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This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days If you are a dreamer, come in, If you are a dreamer, A wisher, a liar, A hope-er, a pray-er, A magic bean buyer … Come in … for where the sidewalk ends, Shel Silverstein’s world begins. You’ll meet a boy who turns into a TV set, and a girl who eats a whale. The Unicorn and the Bloath live there, and so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out. It is a place where you wash your shadow and plant diamond gardens, a place where shoes fly, sisters are auctioned off, and crocodiles go to the dentist. Shel Silverstein’s masterful collection of poems and drawings is at once outrageously funny and profound. Notable Children's Books of 1974 (ALA) 1985 Notable Children's Recording (BL) Outstanding Children's Books of 1974 (NYT) 1988 Choices (Association of Booksellers for Children) Notable Titles of 1974 (NYTBR) 1981 Michigan Young Readers' Award 1984 George C. Stone Center for Children's Books (Claremont, CA) "Recognition of Merit" Award Features Summary A boy who turns into a TV set and a girl who eats a whale are only two of the characters in a collection of humorous poetry illustrated with the author's own drawings.. Author Shel Silverstein Publisher HarperCollins Children's Books Release date 19781019 Pages 166 ISBN 0-06-025667-2 ISBN 13 978-0-06-025667-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days At long last, ten years after the Goddess of Mercy entrusted them with the journey to the West, San Zang and his disciples have reached the sacred mountain of West Heaven and will take possession of the Mahayana Sutras. But the Goddess intended for the journey to be difficult and dangerous, and just because the travelers have reached their destination does not mean they will make it safely home. Features Summary Description based on: volume 2, c2011, title from t.p. Author Weidong Chen Publisher Jr Comics Release date 20130801 Pages 176 ISBN 89-94-20865-8 ISBN 13 978-89-94-20865-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Ranulph Fiennes has entered the public imagination as the intrepid explorer par excellance. Taunted by his wife over the challenge of the never-before attempted circumpolar navigation of the globe, he set off in 1979 on a gruelling 52,000 mile adventure. Together with fellow members of 21 SAS regiment, Fiennes left from Greenwich, travelling over land, passing through both ends of the polar axis. Completed over three years later, it was the first circumpolar navigation of the globe, and justifiably entered Fiennes into the record books. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH is the record of that journey. It captures the natural beauty of the landscapes they passed through, and the cameraderie that necessarily grows between men who had served in the British forces' elite regiment and were now throwing themselves into danger of a different sort. Time and again, the expedition found themselves in life-threatening situations, weaving through the pack ice of the Arctic Ocean or sharing a single sleeping bag to ward off the -40 degrees celsius Arctic night. The calm and measured approach which made Fiennes such a great expedition leader shines through TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH, deftly recreating the last unexplored regions on earth. It is also a book which lays the foundations for what was to come for Fiennes, confirming a need to exist outside the comfortable norms the rest of us inhabit. As the expedition progresses, there is also a mounting sense of tension as attainment of the final goal also spells the end of the adventure. TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH is a compelling account of one journey and Fiennes' drive to push himself to ever further extremes. Features Summary The awe-inspiring account of Ranulph Fiennes' first major expedition, completing the first circumpolar navigation of the earth. Author Ranulph Fiennes Publisher Simon & Schuster Release date 20140905 Pages 570 ISBN 1-4711-3570-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4711-3570-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days When the war ends, how do you leave your best friend behind? Jack was his friend, partner, protector, hero.. And Fletcher wasn't leaving him behind. Following a tragic accident, Fletcher Carson joins the flagging was effort in Vietnam. Lost and lonely, he plans to die in the war. But after stumbling upon a critically injured yellow Lab, Fletcher unexpectedly finds a reason to live. He finds Jack. Fletcher and Jack are a team, and like the hundreds of other U.S. Military dogs and their handlers in Vietnam, they serve their country, saving