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Lair of Dreams: A Diviners Novel (Diviners #2)
by Libba BrayAfter a supernatural showdown with a serial killer, Evie O'Neill has outed herself as a Diviner. Now that the world knows of her ability to 'read' objects, and therefore, read the past, she has become a media darling, earning the title, 'America's Sweetheart Seer'. But not everyone is so accepting of the Diviners' abilities . . . Meanwhile, mysterious deaths have been turning up in the city, victims of an unknown sleeping sickness. Can the Diviners descend into the dreamworld and catch a killer?
Latin for Common Entrance 13+ Exam Practice Questions, Level 2 (PDF)
by Bob BassExam Board: ISEB Level: 13+ Subject: Latin First Teaching: September 2014 First Exam: Autumn 2015 This set of exam-style questions provides pupils with a wealth of practice for 13+ ISEB Latin Common Entrance exams at Level 2. The huge range of questions covers translation, grammar and vocabulary, enabling pupils to familiarise themselves with the types of questions they will face in the real exam -Endorsed by ISEB - Prepares pupils for Latin Common Entrance and Level 2 entrance exams - Features extensive practice in comprehension and translation both from English to Latin and Latin to English - Includes a complete vocabulary list for Level 2 to serve as a checklist for pupils
Latin for Common Entrance 13+ Level 1: Exam Practice Questions (PDF)
by R. C. BassThis set of exam-style questions provides pupils with a wealth of practice for 13+ ISEB Latin Common Entrance exams at Level 1. The huge range of questions covers translation, grammar and vocabulary, enabling pupils to familiarise themselves with the types of questions they will face in the real exam.
Latin For Common Entrance 13+ Revision Guide (PDF)
by N. R. R. OultonUpdated for the latest ISEB Classics syllabus, this book consolidates all the Latin grammar pupils need to know for the exam into one book, making it an indispensable revision resource for any pupil. It contains clear explanations of all topics, including information on the non-linguistic exam, followed by 'Test Yourself' questions so that pupils can ensure they have understood what they have learnt. - Endorsed by ISEB - Information is presented clearly and methodically to ensure it is accessible for pupils - Includes information on the linguistic and non-linguistic sections so pupils are fully prepared for the Level 1, 2 and 3 ISEB Latin exams - 'Test Yourself' exercises are included so pupils can check their progress - Ideal for using alongside Latin Vocabulary for Key Stage 3 and Common Entrance
Laura Ingalls Wilder: American Writer on the Prairie (Routledge Historical Americans)
by Sallie KetchamLaura Ingalls Wilder wrote stories that have defined the American frontier for generations of readers. As both author and character in her own books, she became one of the most famous figures in American children’s literature. Her famous Little House on the Prairie series, based on her childhood in Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, and South Dakota, blended memoir and fiction into a vivid depiction of nineteenth-century settler life that continues to shape many Americans’ understanding of the country’s past. Poised between fiction and fact, literature and history, Wilder’s life is a fascinating window on the American West. Placing Wilder’s life and work in historical context, and including previously unpublished material from the Wilder archives, Sallie Ketcham introduces students to domestic frontier life, the conflict between Native Americans and infringing white populations, and the West in public memory and imagination.
Laura Ingalls Wilder: American Writer on the Prairie (Routledge Historical Americans)
by Sallie KetchamLaura Ingalls Wilder wrote stories that have defined the American frontier for generations of readers. As both author and character in her own books, she became one of the most famous figures in American children’s literature. Her famous Little House on the Prairie series, based on her childhood in Wisconsin, Kansas, Minnesota, and South Dakota, blended memoir and fiction into a vivid depiction of nineteenth-century settler life that continues to shape many Americans’ understanding of the country’s past. Poised between fiction and fact, literature and history, Wilder’s life is a fascinating window on the American West. Placing Wilder’s life and work in historical context, and including previously unpublished material from the Wilder archives, Sallie Ketcham introduces students to domestic frontier life, the conflict between Native Americans and infringing white populations, and the West in public memory and imagination.
Learning for Life and Work in Close-up Year 9
by Paula McCulloughThis is the second in a series of 3 books written for Learning for Life and Work Key Stage 3. It covers the 3 main strands, Personal Development, Citizenship and Employability at a level appropriate for Year 9 students. Written in a clear and engaging style, it is suitable for a broad range of abilities, making complex issues accessible.
