He isn't sure what to do - but luckily he knows just who to ask for help. Open the envelopes and read the hilarious letters Alex receives from the fire brigade, the butcher and more as he tries to take care of his new friend. Who would have thought having a dragon for a pet would be so tricky? A joyful, touching and vibrantly-illustrated interactive book.

    It is emotional and thrilling and just plain amazing.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars Teresa’s heart stops when she enters her daughter’s bedroom to find that her sweet, trusting little girl is gone. Teresa can’t bear to think who would take a terrified three-year-old from her mother in the middle of the night, but all the signs point to someone close to home. Hasn’t Jessica’s stepfather been acting a little oddly? Or is it, as Teresa is beginning to fear, something to do with Angie, her daughter’s babysitter who lives next door...? Gentle, retired Angie – she must be lonely, with only her memories to keep her company in that big, old house. And she’s always had a special connection with Jessica... was trusting Angie with her precious daughter the biggest mistake of Teresa’s life? What do we really know about those who watch our children? Jessica’s Promise is a compelling domestic drama for fans of Jodi Picoult, Lisa Wingate and Kerry Fisher. Readers absolutely love Jessica’s Promise… ‘Wow! There is no other word for this book. It is emotional and thrilling and just plain amazing! I cannot wait to read more of the writer's books in the future!’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘Absolutely brilliant, brilliant and brilliant, didn't think Jill could “do it again” after reading Gracie's Secret but how wrong could I be? Loved everything about this book.’ Goodreads reviewer, 5 stars ‘Riveting… Emotional! This was a brilliant fast-paced domestic drama!... A compelling story full of all the twists and turns.’ Audio Killed the Bookmark ‘Fast paced and wonderfully told story about mother-love, secrecy, trust and family. The characters are so true to life… I was very surprised by the shock revelation of what had really happened to Jessica.’ Goodreads reviewer ‘WOW… this book was just beautifully written throughout and had you gripped from the first few pages…. I just loved this book and the last few chapters will keep on your toes.’ Goodreads Reviewer, 5 stars ‘Absolutely brilliant! A poignant, touching and thrilling take from an amazing writer. Tense and pacy, and yet written with heart. A truly stunning tale.’ Renita D’Silva ‘The characters are flawed but show great emotion… The author has tremendous insight into the mind of a young child… If you like domestic thrillers, emotion-packed drama, and a gripping storyline, this book is definitely for you.’ Waggy Tales Dog Blog, 5 stars ‘A brilliant thriller all the way through, I really enjoyed it.’ Goodreads reviewer ‘You did not know who to trust and who kept which secret. Everybody seemed suspicious… When the culprit was finally revealed and all secrets were in the open, I could not believe my eyes. Not even in my wildest dream could I have guessed that! Fast paced… emotional.

    

    To find someone who cares about her.But you can't can you?You've never had a case like this.I know everything about you. You know nothing about me.Even though I'm the man you're looking for.And you will never catch me...

    Lewis’ magical land entered through that most important wardrobe in literary history. Beloved by generations of readers, The Chronicles of Narnia are thought, erroneously, by some to be “mere children’s stories.” In this volume, Pearce thoroughly debunks the error as he skillfully explains why there is nothing “mere” about such stories. Rather, the Narnia books contain profound insights concerning the human condition. Pearce, however, goes beyond even that and illuminates the deeper riches and profound truths found therein: the highest truths, in fact, those concerning God. Join Pearce as he explores the “grown-up” themes that are so important for a proper understanding of Lewis’ magnificent creation, including the deep and profound Christian symbolism, extensive literary allusions, and the constant theme of temptation, sin, and redemption. The author of numerous literary works and an authority on the writings of Lewis, Chesterton, and Tolkien, Pearce is uniquely qualified to examine the deeper theological, philosophical, and historical dimensions of the Chronicles. With Pearce as your guide, “return to Narnia,” and come to understand in new and profound ways that place which has so marked the imaginative landscape of so many. Rediscover your love for Narnia, because “wardrobes are for grown-ups too.”

    Johnson writes of the healing effect of music on sufferers of mental illness and tells of how Shostakovich's music lent him unexpected strength in his struggle with bipolar disorder.