countless lives. To the men, the dogs are heroes. But at the end of the war, the U.S. government announces that all the dogs serving in the war have been declared "surplus military equipment" and will not be transported home. Ordered to leave Jack behind, Fletcher refuses - and so begins the journey of two friends who will go to the ends of the earth to save each other. Based on the actual existence and abandonment of canine units in Vietnam, Finding Jack is more than just a story of man saves dog. It is a story of friendship and love, and a moving tribute to the forgotten heroes of a desperate war. And proof that sometimes it is dog that truly saves man. Features Summary When the war ends, how do you leave your best friend behind? Jack was his friend, partner, protector, hero.. And Fletcher wasn't leaving him behind. Following a tragic accident... Author Gareth Crocker Publisher The Penguin Group (SA) (Pty) Ltd Release date 20150226 Pages 266 ISBN 0-14-353920-5 ISBN 13 978-0-14-353920-9

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 13 working days Acclaimed for the scholarship of its prominent authors and the clarity of its narrative, AMERICAN GOVERNMENT: INSTITUTIONS AND POLICIES, 13E, International Edition sets the standard for public policy coverage while maintaining focus on three fundamental topics: the institutions of American government; the historical development of governmental procedures, actors, and policies; and who governs in the United States and to what ends. Reader involvement in the material is bolstered by features such as learning objectives, "Who Governs?" and "To What Ends?" questions framing each chapter, and "How Things Work" boxes that illustrate important concepts. Available separately, a state-of-the-art media package with new online tools makes the learning experience engaging and accessible. Features Summary Focuses on three fundamental topics: the institutions of American government; the historical development of governmental procedures, actors, and policies; and... Author John J DiIulio (Author), James Q Wilson (Author), Meena Bose (Author) Publisher Wadsworth Publishing Co Inc Release date 20111228 Pages 688 ISBN 1-111-83002-9 ISBN 13 978-1-111-83002-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days "Sometimes "The One" comes along more than once in a lifetime." When Lauren Keegan met Cassie Burkett on a Yangtze River cruise, they immediately clicked. Cruise over, they kept in touch, and rapidly became close friends. The following year they're reunited for a visit which ends with a spontaneous kiss that surprises them both. That one kiss destroys their friendship, sending them back to their lives--and their partners--heartsick and remorseful. Ten years later everything--and nothing--has changed. While the path is now clear for them to reignite the old flame, the time still seems all wrong. Cassie is unable to break through the emotional walls separating her from both her estranged son and her rediscovered love, while Lauren is overcome with revelations about her late partner that shatter her belief in destiny and romance. Challenged by the past and besieged in the present, the only thing going for them is the one thing they've denied all these years: love. "With an unforgettable journey through China as backdrop for a story of fated love, Robbi McCoy (Waltzing at Midnight, Not Every River) returns with a decade-spanning romance that explores first impressions, second chances and perhaps third time's the charm." Features Summary When Lauren Keegan met Cassie Burkett on a Yangtze River cruise, they immediately clicked. Cruise over, they kept in touch, with increasing frequency. The following year they're reunited for a visit which ends with a surprised kiss... Author Robbi Mccoy Publisher Bella Books Release date 20101211 Pages 275 ISBN 1-59493-214-X ISBN 13 978-1-59493-214-4

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days At the centre of the Earth, in a world that no one knows exists, Will is in trouble. His enemy, the Styx, are close behind. They'll pursue him to the ends of the world - any world. Meanwhile Drake - with help from the unlikeliest of allies is preparing to fight the Styx from above. But will his daring plan bring him closer to victory... or to certain death? Features Summary At the centre of the Earth, Will is in trouble. His enemy, the Styx, are close behind. They'll follow him to the ends of the world - any world. Meanwhile Drake - with help from the unlikeliest of allies - is preparing to fight the Styx from above... Author Roderick Gordon (Author), Brian Williams (Author) Publisher Chicken House Release date 20100503 Pages 508 ISBN 1-906427-35-6 ISBN 13 978-1-906427-35-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A