Two islands as different as night and day.Two people whose backgrounds are worlds apart meet at the Barbados International airport.Teacher Laura decides to leave an unfulfilled life on Holy Island, off the rugged Northumbrian Coast after the death of her grandmother. Before her grandmother dies, she reveals a box of letters and photographs of Laura\'s early life. Laura is astonished to learn that part

In a world of Goddess worship, sacred snakes and sacrifice, human jealousy, resentment and betrayal still run wild . . .Ancient Crete, 1450 BC. When her sister Arge drops to the floor in convulsions and then dies at her wedding, fifteen-year-old Martis, a young poet and bull leaper in training, is certain she was murdered.The prime suspect is the groom, Saurus, a barbarian from the Greek mainland,

When we think of the pulse in cinema, we may think of the heartbeat of the spectator as they respond to affective or moving scenes in the film, or how fast-paced and shocking images exacerbate this affective response. Conceptually extending cinema spectatorship, The Pulse in Cinema contends that cinema is an energetic arrangement of affective and intense forces, where the image and the spectator are

Kickstart your class with five daily 5-10 minute routines, all of which include content-specific examples, extensions, and variations for high school mathematics. This resource offers a year\'s worth of daily instructional material that you can use to begin each class period, and will help students Frequently revisit essential mathematical concepts Foster and shore up conceptual understanding Engage

Welcome to the offices of Spirou Magazine. Everyone here is hard at work to keep the magazine ticking, from reporters to secretaries, including editor Fantasio and even, occasionally, Spirou himself. Everyone? Well, not quite... There\'s that office boy, Gomer. No one\'s entirely sure what his job description is, or how he got hired. One thing is certain, though: he\'s a walking disaster zone From

Solution-focused therapy is often misunderstood to be no more than the techniques it is famous for--pragmatic, future-oriented questions that encourage clients to reconceptualize their problems and build on their strengths. Yet when applied in a \"one-size-fits-all\" manner, these techniques may produce disappointing results and leave clinicians wondering where they have gone wrong. This volume adds

A revealing collection of interviews with one of the greatest artists in the history of rock \'n\' roll--as brilliant, punchy, and blustery as the man himself In this collection of powerful interviews given over thirty years--including his final interview--Lou Reed oscillates between losing patience with his interviewers (he was famous for walking out on them) and sharing profound observations on

With enemies behind him and the unknown ahead, Jacob Portman\'s story continues as he takes a brave leap forward into The Conference of the Birds, the fifth novel in the #1 bestselling Miss Peregrine\'s Peculiar Children series by Ransom Riggs. With his dying words, H--Jacob Portman\'s final connection to his grandfather Abe\'s secret life entrusts Jacob with a mission: Deliver newly con­tacted peculiar

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER AND OFFICIAL COMPANION TO THE HIT BBC SERIESBBC\'s The Repair Shop is a place where Britain\'s most skilled and caring craftspeople rescue and resurrect items that owners thought were beyond saving. Their shared love of craft has helped hundreds of people recover and relive cherished memories, and inspired millions to rediscover their own prized possessions. The skill required

From monster-slewing heroes to ancient accounts of gods and goddesses from all around the world, such as Thor and Odin, the beautifully illustrated follow-up to Atlas of Monsters and Ghosts is a fun and fascinating journey through the realms of mythology, enthralling with tales of creation, legendary fables, gods and

In this work, Streatfeild casually and intuitively anticipates many of the findings of developmental psychology over the past 50 years. A study of the disintegration of middle-class family during the turmoil of the Second World War, \'Saplings\' was a ten-part serial on BBC Radio 4 in

Based on new research that proves repeated practice is more effective than repeated study, this Year 3 workbook is guaranteed to help improve performance in SATs and assessments. When it comes to getting the best results, practice really does make perfect Matched to the requirements of the National Curriculum, this English Practice Workbook targets every topic in Year 3. - Questions for every topic

Throughout the author\'s life in Northern Rhodesia (now Zambia) his father was a member of the Northern Rhodesia Police and the author sets about recording various incidents in the life of a youngster growing up in the numerous towns and police stations at which his father served. The family moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1964. Finalizing his secondary schooling at Chaplin School, Gwelo, Rhodesia, in

In Cabin Fever, book 6 of the Diary of a Wimpy Kid series from #1 international bestselling author Jeff Kinney, Greg Heffley is in big trouble. School property has been damaged, and Greg is the prime suspect. But the crazy thing is, he\'s innocent. Or at least sort of. The authorities are closing in, but when a surprise blizzard hits, the Heffley family is trapped indoors. Greg knows that when the

In this postapocalyptic fantasy, a sea of sand swallows everything but the past. In an endless sea of sand drifts the Mud Whale, a floating island city of clay and magic. In its chambers a small community clings to survival, cut off from its own history by the shadows of the past. Katakysms has been unleashed on Kivtos, and it is slowly consuming Chakuro and all the others who came to the village to

As environmental issues continue to become more prevalent in society and surrounding policy challenges become more complex, Environmental Policy once again brings together top scholars to evaluate the changes and continuities in American environmental policy since the late 1960s and their implications for current policy. Students will learn to decipher the underlying trends, institutional constraints,

A woman returns to her family\'s Hamptons beach house for a final time--and a final chance at the love she\'s lost before, in this contemporary retelling of Persuasion, perfect for fans of Emily Henry and Rebecca Serle. Olivia Taylor\'s marriage is in a death spiral when she agrees to come home to the Hamptons to help her father and sisters pack up the family estate. If it looks like she\'s running