The Middle East is notoriously complex & difficult. This title offers historical background, real-life examples, profiles of key figures from Nasser to Gadaffi, & popular jokes from the area. It is suitable for tourists, students, & the interested general readers. ...

Rafe Khatchadorian has enough problems at home without throwing his first year of middle school into the mix. Luckily, he's got an ace plan for the best year ever, if he can pull it off. With his best friend Leonardo the Silent awarding him points, Rafe tries to break every rule in his school's oppressive Code of Conduct. ...

After sixth grade, Rafe Khatchadorian thinks he has it made in seventh grade. He's been accepted to art school in the big city & imagines a math-&-history-free fun zone. It's more competitive than Rafe ever expected, & to score big in class, he needs to find a way to turn his boring life into the inspiration for a work of art. ...

An analysis of the life of an English provincial town during the time of social unrest prior to the Reform Bill of 1832 told through the lives of Dorothea Brooke & Dr Tertius Lydgate. This title

Includes:: a host of other paradigm characters who illuminate the condition of English life in the mid-nineteenth century.

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Miss Brooke had that sort of beauty which seems to be thrown into relief by poor dress...

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The stunning sequel to Silverhorse. As an apprentice bredinari, hot-tempered Kat is finally within touching distance of fulfilling ...

? Your sister is going to hell, Jack Nightingale.? Somehow, variations of that line keep former police negotiator Nightingales life careening in wild, unforeseen directions. This time, it is uttered by a dead woman hanging over a staircase, her neck broken by the laundry cord she tied around it before tossing herself over the banister. But Jack & his sister have been separated since birth? How can he save someone hes never met? Nightingale goes on the hunt for the sister he never knew, but everyone he talks to about her dies horribly. Its as if someone?or something?is determined to keep them apart. If he's going to save her, he's going to have to do what he does best: negotiate. But any negotiation with the forces of darkness comes at a terrible price, & first Jack must ask himself a question: is every soul worth saving? Sharp & intense, UK master Stephen Leathers second book in The Nightingale Trilogy is a taut, relentlessly paced thriller as terrifying & dark as midnight itself. ...

In the exciting second Warriors story arc, the wild cats of the forest have lived in peace & harmony for many moons
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When Claire Danvers learnt that her college town was run by vampires, she did what any intelligent, self-preserving student would do: she applied for a transfer & stocked up on garlic. The transfer is no longer an option, but the garlic may come in handy. Now Claire has pledged herself to Amelie, the most powerful vampire in town. The protection her contract secures does little to reassure her friends. All of a sudden people are turning up dead, a stalker resurfaces from Claire's past, & an ancient bloodsucker extends a chilling invitation for private lessons in his secluded home. ...

Nobody knows the underbelly of New York like tough cop John Stefanovitch. Stef is out to arrest Alexandre St-Germain, the most powerful member of the secretive Midnight club
- a international society made up of crime tsars hiding as 'respectable' businessmen.
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