Love is in the air, but what does that mean for Greg Heffley? A Valentine\'s Day dance at Greg\'s school has turned his world upside down. As Greg scrambles to find a date, he\'s worried he\'ll be left out in the cold on the big night. His bestfriend, Rowley, doesn\'t have any prospects either but that\'s small consolation. Then an unexpected twist gives Greg a partner for the dance and leaves Rowley

This is a simple, accessible retelling of Robert Louis Stevenson\'s \'Treasure Island\' which remains faithful to the original text in its treatment of the story.

In her emotionally powerful and unputdownable new novel Adele Parks, Sunday Times bestselling author of ABOUT LAST NIGHT, asks the question: what if love\'s not enough? Eloise Hamilton is a Londoner born and bred, so it is a momentous day when she reluctantly agrees to uproot to Dartmouth, leaving behind her perfect world so her husband can finally live in his. There are compensations, however. Her

Published in its entirety for the first time, \"The Sea is My Brother\" is Jack Kerouac\'s first novel. Described by Kerouac as being about \'man\'s simple revolt from society as it is, with the inequalities, frustration, and self-inflicted agonies\', the 158-page handwritten manuscript was not published during his lifetime. He wrote in his notes for the project that the characters were \'the vanishing

Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world\'s No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake\'s inimitable artwork. Matilda Wormwood\'s father thinks she\'s a little scab. Matilda\'s mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda\'s headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well, she\'s the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten

The greatest creators in human history--from Mozart to Meryl Streep, Jackson Pollock to Jay-Z--don\'t just have talent--they also understand their motivations for pursuing art. What\'s Your Creative Type? helps artists do the same in a fun and witty way. Stepping away from the hyper-focus on how people create, What\'s Your Creative Type? instead explores why. By identifying your creative motivation

The Roman Empire\'s conquest of Britannia is under threat from within. Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro must uncover a traitor to prevent unthinkable defeat. A messenger on the streets of Rome has been intercepted and tortured, revealing a plot to sabotage the Roman army\'s campaign against Caratacus, commander of Britannia\'s native tribes. A treacherous agent\'s mission is to open a second front

Five toasts. Five people. One lifetime. \'This is how you tell a story\' Cecelia Ahern \'An extraordinary novel, a poetic writer, and a story that moved me to tears.\' John Boyne \'I\'m here to remember - all that I have been and all that I will never be again.\' At the bar of a grand hotel in a small Irish town sits 84-year-old Maurice Hannigan. He\'s alone, as usual -though tonight is anything but.

The secret behind France’s astonishingly well-behaved children. When American journalist Pamela Druckerman has a baby in Paris, she doesn’t aspire to become a \"French parent.\" French parenting isn’t a known thing, like French fashion or French cheese. Even French parents themselves insist they aren’t doing anything special.Yet, the French children Druckerman knows sleep through the night at two or

Surveys the pottery, sculpture, masks, textiles, beadwork baskets, and paintings produced by North American Indians.

Even for children, fashion is more than just clothes, it is a means of self-expression. For this reason, it has become common practice for fashion labels and designer to launch their own line for kids. The selection of designers in this book is international, although most collections come from Belgium, Holland, France and Italy, countries where kids\' fashion is especially valued. Each designer is

This collection of outstanding projects for public spaces is an excellent overview of current trends in urban planning; new forms of social existence have led to an increased interest in the definition of urban space. Our cities have already crossed the dividing line between space to inhabit and habitable space and, at present, it is difficult to conceive of a good urban development plan without an

Betrayed and left for dead high in the Alps, Nick Stone is in trouble. The blood on his hands tells of a head wound he can\'t see and his foggy memory confirms it. He knows only one thing for certain - someone, somewhere wants to kill him. And they think they\'ve succeeded. Stone wants revenge, but the only person who can help him is a seven year old boy. Not much protection in the pursuit of a gang

Die junge Witwe Julie muss sich zwischen zwei Männern entscheiden: dem charmanten Richard und dem schüchternen Mike. Als sie schließlich ihre Wahl trifft, glaubt sie, ihr Glück gefunden zu haben. Doch bald kommen ihr Zweifel an ihrem Verehrer: Seine Liebe wird mehr und mehr zur Besessenheit.

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June 8, 1954. Alan Turing, the visionary mathematician, is found dead at his home in sleepy Wilmslow, dispatched by a poisoned apple. Taking the case, Detective Constable Leonard Corell quickly learns Turing is a convicted homosexual. Confident it\'s a suicide, he is nonetheless confounded by official secrecy over Turing\'s war record. What is more, Turing\'s sexuality appears to be causing alarm among

\"It is a truth universally acknowledged that a single man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife.\" Few novels have as passionate a following as Jane Austen\'s witty, perceptive tale of five sisters and their quest for marriage. When Elizabeth Bennett overhears the proud and arrogant Darcy insulting her, she develops a stubborn and blinding prejudice against him--a prejudice that

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