This is a reissue of the first major YA steampunk anthology; fourteen top storytellers push the genres mix of sci-fi fantasy history & adventure in fascinating new directions. Imagine an alternate universe where romance & technology reign. Where tinkerers & dreamers craft & re-craft a world of automatons clockworks calculating machines & other marvels that never were. Here fourteen masters of speculative fiction including two graphic storytellers embrace the steampunk genres established themes & refashion them in surprising ways & settings as diverse as Appalachia Ancient Rome future Australia & alternate California. The result is an anthology that defies its genre even as it defines it. This is the first YA anthology to focus exclusively on steampunk; genre defining & genre defying
- with steampunk settings as diverse as Canada New Zealand Wales Ancient Rome future Australia & alternate California. This title features a top contributor line-up & editors with established adult/YA/cult following. This title

Includes:: a B-format edition of this first-rate literary sci-fi/fantasy with crossover appeal.


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One city. Two football clubs. One mutually shared hatred... Football rivalry is a common factor anywhere in the world where the sport is played. But some take it far more seriously than others. In Sheffield the traditional capital of Britains steel manufacturing industry there is no greater tribal divide than that between fans of Sheffield United & Sheffield Wednesday. The two clubs supporters berate each other with a venomous passion their long-running feud intense enough to divide families & workplaces from 1889 to the present dat. But why? How does a natural rivalry that in the 1960s saw supporters from both clubs going to Hillsborough Stadium (Wednesdays ground) one week then Bramell Lane (home to United) the next turn to such enmity? In Steel City Rivals authors Cowens (a United suported) & Cronshaw (Wednesday) combine their insider knowledge & fan anecdotes with a dark humour & bitter fascination with football violence. For the struggle for supremacy between red (United) & blue (Wednesday) blade versus owl is absolute. To the people of Sheffield Britains fourth largest city its never just a game. ...

Dark family secrets & a long-lost love affair lie at the heart of Iain Bankss fabulous new novel. The Wopuld family built its fortune on a board game called Empire!
- now a hugely successful computer game. So successful the American Spraint Corp wants to buy the firm out. Young renegade Alban who has been evading the family clutches for years is run to ground & persuded to attend the forthcoming family gathering
- part birthday party part Extraordinary General Meeting
- convened by Win Wopuld matriarch & most powerful member of the board at Garbadale the familys highland castle. Being drawn back into the bosom of the clan brings a disconcerting confrontation with Albans past. What drove his mother to take her own life? & is he ready to see Sophie his beautiful cousin & teenage love? Grandmother Wins revelations wll radically alter Albans perspective for ever.


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Now in its eleventh edition Steiner & Woods EU Law is rightfully regarded as one of the best & most trusted EU law textbooks available. The book

Includes:: a well-balanced range of topics for students taking undergraduate courses on EU law. It offers a careful blend of institutional & substantive coverage & focuses on explaining the law clearly for an undergraduate readership as well as raising areas for debate. The end of chapter further reading lists highlight where to go for more in-depth research & flowcharts help to visually represent the workings of the EU to give a clear understanding of these processes. Online Resource Centre The book is accompanied by an Online Resource Centre offering teaching & learning support including a customisable test bank of multiple choice questions & answers electronic copies of the figures from the book for use in lectures & as handouts as well as links to student resources including a glossary web links interactive map of Europe & a timeline showing major events in the development of the EU.

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Stella the Star Fairy is all in a flutter trying to put the sparkle into Christmas. Stella looks after all the special Christmas lights
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Make beautiful stenciled designs in a few simple steps. Stencil Art" comes with four plastic stencil sheets containing a wide range of stencils from aliens to ladybirds to abstract shapes plus a vibrant 8-colour ink pad & 8 colour-coded foam-tipped dabbers. The book contains child-friendly instructions tips & technique hints plus loads of photos & artwork to inspire." ...

Hannah Kirk & Alice Moran have been friends since childhood. Growing up in the backstreets of historic Chester at the beginning of the 1900s they are used to supporting each other when family life gets tough... Tom apart through circumstance will the two girls ever be free of the weight of the past or will the years of guilt & pain that now separate their lives become too much of an obstacle to overcome? ...

This practical guide offers readers a chance to learn professional styling techniques so that they can achieve dramatic & impressive results. From ideas for simple styles & general hair-care advice through to techniques such as braiding curling or producing elegant up-dos this book shows you how to achieve perfect styling results every time. The book opens with an invaluable chapter on styling tools providing a guide to different types what they look like & how they are used. There then follows a step-by- step guide to creating a wide range of everyday styles. These simple techniques are taken a step further in the next chapter which reveals the secrets behind more intricate looks. Packed with more than 80 style ideas clear step-by-step techniques & more than 500 stunning photographs this book will have you looking salon-fabulous every time you leave the house. ...

Raising a child with ADHD can be distressing & exhausting for the whole family. But given the appropriate knowledge & the right tools parents can intervene to manage their childs behaviour leading to enhanced relationships at home & it is hoped a more successful time at school. This simple flexible six-step programme is full of tried-&-tested ideas for parents & professionals supporting families of young children with ADHD. By practicing the techniques & strategies parents will gain confidence in their parenting & over time will improve the childs management of the condition. The programme

Includes:: games that will help improve the childs attention exercises to develop patience & tips for supporting the child in successful self-organization. There are also plenty of useful ideas for developing communication between parents & schools. Based on research & extensive clinical experience Step by Step Help for Children with ADHD" will help families to adapt their parenting to the child improving relationships & behaviours in the home & at play group."

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One stormy night five stranded schoolchildren uncover the story of Richard Clayton Harwick
- a boy who many years ago learned what
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