Be fierce! Be brave! Be bold! This book is your rallying cry. 100 people. 100 ways to change the world. The question is - how are you going to change it? Leave your fear at the door and take inspiration from 100 brave heroes who stood up, spoke up and transformed lives. There`s gun control activist Emma Gonzalez - aged just nineteen, making the world listen. There`s British boxer Nicola Adams, fighting to be the best. Or how about model Adwo Aboah: not just a face but a powerful voice for justice? Read their stories. Then start creating yours.A powerful, uplifting look at 100 game-changing heroesPeople of all ages, making life better all over the worldShort profiles with key points and striking colour artworkAction points inspire you to...
If he`s in the right mood, divine Angus might grant you sight of your true love in a dream; you might even fall in love with him - but he`ll never love you back. This book retells the "Myth of Dream Angus" as part of the "Canongate Myths" series.
ISBN: 978-1-84195-842-2
Издательство:
Ред Фиш
Дата выхода: август 2011
A four-part series designed to meet the needs of secondary students continuing English as well as those starting English for the first time. • Dream Team is a communicative course that teaches students how to use language in real situations, while also paying careful attention to grammar, vocabulary, and pronunciation. • Strong emphasis is placed on the clear and thorough presentation of grammar points, followed up by systematic practice throughout the course. • Plenty of practice is given from the start in reading, writing, listening, and speaking, training students to communicate fluently and effectively in English. • Stimulating and engaging topics, and an amusing and lively presentation story involving the activities of...
ISBN: 978-0-194-35952-8
Издательство:
Oxford University Press
Дата выхода: июль 2011
Nora Roberts presents the second novel in an extraordinary new trilogy about the lives and loves of three sisters of the heart. Margo, Kate and Laura were brought up like sisters amidst the peerless grandeur of Templeton House. But it was Kate who soon discovered that her past was haunted by the darkest of secrets.
ISBN: 978-0-515-12000-4
Издательство:
Rem Distributors
Дата выхода: август 2011
Nineteen-year-old Joy Louie has run away from her home in 1950s America to start a new life in China. Idealistic and unafraid, she believes that Chairman Mao is on the side of the people, despite what her family keeps telling her. How can she trust them, when she has just learned that her parents have lied to her for her whole life, that her mother Pearl is really her aunt and that her real father is a famous artist who has been living in China all these years? Joy arrives in Green Dragon Village, where families live in crowded, windowless huts and eke out a meagre existence from the red soil. And where a handsome young comrade catches her Meanwhile, Pearl returns to China to bring her daughter home - if she can. For Mao has launched his...
Croaker has fallen and, following the Company`s disastrous defeat at Dejagore, Lady is one of the few survivors--determined to avenge the Company and herself against the Shadowmasters, no matter what the cost. But in assembling a new fighting force from the dregs and rabble of Taglios, she finds herself offered help by a mysterious, ancient cult of murder--competent, reliable, and apparently committed to her goals. Meanwhile, far away, Shadowmasters conspire against one another and the world, weaving dark spells that reach into the heart of Taglios. And in a hidden grove, a familiar figure slowly awakens to find himself the captive of an animated, headless corpse. Mercilessly cutting through Taglian intrigues, Lady appears to be growing...
ISBN: 978-0-8125-0210-7
Издательство:
Holtzbrink
Дата выхода: июль 2011
GRRM: A RRETROSPECTIVE is a massive collection of the best of George Martin`s short fiction, containing 32 short stories and novellas, including the Hugo-winning `A Song for Lya`, the Bram Stoker-winning `The Pear-Shaped Man` and `The Skin Trade`, which won the World Fantasy Award and is generally acclaimed as the finest werewolf story of our time. As well as the stories themselves, which span Martin`s multi-faceted career, there are two television scripts, voluminous author commentary, an introduction by award-winning editor and writer Gardner Dozois and a comprehensive bibliography. This must-have volume by one of the brightest stars in the field of imaginative fiction.
