What s the hook? A compulsive expose of the attraction of gang culture the need for acceptance & the importance of relationships with a compelling protagonist. What are the themes? Identity friendship individual vs society & peer pressure. Teaching points? Fast-paced narrative makes it absolutely ideal for studying structure. ...

In this fascinating book Seth Godin argues that now for the first time everyone has an opportunity to start a movement
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The diverse peoples of Britain & Ireland are revealed not only by physical characteristics but also through structures & settlements place names & dialects. Using the latest genetic & archaeological research the author shows how different peoples traded settled & conquered establishing the tribal & regional roots still apparent today. Its vast scope considers the impact of prehistoric peoples & Celtic tribes Romans & Vikings Saxons & Normans Jews & Huguenots as well as the increasing population movements of the last century. ...

The creatures of the Redwall sequence
- from mice & badgers to otters & squirrels
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With an unflinching eye Triburbia explores Tribeca Manhattan where an artists' community has been overrun by those made staggeringly wealthy by the world of finance. A group of fathers
- a sound engineer a writer a career criminal
- meet each morning at a local cafe after the school run. Over the course of a single year we learn about their dreams deferred their secrets & mishaps as they confront truths about ambition wealth & sex. Seen through the eyes of these men & the women with whom they share their lives Triburbia shows that our choices & their repercussions not only define us but irrevocably alter the lives of those we love. Wonderfully layered & complex Triburbia creates a powerful portrait of a group of unlikely friends & a neighbourhood in transition.

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After the disappearance of their father & the sudden death of their mother Lee Hart & his deaf brother Ned imagine all is lost until Lee lands a traineeship at their local funeral home & discovers there is life after death. Here in the company of a crooning ex-publican a closet pole vaulter a terminally-ill hearse driver & the dead of their local town old wounds begin to heal & love arrives as a beautiful florist aboard a Fleurtations delivery van. But death is closer than Lee Hart thinks. Somewhere among the quiet lanes & sleepy farms something else is waiting. & it is closing in. Dont bring your work home with you thats what they say. Too late. Sometimes sad often hilarious & ultimately tragic & deeply moving A Trick I Learned from Dead Men" is a pitch perfect small masterpiece from a writer described by Richard Ford as having a moral grasp upon life that is grave knowing melancholy often extremely funny & ultimately optimistic." ...

When Charlie Flint is sent a mysterious package of cuttings about a brutal murder it instantly grabs her attention. The murder occurred in the grounds of her old Oxford college
- a groom battered to death just hours after his wedding. As his bride & wedding guests sipped champagne his alleged killers were slipping his bloodstained body into the river. Charlie doesnt know who sent the package or why yet she cant get the crime out of her head. But as she delves deeper & steps back into the mysterious world of Oxford colleges she realises that there is much more to this crime than meets the eye...
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In the green depths of spring morning breaks on a woman splayed in a bed of flowers
- her eyes wide her neck broken. Her death
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Welcome to the world of alternative medicine. Prince Charles is a staunch defender & millions of people swear by it; most UK doctors consider it to be little more than superstition & a waste of money. But how do you know which treatments really heal & which are potentially harmful? Now at last you can find out thanks to the formidable partnership of Professor Edzard Ernst & Simon Singh. Edzard Ernst is the world's first professor of complementary medicine based at Exeter University where he has spent over a decade analyzing meticulously the evidence for & against alternative therapies. He is supported in his findings by Simon Singh the well-known & highly respected science writer of several international bestsellers. Together they have written the definitive book on the subject. It is honest impartial but hard-hitting & provides a thorough examination & judgement of more than thirty of the most popular treatments such as acupuncture homeopathy aromatherapy reflexology chiropractic & herbal medicine. In Trick or Treatment?" the ultimate verdict on alternative medicine is delivered for the first time with clarity scientific rigour & absolute authority." ...

Druid Atticus OSullivan hasnt stayed alive for more than two millennia without a fair bit of Celtic cunning. So when vengeful thunder gods come Norse by Southwest looking for payback Atticus with a little help from the Navajo trickster god Coyote lets them think that theyve chopped up his body in the Arizona desert. But the mischievous Coyote is not above a little sleight of paw & Atticus soon finds that hes been duped into battling bloodthirsty desert shapeshifters called skinwalkers. Just when the Druid thinks hes got a handle on all the duplicity betrayal comes from an unlikely source. If Atticus survives this time he vows he wont be fooled again. Famous last words. ...