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A Light in the Darkness, a Lock in the Door (#2) by Haiko Hörnig; Marius Pawlitza (Illustrator)
Category: Children's Graphic Novels | Series: A\House Divided Ser.
Henrietta Achilles, the heir of a legendary wizard, has a serious plumbing problem. When flooding from the wizard's house threatens to destroy everything around it, Henrietta must rally a group of unlikely allies to stop the deluge. Alongside Captain Booner's soldiers and Nate Flemming's motley bandits, ...Show more
A Line to Kill (#3 Hawthorne) by Anthony Horowitz
Category: Crime and Thriller | Series: Hawthorne and Horowitz Ser.
Private Investigator Daniel Hawthorne and the writer Anthony Horowitz have been invited to a literary festival on the island of Alderney to talk about their new book. Very soon they discover that dark forces are at work. Alderney is in turmoil over a planned power line that will cut through it, desecrat ...Show more
A Line to Kill - A Novel by Anthony Horowitz
Category: Crime Fiction | Series: A\Hawthorne and Horowitz Mystery Ser.
The New York Times bestselling author of the brilliantly inventive The Word Is Murder and The Sentence Is Death returns with his third literary whodunit featuring intrepid detectives Hawthorne and Horowitz. When Ex-Detective Inspector Daniel Hawthorne and his sidekick, author Anthony Horowitz, are in ...Show more
A Little Book for My Mother by Helen Exley
Category: Fiction | Series: Helen Exley Giftbooks
A tribute to mothers and their unconditional love for their children.
A Little Book of Crafty Cats by Helen Exley
Category: Fiction | Series: Helen Exley Giftbooks
Roland Fiddy's cartoons give humoristic view of life from a cat's perspective.
A Little Book of Language by David Crystal
Category: History | Series: Little Histories Ser.
With a language disappearing every two weeks and neologisms springing up almost daily, an understanding of the origins and currency of language has never seemed more relevant. In this charming volume, a narrative history written explicitly for a young audience, expert linguist David Crystal proves why t ...Show more
A Little History of Archaeology by Brian Fagan
Category: History | Series: Little Histories
The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations or Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art. Archaeology is a ...Show more
A Little History of Archaeology by Brian Fagan
Category: History | Series: Little Histories Ser.
The thrilling history of archaeological adventure, with tales of danger, debate, audacious explorers, and astonishing discoveries around the globe What is archaeology? The word may bring to mind images of golden pharaohs and lost civilizations or Neanderthal skulls and Ice Age cave art. Archaeology is a ...Show more
A Little History of Art by Charlotte Mullins
Category: Art and Design | Series: Little Histories Ser.
A thrilling journey through 100,000 years of art, from the origins of mark making to art's pivotal role in culture today Why did our ancestors make art? What did art mean to them and what does their art mean for us today? Why is art even important at all? Charlotte Mullins brings art to life by ...Show more
A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy
Category: Business, Economics and Law | Series: Little Histories Ser.
A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the fieldWhat causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? The ...Show more
A Little History of Economics by Niall Kishtainy
Category: Business, Economics and Law | Series: Little Histories
A lively, inviting account of the history of economics, told through events from ancient to modern times and the ideas of great thinkers in the field What causes poverty? Are economic crises inevitable under capitalism? Is government intervention in an economy a helpful approach or a disastrous idea? T ...Show more
A Little History of Literature by John Sutherland
Category: Languages and Reference | Series: Little Histories Ser.
This 'little history' takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter. John Sutherland is perfectly suited to the task. He has researched, taught, and written on virtually every area of literature, and his infecti ...Show more