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Feather Tucker has two wishes: 1)To get her mum healthy again 2) To win the Junior UK swimming championships When Feather comes home on New Year’s Eve to find her mother – one of Britain’s most obese women- in a diabetic coma, she realises something has to be done to save her mum’s life. But...

This resource aims to break down the construct of time in both its scientific and societal functions. The narrative begins with early man and moves to discuss the rudimentary devices—water clocks and sun dials—used by ancient civilizations, but moves forward, exploring clock making and the innovations...

Learn the Coolest Tricks from “The World’s Best Rope Jumper.*” *Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Guinness World Record holder David Fisher is going to change the way you think about rope jumping. Cool Jump-Rope Tricks You Can Do! will teach you over 100 cool skills and tricks like the Houdini,...

Maeve Regan es una chica sin nada especial, o eso cree ella: va a la universidad, tiene algún novio que otro, aunque nada serio, y se consuela con la conversación de un barman y unas cuantas copas cuando las cosas no van bien. Su abuelo, Walter, es el único miembro de su familia al que ha conocido...

Ahora que Maeve ha descubierto que hay un traidor en sus filas, las cosas se ponen feas. Tiene que reclutar a tantos vampiros como le sea posible para organizar su propio ejército y combatir así a su padre, que desea matarla para hacerse con sus poderes mágicos. Pero no solo eso, sino que debe...

Awakening in a testing facility in which she previously escaped, Jennifer finds herself in the hands of a ruthless examiner that will stop at nothing to find the cure to the SA8 virus.  Coerced into a sinister game of her willfully complying to resistance testing in exchange for knowledge about her...

Emma Qualyes survived the death of her parents and younger brother. She’s become a hermit living with her older brother, talented at a craft few young people do…quilting. Now her brother Ben, a world-famous epidemiologist, and his fellow doctor Wayne Meeks is leaving for a long trip and Emma’s...

**The latest enthralling novel from the author of *The Night Book and Soon.*Eloise Hay lives on the Starlight Peninsula. Every weekday she travels into the city to work at Q TV Studio, assisting with the production of a current affairs show. One night she receives a phone call that will change her...

Jack's Ward, published first in book form in 1875 is the second volume in Alger's Brave and Bold Series. It tells the story of an impoverished family discovers a child on their doorstep and undertakes to raise the infant. Set in New York City, it is full to the brim of adventure, kidnapping, phony...

The Shadows Hide Many Secrets… Seventeen-year-old Eve’s world is about to come crashing down. When the mysterious Kateri enters her life, Eve is introduced to the hidden realm of the Shayds; an army of warriors who protect the world of light from the forces of evil. With Kateri’s...

Domino Blanken was supposed to be a nobody. A charity case, a gutter-cleaner. To everyone’s surprise, her brilliance soon made her one of the most valuable minds in the country . . . and, somehow, the only friend of standoffish Kay Ross. Kay is no stranger to the extraordinary. She’s grown...

Keeping it real isn't always easy. . . Gia Stokes can't wait for the debutante ball that will help celebrate the end of her junior year. She's been crushing hard on her best friend Ricky?and is hoping he'll ask her to the dance. But her friend Kevin has been looking hot too?and Gia isn't the...

Affecting as many as 2.8 percent of adults and 1.6 percent of adolescents, binge eating disorder—consuming an excessive amount of calories regularly—is the most common eating disorder. It often leads to obesity and disposes those with the disorder to serious health risks, including diabetes and...

Like other eating disorders, anorexia is especially common among teens and young adults. Anorexia is a serious disease that, in a small but significant percentage of patients, can end in death. However, it is also a condition that can be treated; meaningful recovery is a real possibility. This volume...