The tiny hermit crab loves his new shell. He doesn`t want to share it -- not with a blobby purple anenome and a tickly bristleworm. But life in the rock pool proves tougher than Crab thinks, and soon he finds he needs his new housemates in this rollicking story of sea, shells and friendship.
ISBN: 978-1-4050-2048-0
Издательство:
Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: август 2011
Young Fawn Bluefield and soldier-sorcerer Dag Redwing Hickory have survived magical dangers with their passionate hearts strong and united. The bigotry of blood kin, however, cannot be easily overcome. Leaving behind all that they have ever known, the couple sets off to find fresh solutions to the perilous split between their peoples—but their passage will not be ventured alone. New companions join them on their road: Fawn`s brother, Whit, escaping a hopeless future on the family farm; a pair of novice Lakewalker patrollers fleeing the catastrophic consequences of an honest mistake; a young flatboat captain searching for her vanished father and fiancé; a shrewd backwoods hunter; and a farmer boy unintentionally beguiled by Dag`s...
Troubled young Fawn Bluefield seeks a life beyond her family’s farm. But en route to the city, she encounters a patrol of Lakewalkers, nomadic soldier–sorcerers from the northern woodlands. Feared necromancers armed with mysterious knives made of human bone, they wage a secret, ongoing war against the scourge of the "malices", immortal entities that draw the life out of their victims, enslaving human and animal alike. It is Dag—a Lakewalker patroller weighed down by past sorrows and onerous present responsibilities—who must come to Fawn’s aid when she is taken captive by a malice. They prevail at a devastating cost—unexpectedly binding their fates as they embark upon a remarkable journey into danger and delight, prejudice and...
ISBN: 978-0-06-113907-9
Издательство:
HarperCollins
Дата выхода: август 2011
Usborne Phonics Readers have been created in consultation with a language expert, taking into account the latest research on the most effective ways of teaching reading. Children who have just learned to read can enjoy the lively stories with very little guidance from an adult, gaining the experience and enthusiasm they need to become fully confident readers. Stephen Cartwright`s delightful illustrations complement the text and are designed to stimulate further interest. Fold-out pages add to the enjoyment.
ISBN: 978-0-7460-7724-5
Издательство:
Usborne
Дата выхода: декабрь 2011
Timothy Pope is looking out into the night with his telescope. Is that really a shark he can see? Turn the page and find out . . . Children will delight in peeping through the die-cut holes and guessing what Tim has spotted.
This is a 6 level series of readers for children learning English, bringing together a variety of enjoyable fiction and non-fiction titles. The series provides reinforcement of the basic structures and vocabulary contained in most major primary courses.
ISBN: 978-0-230-01024-6
Издательство:
Macmillan ELT
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Features:A 10-question diagnostic quiz in every chapter to show readers where they need the most from basic arithmetic to Algebra 2, broken down by subject and then building up from chapter to chapter so readers can group concepts together for easier variety of practice exercises with detailed answer explanations for every 15-20 question recognition and recall practice set that includes material from the entire chapter (and a few questions that cover material from the previous chapters), to once again reinforce what the reader has learned on a larger scale. Detailed answer explanations follow the practice chapter summaries for easy review.
ISBN: 978-1-4195-5031-7
Издательство:
Kaplan Publishing
Дата выхода: июль 2011
When two girls, aged nine and ten are abducted and killed in Wind Gap, Missouri, Camille Preaker is sent back to her home town to investigate and report on the crimes. Camille, self-described `white trash from old money`, is the daughter of one of the richest families in town. Long-haunted by a childhood tragedy and estranged from her mother for years, Camille suddenly finds herself installed once again in her family`s Victorian mansion, reacquainting herself with her distant mother and the half-sister she barely knows, a precocious 13-year-old who holds a disquieting grip on the town and surrounds herself with a group of vampish teenage girls. As Camille struggles to remain detached from the evidence, her relationship with her neurotic,...
ISBN: 978-0-7538-2221-0
Издательство:
Орион
Дата выхода: август 2011
The seventeenth Sharpe novel sees Sharpe returning from India to London to join the newly formed Green jackets. Sharpe, though a little more comfortable with his new officer rank, is sure that this new unit is of lower status, and that he has failed. His ship home is shipwrecked: he is captured by pirates but fighting free with a few companions, finds himself on a British Navy ship heading to join Nelson`s fleet. And there, in October 1805, he finds himself involved in the great sea battle, and discovers new skills in fighting on sea.
ISBN: 978-0-00-723516-2
Издательство:
HarperCollins UK
Дата выхода: февраль 2012
