Introducing Tracy Beaker, 10-year-old girl-wonder and the daughter of a famous Hollywood actress . . . sort of. Tracy Beaker’s not exactly sure what her mother does, because Tracy has been in foster care for as long as she can remember. She has a picture of her mother, who’s pretty enough to be in movies, so maybe she is. And maybe one day Tracy’s mother will show up and reclaim her long-lost

There\'s nothing unusual about the Brockets. Normal, respectable, and proud of it, they turn up their noses at anyone strange or different. But from the moment Barnaby Brocket comes into the world, it\'s clear he\'s anything but ordinary. To his parents\' horror, Barnaby defies the laws of gravity - and floats. Desperate to please his parents, Barnaby does his best to keep both feet on the ground -

Los Angeles-based Jorge Pardo (b. 1963) is an artist whose work crosses the boundaries of art, design, and architecture to redefine notions of space and utility. His work re-examines the rules of modernism by incorporating elements of Minimalism and his personal responses to everyday objects and settings. Works by Pardo can be found in the world\'s most prestigious museums, and several of his permanent

Mostly Harmless: The Hitch Hiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy Part Five The Hitch Hiker\'s Guide to the Galaxy has, in what we laughingly call the past, a great deal to say on the subject of parallel universes. Very little of this is, however, at all comprehensible to anyone below the level of Advanced God, and since it is now well-established that all known gods came into existence a good three millionths

Its a sweet and cute book which has a touch of hilarity, grief, fun as well as goodness. Holly Kennedy lost her childhood sweetheart and husband, Gerry due to brain tumor. Holly misses him like hell and feels her emotions overwhelming and confusing. She does not know how to live without Gerry. However, she learns to do that through her own understanding, her family and her best friends and a list that

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For Juliet, a woman possessed by a fear of dust, life is spiralling out of control. Sexually harassed at work and frustrated by her parched, twelve-year relationship with James, Juliet escapes on holiday to France where she becomes romantically involved with Antoine. But he works with horses and Juliet is faced with one of her worst fears dust. And all is not as it seems. What part does Vronique play

Novela Henryho Jamese z roku 1878, Daisy Millerová, pojednává o mladé ženě, která svým liberálním chováním pobuřovala viktoriánskou společnost. James staví do kontrastu psychologii mladé ženy a tradice společnosti, v níž je Daisy Millerová jasně na okraji. V dopisech James Daisy označil za oběť „společenského kraválu“, jehož si ona sama buď vůbec nevšímá, nebo v něm vězí až po krk.V kontextu romantického

The explosive new thriller from New York Times-bestselling author and master of the medical thriller, Robin Cook, takes readers back to where the genre began, with Coma: what happens when innocent hospital patients are used as medical \'incubators\' against their will. Lynn Pierce, a fourth-year medical student at Mason Dixon University, thinks she has her life figured out. But when her otherwise healthy

A group of FBI Agents and Eddie Brock/Toxin lure Carnage to an abandoned mine to try to trap him. Things quickly go wrong, and the agents end up trapped with Carnage in the mine. What\'s worse, their control over Toxin is set to a ticking clock, and time\'s almost up. COLLECTING: Carnage 1-5, All-New, All-Different Point One 1 (Carnage story)

Thoroughly updated, now includes FREE CD-Rom, the Encyclop&230&894dia Britannica Almanac 2005 is a complete source of accurate and comprehensive information. Bursting with facts on everything from people and current events to history, geography, sports, religion, science, health, money, and statistics on every imaginable topic, it contains all the information you need, in one compact and authoritative

Hector Chetwode-Talbot, Eck to his friends, has left the army after a rather nasty moment in Colombia. From a privileged background, he is slightly at a loss as to what to do next, when he is approached by an old army pal, Bilbo Mountwilliam. Bilbo runs an investment fund company and persuades Eck to join the company. It is on a golfing trip to France with his friend Henry Newark that Eck first meets

The former Well Loved Tales\" series have been redesigned with brighter inks and coated paper to enhance the appeal of these fairy tales to young children. They are all intended for one level of readability and are considered ideal bedtime stories. This is the story of the Princess and the frog\".\"

In the most explosive and twisted psychological thriller since The Woman in the Window, a perfect love story leads to the perfect crime. Things that make me scared: When Charlie cries. Hospitals and lakes. When Ian drinks vodka in the basement. ISIS. When Ian gets angry. ... That something is really, really wrong with me. Maddie and Ian\'s romance began with a chance encounter at a party overseas;

Tells the story of the life-and-death hunt for a notorious Nazi criminal against a background of international arms deals.

Part of a 6 level series of readers for children learning English, which brings together a variety of fiction and non-fiction titles. This work aims to provide reinforcement of the basic structures and vocabulary contained in the most major primary courses.

Factfiles\" are a sub-series of \"Bookworms\" with a non-fiction angle, providing factual information for students on a wide variety of themes. Exercises at the back of each book check students\' understanding of the text and provide ideas for activities and project work.\"

Born Charles-Edouard Jeanneret, Le Corbusier (1887-1965) adopted his famous pseudonym after publishing his ideas in the review L’Esprit Nouveau in 1920. The few buildings he was able to design during the 1920s, when he also spent much of his time painting and writing, brought him to the forefront of modern architecture, though it wasn’t until after World War II that his epoch-making buildings were

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The Bombshells face their final battle as a supernatural Nazi invasion begins! On top of that, Hugo Strange unleashes his failed lab experiments on Harley Quinn and Poison Ivy\'s circus and Lois Lane has her chance to avenge her family on the villain -- will she take the shot? Amid the chaos, discover Lex Luthor\'s true colors as he reveals which side he\'s really on, and what that means for the future