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Oxford Junior Illustrated Thesaurus
This new 2007 edition of the oxford junior illustrated thesaurus contains entries in alphabetical order, with 20,000 imaginative and adventurous synonyms with supporting example sentences. it also features useful panels focussing on overused words and writing tips. the pages are clear, accessible and include new photographs and illustrations. the full alphabet appears on every page with a coloured tab on the letter of the page – plus the thesaurus quartiles are picked out in vibrant colours. together, these are invaluable navigation tools for children practising their alphabet skills. guidewords also appear on every page. extra material at the back is accurately levelled to the curriculum for this age. the top 10 tips for writing stories are excellent. more help for better writing is given with the tips for spelling success, punctuation, simple grammar, and character and setting vocabulary.
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A Place To Call Home
In the dead of night, ayesha takes her daughter, sabina, and slips quietly from her home, leaving behind a life full of pain. boarding a coach to london, all ayesha wants is a fresh start. hayden, a former popstar, has kept himself hidden away for years. he’s only opened up his home to two people – crystal, a professional dancer with a heart of gold, and joy, an ill-tempered retiree with a soft spot for waifs and strays. when crystal asks hayden if ayesha and sabina can stay with them, he reluctantly agrees and, as different as they may be, they quickly form an unlikely bond. so when enemies threaten their peaceful home, they will do all they can to save it and each other. uplifting and emotional, this is a novel of new beginnings, of discovering love and of finding a place to call home.
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A Winter Memory
Helen is married to angus, the younger of the ballintyre brothers. they met as students and helen fell in love, not just with angus but with the romantic ballintyre family and their beautiful house on the edge of a loch. but marriage to angus has not proved happy. now, years later and with a family, helen and angus have been forced to move back to live at ballintyre with his older brother, charlie. helen is surprised to find that sylla, charlie’s wife, has disappeared and no one seems to know where she is. helen is worried, not least because charlie and sylla lost their teenage daughter, rose, only a year before. surely someone should be looking for her.
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Cold, Cold Bones
Electrifying, heart-stopping and compulsive, this is tempe’s most personal and dangerous case yet . . .
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One Grump Or Two
All you want is a decent cup of tea. but oh no, modern britain wants to sell you a fancy dan coffee in a mug the size of a popcorn bucket, complete with double cream, chocolate sprinkles, and no change from a five pound note. everywhere you look, modern life has turned common sense completely on its head.
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It’s Now Or Never
When twins annie and lauren attend their older sister chelsea’s fortieth birthday party at the dorchester hotel, they wonder why their lives are so different. chelsea’s husband is twirling her round the dance floor, while annie’s husband has gone fishing and lauren’s lover is at home with his wife and children. annie and lauren decide it’s time to make a change and turn their lives around, it’s time they starting living again. but have they left it too late?
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Deal Breaker
Investigator and sports agent myron bolitar is poised on the edge of the big-time. so is christian steele, a rookie quarterback and myron’s prized client. but when christian gets a phone call from a former girlfriend, a woman who everyone, including the police, believes is dead, the deal starts to go sour. suddenly myron is plunged into a baffling mystery of sex and blackmail. trying to unravel the truth about a family’s tragedy, a woman’s secret and a man’s lies, myron is up against the dark side of his business – where image and talent make you rich, but the truth can get you killed.
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Something To Declare
A collection of essays on france from julian barnes. written over a 20 year period, the topics barnes covers range from landscape to literature, food to flaubert, film and song to the tour de france.
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One False Move
It should be a straightforward missing persons case… until the mob are involved. an outstanding myron bolitar novel from the sunday times bestselling author of shelter, a netflix hit myron bolitar might have a slightly dubious past, but he knows how to handle himself and is doing just fine as a sports agent. and then he meets brenda slaughter, one of the hottest female sports stars around. she’s gorgeous, funny and single, and also seems to have mislaid her agent. but when her father disappears, and the mob starts leaning on her, it soon becomes apparent that potent forces are at work. and the more myron tries to help, the closer he gets to losing his heart – and his life…
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Just One Look
Grace lawson is living a happy, straightforward life in the suburbs with her husband, jack, and two young children. but that security is about to come to a brutal end. for when grace picks up a set of holiday snaps, amongst them is one shot that doesn’t fit: a faded image of a life that grace doesn’t recognise and of her husband as she never knew him. within twelve hours, jack has disappeared, a brutal hitman is stalking her family and the safe world she knows has been turned upside down. and all grace can see is that the past is coming back to haunt the present and people are getting hurt…
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365 Science Experiments
Discover the secrets of science through hundreds of experiments that will challenge and entertain you. you will be amazed at how much you learn while having so much fun.
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Moving On Abc After Breast Cancer
I have written this book to help those that are struggling after breast cancer. i share my own experiences and knowledge as a doctor for over twenty years . the title of the book, ‘moving on abc after breast cancer’ encompasses the idea of needing some guidance and support for the difficulties you may face after breast cancer and its treatment.