    That’s why leading test-prep expert, Chris Lele, developed a new method for introducing new words into your vocabulary. With The Vocabulary Builder Workbook you will gain and retain a fundamental understanding of more than 1,400 essential words.Ideal for those taking the SAT, ACT, or GRE—or for those who simply want to improve their writing and speaking skills— The Vocabulary Builder Workbook makes the task of expanding your vocabulary an opportunity for real learning and growth.The Vocabulary Builder Workbook will make you a better reader, writer, and test-taker through: Fun and Easy Lessons organized by theme to help you identify roots and form associations and recognize thousands of additional vocabulary words Progressive Learning Techniques for all levels with vocabulary lessons that steadily increase in difficulty for continued advancement Retention Focused Activities to make sure you remember every word long after the test is over The Vocabulary Builder Workbook transforms any lackadaisical wordsmith into a sedulous student with refreshingly simple lessons and fun activities to boost your vocabulary.

    The retellings are true to Austen’s elegant phrasing and language, while reducing and simplifying the stories for a young modern reader, and include quotations from the original text throughout. The perfect book for children studying Jane Austen, or those who simply enjoy reading wonderful stories. Each story has an introductory plate showing all the main characters and introducing the plot, as well as single and double plate illustrations depicting scenes from the story. Includes a section all about Jane Austen, her times and her other writings. An heirloom of the future, this beautiful book is richly produced to a standard this timeless classic deserves, with a padded Hardback cover, a ribbon marker and traditional binding.

    While focusing on the words from the project, new photography launches each section which speaks to the reader's journey through the world: Love Found, Being In Love, Love Lost, Hope, Despair, Living and Dying.

     Who was Oscar Wilde? Was he just an author of witty but meaningless plays, only out to get a laugh or two? The answer is a resounding no. Oscar Wilde was an Irish poet and playwright in the late nineteenth century. His controversial plays were riddled with mockery of social status, cleverly covered by the use of comedy. Inside you will read about... ✓ Blue China and Long Hair ✓ Marriage and Men ✓ The Picture of Dorian Gray ✓ The Sodomy Trials ✓ Life After Prison ✓ Death and Posthumous Pardon And much more! Wilde may have paved the way for people living a little off the center line. He was full of flash and flare, and he wrote some of those colorful traits into his literature. Take a journey into the world of Oscar Wilde and find out just how individualistic he was.

    This drew him to the rewarding 14-line structure of Shakespeare's sonnets, yet he often found their abstract language frustratingly unintelligible. One day, out of curiosity, he rewrote Sonnet 18--Shall I compare thee to a summer's day--line-by-line, in the strict five-beat iambic pentameter and rhyming patterns of the original, but in a contemporary language a modern reader could easily understand. The meaning and sentiment--difficult to spot, initially--came to life, revealing new intricacies in the workings of Shakespeare's heart.And so, James embarked on a full-time, year-long project to rewrite all 154 of the Bard's eternal verses creating SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS, RETOLD. This collection of masterful reinterpretations brilliantly demystifies and breathes new life into Shakespeare's work, demonstrating the continued resonance of a playwright whose popularity remains over 400 years after his death. Now, the passion, heartbreak, deception, reconciliation, and mortality of Shakespeare's originals can be understood by all, without the need to cross reference to an enjoyment-sapping study-guide. Coming with a foreword by Stephen Fry, this is a stunning collection of beautiful love poems made new.

    Relegated to the basement library, she seeks some way to assert herself and find her place. Her chance arrives when she is sent on a mission into the Infinity Caverns to locate mystical stones in a lost universe. But the journey unearths many of the team’s secrets, and the pressures upon them threaten to destroy their fragile group. Then they discover the hellspiders and all bets are off.

    Just another day closing universes for the Parallel Society, but an exciting day for Roni. It’s a chance for her to get out of the library and into the real world. It’s a chance to spread her wings a little more. But something is alive inside that rift -- something that wants to get out. The Abbey nuns are convinced the rift is a conduit to Heaven, and the thing inside is an angel. But Gram harbors a secret about the rift angel, one that haunts her. And soon Roni will learn that the nuns have secrets of their own. The lies and secrets would be plenty enough to deal with. But when the rift is breached and an angel set loose, Roni will wish she could be back in the underground library!

