Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes

You Don\'t Know Us Negroes is the quintessential gathering of provocative essays from one of the world\'s most celebrated writers, Zora Neale Hurston. Spanning more than three decades and penned during the backdrop of the birth of the Harlem Renaissance, Montgomery bus boycott, desegregation of the military, and school integration, Hurston\'s writing articulates the beauty and authenticity of Black

Assistant D.A. Alexa Hamilton has just been handed the kind of case that makes careers: the trial of accused serial killer Luke Quentin. Sifting through mountains of forensic evidence, Alexa relentlessly builds her case and prepares for a high-stakes tria

The SS was one of the most important institutions of Third Reich Germany, yet it is also among the least well understood. From the end of 1935, the SS had control over all police and internal security duties in Germany and the militarised Waffen SS had more than eight hundred thousand men serving in the field, in direct rivalry with the traditional German armed forces, the Wehrmacht. Making use of

\"Factfiles\" is a sub-series of \"Bookworms\" with a non-fiction angle, providing factual information for students who are not so much interested in fiction.

THE NEW HIGGINS HAS LANDED! The mesmerizing new Sean Dillon thriller of murder, terrorism and revenge from the Sunday Times bestselling author. Fresh from his mission in THE JUDAS GATE to seek out and eliminate one of al Qaeda\'s most valued agents, a traitor responsible for countless soldiers\' deaths in Afghanistan, Sean Dillon is back in a blistering new adventure. The American President, on a planned

Must-have short story collection by Garth Nix, containing thirteen stories all introduced by the author himself. ACROSS THE WALL brings together an eclectic mix of Garth Nix\'s writing spanning several years. The opening story is the 2005 World Book Day novella and Old Kingdom story NICHOLAS SAYRE AND THE CREATURE IN THE CASE, winner of two prestigious Aurealis Awards. The rest of the collection includes

Rome anticipates 20 million tourist arrivals in 2007 -(Mintel).

Seventeen-year-old River doesn\'t know what to do with himself when Penny, the girl he adores, dumps him. He lives in LA, where nobody walks anywhere, and Penny was his ride; he never bothered getting a license. He\'s stuck. He\'s desperate. He\'s lonely. One afternoon he does the unthinkable - he starts walking, and stumbles on a support group for teens with addictions. He fakes his way into the meetings

\'Shot through with compassion . . . this dreamlike, winding tale is a joy.\' A. L. KENNEDY \'Moving and unconventionally wise\' Guardian This was how I heard the most important story of my life, the thing that decided me, the story that determined who I was in the end. At a hotel bar in a quiet English town, two strangers meet by chance and share their stories. Hers is of an inconspicuous life, shaken

SOON TO BE A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Jennifer Lawrence, Joel Edgerton and Jeremy Irons. Dominika Egorov, former prima ballerina, is sucked into the heart of Putin\'s Russia, the country she loved, as the twists and turns of a betrayal and counter-betrayal unravel. American Nate Nash, idealistic and ambitious, handles the double agent, codenamed MARBLE, considered one of CIA\'s biggest assets.

James and Chantal are enjoying an evening of magic at the Blue Cat Club. Merlin the magician is clever and his tricks are exciting but are they dangerous too?

Philippa Fisher tries and fails to summon a fairy, but is taken aback when Daisy, the new girl at school, announces that she is her fairy godmother - or godsister, since they are the same age. Daisy is not best pleased with Philippa, but she has a mission to fulfil and is obliged to stick with her until she has granted her three wishes. The three wishes are at the heart of a traditional story in a

Award-winning original fiction for learners of English. At seven levels, from Starter to Advanced, this impressive selection of carefully graded readers offers exciting reading for every student\'s capabilities. Alex is a thirty-year-old art gallery assistant and hopelessly in love with her boss, Brad. Then, an incident at the gallery means they have to spend a few days at Brad\'s country house. This

Already scarred by the death of his brother, Caruso is devastated when he can\'t save a friend and his family from a terrorist attack. Ethan Ross was a mid-level staffer for the National Security Council. Now he\'s a wanted fugitive on the run with a micro-drive that contains enough information to wreck American intelligence efforts around the world. The CIA is desperate to get the drive back, but

What is needed to create a home and how much does it cost to do it in style? This volume pursues the answer to this question by presenting around 60 projects from around the globe. Unconventional building methods and forms are combined to create unusual structures that suit a limited budget and are of good value, compared with other similarly-sized structures in the same country. Next to starter homes

The complete Maze Runner series released with a sophisticated new look in a stunning box set - perfect for older readers. In a post-apocalyptic reality, violence, disease and lies threaten to destroy much more than the lives of the young Gladers. But the truth is more dangerous than any of them could have imagined. The Maze is only the beginning ...

Hans Castrop geplanter Kurzbesuch in Davos wird zum siebenjährigen Aufenthalt, und Thomas Manns Novellenplan wächst zu einem der gewaltigen Werke der Weltliteratur: Ein eindringliches Porträt der europäischen Gesellschaft vor dem Ersten Weltkrieg. Der Textabdruck folgt der Erstausgabe von 1924. In der Textfassung der Großen kommentierten Frankfurter Ausgabe (GKFA), mit Daten zu Leben und Werk.

Lewis Carroll is best known for his two books describing Alice\'s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, but he was a prolific author of fantasy and nonsense verse, which are represented here in the complete Sylvie and Bruno and The Hunting of the Snark. Also included are early verse, Puzzles from Wonderland, prologues to plays, Phantasmagoria, college rhymes and notes, acrostics,