A nasty outbreak of murder at an old people's home in the Black Country town of Dedley provides a new case for detectives Brough and Miller. Meanwhile, their personal lives come to the fore and strange goings on up at...
This fantastic story is a version of the well-known children's tale The Swiss Family Robinson where a family from Switzerland is marooned in the East Indies. The tale follows their battle for survival and attempts to return to the outside...
A fantastic resource for students and lovers of opera. This book contains a wealth of information about the works of the greatest opera composers. Includes information on the composers themselves, as well as discussions of the music and plot of...
Miles Franklin's 1901 ground-breaking debut, and an instant sensation. Meet Sybylla Melvyn, the young girl hungering for life and love in outback New South Wales.
Author: Franklin, Miles
Publisher: Allen & Unwin
Illustration: n
Language: ENG
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An easy-to-use, illustrated, practical guide for women who are experiencing pain and discomfort during their pregnancies as well as for women who want to do their best to prevent an uncomfortable nine months. Written by one of Sydney's leading obs......
As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Cal Ripken, Jr.: Endurance discusses the struggles and triumphs of Cal Ripken's life. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or...
As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Althea Gibson: Persistence discusses the struggles and triumphs of Althea Gibson's life. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue to a celebrated athlete or coach,......
As part of the acclaimed Sports Virtues series, Gale Sayers and Brian Piccolo: Compassion discusses the struggles and triumphs of Gale Sayers' and Brian Piccolo's lives. As with each story in the Sports Virtues series, this book assigns a virtue...
Who is Hachiman? What is the Seven Gods of Fortune? Why are myths so important in our lives? Myths are a rich source of history. People use them to make sense of our world. Even before myths were written down,...
Before Frank Shamrock became known professionally as "The Legend"-winning almost every mixed martial arts title in existence-he endured a childhood marred with abuse, neglect, and molestation that led to an equally troubled young adulthood. This r......
When Germany's Sixth Army advanced to Stalingrad in 1942, its long-extended flanks were mainly held by its allied armies-the Romanians, Hungarians, and Italians. But as history tells us, these flanks quickly caved in before the massive Soviet coun......
A novel of suspense, first published in hardback by Five Star Cengage/Gale. Life can change in just an instant. That's the harsh reality that Jenny Jasik faces when her son is killed in an automobile accident, but never in her...
G - E - T. Three simple letters that form a simple word that defines the world in which we live. We strive to GET AHEAD in our careers. We seek to GET CRACKING, GET A MOVE ON and hurry to our destinations. Sometimes, we...
A new thriller from the best-selling author-Thomas Hoover Genetic manipulation can be a wonderful thing; but what happens if you do it to an NFL football team? Nolan Pharmaceutical was a company in trouble. So were the New York Wolverines,...
The Untold Story of the First American Revolution Barbados, 1648. The lush and deadly Caribbean paradise, domain of rebels and freeholders, of brigands, bawds and buccaneers. Where the flames of revolution exploded a full 130 years before engulfi......
A seductive novel of southern lyricism. Monte Schulz's prose novel opens in the spring of 1929, as the 19-year-old consumptive farm boy Alvin Pendergast attends an ill-fated dance marathon he's too sickly to participate in. After a year of his...
Do you want to free your body from pain in minutes? Sleep without using pills? Lose weight naturally? 50 Ways to Fix Your Life: The Workbook contains easy-to-follow, self-healing exercises to do this and more. Understand how to put childhood...
"You ain't no damn game warden, are ya?" the poacher snarled. I looked him straight in the eye and lied. "Game warden . . . ? I ain't no game warden!"The poacher paused, mulling over my answer, and added quietly,...
"Full of unpredictable twists and turns. There's plenty of fizz in the chemistry between the two protagonists to keep the novel and the reader spinning."—Boston Globe There’s more fireworks down the Jersey shore in Chris Grabenstein......
In Lakota tradition, the bow and arrow were more than tools for hunting or battle. The bow's resilience and flexibility, the arrow's grace and power, the archer's focus and patience-in these, we find the essential qualities for living a life...