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Rex's Secret is a story about a red fox named Rex. He is sad when his best friend leaves one summer because humans have moved into the forest. He cannot seem to find another friend until a new fox family arrives. Rex and Sara become great friends and play together the rest of the summer. However, on the first day of school, Rex finds out something about Sara that he did not know. Now he has to choose between his new friend and admitting a secr...

Juan Mars¿as born in Barcelona in 1933. Following the publication of his first novel in 1960 he has gone on to become one of the most respected living authors in Spain. He has been honoured with many literary prizes, including the National Narrative Prize for Lizard Tails, the European Literature Prize for Shanghai Nights and, in 2008, the Cervantes Prize, the most prestigious award for Spanish-language Literature.

Reissue with a fresh new cover look.

Padel takes fifty-two of the poems discussed in her "Independent on Sunday" column and suggests several ways for readers to enjoy them - for both new and seasoned verse enthusiasts.

Reissue of the classic romance, by the author of "101 Dalmations". Made into a successful film in 2003, it was first published in 1948, and continues to be popular today.

This collection of essays examines the strategic dimensions of contemporary terrorist threats. It evaluates the changing nature of modern terrorism in the light of the events of September 11 2001. The collection argues that terrorism now promises to

Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young created some of the most indelible and memorable music of the '60s and '70s. Now, noted CSN&Y, historian Zimmer distills the best journalism on the group, ranging from group portraits to individual profiles to interviews to incisive commentary.

Bobby Hessberg, a 13-year old Philadelphian on holiday in Atlantic City, literally walks into a beach full of trouble when he makes a shocking discovery that radically changes his young life. Faced with decisions that are difficult for the most mature of adults to make, Hessberg finds himself in the middle of a dangerous escapade which he himself unwittingly creates. In a city where local law enforcement is far from an exact science, Hessberg'...

Whether you have a slight addiction to caffeine, an irrational hatred of supermodels, or enough training in domestic peacekeeping to secure federal employment, Shana McLean Moore has the antidote to your pain. She knows you'll find it at the bottom of a hot cup of coffee, savored while taking a few minutes out of your selfless day to indulge in some of her caffeinated ponderings. Shana's look at life, laughter and lattes is sure to leave you f...

In 1917, the members of the Original Dixieland Jazz Band made the first jazz recordings and announced that they had invented this new music. However, since the appearance of Buddy Bolden's band in 1897, jazz had regularly been performed in New Orleans dance halls. But did it just appear at that time? Did it descend from the music of jungle drums played in New Orleans' Congo Square, or was the backwoods country reel its actual ancestor? Was it ...

Maddy Gates has escaped her stressful life as a newly published author and has come to her family vacation home in Michigan. Although longing for the peace and quiet that this secluded place promises, her inquisitive mind does not rest for long. Just as she's settling in, a brooding and mysterious Chicago cop who has been temporarily relieved of his duties arrives at the cottage next door. With Maddy's engaging persistence, a friendship begins...

What is AHMO? It's the stuff that champions are made of. AHMO Power recounts the true story of a Texas high school football legend in the words of the players and coaches who made it happen. Think of any winning football team cliché, and it probably describes the 1977 Wylie Pirates--a team from a small Texas town that epitomizes the fanaticism Texans have about high school football. P>The Pirates electrified the entire Wylie population of...

Kristian Hardy, an old man closing out his days in the Amazon jungle, was once Kurt Hellmann, the youngest railway stationmaster in Germany. One day as he was serving in that capacity, a phone call caused him to panic and precipitate the deaths of 123 Jews en route to the concentration camps. Josef Mengele's remains having been identified, Hardy now regards himself as "the last Nazi mass murderer." He teeters just this side of despair, thanks ...

Reverend Margaret Anne Freeman was born in 1927 with a serious and complicated heart defect, Fallot's Tetralogy. She was not expected to live very long at all, let alone walk or have children. She defied expectations, and today works as a 76 year old retired priest in Norfolk. This autobiography tells how she gained and kept her Christian faith during war and countless personal tragedies, whilst breaking records as she went. She became the fir...

A real page-turner.... If Victor McElheny is not already a prince among science writers, this book should elevate him to that high position."-Judah Folkman, Nature Medicine

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Bobby Hessberg, a 13-year old Philadelphian on holiday in Atlantic City, literally walks into a beach full of trouble when he makes a shocking discovery that radically changes his young life. Faced with decisions that are difficult for the most mature of adults to make, Hessberg finds himself in the middle of a dangerous escapade which he himself unwittingly creates. In a city where local law enforcement is far from an exact science, Hessberg'...

For the growing number of women who want to drop out because they are stressed out, this easy read provides practical solutions. Women can immediately apply these tools and strategies for limiting commitments, identifying gifts, dealing with emotions, nurturing the spirit, burying anxieties, facing the past, celebrating accomplishments, developing a support network, and protecting dreams. The Worn-Out Woman will help the reader trade in a life...

When we settle for our own dreams, we settle for too little. God promises "to do immeasurably more than all we ask or imagine" in each of our lives (Eph. 3:20, NIV). John Avant shares true stories of God's passion touching lives around the world and helps readers discern God's dreams for themselves - challenging them to put an end to boring living. As readers see God's passionate adventure lived out all around them every day, they'll eagerly a...

Preferring Paul to John was like preferring Cliff Richard to Elvis Presley, or Donovan to Dylan. John was the leader, he was his own man."-Martin Amis