Leaving China: An Artist Paints His World War II Childhood
by James McMullanIn a unique memoir comprising more than fifty watercolor paintings and accompanying text, award-winning artist and New York Times bestselling author James McMullan explores how his early childhood in China and wartime journeys with his mother influenced his whole life, especially his artwork.
Lewis Carroll: A Biography
by Morton CohenCharles Lutwidge Dodgson was a pioneering photographer, Oxford don and mathematician, who - as Lewis Carroll - gave the world not only Alice, but the Jabberwocky, the Red Queen, the Mad Hatter, the March Hare, the Cheshire Cat and an unforgettable tea party. But who was he?In this elegant, affectionate biography, Morton N. Cohen brings a singular expertise - drawn from some thirty years' scholarship on Carroll as well as from special access to the Dodgson family documents - to the riddle of the quiet, stammering man who liberated children's books from the moralists and whose imagination brought forth some of the funniest nonsense, wildest characters and most extraordinary cultural icons of modern times.His life has puzzled psychologists and literary historians for generations. Now, with full mastery of Caroll's letters and voluminous diaries, Cohen explores as never before the paradox of the man: the unworldly innocent whose passionate worship of young girls has incited endless speculation; the Victorian gentleman whose sombre religious meditations shared a place in his mind with the Snark and the Boojum; the cloistered, lonely bachelor don whose magical books are known in every culture in the world today.What emerges is a portrait that is filled with admiration for Carroll's accomplishment, delight in his playfulness and charm and sympathy for the self-reproach and emotional turbulence that lay beneath Carroll's apparently placid existence. Lewis Carroll: A Biography is an extraordinary work of literary scholarship.
Liccle Bit: Have You Ever Dreamed Too Big? (Crongton #1)
by Alex WheatleWhat's worse than hiding a secret? Liccle Bit's about to find out...Venetia King is the hottest girl at school. Too bad Lemar is the second shortest guy in his year. Everyone calls him Liccle Bit, and his two best friends, McKay and Jonah, never tire of telling him he has no chance with girls. Things aren't much better at home. His mum is permanently hassled, his sister a frustrated single mum and his dad moved out years ago. Liccle Bit wishes he could do something - anything! - to make life better. A new phone would be a start... When Venetia starts paying Liccle Bit attention, he secretly hopes he's on a fast track to a first date. Unfortunately, as a new gang war breaks out, he finds himself on a fast track to something much more sinister. South Crongton's notorious gang leader has taken an interest in Liccle Bit. Before he knows what's happening, he finds himself running errands. But when he hears about a killing on the estate, Liccle Bit is forced to question his choices. How can he possibly put things right?
The Lie Tree
by Frances HardingeWinner of the Costa Book of the Year 2015. The Lie Tree is a wonderfully evocative and atmospheric novel by Frances Hardinge, award-winning author of Cuckoo Song and Fly By Night.Faith's father has been found dead under mysterious circumstances, and as she is searching through his belongings for clues she discovers a strange tree. The tree only grows healthy and bears fruit if you whisper a lie to it. The fruit of the tree, when eaten, will deliver a hidden truth to the person who consumes it. The bigger the lie, the more people who believe it, the bigger the truth that is uncovered. The girl realizes that she is good at lying and that the tree might hold the key to her father's murder, so she begins to spread untruths far and wide across her small island community. But as her tales spiral out of control, she discovers that where lies seduce, truths shatter . . .
Life and Death: Twilight Reimagined (Twilight Saga #12)
by Stephenie MeyerThere are two sides to every story....You know Bella and Edward, now get to know Beau and Edythe.When Beaufort Swan moves to the gloomy town of Forks and meets the mysterious, alluring Edythe Cullen, his life takes a thrilling and terrifying turn. With her porcelain skin, golden eyes, mesmerizing voice, and supernatural gifts, Edythe is both irresistible and enigmatic.What Beau doesn't realize is the closer he gets to her, the more he is putting himself and those around him at risk. And, it might be too late to turn back....With a foreword and afterword by Stephenie Meyer, this compelling reimagining of the iconic love story is a must-read for Twilight fans everywhere.
