Impact - The Story of the September 11 Terrorist Attack...
Four airplanes crashed; thousands of people died; and millio...
TOTAL CHAOS - The Story of the Stooges
TOTAL CHAOS is the first book telling Iggy Pops story of T...
The Story of the Lost Child - The Neapolitan Novels, Bo...
Winner, Readers Choice Award, International Book of the Ye...
The Story of the Lost Child - The Neapolitan Novels, Bo...
The Story of the Lost Child is the long-awaited fourth volum...
Madame de Villeneuve's the Story of the Beauty and the ...
Think you know the story of Beauty and the Beast? Think ...
Stripes in the Forest - The Story of the Last Wild Thyl...
I am the last of my kind. This I know. Once, we roamed the l...
The Story of the World: History for the Classical Child...
What terrible secret was buried in Shi Huangdis tomb? Did ...
The Story Orchestra: The Nutcracker - Press the Note to...
Follow Clara on a magical Christmas adventure in this retell...
Boomerang and Bat - The Story of the Real First Eleven
In 1868 a determined team of Aboriginal cricketers set off o...
The Story of the Human Body - Evolution, Health and Dis...
In The Story of the Human Body, Daniel Lieberman, Professor ...
Giro d'Italia - The Story of the World's Most Beautiful...
The story of the Giro dItalia, more demanding and unpredic...
The Story of the Vikings Sticker Book
Follow the incredible story of the Vikings as they terrorize...
Impact - The Story Of The September 11 Terrorist Attacks
The Story Of The Orchestra - Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Mus...
Eye-catching illustrations, an engaging text and delightful musical selections on an accompanying 70-minute CD lead children aged 8 to 12 (and parents too!) on an exciting and educational listen-while-you-learn tour through the instruments and music of the orchestra. The Composers, name by name Baroque Classical Romantic Modern - The Orchestra, instrument by instrument String ...
The Story of Be - A Verb's-Eye View of the English Language
Its the most simple, unassuming, innocent-looking verb: to be. Yet it is jam-packed with more different meanings, forms, and uses than any other English word. As he reveals bes multiple incarnations, David Crystal takes us to the heart of our flexible and changing language. He tells the intriguing story in 26 chapters, each linked to a particular usage. We meet circumstantial be (how are...
The Story of The Streets
WINNER OF THE NME BEST BOOK AWARD i> i>This book is going to try and get as close as possible to the full story of what informed the noise of The Streets. Obviously thats something I should be fairly well-qualified to know about, and Im going to be as honest as the publishers lawyers will allow. i> With the 2001 release of The Streets debut single Has It Come To This? the landscape...
Outliers - The Story of Success
Why do some people achieve so much more than others? Can they lie so far out of the ordinary? Malcolm Gladwell looks at everyone from rock stars to scientific geniuses to show that the story of success is far more surprising, and inspiring, than we ever imagined. Malcolm Gladwell
has a genius for making everything he writes seem like an impossible adventure Tim Adams, Observer The b...
The Other Side of the Story
The lives of three women collide when a highflying literary agent finds herself representing two women who were once best friends . . . There are three sides to every story. Your side, their side, and the truth . . . Sharkish literary agent Jojo has just made a very bad career move shes slept with her married boss Mark . . . Lily Jojos bestselling author has just blown her ad...
The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo
Amy Schumer. Frank, fearless and so freaking funny. Her story. In her own words. Ive only had one one-night stand in my life. Yes, one. I know, Im so sorry to disappoint anyone who thinks I walk around at all times with a margarita in one hand and a dildo in the other. In The Girl with the Lower Back Tattoo, Amy shares stories about her family, her relationships, her career, good and ...
In The Name of the Family - A Times Best Historical Fiction of the Year Book
A Times Best Historical Fiction Book of the YearA Cosmopolitan Best Book of the Year A History Today Book of the Year Dunant has made completely her own the story of the Italys most infamous ruling family . . . in a way that we can see, hear and smell Mark Lawson, Guardian A stunning tale of power and family . . . In Dunants telling of the Borgia story, Lucrezia is not the sluttish pow...
The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time - Vintage Children's Classics
Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesnt mean there isnt an answer to them This is Christophers murder mystery story. There are also no lies in this story because Christopher cant tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other hand, he knows all the countries in the world and their capital cities and every prime number up...
The People Smuggler - The True Story Of Ali Al Jenabi
Robin de Crespignys The People Smuggler is the gripping, inspring story of one mans escape from Saddams Iraq to become the Oskar Schindler of Asia. When Ali Al Jenabi flees Saddam Husseins torture chambers, he is forced to leave his family behind in Iraq. What follows is an incredible international odyssey through the shadowy world of fake passports, crowded camps and illegal border ...
