When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father hes looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach. But when he & his friend Tom discover a forgotten cave with fossilised dinosaur footprints it takes them to another world.. .a world of dinosaurs. Jamie & Tom return to their secret dinosaur world & find their friend Wanna the Wannanosaurus waiting for them. They spot what looks like a village in the distance & set off to investigate. On the way they meet a herd of Triceratops & it seems the only way to avoid being trampled is to hitch a ride on their backs. But as they approach the village the boys realize too late that what they thought were huts are in fact termite hills. With insects swarming all over them the Triceratops charge! Can the boys hang on? Will they fall under the feet of the giant dinosaurs? & how can they get away from the huge biting termites? ...

September AD 80. Flavia & her friends go to Rome to celebrate the Festival of Jupiter at Senator Cornixs town house. When a famous racehorse goes missing Nubia sets out to recover it. The four friends find themselves caught up in a plot against one of the rival factions the Greens. Who is trying to sabotage the charioteers? Could it be an inside job or someone with a grudge from long ago? & how many men & horses will die before the killer is caught? ...

An expert in the fields of charisma & leadership Olivia Fox Cabane has lectured at Stanford Yale Harvard MIT & the United Nations. A frequent keynote speaker & executive coach to the leadership of major companies she helps people increase their ability to influence persuade & inspire others. In The Charisma Myth" Fox Cabane breaks charisma down into its fundamental components revealing the secrets to what charisma really is & how it works. From a base of thorough behavioral science Fox Cabane extracts practical tools for business giving you the charisma-enhancing techniques she originally developed for Harvard & MIT." ...

In The Charisma Myth Olivia Fox Cabane provides powerful advice to make absolutely anyone more charismatic. What if charisma could be taught? Charisma can be a huge asset if you're applying for a job improving your relationships or leading other people. The Charisma Myth shows you how to become more influential more persuasive & more inspiring. Soon you'll be able to move through a room & have people say: ' Wow who's that?' Many people believe that charisma is unchangeable
- you either have it or you don't. But that's simply not true. This groundbreaking bestselling book reveals how charismatic behaviour can be learned by anyone. Olivia Fox Cabane helps some of the world's best-known people become more charismatic. Here she breaks charisma down into its fundamental components revealing the secrets to how it works. Improving your charisma doesn't mean transforming your personality: it's about adopting a series of practices that suit you. So what are you waiting for? Charisma is not a gift it's a tool. Cabane makes a big promise with this book & delivers on it". (Seth Godin). " Until I encountered Olivia Fox Cabane I'd naively believed charisma was an intangible magical aura.. .around a couple of hours can transform a reasonably personable person into someone magnetic". (Sunday Telegraph). " If you are interested in increasing your ability to be charismatic this book will give you direct skills to use". (Psychology Today). Olivia Fox Cabane has lectured at Harvard Yale Stanford MIT & the United Nations. She is a frequent keynote speaker & executive coach to the leadership of Fortune 500 companies. From a base of thorough behavioural science Cabane extracts the most practical tools for business giving her clients techniques she originally developed for Harvard & MIT. She has been featured in media such as Forbes The New York Times Business Week & The Wall Street Journal."
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Charity Strattons bleak childhood is changed for ever when both her parents are killed in a fire. Separated by the authorities from her younger brothers & sister Charity is sent out to work as a skivvy in a boys boarding school. Her loneliness & misery are eased when she falls deeply in love with the dashing but fickle sixth-former Hugh Mainwaring but when she discovers she is pregnant with Hughs baby she soon realises just how alone she really is. Determined to be reunited with her siblings & to make something of herself Charity runs away to London & begins to forge a new life. ...

When Fate & a chivalrous impulse combine to saddle Viscount Desford with a friendless homeless waif named Cherry Steane to whom else should he turn in such a scrape but his old childhood playmate Henrietta Silverdale? For all they refused to oblige their parents by marrying they have always been the best of friends. But as Desford pursues Cherry's lickpenny grandfather & reprobate father around unfashionable watering places & the seedier fringes of society Hetta is forced to wonder whether he might not at last have fallen in love. Without the timely intervention of his scapegrace brother Simon & Hetta's worthy suitor Gary Nethercott Desford is in danger of making a rare mess of his affairs. Charity Girl is a wonderful romantic novel by the queen of the Regency romance & one of the most popular historical novelists of all time. ...

One of the biggest challenges for anyone faced with responsibility in a charity is getting to grips with the rules on finance particularly all the special requirements under charity law. In a format short enough to read in a couple of evenings this handbook covers the key principles in charity accounting & finance. Updates in this third edition: New 2009 financial thresholds for charity accounts in England & Wales; Accounting regime under the Charities Act (Northern Ireland) 2008; Revised thresholds for Scottish charities taking effect in 2011; Guidance on charity tax & gift aid updated from Budget 2010; All VAT explanations updated for 20% standard rate of VAT from 2011; Issues for charity accounting as UK standards & international financial reporting standards converge; Updated contact addresses; Many new implementation dates added. Containing plenty of helpful examples this guide is suitable for voluntary sector workers with little or no accounting experience those from other sectors seeking a rapid update on charity accounting & students on third sector courses. ...

Acclaimed New York Times" Bestselling author Charlaine Harris the writer of " The Sookie Stackhouse series" has joined the Dynamite Entertainment family with the first book of her hit " Harper Connelly series" " Grave Sight". For the past five years readers have been thrilled by the " Harper Connelly series" which follows a woman who has what you might call a strange job: she finds dead people. She can sense the final location of a person whos passed & share their very last moment. The way Harper sees it shes providing a service to the dead while bringing some closure to the living
- but shes used to most people treating her like a blood-sucking leech. Traveling with her step-brother Tolliver as manager & sometime-bodyguard shes become an expert at getting in getting paid & getting out fast. Because for the living its always urgent
- even if the dead can wait forever. At the age of 15 Harper Connelly was struck by lightning an event that gave her the ability to find the dead & see how they died. Since then Harpers scratched out a living selling her services to anyone with a checkbook. Its not the best life but it beats the alternative
- at least until Harper & her brother Tolliver roll into Sarne Arkansas & find themselves embroiled in a murder mystery!"


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Harper Connelly finds dead people for a living but not everyone appreciates her special gift. In the stunning conclusion to ...

Ex-agent Cotton Malone wants to know what really happened to his father officially lost at sea when his submarine went down in the north Atlantic in 1971. But when he uses his government contacts to obtain the submarines sealed file he finds he is not the only person looking for answers. Malone is in the line of fire when he is attacked in an attempt to take the file. He is pitched into a lethal power struggle between Dorothea Lindauer & Christl Falk twin sisters whose twisted ambition takes sibling rivalry to new levels. Malone & the twins embark on a dangerous adventure involving Nazi explorations in Antarctica US government conspiracies & a series of cryptic historical clues built into the legend of Charlemagne. Forced to choose a side when neither can win Malone is determined to uncover the truth behind his fathers death
- but will he be able to escape his own?
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