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The trap is set. Failure is not an option. When government hit man Will Robie is given his next target he knows he's about to embark on his toughest mission yet. He is tasked with killing one of their own, following evidence to suggest that fellow assassin Jessica Reel has been turned. She's leaving a trail of death in her wake including her handler. The trap is set. To send a killer to catch a killer. But what happens when you can't trust those who have access to the nation's most secret intelligence?

It is two years since the notorious Nanna Birk Larsen case. Two years since Detective Sarah Lund left Copenhagen in disgrace for a remote outpost in northern Denmark. When the body of a female lawyer is found in macabre circumstances in a military graveyard, there are elements of the crime scene that take Head of Homicide, Lennart Brix, back to an occupied wartime Denmark — a time its countrymen would wish to forget. Brix knows that Lund is the one person he can rely on to discover the truth. Reluctantly she returns to Copenhagen and becomes intrigued with the facts surrounding the case. As more bodies are found, Lund comes to see a pattern and she realises that the identity of the killer will be known once the truth behind a more recent wartime mission is finally revealed...

Exuberantly coloured artwork and favourite animals make this rhythmic story the perfect introduction to looking and learning about colours. Each spread leads seamlessly into the next and young children will delight in Eric's colourful collage animals and simple repetitive language.

The beloved, bestselling science fiction classic Enders Game by Orson Scott Card comes to the screen in a major motion picture event in November 2013. Starring Hugos Asa Butterfield, Harrison Ford, and Ben Kingsley, the movie is sure to inspire a new audience of fans to read the book that started it all. Ender Wiggin brilliant, ruthless, cunning, tactical and strategic master, and a child.

Hot on the heels of Slide and Find Brown Bear, Brown Bear What Do You See? is this Slide and Find edition of the final collaboration between Bill Martin Jr and Eric Carle, Panda Bear, Panda Bear, What Do You See? The author-illustrator team turns their talents to the theme of animal conservation, introducing children to some of the world's most endangered species through Bill Martin Jr's rhythmic, repetitive text and Eric Carle's vibrant images. This Priddy edition is a great way to make story time interactive — on each spread, there is a sliding door for children to open, so they can discover for themselves what the next animal in this engaging story will be.

Connor Fitzgerald has an impressive resume. Military hero. Devoted family man. Servant of his country — as an assassin. Just as he's about to put his twenty-eight-year career at the CIA behind him, he comes up against the most dangerous enemy he's ever faced: His own boss, Helen Dexter. As Director of the CIA, Dexter has always been the one to hold the strings. But when her status is threatened by a greater power, her only hope for survival is to destroy Fitzgerald. Meanwhile, the country braces itself as tensions with a new Russian leader reachthe boiling point... and it's up to Fitzgerald to pull off his most daring mission yet: To save the world. Even that means risking everything — including his own life — in the process.

How will the beloved residents of Moominvalley survive a comet? Another classic Moomin story reworked in full color, with a kid-proof but kid-friendly size, price, and format. It's getting hotter and hotter in Moominvalley, and all the creatures have taken note of the troubling weather. After a mysterious cloud appears in the sky one day, an exodus begins. The Hattifatteners, the Nibling, Mrs. Fillyjonk (and all her children), and even Mymble pack up to leave the valley. When they realize the mysterious cloud is a comet headed straight for Moominhouse, Moomin, Little My, and Snorkmaiden decide to leave their home too. As the clock ticks down and the comet nears Moominvalley, the plot thickens. Between a tidal wave and a comet-struck Moomin, the end does seem nigh, but the day may yet be saved. Tove Jansson's flawless cartooning is brought to life in a whole new way within these pages. A delight for the whole family!

Leave Moominvalley? Is it possible? Yes, even the Moomin family need a change of scenery sometimes, so they're off to live in a lighthouse on a tiny island. Here they find space to grow, and to do things they couldn't in their comfortable, cluttered valley home. As they discover their new home, the family also discover surprising, and wonderfully funny, new things about themselves.

Joseph Finder Adam Cassidy is twenty-six and a low level employee at a high-tech corporation who hates his job. When he manipulates the system to do something nice for a friend, he finds himself charged with a crime. Corporate Security gives him a choice: prison — or become a spy in the headquarters of their chief competitor, Trion Systems. They train him. They feed him inside information. Now, at Trion, he's a star, skyrocketing to the top. He finds he has talents he never knew he possessed. He's rich, drives a Porsche, lives in a fabulous apartment, and works directly for the CEO. He's dating the girl of his dreams. His life is perfect. And all he has to do to keep it that way is betray everyone he cares about and everything he believes in. But when he tries to break off from his controllers, he finds he's in way over his head, trapped in a world in which nothing is as it seems and no one can really be trusted. And then the real nightmare begins...