     Photography student Anna Burgin didn’t expect to be arrested, but she’s the only suspect for a series of crimes, and the Police have found damning evidence in her room. But Anna has no recollection of doing anything wrong. Was it a moment of madness? Or is somebody setting out to destroy her? And is the stranger in the bar really trying to help, or just part of an evil conspiracy?

    

    

    Literature: An Examination Of Gulliver's TravelsThe Prevention Of LiteratureWhy I WriteWriters And LeviathanPoetry And The Microphone

    “Though Earth and moon were gone,And suns and universes ceased to be, And Thou wert left alone,Every Existence would exist in Thee.”From the transcendent beauty of nature observed on the Yorkshire moors to fierce and forceful confrontations of mortality, Emily Brontë's poems are powerful and passionate works that eloquently elaborate upon her sister Charlotte's description of her as ""a solitude-loving raven, no gentle dove”.While only twenty-one of Emily Brontë's poems were published in her lifetime, her poetic oeuvre is rich and varied, and not only includes visionary poems such as 'No Coward Soul Is Mine' and 'Remembrance', but also features the poems that describe the imagined realm of Gondal and its inhabitants, which she created with her sister Anne.

    Wimbourne Books presents the ninth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 9 in the series contains stories published between 1841 and 1899, by British and American authors, including many not before anthologized. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration. Includes the stories; Ghost Gossips at Blakesley House (1841) – William Mudford; George Child’s Second Love (1843) – John Yonge Akerman; The Old House in Chancery (1851) – Mary Ann Bird; The Poor Clare (1856) – Elizabeth Gaskell; The Dutch Officer’s Story (1859) – Catherine Crowe; The Haunted House (1859) – Emerson Bennett; The Four-fifteen Express (1867) – Amelia B. Edwards; The Romance of Certain Old Clothes (1868) – Henry James; The Drummer Ghost (1869) – John William De Forest; The Haunted Enghenio (1872) – John Gladwyn Jebb; Her Last Appearance (1876) – Mary Elizabeth Braddon; The Hand on the Latch (1881) – William Wilthew Fenn; The White Woman of Slaith (1881) – Isabella Banks; On Board the “Eagle” (1882) – G. L. Worrall; Mrs. Zant and the Ghost (1885) – Wilkie Collins; The Upper Berth (1886) – F. Marion Crawford; “The Case of Lady Lukestan.” (1893) – Lettice Galbraith; Lost Hearts (1895) – M. R. James; The Crimson Portrait (1896) – Wilhelmina FitzClarence; The Spectre of Ruislip Abbey (1899) – J. E. P. Muddock.

    The new Doctor encounters an all-too human time traveller!

    Wimbourne Books presents the twelfth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 12 in the series spans the years 1837 to 1901, contains ghost stories set at or around Christmas, and includes stories from a wide range of authors including Robert Louis Stevenson, Charlotte Riddell and Eliza Lynn Linton. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night (preferably on Christmas Eve), lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration. Includes the stories; The Spectre of Tappington (1837) – Richard Harris Barham; The Dead Man’s Story (1858) – James Hain Friswell; The Old Bell-Ringer’s Story (1860) – Mark Lemon; Horror: A True Tale (1861) – John Berwick Harwood; The Steel Mirror: A Christmas Dream (1867) – William Wilthew Fenn; Haunted by Spirits (1867) – George Manville Fenn; A Strange Christmas Game (1868) – Charlotte Riddell; How We Parted (1869) – Annie Hall Thomas; Christmas Eve at Beach House (1870) – Eliza Lynn Linton; A Three-Cornered Ghost (1870) – Charles Henry Ross; Number Two, Melrose Square (1879) – Theo Gift; Old Vanderhaven’s Will (1880) – Mary E. Penn; The Old House in Vauxhall Walk (1882) – Charlotte Riddell; Markheim (1885) – Robert Louis Stevenson; The Ghost of Christmas Eve (1890) – James Matthew Barrie; The Ghost of the Blue Chamber (1891) – Jerome K. Jerome; Thurlow’s Christmas Story (1894) – John Kendrick Bangs; The Baron’s Room (1896) – Ivy Hooper; Their Dear Little Ghost (1898) – Elia Wilkinson Peattie; The Ghost in the Sedan Chair (1901) – Marie Corelli.

