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Write Your Own Thillers
by Pie CorbettInteractive ebook with 'Time to Write' and 'Writing Tips' waiting to be revealed at the press of a button Learn how to create your own characters, captivate your readers, set up great scenarios and end with the ultimate twist Chapters include Flights of Fantasy, Tricks of the Trade, Putting Pen to Paper and Editing and Publishing.
Writers of Multicultural Fiction for Young Adults: A Bio-Critical Sourcebook
by M. Daphne KutzerMulticultural fiction is an essential part of the American literary landscape. This reference helps scholars, teachers, and librarians choose significant texts from both the past and present, and provides guidance in approaching multicultural issues as they are discussed in fiction for young adults. Included are entries for 51 writers, some of whom have nearly been forgotten, others who are just emerging. Each entry provides biographical, critical, and bibliographical information, while a general bibliography of works on multicultural literature concludes the book.Authors included range from the nearly forgotten, such as Laura Adams Armer, to the newly discovered, such as Graham Salisbury, winner of the 1994 Scott O'Dell Award for Historical Fiction. The breadth of authors covered ensures an historical context for the issues raised by multiculturalism, and the sections on the critical reception of each author address such important issues as the authority and authenticity of the writer to comment on a different culture. Contributors are of many different ethnicities and include important scholars of children's literature, lending authenticity and authority to the volume itself.
Writing Gender Writing Self: Memory, Memoir and Autobiography
by Aparna Lanjewar BoseLife Writings/Narratives and studies in gender have been posing critical challenges to fetishizing the manner of canon formations and curriculum propriety. This book engages with these and other challenges turning our customary gaze towards women especially marginal, enabling us to interrogate the established pedagogical practices that accentuates the continuing denial of their agency. Reproduction of the cultural modes of narrativization based on memory and experience becomes a mode of reclaiming the agency. These challenge the homogenising singularity of communitarian notions besides dominant gender constructs using visual, textual, popular, historical, cultural and gender modes enabling one to rethink our received theoretical frameworks. This edited volume brings together 21 essays on life writings produced by both well-established and emerging writers in the field of literature written by scholars from countries like India, Pakistan, China, USA, Iran, Yemen and Australia, to name just a few. Many of the essays in this book focus on how the progress of the self is often impeded by the society it finds itself in. With an enlightening foreword by Dr. E.V. Ramakrishnan and a detailed, critical introduction by Aparna Lanjewar Bose, this anthology is useful for all those who wish to learn more about this genre of writing.
Writing Gender Writing Self: Memory, Memoir and Autobiography
by Aparna Lanjewar BoseLife Writings/Narratives and studies in gender have been posing critical challenges to fetishizing the manner of canon formations and curriculum propriety. This book engages with these and other challenges turning our customary gaze towards women especially marginal, enabling us to interrogate the established pedagogical practices that accentuates the continuing denial of their agency. Reproduction of the cultural modes of narrativization based on memory and experience becomes a mode of reclaiming the agency. These challenge the homogenising singularity of communitarian notions besides dominant gender constructs using visual, textual, popular, historical, cultural and gender modes enabling one to rethink our received theoretical frameworks. This edited volume brings together 21 essays on life writings produced by both well-established and emerging writers in the field of literature written by scholars from countries like India, Pakistan, China, USA, Iran, Yemen and Australia, to name just a few. Many of the essays in this book focus on how the progress of the self is often impeded by the society it finds itself in. With an enlightening foreword by Dr. E.V. Ramakrishnan and a detailed, critical introduction by Aparna Lanjewar Bose, this anthology is useful for all those who wish to learn more about this genre of writing.
The Writing on the Wall
by Jenny EclairFrom acclaimed writer and comedian, Jenny Éclair, comes a hilarious and heart-breaking story about a friendship against all odds. Summer 1975: Helena is bored out of her mind - there's absolutely nothing to do and her supposed "best friends" Gwen and Elaine are holidaying in the South of France without her. The only saving grace is that she's allowed to re-decorate her room - bring on the purple floral wallpaper.Summer 2021: New to the north, Hermione's mum has moved her away from London and all her friends to start a new life with new boyfriend Paul, who resembles a slab of meat from the butchers. Just as well she can paint over that hideous wallpaper in her new room.By some miracle, the girls meet. When Hermione discovers Helena's writing under the wallpaper - she's transported back to Summer 1975 and the two instantly hit it off. But after dancing to the juke box at the infamous Blue Monkey café, and meeting Helena's multiple crushes, Hermione discovers a truth about Helena's future which suggests she is in great danger...Hermione found the writing on the wall. But can she save Helena?Jenny Éclair is one of the UK's most popular writers and performers - she is the author of a number of critically acclaimed and Sunday Times Bestselling adult novels, including the Richard and Judy bestseller, Moving. Jenny was the first woman to win the prestigious Perrier Comedy Award.
