On the steps outside an empty office in New York's financial district a woman lies dead. It's a bitterly cold winter & her coat & other items are missing which initially seems to point to a mugging gone wrong but Lt Eve Dallas soon discovers that the body was dumped at the newly-renovated property. Now she has to find out why. Marta Dickenson was an auditor so Eve has a host of suspects among those who were under her scrutiny not ruling out the fact Marta's sister-in-law is a famous judge. With the financial wizardry of Eve's husband Roarke at her disposal & the faithful Peabody by her side
- when not distracted by the upcoming premiere they're all to attend
- Eve starts the process of shifting through the motives of some powerful people to catch a killer...

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Fun Farmyard Learning uses brightly illustrated farm animals to introduce Calculations. Parental notes explain the importance of each exercise & how to guide children through the new challenging concepts being introduced. * Pre-School activity book to introduce core areas of learning * Fun farmyard characters to make learning playful & stimulating * Parental notes to explain each exercise ...

Calculations in AS & A Level Chemistry fills a gap in the market & provides excellent coverage of the calculations needed at A Level. Chapters are clearly laid out with plenty of worked examples & there are helpful notes throughout." The Times Educational Supplement April 2001. * Suitable for use with all AS & A Level specifications it helps students to understand mathematical concepts specific to AS & A Level Chemistry. * Assumes only a basic knowledge of GCSE Chemistry to help bridge the gap between GCSE & AS/A Level. * Ideal as a self-study text to build students' knowledge & competence in completing calculations. * Uses simple language to clearly explain the basic principles. * Guides students through each exercise with help & hint boxes as they gradually progress through the text. * Covers variants of each type of calculation." ...

The world's most famous travelling reporter is confused by some very strange goings on involving shattering glass & an packet of cigarettes. But can he solve the mystery in time to protect Professor Calculus? Windows mirrors & chandeliers are spontaneously shattering & Tintin is left flummoxed. After a shooting & a break in Tintin knows Calculus is in danger but he has only one clue
- an unusual packet of cigarettes. He has a mystery to solve. But can he do it before a terrible weapon falls into the wrong hands? Join the most iconic character in comics as he embark on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical & political events & thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100 000 copies every year in the UK & having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson in 2011 The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children & adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th.
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Jennifer Ouellette never took maths in the sixth form mostly because she
- like most of us
- assumed she wouldn't need it

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In 1999 Amit Chaudhuri moved back to Calcutta the city in which he was born. It was a place he had loved in his youth & the place he had made his name writing about. But upon his return he discovered that the Calcutta of his imagination had receded & another had taken its place. Lyrical observant & profound Calcutta is a personal account of two years (2009-2011) spent in one of the least known
- yet greatest
- cities of our time by one of our leading novelists. Using the historic elections of 2011 as a fulcrum Chaudhuri looks back to the nineteenth century when the city burst with a new vitality & towards the twenty-first when
- utterly changed
- it seems to be on the verge of another turn. Along the way he evokes all that is most particular & extraordinary. From the homeless & the working class to the old declining haute bourgeois; from the new malls & hotels to old houses being destroyed by developers; from politicians on their way out to the citys fitful attempts to embrace globalisation Calcutta brings a multifarious universe to life.



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The new novel from Pulitzer Prize-winner Geraldine Brooks author of the Richard & Judy bestseller March Sunday Times bestseller Year of Wonders & People of the Book. Martha s Vineyard 1650s: Bethia Mayfield is a young girl growing up in the tiny settlement of Great Harbor amid a small band of pioneers & Puritans. Restless bright & curious but denied the education that her brothers receive she slips away as often as she can to explore the island s wild landscapes & observe its native Wampanoag inhabitants. At the age of twelve she encounters Caleb the young son of a chieftain & the children form a secret friendship that gradually draws each into the alien world of the other. Meanwhile Bethia s minister father is trying to convert the Wampanoag awakening the wrath of the tribe s shaman against whose magic he must test his own beliefs. & when he takes it upon himself to educate Caleb it will further divide the communities
- within a year the boy is learning Latin & Greek & leaves the island to study at Harvard. As Caleb makes the crossing into white culture Bethia finds herself pulled in the opposite direction. Trapped by the narrow strictures of her faith & her gender she seeks connections with Caleb s world that will challenge her beliefs & set her at odds with her community...
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Telfords plan to connect Loch Ness Loch Oich & Loch Lochy with each other & the sea was a huge undertaking which brought civil engineering to the Highlands on a heroic scale. Deep in the Highlands far from the canal network of England engineers forged their way through the Great Glen to construct the biggest canal of its day: twenty-two miles of artificial cutting & no fewer than twenty-eight locks. A.D. (Sandy) Camerons book has long been recognised as the authoritative work on the canal as well as a reliable & useful guide to the surrounding area. There are intriguing old plans not discovered until 1992 & a survey of the dramatic rise in pleasure-craft traffic during the last two decades. But the highlight of the recent past was undoubtedly the Tall Ships passing through the canal in stately procession in 1991. Impossible then not to feel the fascination of this beautiful waterway: a working piece of industrial history & a remarkable engineering achievement. This book is a fitting celebration of this remarkable feat of engineering. ...

In this George Mackay Browns first collection of short stories the themes he would develop over his career are set out
- an obsession
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This is the story of electric street railway trolleybus & light rail vehicle transit in Canada's western city of Calgary Alberta. Calgary was founded in 1875 when the North West Mounted Police established a new fort
- Fort Calgary. A big boost for the city came eight years later when the Canadian Pacific Railway
- building westward to the Pacific
- reached the Bow River in 1883. Calgary became an important centre for Canadian Pacific operations & has since become the railway's headquarters location. By 1909 Calgary boasted a population of 30 000 people. In July of that year the Calgary Electric Railway began operations with two cars sixteen employees & three miles of track. The system quickly grew & the following year became known as the Calgary Municipal Railway. Through its forty years of street railway service Calgary acquired passenger cars from such well-known Canadian builders as Ottawa Car Manufacturing Company Preston Car & Coach Company & the Canadian Car & Foundry. In addition the system's roster included used cars from several sources in the United States. Totalling 113 cars in all
- plus a scenic car
- it has been a daunting task to secure photos for this book. Many superb images have been discovered illustrating the operation of streetcars in different sections of the city. There are over 150 streetcar photos. Finding trolleybus photographs has been a challenge as well but the authors have succeeded in gathering a fine selection representing all classes of 'trackless trolley' coaches purchased new & acquired used from other US systems. You'll see streetcars & trolleybuses operating in the city centre in the rural suburbs & in residential neighbourhoods. Coverage of today's modern rail transit cars is outstanding. Now called 'light rail vehicles' all classes of these LRVs are represented operating in all seasons & over most portions of the system illustrating the many varied & unique Calgary urban environments. Rich carefully composed black & white photos are rounded out with a fine showing of subjects in colour. There's a variety of photos to interest everyone with an interest in the development of Calgary as a city: the construction of ' The Bay' early scenes in Bowness Park & some views of the streetcars serving seemingly unpopulated fields that today are thriving subdivisions. Whether you are a railway enthusiast or simply interested in Calgary's history you will find this account of Calgary's Electric Transit" a fascinating informative & enjoyable reading experience."




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