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Tommy and Tuppence Beresford have just become the proud owners of an old house in an English village. Along with the property, they have inherited some worthless bric-a-brac, including a collection of antique books. While rustling through a copy of The Black Arrow, Tuppence comes upon a series of apparently random underlinings.However, when she writes down the letters, they spell out a very disturbing message: "Mary Jordan did not die naturall...

Think of it as the vacation resort of the collective unconscious. The Deadfall Hotel is where our nightmares go, it's where the dead pause to rest between worlds, and it's where Richard Carter and his daughter Serena go to rediscover life--if the things at the hotel don't kill them first. Original.

In the ninth novel in the national bestselling RCN space adventure series, Captain Daniel Leary and spy Adele Mundy are sent to carry out an easy task, but are caught in a wild goose chase filled with jealousy, extortion, rebellion, and gunfights.

Number 4 in the collected adventures of the "John Grimes of the Galactic Rim".

A witty, provocative, story-filled inquiry into the indispensible virtue of loyalty—a tricky item that gets tangled and compromised when loyalties collide (as they do), but a virtue the author, a prize-winning columnist for The Wall Street Journal, says is both essential and impossible.A witty, provocative, story-filled inquiry into the indispensable virtue of loyalty—a tricky ideal that gets tangled and compromised when loyalties collide (as ...

Finally, the cliché is peeled away and the essence of this utterly American character is so revealing. John Chapman comes alive here and it is a thrilling experience to escape the specific gravity of the decades of myth” (Ken Burns).This portrait of Johnny Appleseed restores the flesh-and-blood man beneath the many myths. It captures the boldness of an iconic American and the sadness of his last years, as the frontier marched past him, ever we...

It's time for Field Day at Bayport Elementary, and all the kids are excited. Whatever grade wins gets a pizza party, and the person with the highest personal score also gets a special prize. But when the field equipment is sabotaged, it looks like Field Day might not happen after all. Can Frank and Joe crack the case? Illustrations.

This story within a story within a story finds Roland Deschain in his early days during the guilt-ridden year following his mother's death. Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, a "skin-man, " Roland takes charge of a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast's most recent slaughter.

CHERUB agent James is assigned to what looks like a routine mission. Leon is a smalltime crook with big money. James's job is to make nice with Leon's kids, dig up some leads, and infiltrate his home. But when James suddenly unravels a much larger plot, the mission becomes anything but ordinary.

A Caldecott Honor winner begins a new series about a young girl forced to flee from her underground home with a treasured item--a scrap of cardboard on which is depicted a young girl, an adult, and a robot, with the word, "WondLa." Illustrations.

Anguished, beautifully written... The Long Goodbye is an elegiac depiction of drama as old as life." -- The New York Times Book ReviewFrom one of America's foremost young literary voices, a transcendent portrait of the unbearable anguish of grief and the enduring power of familial love. What does it mean to mourn today, in a culture that has largely set aside rituals that acknowledge grief? After her mother died of cancer at the age of fifty-f...

Resorts lassen an Palmen, weiße Sandstrände und türkisblaues Wasser denken, oder auch an eine wildromantische Berglandschaft. Jedes ist auf seine Weise einzigartig, allen gemeinsam ist eine reizvolle natürliche Umgebung, hevorragende Ausstattung, außergewöhnlicher Service sowie die Gewissheit von Exklusivität und die Garantie von Privatsphäre. Resort Design präsentiert die interessantesten Entwürfe aus der ganzen Welt - ob in der friedlichen A...

See 9780754834717 for the updated new edition 2019. Working in harmony with nature, eco gardeners can create attractive and resilient gardens that reduce our 'carbon footprint', while nurturing vibrant, biologically rich growing spaces.

Die Arbeitshefte Bismillah - Islam verstehen für den deutschsprachigen, bekenntnisgebundenen Islamunterricht vermitteln religiöses Wissen über alle Richtungen des Islam, dessen Traditionen und Riten. Sie beinhalten aber auch Grundlagenwissen über andere Religionen wie Christen- und Judentum. Die Hefte sind konsequent handlungsorientiert ausgerichtet. Die abwechslungsreichen Arbeitsaufgaben setzen am religiösen Vorwissen und an der Alltagswirkl...

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Amanda McCready was four years old when she vanished from her blue-collar Boston neighborhood. Patrick Kenzie and Angela Gennaro risked everything to find her, only to orchestrate her return to a neglectful mother and broken home. Twelve years later, Amanda, now sixteen, is gone again.Still haunted by their consciences, Kenzie and Gennaro must now revisit the nightmare that once tore them apart. Following the trail of a lost teenager into a wo...

An official London 2012 Olympic Games publication for anyone wishing to improve their fitness in the run up to the main event. This unique fitness manual is aimed at women, and features 70 exercises designed to assist beginners to get into shape. Featuring a foreword by a leading British Olympian, and written by health and fitness expert, Peta Bee.