The X-Files Origins: Agent of Chaos (The X-Files Origins #1)
by Kami Garcia'Excellent . . . thanks to this we now want two new X-Files shows' SFX magazineHow did Fox Mulder become a believer?In the spring of 1979, seventeen-year-old Fox Mulder has bigger problems than applying for college. Five years ago, his younger sister disappeared from their home and was never heard from again. Mulder blames himself, and his mother blames his father, who has retreated into his top-secret work for the State Department. In Fox's senior year, his dad has moved him to Washington, DC?away from his friends on Martha's Vineyard.While Mulder doesn't mind the fresh start and not being known as "that kid with the missing sister," he's still obsessed with finding Samantha. So when a local boy turns up dead and another child is abducted, Mulder can't stop himself from getting involved. Could there be a link to his sister's case? As he uncovers the truth, Mulder and his friends find themselves on the trail of a serial killer.Sucked into a world where conspiracies, the occult, and madness overlap, Fox Mulder starts to believe.
The X-Files Origins: Devil's Advocate (The X-Files Origins #2)
by Jonathan Maberry'Excellent . . . thanks to this we now want two new X-Files shows' SFX magazineHow did Dana Scully become a skeptic?In the spring of 1979, fifteen-year-old Dana Scully has bigger problems than being the new girl in school. Dana has always had dreams. Sometimes they've even come true. Until now, she tried to write this off as coincidence. But ever since her father's military career moved the family across the country to Craiger, Maryland, the dreams have been more like visions. Vivid, disturbing, and haunted by a shadowy figure who may be an angel . . . or the devil.When a classmate who recently died in a car accident appears before Dana, her wounds look anything but accidental. Compelled by a force she can't name, Dana uncovers even more suspicious deaths?and must face the dangerous knowledge that evil is real.But when a betrayal of faith makes her question everything, she begins to put her faith in being a skeptic.
Y Bachgen Mewn Pyjamas
by Catherine Jones Emily Huws John BoyneAddasiad o'r llyfr The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas a ddaeth yn destun ffilm gofiadwy yn ddiweddar. Stori ingol am ddarn o hanes na ddylid byth ei anghofio. Llyfr dadlennol am gyfeillgarwch ac am greulondeb rhyfel. Chlywodd Bruno, sy'n naw oed, erioed sôn am yr Ateb Terfynol na'r Holocost. Does ganddo ddim syniad fod ei wlad yn gwneud pethau mor greulon i bobl Ewrop. [A Welsh translation of The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas which was recently adapted into a memorable film which has touched the hearts of millions of people. Nine-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution and the Holocaust. He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.
Y Castell Siwgr
by Angharad TomosDwy ferch ar ddau gyfandir. Un lord ag awch am elw. Stori ddirdynnol am gaethferch, am forwyn, am long a chastell ac am ddioddefaint y tu hwnt i ddychymyg. [A tortuous historical novel by experienced Welsh novelist. The story takes us to Penrhyn's magnificent castle and to the terrible plantations of Jamaica, as we follow the lives of two young girls, Dorcas and Eboni. This is a novel that attempts to get to grip with this shocking chapter in the history of mankind.]
Y Ddinas ar Ymyl y Byd (Cyfres y Dderwen)
by Arwel VittleTu fewn i furiau'r Ddinas mae milwyr creulon, dynion busnes llwgr, Ceidwad hollbresennol, merch â marc dirgel ar ei hysgwydd a chyfrinachau'r awdurdodau. Mae'r Argyfwng a'r Haint wedi gadael eu hôl ac wedi troi natur ben i waered. Nofel ddychmygus i bobl ifainc ac oedolion yng Nghyfres y Dderwen gan awdur Dial yr Hanner Brawd a Talu'r Pris. [Within the City walls there are cruel soldiers, corrupt businessmen, an ever-present Keeper, a girl with a secret mark on her shoulder and the secrets of the authorities. The Crisis and the Disease have left their mark and turned nature up-side-down. An imaginative novel for teenagers and adults in the Cyfres y Dderwen series by the author of Dial yr Hanner Brawd.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.
