It's the first-ever World's Cup, and it's taking place on the Moon. Earth play Mars in the final. Can Earth win the Cup? Soccer Stars is a book-banded reading book for developing readers, carefully levelled at Gold Book Band for guided reading Beautifully illustrated throughout, this 465-word story features a longer, more demanding text with extended vocabulary and sentence structures.
'Sparkling writing and imaginative storytelling - I love it.' Sue MoorcroftThe best adventures in life are the ones you don't plan . . .Skye Threppel lost most of her memories in a car crash that stole the lives of her best friend and fianc . Since that day she's struggled to move on with her life.So, when her quirky friend Felix suggests a trip to a TV convention in Nevada, where she can meet her favourite actor, Skye hopes it will be just the escape she needs to start rebuilding her confidence.But before Skye can meet her idol she bumps into mysterious sci-fi writer Jack Whitaker. Jack's a handsome contradiction - cool and intense, with a wild past.Jack has enough problems already. He isn't looking for a relationship, especially with a woman who has a crush on his leading actor. Yet an instant rapport soon becomes intense attraction.But before Skye can trust her heart to another, she must learn the mystery of her own past.Perhaps the new start she needs is to learn to love again . . .This heartwarming romance of second chances and new beginnings is perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Sarah Morgan, Susan Mallery, Laura Jane Williams, Beth Moran and Jo Barlett.
In Your Love Stars, Jane Struthers unlocks the secrets to improving your relationships – from romantic to family, friendships to work, and even with your pets – with the help of astrology. Jane explains that understanding your astrological birth chart, which is a snapshot of the heavens at the moment of your birth, will give insight into your own unique way of giving and receiving love. The book focuses on the zodiac signs occupied by the planets Venus and Mars when you were born, as they have the biggest influence on love and relationships. You don't have to be an expert astrologer to use Your Love Stars as Jane will guide you every step of the way. You can identify your own Venus and Mars signs with the help of a series of easy-to-follow tables and then you're ready to discover how you respond to relationships.Your Love Stars will take you on a fascinating journey as you learn whether you're best suited to close and intense relationships, easy-going and freedom-loving connections, or something in between. The deeper you dive into your birth chart, the more you'll understand how you relate to others, and you'll be on your way to deeper, more fulfilling relationships in no time.
In this book, you'll learn how you can start your own website or blog, even if you have little or no technical experience. It's written for ordinary people, small business owners, consultants, creatives, students, moms and anyone who wants to create, control and spread their own message.Inside, you'll find step-by-step strategy and directions covering the complete website creation process: Get Prepared: Strategy and PlanningChoose Your Website ToolsSet Up Your SiteDevelop Effective ContentMarket To Build TrafficGet ResultsProtect and Maintain Your SiteMore than 30 worksheets are included to help you with strategy, content, design and marketing of your website or blog.
Jane de La Vaud re was one of the most unusual writers of the fin de si cle, renowned both for her scandalously scabrous Parisian novels, and her accounts of moeurs antiques, some of which--notably Le Myst re de Kama (1901)--set new standards of excess.Presented here is her first volume of short stories to be available in English, superbly translated by Brian Stableford: nine extravagant tales of hypnotism and magic, reincarnation and vengeance, animal tamers and necrophilia. Sublimely Gothic, exquisitely hallucinatory, these strange, fatalistic pieces by La Vaud re are surely a landmark in the annals of the fantastic.
In the chilly mountains of northern Maine, fierce desire is scorching the winter nights and melting the snow caps.Brooke: As the lowest person on the newsroom's totem pole, I have a plan - track down a reclusive billionaire and snap his photo. Better yet, get an interview. My depleted bank account will thank me. I know better than to become part of the story. So, why am I considering steamy nights with this stranger in his luxurious mountain hideaway?Jordan: I know a snooping, venomous reporter when I see one, even if she's a copper-haired goddess with enormous, cocoa-colored eyes and a lush mouth. More deceptive than the others, and therefore more dangerous, this one needs to be taught a lesson. I'll give her that private interview and a whole lot more. Maybe I'll be the one taking pictures.When a media maelstrom shreds their tenuous truce, an avalanche of deceit creates a chasm between them - painfully wide and apparently impassable.Will the glare of flashing cameras blind Brooke and Jordan to the billion starry nights awaiting them?
It's a beautiful sight to see when stars twinkle above our heads at night. But why can we only see them when it's dark outside? Readers will learn the answer to this question and more throughout this intriguing volume, as they uncover facts about the sun's light, Earth's atmosphere, and the matter inside of a star that makes them twinkle. Eye-catching photographs accompany the main text, making an enjoyable reading experience that supports elementary science curriculum. The achievable text supports knowledge building, a key component of the science of reading.
It's a beautiful sight to see when stars twinkle above our heads at night. But why can we only see them when it's dark outside? Readers will learn the answer to this question and more throughout this intriguing volume, as they uncover facts about the sun's light, Earth's atmosphere, and the matter inside of a star that makes them twinkle. Eye-catching photographs accompany the main text, making an enjoyable reading experience that supports elementary science curriculum. The achievable text supports knowledge building, a key component of the science of reading.
