As brave as you

When two brothers decide to prove how brave they are, everything backfires--literally

The life list of Adrian Mandrick: A novel

His for Hawk meets Grief Is the Thing with Feathers in this evocative debut novel about a pill-popping anesthesiologist and avid birder who embarks on a quest to find one of the world's rarest species, allowing nothing to get in his way--until he's forced to confront his obsessions and what they've cost him. Anesthesiologist Adrian Mandrick is filled with contradictory impulses. He wants to be …

Don't worry life is easy (La vie est facile, ne t'inquiete pas)

Diane needs to start over again. After returning from Ireland and turning the page on her stormy relationship with Edward, the brooding Irish photographer, she is determined to rebuild her life in Paris with help from her best friend Félix. She focuses solely on getting her literary café back on track until she meets Olivier.

The masterwork of a painting elephant

Pigeon Jones, abandoned as a baby, is found and raised by Birch, a white, former circus elephant who paints beautiful pictures, and through their travels and adventures they discover the meanings of love and family.

Flora & Ulysses: The illuminated adventures

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The mirror image ghost

Lisa is sure she has seen a ghost in her mother's bedroom mirror, but who can she tell? Her grandparents are oddly secretive about ghosts and the past, her mother seems distant since her recent marriage, and Lisa definitely can't confide in her new stepsister and stepbrother - she loathes them!

The lantern moon

Life is not easy for children in 1811. Annie Spears is a maid at Dinham house where Lucien Bonaparte is on parole. Her brother, William, makes silk top-hats for the mad hatter, while her little sister works as a glove-maker for the despicable Leonard Evans. They have not heard from their father since he was transported to Australia years ago. When a fire destroys the Spears home and William a…

The lost boy: A foster child's search for the love of a family

As a child, Dave Pelzer never had a real home. Rescued from an alcoholic, abusive mother, his only possessions were the clothes he carried in a paper bag; the only world he knew was one of isolation and fear.

As easy as falling off the face of the earth

A teenaged boy encounters one comedic calamity after another when his train strands him in the middle of nowhere, and everything comes down to luck.

A single stone

Every girl dreams of being part of the line - the chosen seven who tunnel deep into the mountain to find the harvest. No work is more important. Jena is the leader of the line - strong, respected, reliable. And - as all girls must be - she is small; her years of training have seen to that. It is not always easy but it is the way of things. And so a girl must wrap her limbs, lie still, deny hers…

The twice-lived summer of Bluebell Jones

On her thirteenth birthday, Blue makes a desperate wish. To be transformed into a cool, confident teenager. Enter Red, appearing from nowhere like a wacky fairy godmother. She's only visible to Blue - in fact, she IS Blue, but a year older. With Red by her side to guide her, Blue can avoid all the gruesome embarrassments! But her future self causes a heap of crazy trouble - and there are dark s…

Our tragic universe

Meg Carpenter is broke. Her novel is years overdue. So when a book called The Science of Living Forever lands on her desk, she jumps at the chance to review it, starting on a labyrinthine journey that takes her from mysterious beasts of the moor to forest fairies to ships in bottles. New Age theories of everything to physics to narrative theory, and forces her to ask: Does anyone really want to…

The Kingdom of Mammals : The Wonderful World Of Knowledge

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Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's alternate scenarios

On 16 December 1944, Hitler launched a massive surprise attack on the Allies. The Battle of the Bulge had begun. Had Hitler's gambit succeeded, a German victory in the war would have certainly been possible, if not likely. Battle of the Bulge: Hitler's Alternate Scenarios explores this idea, revealing exactly how history could have been dramatically altered. What if the Germans successfully pre…

African Animal Tales: Enormous Elephant

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The reality frame: Relativity and our place in the universe

Weaving together the great ideas of science, 'The Reality Frame' takes us on a thrilling journey from empty space all the way to the human mind. Acclaimed science writer Brian Clegg builds up reality piece by piece, from space, to time, to matter, movement, the fundamental forces, life, and the massive transformation that life itself has wrought on the natural world. He reveals that underlying …

The gift

In this modern-day fable, workaholic executive Lou Steffen shows an uncharacteristic burst of generosity towards Gabe, a homeless man who always seems to be in two places at once. With Lou's personal and professional fates at important crossroads and Christmas looming, Gabe resorts to some unorthodox methods to show his stubborn patron what truly matters and how precious the gift of time is. …

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Mother tongue

A story set in Russia, about the aftermath of a terrorist attack in which the 18-year-old narrator, Darya, loses her young sister Nika. Darya escapes to Moscow where she eventually realises that running away is no cure for grief.

My grandmother sends her regards & apologises

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9781444775853

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Green Planet ; Life in our woods and forests

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9781912756025

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The secret garden

A ten-year-old orphan comes to live in a lonely house on the Yorkshire moors and discovers an invalid cousin and the mysteries of a locked garden

Egg: A Photographic Story of Hatching

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KNOWLEDGE MASTER: WILD ANIMALS

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Monkeys (Nature Watch)

A monkey has flexible arms to swing through the trees, a long tail for balance, good eyesight to spot food and predators and - most important of all - a large brain to make sense of its world. This guide explores the complicated lives of monkeys and other small primates. Discover why some Japanese macaques wash their food before eating it, find out how the fearsome canine teeth of male baboons …

Ladybird Tales: The Three Little Pigs

This beautiful Ladybird ebook edition of The Three Little Pigs is a perfect first illustrated introduction to this classic fairy tale for young readers from 3+. The tale is sensitively retold, following the three pigs as they leave their home and venture out into the big bad world, only to meet the big, bad wolf! Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Tales series include The Little Red Hen, …

The nest

When wasps come to Steve in a dream offering to fix his sick baby brother, he thinks all he has to do is say yes. But yes may not mean what Steve thinks it means

Ike's Incredible Ink

The journey is the important thing in this tale of a sympathetic -- if temporarily distracted -- artistic soul. Ike wants to write a story, an incredible story. He's all ready to go, but even after cleaning his room and calling his best friend, he somehow can't seem to get started. And then Ike realizes what's missing -- he needs new ink. His very own ink, made from just the right ingredients. …

How to say I love you out loud

When Jordyn's autistic brother joins her at her elite school her junior year, she is determined not to let anyone know they are related, even if that means closing herself off to her closest friends Erin, Tanu, and Alex, the football captain she secretly loves.

House of windows

Maths prodigy Alex goes to Cambridge University at the age of fifteen, where he struggles with making friends and with the transition to university. After joining the school rowing team, he manages to find a place for himself, both within the university and within his family.