Will your past always catch up with you? ... Tessa Dannall is excited and happy when her daughter, Nia, arrives at their family's tropical beach resort to get married. Tessa is also trying to forget the last time she went to a wedding on this beach and how that day changed her life for ever. But as the big day draws near, Tessa realises she must face the deadly ghosts from her past - or they may ruin her daughter's future. "Terrifically addictive" Good Housekeeping "Beautifully written" Closer "Koomson just gets better and better" Woman and Home ... |
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This book is an adaptation of seven of Edgar Allan Poes's famous short stories. It has about 3 000 headwords and is appropriate for upper intermediate to advanced learners. The text has been adapted and simplified, but it keeps the ideas and flavor found in the original stories. Edgar Allan Poe (1809 - 1849) was an American poet, short story writer, literary critic and a major figure in world literature."It would also be just to say that Edgar Allan Poe sacrificed his life to work, his human destiny to immortality." Jeorge Luis Borges "It's because I liked Edgar Allan Poe's strories so much ... |
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In this book illustrated by Alan Burton, there are two nineteenth-century ghost stories - "The House in the Picture" and "Abbot Thomas' Treasure". The House in the Picture Mr. Williams has an old picture of a house. It is not a very good picture. It is not a very good picture. It is not a very interesting picture. Then the picture tells Mr. Williams a terrible story. Abbot Thomas' Treasure An archaeologist finds some gold in an old church. It has been hidden for three hundred years. But the guardian of the gold returns, and the guardian of the treasure is angry. This book is in ... |
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As an inseparable part of the Bulgarian people, the Bulgarian Jews have shared on an equal basis the entire history of their establishment as a nation. Integrated for centuries in Bulgarian society, the Bulgarian Jews have participated alongside all Bulgarians in the country's national history. They defended their homeland during the struggles for liberation from Ottoman rule and fought in all the wars in which Bulgaria was protecting it's statehood and nationhood. The contribution of the Jews to Bulgaria's economic, cultural and intellectual advancement following the Liberation is also considerable. It has ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... "Tales of the Jazz Age" features some of F. Scott's Fitzgerald's best-loved short stories and "novelettes" including "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" and "The Diamond as Big as the Ritz". Set in the Jazz Age, Fitzgerald's own term for the Roaring Twenties of newly confident, post-war America, this collection shows a comic genius at work, fashioning every genre from low farce to shrewd social insight, along with fantasy of extraordinary invention. These stories illuminate the unique talent who went ... |
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Selected writings edited by Suzy Cripps. ... Just like the best walks, The Joy of Walking takes you on a journey with lots to surprise and enjoy along the way. Through the best of classic writing, this inspiring anthology shows how the simple act of walking goes to the heart of life itself. Part of the Macmillan Collector's Library ; a series of stunning pocket size classics. Whether walking through awe-inspiring countryside or weaving your way through crowds in the hustle and bustle of great cities, we take thousands of steps a day. Finding meaning in movement can be difficult in today’s frenetic world. This may ... |
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Based on the story of Mark Twain . Retold by Alex Raynham . ... It is 1547 in London, and Tom is a pauper. His father sends him onto the streets of London to beg for money every day, and hits him when he brings nothing back. But Edward is a prince, the son of King Henry VIII, and he has everything. There is something very unusual about these boys: they are from different worlds, but they look the same. When they meet one day, a mistake puts each boy into the wrong life. So what happens when a prince lives as a pauper, and a pauper lives as a king? Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary ... |
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The ever-elusive Enola Holmes has now been on the run for more than eight months, much to the bemusement of her brother - the world's most famous detective, Sherlock Holmes. During a chance encounter with an old acquaintance, Lady Cecily, Enola realises that there is more to the young woman's plight than meets the eye. Especially when she leaves behind a dire plea for help within a peculiar pink fan... Puzzled, Enola finds she has no choice but to risk her freedom and join forces with Sherlock. But can she trust him? And can they both save Lady Cecily in time? ... |
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The international bestseller. ... Sometimes you have to travel a long way to see what's right in front of you. It's not the journey that counts, but who's at your side. Nana is on a road trip, but he is not sure where he is going. All that matters is that he can sit beside his beloved owner Satoru in the front seat of his silver van. Satoru is keen to visit three old friends from his youth, though Nana doesn’t know why and Satoru won't say. Set against the backdrop of Japan's changing seasons and narrated with a rare gentleness and humour, Nana’s story explores the wonder and thrill of life's ... |
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Pretending to be in love never tasted better. A wedding in Spain. The most infuriating man. Three days to convince your family you're actually in love... Catalina Martin desperately needs a date to her sister's wedding. Especially when her little white lie about her American boyfriend has spiraled out of control. Now everyone she knows - including her ex-boyfriend and his fiancée - will be there. She only has four weeks to find someone willing to cross the Atlantic for her and aid in her deception. NYC to Spain is no short flight and her family won't be easy to fool... But even then, when Aaron ... |
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Consent, Boundaries and Being in charge of you. From the co-creator of the viral "Tea Consent" video, this is the perfect introduction to consent for kids and families everywhere. ... Your body belongs to you and you get to set your own rules, so that you may have boundaries for different people and sometimes they might change. Like when you hi-five your friends and kiss your kitten, but not the other way round! But consent doesn't need to be confusing. From setting boundaries, to reflecting on your own behaviour and learning how to be an awesome bystander, this book will have you feeling confident, ... |
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To the outside world Alice, Jake and Harry have little in common. Alice is a social outsider: reclusive, middle-aged, and with only 850,000 honeybees for company. Jake, following an accident at a high school party, is grappling with life in a wheelchair and dashed dreams of music school. And Harry is an aimless twenty-four-year-old suffering from debilitating social anxiety. But when Alice nearly crashes her pick-up truck, packed with thousands of honeybees, into Jake, the last thing she expects is to find that Jake has a gift: he can hear her bees buzzing as a form of music. And when Harry also arrives at Alice's ... |