This was where her dreams drifted to if she didn't blot her nights out with drink; this was where her thoughts settled if she didn't fill her days with chat. She remembered this tiny, remote foreign village on a molecular level and the sight of it soaked into her like water into sand, because this was where her old life had ended and her new one had begun. Portobello — home to the world-famous street market, Notting Hill Carnival and Clem Alderton. She's the queen of the scene, the girl everyone wants to be or be with. But beneath the morning-after makeup, Clem is keeping a secret, and when she goes too far one reckless night she endangers everything — her home, her job and even her adored brother's love. Portofino — a place of wild beauty and old-school glamour, and where a neglected villa has been bought by a handsome stranger. He wants Clem to restore it for him and it seems like the answer to all her problems — except that Clem has been there once before and vowed, for her own protection, never to return...

Writing by hand is something that has shaped and revealed our humanity for thousands of years. In a world where people are increasingly swapping pens, letters and love-notes for typing text messages with their thumbs, The Missing Ink is itself a love letter to the lost art of handwriting — as a cultural artefact, an expression of our individuality and as a craft in itself. Novelist Philip Hensher traces the rise and rise of handwriting in the 19th and 20th centuries, as wider education brought this most individual of skills to the masses. We meet the passionate early evangelists of fine writing, such as Platt Rogers Spencer, who travelled to every corner of America preaching the moral worth of copperplate; and the great educational reformers such as Marion Richardson, who had a deep understanding of how best children might be taught to write. But this is also a book about ink and pens themselves, objects that are even now beginning to disappear from our homes and offices; and about whether the style of our writing really does reveal anything about our inner selves. When we can no longer be interested by our friend who writes a little heart over her i's, and no longer have the end of a biro to chew thoughtfully, what will we find to replace it? The Missing Ink is a hugely entertaining, accessible investigation into the warmest of technologies, and the place it has in our lives.

As seen on TV: now a major BBC4 television series. Inspector Montalbano is awake at dawn, sitting on his porch, when his attention is caught by a seagull which falls from the sky, performing a strange dance, before lying down to die. Montalbano is perplexed by what he has witnessed and the scene hangs over him like an omen. About to depart for a holiday with his girlfriend Livia, Montalbano makes a quick trip to the police station to tie up loose ends. But when his dear colleague Fazio is discovered missing — and it transpires that the policeman has been involved in his own secret investigations — Montalbano instead launches a desperate search for his lost friend, as time begins to run out... Navigating a shadowy maze of smuggling, blackmail and the darkest murder, and moving from the docks of Vigata to its deep, dry wells where the mafia hide their terrible crimes, Inspector Montalbano must have his wits about him to unravel this tangled mystery.

An informative and entertaining overview of Brazilian history, its diverse geography, even more diverse cultures, traditions, events and people that have all led to Brazil becoming one of the fast-developing 'BRIC nations'. And of course, no book on Brazil — the host nation of the 2014 World Cup — would be complete without mentioning football.

The inspiration for the BBC series of the same name Fresh out of Glasgow Veterinary College, to the young James Herriot 1930s Yorkshire seems to offers an idyllic pocket of rural life in a rapidly changing world. But from his erratic new colleagues, brothers Siegfried and Tristan Farnon, to incomprehensible farmers, herds of semi-feral cattle, a pig called Nugent and an overweight Pekingese called Tricki Woo, James find he is on a learning curve as steep as the hills around him. And when he meets Helen, the beautiful daughter of a local farmer, all the training and experience in the world can't help him... Since they were first published, James Herriot's memoirs have sold millions of copies and entranced generations of animal lovers. Charming, funny and touching, All Creatures Great and Small is a heart-warming story of determination, love and companionship from one of Britain's best-loved authors.

ONLY COURAGE CAN SAVE THEIR LANDS Winter has been unleashed upon the Hyddenworld by an angry Earth. And Judith, now the Earth's unwilling ally and shield maiden, is powerless to intervene. Then while both human and Hydden lands wither, humans find their way into this secret realm -- to destroy all that winter's storms haven't undone. The Hydden city of Brum now faces its darkest days; joining its greatest enemy to combat invaders. But ultimately, survival depends on its champions -- Jack, Katherine and scrivener Bedwyn Stort. If they can locate a last gem, burning with fire and magic, devastation may be averted. But if the jewel fails to reach Juliet before winter's end, human and Hyddenkind will pay the price. Yet his quest will cost Stort dearly. It requires him to finally let Juliet go; the epic love that's sustained him. There is a solution, but is this buried too deep, lost beneath ice and snow?

