This scintillating literary debut explores the rise and self-destructive fall of Truman Capote, focusing on his interactions with the glamorous array of wealthy and vulnerable women he mined for gossip.
This story is part of Reading Champion, a series carefully linked to book bands to encourage independent reading skills, developed with Dr Sue Bodman and Glen Franklin of UCL Institute of Education (IOE)
Illustrated investigation of the forces fighting today's civil war in Ukraine, including Russian regular and clandestine units.Using his extensive contacts in both Russia and Ukraine, and access to a mass of official and unofficial sources, Mark Galeotti presents a thorough and intriguing primer on all the forces involved in the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine. Supported by specially commissioned artwork, he analyzes both the progress of the w...
If you loved Sophie Ranald's Sorry Not Sorry then this is the hilariously feel good novel for you! 'Funny, poignant and wonderfully descriptive...an unlikely but perfect romcom' Rachel Burton
Ali McNamara attributes her over-active and very vivid imagination to one thing - being an only child. Time spent dreaming up adventures when she was young has left her with a head bursting with stories waiting to be told. When stories she wrote for fun on Ronan Keating's website became so popular they were sold as a fundraising project for his cancer awareness charity, Ali realised that not only was writing something she enjoyed doing, but so...
Jake Prescott thinks he's finally in luck when magician Augustus Towers asks him to be his assistant. But Jake can't shake the creepy feeling he gets when he visits Augustus's performance space. And did he really die inside the Spirit Cabinet - the box Jake ends up trapped inside during Towers' stage premiere?
Malaria is spread by infected mosquitoes. Millions of people are infected by malaria each year. Read this book to learn more about the history of this infectious disease.
What is Britain's largest town? Why did cities develop on the coast? In this fascinating book, you can find out about the geography and life of British villages, towns and cities today. Learn about market towns, village society, capital cities and much more. There is plenty to discover - so let's explore Britain!
When Sheldon spends the day with his aunt, he has no idea he's about to enter the fast-paced world of go-kart racing. Sheldon's not keen on sports, but the combination of technical skill and adrenalin, along with an opposing bully, pulls him onto the track. Will Sheldon cross the finish line first, or will his dreams of go-kart racing break down?
The Rainbow-Barfing Unicorn virus hasn't infected humans ... In this adventure, twelve-year-old Xander contracts the mysterious virus of the Rainbow-Barfing Unicorns. Plump-full of grotesquely delightful characters and fantastical realms, Xander and the Rainbow-Barfing Unicorns from writer Matthew K.
After school, a boy boards an odd-looking bus. Inside, the floor, the seats and even the ceiling are covered with chewed-up wads of gum. Soon, the sticky wads grow thicker, climb higher, come alive . . . and the bus windows will not open! Step aboard the addictively creepy SCHOOL BUS OF HORRORS, where the final destination is never expected.
A thunderstorm rocks a strange-looking bus on its way to school. With each blast of lightning, the bus ripples with shock waves. With each ripple, a boy sees his bus mates split into vibrating twins, then triplets. The bus soon grows more and more crowded, but the boy is in for an even more shocking surprise.
For thousands of years, smallpox was one of the world's most feared diseases. Read this book to learn more about the history of this infectious disease and how it was eventually eradicated.
Clive Wilkinson is an architect, designer, writer and strategist with expertise in the applic ation of urban design thinking to interior design, specifically in workplace and educational communities. His practice, Clive Wilkinson Architects, was established in Los Angeles in 1991 and is an acknowledged global leader in workplace design.
Scooterboys are the lost tribe of British youth culture. Unrecognised, uncelebrated and unwanted, misunderstood by a general public who mistook us for Mods. We weren't Mods though. By the 1980s myself and tens of thousands of scooter riders collectively rejected that label. Instead, we took the roadmap of British youth disaffection and carved a new bypass. This route took us beyond the UK's faded seaside resorts, allowing us to spread our cree...
This fully illustrated study assesses the fighting techniques, armament, and combat record of the Union and Confederate sharpshooters who clashed in battles and sieges throughout the American Civil War.During the American Civil War, the Union and the Confederacy both fielded units of sharpshooters. Sometimes equipped with firearms no better than those of their infantry brethren, they fought in a manner reminiscent of Napoleonic-era light infan...