Lion Heart: A Scarlet Novel (Scarlet #No. 3)
by A. C. GaughenThe thrilling final book in A. C. Gaughen's action-packed and romance-filled Robin Hood retelling. * "A rip-roaring tale." --Booklist, starred review, on ScarletScarlet hasn't seen daylight in months--not since she sacrificed herself to save Robin's life and watched one of her dearest friends murdered right before her eyes. Locked away and constantly moved from dungeon to dungeon, Scarlet manages to escape against all odds. She desperately wants to return to Rob, until she learns of a dangerous plot that puts everyone in the kingdom in jeopardy. Armed with the truth about her heritage, Scarlet is the only one who can stop it . . . Don't miss these other books from A. C. Gaughen:The Scarlet seriesScarletLady ThiefLion HeartThe Elementae seriesReign the EarthImprison the Sky
Locative Social Media: Place in the Digital Age
by L. EvansThis book offers a critical analysis of the effect of usage of locative social media on the perceptions and phenomenal experience of lived in spaces and places. Drawing on users accounts of location-based social networking, a digital post-phenomenology of place is developed to explain how place is mediated in the digital age.
The Lost and the Found
by Cat ClarkeReal, compulsive and intense: Cat Clarke is the queen of emotional suspense. For fans of Paula Hawkins, Gillian Flynn, Megan Abbott and Jandy Nelson.SHE WAS LOST... When six-year-old Laurel Logan was abducted, the only witness was her younger sister, Faith. Faith's childhood was dominated by Laurel's disappearance - from her parents' broken marriage and the constant media attention to dealing with so-called friends who only ever wanted to talk about her sister. NOW SHE IS FOUND... Thirteen years later, a young woman is found in the garden of the Logans' old house, disorientated and clutching the teddy bear Laurel was last seen with. Laurel is home at last, safe and sound. Faith always dreamed of getting her sister back, without ever truly believing it would happen. But a disturbing series of events leaves Faith increasingly isolated and paranoid, and before long she begins to wonder if everything that's lost can be found again...
The Lost Twin (Scarlet and Ivy #1)
by Sophie CleverlyThis is the story of how I became my sister… A spine-tingling mystery set in a creepily atmospheric boarding school. Ivy must uncover the secrets behind her twin sister Scarlet’s disappearance before it’s too late.
Love Fortunes and Other Disasters: A Swoon Novel (Swoon Novels #5)
by Kimberly KaraliusLove is real in the town of Grimbaud, and Fallon Dupree has dreamed of attending high school there for years. After all, generations of Duprees have successfully followed the (one hundred per cent accurate!) love fortunes from Zita's famous Love Charms Shop to happily marry their high-school sweethearts. It's a tradition. So she is both stunned and devastated when her fortune states that she will NEVER find true love.But Fallon isn't the only student with a terrible love fortune, and a rebellion is brewing. Fallon is determined to take control of her own fate - even if it means working with a notorious heartbreaker like Sebastian.Will Fallon and Sebastian ever be able to defy fate and fall in love?Debut-novelist Kimberly Karalius's charming romance, chosen by readers, writers and publishers for the first list in the new Swoon Reads imprint, will carry you away on a magical adventure full of heartbreak, hope and happy-ever-afters!
Lying Out Loud (PDF)
by Kody KeplingerKody Keplinger returns to the world of The DUFF in this brand-new companion novel! Sonny Ardmore is an excellent liar. She lies about her dad being in prison. She lies about her mom kicking her out. And she lies about sneaking into her best friend's house every night because she has nowhere else to go. Amy Rush might be the only person Sonny shares everything with -- secrets, clothes, even a nemesis named Ryder Cross. Ryder's the new kid at Hamilton High and everything Sonny and Amy can't stand -- a prep-school snob. But Ryder has a weakness: Amy. So when Ryder emails Amy asking her out, the friends see it as a prank opportunity not to be missed. But without meaning to, Sonny ends up talking to Ryder all night online. And to her horror, she realizes that she might actually like him. Only there's one small catch: he thinks he's been talking to Amy. So Sonny comes up with an elaborate scheme to help Ryder realize that she's the girl he's really wanted all along. Can Sonny lie her way to the truth, or will all her lies end up costing her both Ryder and Amy?