    The Tenth Edition supports survey and period courses with NEW complete major works, NEW contemporary writers, and dynamic and easy-to-access digital resources. Also available is an ebook featuring exciting, teachable core selections of some of the very best of English literature from the print anthology. For more information on this digital offering, including its Table of Contents, visit the ebook page here.

    Wimbourne Books presents the eighth in a series of rare or out-of-print ghost stories from Victorian authors. With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 8 in the series contains stories published anonymously in America and Britain between 1838 and 1895. Most of these tales are here anthologised for the very first time. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the snowy night, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration. Includes the stories; The Silver Lady (1838) – The Haunted Brig (1841) – A Night in a Haunted House (1848) – The Story of an Organ (1851) – The Sword of Mauley (1854) – The Miser’s Curse (1857) – The Alibi (1861) – Bolden Tower (1865) – Falconest (1868) – The Spirit’s Whisper (1868) – Doctor Feversham’s Story (1868) – The Ghost of Stanton Hall (1868) – A Spirit’s Tale; or Aunt Ella’s Story (1868) – Le Vert Galant (1870) – The Bridal of La Guillotiere (1875) – The Ghost of Aldrum Hall (1880) – Not Yet Solved (1886) – The Château de Keronel (1887) – The Weird Violin (1893) – The Last Saturday in August (1895).

    Suitable for all ages. The object of this volume is to excite interest in one of the greatest poems of English literature, which for all its greatness is but little read and known - to excite this interest not only in young persons who are not yet able to read "The Faerie Queene," with its archaisms of language, its distant ways and habits of life and thought, its exquisite melodies that only a cultivated ear can catch and appreciate, but also in adults, who, not from the lack of ability, but because they shrink from a little effort, suffer the loss of such high and refined literary pleasure as the perusal of Spenser's masterpiece can certainly give. Mary Macleaod. 1916. Edited and revised by SJ Hills 2018

    One of the most immediately striking characteristics of her poetry is the easy coexistence in her oeuvre of devotional and erotic works. Even to those who may be familiar with the bawdiness of Chaucer or Boccaccio, Gwerful's work is remarkably direct. Yet, as the introduction discusses, some coexistence of the erotic and the religious was not entirely untypical of medieval literary production in Wales; overall, indeed, one of the most important characteristics of Gwerful's work is its position in the mainstream of medieval Welsh poetry. Her themes and techniques do not mark her as a marginal or isolated figure, participating in some putative female sub-culture; on the contrary, she engages in poetic dialogues with her male contemporaries, using the same forms, tropes, and vocabulary as they do, and jousting with them verbally as their equal. At the same time, she often speaks with a female voice, taking her peers to task for their male arrogance.All of Gwerful's known work is included here-as are several poems of uncertain authorship, and a number of other works that help to fill in the historical and literary context.A unique feature of the volume is the provision, for each work of medieval Welsh poetry included, of two different translations. The first, a literal translation, is presented in facing page format opposite the original Welsh; a second, freer translation, with rhyme patterns approximating those of the original, follows.

    BIG IDEAS. LITTLE BOOKS. How to go on in a world where everything is set against you? With hope? In fear? Or, in violent struggle? In this gripping and disturbing book, Richard Wright weaves his own childhood recollections with those of Bigger Thomas - a young black man trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago, and unwittingly involved in a wealthy woman's death - to paint a portrait of insurmountable oppression. Through the strange pride Bigger takes in his crime, Wright brings us to confront the systems of justice we blindly assume are always on our side. Selected from the books Black Boy and Native Son by Richard Wright

    

