Pearson: 793 books

A highly topical analysis of European Nationalism from the French Revolution through to the aftermath of the First World War, when the nationalist issues and problems that dominate the political landscape of our own time were already fully established. Covering an enormous range of peoples -- from...

With Hallowmas approaching, time travelers, Azur Moonstorey and companions, exit Creekside's station library to board the midnight ghost train bound for nineteenth-century Prosper Station. Their mission: to rescue Azur's sister from the eerie dimension, Vapourlea.

Five years after returning from the eerie dimension of Vapourlea, Hilma Moonstorey is still battling paranoia and madness as she tries to heal from her horrific experience in captivity. Encouraged by police Constable Garth Mayfield to take a position at the decrepit Black Springs abbey, Hilma uncovers...

Exploring the role of museums, galleries and curators during the upheaval of the Second World War, this book challenges the accepted view of a hiatus in museum services during the conflict and its immediate aftermath. Instead it argues that new thinking in the 1930s was realised in a number of promising...

Eight-year-old Isabel is the best-behaved girl at Crabtree School, and she has a reward chart glittering with stars to prove it. She's kind, helpful, organised, sensible... But the trouble is, no one seems to notice! Isabel's tired of nice girls finishing last. But when she does the naughtiest thing...

The Bus to Jerusalem is a mystical love fantasy, combining fact and fiction following the Kabbalistic concept of the "Twin Souls." It is based on a true incident and carries a universal message of hope. In an attempt to explain the strange events surrounding a woman's death, the story...

Ava and Zoe are the bestest of best friends. Lottie and Isabel are the bestest of best friends. But what happens when new girl Rani joins Year Three at Crabtree School? Will Rani break up these two perfect pairs? Will Zoe's best friend forever become her best friend for never? 6+ readers can join Zoe,...

A valuable resource for parents, librarians, professors and students interested in picture books, combining historical fact from Margaret Wise Brown's life, interdisciplinary perspectives on childrens literature, and detailed analysis of the way the text and illustrations work together to convey multiple layers of meaning.

​Raw, confronting and playful, The Butterfly Prison redefines criminals, heroes, and poverty.The Butterfly Prison is a tapestry of vignettes that tells the hushed-up, little stories that unfold within a world characterized by diminishment and shame, the stories of the disenfranchised, the...

Two young men were brought to the American colonies, one from England and the other from East Africa. Neither was here by choice since they were both brought here as slaves. That’s right, even the one from England. At this point, life did not offer either of them a great deal of promise. There was...

Troy Brown resumes his diary. Now he is seventeen and he desperately wants to leave home and start his life as a bachelor. He has just been dumped by his first proper girlfriend and not because he has ‘accidentally’ cheated on her twice during their relationship. She wants to play the field. Most...

Taking as its starting point that young children learn and develop in a network of relationships, this book emphasises that each relationship has its own specific features, functions and learning/teaching affordances (Thompson, 2005).

David, an Anglican parish priest, has no way of knowing that his place in the world is about to be shaken irrevocably. He will be flung headlong into a journey of discovery that leads him to Canada’s rugged West Coast, a journey of loss and deliverance long overdue. There, in the midst of...

AUFTAKT EINER FULMINANTEN HISTORISCHEN SAGA IN DER TRADITION VON KEN FOLLETT UND NOAH GORDON Böhmen, am Beginn der Reformation. Kristina ist noch ein Kind, als ihre Eltern auf dem Scheiterhaufen verbrannt werden. Sie seien Ketzer, so das Urteil, Feinde der katholischen Kirche. Weil sie daran glaubten,...