frank and fascinating exploration of race and racial identity. NOTES FROM NO MAN'S LAND: AMERICAN ESSAYS begins with a series of lynchings and ends with a series of apologies. Eula Biss explores race in America and her response to the topic is informed by the experiences chronicled in these essays - teaching in a Harlem school on the morning of 9/11, reporting from an African American newspaper in San Diego, watching the aftermath of hurricane Katrina from a college town in Iowa, and settling in Chicago's most diverse neighbourhood. As Biss moves across the country from New York to California to the Midwest, her essays move across from biblical Babylon to the freedmen's schools of Reconstruction to a Jim Crow mining town to post-war white flight. She brings an eclectic education to the page, drawing variously on the Eagles, Laura Ingalls Wilder, James Baldwin, Alexander Graham Bell, Joan Didion, religious pamphlets, and reality television. These spare, sometimes lyric essays explore the legacy of race in America, artfully revealing in intimate detail how families, schools, and neighbourhood participate in preserving racial privilege.Faced with a disturbing past and unsettling present, Biss still remains hopeful about the possibilites of American diversity, 'not the sun-shininess of it, or the quote-making politics of it, but the real complexity of it. ' Features Summary NOTES FROM NO MAN'S LAND: AMERICAN ESSAYS begins with a series of lynchings and ends with a series of apologies. Eula Biss explores race in America and her response to the topic is informed by the experiences chronicled in these essays. Author Eula Biss Publisher Fitzcarraldo Editions Release date 20170419 Pages 240 ISBN 1-910695-39-4 ISBN 13 978-1-910695-39-5

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days It's time for Haruaki's first visit to his students' homes, and this can only mean one thing-youkai parents! Haruaki's job only gets worse as he risks his very life and nearly ends up as mandragora food in the process! This is one parent-teacher conference you won't want to miss! Features Summary It's time for Haruaki's first visit to his students' homes, and this can only mean one thing-youkai parents! Haruaki's job only gets worse as he risks his very life and nearly ends up as mandragora food in the process! Author Mai Tanaka (Author), Mai Tanaka (Visual artist) Publisher Yen Press Release date 20181210 Pages 160 ISBN 1-975328-43-4 ISBN 13 978-1-975328-43-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Award-winning novelist Steve Stern s exhilarating epic recounts the story of how a nineteenth-century rabbi from a small Polish town ends up in a basement freezer in a suburban Memphis home at the end of the twentieth century. What happens when an impressionable teenage boy inadvertently thaws out the ancient man and brings him back to life is nothing short of miraculous. " Features Summary Tells the story of how a nineteenth-century rabbi from a small Polish town ends up in a basement freezer in a suburban Memphis home at the end of the twentieth century.. Author Steve Stern Publisher Algonquin Books (division of Workman) Release date 20110522 Pages 400 ISBN 1-61620-052-9 ISBN 13 978-1-61620-052-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days This Newbery Honor Book by acclaimed author Avi is available again through Scholastic--in an After Words paperback edition In this thought-provoking examination of freedom, patriotism, and respect, ninth-grader, Philip Malloy, is kept from joining the track team by his failing grades in English class. Convinced that the teacher just doesn't like him, Philip concocts a plan to get transferred out of her class. Breaking the school's policy of silence during the national anthem, he hums along, and ends up in a crisis at the center of the nation's attention. Features Summary In this thought-provoking examination of freedom, patriotism, and respect, ninth-grader, Philip Malloy, is kept from joining the track team by his failing grades in English class... Author Avi Publisher Scholastic Paperbacks Release date 20100101 Pages 177 ISBN 0-545-17415-5 ISBN 13 978-0-545-17415-2

