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She could be anyone. She could be you.Nobody ever found out what happened to Laika Martenwood, the girl who vanished without a trace on her way to school one morning. But for her sister Willa, life shattered into tiny pieces that day, and she has never been able to put them back together again.Willa sees Laika everywhere: on buses, at parties, in busy streets. It’s been twenty-five years, and the only thing that has kept her going is her belief that her sister is alive, somew...

KEEP YOUR ENEMIES CLOSE AND YOUR FRIENDS CLOSER . . . Nate and Layla, Jude and Sophie. They've been a four for as long as they can remember: fancy dinners, dancing 'til dawn . . . Even living and working together.So when Nate and Layla suddenly quiet their lives and move to Bali, with its white sands and exotic beach clubs, Jude and Sophie are their first visitors. Anything to escape their life in London.But as the two couples reunite, cracks begin to show.Which is hardly sur...

Czytaj sylabami. Zeszyt do nauki i doskonalenia czytania to skuteczne narzędzie do nauki czytania dla dzieci w wieku przedszkolnym i wczesnoszkolnym, a także dla uczniów ze specjalnymi potrzebami edukacyjnymi.Bazuje na sprawdzonej metodzie sylabowej – szczególnie przyjaznej dzieciom, ponieważ opiera się na prostych, rytmicznych sylabach otwartych.Zadania zostały przygotowane tak, aby dziecko mogło skupić się na odczytywaniu całych sylab, a nie pojedynczych liter.Służą temu:du...

Ten zestaw to skuteczne wsparcie w nauce języka angielskiego na poziomie klas 4–6. Zawiera różnorodne karty pracy, które w kreatywny i czytelny sposób ujmują językowe treści i zachęcają uczniów do działania.Proste, sugestywne rysunki połączone ze słowami i zwrotami tworzą haki pamięciowe – wspomagają zapamiętywanie i utrwalanie materiału. Taki sposób nauki pobudza wyobraźnię, ułatwia koncentrację i sprawia, że lekcje języka angielskiego są przyjemnością, a nie obowiązkiem.Tec...

Chcesz, by ćwiczenia logopedyczne były dla dzieci przyjemną zabawą?Wypróbuj zestaw SYCZĄCE PLANSZÓWKI LOGOPEDYCZNE – krótkie i wciągające gry, które motywują do wielokrotnych powtórzeń głosek szeregu szumiącego. Dzięki nim dzieci szybciej przyswajają poprawną artykulację, jednocześnie rozwijając słownictwo i umiejętność słuchania.To idealny zestaw dla logopedów, rodziców oraz nauczycieli, którzy szukają skutecznych i przyjaznych form terapii.Dlaczego warto?Łączymy zabawę z in...

As soon as Octavia catches a glimpse of Jeremy in the nightclub, she knows she just has to have him. It doesn't matter that he's just got engaged to an old school friend of hers: good-natured Gussie. His look suggested bed rather than breakfast, and made her weak at the knees...Rich and stunning, Octavia is used to men falling in love with her at a moment's notice and an invitation to join Gussie and Jeremy for a cozy weekend on a canal barge comes like a gift from the gods. ...

Jak to jest być królem, kiedy człowiek nie jest gotowy i wcale tego nie pragnie? Jak to jest zobaczyć własną, potężną niegdyś armię nie tylko w rozsypce, ale jako zbiorowisko okaleczonych ludzi? Jak to jest być rycerzem Zakonu Szpitalników Świętego Jana, człowiekiem pełnym ludzkich namiętności, a jednocześnie związanym żelaznymi regułami? A przy tym poczuć gorzki smak zdrady, upokorzenia, bólu i zawodu? Jak to jest przyjaźnić się ze smokami, które budzą zarówno zachwyt, jak i...

Seria książek SZUKAM I MAM to gwarancja doskonałej zabawy, a zarazem świetny trening spostrzegawczości, cierpliwości, koncentracji i pamięci wzrokowej. W środku każdy fan Psiego Patrolu znajdzie historyjki i ma za zadanie wyszukać konkretne elementy. Książka gwarantuje świetną zabawę na długie godziny!

Seria książek SZUKAM I MAM to gwarancja doskonałej zabawy, a zarazem świetny trening spostrzegawczości, cierpliwości, koncentracji i pamięci wzrokowej. W środku każdy fan Peppy znajdzie historyjki i ma za zadanie wyszukać konkretne elementy. Książka gwarantuje świetną zabawę na długie godziny!

After ten blood-filled years, the war is over. Troy lies in smoking ruins as the victorious Greeks fill their ships with the spoils of battle.Alongside the treasures looted are the many Trojan women captured by the Greeks – among them the legendary prophetess Cassandra, and her watchful maid, Ritsa. Enslaved as concubine – war-wife – to King Agamemnon, Cassandra is plagued by visions of his death – and her own – while Ritsa is forced to bear witness to both Cassandra’s frenzi...

Sometimes the truth lies in the things you cannot see.In 1830 a young novice called Catherine Labouré was granted a vision of the Virgin Mary. Nearly 200 years later, Sister Anne is also waiting for a sign. Which is why she accepts a mission to go to a tiny community on an island just off the coast of Brittany. Her only companion there is a sceptical, chain-smoking older nun who just wants to be left in peace.On the island she meets Hugo, the son of a devout family who prefer...

Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692 - 'one of the strangest and most awful chapters in human history' - and the McCarthyism which gripped America in the 1950s. The story of how the small community of Salem is stirred into madness by superstition, paranoia and malice, culminating in a violent climax, is a savage attack on the evils of mindless persecution and the terrifying power of false accusations....

WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY PAULA HAWKINS, AUTHOR OF GIRL ON A TRAIN"Hey! Cheeses, what an idea! I kill your wife and you kill my father! We meet on a train, see, and nobody knows we know each other! Perfect alibis! Catch?"From this moment, almost against his conscious will, Guy Haines is trapped in a nightmare of shared guilt and an insidious merging of personalities. The psychologists would call it folie a deux...Strangers on a Train was Patricia Highsmith's first novel, and...

'To love, to sacrifice oneself, and to submit! Was this what all women were destined for?'When her carefree, aspirational childhood in a seaside town is brought brutally to an end, the nameless narrator of Sibilla Aleramo's blazing autobiographical novel discovers the shocking reality of life for a woman in Italy at the dawn of the twentieth century. As she begins to recognize the similarities between her own predicament and the plight of her mother and the women around her, ...

A brilliant collection of short stories and short form fiction from the pen of Sir Terry Pratchett, one of the world's best-loved authors.'Clever, neatly constructed and funny … Pratchett is one of the great comic writers and storytellers of our time' GuardianA Blink of the Screen charts the course of Pratchett's long writing career: from his schooldays through to his first writing job on the Bucks Free Press; to the origins of his debut novel, The Carpet People; and on again...

The light-hearted, hilarious and gorgeous novel from the much-loved classic author.Shy, dreamy, and incurably romantic, Harriet Poole was shattered when her brief affair with Simon Villiers, Oxford's leading playboy undergraduate, ended abruptly, leaving her penniless, alone and pregnant. Still hopelessly in love with Simon, she took baby William and buried herself in deepest Yorkshire as nanny to the children of Cory Erskine, a somewhat eccentric scriptwriter.Local tongues w...

THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER.Discover how to become the best version of yourself with this game-changing, personal development plan from the star of Channel 4’s SAS: Who Dares Wins and author of Battle Scars and Life Under Fire.‘A motivational masterclass with a proven framework for improving every day.' Aldo KaneChallenge your limits, change your habits and transform your life.In Embrace the Chaos, Special Forces veteran Jason Fox sets out a revolutionary programme of...

As a librarian, Imogen read a lot of books, but none of them covered what she was to experience on the Riviera.Her holiday with tennis ace, Nicky, and the whole glamorous coterie surrounding Nicky, was a revelation - and so, ultimately, was she. A wild Yorkshire rose among the thorny model girls, Cable and Yvonne, with a rare asset that they'd mislaid years ago...But the path of a jet-set virgin in that lovely, wicked world was a hard one.Imogen began to wonder if virtue real...

A wonderful husband, two beautiful children, a job she loves—Claire has it all. And then some.But lately, her world has started to feel uncertain. Her mother hovers more than a helicopter, her husband seems like a stranger, and her children are like characters in a movie.More concerning is that Claire is losing her memory.When she is diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s, Claire begins to fill the pages of a blank book with private memories and keepsakes.Soon, the book becom...

'Just as she was being lowered into the earth - following the late afternoon call to prayer - my aunt sprang briskly back to life'In this fictional memoir of Hayri Irdal - troublesome boy, workshy man and feckless husband - life is examined in all its double-crossing, chaotic, disastrous glory. From his youth, dismantling timepieces while his family fell apart, to his later years at the scandal-hit Time Regulation Institute, Hayri's absurdist misadventures play out as a brill...

The townspeople of Oran are in the grip of a deadly plague, which condemns its victims to a swift and horrifying death. Fear, isolation and claustrophobia follow as they are forced into quarantine. Each person responds in their own way to the lethal disease: some resign themselves to fate, some seek blame, and a few, like Dr Rieux, resist the terror.An immediate triumph when it was published in 1947, The Plague is in part an allegory of France's suffering under the Nazi occup...

A dark, lyrical fantasy blending the world of the Fae with the stories mothers tell to keep their daughters safe - and the consequences of disregarding the truth, no matter how sinister.Gemma lives with her mother in an isolated antique shop in Michigan, near a small patch of woods that conceals an enchanted gateway to fairyland. She knows she's not supposed to go into the woods - her mother Virginia has warned her multiple times about the monsters that lurk there - and yet d...

I’ve been tackled by defensive linemen twice my size and sprinted into end zones with thousands of fans screaming my name, but nothing—and I mean nothing—could’ve prepared me for Blakely.I should have known from the first time we met that she’d change everything for me. How could she not? A woman bold enough to break into my house and attempt to steal from me isn’t exactly someone you forget and move on from.So, when I’m asked, or told, to find a wife, I know it has to be her...

A TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2024'COMPLETELY TRANSFORMED MY WAY OF THINKING ABOUT DREAMS' Jay Shetty'A JOURNEY THROUGH NEUROSCIENCE, NEUROCHEMISTRY, MAGIC, MYSTERY . . . A FANTASTIC READ' Dr Rangan Chatterjee'TRANSFORMATIONAL' Julia Samuel'ELEGANTLY LIFTS THE CURTAIN ON THE DREAMSCAPE TERRITORY' David Eagleman'THIS BOOK WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE' Lewis Howes'OUR POET LAUREATE OF NEUROSCIENCE' Greg Whyte'AN INSTANT CLASSIC' Bryan FogelDreams are a source of mystery. T...