1787: Captain Edward Brazier is wounded and in desperate need of medical attention, but his allies have no idea where he is--although neither do his enemies. With his beloved Betsey facing confinement in an asylum at the behest of her brother, time is running out for both. Can Brazier save Betsey, or are his hopes to be dashed by matters about which he could not have known? The revelations will blow

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The greatest problems facing humanity today are climate change, poverty, and the increasing separation between the rich and poor. The aim of this book is to examine the social constructions that have led to these breakdowns, and provide potential solutions that are based on a fundamental change in the structure of society and the values on which a new and better social system can be built. Unless we

Do you maintain an extensive list of contacts and spend countless hours at events handing out business cards--but wonder why your connections rarely translate into meaningful support? Do you dread the thought of spending time on these activities, but worry that your career will stall if you don\'t? Or are you at the beginning of your professional journey, with no idea how to meet the people who can

With classroom stories and actionable techniques, PBL Simplified is the ultimate \'how-to transform a classroom\' manual that every teacher needs to

Although aimed at young teenagers these facts will delight all ages with their mixture of funny and enlightening stories and quirky facts about your favourite team. Augmented with a selection of sketches by the artist Becky Welton that depicts some of the stories

Jim Woodring has been chronicling the adventures of his cartoon Everyman, Frank, for almost 30 years. These stories are a singular rarity in the comics form -- both bone-chillingly physical in their depictions of Frank\'s travails and profoundly metaphysical at the same time. Not since George Herriman\'s Krazy Kat has the comics language been so exquisitely distilled into pure, revelatory aesthetic

*Longlisted for the ALCS Gold Dagger award for non-fiction, Crime Writers\' Association Awards 2023* *Shortlisted for Best New True Crime Author, CrimeCon UK True Crime Awards 2023*The gripping true story of how Detective Superintendent Julie Mackay brought Melanie Road\'s murderer to justice. BATH, 1984 Jean Road, a 49-year-old mother of three, awakens to news that her daughter Melanie has been murdered

Don\'t miss the first and bestselling book in the beloved Pete the Cat series Pete the Cat goes walking down the street wearing his brand-new white shoes. Along the way, his shoes change from white to red to blue to brown to WET as he steps in piles of strawberries, blueberries, and other big messes But no matter what color his shoes are, Pete keeps movin\' and groovin\' and singing his song...because

Attila, king of the Huns, is a name almost universally known even 1,500 years after his death. His meteoric rise and legendary career of conquest left a charred trail of destroyed cities across the Roman Empire. At its height, his vast domain commanded more territory than the Romans themselves, and those he threatened with attack sent desperate embassies loaded with rich tributes to purchase an always

This book, a concise introduction to modern probability theory and certain of its ramifications, deals with a subject indispensable to natural scientists and mathematicians alike. Here the readers, with some knowledge of mathematics, will find an excellent treatment of the elements of probability together with numerous applications. Professor Y. A. Rozanov, an internationally known mathematician whose

Four years of armored battle on the Eastern Front in the Second World War littered the battlefields with the wrecks of destroyed and disabled tanks, and Anthony Tucker-Jones\'s photographic history is a fascinating guide to them. It provides a graphic record of the various types of tank deployed by the Red Army and the Wehrmacht during the largest and most destructive confrontation between mechanized

Share this book with the baby in your life. Perfect for tummy time!From the eminent photographer and acclaimed book creator Tana Hoban, this bestselling accordion-style foldout book is sturdy enough to stand by itself and features fourteen bold black-and-white high-contrast images to engage babies and very young children.Tana Hoban\'s books are beloved by teachers, librarians, parents, and readers.

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To mark the publishing centenary of Freeman Wills Crofts, \'The King of Detective Story Writers\', this is one of six classic crime novels being issued in 2020 featuring Inspector French, coming soon to television.The Joymount Rapid Hardening Cement Manufacturing Company on the Solent is in serious financial trouble. Its rival, Chayle on the Isle of Wight, has a secret new manufacturing process and

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Why did Pythagoras pause outside a Blacksmith\'s workshop? Can the nature of Harmony really be understood visually? Why do harmonies leave gaps or \'commas\' when added together? In this charming pocket book Anthony Ashton uses a Victorian device called a Harmonograph to tell the story of Harmony and the intervals in the scale. With useful appendices and exquisite line drawings this is a unique and

Navid Kermani is one of the outstanding public intellectuals of his generation. Not one for drawing hard and fast conclusions, his style of thought is probing, observant, often straying from well-trodden paths and always peering beyond the present moment to trace connections and grasp the bigger picture. Well known for his prize-winning novels and major works of non-fiction, Kermani has also gained