lieutenant Eve Dallas searches the backstreets of New York City for a dastardly and despicable criminal, in the newest novel by #1 "New York Times" - bestselling author Robb.
One of the later plays, "King Lear" is such a powerful depiction of suffering and redemption it is now thought by many to be Shakespeare`s greatest creation. When King Lear abdicates his throne and divides his kingdom...
The whereabouts of King Solomon`s legendary diamond mines had been inscribed in blood on an ancient map now in the possession of Allan Quatermain. His enthralling story begins on a ship steaming up the east coast of...
"The King`s English" is Kingsley Amis`s authoritative and witty guide to the use and abuse of the English language. A scourge of illiteracy and a thorn in the side of pretension, Amis provides indispensable advice...
What could go wrong when a wife pawns the mink coat that her lover gave her as a parting gift? What happens when a priceless piece of furniture is the subject of a deceitful bargain? Can a wronged woman take revenge...
For a generous commission, ex-prize-winning jockey Jonah Dereham reluctantly agrees to bid on a young steeplechaser on behalf of a wealthy American woman. But his life is thrust into danger immediately following the...
Krazy Kow Saves the World - Well, Almost
Krazy Kow is Jamie Fink`s idea - a cow superhero with some amazing udder attachments. He`s trying to make a film starring the Kow as she battles against the Dark Contaminator. But first he has to cope with a few...
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Тага, Katherine and Fintan have been best friends since they were teenagers. Now in their early thirties, they`ve been living it up in London for ten years. But what have they got to show for it? Sure, Tara`s got her...
Last Steps: Late Writings of Leo Tolstoy
It`s 1910. "Anna Karenina" and "War and Peace" have made Leo Tolstoy the world`s most famous author. But fame comes at a price. In the tumultuous final year of his life, Tolstoy is desperate to find respite, so leaves...
Lateral Thinking: A Textbook of Creativity
In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on: what Edward de Bono calls `vertical thinking`. This works well in simple situations - but we are at a loss when this approach fails. Lateral thinking is all about...
Laugh-Your-Socks-Off Classroom Chaos Joke Book
You`ll be crying with laughter in the playground and chuckling in class - no school bag is complete without a copy of Classroom Chaos! Jam - packed with jokes and silliness and DIY school reports and starring Captain...
Turning 27 may be terrifying for some, but for Alex, a struggling artist living in the Midwest, it is cataclysmic. Something about this birthday, his name, and the beautiful woman whose life he has just saved has...
Nobel Laureate Gabriel Garcia Marquez,, author of the "One Hundred Years of Solitude" and "Love in the Time of Cholera", portrays a food company violating a small Colombia town in his vivid and powerful novel Leaf...
