When his family moves to a large rambling house in the English countryside, Daniel discovers an old stove which leads to a journey into the past, to 1835, where as a kitchen servant, he becomes involved in the local farm workers' dangerous plans to f...
Mooney, Bel. (Edited by). From This Day Forward An Anthology of Marriage. London, John Murray Publisher's Ltd, 1989. 16.5 cm x 24.5 cm. 373 pages. Original hardcover with dustjacket in protective mylar. Excellent condition with only very minor signs ...
At the heart of Ana Popescu's existence is the love for her son. He is the only thing that makes life in Ceausescu's Romania tolerable. In their mean little flat they have created a private world in which no harm can come to them. But Ana is ...
Romania, 1989. It's unthinkable for anyone to criticize the country's leader. Thirteen-year-old Flora Popescu can't even imagine what a revolution would be like, but suddenly everything she's taken for granted -- her parents, her best friend, her dai...
Mr. Tubs the teddy always looks after his owner, Kitty. He knows she'd be lost without him. But one day Kitty loses Mr. Tubs. Poor Mr. Tubs -- left behind in a dark forest, full of wild creatures. And poor Kitty. Will she ever see Mr. Tubs again?...
An extraordinary novel of friendship and redemption, set in the Australian outback Bernie Molloy has returned to her home town after years of reckless living. A chance encounter with violence frightens Bernie into taking lodgers, and two very differe...
Blue Bananas Teacher's Guide Based on the Blue Bananas series, this resource for teachers helps reinforce what students learn in their core reading program, through engaging activities that focus on reading skills. Teachers will find: - activities th...
This diverse collection of fourteen original contemporary stories captures many different aspects of the special relationship between mother and daughter. From happy discoveries to tragic loss and rebellion to resolution, this collection brings to...
It's Kitty's birthday and she is given a trendy new doll, Suki. Mr. Tubs is pleased Kitty is happy, but now it's Suki who Kitty takes everywhere. Mr. Tubs doesn't mind waiting for Kitty to remember him, but he wishes she'd hurry up. When Mum gives hi...
Eleanor Anderson's comfortable and well-ordered life is completely shattered when her husband Davis, the dependable and much respected village doctor, disappears. A few days later he is found dead, apparently the victim of a heart attack, and spe...
Millionaire porn-king Anthony Carl has gathered a group of people together for a fourth of July party in New Jersey. Among them is the British photo-journalist Barbara Rowe, who finds herself drawn into unexpected sympathy with Annelisa Kaye, Empe...
To newly separated Anna, holidaying in Devon with her seven-year-old son, the exquisite windsurfer winging across the waves on the river near their cottage represents all that is young, strong and free. In a nearby nursing home Anna's mother is d...
BIG DOG BONNIE The dog in Harry’s dreams is big, strong, brown-and-black mixed. The dog in Harry’s kitchen is tiny, white and fluffy and looks like a rabbit. But Bonnie has her own ideas. Can she show Harry that big things sometimes come ...
Kitty's favourite word is no! She doesn't want to clean her teeth, eat her vegetables or play with boring Melissa. She can't stop saying no, but when Dad tells her he doesn't want to hear her say yes, she discovers that's what she does want to say!...
The only thing Kitty's friends want to do is to watch TV. Dad's busy and Mum has a new baby. What can Kitty do to stop everyone being so boring? Mooney takes this common childhood complaint and creates a touching, warm and insightful story from it....
Kitty always seems brave and tough, but really she gets scared like everyone else. All sorts of things are frightening for her and her friends from monsters and ghosts to the audience at the school play. And one day Kitty finds out that even her olde...
It's not fair! is Kitty's plaintive cry. Why is she the shortest in her class? Why can't anyone in her family take a joke? Why can't she go to bed as late as the boy next door? Why don't holidays last forever? When one day Kitty's mother echoes Kitty...
It's not Kitty's fault when she's late for school and Dad crashed into the gatepost! It's not Kitty's fault that baby Tom crawls into trouble or that she's getting too old to sit on Dad's knee! And it's certainly not Kitty's fault that her boring cou...
Kitty decides as she gets older that she knows certain things. The trouble is, grown-ups keep treating her like a baby and she is sick of it. So Kitty sets out to prove how much she knows - and gets one or two surprises. This is the sixth book about ...