Breaking the Chains of Gravity - The Story of Spaceflight before NASA
NASAs history is a familiar story, one that typically peaks with Neil Armstrong taking his small step on the Moon in 1969. But Americas space agency and in particular its Apollo lunar-landing program wasnt created in a vacuum. It was assembled from pre-existing parts, drawing together some of the best minds the non-Soviet world had to offer. In the 1930s, rockets were all the rage in ...
Shining - The Story of a Lucky Man
A remarkably warm-hearted, uplifting and inspiring story of one boys survival against the odds. Abdis world fell apart when he was only fifteen and Somalias vicious civil war hit Mogadishu. Unable to find his family and effectively an orphan, he fled with some sixty others,heading to Kenya. On the way, death squads hunted them and they daily faced violence, danger and starvation. After almo...
The Story Cure - An A-Z of Books to Keep Kids Happy, Healthy and Wise
From tantrums to tummy aches to teenage mood swings, there are times when a book is the best medicine of all. The Story Cure is a manual for grown-ups who believe that the stories which shape childrens lives should not be left to chance. In these pages bibliotherapists Ella and Susan recommend the perfect childrens book from picture books to YA novels via the golden world of chapter books ...
Rabbit and Bear: The Pest in the Nest - Book 2
Rabbits Bad Habits is a breath of fresh air in childrens fiction, a laugh-out-loud story of rabbit and wolf and bear, of avalanches and snowmen. The sort of story that makes you want to send your children to bed early, so you can read it to them. Neil Gaiman From novelist and playwright Julian Gough, and the winner of the Roald Dahl Funny Prize, Jim Field, comes a brilliantly funny st...
The Nightingale and the Rose
This spectacular new series of artworks by Del Kathryn Barton is inspired by Oscar Wildes classic story The Nightingale and the Rose. The book contains 20 new paintings and drawings by the Archibald winning artist to accompany the words of Wildes timeless tale of love and loss. The theme of ecstatic metamorphosis through song attracted Del Kathryn Barton to this story, where the life of a ...
The Brittle Star - An epic story of the American West
Perfect for fans of Cormac McCarthy and True Grit, The Brittle Star is the epic story of a young mans unquenchable spirit. When his mothers ranch is attacked, sixteen-year-old John Evert is wounded and left to die. But John Evert is no ordinary young man. Hes a frontiersmans son, a rancher whos lived his whole life in the untamed Southern California wilderness of 1860. In a journey th...
Anne Frank Remembered - The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
For the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, here is Miep Giess own astonishing story. For more than two years, Miep and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives every day to bring food, news, and emotional support to its victims. From her remarkable childhood as a World War I refugee to the...
Outlaw - The Story of Robin Hood
After a fierce storm, a boy discovers a human skull, buried beneath the roots of an ancient tree. A skull with a legendary story
Vivid re-imagining of the legendary hero Robin Hood by bestselling author of War Horse. Tell the sheriff, tell Sir Guy of Gisbourne, tell everyone in Nottingham, that the Outlaws rule here in Sherwood, that we rule in the kings name
I am Robin Hood. Homeless...
In a Different Key - The Story of Autism
A magnificent opus
extraordinary, spellbinding
this book does what no other on autism has done Ann Bauer, Washington Post Pulitzer finalist 2017 The stunning history of autism as it has been discovered and felt by parents, children and doctors Nearly seventy-five years ago, Donald Triplett of Forest, Mississippi became the first child diagnosed with autism. In a Different Key tells th...
Mother Tongue - The Story of the English Language
More than 300 million people in the world speak English and the rest, it sometimes seems, try to
Only Bill Bryson could make a book about the English language so entertaining. With his boundless enthusiasm and restless eye for the absurd, this is his astonishing tour of English. From its mongrel origins to its status as the worlds most-spoken tongue; its apparent simplicity to its decepti...
The Finest Hours - The True Story of the U.S. Coast Guard's Most Daring Sea Rescue
The story behind the major motion picture from Disney-starring Chris Pine, Eric Bana, and Casey Affleck-written by a recognized master of the genre-a blockbuster account of tragedy at sea. Its the winter of 1952 and a ferocious Noreaster is pounding New England with howling winds and seventy-foot seas. Two oil tankers get caught in the violent storm off Cape Cod, its fury splitting the...
Australia's Argonauts - The remarkable story of the first class to enter the Royal Australian Naval College
The story of the first cadet-midshipmen to join the Royal Australian Naval College is without parallel. In 1913 twenty-eight thirteen-year-old boys joined the new Navy at a time when Australia was both idealistic and ambitious. The boys were drawn from every State and became known as the Pioneer Class. Australias Argonauts is the result of many years research. It brings together previously...