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The third book in this fun series by Andrea Montalbano about a group of friends and the lessons they learn through their love of the world's most popular sport-soccer!Chloe Gordon is super excited to attend summer soccer camp with her Soccer Sisters and fellow Breakers team members Makena Walsh and Val Flores-even though she's not quite as skilled as the other girls and her parents would rather she be spending her time practicing ballet.But wh...

Published to celebrate the 40th anniversary of "Virago Modern Classics", this collection of introductions that have been provided by authors to accompany editions from the series from the past four decades offers a valuable insight into how writers read, featuring Maggie O'Farrell on Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Kate Saunders on Barbara Pym and many more.

200 key ideas of neuroscience explained in an instant

An exploration of human identity from both scientific and religious perspectives, from bestselling author and Andreas Idreos Professor of Science & Religion at Oxford University, Alister McGrath.

JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General

It's the BIGGEST day in Violet's life. She is finally TALL enough to ride Plunger, the scariest rollercoaster around. But just as Violet is about to climb on, she shrinks! She never wants to shrink again... But then Granny is accused of stealing, and tiny Violet is the only one who can catch the thief.

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Activity Books

My grandad is a special man. If I can't do it - Grandad can! The joy of spending a fun-filled day with Grandad is explored with warmth and humour. A perfect gift created by an award-winning and best-selling team. From the author of the much-loved classic Giraffes Can't Dance.

JUVENILE FICTION / Action & Adventure / General

Seven months into her pregnancy, Rachel discovers that her husband is in love with another woman. The fact that the other woman has 'a neck as long as an arm and a nose as long as a thumb' is no consolation. HEr love of food is, though, sometimes - and, between trying to win Mark back and wishing him dead, Rachel offers us some of her favourite recipes. Heartburn is a rollercoaster of love, betrayal, loss, revenge - and how to make the perfect...

She was stretched on her back beneath the pear tree soaking in the alto chant of the visiting bees, the gold of the sun and the panting breath of the breeze when the inaudible voice of it all came to her'When, at sixteen, Janie is caught kissing shiftless Johnny Taylor, her grandmother swiftly marries her off to and old man with sixty acres. Jane endures two stifling marriages before she finally meets the man of her dreams - who offers not dia...

This crazy world whirled around her, men and women dwarfed by toys and puppets, where even the birds are mechanical and the few human figures went masked . . . She was in the night once again, and the doll was herself.'One night Melanie walks through the garden in her mother's wedding dress. The next morning, she learns of her parents' deaths and her world is shattered. She is sent to live with relatives she has never met: gentle Aunt Margaret...

In the faded coastal village of Newby, everyone looks out for - and in on - each other. Although keeping up appearances is second nature, nothing goes unnoticed for long. Beautiful divorcee Tory is secretly involved with her neighbour, Robert, while his wife, consumed by the worlds she creates in her novels, is oblivious to the relationship developing next door. Their daughter Prudence, however, is appalled by the treachery she observes. Meanw...

Alexander the Great died at the age of thirty-three, leaving behind an empire that stretched from Greece to India. Fire From Heaven tells the story of the years that shaped him. His mother, Olympias, and his father, King Philip of Macedon, fought bitterly for their son's loyalty, teaching Alexander politics and vengeance from birth. Alexander's love for the youth Hephaistion taught him trust, while Aristotle's tutoring provoked his mind and fu...

A charming story of Mozart and his pet starling, along with a natural history of the bird.

The one with the other Mma Ramotswe [ADD QUOTE]The dismissal of an employee at a thriving local business leads to an investigation by Precious Ramotswe and self-appointed Principle Investigating Officer Grace Makutsi. But Mma Ramotswe also has to contend with the re-appearance of her ex-husband, and the arrival of a long lost relation: another Mma Ramotswe. Can Precious Ramotswe draw on her strength and compassion to manage these surprises fro...

Love. Lies. Murder. A lot can happen... COME SUNDOWNBodine Longbow loves to rise with the dawn. As the manager of her family's resort in Western Montana, there just aren't enough hours in the day - for life, for work, for loved ones. She certainly doesn't have time for love, not even in the gorgeous shape of her childhood crush Callen Skinner, all grown up and returned to the ranch. Then again, maybe Callen can change her mind, given time...Bu...

The fourth DS Lucy Black thriller is set in the days leading up to the Brexit vote, with Black tasked with investigating the connection between a seemingly homophobic murder, a homophobic pastor, and the emergence of a far-right group targeting immigrants.

The moving and essential testimony of an Italian doctor who has worked for twenty-five years on the front line of perhaps the largest mass migration in human history

JUVENILE NONFICTION / Readers / Intermediate