Y Ddwy Lisa - Cysgod yr Hebog (Cyfres y Dderwen)
by Gareth WilliamsDilyniant i Y Ddwy Lisa - Sgrech y Dylluan. Mae bywydau'r ddwy Lisa yn gorgyffwrdd fwyfwy, er mor annhebygol mae hynny'n ymddangos ar yr olwg gyntaf. Nofel sy'n treiddio i gymeriad y ddwy a'u hymateb i berthynas â'u rhieni, ffrindiau a chariadon. [A sequel to Sgrech y Dylluan. In this novel we get to know the families of the two Lisas, by seeing the obvious tensions within the households. When Lisa Marie comes into contact with Lisa Angharad's father, the lives of the two girls become interlaced in an unimaginably dark way.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.
Y Ddwy Lisa - Sgrech y Dylluan (Cyfres y Dderwen)
by Gareth WilliamsMae Y Ddwy Lisa yn adrodd hanes Lisa Angharad a Lisa Marie, y ddwy ar yr wyneb yn gymeriadau hollol wahanol i'w gilydd. Ond mae bywydau'r ddwy'n dod ynghyd mewn modd tywyll sydd y tu hwnt i realiti. Nofel sy'n dal gafael hyd at y diwedd. [Y Ddwy Lisa tells the story of Lisa Angharad and Lisa Marie, who's characters, on the surface, appear to have nothing in common. Their lives, however, come together in a sinister way which pushes the bounds of reality. A gripping story right to the end.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.
Y Diffeithwch Du (Cyfres Y Melanai #2)
by Bethan GwanasMae'r nofel yn olrhain hanes Efa, sy'n dywysoges ar y Melanai, ar ôl iddi hi a'i ffrindiau ddianc o'r Palas rhag iddi orfod lladd ei mam, y frenhines, yn dilyn traddodiad y wlad. Maen nhw wedi cyrraedd Y Diffeithwch Du sydd yn llawn peryglon ac yn cwrdd â chawr o'r enw Id, a nifer o anifeiliaid a sefyllfaoedd peryglus a heriol. Ail deitl mewn trioleg. [A novel telling the story of Efa, princess of the Melanai, after she and her friends flee the Palace before she has to kill her mother, the queen, as decreed by tradition. On reaching The Dark Desolation which is full of dangers, they meet the giant Id, a number of animals and treacherous challenges. The second title in a trilogy.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.
Y Dyn Gwyrdd
by Gareth F. WilliamsUn tro - yn reit ddiweddar, a dweud y gwir - roedd bachgen ifanc o'r enw Derwyn yn byw efo'i rieni mewn hen fwthyn yn y goedwig. Dysgai ei fam yn yr ysgol gynradd a'i dad yn yr ysgol uwchradd. Anodd iawn oedd dweud pa un ohonyn nhw oedd yn cwyno fwyaf. [One day - quite recently, in fact - a young boy named Derwyn lived in an old cottage in the woods. His parents were both teachers, his mother taught in the primary school and his father at the secondary school, but it was often difficult to tell which one complained the most.]
Y Ffôn yn Marw
by Anthony Horowitz Tudur DylanDyw ffôn symudol David ddim yn stopio canu, ond nid galwadau arferol yw'r rhain. Mae hi'n edrych yn debyg fod David yn gallu cysylltu â'r nefoedd ... neu uffern. Mae gan Isabel deimlad ofnadwy fod y bath Fictoraidd, y mae ei rhieni wedi ei osod, yn disgwyl amdani. Ond a fydd y dŵr yn glir neu'n goch? [David's mobile won't stop ringing, but these are no ordinary callers. He seems to have a hotline to heaven ... or hell. Isabel has a nasty feeling that the Victorian bath her parents have installed is waiting for her. But it won't be a bubble bath she gets, more of a bloodbath.] Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.
Y "Fo" yn y Tŷ
by Mair HughesStori iasoer am deulu ifanc yn gorfod symud i fyw i hen dy sy'n mynd â'i ben iddo, a chanfod bod presenoldeb annifyr a pheryglus iawn yn byw yno. [A story about a young family who have to move to a dilapidated old house, and find that a very unpleasant and dangerous presence lives there.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.
Y "Fo" yn y Ty
by Mair HughesStori iasoer am deulu ifanc yn gorfod symud i fyw i hen dy sy'n mynd â'i ben iddo, a chanfod bod presenoldeb annifyr a pheryglus iawn yn byw yno. [A story about a young family who have to move to a dilapidated old house, and find that a very unpleasant and dangerous presence lives there.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.
