With America quietly gearing up for war in the Middle East twenty-year-old Tassie Keltjin a half-Jewish farmers daughter from the plains of the Midwest has come to university
- escaping her provincial home to encounter the complex world of culture & politics. When she takes a job as a part-time nanny to a couple who seem at once mysterious & glamorous Tassie is drawn into the life of their newly-adopted child & increasingly complicated household. As her past becomes increasingly alien to her
- her parents seem older when she visits; her disillusioned brother ever more fixed on joining the military
- Tassie finds herself becoming a stranger to herself. As the year unfolds love leads her to new & formative experiences
- but it is then that the past & the future burst forth in dramatic & shocking ways. Refracted through the eyes of this memorable narrator A Gate at the Stairs" is a lyrical beguiling & wise novel of our times."



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Fleur is beautiful unscrupulous & has a large wardrobe of black designer suits. With the help of The Times" announcements page she gatecrashes the funerals & memorial services of the wealthy preying on rich vulnerable men. She charms her way into their lives & onto their platinum credit cards takes what she can & then moves swiftly on. When Richard a dull but wealthy businessman meets Fleur at his wifes memorial service hes bowled over. Gradually Fleur works her spell on Richards family
- transforming their lives while she moves in on their wealth. But she finds herself lingering longer than she meant to.. ."
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A strange novel for strange young people. Young Samuel Johnson & his dachshund Boswell are trying to show initiative by trick-or-treating a full three days before Halloween. Which is how they come to witness strange goings-on at 666 Crowley Avenue. The Abernathys dont mean any harm by their flirtation with Satanism. But it just happens to coincide with a malfunction in the Large Hadron Collider that creates a gap in the universe. A gap in which there is a pair of enormous gates. The gates to Hell. & there are some pretty terrifying beings just itching to get out.. . Can Samuel persuade anyone to take this seriously? Can he harness the power of science to save the world as we know it? ...

Go tell the Spartans stranger passing by that here obedient to their laws we lie. Nearly 2 500 years ago in 480BC at a bleak pass in a far-flung corner of eastern Greece three hundred Spartan warriors faced the army of Xerxes of Persia a massive force rumoured to be over a million strong. Their orders were simple: to delay the enemy for as long as possible while the main Greek armies mobilized. For six days the Spartans held the invaders at bay. In the final hours
- their shields broken swords & spears shattered
- they fought with their bare hands before being overwhelmed. It was battle that would become synonymous with extraordinary courage heroism & self-sacrifice: it was Thermopylae. In Gates of Fire Steven Pressfield tells the epic story of those legendary Spartans: the men & women who helped shaped our history & have themselves become as immortal as their gods.

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Schuyler Van Alen is running out of time. The Dark Prince of Hell is storming the Gates of Paradise intent on winning the heavenly throne for good. This time he has his greatest angels by his side Abbadon & Azrael or as they are known in this world Jack & Mimi Force. Will Bliss & the wolves she has recruited to join her win the battle for the vampires? Is Schuyler prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice? Love & vengeance duty & and loyalty life & death are all at odds in the gripping heartbreaking finale of the Blue Bloods series. ...

Gateway" is an academically-rich five-level course designed to lead teenage students to success in school-leaving & university entrance exams & prepare them for university & the world of work. The course stimulates the interest of students & teachers by providing cross-curricular & intercultural content that is genuinely interesting meaningful & thought-provoking. " Gateway" helps students prepare & practise for their school-leaving exams & equips them with lifelong learning & study skills. Taking an inductive approach to Grammar " Gateway" revises & extends the students active knowledge of grammar & vocabulary through a wealth of varied skills-based activities that recycle revise evaluate & develop language skills." ...

This book mirrors the layout of the Gateway Science OCR

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This book mirrors the layout of the Gateway Science OCR

Specification exactly. It summarises items at the start of

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This book mirrors the layout of the Gateway Science OCR

Specification exactly. It summarizes items at the start of

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This book introduces the learner to a broad range of Arabic vocabulary grouped according to subject including items within the home & school animals shapes colours fruit & vegetables transport clothing parts of the body the family occupations & nationalities. ...