Hermann Hesse's moving & inspirational chronicle of spiritual evolution Siddhartha"

Includes:: a new introduction

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Harry is the best & technically the only at what he does being the lone professional wizard PI in the Chicago phonebook. So when the Chicago PD has cases that transcend mortal capabilities they come to him for answers. For the everyday world is actually full of strange & magical things
- & most of them dont play well with humans. Yet despite his precautions Harry tends to stumble from crisis to drama in his dealings with the supernatural world
- call it an occupational hazard. Here he unfailingly manages to get on the wrong side of werewolf fae & vampires alike. & thats where his own rather special powers come into play.. . These bite-sized stories are tremendously entertaining & will leave you itching to explore more of Harry Dresdens world. & as well as eight short stories this collection will include an all-new Dresden Files novella.

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This title presents a simple approach for learning Spanish grammar by comparing it to your first language English! Side-by-Side Spanish & English Grammar" present explanations of the essential elements of Spanish grammar alongside their English-language equivalents. This method means that you can build on what you already know; not only do you learn Spanish grammar but also enjoy the added benefit of strengthening your grammar skills in your native tongue! Each lesson clearly explains functions & uses of the different parts of speech &

Includes:: abundant examples for each entry. Because the vocabulary is limited to frequently used words you can concentrate more on a sentence's structure instead of becoming tangled in its meaning. A " Quick Check" section summarizes main ideas in each section & helps you retain the most important information. This third edition features a new exercise section to further reinforce what you have learned."

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Mick Walker
- leading authority on all forms of motorcycle sport
- sets out to cover the worlds leading sidecar competitors

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Formerly Jailed Congressman Discusses Boehner & Others in New Book Out of the ashes of the Jack Abramoff Indian lobbying scandal rises Bob Ney the former Congressman of Ohio who went to prison for his role in the event. In his new book Sideswiped: Lessons Learned Courtesy of the Hit Men of Capitol Hill (Changing Lives Press; March 2013) Ney shares his side of the story naming names along the way & explaining why the US Congress hasnt learned any lessons from the scandal. In 2006 Ney pled guilty to federal charges of corruption & falsification of federal documents in connection with Jack Abramoff a Washington super lobbyist-turned criminal. As a six-term member of congress Ney found himself caught up in a culture of greed backstabbing & corruption that eventually destroyed his career. In Sideswiped Ney recounts the events leading up to his resignation his own guilt & how a powerful member of congress & the Bush Administration officials played leading roles in both the Abramoff scandal & Neys own downfall. One such figure is current Speaker of the House John Boehner who Ney says persuaded Ney to step down as Congressman in exchange for a comparable job" & legal defense money offers that Ney says were never fulfilled." ...

Midsummer approaches & Inspector Kurt Wallander prepares for a holiday with the new woman in his life hopeful that his wayward daughter & his ageing father will cope without him. But his restful summer plans are thrown into disarray when a teenage girl commits suicide before his eyes & a former minister of justice is butchered in the first of a series of apparently motiveless murders. Wallander's desperate hunt for the girl's identity & his furious pursuit of a killer who scalps his victims will throw him & those he loves most into mortal danger. This title is the winner of the Crime Writers' Association Gold Dagger. ...

Why does elf + elf = fool? How many meals will Miss Mush the lunch teacher have to cook for the food to taste as bad as it smells? These Sideways Arithmetic problems may look puzzling at first but you can use real maths to solve them & the answers are right there in the book. There are lots of clues & hints; plus all the answers are in the back of the book. Best of all all the kids you read about in the other books about Wayside School are here to help you! Try solving this & more than fifty other maths brainteasers along with the kids from Mrs Jewlss class. Youll learn a lot about maths but youll be laughing too much to notice! ...

There has been a terrible mistake. Wayside School was supposed to have been built with thirty classrooms all next to each other in a row. Instead it was built with the thirty classrooms all on top of each other
- thirty storeys high! That may be why all kinds of strange stuff happens at Wayside School. Especially on the thirtieth floor. It is a school full of unusual characters too. Mrs Gorf the meanest teacher in the world. Terrible Todd who always gets sent home early. John who can only read upside down. It is a crazy mixed-up school brilliantly brought to life by the irresistible Louis Sachar.
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Between Sidmouth & Beer lies one of Englands most attractive coastlines. This book uses pairs of historic & modern photographs to explore this coast & four settlements along it
- the popular tourist town of Sidmouth & some of its hinterland Salcombe Regis hidden in its little valley the dispersed Branscombe which is really a series of several villages & Beer with its little sheltered cove that was an ideal base for fishermen. The varied geology from the red sandstone around Sidmouth to the white chalk of Beer Head is part of Englands only Natural World Heritage Site & has given rise to a spectacular variety of cliffs coves & beaches. The old views are still recognisable but there has been a fascinating variety of smaller changes that make these pairs of pictures worth a close look & they will be of interest to locals & visitors alike.
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Sidney Chambers the Vicar of Grantchester is a thirty-two-year-old bachelor. Tall with dark brown hair eyes the colour of hazelnuts & a reassuringly gentle manner Sidney is an unconventional clergyman & can go where the police cannot. Together with his roguish friend Inspector Geordie Keating Sidney inquires into the suspect suicide of a Cambridge solicitor a scandalous jewellery theft at a New Years Eve dinner party the unexplained death of a well-known jazz promoter & a shocking art forgery the disclosure of which puts a close friend in danger. Sidney discovers that being a detective like being a clergyman means that you are never off duty. Nonetheless he manages to find time for a keen interest in cricket warm beer hot jazz & the works of Tolstoy & Shakespeare
- as well as a curious fondness for a German widow three years his junior. From the son of the former Archbishop of Canterbury this is the first of The Grantchester Mysteries six detective novels spanning thirty years of British history
- from the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II in 1953 to the wedding of Charles & Diana in 1981
- featuring the unforgettable vicar & sleuth Sidney Chambers.


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