Y Jaguar Glas Tywyll
by Elgan Davies Delyth Ifan James FieldMae Gethin Evans, 15 oed, yn ffansïo'i hun fel tipyn o dditectif. 'Dyw hi ddim yn syndod felly fod swydd dros yr haf gyda Margam Powell, Gwasanaeth Ymholi Personol, yn apelio ato. Ond prin bod dychymyg byw Gethin hyd yn oed wedi rhagweld yr hyn sy'n digwydd ar ôl ei gyfweliad. Gyda help Caryl, mae Gethin yn rhoi ei sgiliau ditectif ar waith. [Gethin Evans, 15 year old, fancies himself as a detective. It's no surprise then that he wishes to work during the summer holidays for Margam Powell, Personal Query Service. But even Gethin's vivid imagination could have predicted what would happen following his interview. With Caryl's help, he puts his detective skills to work.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.
Y Mabin-OD-i
by Hilma EdwardsNofel fer fyrlymus a hwyliog ar gyfer yr arddegau sy'n gyforiog o gymeriadau cyfarwydd o'r Mabinogi mewn sefyllfaoedd cwbl gyfoes. [A short humorous novel for teenagers in which familiar characters from traditional Welsh legends are placed in completely contemporary situations.] *Datganiad hawlfraint Gwneir y copi hwn dan dermau Rheoliadau (Anabledd) Hawlfraint a Hawliau mewn Perfformiadau 2014 i'w ddefnyddio gan berson sy'n anabl o ran print yn unig. Oni chaniateir gan gyfraith, ni ellir ei gopïo ymhellach, na'i roi i unrhyw berson arall, heb ganiatâd.
Y Pair Dadeni (Manawydan Jones)
by Alun DaviesNofel antur i'r arddegau cynnar - y nofel gyntaf ar gyfer yr oed yma gan awdur straeon y ditectif poblogaidd Taliesin MacLeavy. Y canolbwynt ydi bachgen mud 15 oed, Manawydan Jones, sy'n darganfod taw ei gyn-daid ydi Manawydan fab Llŷr o'r Mabinogi. Nofel hawdd i'w darllen gyda themâu dwys, yn rhoi gwedd newydd ar rai o straeon y Mabinogi i gynulleidfa ifanc. [An adventure novel for the early teens - the first novel by the author of the stories about popular detective Taliesing MacLeavy. The hero is 15 year old mute, Manawydan Jones, who discovers that he is descended from Manawydan fab Llŷr of the Mabinogi. An easy read with serious themes, presenting a modern look at some Mabinogi tales for a young audience.]
Y Pibgorn Hud
by Gareth EvansNofel antur wedi'i lleoli ym merw'r chweched ganrif ym Mhrydain yn y flwyddyn 552. Ynys ranedig, llawn tensiwn, sy'n bygwth ffrwydro fel llosgfynydd. Ynys sy'n simsanu ar ôl i'r pla sgubo drwy'r tir. Y cleddyf sy'n rheoli bellach, ac mae'n rhaid i bawb ddilyn y drefn. Yn enwedig plant. Yn enwedig merched. Pawb heblaw merch deuddeg oed o'r enw Ina. [An adventure novel set amidst the turmoil of 6th century Britain. Its the year 552 and the island is divided, with tensions threatening to explode like a volcano. The island is unsteady after the plague that has swept the land; the sword rules and everyone has to bow to the law. Especially children. Especially women. Everyone, apart from 12 year old Ina.]
Year 5 Comprehension Pupil Book: (PDF)
by Keen Kite Books StaffPupils can quickly get to grips with KS2 comprehension using questions that become progressively more challenging. Fully in line with the new National Curriculum.
Year 6 Comprehension Pupil Book (PDF)
by Keen Kite BooksPupils can quickly get to grips with KS2 comprehension using questions that become progressively more challenging. Fully in line with the new National Curriculum.
The Yearling (Illustrated Classics Series)
by Marjorie RawlingsAn American, bestselling classic and a Pulitzer Prize–winning novel, The Yearling epitomizes the love between a child and a pet. When young Jody Baxter adopts an orphaned fawn he calls Flag, he makes it a part of his family—and his best friend. But life in the Florida backwoods isn’t easy, and as his family fights off wolves, bears, alligators, and economic ruin in farming, Jody and his family realize that the maturing Flag is endangering their survival, and Jody is forced to face the reality of the situation and to make the toughest decision he’ll ever have. Penguin Random House Canada is proud to bring you classic works of literature in e-book form, with the highest quality production values. Find more today and rediscover books you never knew you loved.
Yes! No (maybe... )
by Liz PichonThe laugh-out-loud Tom Gates is back in another brilliant instalment of Liz Pichon's bestselling illustrated series. Sometimes making up my mind isn't easy to do. Especially when my grumpy sister Delia is LOOMING over me. Mum's on a mission to TIDY UP the whole house. She says if I can't decide what to get rid of, she'll do it for me. Which would be a DISASTER! Lucky for me, The FOSSILS come to my rescue (more than once!)