'The thrill is that you're actually figuring it out on your own. You're engaging with another language, not just parroting it... It's an excellent way to start, and leaves the listener thinking, Hey, Ich kann do dis.' - New Yorker, David Sedaris, humorist and author, on learning German with the Michel Thomas Method Looking for a convenient language course that fits your lifestyle and gets you speaking a new language in a matter of weeks, not years? The original no-books, no-homework, no-memorizing method is in tune with the way the brain prefers to receive, store and retrieve information. You'll stick with it because you'll love it. * Pick up Egyptian Arabic naturally and unforgettably without strain or stress * Learn from listening and speaking, without the pressure of writing or memorizing * Build up your Egyptian Arabic in manageable steps by thinking out answers for yourself * Progress to the full Foundation Egyptian Arabic course with confidence in the method. WHY IS THE METHOD SO SUCCESSFUL? 'What you understand, you know; and what you know, you don't forget.' - Michel Thomas Before there was machine learning, there was Michel Thomas. For over 50 years he worked on decoding languages by breaking them down into their most essential component parts. These 'building blocks' are introduced to the learner sequentially in such a way that you reconstruct the language for yourself - to form your own sentences, to say what you want, when you want. This unique method draws on the principles of instructional psychology and works with the way your brain prefers to receive, store and retrieve information. Knowledge is structured and organized so that you absorb the language easily and don't forget it. The method is designed to eliminate the stress which prevents you from relaxing and allowing the brain to work in the way which accepts learning in a seemingly painless, very exciting and highly motivating way. HOW DO THE COURSES WORK? 'All stress inhibits true and effective learning' - Michel Thomas During the course, you will join Michel Thomas Method Teacher Jane Wightwick, native speaker Mahmoud Gaafar and two students in a live lesson, learning from both their successes and their mistakes to keep you motivated and involved throughout the course. You, as the learner, become the third student and participate actively in the class. Within the very first hour you will be able to construct simple phrases by listening and thinking out answers for yourself without the pressure of writing or stress of having to memorize. You will learn at your own pace, pausing and repeating where necessary, and complete the course in about 3-5 hours. WHAT WILL I ACTUALLY ACHIEVE? 'I am the architect who builds the house. It's up to you to decorate it.' - Michel Thomas The Michel Thomas Method will help you kick-start, continue, and flourish in your Egyptian Arabic language learning journey. It is not intended to get you perfectly fluent, but it will get you speaking and using Egyptian Arabic, with proper pronunciation, faster than most any other method. It is designed to give you a strong foundation and good working knowledge of a language from which you can expand and later 'add decoration' to. It is a rapid method for learning, but still requires effort and concentration on the part of the learner. WHAT'S INCLUDED IN THE COURSE?*Start Egyptian Arabic includes one audio CD. The booklet is available to download from www.michelthomas.com. LEARN ANYWHERE AND ANYTIME!Reclaim your pockets of free time to learn a new language! Don't be tied to chunky books or your computer, Michel Thomas Method audio courses let you learn whenever and wherever you want, in as little or as much time as you have. WHERE DO I GO NEXT?Foundation Egyptian Arabic follows on from the Start course.
Nancy can hardly wait for her class visit to the planetarium in this Fancy Nancy story from the beloved New York Times bestselling author-illustrator team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser. Nancy absolutely adores stars. She loves how they sparkle in the sky, and she can even name the constellations. When she finds out her class will visit the planetarium she is ecstatic--that's a fancy word for excited. But when it starts to rain Nancy is afraid she might not be able to see the stars. Will the rain keep Nancy from watching stars sparkle?Fancy Nancy Sees Stars is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. The back matter features a list of the rich vocabulary words that are used throughout the story along with their definition.
Nancy can hardly wait for her class visit to the planetarium in this Fancy Nancy story from the beloved New York Times bestselling author-illustrator team Jane O'Connor and Robin Preiss Glasser. Nancy absolutely adores stars. She loves how they sparkle in the sky, and she can even name the constellations. When she finds out her class will visit the planetarium she is ecstatic--that's a fancy word for excited. But when it starts to rain Nancy is afraid she might not be able to see the stars. Will the rain keep Nancy from watching stars sparkle? Fancy Nancy Sees Stars is a Level One I Can Read book, which means it's perfect for children learning to sound out words and sentences. The back matter features a list of the rich vocabulary words that are used throughout the story along with their definition.
During two short seasons at the track, Ruffian was hailed as the greatest thoroughbred filly of all time. Unbeaten in her first ten starts, she shattered one record after another, dazzling crowds with both her beauty and her brilliant speed. Then tragedy struck on the afternoon of July 6, 1975. Ruffian broke down-on the lead-in the middle of a match race at Belmont Park. Later that night she had to be destroyed. Ruffian: Burning from the Start is the story of this exceptional filly, a horse so dominating, so powerful, that writer Walter Farley once suggested she was more like the fictional legend, the Black Stallion, than any colt he had ever seen. Beginning with her earliest days in Kentucky, the book follows Ruffian at every stage of her career and through the agony of her final hours- venturing behind the scenes of the racing world and exploring the politics and personalities that came together to shape this extraordinary filly's fate.
