Hay: 418 books

Joe n’est un garçon ordinaire jusqu’à ce qu’il fasse un souhait sur une sinistre amulette égyptienne… Maintenant, il est le Protecteur des COMPAGNONS MORTS-VIVANTS… et un chien cinglé a perdu la carte! Dexter chassait un écureuil et a sauté par-dessus le bord d’une falaise. Est-ce que Joe pourra l’aider à passer à l’au-delà une fois pour toutes?

They could go all the way, if they don't go straight to hell All Kayana wants is respect. Jilted by her fiancé, turned out by her family, and rejected by her crew – she's got nothing left but the clothes on her back. When she hears about the cash prize for winning the Great Space Race, she...

Basic Finite Element Method as Applied to Injury Biomechanics provides a unique introduction to finite element methods. Unlike other books on the topic, this comprehensive reference teaches readers to develop a finite element model from the beginning, including all the appropriate theories that are...

The story centres around Pip (Philip) and his sister Pipette (nicknamed after their doctor father's surgery equipment). Pip is a solid, outstanding sportsman who, in this day and age might be thought of as an Aspergers sufferer. He doesn't 'get' most of what goes on around him and proceeds to do just...

When India falls to her death from a bridge over a railway, her sister Poppy returns home to Brighton for the first time in years. Unconvinced by official explanations, Poppy begins her own investigation into India's death. But the deeper she digs, the closer she comes to uncovering deeply buried...

This book is the story of my life. From my first memories growing up as a young girl the mid-1960s to my early adulthood in the late 1970s.

Dumpling the hamster came to a dusty end inside a vacuum cleaner. He suspects that his owner Oliver's parents never admitted to their son that they were to blame for Dumpling's demise. Now the hamster needs Joe's help to reveal the truth - but there's a furry surprise awaiting them at Oliver's house...

This story involves a 12 year old boy who lives in Possidonia, a rural seaside village near Athens in the late 1920s.  The boy lives with his grandfather and loves to swim in the sea with dolphins.  One day while diving he finds an old box which happens to contain a map.  This sets him on a journey,...

THE MISOGYNISTS CHAPTER I ENVIRONMENT Thursday morning was always an interesting time for Philip, for it was on that day that he received letters from ladies. On Mondays he used to write to them, from the dictation of Uncle Joseph. On Tuesdays he had an easy time of it, for Uncle Joseph was away all...

Evocative tale of the sacrifices made by volunteers during World War One.  A young lady like volunteers, and will not abide conscientious objectors, or those drafted.  A strange romantic tale of justice and dystopian allegiance.  Well worth the read.

Excerpt: “It was Saturday night at the Rectory, and the Vereker family—"those absurdly handsome Rectory children," as old Lady Curlew, of Hainings, invariably called them—sat round the dining-room table playing "Happy Families." The rules which govern this absorbing pastime...

Merriam Press World War 2 History Series. This narrative was based upon Lord Gort's Official Despatches and was an attempt to describe the experiences of the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) from the time of their landing in France in September 1939 to the final evacuation of Dunkirk on 3 June 1940....

Young Philip Meldrum lives a somewhat unusual life with his Uncle Joseph, a prominent philanthropist who happens to be highly suspicious of all women and has drilled this mistrust into the mind of his teenage nephew. For the most part, Philip spends his time attending to his uncle's correspondence...

Though he comes from a humble Scottish family of farmers, Robert Fordyce has his ambitions set high. He lands a prominent political post in London and tries his hardest to blend in among the British upper crust. Gradually, Robert forms a tight bond with his boss' quirky but kind family, and that relationship helps put him at ease.