Marcus: 2128 books

In Paris at the end of the nineteenth century, a man with a perfect memory murders his wife. A dazzling psychological puzzle that reveals the strange connection between memory and fate. In Paris in the year 1899, Marcel Després is arrested for the murder of his wife and transferred to the...

WHEN TOMAS AND HIS SON, Peter, settle in Chust as woodcutters, Tomas digs a channel of fast-flowing waters around their hut, so they have their own little island kingdom. Peter doesn't understand why his father has done this, nor why his father carries a long, battered box, whose mysterious contents...

At thirteen, everything is changing for Caspian: his sickly mother’s condition is worsening beyond anyone’s control, his whole life is uprooted and moved from the quiet village of his youth to the hustle and bustle of London.  Now living with the father who abandoned him as a child, he...

23 very well-known people from the arts, sport, and business worlds talk about how dyslexia affected their childhood, how they were able to overcome the challenges and use the special strengths of dyslexia to achieve great success in adulthood. Darcey Bussell CBE, Eddie Izzard, Sir Richard Branson,...

At the end of a busy day, a little boy surprises and amuses his father with a rather unusual list of people and things he wants to pray for. From the littlest ladybug to the mailman who broke his leg, this boy's prayer celebrates the wonder of one child's imagination - and every child's ability to care deeply about others.

The 3 little pigs are back! And so is their nemesis, the wolf. But the crafty wolf knows that now in an iStory, the 'rules of the game' have totally changed. So he is now holding you - the reader - hostage, forcing you to intervene on his behalf to better his chances of catching his food. Can the pigs...

In this inspiring nonfiction book, readers will discover stories about immigrants that came to America from China, Poland, Peru, and the Dominican Republic. The alluring images and supportive text work in conjunction with the helpful glossary, index, and table of contents to engage readers and to enhance their understanding of the content.

A children's story about five wild animals that live deep in the Galamba jungle together they go in search of treasure and adventure. They solve clues and help each other along the way, but most importantly they discover something more precious than any treasure imaginable friendship.

FLIT-FLIT flapped the flea in the scruffy dog's hair. "AAROOF!" howled the stray as he jumped in the air. AWOOMPH was the sound as he dropped like a sack, landing THUD! "OH CRUD!" on an old man's back. How can something so tiny cause so much havoc? When a flea jumps onto a stray dog,...

David Almond (Je m’appelle Mina), Tracy Chevalier (La jeune fille à la perle), Timothée de Fombelle (Le livre de Perle), Michael Morpurgo (Cheval de Guerre)… Les plus grandes signatures de la littérature racontent la Première Guerre mondiale à partir d’objets emblématiques.  Un superbe...

Religion in Minutes covers everything you need to know about faith and religious practices around the world, condensed into key topics, and focused on the major world religions of Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Buddhism, Jainism, Sikhism, and Islam. Each faith is described, including the...

Exam Board: Edexcel Level: AS/A-level Subject: German First Teaching: September 2016 First Exam: June 2017 Endorsed for the Edexcel A-level specification from 2016. Develop all four language skills with a single textbook that has clear progression from GCSE and throughout the new A level. -...

America is a country that is filled with many immigrants. Traveling to a new country takes great courage and is not easy. Compare and contrast immigration today with immigration long ago and explore some of the many reasons people desire to become American citizens in this fascinating digital book....