When Carly Mills goes to Melbourne with the school choir, she gets more than she bargained for: a trip back in time and a chance meeting with a mischievous little girl who might just grow up to be the world famous opera singer, Dame Nellie Melba. If Carly is to help the little girl achieve her dream, she will have to endure Nellie's practical jokes, an angry headmaster, and her father's belief that opera is not a fit career for a lady. Not to mention Simone's bad moods and Dora's terrible singing.
Five fantastic stories and one non-fiction book from Star Reading. With brilliant parent notes to help you get the most out of every book with your child, all at turquoise book band level.
Introducing a dramatic new chapter to American Indian literary history, this book brings to the public for the first time the complete writings of the first known American Indian literary writer, Jane Johnston Schoolcraft (her English name) or Bamewawagezhikaquay (her Ojibwe name), Woman of the Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky (1800-1842). Beginning as early as 1815, Schoolcraft wrote poems and traditional stories while also translating songs and other Ojibwe texts into English. Her stories were published in adapted, unattributed versions by her husband, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, a founding figure in American anthropology and folklore, and they became a key source for Longfellow's sensationally popular The Song of Hiawatha. As this volume shows, what little has been known about Schoolcraft's writing and life only scratches the surface of her legacy. Most of the works have been edited from manuscripts and appear in print here for the first time. The Sound the Stars Make Rushing Through the Sky presents a collection of all Schoolcraft's extant writings along with a cultural and biographical history. Robert Dale Parker's deeply researched account places her writings in relation to American Indian and American literary history and the history of anthropology, offering the story of Schoolcraft, her world, and her fascinating family as reinterpreted through her newly uncovered writing. This book makes available a startling new episode in the history of American culture and literature.
This was previously published as How I Wonder What You Are by Jane Lovering.Do you believe in fate?It's been eighteen months since Molly Gilchrist has had a man (as her best friend, Caro, is so fond of reminding her ). So when she stumbles upon a gorgeous one, naked and drunk, on the Yorkshire moors, it seems the universe is laughing at her.Helping him back to her cottage to recover, Molly discovers that Phinn Baxter is no drunken layabout. He's a famed astrophysicist with a tortured past that's a match for Molly's own disastrous love life.Phinn is staying in an old, rundown farmhouse in the village while he comes to terms with a heartbreaking loss, and Molly's bubbly personality proves a much-needed distraction.As they spend time together exploring the moors and the night sky, both Molly and Phinn sense an undeniable connection.But with mysterious lights flickering in the sky and their pasts casting long shadows, will Molly and Phinn learn to embrace a future together? Or will the secrets of the night sky keep them apart?This magical heartwarming romance of second chances with a hero readers are falling in love with, is perfect for fans of Mhairi McFarlane, Breanne Randall, Sarah Morgan, Susan Mallery, Laura Jane Williams, Beth Moran and Jo Barlett.Readers LOVE Written in the Stars: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I just loved this book . . . Phinn is a nerdy (but sexy) geek and totally a favourite new book boyfriend. How I loved him.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Phinn is a total heart throb . . . he stole the whole show for me and made me want to take up star gazing just to find my own Phinn.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'If you love your hero like your chocolate, with a bit of a bite, a soft centre and a taste that totally satisfies the tastebuds, then this novel is for you.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Phinn was just the icing on the cake . . . the perfect guy for me to swoon over.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ '10/10 - A MUST READ.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'Fantastic . . . loved this book. Kept me awake all night with the quirky hero being rather too angsty for his own good, (but I loved him anyway) and the heroine being all 'no nonsense' until she realised she loved him too.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I adored this book. Great setting, fantastically drawn quirky characters, some great laughs and some moments which will bring you to tears. Highly recommend. Jane is a brilliant story teller.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'It had me hooked from the start.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐. 'The writing is amazing and original and I just couldn't put this down. If you want an unusual love story with a different kind of hero, then this book is for you '⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I adored this book . . . If I could give more than 5 stars I would, because I fell in love with this book and its characters.'⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ 'I love the touch of magic in them and the humour is fantastic.'
Christmas won't be Christmas unless Little Bear can find the silver star! Snuggle up and celebrate the night before Christmas with a magical, festive story from Jane Hissey's award-winning series, Old Bear and Friends.It's Christmas Eve, and Old Bear and the other toys are busy putting the finishing touches on the tree. Time is running out before the big day, but something is missing: the shining star that goes on top! The other toys all snuggle down to sleep, but one little bear can't rest until he finds the missing star and makes Christmas extra sparkly for his friends. Join Little Bear as he sets off on a thrilling, night-time adventure, heaving through trap doors, whooshing down chimneys and soaring through the snow with the help of one very special friend...Filled with wintry magic and festive joy, this reassuring, timeless Christmas classic is the perfect bedtime read, building up excitement before the special day.
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