The unforgettable debut novel by co-author with John Green of Will Grayson Will Grayson To be together with someone for twenty years seems like an eternity I can't seem to manage twenty days How do you stay together? Paul has been gay his whole life & he's confident about almost everything He doesn't have to hide his feelings like best friend Tony or even cope with loving the wrong guy like his other best friend Joni But heartbreak can happen to anyone Falling in love changes everything ...

BOY MEETS GIRL is a witty four-part comedy-drama from the pen of David Allison Martin Freeman stars as Danny Reed a DIY store worker directionless & dissatisfied with his lot in life He vents his frustrations on the customers when not pining for his co-worker Fiona (Angela Griffin) Danny is a world away from the successful vivacious Veronica (Rachael Stirling) whose job as a glamorous fashion journalist provides her with a well-stocked bank account & an even better stocked social calendar So when a freak accident traps the mismatched strangers in each others bodies the results aren&t pretty but they are hilarious ...

Jamal loves playing football which isn't easy if your goalie only has one leg & you keep having to dodge landmines to get your ball back Jamal's stubborn little sister Bibi is even better at football than Jamal But girls playing football is against the law in Afganistan When it is discovered that Jamal's mother has been secretly running a school the family must leave their home immediately & begin a long & dangerous journey to Australia The children survive separation from their parents hunger & violent smugglers only to find that Australia isn't as welcoming as they had thought but even though they face an uncertain future Jamal Bibi & their parents know that as long as they are together that is all that matters ...

Henry's mum & dad think his new friend Gary is BAD NEWS But Dad's got worse problems at work If he doesn't win the charity go-kart race he might lose his job! There's trouble ahead that's for sure But nobody reckons on a mystery boy racer who turns up at the track He's got a surprise in store for everyone Other titles in the series YOUNG ROBIN'S HOOD; A FOOTBALLER CALLED FLIP; THE MAGIC SNEEZE; ALIENS STOLE MY DOG; WHIZZ THE FLEABAG ...

Gripping action-packed thriller from the best-selling author of BRAVO TWO ZERO Ideal for adventure-seeking readers Danny Watts's grandfather Fergus was a traitor One of the worst sort An SAS explosives expert who betrayed his country & his Regiment for money Drug money He was arrested & left to rot & die in a Columbian jail At least that's what seventeen-year-old Danny is told when his hopes of becoming a soldier are destroyed for ever But he knows something the army doesn't seem to know Fergus Watts is alive & in the UK living in secret under an assumed name
- but where? Fergus is Danny's only living relative Burning with fury & desire for revenge Danny sets out to track down his grandfather & expose him In doing so he sets in train an explosive sequence of events which throw Danny & Fergus together on the run from the people who want Fergus & now Danny dead Packed with breathtaking action SAS procedures & surveillance & survival techniques this is a fast-moving action-packed thriller for teenagers
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Kidnapped & drugged Ash wakes up on a remote tropical island His mum
- a genetic scientist
- has been imprisoned & infected

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In the fast-approaching future when the drug-addled heir of a genetic-engineering company begins to investigate his company’s murky past he discovers he is the catalyst in a terrifying global event that will transform him & forever alter the course of human evolution ...

The closest he's ever come to super-stardom is playing the back end of a donkey in the school Nativity play Then his sister drags him along to an Apocalips concert & he overhears members of the band plotting to destroy all humanity Starting with their own lead singer Can Sam discover his hidden talents infiltrate the World's Most Evil Boyband & foil their fiendish plan? One thing's for sure
- if he's going to save the universe he'll need a bit of help
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This title is part of American Studies Now & available as an e-book first Visit ucpressedugoamericanstudiesnow to learn more The Boycott Divestment & Sanctions movement (BDS) has expanded rapidly though controversially in the US in the last five years The academic boycott of Israeli academic institutions is a key component of that movement What is this boycott? Why does it make sense? & why is this an American Studies issue? These key questions & others are answered in this essential short book Boycott! situates the academic boycott in the broader history of boycotts in the US as well as Palestine & shows how it has evolved into a transnational social movement that has spurred profound intellectual & political shifts It explores the movement's implications for antiracist feminist queer & academic labor organizing & examines the boycott in the context of debates about Palestine Zionism race rights-based politics academic freedom decolonization & neoliberal capitalism ...

Boyface Antelope has been waiting his whole life to turn ten & be allowed to enter his parents' stripemongering shop so he can take stripes off animals & put them on something different Like tartan onto badgers or removing the stripes of zebras to make ponies On the morning of his tenth birthday he finds his parents ill & they ask him not just to go in the shop but to look after it on his own! Will he be able to keep the stripemongery running smoothly? ...