    With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 11 in the series spans the years 1846 to 1901 and includes stories from solely American female authors. Includes tales by Harriet Beecher Stowe, Rose Terry Cooke and Willa Sibert Cather. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the stormy night arrives, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration. Includes the stories; The Haunted House in Georgia (1846) – Elizabeth Fries Lummis Ellet; The Haunted House (1854) – Nancy Thorning Munroe; My Visitation (1858) – Rose Terry Cooke; The Deserted Hut (1865) – Jane Goodwin Austin; Kentucky’s Ghost (1868) – Elizabeth Stuart Phelps Ward; The Strange Passengers (1868) – Harriet Prescott Spofford; Tom Toothacre’s Ghost Story (1870) – Harriet Beecher Stowe; The Story of a Shadow (1872) – Rebecca Harding Davis; The Walking Boy (1873) – Clara Florida Guernsey; The Haunted House by the Mill (1875) – Clara LeClerc; The American Ghost (1883) – Lucretia Peabody Hale; The Gray Man (1886) – Sarah Orne Jewett; On the Stroke of the Clock (1889) – Ellen Louise Chandler Moulton; The Giant Wistaria (1891) – Charlotte Perkins Gilman; The Soul of Rose Dédé (1892) – Mollie Evelyn Moore Davis; The Fear that Walks by Noonday (1895) – Willa Sibert Cather; A Transient (1898) – Annie Trumbull Slosson; The Shape of Fear (1898) – Elia Wilkinson Peattie; The Path of the Storm (1899) – Marie Van Vorst; The Ordeal of Sister Cuthbert (1901) – Elizabeth Garver Jordan.

    With an introduction by author Alastair Gunn, Volume 10 in the series spans the years 1838 to 1898 and includes stories from a wide range of authors; English, Irish, Scottish and American. Includes tales by J. Sheridan Le Fanu, Harriet Beecher Stowe, Edith Nesbit and Margaret Oliphant. Readers new to this genre will discover its pleasures; the Victorian quaintness, the sometimes shocking difference in social norms, the almost comical politeness and structured etiquette, the archaic and precise language, but mostly the Victorians’ skill at stoking our fears and trepidations, our insecurities and doubts. Even if you are already an aficionado of the ghostly tale there is much within these pages to interest you. Wait until the dark of the stormy night arrives, lock the doors, shutter the windows, light the fire, sit with your back to the wall and bury yourself in the Victorian macabre. Try not to let the creaking floorboards, the distant howl of a dog, the chill breeze that caresses the candle, the shadows in the far recesses of your room, disturb your concentration. Includes the stories; The Ghost and the Bone-setter (1838) – J. Sheridan Le Fanu; The Banquet-Hall of Death (1842) – William Mudford; A Tale Told by the Fireside (1849) – Mary Ann Bird; A Mysterious Visitor (1857) – Ellen Wood; The Haunted House (1859) – Margaret Verne; Eveline’s Visitant (1867) – Mary Elizabeth Braddon; Hu Hirwan’s Ghost (1869) – Samuel Williams; The Ghost in the Mill (1870) – Harriet Beecher Stowe; Sister Johanna’s Story (1872) – Amelia B. Edwards; The Veiled Portrait (1874) – James Grant; The Beresford Apparition (1875) – Frederick George Lee; The Rival Ghosts (1884) – Brander Matthews; The Ebony Frame (1891) – Edith Nesbit; Her Great-Grandmother’s Ghost (1893) – Thomas Nelson Page; The Invisible Playmate (1894) – William Canton; The Phantom Model (1894) – Hume Nisbet; The Ghosts of Austerlitz (1895) – William Waldorf Astor; The Library Window (1896) – Margaret Oliphant; A Sworn Statement (1897) – Emma Frances Dawson; The Lady Tantivy (1898) – Rosa Mulholland

    The description of gathering at her grandmother's house for the king and high priest of all festivals is filled with exuberance, energy and good will, and communicates the idea that we should share our prosperity with others who are less fortunate.

    This long acknowledged, problematic, transitional world between childhood and adulthood is especially fraught, these days, with the assaults and pressures of contemporary culture and modern technology.The heart of the book lies in the exploration of the inner lives of these young people, whether or not they find their way to clinical services. It sets out to illuminate the sorts of things that go wrong, and how we can help to address them - the crises of identity, gender, loss, self-harm, bullying, depression, anger, suicidal impulses, anxiety, and so much more. On Adolescence: Inside Stories is intended for all those concerned with adolescence, and adolescent states of mind at whatever age or stage.

    This edition has been professionally formatted and contains several tables of contents. The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.