Seventeen-year-old Lennie Walker, bookworm and band geek, plays second clarinet and spends her time tucked safely and happily in the shadow of her fiery older sister, Bailey. But when Bailey dies abruptly, Lennie is catapulted to center stage of her own life—and, despite her nonexistent history[...]

An eye-opening, heart-rending tale of love, honor and betrayal from veteran foreignnews correspodent Atia Abawi
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An extraordinary novel of love, friendship, and betrayal for admirers of Abraham Verghese and Edwidge Danticat
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How a person thinks, behaves and feels ultimately impacts not just their own lives, but the society they live in. If we desire to attain happiness, we must understand that the journey begins with us, and can reach out to touch millions.
In this anthology, His Holiness the Dalai Lama, with chara[...]

"A powerful story of friendship and sacrifice, for fans of"Code Name Verity
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Uncle's evil has infected our land. War is coming...Following their mother's death, Kimi is desperate to protect her broken family from further tragedies. Even if it means running away from the battle she swore to fight ...But her uncle's power is greater than she or Hana ever imagined. On the edge [...]

Zoya Delarose wakes aboard a creaking sky ship in the dead of night. She has no idea why she was smuggled aboard or that her life is about to change forever . . .[...]

Read and discover all about the sky. What can you see in the sky? What are stars? Read and discover more about the world! This series of non-fiction readers provides interesting and educational content, with activities and project work.
The Audio CD Pack includes the Reader and Audio CD. The Aud[...]

Four centuries ago, Galileo first turned a telescope to look up at the night sky. His discoveries opened the cosmos, revealing the geometry and dynamics of the solar system. Today's telescopic equipment, stretching over the whole spectrum from visible light to radio and millimetre astronomy, throu[...]

This is a book about the encounter with Roman Britain: about what the idea of 'Roman Britain' has meant to those who came after Britain's 400-year stint as province of Rome - from the medieval mythographer-historian Geoffrey of Monmouth to Edward Elgar and W.H. Auden. What does Roman Britain mean to[...]

"Professional Writing" offers a comprehensive interdisciplinary introduction to professional writing for different media, synthesizing methods and ideas developed in linguistics, journalism, public relations and marketing. It provides students with the ability to understand, construct and manipulate[...]

As alarm over global warming spreads, a radical idea is gaining momentum. Forget cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, some scientists argue. Instead, bounce sunlight back into space by pumping reflective nanoparticles into the atmosphere. Launch mirrors into orbit around the Earth. Make clouds thicker [...]