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Sophie Foster is on the run - but at least she's not alone. Her closest friends from the Lost Cities have gone with her to join the Black Swan. They still have doubts about the shadowy organization, but the only way to find answers is to start working with them.

Aging and reclusive Hollywood movie icon Evelyn Hugo is finally ready to tell the truth about her glamorous and scandalous life. But when she chooses unknown magazine reporter Monique Grant for the job, no one is more astounded than Monique herself. Why her? Why now?

Marnie Blue is shocked when lots of plastic rubbish starts to appear in Mermaid Lagoon. It's causing all sorts of problems and even harming the underwater animals. Marnie and her friends decide enough is enough and they must have a big green clean-up. But just where is all the plastic coming from? With the help of the local Brinies group, a new dolphin pal and a human friend, the mermaids come up with a plan to rid the lagoon of plastic junk for good.

Set your sails east with this stunningly original new history of the world. Peter Frankopan explores the connections made by people, trade, disease, war, religion, adventure, science and technology in this extraordinary book about how the east married the west with a remarkable voyage at its heart – the journey along the Silk Roads.

The Oxford English Dictionary for Schools is carefully targeted to support secondary school students with their independent reference skills, to improve their spelling, punctuation, and grammar, and to build vocabulary. Ideal support at school and home for GCSEs and Controlled Assessments.

 

 

Tessa Cade has gone from masked outlaw to palace advisor, but even with her newfound power, she can't stop the sickness still raging. And the kingdom's supply of Moonflower elixir dwindles all the while. Prince Corrick is trying to find a new way to lead, but it isn't easy to repair the rift between the royals and the people--or the one growing between himself and Tessa.

Nora is a cut-throat literary agent at the top of her game. Her whole life is books. Charlie is an editor with a gift for creating bestsellers. And he's Nora's work nemesis. Nora has been through enough break-ups to know she's the woman men date before they find their happy-ever-after. That's why Nora's sister has persuaded her to swap her desk in the city for a month's holiday in Sunshine Falls, North Carolina. It's a small town straight out of a romance novel, but instead of meeting sexy lumberjacks, handsome doctors or cute bartenders, Nora keeps bumping into...Charlie. She's no heroine. He's no hero. So can they take a page out of an entirely different book?

"منحاز لنفسي ومتعصب لأفكاري .. لا أملك وقتاً أصرفه لتفنيد وجهة نظر يقف خلفها حاقد ناقم .. ولا ذرة احترام أقدمها لمتغطرسٍ متعالٍ .. مكتفٍ بجنوني .. متعايش مع غربتي و غرابتي .. أجيد التظاهر بالإنصات لكل أحمق مشبع بالثقة.. لكني في الحقيقة لا أكترث .. لأنه أصغر من أن أراه .. وهو أغبى من أن ينتبه .."بقلم الكاتب المبدع أسامة المسلم.

بدأت القصة في قرية صغيرة تدعى “الجساسة”، حين ولد طفلًا لم يكن عاديًا أبدًا، فهو لم يخرج من رحم والدته باكيًا، مثل بقية المواليد بل خرج صامتًا، يُقلب بصره في الأشياء مندهشاً، كما لو أنه تفاجأ بوجود كوكب آخر، غير الكوكب المظلم الضيق الذي كان يعيش فيه.