When the six sister-witches stole the Dragon Queens jewels of power they banished the dragons from their home in the land of Tulay. Before the dragons left they took with them a human child as hostage. Tia has been raised by the dragons & considers them her family. She is appalled to learn that her own human mother is one of the sister-witches who are now the despotic rulers of Tulay. Tia decides she will prove herself to be a true Dragon Child by retrieving the jewels with the aid of her Dragon Brother Finn. In this first exciting adventure Tia goes after the jewel that gives its possessor the power to control beasts. The second story The Opal Quest is published in March 2013. ...

This is a fantastic new adventure for brave feisty Hetty Feather
- one of Jacqueline Wilsons most well-loved characters. Since
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This is a fantastic new adventure for brave feisty Hetty Feather
- one of Jacqueline Wilson's most well-loved characters. Since
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This title is a fantastic new adventure for brave feisty Hetty Feather
- one of Jacqueline Wilson's most well-loved characters.
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Steven Johnson's Emergence: The Connected Lives of Ants Brains Cities & Software" is a fascinating look at how self-organising systems are changing the world. Why do people cluster together in neighborhoods? How do internet communities spring up from nowhere? Why is a brain conscious even though no single neuron is? What causes a media frenzy? The answer as Steven Johnson's groundbreaking book shows is emergence: change that occurs from the bottom up. When enough individual elements interact & organize themselves the result is collective intelligence
- even though no-one is in charge. It is a phenomenon that exists at every level of experience & will revolutionize the way we see the world. " Exhilarating". (J.G. Ballard). "A dizzying dazzling romp through fields as disparate as urban planning computer-game design neurology & control theory". (" Economist"). " Mind-expanding.. .intelligent witty & tremendously thought-provoking... Popular science books interesting enough to read twice don't come along all that often". (" Guardian"). " Not just a fascinating quirk of science: it's the future". (" The New York Times"). Steven Johnson is the author of the acclaimed books " Everything Bad is Good for You" " Mind Wide Open" " Where Good Ideas Come From" " Emergence" & " Interface Culture". His writing appeared in the " Guardian" the " New Yorker" " Nation" & " Harper's" as well as the op-ed pages of " The New York Times" & the " Wall Street Journal". He is a Distinguished Writer In Residence at NYU's School Of Journalism & a Contributing Editor to " Wired"."
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This paperback edition brings together chapters from volume 5 of The Cambridge History of Japan. Japan underwent momentous changes during the middle decades of the nineteenth century. This book chronicles the hardships of the Tempo era in the 1830s the crisis of values & confidence during the last half century of Tokugawa rule & the political process that finally brought down the Tokugawa regime & ended centuries of warrior rule. It goes on to discuss the samurai rebellions against the Meiji Restoration & national movements for constitutional government which indirectly resulted in the Meiji Constitution of 1889. The significance of Japans Meiji transformation for the rest of the world is the subject of the final chapter in which Professor Akira Iriye discusses Japans drive to Great Power status. Constitutional rule at home imperialism abroad became new goals for early twentieth-century Japan. ...

The revised & updated Second Edition of Emergencies Around Childbirth continues to provide an easy-to access resource for practising midwives. It will enhance the confidence knowledge & skills needed to perform effectively in urgent or emergency situations that can occur in a hospital at a birth centre or at home. It builds on feedback the authors received from practicing midwives on the First Edition expanding the areas found to be especially useful & informative. Growing recognition of the importance of the psycho-social elements of care is addressed by an entirely new chapter on this topic. With contributions from highly experienced midwives this handbook continues to provide key up-to-date information on high-risk medical & obstetric situations as well as relevant information on litigation & the conclusions of The Report on Confidential Enquiries into Maternal Deaths. It is essential reading for practising & trainee midwives & those who teach them. ...

This book really does make maths practice fun! Step into the shoes of the doctors & nurses who work in the adrenaline-charged world of the Accident & Emergency Ward". When emergency patients are rushed into the hospital on your shift use your maths skills to manage triage administer medication prioritize your time & save the day! Numeracy work
Includes:: numbers & the number system; calculations; handling data; measures; solving problems; & shape & space."
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Emergency Kit is an anthology with many differences. It is to begin with a book which gives prominence to poems rather than to the poets who wrote them. It is truly international bringing together poems not just from these islands but from many parts of the English-speaking world. It is the first book to identify a strain in the poetry of the last half-century which is characteristic of the 'strange times' we live in
- an age when as the editors note scientific discovery itself has encouraged us to 'make free with the boundaries of realism'. It values imagination surprise vivid expression the outlandish & the playful above ideology & sententiousness. It is in short living proof that poetry in the English language continues to thrive & to matter.
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Fire! Fire!
- Emergency! Fire engines racing all the way. Hoses slooshing water swooshing. Help is coming
- its on the way!

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