Katy is nervous about starting at boarding school but she soon makes firm friends with the girls in her dorm. Everything would be fine if it weren't for Lydia who always seems to be mean towards her. Then one of the girls' prized possessions disappears only to show up in Katie's things. Katie's desperate to prove she's no thief & get her friendships back on track but will her dormies believe her? Filled with secrets hopes dreams & above all the power of friendship School Friends" is addictive reading for girls." ...

Applies the insights of The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People" to the daily problems of people who must struggle with the ever-increasing demands of work & home life. Rather than focusing on time & change this book emphasizes relationships results & effectiveness." ...

This book has large pictures for looking & talking surrounded by small labelled pictures of 1000 of the most familiar things to build up & practice French vo cabulary. This is backed up by an alphabetical word list wit h pronunciation guides. ' ...

This book has large pictures for looking & talking surrounded by small labelled pictures of 1000 of the most familiar things to build up & practice German vo cabulary. This is backed up by an alphabetical word list wit h pronunciation guides. ' ...

These are three new additions to the best-selling First Thousand Words Language" series. These books are an excellent way to encourage language learning for beginners. Each book contains an online pronunciation guide through the Usborne Quicklinks website. With 1000 everyday words combined with pictures this is a valuable vocabulary building tool for young children." ...

This book has large pictures for looking & talking surrounded by small labelled pictures of 1000 of the most familiar things to build up & practice Spanish v ocabulary. This is backed up by an alphabetical word list wi th pronunciation guides. ...

Con men & killers aliens & zombies priests & soldiers
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This is an updated guide to pregnancy & babycare during the first year from expert Dr Miriam Stoppard. Find out what its really like to have a baby & how to adapt to becoming a family from Dr Miriam Stoppard
- Britains most popular & trusted childcare specialist. Youll learn everything you need to know; from what happens during pregnancy & birth through to day-to-day babycare including feeding washing & dressing. Theres also guidance on adapting to parenthood & special features on common issues such as maintaining your relationship & going back to work. This work is perfect for telling you what to expect when you are pregnant & how to enjoy the first amazing year.
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1899 China. The Mandarins are becoming troublesome again & there are rumors that attacks will soon begin on British trade missions & legations. Captain David Blackwoodof the Royal Marines received a VC in the bloody battle for Benin Africa but is now being packed off to this apparent backwater. But there are plenty of troubles in store for Blackwood in the shape of an errant nephew & a beautiful German Countess who insists he personally escort her up river on a small steamer into the heart of the country. China is a sleeping tiger that will soon awake when the Boxer Rebellion erupts into bloody war in 1900. True to their motto the Royal marines are the first to land
- & the last to leave. This is the second novel in the Blackwood saga spanning 150 years in the history of a great seafaring family & the tradition in which they served.
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The recorded history of the diving industry has been fundamentally corrupted over the past 150 years. The result is a complete misunderstanding of how it all began. Who invented the diving helmet? Refer to any encyclopaedia or history book & the answer you will find will almost certainly be wrong. The First Treasure Divers reveals the true & fascinating story. It blows away the myths & deliberate misinformation that have crept into the historical record. Thanks to the painstaking research the author has carried out over the past 25 years the falsehoods are peeled away to unveil the true definitive account. It follows the lives of two brothers as they struggle to turn their newly-invented diving helmet to advantage & how they wrestle with apathetic & even hostile authorities for recognition of their invention. It thunders through sunken treasure adventures to the heroism & horrors of the Crimean War. The impact of the invention of the diving helmet is immense. In the 180 years since the Deane brothers carried out the first ever commercial helmet dive off the Isle of Wight on the south coast of England the diving business has expanded to a global industry with an annual turnover in excess of $3 000 000 000. From another point of view the life-support technology developed in the diving industry provided the knowledge for keeping the pioneering high altitude pilots alive which in turn evolved into the life-support systems of the astronauts who walked on the moon. ...