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Charlotte lives with her grandfather in a house with a secret: The Tower Room. It is the one room in which she's been forbidden to snoop. Charlotte, however, is eleven years old and has a mind of her own, and when she and her friend Henry hide beneath the table of the Tower Room one afternoon in May, they overhear part of a conversation they were not meant to hear and are drawn into an adventure they could scarcely have imagined. Thrown back i...

Young minds meet adult passions in a Spanish counterpart to L.P. Hartley's "The Go-Between". Marse was the winner of the prestigious Cervantes Prize in 2008. Now in paperback.

This is a book of statistics using the Spot Form and the Top Speed ratings for horses of the Racing Post. The results are laid out in a set of tables in this book. The first three Spot Forms and the first three Top Speeds ratings taken from each race of the first six races every day, during a period of just over year, 406 days giving a total of 2436 races. To this I also applied 9 different types of bets, singles, doubles, trebles, patents*2...

An uneasy man in a brutal business: Nine stories, including the Edgar-nominated "Marley's Revolution, " follow CIA case officer Charles Marley in his career of lies and seduction. He is adept, according to the people who run him, at turning other countries' spies with money and empty promises. His other talent is self-deception, about women and politics. By the author of The Man Who Knew Brecht. John C. Boland's short fiction has been nominate...

Nine early plays by author-dramatist Joseph Goodrich, 2008 winner of the Mystery Writers of America's Edgar for Best Play. Drawing on Modernism and Hollywood noir, these short dramas seethe with violence and desperation. "There are no happy endings for the characters in these plays, " says Goodrich in his introduction.

The hunter has become the hunted.Zoey Daniels is on the run for her life. Hiding from the very people she used to work for. She just found out her whole life was a lie, a science experiment of DMG. One with a fatal flaw-one that could kill her-taking Ryker's magic with her forever.With their relationship changing and their shaky alliance growing into something more, they are in a race against time. Ryker, Zoey, and a narcoleptic monkey-sprite,...

Preghiera dello studente: Perché mi imponi quello che sai se voglio apprendere ciò che non conosco e essere autore delle mie proprie scoperte?... Non voglio la verità Dammi quello che non conosco. Come essere futuro senza abbandonare il presente? Non devi istruirmi Lasciami vivere vivendo insieme a me, lascia che il nuovo sia nuovo, e che il passato sia la negazione del presente, lascia che il conosciuto sia mia liberazione e non mia schiavitù...

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FICTION / Mystery & Detective / General

Robert Stone is the award-winning author of several novels, including the bestsellers Outerbridge Reach and Damascus Gate.

A Man of Emails follows on from Michael Byrne's previous collection Southbound. Again, there is the balance between his painterly imagism and his quirky use of traditional form. With technical flair and flamboyancy, Byrne explores matters relating to his history, environment and psyche. Get to know A Man of Emails.'There is manifest intelligence in Byrne's poetry and an emerging technical competence... Let us hope for more from him.' - Peter P...

They're baa-ack! Make way for the bestselling children's series ofall time! With a fresh new look, GOOSEBUMPS is set to scare a wholenew generation of kids. So reader beware--you're in for a scare!On Max's birthday, he finds a kind of magic mirror in the attic.It can make make him invisible. So Max and his friends start playing"now you see me, now you don't." Until Max realizes that he'slosing control. Staying invisible a little too long. Havi...

A fresh, up-to-date account of the long history of an island and its peoples, the first in one volume for 90 years. Explores not only the stories of English history, but how we remember it, the debates, and what it means to us. Now in paperback.

Jacqueline Buswell's first collection of poems is a very solid contribution to contemporary Australian poetry. Hers is a journey with eyes wide open, a well-tuned voice and firm steps into evocations and ironic reflections. A great fusion of rhythms and forms, themes and personal experiences. Lucidity and compassion.' - Mario Licón Cabrera'Jacqueline Buswell is an interpreter and translator with an intense interest in Spanish/English communica...

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Winner of the James Harvey Robinson Prize from the American Historical Association, and widely acclaimed by educators and students, Abina and the Important Men, 2e is a compelling and powerfully illustrated "graphic history" based on an 1876 court transcript of a West African woman named Abina, who was wrongfully enslaved and took her case to court.

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In 2012, veteran cyclist Michael Barry announced his retirement from the sport after riding for several top professional teams, including US Postal and Team Sky. Weeks later he testified against his former team mate Lance Armstrong, as part of the USADA investigation. In a stunning piece of writing, Barry explores the dreams and passion of a young, idealistic cycling fan from Toronto, what it was like to go on to ride as a teammate alongside s...