| Author: | Sarah Ivens |
A Modern Girl's Guide to Getting Organised is a fun, info-packed guide that shows you how to take the stress out of everyday life so you have more time for yourself - and for fun!The modern girl is faced with more and more demands - climbing the career ladder, having a busy social life, looking gorgeous and conducting success... read more
| Author: | Sophie Hannah |
TV producer Fliss Benson receives an anonymous card at work. The card has sixteen numbers on it, arranged in four rows of four - numbers that mean nothing to her. On the same day, Fliss finds out she's going to be working on a documentary about miscarriages of justice involving cot-death mothers wrongly accused of murder. The... read more
| Author: | Meredith Costain |
There are two in the bed . . . Mum and Dad are slumbering, snoring, rumbling, tucked up cosily and peacefully in bed . . . Until a scary storm outside brings everyone into Mum and Dad's bed, one by one,. Will they ever get a good night's sleep?
| Author: | Alina Arkins |
| Series: | New Zealand Trees S. |
Cabbage Tree is the third book in the New Zealand Trees series. The series is written for readers aged 8 years and older, and showcases native trees in New Zealand that are well-known. Further titles in the series will include the rimu and the nikau. Information about where these trees grow in New Zealand, adaptations for p... read more
| Author: | Julia Donaldson illus. Nick Sharratt |
Chocolate mousse! says greedy Goose. Don't just grab it! says angry Rabbit. Good manners aren't on the menu at this meal. Duck won't eat his carrots. Moth's eating the cloth, and Sheep would rather sleep than wash the dishes. Thank goodness some of the animals know how to behave! Extra thick paper - perfect for toddlers!... read more
| Author: | Clive Cussler |
| Series: | Dirk Pitt |
The towering iceberg drifting in the North Atlantic was a floating tomb. Embedded in the great gleaming mass was a ship - sealed in so solidly that not even its mast protruded. Here was a sea mystery to rank alongside the Bermuda Triangle and the Marie Celeste. But for Major Dirk Pitt, top troubleshooter for the National Unde... read more
| Author: | Brian Keaney |
| Series: | Hodder Reading Project |
The Hodder Reading Project Level 3-4 identifies blocks to progression and takes pupils from National Curriculum Level 3 to Level 4. It comprises the Teacher's Resource, Pupil's Book and 6 Readers. Reader 4, Level 4, Jacob's Ladder by Brian Keaney. Jacob wakes in the middle of a field with no recollection of how he came to be ... read more
| Author: | Sam McBratney |
Sam McBratney says "I told my children stories when they were young, so when I write, I try to think of what they would have liked." Just You and Me is one such story.
| Author: | Mal Peet |
Inside the mind of a footballing legend… In a newspaper office South America's top football writer sits opposite the man they call El Gato, the cat, the world's greatest goalkeeper. El Gato tells his incredible life story - how he, a poor logger's son, learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper. So good he is alm... read more
| Author: | Lene Kaaberbol |
'One day, one day soon, perhaps ...one of these brilliant creatures might be hers.' As an apprentice Bredinari, hot-tempered Kat is finally within touching distance of fulfilling her dream - to tame and ride her own hell horse, so that she can carry messages on behalf of the Castle, and help those in need. But then she reads ... read more
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| Author: | Martin Waddell |
Another wonderful picture book from the makers of the Big Bear and Little Bear series. Sam wants to do something on his own, but everywhere he goes, his big brothers go too! He goes collecting grass...but Arthur and Henry go with him and they collect more than he does. It's the same with nuts, and daisies...so one morning Sam... read more
| Author: | Hartnett, Sonya |
| Series: | New Windmills |
Gabriel is dying. As life slips away he looks back over his brief 20 years. Never allowed to forget the horrific mistake he made as a child, he has only two friends: his dog, Surrender, and the unruly wild boy, Finnigan. When Gabriel realises how dangerous Finnigan is he realises that an extreme measure is called for! Writt... read more
| Author: | Robert Ludlum |
It begins in Geneva. There American lawyer Joel Converse meets a man he hasn't seen in twenty years, a covert operative who dies violently at his feet, whispering words that hand Converse a staggering legacy of death: "The generals ... they're back ... Aquitaine!" Suddenly Converse is running for his life, alone with the worl... read more
| Author: | Erin Hunter |
| Series: | Warriors Series 1 |
ThunderClan's darkest hour is upon them, as Tigerstar's quest for power plunges all the Clans into the most terrible danger any cat has ever faced. In order to save his Clan and his friends, Fireheart must uncover the meaning of an ominous proclamation from StarClan:
"Four will become two. Lion and tiger will meet in ba... read more
| Author: | D. McGill |
The <i>Reed Dictionary of New Zealand Slang</i> is a comprehensive collection of the informal language of New Zealand. More than 3000 entries cover the astonishing range of weird and wonderful communal sayings that give Kiwispeak its distinctive flavour. Here is the most up-to-date version of the way we talk with ... read more