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days The extraordinary new novel from the incredible author of SOCKPUPPET. Perfect for fans of BLACK MIRROR.Early one morning, blogger Alex Kubelick walks up to a total stranger and slaps him across the face. Hard.He smiles.They've both just earned Emoticoin, in a new, all-consuming game that trades real-life emotions for digital currency. Emoticoin is changing the face of the economy - but someone or something is controlling it for their own, dangerous ends.As Alex picks apart the tangled threads that hold the virtual game together she finds herself on the run from very real enemies. It seems only one person has the answers she seeks. Someone who hides behind the name 'Lucky Ghost'.But Lucky Ghost will only talk to a young hacker called Thimblerig - the online troll who's been harassing Alex for months.Will Lucky Ghost lead Alex and Thimblerig to the answers they seek - or to their deaths? LUCKY GHOST is part of the Martingale cycle, a series of interconnected novels exploring the life of computing pioneer and political radical Elyse Martingale - and her strange afterlife in the 21st century. Features Summary The extraordinary new novel from the incredible author of SOCKPUPPET Author Matthew Blakstad Publisher Hodder Paperback Release date 20180111 Pages 400 ISBN 1-4736-2477-0 ISBN 13 978-1-4736-2477-1

 The Bancroft Strategy by Robert Ludlum (Paperback) In the tradition of such Ludlum classics as  The Chancellor Manuscript  and  The Icarus Agenda,  The Bancroft Strategy  is a compelling novel of intrigue, where two figures find themselves facing a shadowy organization working to twist global politics to their own unsavory ends. When Todd Belknap - a legendary field agent for Consular Operations with a reputation as something of a cowboy - is cut loose from the agency after an operation goes wrong, his best friend and fellow agent is abducted in Lebanon by a militia group with a vicious reputation. When the government refuses to either rescue him or negotiate for his release, Belknap decides to take matters into his own hands. Meanwhile, hedge fund analyst Andrea Bancroft gets a surprising call - she is to receive an unexpected bequest of six million dollars from a cousin she never met. With one condition -- she must agree to sit on the board of the Bancroft family foundation, a charitable organization that is run by the family patriarch, Paul Newton. Having never been involved with, or even met, the family - her mother was briefly married to an Bancroft and cut off all contact many years ago - Andrea is intrigued. But the foundation, which is dedicated to doing strategic good deeds, appears less and less benign the more deeply involved she gets. What exactly is their involvement with the "Genesis" - a mysterious group working to destabilize the geopolitical balance at the risk of millions of lives? As events escalate, Todd Belknap and Andrea Bancroft come together and must form an uneasy alliance if they are to uncover the truth behind "Genesis" -- before it is too late.      

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days It has been proven that children benefit immensely when parents take an active role in their education. Skill Sharpeners Spell & Write provides grade-specific practice designed to keep written language skills sharp. Each of the 12 units in Spell & Write, Grade 1 is introduced by a story that establishes the unit theme and features some of the eight spelling words. Students are then presented with eight activity pages that provide meaningful spelling and writing practice, centering on the unit's theme. Each unit ends with a Test Your Skills assessment page. Students take a spelling test, edit a sentence, and answer questions about the skills presented in the unit. Features Summary It has been proven that children benefit immensely when parents take an active role in their education. Skill Sharpeners Spell & Write provides grade-specific practice designed to keep written language skills sharp... Author Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Publisher Evan-Moor Educational Publishers Release date 20050601 Pages 144 ISBN 1-59673-045-5 ISBN 13 978-1-59673-045-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days It is a time of awakening. In our -fields, hedgerows and woodlands, our beaches, cities and parks, an almost imperceptible shift soon becomes a riot of sound and colour: winter ends, and life surges forth once more. Whether in town or country, we all share in this natural rhythm, in the joy and anticipation of the changing year.; In prose and poetry both old and new, Spring mirrors the unfolding of the season, inviting us to see what's around us with new eyes. Featuring original writing by Rob Cowen, Miriam Darlington and Stephen Moss, classic extracts from the work of George Orwell, Clare Leighton and H. E. Bates, and fresh new voices from across the UK, this is an original and inspiring collection of nature writing that brings the British springtime to life in all its vivid glory. Features Summary A beautiful collection that captures the unfolding of springtime Author Melissa Harrison Publisher Elliott & Thompson Limited Release date 20160206 Pages 208 ISBN 1-78396-223-2 ISBN 13 978-1-78396-223-5