Details: A European city, bathed in the sultry heat of a summer afternoon & a telephone call announcing a triple murder.
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How many times more likely are males to die in a bicycle accident than females? Or did you know that only one in fifty murder victims in the US is a white female? What Are The Odds? not only asks interesting & unusual questions, it provides revealing & often hilarious answers across a whole series of subject matters, including sex, love, death, sport, business & culture. For anyone who enjoys zany facts or strange trivia, the odds are they will love this book. ...

Did you know that you have more chance of being killed by a cow than being eaten by a shark? In fact, you're eight times as likely to win the national lottery. & nine thousand times as likely to hit a hole in one on the golf course. If odd like these make life seem little more than a numbers games, wait till you find out the odds of your own existence. It's all covered in this quirky collection of life's ups & downs as viewed through the lens of probability. Whether you want to know your chances of winning at roulette, or you're just wondering if it's safe to pop out to the shops without getting sucked up by a tornado, What Are The Odds? has the answer. ...

Across the world, universities are more numerous than they have ever been, yet at the same time there is unprecedented confusion about their purpose & skepticism about their value. This title offers an argument for rethinking the way we see our universities, & why we need them. ...

Bear is having a lovely time doing his favourite things. He roly-polies down the hill, splashes in the river, scratches his

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The shocking conclusion of Elizabeth George's previous bestseller, With No One As Witness, saw the wife of New Scotland Yard's Thomas Lynley gunned down in the street outside her home. Under arrest for the crime is a twelve-year-old boy, Joel Campbell. What possible motive could he have? What chain of events could have led such a child from the housing estates of North Kensington to the elegant streets of Belgravia with such deadly intent? The answer to these questions is a complex mixture of fate & circumstance. Abandoned (albeit involuntarily) by his parents, Joel & two siblings are dumped on the doorstep of his aunt's house. Kendra, childless & with two marriages behind her, is doing her best to turn her life around; responsibility for three troubled children is not what she had in mind. Drugs, neglect, violence & poverty are commonplace in North Kensington. Joel does his best to look out for his family, but that involves a Faustian pact & the Devil will have his pay. ...

Since Rabbit has big ears & wears glasses, it stands to reason that he can hear & see very well. Two new, witty lift-the-flap books chronicle exactly what the beguiling bunny encounters with his senses. The pace, text, & illustrations are just right for toddlers & will be relished at story times & at home. ...

Gorgeous & intelligent, Caroline has an effect on every male who crosses her path. As a young woman in the 1920s, she escapes her marriage by supporting young artists. When an artist reveals a painting of her in a compromising position, she is almost ruined socially. Did she pose for the painting? Or was she a victim of her own generosity? ...

'I woke up in a cold sweat, knowing for a definite fact that death was a teenage girl & that she had been standing silently by my bed during the night...' Jim Beaudry, or Biscuit as he's known, is a teenage boy trying to stay out of trouble. But trouble has a way of finding him. Especially after his cousin L.A. turns up on his doorstep. When one summer afternoon Biscuit & L.A. discover the body of a teenage girl in the Texas wilderness, an investigation begins that will put both of their lives in grave danger. ...

In What Do We Really Know? Simon Blackburn addresses the twenty most-asked philosophical questions, including ' Can machines think?', ' What is the meaning of life?', ' Is death to be feared?', ' Why be good?', ' What am I?' & ' What do we really know?' Each 3000-word essay examines a question that has eternally perplexed enquiring minds, & provides answers from history's great thinkers. ...