Ada Goth is the only child of Lord Goth. The two live together in the enormous Ghastly-Gorm Hall. Lord Goth believes that children should be heard and not seen, so Ada has to wear large clumpy boots so that he can always hear her coming. This makes it hard for her to make friends and, if she's honest, she's rather lonely. Then one day William and Emily Cabbage come to stay at the house, and together with a ghostly mouse called Ishmael they and Ada begin to unravel a dastardly plot that Maltravers, the mysterious indoor gamekeeper, is hatching. Ada and her friends must work together to foil Maltravers before it's too late!

It is 1537, a time of revolution that sees the greatest changes in England since 1066. Henry VIII has proclaimed himself Supreme Head of the Church. The country is waking up to savage new laws, rigged trials and the greatest network of informers ever seen. And under the orders of Thomas Cromwell, a team of commissioners is sent throughout the country to investigate the monasteries. There can only be one outcome: dissolution. But on the Sussex coast, at the monastery of Scarnsea, events have spiralled out of control. Cromwell's Commissioner, Robin Singleton, has been found dead, his head severed from his body. His horrific murder is accompanied by equally sinister acts of sacrilege. Matthew Shardlake, lawyer and long-time supporter of Reform, has been sent by Cromwell to uncover the truth behind the dark happenings at Scarnsea. But investigation soon forces Shardlake to question everything that he hears, and everything that he intrinsically believes...

One of the most popular and respected series of simplified readers for English learners, with stories from contemporary and classic authors. Adapted from Mark Twain's classic story of what happens when two boys — Edward Tudor, a prince and the future King of England, and the poor son of thief — swap lives.

The Ready for First Student's Book, completely revised for the 2015 exam updates, comes with or without key and contains 14 units and a Writing Bank. A digital element now complements the course, supplying two computer-based practice tests and video material for the Speaking test. This is accessed via a Macmillan Practice Online Webcode which is printed inside the Student's Book. This version is with key. Key Features: — Completely updated in line with the Cambridge English: First 2015 revisions. — Two computer-based practice tests. — A special emphasis on word-building, collocations and phrasal verbs helps students master some of the harder aspects of English. — Thorough First Certificate vocabulary and skills development. — A new 'Writing Bank' feature. — Model answers provide solid preparation and support for writing tasks. — A complete First Certificate grammar syllabus and reference section.

The Ready for First Student's Book, completely revised for the 2015 exam updates, comes with or without key and contains 14 units and a Writing Bank. A digital element now complements the course, supplying two computer-based practice tests and video material for the Speaking test. This is accessed via a Macmillan Practice Online Webcode which is printed inside the Student's Book.

Ready for FCE is the new, third edition of our popular FCE preparation course aimed at young adult students training for the Cambridge FCE exam. All four skills are systematically developed and practised in each unit, while in-depth exam training is given in the form of regular 'What to expect in the exam' and 'How to go about it' help boxes. This step-by-step approach ensures that students will be fully prepared and confident when sitting the new 2015 First Certificate exam. The Student's Book, available with or without key, contains 14 units and now includes a 'Writing Bank'.

The Ready for First Workbook offers practice of the language presented in the Student's Book and comes complete with Audio CD, making it ideal for revision and homework. The third edition of our popular FCE preparation course aimed at young adult students training for the Cambridge FCE exam. All four skills are developed and practised in each unit and in-depth exam training is given in the form of regular 'What to expect in the exam' and 'How to go about it' help boxes, ensuring students are prepared and confident.

The Listening & Speaking Student's Book is carefully structured to practice each of these skills. The listening sections provide regular opportunities for discussion and interaction, with activities to practice global and close listening skills, as well as chances to critically examine the ideas in the text. Speaking is split into three main parts; grammar, punctuation and speaking. This culminates in a final, realistic, productive task that gives students the opportunity to use their new skills in a meaningful exercise. Packaged with an online Digibook access code, along with a digital version of the text, the students also have access to a wealth of information and activities, including audio files, useful language, dictionary definitions, videos and progress checklists.

A communication-focused course that builds young adult and adult learners' confidence to use English. Breakthrough Plus contains modernised content, a fresh design and a digital version of the Student's Books for classroom presentation purposes as well as additional practice material with markbook functionality. The accompanying digibook provides an onscreen version of the Student's Book with integrated audio, plus additional interactive practice with over 120 activities and markbook functionality. The Digibook includes 12 video street interviews filmed in New York with accompanying worksheets. Teachers have access to the DigiBook, their students' markbook, and an additional Test Generator program. This has created a truly blended, content-rich course, covering high-interest themes in a thorough but accessible way. NEW Digibook provides an onscreen version of the Student's Book with integrated audio, plus additional interactive practice with over 120 activities and markbook functionality.