The Magic Faraway Tree: 01: The Enchanted Wood
by Enid BlytonThe first magical story in the Faraway Tree series by one of the world's most popular children's authors, Enid Blyton. Joe, Beth and Frannie find the Enchanted Wood on the doorstep of their new home, and when they discover the Faraway Tree they fall into all sorts of adventures! Join them and their friends Moonface, Saucepan Man and Silky the fairy as they discover which new land is at the top of the Faraway Tree. Will it be the Land of Spells, the Land of Treats, or the Land of Do-As-You-Please? Come on an amazing adventure! First published in 1939, this edition contains the original text. Inside illustrations are by Jan McCafferty, and the cover by Mark Beech (2014).
Making Culture Count: The Politics of Cultural Measurement (New Directions in Cultural Policy Research)
by Lachlan MacDowall Marnie Badham Emma Blomkamp Kim DunphyThis book is a collection of diverse essays by scholars, policy-makers and creative practitioners who explore the burgeoning field of cultural measurement and its political implications. Offering critical histories and creative frameworks, it presents new approaches to accounting for culture in local, national and international contexts.
The Mammoth Book Of Everest: From the first attempts to today, 40 first-hand accounts (Mammoth Books #372)
by Jon E. LewisThis selection of the very best writing on Everest begins with the first attempts and continues, via Mallory's failed bid and Hillary and Tenzing's triumph, to the disasters of recent years. It features 35 white-knuckle accounts of climbing on the world's highest mountain, with all the tragedy and triumph of humankind's striving for the top of the world, by those who know the 'Death Zone' best - the climbers themselves. But this is much more than just the best of exhilarating first-hand accounts of climbing on Everest. It includes the full history of the conquest of Everest, and provides an evocative portrait of the cruel, natural beauty of Chomolungma, 'The Mother Goddess of the World'.
Manners and Mutiny: Number 4 in series (Finishing School #4)
by Gail CarrigerThe fourth and final book in a steampunk YA adventure series, from Orbit's New York Times bestselling author of the Parasol Protectorate series.When a dastardly Pickleman plot comes to fruition, only Sophronia can save her friends, her school, and all of London...but at what cost? Our proper young heroine puts her training and skills to the test in this highly anticipated conclusion of the rousing, intriguing, and always polished New York Times bestselling Finishing School series!
The Masked Truth
by Kelley ArmstrongThey want her dead - but this time, she won't hide.A few months ago, Riley Vasquez was caught up in a horrific murder. Now everyone around her thinks she's a hero. Riley isn't so sure. Meanwhile British army brat Max Cross is suffering under the shadow of a life-altering diagnosis he doesn't dare reveal.The last thing either of them wants is to spend a weekend away at a therapy camp alongside five other teens with 'issues'. But that's exactly where they are when three masked men burst in to take the group hostage. The building has no windows. The exits are sealed shut. Their phones are gone. And their captors are on a killing spree. Riley and Max know that if they can't get out, they'll be next. They'll have to work together - but first they'll have to trust each other with their deepest secrets.
Mathematics Year 4 (PDF)
by David Hillard Serena AlexanderMathematics Year 4 goes beyond the requirements of the new National Curriculum and continues to stretch and challenge pupils with the revision of basic numerical skills, as well as the introduction of new material on topics such as negative numbers, decimals, inequalities and perimeter and area. - Endorsed by ISEB - Covers the new National Curriculum Programmes of Study to ensure pupils are learning the most up to date material - Combines the traditional standard method with the mental approach to challenge all abilities - Features end-of-chapter activities and summary exercises to engage pupils and consolidate the information learned Answer book available separately
Mathematics Year 4 (PDF)
by David Hillard Serena AlexanderMathematics Year 4 goes beyond the requirements of the new National Curriculum and continues to stretch and challenge pupils with the revision of basic numerical skills, as well as the introduction of new material on topics such as negative numbers, decimals, inequalities and perimeter and area. - Endorsed by ISEB - Covers the new National Curriculum Programmes of Study to ensure pupils are learning the most up to date material - Combines the traditional standard method with the mental approach to challenge all abilities - Features end-of-chapter activities and summary exercises to engage pupils and consolidate the information learned Answer book available separately