In her debut novel Alissa Ordabai takes us into the world of Joey Mormile, a wannabe rock star who will stop at nothing to get to the top. At 22 he is ambitious, cynical, obsessed with his looks and already has plenty of enemies on the unsigned London rock scene. His story is set against the background of the world where musicians squabble and conspire, managers exploit and manipulate their acts, music journalists follow their own agendas, groupies detest each other, and everyone is obsessed with money, fame, appearances, and procuring the right connections.
Conservation Tales: Elephants tells the story of Olive, a girl who wants to be an elephant researcher like her mom. Join her as she travels to Tanzania to learn more about elephants and how we can help protect this threatened species. Includes conservation actions and inquiry science activites. For grades 3-5.
A con turned cop. An urchin turned lady. Two webs of lies. One epic love.Set in the fantasy world of Menelon, Sir Vincent Sultaire is the Raven, a rakehell, playboy, con turned cop in the City-State of Fernwall. His lover, Lady Angelique Blakesly, is on the surface a wealthy, widowed baroness and devout member of the conservative Guardian Paladin church. But all is not what it seems. Behind Lady Angelique's careful poise and reserve lies her true identity as the Iris, one of Fernwall's most successful high-stakes burglars.After a brilliantly executed theft of the priceless artifact, the M gun-Zak, Sir Vincent is put in charge of the investigation. This appointment sets the stage for a race against time-and a test of true love-as The Iris is desperate to keep him from learning the truth.A thief set to catch a thief. Sex, love, and lies intersect as RAVEN'S TEARS takes readers on a journey across the breadth of Fernwall and through time as the Raven unravels a dizzying collection of deceptions behind the crime. Will true love survive?
Harness the power of the moon cycles to help bring your art to life. In whatever creative field you operate in, whether it be visual arts, literature, cooking, gardening, theatre, or anything else that makes you feel creative, use this book to help guide you and your creative processes. By having a monthly cycle of completion and trusting in the process, you will be able to plan for and complete projects using this powerful element.
It's Bring Your Kid to Work Day. Will Max experience a fun-filled day with his dad, the Chief Fart Catcher? Or will Max's reading problem turn the day fartastrophic?Testimonial: 'It's more humerus than medical ' EllaThis illustrated book is ideal for young readers just starting to read chapter books. With humorous illustrations by Alison Mutton this story brings your everyday farts to life
She has a gift. His family has a past. Can they solve a century-old mystery... together?Gemma doesn't miss working for the family business. She has a knack for restoring older properties, but after a vicious haunting nearly killed her, she was more than ready to move on. Gemma agrees to one last job to save her parents' business, but the 1880s historical estate has its fair share of dark secrets...Henry Alcott wants nothing more than to free the spirit from his family's property. Ever since the original owner was wrongfully convicted of murder and sentenced to death, the ghost has made sure every restoration effort was a miserable failure. But there's something about Gemma that makes Henry believe this can change...Gemma and Henry must solve a hundred-year mystery in order to complete the restoration in time. Failure to do so could cost Gemma's parents their business, but staying in the house could cost them much, much more...The Haunting of Alcott Manor is a contemporary gothic mystery. If you like engaging characters, and mysteries that keep you guessing until the very end, then you'll love the first book in Alyssa Richards' chilling new series.Buy The Haunting of Alcott Manor to step inside the house today
What were the high school outcomes, college enrollment, and two-year persistence rates of English Learners-students who were still English Learners in high school, and those who were previously classified as English Learners but had attained English proficiency by high school?Continuously reporting only on active English Learners obscures the successes of English Learners as a full group. Two prior Consortium reports found English Learners are not perpetually low-performing, as publicly reported numbers suggest.This new study shines a light on English Learners' high school and college experiences.
If you are ready to quick drinking and get sober, this book is a great tool to help you win that struggle. Compiled from the advice and wisdon of alcoholics just like you who successfully quit drinking.
John Hallan is a young graduate living in the big city on a distant Earth-like planet peopled by a race of unique token-bearers. Amid the chaos of modern life, John looks for a purpose to his existence - but it's not easy when he isn't drawn in by the latest mePhone or passionate about making a name for himself, or in fact anything aside from grabbing a beer at his favorite bar. His boring life is a mystery to his exciting, popular, immortal coworker and national network star, Borneo, who is living each of his endless days as if it's his last. But John's apathy toward their magical world allows him alone to witness their one-way slide toward apocalypse.
Leaving behind her idyllic childhood in a seaside village, Emile slips into a dark world of wayward souls in an ancient Czech town. While on her way to boarding school, Emile's train takes her to another school instead, where her name has appeared on the roster. She falls into the world of Godfrey, their capricious, chaotic headmaster who teaches Manipulation rather than Math and lectures from his favorite bar. Emile navigates this world, visible only to those within it, until she learns the truth of Godfrey's inimitable school.
A man who appears to live an ordinary, inconspicuous life struggles against a tendency to walk backwards that puts glitches in his smooth trajectory. After leaving work early one afternoon without rhyme or reason, he begins walking in the opposite direction and plunges into the woods beside the highway. When he reaches the end of the forest, another one, invisible, begins.
